|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Feb 13, 2007 10:27:04 GMT -5
407 - The Killer Shrews with Junior Rodeo Daredevils This episode was a good-sized notch above average. The movie is really stupid and goofy and provides lots for the guys to riff on. The short, though, is again the highlight of the episode. That and the SOL and D13 segments were just fabulous. The Junior Rodeo posters don't say where the junior rodeo will be. Dontcha think that's important, boys? Crow: You call that art? Tom: You know, I see something subliminal in this here poster! The Daddy-O's entry on this short says that it may have been filmed in Wickenburg, AZ. I am pretty confident that this is true. Not only does Arizona tend to be quite fond of rodeo, after all we had the first rodeo event in 1888 in Prescott (pronounced kinda like "press kit"), but you can also spot the name of the ranch in some of the shots in which the crowd goes wild. Yay. The ranch is the Slash Bar K in Wickenburg, AZ. The ranch is now The Meadows, a treatment center for addiction and trauma sufferers. Joel: Hey, Billy, I'll buy that Rolling Rock from ya! Tom: No way! Beat it! (Awesome coincidence: I was drinking a Rolling Rock during this very moment!) Joel as small unsuccessful rodeoer: Go ahead! Strip me of my dignity at age four! WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?Just as Leeches was remarkably short on Gary Busey jokes, so Shrews is short on Al Lewis jokes. Maybe they decided they had better riff ideas than repeatedly calling attention to the fact that we were looking at an actor that resembled a more famous actor, and I think I'm thankful for that, 'cause they really did a good job on riffing the feature. One thing they frequently noted was the prevalence of alcohol in this flick! There's far more booze in this movie than there is coffee in Leeches! Yikes! I bet the movie reflects the filmmakers lives while they made this thing! There are also a lot of mishearing riffs in this ep. Dr. Craigis is pretty hard to understand, so we get a lot of nonsensical mishearings from the guys. Marlowe Craigis: If you'll freshen Ann's drink, I'll go check. Joel: Flesh in man's drink? And with all that mishearing going on, I thought I heard the mad doc call James Best "Strom Thurmond" and the nerdy assistant "Ratbert". It's not quite Spring yet, but it has been reasonably warm lately. I think mid-day in Spring (or late winter) on a day off is my favorite time for watching MST3K. It takes me back to the spring of '05 when I had the opportunity to be unemployed and it was then when I bought a full-series set and became a Mystie in earnest. There's something strangely satisfying about watching a good episode while there's a gorgeous day outside . . . I'm not sure what that says about me, but I enjoyed that feeling yesterday as I watched this ep! Mad Dr.: As I said, they are mutants. Crow: Ted Mu- gents . . . Joel: That's a stretch. All of the host segments had me laughing. This ep gets a pretty big thumbs up from me. It's got a great short, really funny and random host segments, a goofy boring movie and riffidge that more than makes up for it.
|
|
|
Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Feb 13, 2007 13:57:08 GMT -5
The Junior Rodeo posters don't say where the junior rodeo will be. Dontcha think that's important, boys? Heh, I thought the same thing! Although in a town that size, it would be hard to keep the location a secret. Shrews was one of the few episodes that I actually remember very clearly seeing its initial run. The part that stuck in my mind was the host segment with the characters stuck to the game board. It was a revelation to me, that these guys could take all the pain we were all experiencing in watching this movie, and turn it into something hilarious. Nowadays I also get a big kick out of the 'bots with their killer shrew impressions. The "yipe-yipe" sounds are ripe for having fun with.
|
|
|
Post by fanliorel on Feb 13, 2007 16:03:45 GMT -5
Yeah I'm a little slow to the punch, but you've at least seen the Hercule Poirot wiki article now. Great quick-read novels. All of the host segments had me laughing. This ep gets a pretty big thumbs up from me. It's got a great short, really funny and random host segments, a goofy boring movie and riffidge that more than makes up for it. Agreed, this episode was awesome, you're making me wanna go home and watch it right now Overused plot devices, a cast of cliche characters, terrible props/costumes/rugs ( ), poor actors (wasn't the woman ms. sweden or something that year?), etc. Heck they didn't edit out the dogs barking! Especially hilarious are all the "misheard" riffs as you point out, they really crack me up. All that, plus it's got the killer shrews song! You'll be singing it for weeks if youre like me.
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Feb 26, 2007 12:53:36 GMT -5
408 - Hercules Unchained This one was funny! I kinda expected that I would dislike the movie enough that it would put a damper on the ep. I don't tend to look forward to Hercules movies. He's really strong, so what? I think the look of '50s and '60s color movies is unappealing as well. Kinda like Catalina Caper. But the movie didn't ruin it. The riffidge was funny enough to compensate, which is always great and pretty much the point of MST3K, I'd say. The invention exchange is pretty fun. I'd say the SOL wins, but this is my favorite line: Dr. Forrester: Fashions come and go, but roaches are forever. This movie gave me another taste of MST3K in widescreen! That is, like Sidehackers, during the credits Herc. Unch. is squished so it'll all fit into the TV-shaped screen. My portable DVD player, when set to widescreen but with a "full-frame" DVD inside, stretches the image sideways. And there you go, the movie is no longer in longtorsovision and Joel & the Bots are a little wider. But the original print is actually so wide, that the people are still long even when the screen stretches them out! Joel: If you think he's long, try me; I'm longest! This is a pretty confusing movie. I had to play some of the expository scenes over again while ignoring the riffs so that I could catch what was supposed to be going on. I'm not sure if I ever really got it, though. Let's see, Herc has a new wife and this wiry Ulysses kid (why?). They get home and these two brothers are fighting over the throne or something? Then they send Herc to deliver a treaty, right? But why Herc? Anyway, Herc drinks of the waters of forgetfulness, and hangs out with the nymphs. A search party is sent out and they all return home safely, the end. Oh, but wait, then the brothers fight to the death (of both of them). The end. What did Herc have to do with these brothers and their kingdom? In the end, so what? Tom: Oh, for the clarity of Mighty Jack! Crow: Thank you, Feces! Tom: Certainly, Piteous! Hey, that lute Iole gets looks like a toilet seat! I won't get too graphic, but try imagining it as an invention that helps prevent toilet clogs . . . Some rude horsemen barge past . . . Herc: They're Argives. What are they doing in Attica? Crow: A nickel. A pheasant flies over head . . . Herc: Look! I'm hungry! Tom: Listen! It's cold. Guys run up to Herc with a stretcher . . . Tom: Hi, we're I-X-I-I. Somebody here dial I-X-I-I? I was pretty surprised that there were no comparisons between the Swan helmets in this flick and the one the bad guy wore in Cave Dwellers! There's no way they didn't notice. I suppose they didn't want to reference other episodes too much, as I think I've heard (that they said they didn't want to do too much of that, not that it was a rule), but to make no mention whatsoever? Wow! A reference to one of my favorite bands . . . Joel as Herc: This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! How did I get here? Missed riff: When Ulysses knocks over Herc's water dish, there's a great opportunity to make a Bob and Doug McKenzie reference (to their "Great White North" LP). Ulysses: *kicks bowl* Me as Bob McKenzie: Oh, way to knock over that! Get out! Herc fails to bend the lamp stand . . . Crow: Rats, I can't bend it. Guess I'll have to stay here with the nymphs! My favorite host segment of the ep is definitely the Water of Forgetfulness, etc. sketch. We have green bean casserole at Thanksgiving each year, but this year, it'll be the green bean casserole of happiness! Magic Voice: Those who eat of it will find the serenity that only a hot dish can bring. Wonder what Joel's talking about when he says, "They're posing for the Primo beer can!"? Well, this should help: Primo is Hawaiian beer, if you can't quite read the can. A little while ago, my mom gave me a t-shirt that she had had for quite some time. It has the Primo logo on the back with the slogan "Breakfast of Hawaiians" beneath it! Missed riff: Guard enters Ulysses' cell . . . Guard: Get out of bed now! Me: Drag a comb across your head! Or . . . Me: It's time for church! Joel's right when he says, "The closer she gets, the weirder she looks! Ew!" That queen lady is pretty freaky lookin', if you ask me. And I love the shot of her in the stinger. This one cracked me up big time: Queen looks up to Hercules . . . Joel as Queen: It's twue! It's twue! Queen: Very well, Hercules. Crow as Queen: Very very well! And Crow gets off a very well timed use of "Gymkata!": Band of misfits slowly approaches more professional looking soldier-types . . . Crow as misfit: Hi . . . we just thought we'd stop by and see what's u- GYMKATA! Oh, funny. So this first installment of the MST'ed Herc movies has removed my prejudice of them. Previously I'd have picked something else, some other type of episode, over this one, but now I'll remember how dang funny this one is and I'm sure to come back to it.
|
|
|
Post by jjb3k on Feb 26, 2007 14:06:08 GMT -5
It always struck me as odd that the Brains chose that shot of Queen Omphale for the stinger for 408. Personally, I'd have gone with the scene where Ulysses wigs out on Hercules' bed.
The host segment where Gypsy "plays" the lyre has gotten a bad rap from some folks who think it's just kind of dumb, but it does hold one distinction - it's one of a select few MST3K moments to make my MST3K-hating sister laugh out loud.
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Feb 26, 2007 14:54:15 GMT -5
I agree that the Ulysses bed freakout would've made a better stinger. But I love her face in that shot when her eyes get all big.
|
|
|
Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Feb 26, 2007 17:58:14 GMT -5
I enjoy Herc Unchained, but I agree it doesn't make much sense. I've never seen the original (thought that may soon change). But it does seem as though the Brains cut out a lot. Yeah, that queen is severely strange-looking. I honestly have to say that, after watching this ep several times, she looks to me like a transexual.
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Feb 27, 2007 1:04:56 GMT -5
Hey, I'm right there with you on that, dnaldy!
409 - Indestructible Man with Undersea Kingdom Part 2
Okay. But a definite let down after Herc Unch. There's just a lack of punchiness to the riffidge here.
The short, for one, is riffed okay, but it zips by really fast and almost nothing happens in it. It's pretty much people and horses running. There's very little dialogue and maybe one plot point. Apparently someone was captured by someone else, but I missed it. They were however strange captives . . . weird captives . . . Oh, and if, during the first part of Undersea Kingdom, you took notice of and retained the way little Billy shrieked "Hurry, Diana!" you may find Crow's repeated impressions of little Billy funny as I did. If you didn't take much notice, you may be confused. Either way, Part 1 of Undersea Kingdom was more fun than this one, er two . . .
Title Card: INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN Joel: The Dick Clark story! On ABC.
And he's still alive! Even fifteen years ago it seemed like he'd been around forever! And yet, he's actually only 77 years old! For some reason Casey Kasem and Dick Clark are linked in my mind. F-yer-Y, Casey is still alive and only 74 years old. But Kasem has nothing to do with this episode. Carrying on . . .
Credits: Starring Lon Chaney Crow: Any relation to Dick Cheney?
And he's the vice president now! And he's only 66!
Wow, both the short and the feature have Lon Chaney Jr.! I don't know it for sure, but I bet this episode is the only one that can claim a shared cast member between the short and the feature!
Okay, the detective's name is Dick Chasen. And they left that alone! Amazing!
Movies don't use newspapers to drive home plot points much anymore. But they do a couple times in this picture. I've always enjoyed noticing, as our SOL friends do in this ep, the smaller headlines beneath the big plot point. One doesn't have to watch many old B-movies before you start noticing that some dang building code keeps coming under fire over and over. I think that's hilarious. I bet there was a shop or two in Hollywood where prop guys could go to have custom one-shot newspapers made. One shop had "Building Code under Fire" and the other had "New Petitions against Tax".
The hamburger in the front seat scene is just less than five minutes long, but that is an eternity when all you need to establish is that Dick likes the stripper, er dancer. And what they're saying is so unimportant and vapid it drags the movie to a halt like a tractor pull. The resulting desperate freakout from Joel and the Bots is a highlight.
Then there's my favorite riff in the episode . . . Detective Chasen: You wanted me captain? Joel as captain: For years! The voice Joel uses and his inflection are just perfect.
I also timed how long the hysterical lady went without blinking! 45 seconds! Wow!
Highlight of the whole episode is definitely Mike and Kevin's performance as cops. Mike: Well, Kevin here's Irish, but me, I'm Danish. Frank: Ha ha ha! Mike: *scowl* I don't like you . . . *icy stare* *gum chewing* I love that joke! Oh and there are a couple good bloopers on the Poopie tape from this segment.
I think this wasn't the most riffable movie. For one thing, Lon Chaney has almost no lines. He's silent for most of the picture! But why? I dunno what he might've said, but why? Why on earth didn't he have any lines? Why did they contrive the fried vocal cords? WHY? And in contrast, the other lead character, the detective, is heard and not seen for a good percentage of the movie!
And what's with the recurrent close-up shots of ol' puffy eyes? They don't make the movie less riffable (the opposite, in fact), but they sure are something to complain about! Oh that reminds me, the host segments are pretty decent in this ep. Um, I don't have any specific highlights, but they are all pretty fun. Oh yeah, the cops in Deep 13 are the specific highlight.
So, of all the season four eps released by Rhino, I'm not surprised that Indestructible Man isn't one of them. I think it's 'cause the movie doesn't lend itself to riffidge as well as the Hercmeister does. He's golden and muffiny, easy to make fun of, and there's more of him, next time on . . . A Warwilf Reflects! [APPLAUD]
|
|
|
Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Feb 27, 2007 12:01:39 GMT -5
Movies don't use newspapers to drive home plot points much anymore. But they do a couple times in this picture. I've always enjoyed noticing, as our SOL friends do in this ep, the smaller headlines beneath the big plot point. One doesn't have to watch many old B-movies before you start noticing that some dang building code keeps coming under fire over and over. I think that's hilarious. I bet there was a shop or two in Hollywood where prop guys could go to have custom one-shot newspapers made. One shop had "Building Code under Fire" and the other had "New Petitions against Tax". Heh, that is hilarious. I've never noticed that. Yeah, nowadays instead of whirling newspapers, movies have the radio or TV newscast from station K-PLOT. Who knows? Someday we might see whirling headlines from CNN.com or something like that!
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Mar 13, 2007 1:28:15 GMT -5
410 - Hercules Against the Moon Men
This ep was pretty alright. I think it had a slow spot or two and doesn't stand up to Herc Unch, but it was decent.
Maybe I should clarify that when I say an episode is "good", "average", or "decent", I mean just those things; I'm not putting these eps down by calling them average. MST3K is what I love and these eps live up to the standard. It is the slightly less common episode that has a higher frequency of brilliance and the even less common ep that just doesn't shine quite brightly enough.
Anyway, to get on with it, I wouldn't say that the sand storm was much of a slow spot, riff-wise. It's fun to watch them squirm and panic and try to cope. So they do a good job of making that part of the film fun. And, for the record, rock climbing was way worse than this! There are ten or fifteen minutes of HAMM that is sand storm intercut with the stuff inside the cave: the jiffypop (or "swelling, itching brain" as I like to call it), the dripping blood, etcetera. While Lost Content has at least triple that amount of time in rock climbing. I think I timed it when I was reviewing 208, but I didn't include it in the review. Anyway, the point is, while the sand storm is a little tough to endure, it is not the quintessential Deep Hurting moment. Deep Hurting has been around since before it had a name, since show 208 - Lost Continent, if you ask me.
I noticed it some time ago, but finally decided to mention it here . . . There is a discolored spot on Joel's jumpsuit, right near his right armpit. And it bugs me.
I love Trace's acting after the Super Freak Out. I love watching his face after Frank says, "I am the button!" He's just got great comedic talent even without lines. It makes me wish that Trace had gone into acting after he left MST3K. He may not be the "leading man" type, but he's just an interesting guy to watch as he performs. That's just how I feel. Now let's continue.
At movie sign, Joel and the Bots have been Super Freaking Out and so they shout "Movie sign!" backwards! And actually, I wanted to know for sure what they were saying so I hooked up my portable DVD player to the stereo, recorded the audio to a cassette tape, used a Bic Cristal to wind the tape backwards, unscrewed the cassette, flipped the reels around, rerouted the tape, screwed it shut, rewound it, and played it at high volume. Sure enough, as I suspected, they are saying, "Movie sign! Movie Sign! Movie sign! We've got movie sign!" At first, when I watched the ep, I wasn't sure about the "We've got movie sign" part, so I wanted to confirm it. And it was fun. I like playing with cassette tapes.
Some riffs I liked:
Credits: Nike: Cinematografica - Rome Joel: Nike: Just Film It!
Narrator: Within the bowels of the mountain, a new and monstrous life formed. Tom: Gross!
Joel: Hey, you got change for an eight year-old?
Joel: Hey, it's a life-size achievement award!
All: Gobble gobble!
Crow: Is that my puddle?
Tom: Hi, I'm a chocolate bar. Break off bits if me and enjoy me all day. This is a good example of how observational riffs can be more fun when they're more sophisticated. It wouldn't be nearly as funny if Tom had said, "Wow, he looks like a chocolate bar." See what I mean? This message brought to you by Tom Servo's Comedy Academy and the Ad Council
Okay, when Herc is riding along and the rocks fall off the cliff, watch the left side of the screen. Something enters the frame right when the rocks fall. It's probably some palm fronds swaying into the shot, but they seem to move right with the rocks in such a way that it looks like they are some apparatus that is pulling the rocks down (like with twine that we can't see). But they probably aren't, 'cause it wouldn't make much sense to have cords running across the shot instead of just having people push the things from behind.
Shouldn't the Booby Trap Illusion sketch have come after Herc was in the big spike trap? I don't think it's really related to the old guy getting skewered, so the sketch seems really random. I think the pants song should have been the first host segment and the illusion sketch should have been last. By the third segment we have seen a lot more buffalo shots, but it would still work early in the ep as a reactionary sketch. Oh, and it should be noted that the pants song is classic and a highlight of the episode.
There's a moment in this episode much like one in the previous episode (the Dick Chasen moment). When the owly moon man is setting up the sand storm he says, "When the planet Saturn comes into conjunction with Mars and the evil influence of Uranus . . . " And there's nothing! No snickering, no guffaws, no "cool it" from Joel. Nothing! Well, one of them says, "Oh, so next Tuesday." But jeepers, I can't believe they let two golden opportunities for sophomoric hijinks fly right past them!
I love that they chose Roger Miller songs as the chain gang songs when Herc is in the vise. They start with Dang Me, then move on to King of the Road, and finally they switch it up with Rolf Harris' Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport. Fun!
Is the half-sister's name Phyllis or Billis? It says Phyllis in the ACEG, but it always sounded like Billis to me. Another favorite riff:
Samara: I gave them Billis. Crow as Herc: Yikes! I can just imagine what you've given me!
You know, those stone guys actually look pretty cool.
Then there's the letter at the end which Tom reads without the help of Joel to hold it up. If you look at the letter (upside-down and on the table) while it's on still-store, you can easily read the upper portion of the letter. It reads, "Dear M.S.T. guy + robots, I am so obsesed [sic] with you that I've convinced myself that I am George's love child. Even though I look like my dad. Just kidding. I don't look like my dad." Thereafter it appears to be what Tom reads aloud. Odd don't you think? I wonder who George is. I'd bet that this was not an actual fan letter, but one made up by the writers in response to what was probably a too common remark in the fan mail: "you guys aren't in space, you're in Minnesota". My guess is that the upper portion was meant to spoof their fanmail by getting Joel's name wrong (George) and saying weird, even creepy, nonsensical things. But, then again, it is very possible that some guy from Oregon just wrote a really dumb and weird letter to BBI.
So, HAMM was pretty good. The host segments were fun all around, and the ep does originate the term Deep Hurting, so it has that going for it as well. There are lots of references in this one that I don't get (lots of celebrity names), so that kinda puts a damper on it for me. But in the end, this one's fine.
|
|
|
Post by jjb3k on Mar 13, 2007 15:48:48 GMT -5
You want "Uranus" jokes? Just wait 'till you watch "Hercules and the Captive Women"...
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Mar 14, 2007 8:34:25 GMT -5
Ooh. I guess I've forgotten about that one!
"The evil influence of Uranus is strong is this one . . . "
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Mar 26, 2007 15:11:41 GMT -5
411 - The Magic Sword
This one is pretty good. It feels average from a riffidge point of view, but somehow I feel more drawn to it than that. Like I feel the urge to watch it more than your other average episodes. I'm not sure why.
Perhaps it gets a slightly above average mark for its host segments. While not necessarily above and beyond, the segments here are vibrant and fun. I particularly like the Mads' invention and the skit to go with it. Frank's non-acting is just precious.
Frank: Enough Charles in Charge! I'd better get to work on that hardy new strain of dysentery I've been mutating!
And I love the Basil Rathbones dog biscuits sketch. The concept is maybe a little obvious, but you can't deny that the execution is very good and lots of fun. I especially love the moment when Joel holds a perfect still-frame while Magic Voice labels him "Top Trainer: Joel Robinson". The timing is right on and it just looks great.
I think it's Joel who says, "You know, for a Bert I. Gordon film, this isn't too bad." And, you know, I'm inclined to agree with him. The pacing is good (which can't always be said of the Notorious B.I.G.'s pictures) and for what they are, I'd say the effects aren't too shabby. The miniature people were pretty convincing to me! I mean, they were integrated well, the stuff with them handling the sword is more of a giveaway, but the look of the shots comes off well. The dragon is pretty good too. It's not the most articulate, and George hardly gets close to it much less does he fight it, but hey, it is two-headed, and you can tell by the scale of the flames that the puppet is actually pretty large. And with Mr. BIG we can at least be thankful it wasn't an iguana!
But, lest I make this movie sound good, I mustn't dismiss the Irish knight who gets the Worst Irish Accent in the History of Film Award!
Some favorite riffs:
Sybil: He ought to be at home learning a good trade. Joel as Sally Struthers: Like computer science, refrigeration, gun repair!
Crow: Must get to crappy special effect!
Crow: Dual overhead Sinéad O'Connors!
George: Thank you Pat. Crow: But I'll take it from here.
Oh, and the stinger is a little disappointing. It's just the twin shine-heads saying nothing. I would've liked the stinger to have been the twins delivering their "You're tired! Tired. Rest! Rest." line. That or the shot of Sybil's face after she takes her strange elixir after getting out of the basement.
So, it's an enjoyable episode. A shave above average for good host segments and a movie that's not to tough to stand (though that's not always going to win points for an ep, I suppose it does here).
I'm thinking about trying to pick up the pace again on my reviews. That is, I'd like to be posting reviews more often and moving through the seasons a little faster. I don't want to short change the episodes, my reviews, or my readers, but I do need to move a little quicker here!
Anyway, off to watch more Hercules!
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Mar 26, 2007 16:18:42 GMT -5
Ooh! I forgot to include my missed riff for Magic Sword!
When Sybil is letting George take a peek at his birthday presents, she includes the knights she has waiting for him, knights who are frozen (and they apparently didn't mind being dormant for a couple years. Thanks Sybil!). Anyway, here's my riff for that moment: Me: Hey! Those aren't knights, those are xerox copies of knights!
'Cause that's what they look like. Well, for a movie from '62, maybe the riff should use mimeograph instead. But whatever. Herc awaits.
|
|
|
Post by Arizona Warwilf on Mar 26, 2007 20:00:16 GMT -5
How's this for fast paced? 412 - Hercules and the Captive Women This one was half great and half average. I laughed a lot in the first half of the show, but it trailed off a little after the first 45 minutes. But overall, I liked this one quite a bit. My favorite stuff is all the Uranus jokes. I can't help it! Those jokes really get me! It's that part of me that never left junior high. Those lines are funny on their own without any riffs, but the guys make them even funnier. Priest: I am the last priest dedicated to Uranus! Tom: We'll wear longer skirts then! And speaking of skirts, this Herc movie is the king of the buffalo shot! Though I didn't count, the shots are numerous and each packs a heck of a lot of buffalo! Yikes! This ep has Gypsy's first appearance in the theater! She can't hack it for long though. I suspected, and the ACEG confirmed, that this appearance was in response to frequent questions in letters as to why Gypsy doesn't join the others in the theater. Not only does she need to run the higher functions, she's also not very good at riffing and has a low tolerance for pain! In the Good Natured Ribbing sketch, Joel hits Crow with a styro prop chair and Crow's mouth goes all out of alignment and his eyes roll back. It's absolutely perfect! It's very funny, and I'm sure it was total happenstance, which makes it awesome. I had one of those moments when I made a riff at the screen only to hear one of the guys make the same riff right after! Son of Hercules and the lady and that shrill little person are racing along the ravine and hiding in the brush and such. The little guy keeps shrieking things and I shrieked back with "Hurry Diana!" And sure enough, Crow said it two seconds later. Fun. I didn't write down all the riffs that made me laugh a lot, but I did find this one to be clever: Atlantis is crumbling (didn't Herc say he was going to undo the queen without destroying Atlantis? I swear I heard him say he would. So much for that. Anyway.) Joel: Now that the mountains have finally tumbled to the sea, a lot of people will have to stop loving a lot of people. I always like riffs that reference music. And this one riffs on a cliche of pop music. When I make referential riffs, they're usually related to music and musicians, 'cause whereas some of the Brains may have been old TV junkies, I am a music junkie. So I get a kick out of the music references on the show. And if I ever get together the series of fan-vids I'd like to do, there'd be a lot of music riffs. Anyway, I think I'm done here! I liked this one very much! I definitely have a different perspective on the Hercules episodes now! As I mentioned before, at one time it would have been unlikely for me to spontaneously elect to watch one of the Herc eps, but they definitely changed my mind this time around. These three were good. I hope 502 - Hercules will be as good. So far, I'd rank them (best to least best) thusly: - 408 - Hercules Unchained
- 412 - Hercules and the Captive Women
- 410 - Hercules Against the Moon Men
Hey, I just realized that each of these three involve an evil queen. Weird. Seems like there should have been a host segment to address that in this ep. I hope they release 412 on a Rhino DVD, 'cause my copy is pretty low quality. Okay! Ciao!
|
|