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HannibalBarca posted:Does anyone know when/if we'll get word (through unofficial channels, I imagine) of how well the show is doing on Netflix? When it's renewed.
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I'm loving all the sight gags this season. The drones in Avalanche, Servo sledding in Starcrash, Servo lifting the rocket in The Time Travellers, Crow in the elevator in Starcrash, etc. Watched The Best of Hollow Mountain and Starcrash today.  at "That's my purse, I don't know you!" in the former.
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The drones cracked me up. "Woah! Woah, watch out-"
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Bicyclops posted:"Breach hull, all die, even had it underlined" is up there with the anteater jokes and "Merry Christmas, you big beautiful couch!" For me, my favorite MST3K line will forever be, "No...! The sauce... It's too rich... It's too thick! Save... yourself!" Which is then followed a second later with the wonderful, "DON'T MAKE ME SHOOT YOU! CROOOOOOOOOOWWWW!!"
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The drones cracked me up. "Woah! Woah, watch out-" Reminds me of the Rifftrax Live for Starship Troopers, where they "celebrated" the shower scene by having a gorilla-gram and cutting to the stage camera.
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I thought the timing of the riffs in Beast of Hollow Mountain wasn't quite as good as in the previous two episodes. We don't know the order in which these were filmed aside from Reptilicus being first and Yongary coming sometime later, but I'm going to guess this is one of the earliest ones they did. The movie's bad in kind of a novel way, though, and it's still a pretty good episode, all things considered. Starcrash is the first episode of the season that feels essential, I think. You can tell the cast has a lot of affection for the film, and it's kind of hard not to feel the same. It seems like it was written and directed by a precocious 12 year-old with a closet full of action figures, and it's visually striking in a really tacky sort of way. (The aesthetic isn't exactly Star Wars, but more Star Wars-themed disco.) Loved the whole "naming the spaceships" bit, and props to the cast for pulling off a song skit in the theater. I think this is going to be remembered as another classic "fun" MST3K episode, like Pumaman.
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rydiafan posted:It's possible some explanation was cut from the episode. I'm assuming they still edit these movies down for MST3K, because the episodes are only 90 minutes, including skits, commercial breaks, and opening/closing credits. Having watched Starcrash on its own prior to MST3K, I can safely say that no, there really isn't an explanation mentioned in the movie. Star Wars had a magic guy, so obviously they had to have one too.
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Nemo2342 posted:Having watched Starcrash on its own prior to MST3K, I can safely say that no, there really isn't an explanation mentioned in the movie. Star Wars had a magic guy, so obviously they had to have one too.
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If they get a season 12, they definitely need to do "Yor, Hunter From the Future": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRvXIsDSy0I
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I coulda sworn in Starcrashers the reason the guy was immune was because he was actually an android. Maybe I'm confusing it with another movie but I swear he died and his head falls off, but the body comes back and strangles the bad guy. ...seems likely that I'm thinking of some other scifi B-Movie though.
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Starcrash feels like someone tried to mix Star Wars, Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. It's like Corman films in that you can tell a lot of heart was put into it but they didn't have the budget or talent to pull it off. Those are the best b movies.
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Davros1 posted:If they get a season 12, they definitely need to do "Yor, Hunter From the Future": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYBfnfWsnX0 [e] Actually that's not the full version, this is. It might also be the most Italian thing I have ever heard. DMorbid fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Apr 22, 2017 |
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They've never shown any indication toward wanting to do this, and I think it would probably be unpopular with a lot of MST3K fans, but I'd wish they'd go farther back in film history. I've been reading this site a lot lately, and it seems like there's a whole lot of unmined bad movie gold in the early talkies.Mokinokaro posted:Starcrash feels like someone tried to mix Star Wars, Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. All of the dialogue is so bad, and the funniest part might be watching Christopher Plummer struggle to give his clunky lines some gravitas. Rollersnake fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Apr 22, 2017 |
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Personally, I'd love to see 'em do some older stuff (like, as you suggested, pre-code, early sound era stuff), but I'm a film nerd and I also get that I (or, we) could be in the minority. Also, I think maybe I love Avalanche more than some folks. I get that it's not disliked or whatever, but it might be one of my favorites of the season.
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Doc Morbid posted:Clicked on this expecting the (full) theme song, was disappointed. Let's fix that. Also, the song plays whenever Yor does anything remotely cool in the movie.
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Apr 22, 2017 16:08
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I just emptied all of my Rhino/Shout box sets in series order on my shelf. I'm going to attempt a full series rewatch I think. Might skip the first season. Man this first episode is rough.
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I really think the opening joke would work a lot better if they actually filmed it every time with differences and stuff. But I'm sure that would have been a huge timesink.
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mangler103 posted:I just emptied all of my Rhino/Shout box sets in series order on my shelf. I'm going to attempt a full series rewatch I think. At least watch the...ROBOT HOLOCAUST.
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Apr 22, 2017 16:35
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I second that season 12 needs Yor.
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Apr 22, 2017 16:37
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Come to me gooooooooooleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeems.
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Yea, after Inframan I'd love to see Yor. I love that Joel's hatred of the Nixon Administration continues.
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I've long wished to see MST3K do this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnxLab3-KAE
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Light Gun Man posted:I really think the opening joke would work a lot better if they actually filmed it every time with differences and stuff. But I'm sure that would have been a huge timesink. I wish they'd done different takes of the "they need my help" shot in the cockpit. I think that would go really far.
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ja2ke posted:I wish they'd done different takes of the "they need my help" shot in the cockpit. I think that would go really far. Really all they'd need is a few different takes of that and some pickups of Felicia's first close-up.
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Have there been any reviews published from the completely uninitiated? I'm super curious about how first time MST viewers would respond.
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ja2ke posted:I wish they'd done different takes of the "they need my help" shot in the cockpit. I think that would go really far. Yeah, this would be the main thing. Like have him forget what he's supposed to say, or say it sarcastically, or really tired or something etc.
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Maybe when Netflix renews the show they can give them $10mil instead of the $6mil they did this season with and we can get some host segments that are longer than 2 minutes or are more involved than "we have access to a laser cutter". Also, am I the only one who thinks the SoL set looks like someone who was told to recreate the old set but was only given three days to work on it?
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TerminalSaint posted:I've long wished to see MST3K do this gem: Is that a top and bottom mounted shotgun?!
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8one6 posted:Also, am I the only one who thinks the SoL set looks like someone who was told to recreate the old set but was only given three days to work on it? Yes and I think they literally did. The new set looks less cluttered and handcrafted, and I don't think we ever move out of the basic central hexagon, so there's no umbilicus door, no iris screen (wynona!), etc, which makes it feel more like a flat backdrop. I don't think we ever move out of a basic wide shot, either, but I might be wrong.
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The one mid-shot only is why the bubble thing exists, I assume. There's no coverage to hide cutting different takes together, so that's the only way they can do it.
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Whoever was mentioning that they edit the movies down is definitely right. They pretty much chopped off the end three minutes of Time Travelers, as the movie doesn't really end where they left it. I replayed it from an old combo DVD I got at a Walgreens bin, and noted that the last three minutes are a montage that implies that the protagonists both escaped the bad future but are trapped in a time loop. Guess they didn't feel like riffing over the loop..
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Alright, here we go: The entire season was written, riffed, and largely shot (making exceptions for guest appearances) in the order that we see now. From 26 minutes into Episode 57 of the MST3K Revival League Podcast (A post-release interview with Jonah running through some behind-the-scenes info/Q&As for the whole season - a fun listen!): MST3K Revival League Podcast posted:[Greg - Host] Our fan question comes from Leanne, and she asks: "Were the episodes shot in order? I ask because the chemistry amongst the riffers seems so great right out the gate from Episode 1101." Alehkhs fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Apr 22, 2017 |
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Binary Badger posted:Whoever was mentioning that they edit the movies down is definitely right. Well, the only riff you can really do over that is a VERY risky gag (Jonah and the bots redo the same jokes over and over, as if they're caught in the loop themselves)
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Gaz-L posted:Well, the only riff you can really do over that is a VERY risky gag (Jonah and the bots redo the same jokes over and over, as if they're caught in the loop themselves) Hey Pearl, Mike's tripping!
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TerminalSaint posted:I've long wished to see MST3K do this gem: What they really need are some Lyle Alzado movies.
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Would Robot Jox be TOO good a movie for them to do or
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I'd love to see them cover basically anything that's been on Best of The Worst. Hell, just have the Red Letter Media guys pick the movies next season.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'd love to see them cover basically anything that's been on Best of The Worst. Hell, just have the Red Letter Media guys pick the movies next season. the weird thing about BotW is that they occasionally review MST3K movies but don't seem to mention it at all, as though they have no knowledge that MST3K exists. Which I find difficult to believe.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'd love to see them cover basically anything that's been on Best of The Worst. Hell, just have the Red Letter Media guys pick the movies next season. HannibalBarca posted:the weird thing about BotW is that they occasionally review MST3K movies but don't seem to mention it at all, as though they have no knowledge that MST3K exists. Which I find difficult to believe.
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Gaz2k21 posted:The movie was my first exposure to the show I still have the crusty old ex-rental VHS that I found in a closing down video shop. That's twice the length of many crappy punk bands; you did Uncle Scrotor proud. Barudak posted:Thanks new season, for making me look up and then get lost in a wikipedia hole learning how astronauts pee in a spacesuit to figure out one throwaway host segment line. You too?
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