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"We'll send him cheesy movies/the worst we can find (lalala!)/he'll have to sit and watch them all/while we monitor his mind..."
A simple yet hilarious premise for a TV series -- a guy is trapped in the "Satellite of Love" with a bunch of sarcastic robots, and is forced to watch (and mock) cheesy sci-fi movies. "Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition" brings together four spectacularly awful movies from years apast -- some are boring, some are stupid, and some are BOTH.
One episode features the low-key, somewhat mellow Joel, while the other three feature the perky everyman Mike Nelson. As usual, they're being tortured either by the goofily evil Dr Forester or the equally goofily evil Pearl -- with bad cinema.
Among the movies mocked here: "First Spaceship on Venus," a sluggish and boring sci-fi saga with extremely poor dubbing; "Laserblast," in which a very dumb teenager finds an alien weapon that turns him into a smaller version of the Hulk; "Future War," a ridiculous yet pompous story about cyborgs and tiny attack dinosaurs; and "Werewolf," an inept tale of a cursed skeleton, a Russian scientist with the world's most ridiculous accent, and werewolves driving cars.
Obviously these movies aren't the absolute rock-bottom wretchedness of filmmaking (ie "Manos the Hands of Fate") but they are spectacularly awful. Everything here is worthy of mockery -- the bad special effects, the cardboard characters, silly cinematography (the girl who can't run through a mud puddle) and ever-changing hair.
But of course, the endless stream of mockery turned out by Mike, Joel and the robots is absolutely gutsplitting. They constantly snark bad continuity ("Did those oil barrels just leap out in front of him?"), stupid characters (mock the stupid Russian chick's accent -- "You and Noel is in it for fame and fortune? But over my dead body!") and constant running jokes (the guys never stop mentioning that the atrocious "Laser Blast" was awarded TWO AND A HALF STARS by Maltin).
Even the framing stuff is hilarious, as we watch Joel trying to impress Dr. Forester with his junk-drawer invention and Mike trying to escape the Satellite of Love. And there are the usual minor disasters, such as Mike becoming a WereCrow ("... and you know, I'm perfectly comfortable with that, yeah").
The movies are awful, the snark is hilarious, and the robots are sarcastic ("Let me anoint your beak with scented oils!"). Assuming that "First Spaceship on Venus" doesn't lull you to sleep, this is an entertaining way to spend an evening.
A simple yet hilarious premise for a TV series -- a guy is trapped in the "Satellite of Love" with a bunch of sarcastic robots, and is forced to watch (and mock) cheesy sci-fi movies. "Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition" brings together four spectacularly awful movies from years apast -- some are boring, some are stupid, and some are BOTH.
One episode features the low-key, somewhat mellow Joel, while the other three feature the perky everyman Mike Nelson. As usual, they're being tortured either by the goofily evil Dr Forester or the equally goofily evil Pearl -- with bad cinema.
Among the movies mocked here: "First Spaceship on Venus," a sluggish and boring sci-fi saga with extremely poor dubbing; "Laserblast," in which a very dumb teenager finds an alien weapon that turns him into a smaller version of the Hulk; "Future War," a ridiculous yet pompous story about cyborgs and tiny attack dinosaurs; and "Werewolf," an inept tale of a cursed skeleton, a Russian scientist with the world's most ridiculous accent, and werewolves driving cars.
Obviously these movies aren't the absolute rock-bottom wretchedness of filmmaking (ie "Manos the Hands of Fate") but they are spectacularly awful. Everything here is worthy of mockery -- the bad special effects, the cardboard characters, silly cinematography (the girl who can't run through a mud puddle) and ever-changing hair.
But of course, the endless stream of mockery turned out by Mike, Joel and the robots is absolutely gutsplitting. They constantly snark bad continuity ("Did those oil barrels just leap out in front of him?"), stupid characters (mock the stupid Russian chick's accent -- "You and Noel is in it for fame and fortune? But over my dead body!") and constant running jokes (the guys never stop mentioning that the atrocious "Laser Blast" was awarded TWO AND A HALF STARS by Maltin).
Even the framing stuff is hilarious, as we watch Joel trying to impress Dr. Forester with his junk-drawer invention and Mike trying to escape the Satellite of Love. And there are the usual minor disasters, such as Mike becoming a WereCrow ("... and you know, I'm perfectly comfortable with that, yeah").
The movies are awful, the snark is hilarious, and the robots are sarcastic ("Let me anoint your beak with scented oils!"). Assuming that "First Spaceship on Venus" doesn't lull you to sleep, this is an entertaining way to spend an evening.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Riffan
Format:DVD
The 20th anniversary of Mystery Science Theater 3000, MST3K for short was released in 2008 and features four finely riffed episodes from across the show's history, displaying about three distinctly different eras in the show's 10 year run. All of them have plenty to value, this was also one of my first exposures to the show and I have not turned back a single step in finding every volume released from this release onward. This volume contains 1 era Joel story from Season 2, the final episode of Season 7 which ended the show's run on Comedy Central and two episodes, one from Season 9 and the other from Season 10 on the Sci-fi channel.
Episode 211 - First Spaceship to Venus
Apparently before America got its hand on this German film it wasn't that bad and could handle its politics and story well enough, same can be said for what Sandy Frank did the Japanese. Regardless however this movie is unique in MST3K history for how diverse the cast is, a woman as a key character who is not just a damsel in distress and a black man (these movies aren't racist, just old so to note but black characters are rare, particularly ones with speaking roles). The movie concerns a need to go to Venus and the revelations uncovered there in a movie which pads out a great deal, is as slow as the first hour of the 2005 King Kong. However in come Joel and the Bots to, in their era, give this movie not so much of a tearing as Mike would in later seasons. Tom Servo gets his sarcasm thrown into the mix to make some potent riffs "Ah a Good movie, oh I don't think so" but he soon reverts to his usual whimsy "Look - it's the most advanced slurpy machine ever built!" As well as this we get a scene where a gorilla nearly boards the Satellite of Love, advertisement for food that would only be seen on MTV and nowhere else and the bots designing another bot. Is it the best MST3K episode ever done - no, it's quite average but there's enough riffs to make it worth your while and the host segements, whilst random do highlight the father-son relationship Joel and the bots had for each other which is quite endearing at times, also we get constant riffing at things just the Venus robots "We are a planet of novelty toys!" Overall a good, solid episode which is always worth looking in on.
Episode 706 - Lasberblast
How could Leonard Maltin give this film 2.5 stars? Well the bots continue to ask alongside janitor Mike in their last ride with Comedy Central and their original capture Doctor Forrester. Laserblast essentially is a movie about a big laser gun which turns an unlikeable yet somewhat sympathetic individual into a killer with green skin and worse breath. It's a vacuous movie which is depressing at times and non engaging at others. Meanwhile on the SOL we get the connection to their captors cut off with funding for the experiments gone the same way and it is somewhat depressing at the end of an era, but through the sadness of a potential last episode, we get a great segment of Mike going mad and dressing as Captain Cathryn Janeway from Star Trek Voyager. The movie has some good riffs and is considered many a classic, such as the cops who keep dogging our protagonist and the repeated football mentions.
Episode 904 - Werewolf
One of my favorite MST3K episodes and one of the best of all time, Werewolf combines a truly awful movie with some of the fastest riffing MST3K has ever done. The movie shows a group of archaeologists and psychopaths uncovering the bones of a werewolf, where one of them gets cut and ends up becoming one. We get a writer entering the fray who after a Security Guard gets it from the insane imagination of our antagonist, becomes one himself. This film is terrible, haircuts keep noticeably changing showing how drawn out production was, the acting is atrocious yet so fun to watch - particularly our leading woman who gives one of the most renowned line deliveries in MST3K history "Wirrwolf!" But then we have the riffs and this was great, they come fast and furious, never letting up and give us one of the best episodes in just how much they make fun of the film. "So are we to assume a full moon appears every few nights in Flagstaff?" and at any opportunity will just make the best of their content, "Crickets are drowning out the soundtrack - Go Crickets!" Continuity is mocked "Did the oil barrels leap out in front of him?" and effects will be lauded at "What is that, a bat, a bug, what is that!" at the sight of the Werewolf face. As for the host segments, we get one of the best MST3K songs with "Where of Werewolf" which is another chance for Mike to show his style in a 90s girl group scenario, we also see him becoming a were-crow and the gang choosing casting choices for their own werewolf movie. Overall, a classic and one of the best episodes of all time from this series.
Episode 1004 - Future War
One of my first MST3K episodes and it wasn't disappointing. Whilst the movie itself is almost crushing for sheer ineptitude in how it handles characters, arcs, dialogue and of course the infamous force perspective Dinosaur puppets, the crew of the SOL fight back hard and give us a good, well riffed episode, the best pouring into the opening and the Dinosaurs, as well as a fixation with boxes both the movie and Crow seem to have "He's boxed in!" "Well I'm card-bored!". We also get some good segements here, such as working out how much a lady Mike is, Crow masquerading as Droppy the Water Droplet after a single movie reference and Tom Servo attempting Kick-boxing sans functional legs. Overall, a great episode which battleda movie of large guys, nuns and bad sci-fi rip offs.
Episode 211 - First Spaceship to Venus
Apparently before America got its hand on this German film it wasn't that bad and could handle its politics and story well enough, same can be said for what Sandy Frank did the Japanese. Regardless however this movie is unique in MST3K history for how diverse the cast is, a woman as a key character who is not just a damsel in distress and a black man (these movies aren't racist, just old so to note but black characters are rare, particularly ones with speaking roles). The movie concerns a need to go to Venus and the revelations uncovered there in a movie which pads out a great deal, is as slow as the first hour of the 2005 King Kong. However in come Joel and the Bots to, in their era, give this movie not so much of a tearing as Mike would in later seasons. Tom Servo gets his sarcasm thrown into the mix to make some potent riffs "Ah a Good movie, oh I don't think so" but he soon reverts to his usual whimsy "Look - it's the most advanced slurpy machine ever built!" As well as this we get a scene where a gorilla nearly boards the Satellite of Love, advertisement for food that would only be seen on MTV and nowhere else and the bots designing another bot. Is it the best MST3K episode ever done - no, it's quite average but there's enough riffs to make it worth your while and the host segements, whilst random do highlight the father-son relationship Joel and the bots had for each other which is quite endearing at times, also we get constant riffing at things just the Venus robots "We are a planet of novelty toys!" Overall a good, solid episode which is always worth looking in on.
Episode 706 - Lasberblast
How could Leonard Maltin give this film 2.5 stars? Well the bots continue to ask alongside janitor Mike in their last ride with Comedy Central and their original capture Doctor Forrester. Laserblast essentially is a movie about a big laser gun which turns an unlikeable yet somewhat sympathetic individual into a killer with green skin and worse breath. It's a vacuous movie which is depressing at times and non engaging at others. Meanwhile on the SOL we get the connection to their captors cut off with funding for the experiments gone the same way and it is somewhat depressing at the end of an era, but through the sadness of a potential last episode, we get a great segment of Mike going mad and dressing as Captain Cathryn Janeway from Star Trek Voyager. The movie has some good riffs and is considered many a classic, such as the cops who keep dogging our protagonist and the repeated football mentions.
Episode 904 - Werewolf
One of my favorite MST3K episodes and one of the best of all time, Werewolf combines a truly awful movie with some of the fastest riffing MST3K has ever done. The movie shows a group of archaeologists and psychopaths uncovering the bones of a werewolf, where one of them gets cut and ends up becoming one. We get a writer entering the fray who after a Security Guard gets it from the insane imagination of our antagonist, becomes one himself. This film is terrible, haircuts keep noticeably changing showing how drawn out production was, the acting is atrocious yet so fun to watch - particularly our leading woman who gives one of the most renowned line deliveries in MST3K history "Wirrwolf!" But then we have the riffs and this was great, they come fast and furious, never letting up and give us one of the best episodes in just how much they make fun of the film. "So are we to assume a full moon appears every few nights in Flagstaff?" and at any opportunity will just make the best of their content, "Crickets are drowning out the soundtrack - Go Crickets!" Continuity is mocked "Did the oil barrels leap out in front of him?" and effects will be lauded at "What is that, a bat, a bug, what is that!" at the sight of the Werewolf face. As for the host segments, we get one of the best MST3K songs with "Where of Werewolf" which is another chance for Mike to show his style in a 90s girl group scenario, we also see him becoming a were-crow and the gang choosing casting choices for their own werewolf movie. Overall, a classic and one of the best episodes of all time from this series.
Episode 1004 - Future War
One of my first MST3K episodes and it wasn't disappointing. Whilst the movie itself is almost crushing for sheer ineptitude in how it handles characters, arcs, dialogue and of course the infamous force perspective Dinosaur puppets, the crew of the SOL fight back hard and give us a good, well riffed episode, the best pouring into the opening and the Dinosaurs, as well as a fixation with boxes both the movie and Crow seem to have "He's boxed in!" "Well I'm card-bored!". We also get some good segements here, such as working out how much a lady Mike is, Crow masquerading as Droppy the Water Droplet after a single movie reference and Tom Servo attempting Kick-boxing sans functional legs. Overall, a great episode which battleda movie of large guys, nuns and bad sci-fi rip offs.
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Four great episodes from MST3K!
24 Nov 2008
By Valnastar
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
This set is apparently the DVD-only version of the 20th Anniversary set from Shout Factory. That means that it does not include the tin case, plastic Crow figurine or episode lobby cards. It does contain four great episodes of everyone's favorite cow-town puppet show.
This set features one episode with Joel Hodgson as host and three with Mike Nelson hosting. Two episodes are from the Comedy Central years while two are from the Sci-Fi Channel shows.
211- First Spaceship on Venus
Originally called Der Schweigende Stern and made in 1960, this international cast film about the first astronauts to land on Venus is a hoot. Filled with wonderful ideas about international cooperation, yet strangely dated in its science even for when it was made, this movie's vision of the future is fun, action-filled and nearly breaks the goofy meter! The jokes are endless, non-stop and really top-notch from the MST3K crew. "What's a herring weigh? Oh, about a pound." "Everything's better in the crawler copter." Just the endless jokes about the robot in the film, Omega, will keep you laughing throughout. The host segments are just awesomely funny. When the planet has it's "brown explosion" near the end you'll be rolling with laughter and the jokes fly really fast at that point. This is a sometimes overlooked, underrated classic that is too funny to describe. I love it and never get tired of watching it no matter how many times I see it.
706- Laserblast
This 1978 feature comprises the final episode from Comedy Central and is an odd little feature that received 2.5 stars from Leonard Maltin, a fact that is the source of endless wonderful wisecracks as the credits roll. Hilarious throughout in spite of the fact that everyone working on the show knew it might be their last one ever. The host segment wrap-up with great 2001: A Space Odyssey references is terrific.
904- Werewolf
This 1996 feature with Richard Lynch is even more ridiculous than most stories based on lycanthropy. The goofy meter breaks in the first reel of this film and never gets repaired. An archaeologist gets cut by the skeleton of a werewolf and so, predictably, becomes one. The acting, bad foreign accents, and other low-budget silliness in this film are hammered mercilessly by MST3K. The host segment where Mike and the 'Bots are a girl group singing a teen tragedy song, a sort of like "Leader of the Pack" type number, is absolutely killer funny.
1004- Future War
This 1997 video feature is so bad it is beyond words. The huge headed Robert Zdar appears in his second film done on MST3K (the other was Soultaker) and his acting is just as stiff as in the other movie. The film features terrible looking rubber dinosaurs, mediocre martial arts-style action sequences, a hackneyed formulaic plot and acting so bland that calling it wooden would be a compliment! Fortunately, it has enough movement and scene changes to at least fuel a barrage of great jokes from MST3K. It's fun, but only thanks to the MST3K treatment. By itself, this film would be unwatchable.
The extra features on the DVD discs include the 3-part history of MST3K and a video of the reunion panel from Comic-Con 2008. These are very informative and entertaining, even for long-time fans. Great stuff all around.
This set features one episode with Joel Hodgson as host and three with Mike Nelson hosting. Two episodes are from the Comedy Central years while two are from the Sci-Fi Channel shows.
211- First Spaceship on Venus
Originally called Der Schweigende Stern and made in 1960, this international cast film about the first astronauts to land on Venus is a hoot. Filled with wonderful ideas about international cooperation, yet strangely dated in its science even for when it was made, this movie's vision of the future is fun, action-filled and nearly breaks the goofy meter! The jokes are endless, non-stop and really top-notch from the MST3K crew. "What's a herring weigh? Oh, about a pound." "Everything's better in the crawler copter." Just the endless jokes about the robot in the film, Omega, will keep you laughing throughout. The host segments are just awesomely funny. When the planet has it's "brown explosion" near the end you'll be rolling with laughter and the jokes fly really fast at that point. This is a sometimes overlooked, underrated classic that is too funny to describe. I love it and never get tired of watching it no matter how many times I see it.
706- Laserblast
This 1978 feature comprises the final episode from Comedy Central and is an odd little feature that received 2.5 stars from Leonard Maltin, a fact that is the source of endless wonderful wisecracks as the credits roll. Hilarious throughout in spite of the fact that everyone working on the show knew it might be their last one ever. The host segment wrap-up with great 2001: A Space Odyssey references is terrific.
904- Werewolf
This 1996 feature with Richard Lynch is even more ridiculous than most stories based on lycanthropy. The goofy meter breaks in the first reel of this film and never gets repaired. An archaeologist gets cut by the skeleton of a werewolf and so, predictably, becomes one. The acting, bad foreign accents, and other low-budget silliness in this film are hammered mercilessly by MST3K. The host segment where Mike and the 'Bots are a girl group singing a teen tragedy song, a sort of like "Leader of the Pack" type number, is absolutely killer funny.
1004- Future War
This 1997 video feature is so bad it is beyond words. The huge headed Robert Zdar appears in his second film done on MST3K (the other was Soultaker) and his acting is just as stiff as in the other movie. The film features terrible looking rubber dinosaurs, mediocre martial arts-style action sequences, a hackneyed formulaic plot and acting so bland that calling it wooden would be a compliment! Fortunately, it has enough movement and scene changes to at least fuel a barrage of great jokes from MST3K. It's fun, but only thanks to the MST3K treatment. By itself, this film would be unwatchable.
The extra features on the DVD discs include the 3-part history of MST3K and a video of the reunion panel from Comic-Con 2008. These are very informative and entertaining, even for long-time fans. Great stuff all around.
89 of 97 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific first MST3K set from Shout Factory
30 July 2008
By Valnastar
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
This set features one episode with Joel Hodgson as host and three with Mike Nelson hosting. Two episodes are from the Comedy Central years while two are from the Sci-Fi Channel shows.
211- First Spaceship on Venus
Originally called Der Schweigende Stern and made in 1960, this international cast film about the first astronauts to land on Venus is a hoot. Filled with wonderful ideas about international cooperation, yet strangely dated in its science even for when it was made, this movie's vision of the future is fun, action-filled and nearly breaks the goofy meter! The jokes are endless, non-stop and really top-notch from the MST3K crew. "What's a herring weigh? Oh, about a pound." "Everything's better in the crawler copter." Just the endless jokes about the robot in the film, Omega, will keep you laughing throughout. The host segments are just awesomely funny. When the planet has it's "brown explosion" near the end you'll be rolling with laughter and the jokes fly really fast at that point. This is a sometimes overlooked, underrated classic that is too funny to describe. I love it and never get tired of watching it no matter how many times I see it.
706- Laserblast
This 1978 feature comprises the final episode from Comedy Central and is an odd little feature that received 2.5 stars from Leonard Maltin, a fact that is the source of endless wonderful wisecracks as the credits roll. Hilarious throughout in spite of the fact that everyone working on the show knew it might be their last one ever. The host segment wrap-up with great 2001: A Space Odyssey references is terrific.
904- Werewolf
This 1996 feature with Richard Lynch is even more ridiculous than most stories based on lycanthropy. The goofy meter breaks in the first reel of this film and never gets repaired. An archaeologist gets cut by the skeleton of a werewolf and so, predictably, becomes one. The acting, bad foreign accents, and other low-budget silliness in this film are hammered mercilessly by MST3K. The host segment where Mike and the 'Bots are a girl group singing a teen tragedy song, a sort of like "Leader of the Pack" type number, is absolutely killer funny.
1004- Future War
This 1997 video feature is so bad it is beyond words. The huge headed Robert Zdar appears in his second film done on MST3K (the other was Soultaker) and his acting is just as stiff as in the other movie. The film features terrible looking rubber dinosaurs, mediocre martial arts-style action sequences, a hackneyed formulaic plot and acting so bland that calling it wooden would be a compliment! Fortunately, it has enough movement and scene changes to at least fuel a barrage of great jokes from MST3K. It's fun, but only thanks to the MST3K treatment. By itself, this film would be unwatchable.
This set will have a Crow figurine, collector cards, a video segment showing the MST3K reunion panel at Comic-Con from July 2008 and possibly more as yet unannounced features. Highly recommended!
211- First Spaceship on Venus
Originally called Der Schweigende Stern and made in 1960, this international cast film about the first astronauts to land on Venus is a hoot. Filled with wonderful ideas about international cooperation, yet strangely dated in its science even for when it was made, this movie's vision of the future is fun, action-filled and nearly breaks the goofy meter! The jokes are endless, non-stop and really top-notch from the MST3K crew. "What's a herring weigh? Oh, about a pound." "Everything's better in the crawler copter." Just the endless jokes about the robot in the film, Omega, will keep you laughing throughout. The host segments are just awesomely funny. When the planet has it's "brown explosion" near the end you'll be rolling with laughter and the jokes fly really fast at that point. This is a sometimes overlooked, underrated classic that is too funny to describe. I love it and never get tired of watching it no matter how many times I see it.
706- Laserblast
This 1978 feature comprises the final episode from Comedy Central and is an odd little feature that received 2.5 stars from Leonard Maltin, a fact that is the source of endless wonderful wisecracks as the credits roll. Hilarious throughout in spite of the fact that everyone working on the show knew it might be their last one ever. The host segment wrap-up with great 2001: A Space Odyssey references is terrific.
904- Werewolf
This 1996 feature with Richard Lynch is even more ridiculous than most stories based on lycanthropy. The goofy meter breaks in the first reel of this film and never gets repaired. An archaeologist gets cut by the skeleton of a werewolf and so, predictably, becomes one. The acting, bad foreign accents, and other low-budget silliness in this film are hammered mercilessly by MST3K. The host segment where Mike and the 'Bots are a girl group singing a teen tragedy song, a sort of like "Leader of the Pack" type number, is absolutely killer funny.
1004- Future War
This 1997 video feature is so bad it is beyond words. The huge headed Robert Zdar appears in his second film done on MST3K (the other was Soultaker) and his acting is just as stiff as in the other movie. The film features terrible looking rubber dinosaurs, mediocre martial arts-style action sequences, a hackneyed formulaic plot and acting so bland that calling it wooden would be a compliment! Fortunately, it has enough movement and scene changes to at least fuel a barrage of great jokes from MST3K. It's fun, but only thanks to the MST3K treatment. By itself, this film would be unwatchable.
This set will have a Crow figurine, collector cards, a video segment showing the MST3K reunion panel at Comic-Con from July 2008 and possibly more as yet unannounced features. Highly recommended!
49 of 56 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
More MST3K? Oh yes, I'll have some of that....
28 July 2008
By Echo
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is for the episodes in this set, not the set itself (although the artwork looks spiffy!)
211- First Spaceship on Venus A controversial add among fans, but this episode unnecessarily gets a bad rap. The basic movie is about a multinational space expedition to Venus (a theme in a least of couple of later MST3K experiments). Goofy of course, and funny, but the host segments are fun (others disagree, but who cares?) The Brain's own "Amazing Colossal Episode Guide" The Mystery Science Theater 3000 : Amazing Colossal Episode Guide indicate that this wasn't one of their favorites, but they have said that about lots of MST3K episodes that others enjoy. Your mileage, of course, may vary but any early MST3K is worth a look.
706- Laserblast This was the final experiment of Season 7, and indeed the era of hours upon hours of MST3K as filler on Comedy Central. It's the Cadillac of this set, and almost worth the price of admission. The movie is priceless - an androgynous, hopelessly attractive loner finds an arm-sleeve laser gun in the desert, and is quickly seduced by its power. Seduced? No, he's turned into an alien. After tasting the fruits of his forbidden power, our hero goes on a rampage. He doesn't rob banks or blast bad guys, he goes after Eddie Deezen, cast out of type as a annoying geek (and kind of a bully, too.) The host segments involve the end of the SOL's funding, with Pearl pulling the literal plug. Our heroes go off to the void, and Dr. Forrester finds a 2001-esqu fate. A keeper, and I'm delighted to find this more or less permanently preserved on DVD at last!
904- Werewolf (aka "Wahr-wilf"). One of the better episodes from the unfortunately truncated Season 9 - it stars, well someone, with an unfortunate encounter with the teeth of a wolf skull involving stitches. It also stars perennial B-movie villain Richard Lynch, with a low-rent cameo from Joe Estevez as a sun-addled native archaeologist day laborer. Check out the impossibly predictable twist ending. The host segments are about as good as MST3K has ever generated - Mike attempts escape (and is quickly detected by the otherwise incompetent Pearl, Professor Bobo, and Brain Guy). There's even a nifty song, "Where O Werewolf".
1004- Future War By this time the show was on the way out the door, but in the last couple of years MST3K featured some really cheesy bad 1990s-era monster movies. This one is actually not as bad as many, if you can get past the rubber dinosaurs. (Plot? Oh yeah, a man from the future visits a la Terminator, quickly followed by man-eating dinosaurs - or something). The host segments are serviceable, involving dropping LSD, kick boxing, and making fun of someone's facial-deforming illness (never said MST3K was a great family show).
I had the pleasure of interviewing the cinematographer of "Future War", and his attitude towards the MST3K treatment of his film was delightful. The crew of "Future War understand MST3K, and they have a terrific sense of humor. This is a better episode than most, and it's great to have it on immortal DVD.
On balance, there are some unusual choices for this box set, but it sounds like Shout Factory is on the right track. Looking forward to many future box sets.
211- First Spaceship on Venus A controversial add among fans, but this episode unnecessarily gets a bad rap. The basic movie is about a multinational space expedition to Venus (a theme in a least of couple of later MST3K experiments). Goofy of course, and funny, but the host segments are fun (others disagree, but who cares?) The Brain's own "Amazing Colossal Episode Guide" The Mystery Science Theater 3000 : Amazing Colossal Episode Guide indicate that this wasn't one of their favorites, but they have said that about lots of MST3K episodes that others enjoy. Your mileage, of course, may vary but any early MST3K is worth a look.
706- Laserblast This was the final experiment of Season 7, and indeed the era of hours upon hours of MST3K as filler on Comedy Central. It's the Cadillac of this set, and almost worth the price of admission. The movie is priceless - an androgynous, hopelessly attractive loner finds an arm-sleeve laser gun in the desert, and is quickly seduced by its power. Seduced? No, he's turned into an alien. After tasting the fruits of his forbidden power, our hero goes on a rampage. He doesn't rob banks or blast bad guys, he goes after Eddie Deezen, cast out of type as a annoying geek (and kind of a bully, too.) The host segments involve the end of the SOL's funding, with Pearl pulling the literal plug. Our heroes go off to the void, and Dr. Forrester finds a 2001-esqu fate. A keeper, and I'm delighted to find this more or less permanently preserved on DVD at last!
904- Werewolf (aka "Wahr-wilf"). One of the better episodes from the unfortunately truncated Season 9 - it stars, well someone, with an unfortunate encounter with the teeth of a wolf skull involving stitches. It also stars perennial B-movie villain Richard Lynch, with a low-rent cameo from Joe Estevez as a sun-addled native archaeologist day laborer. Check out the impossibly predictable twist ending. The host segments are about as good as MST3K has ever generated - Mike attempts escape (and is quickly detected by the otherwise incompetent Pearl, Professor Bobo, and Brain Guy). There's even a nifty song, "Where O Werewolf".
1004- Future War By this time the show was on the way out the door, but in the last couple of years MST3K featured some really cheesy bad 1990s-era monster movies. This one is actually not as bad as many, if you can get past the rubber dinosaurs. (Plot? Oh yeah, a man from the future visits a la Terminator, quickly followed by man-eating dinosaurs - or something). The host segments are serviceable, involving dropping LSD, kick boxing, and making fun of someone's facial-deforming illness (never said MST3K was a great family show).
I had the pleasure of interviewing the cinematographer of "Future War", and his attitude towards the MST3K treatment of his film was delightful. The crew of "Future War understand MST3K, and they have a terrific sense of humor. This is a better episode than most, and it's great to have it on immortal DVD.
On balance, there are some unusual choices for this box set, but it sounds like Shout Factory is on the right track. Looking forward to many future box sets.
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