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God Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is a loathsome movie.
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Speaking of, was the original short story said movie was based on any better (apparently Devil Doll was a novel as well)?
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Nov 7, 2023 05:55
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Raskolnikov38 posted:that or WWWWWFWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWD bracelets Extremely validating to get a Wesley Willis shoutout back in the day
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Nov 7, 2023 05:58
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Larryb posted:Speaking of, was the original short story said movie was based on any better (apparently Devil Doll was a novel as well)? The same PBS station also adapted The Lathe of Heaven, and supposedly that's a much better adaptation.
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Nov 7, 2023 13:43
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Larryb posted:Speaking of, was the original short story said movie was based on any better (apparently Devil Doll was a novel as well)? This explains it pretty well: https://daydreamingintext.blogspot.com/2013/08/seek-original-overdrawn-at-memory-bank.html
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Nov 7, 2023 13:44
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:God Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is a loathsome movie. It's a great MST3K episode, though. Infinitely quotable.
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Nov 7, 2023 15:45
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It's the only episode I managed to tape before Sci-Fi pulled MST3K from reruns, so it's the one I've seen the most and also still one of my favorites  I absolutely love the fake PBS pledge drive Pearl has going on, since it's just like the PBS pledge drives I remember from the time (probably because I grew up in the twin cities media market so I was watching the same PBS station the MST3K crew did).
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Nov 7, 2023 16:19
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"What are you going to do?" "EAT."
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Nov 7, 2023 16:34
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Mom… my nuts?
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Nov 7, 2023 17:47
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Yes, Aram Fingal, from San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
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Nov 7, 2023 17:57
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Fingal? "Der Bingle? Pat Hingle?"
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Nov 7, 2023 18:37
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I was in fact surprised when they bungled and bobbled the Fingal doppel
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Nov 7, 2023 18:47
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"My name is...Apollonia James." "I forgot for a second."
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Nov 7, 2023 18:50
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Did I imagine it Mike or did a chubby angel with gin blossoms just visit us?
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Nov 7, 2023 19:08
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He looks DRUNK to me.
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Nov 7, 2023 19:15
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Ooh, stereo cats! I didn't want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple!
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Nov 7, 2023 19:39
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JethroMcB posted:"My name is...Apollonia James." Yeah, right.
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Nov 7, 2023 19:48
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I bet no one scrolls up this cinema.
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Nov 7, 2023 20:03
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This is how much pure cocaine you would need to enjoy this movie.
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Nov 7, 2023 20:10
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I seem to have died, is that okay?
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Nov 7, 2023 20:21
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DOCTOR WHO...the hell cares!
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Nov 7, 2023 20:27
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New interview with Joel: https://geekvibesnation.com/gvn-interview-joel-hodgson-talks-season-14-of-mystery-science-theater-3000/
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Nov 7, 2023 20:35
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Is it SEXY?
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Nov 7, 2023 20:36
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You make me tingle, Fingal. Fingal, are you single? Give me a jingle!
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Nov 7, 2023 20:40
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I could quote the entire credit sequence tech support bit... so I will: Mike: "Man, that was a very bad and confusing movie. I wish there was something we could do." Crow: "Why don't you call tech support?" Mike: "Tech support for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank?" Crow: "I'm sure they get a lot of complaints. They better have a tech support." Tom: "Why not?" Mike: "Okay, we'll give it a try. Let's see. 1-800... what, SUCK?" [phone rings] Man: "Welcome. Thank you for calling our award winning technical support service for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. Please be prepared with a specific problem about Overdrawn at the Memory Bank in order to fascilitate assistance from one of our skilled Overdrawn at the Memory Bank technicians." Mike: "Well yeah, I'm prepared with some specific problems about Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, alright, don't have to worry about that." Mandy: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank technical support. This is Mandy, how can I help you?" Mike: "Well, first of all.." Mandy: "Sir, let me take care of some common troubleshooting possibilities right away. Are you, in fact, watching Overdrawn at the Memory Bank?" Mike: "Yes." Mandy: "We do find that people new to our Overdrawn at the Memory Bank family of viewers can make a simple mistake and actually be watching another movie. If that is the case, we would urge you to call the appropriate technical support service for we are legally unable to provide support for..." Mike: "Look, look, we're watching Overdrawn at the Memory Bank! The credits are rolling right now." Mandy: "So it's not complete yet?" Mike: "Well, no, but I mean..." Mandy: "We strongly advise our customers to view the entire film. It is impossible for us to gauge the accuracy of any confusion or..." Mike: "Look, how are the credits going to help the fact that we have no idea what was going on with anything?! What was the 'I'm interfaced' thing about? What was the skinny woman doing when she was licking her watch? And, hey hey, why the pinched-mouth cockney creep? And the guy just reverses the access code Who thought that was well-crafted screenwriting?"Mandy: "Sir, ..." Mike: "And the music was the most insipid..." Crow: "Banal." Mike: "banal noodling I've ever heard in my life!" Mandy: "Sir, those are unfortunate design flaws which we do acknowledge." Mike: "Well, what I can do about it?" Mandy: "When did you purchase your version of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank?" Mike: "I... I didn't purchase it. I just, uh..." Mandy: "So are an unauthorized viewer of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank?" Mike: "I don't think..." Mandy: "I am legally required to report this violation of ..." Bots: "Hang up! Hang up! Get out of here!" Mr.Radar fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Nov 7, 2023 |
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Nov 7, 2023 21:11
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Larryb posted:New interview with Joel: quote:Joel Hodgson: Well, I want to reiterate that Netflix did not give us any notes. The only one thing they asked us to stop was we would do these little breaks that would be these kinds of moments where we’d reiterate the world of the show. They were kind of like ad breaks. They asked us not to do that because they felt that the viewers might go, “Oh, why is there an ad break?” You know, it doesn’t have to be there. So, that was the only note we got. For example, they weren’t reading our scripts and giving us notes is what I’m saying. We never got that. In fact, while I was working on this show, we’ve never gotten notes. I think that only happened during Sci-Fi [Channel]. I actually liked those ._.
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zoux posted:I actually liked those ._. They were useful because I found it difficult to pause the Gizmoplex for any length of time so that was how I could get snacks or bathroom breaks.
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Nov 7, 2023 21:19
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Oh yeah, old guys becoming pandas, that's the future.
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Nov 7, 2023 21:29
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Joel Hodgson posted:Of course, having to shoot on green screen for the host segments, which we’ve never done, was really hard because we had to shoot both in L.A. and in Pennsylvania. It wasn’t practical to move the sets. The whole premise was 80% of the show’s already shot on greenscreen because of the silhouettes, but we had to do that last 20%, the host segments, on greenscreen too. So, that will not remain. People didn’t seem to like it. It was a necessity because of COVID. Next season we won’t be doing that. We’ll go back to in-camera sets for the host segments. Oh thank god. Those virtual sets look terrible. I know the original Satellite of Love set was a bunch of toys and kitchen utensils glued to a wall and spray-painted beige. But it seemed real and tangible in a way that the modern virtual sets never did, probably because of the bright, uniform greenscreen lighting.
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Nov 7, 2023 21:33
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Come, as you are, to my mall, to my atrium, yeah yeah.
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Nov 7, 2023 21:45
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WhiteHowler posted:I know the original Satellite of Love set was a bunch of toys and kitchen utensils glued to a wall and spray-painted beige. But it seemed real and tangible in a way that the modern virtual sets never did, probably because of the bright, uniform greenscreen lighting. I can't remember which episode it's from, but there's a host segment that has a wonderful little moment: one of the bots is talking about "all that hokey garbage the movie is trying to pass off as real space equipment", and Joel quickly glances around, looks back into the camera, then gives a little smile and shrug.
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Nov 7, 2023 21:55
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Powered Descent posted:I can't remember which episode it's from, but there's a host segment that has a wonderful little moment: one of the bots is talking about "all that hokey garbage the movie is trying to pass off as real space equipment", and Joel quickly glances around, looks back into the camera, then gives a little smile and shrug. It's probably from that one Rocky Jones episode, where the actors had to pretend to turn the "wheel" on the "door" to the "airlock" on their "spaceship"
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Nov 7, 2023 22:02
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WhiteHowler posted:Oh thank god. Those virtual sets look terrible. Yeah. I believe Joel that it was probably the only way to do it with COVID and the supply chain issues they were facing at the time, but I'm happy he sees the value in going back to a real, physical set.
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Dawgstar posted:Come, as you are, to my mall, to my atrium, yeah yeah. … now get the hell out of my mezzanine
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Nov 7, 2023 22:20
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Thank god they're swapping to a real set. Now I hope its better than the Netflix one, which just seemed kind of lifeless to me. Maybe I'm just a crank and things aren't the way that they were when I was a kid.
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Nov 7, 2023 22:41
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I just want Servo to have a clear head again.
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Nov 7, 2023 23:53
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It's funny, I first saw Overdrawn at the Memory Bank unriffed, on SciFi about a year before they started carrying MST3K. Teen me seemed to think it was fine?
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Freemason Rush Week posted:It's funny, I first saw Overdrawn at the Memory Bank unriffed, on SciFi about a year before they started carrying MST3K. Teen me seemed to think it was fine?  "You were scrolling up unauthorized cinemas?" "*sigh* Yeah, that's BEEN ESTABLISHED!!"
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Nov 8, 2023 04:38
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He switched the tag from your body to another body! COUGH HUGH HACK COUGH URP
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New live event: quote:Greetings, backers!
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