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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 23, 2006 2:05:24 GMT -5
111 – Moon Zero Two
Wow, I’ve really let my note-taking take a dive here. I noted very little again this time. I assure that this is not because the eps have been lacking in laugh-out-loud moments. They’ve had plenty, and Moon Zero Two is no exception. What I’ve mainly been noting are changes, firsts, curiosities, and stuff with little or no relevance that the show makes me think of, and there’ve not been many of those in the past few episodes. There has been a more-or-less even consistency of quality to the episodes since The Crawling Hand. Each ep has been solidly funny and lacking in dead spots, but, like I’ve said before, things aren’t advancing from show to show at this point. That’s fine and all; this is a good spot to be in. It’s the theater segments that are doing so well and I think what’s most due for improvement is the host segments. Overall, the host segments feel like they need a little more creativity and attention. They feel like afterthoughts instead of one of two focal points for each episode.
So, Moon Zero Two was good. I didn’t like it as much as the other recent episodes. This is purely because of my personal taste in films, though. I don’t like this era much, the late sixties and into the seventies. But it’s not just the era. I adore Mitchell, for example. It’s really the era plus the stoopid goofiness. There’s so much to this movie that’s visually annoying: the idiotic wigs, the ranch bar, the dancing and the dancers’ costumes, the cartoon and awful song to start everything off, and then there’s Moonopoly of course. Catalina Caper is another ep I had a hard time enjoying because I found the movie so bouncily annoying. The riffing in MZT however is good and surely makes the episode worth the pain of the movie. My dislike of the movie does take the episode’s rewatchability factor down several points for me, though.
I find the choice for leading man in this movie to be illogical. Like somebody said, “He could rent out his forehead for advertising!” I mean, was that look dashing at the time? Don’t get me wrong, I went bald at eighteen, and I’m not the biggest fan of all the “beautiful people” out there, but that guy is seriously unappealing.
Some highlights!
I love Trace’s impressions of the big dumb thug guy. He does a great “dumb British thug” voice. I can only remember this line: “I don’t even remember my name.” But there were many better ones. I’m sure that none of them are as funny in text as they are when Crow is saying them, so please, watch for yourself.
I also liked the riff that I believe Servo delivered in the washroom/memorial scene. It’s the memorial of people who have died making the moon livable and someone is questioning why it’s not in a more visible place. The memorial caretaker explains that the airlines (er whatever) say it would scare the passengers. Then Tom says, “But to make it the backsplash for a urinal?”
And here's my favorite quotable quote:
Joel as monocle-wearing evil guy: Ah! I’m intrinsically evil! And I’ve got a new jogging suit I’m showing off!
Three more shows until season two! The beginning of season two is exciting for several reasons. I am very excited about the debut of Kevin Murphy as Tom Servo and the debut of TV's Frank! I would be excited about those anyway, but it's made even more special by 201 being an episode I've not yet seen! Frank has always been a favorite character of mine and it's thrilling that I'll finally get to see his first show. I am giddy to see Kevin's Servo in his first show, but I must say I have gained some appreciation for Josh Weinstein and I'll miss him. It's the impression left by his KTMA performances that had me feeling that I disliked Josh. I would say that, for the KTMA season, Josh is my least favorite performer, but I'll stop saying that I dislike him. I tried to view his stuff without prejudice and found that he did make some good riffs late in the season. I like him more during season one, but he's still my least favorite performer of the season. His voice as Erhardt is annoying and his delivery of lines as either character lacks smoothness. Josh just doesn't sound like a good actor. His performances have improved over the course of the first season and I feel that he had a lot of potential for further improvement. I wonder what directions the show and Josh's characters would have taken had he stayed for another season or more. How much different would the character of Tom Servo be if Josh had left after season three? What movies would have been chosen or not chosen if Frank had not become the movie selecter person until much later? What if Frank had never been a part of the show?! Anyway. I have more appreciation for Josh Weinstein now, and I'm glad he was there to be a part of launching the show.
But, heck, bring on Kevin and Frank! Yesss. Peath out.
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Post by Cleolanta on May 23, 2006 23:36:28 GMT -5
I like that episode...it's probably one of my favourites of Season One (how I would stack it up against the show as a whole, I don't know. I never really bothered to think it out). The movie _is_ insanely cheesy, but in a way, it doesn't bother me that much. Well, parts of it, anyway. I like how the moon colony has a kind of "lived-in" feel to it (or maybe that's just me), the dancers' costumes make me laugh instead of irritating me, and do you know, I wouldn't be surprised if somebody _hadn't_ made a "Moonopoly" game by now? Well, maybe they wouldn't CALL it that. But with all the custom Monopoly games based off of different universes/taking place in different locations....and the science geeks out there...who knows? It's possible.
And the really scary thing? _I'd play that_. If somebody showed it to me in real life. Heh.
Anyway. I agree with you on Trace's "cockney-thug" voice. That is the main part of the riffs that kept cracking me UP all through the episode. A whole lot of the times he did it, I had to look really carefully at the screen to find out if it was him or the actual guy!--it was _that_ good. I think this is the episode that made Trace's acting abilities first start really impressing me. Or voice-acting, anyway. (Since I'm a cartoon fan, I consider voice acting to be a legitimate type of acting, and not "lesser" or "Oh, it's _just_ voice-over work...")
I also loved all the riffs about the music, for some reason. "NO! THE JAZZ COMBO WAS STILL IN THERE!" made me lose it, as well as: (and I'm paraphrasing here)
"Ten means we might make it. Fifteen means we won't." (dramatic music sting) CROW: What does the _trumpet_ mean?
:P
The actor didn't bother me that much, 'cos he's the lead actor of "The Andromeda Strain", a movie that I like, so at least it was somebody I _knew_ as the main character. That happens so seldomly in MST movies, I enjoy it whenever I can.
You haven't seen Rocketship X-M? Oh-ho-ho...! No, I won't say any details. And I have a feeling you'll like it less than I did, anyway. But I will say that, through the miracle of Comedy Central reruns, I did get to see the episode--and get it on tape--back when I first started watching the series during Season 4, and so it was one of the few episodes of MST that I had, for the longest time...one of the ones that I "grew up on", as a MSTie. It wasn't until I got onto the 'net and read about how many episodes there were, etc., though that I knew there was anything special or "historical" about it, though. I didn't really pay close attention to host segments to begin with...then I read about how this was the first one for Frank, and I'm all like, "Ooh, I want to see that one! I wish they would replay it or something...!"
..and then I look in my old tapes and wait a minute, "Rocketship X-M? That's the same name! You mean I've HAD that one all along?!"
So I watched it again, and of course this time around, since I was deeper into MSTiedom, I got a lot more out of it. I like the episode itself, too. Lots of riffs that fit my particular tastes, at least one of the other host segments is among my favourites, and I feel the movie itself isn't that terrible. It gets _goofy_ later on, but at the beginning they at least TRIED to be scientific, and got a couple things right that impress me, for only 1950. The main characters are played by competent actors and I still like Dr. Van Horn. She was cool. Don't know why, but she's one of my favourite MSTed female characters--even made it into a major part in my infamous "B-Movie Story".
But your own mileage may vary. (shrug)
...Notorious
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 25, 2006 18:02:16 GMT -5
Inspired by Mighty Jack's record collection, I'll be reviewing while listening to nothing but new wave LPs. Really loud. I'm starting with Oingo Boingo's Only a Lad and I'll probably go on to XTC's Drums and Wires after that.
112 - Untamed Youth
So I understand you two are untamed!
After the first half of the episode, I was ready to say that this one was a step up from the previous ones since Crawling Hand. But then, it didn't quite keep up in the second half.
The first half has the fun credits riffs. Joel as policeman: Thought you could hide behind the credits, huh? And all the Greg Brady stuff is just perfect.
Joel is still laying out the details of the premise right off the bat at the beginning of each ep. I like the "working on Servo" segment after the first commercial sign. Joel, pulling unspooled magnetic tape out of Tom's body: Oh here we go, looks like some kind of computer virus! Crow: Ick! It looks like a magnetic tapeworm!
That makes me think, if a bookworm is someone who's always in books, wouldn't that make me a tapeworm 'cause I'm always making mixtapes?
There's a riff of my own I'd like to put in here, a "missed riff", as I call it. During the briefing scene when the kids are being yakked at, there's the kid in the striped hat who won't stop hopping. Then the briefing is done and the boss tells his toadie, "Show 'em where to sleep and sell 'em some work clothes . . . " and that's when I said, "And for chrissakes, show that kid the outhouse!"
The second half of the episode drags during all the drama and action scenes. Then there're all the dang songs. This ep has the worst songs that I can think of. The salamander one and the calypso song that ends the movie are the worst. I had the salamander song stuck in my head throughout the last half of the movie. If I hadn't put music on, I'd probably still have it stuck there. I'm not looking forward to Rock Candy Baby . . .
Shoot, I should've noted the scene when this riff happens, but I didn't. I don't remember what was happening, but I think it was Ross the Boss who was going on about something and then paused . . . at which point Joel says, "Is he gonna sing now?" That riff makes me fondly remember a moment with my mom from way back when. I was probably fifteen or so (1995) and we were flipping channels and came across Oklahoma! Others were there, but it was mom and I who spontaneously began riffing on it. It was great that we were too, because we're a very humorous family but my mom doesn't give herself any credit for being funny. We'd had exposure to MST by that time, and I watched it when I could get my brother to not watch racing. But my mom hadn't really gotten into the show, so it was a little unlikely that my mom would throw out a riff that would become one of those great "running riffs" in the family. So, there are farmers and cowboys arguing and then there's a pause and everyone starts looking at each other. Mom says in a tone filled with anticipation, "Uh oh . . . I think they're gonna sing!" It cracked us all up and we laughed all the more when one character began singing, "Oohh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends! Yes, the farmer and the cowman should be fuh-rends!" Now, among family members, "I think they're gonna sing" and "the farmer and the cowman should be fuh-rends" are riffs that'll get you a laugh just about every time.
In fact, I could probably make a MST fanvid targeted toward my family that would knock their socks off! When someone in a movie picks up a phone, I often say, "Start!" as my sister once did when she answered the phone and just couldn't come up with that one word that people always say when they answer phones. "It's downhill all the way, I think," (in a Mexican accent) would be another good one, along with "you could throw a cat through there!"
Allerdings. I'll be watching 104 - Women of the Prehistoric Planet next. 'Cause I very much didn't watch it between 103 and 105. It's the one that's misnumbered, yet I'm watching it before 113, because Cleolanta has suggested that there's a minor moment in Black Scorpion that suggests finality, and I've decided to go with that.
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 26, 2006 11:18:34 GMT -5
Hey, I thought I ought to mention some other people who are also currently doing full series viewings and sharing their reviews / comments / impressions. One kernunrex has a site of his own and is posting all his comments at the link below. Many thanks to kernun as he even put a link to this thread on his site! I find that very gracious and I'd like to return the favor. So if you'd like to see another's perspective in a blog-type atmosphere, please visit kernunrex.blogspot.com/2006/01/mystery-science-theater-3000.html"A Year in the Theater: One Fan's Journey" is another fan's account. Unfortunately he seems to be on hiatus. Here's the link and we'll hope things go back on track. ayitt.notheater.org/ He's done a good job on his site, and if you like copious screen captures, this guy's got 'em. Interestingly, kernun and ayitt are both attempting to complete their runs within a year. That didn't even occur to me. I'm a laid back kinda guy, I guess. Don't like the pressure. Anyway, cheers to kernun and ayitt, I wish them both luck and enjoyment!
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 26, 2006 18:07:37 GMT -5
I've always gotten a kick out of movies that are misleadingly named. This one has some women, but it's really not about women and it's certainly not about women that are on a prehistoric planet. There's some people on the planet when they get there, but none of them appear to be female. We do find out that the planet is actually earth in prehistory! Like I didn't see that coming. Women of sort of rides the fence between stupid movies that don't take themselves seriously and badly made movies that take themselves very seriously. I dislike the former, but get a big kick out of the latter. Overall, I dig this episode, I can see why they put it in vol. 9. Women of is maybe a baby step up from recent episodes. The movie really helps, it's in color, it's easy to riff 'cause the dialogue is so stupid and the characters so flat, it originates "Hi-keeba!" which is exciting, the sets and effects are cheap cheap cheap, and there's a guy named Tang! But this ep is not hugely better than Moon Zero Two or Untamed Youth. Hmm, just had a thought. I think MZT got dragged down by its movie and UY did too, but for different reasons. MZT is just hokey, and so loses points for me, but UY is not that bad a movie. I don't like the movie, but the story is halfway decent and it's not that poorly made (lighting, editing). The songs are awful, and the acting could be better, but really, it's not a trainwreck of a film. But that's what makes me like the episode less. I like to see an episode with insert shots of iguanas that turn to an insert shots of flaming rubber iguanas when you shoot at 'em. That's way more fun than any cotton pickin' teen drama. So, the riffing starts off at a great pace, but slows within the first half hour to something more moderate. I noticed a lot of the "voice-over" riffs in this episode as well. If they hadn't done any of that, this ep would probably have some pretty bad dead spots. Joel doesn't lay down the premise in this episode, instead he simulates a talk show. I love the Clay and Lar's Flesh Barn song. Josh is actually a pretty decent singer. Is that song on Clowns in the Sky? Anyone? I think the Brains put a lot more time into the host segments in this one, and I can really appreciate that. We get to hear Mike's voice for the first time! His is the voice of the doomsday machine. When the machine is first discovered, Joel asks Cambot to give him an exterior shot of the ship, but it's not referred to as "rocket number 9" yet. I have a little grammar nit to pick here. Tang says, "I take you there." Crow says, "And then I'll get some pronouns." But Tang is using plenty of pronouns: I, you. What Tang needs to pick up are modal verbs: will, in this case. If you don't know who Pink Lady is (Joel says, "Hey! Pink Lady!" when he sees the centarian lady in pink), Pink Lady was a pop/disco duo of young Japanese women. That is all. This ep also debuts the name Johnny Longtorso. A centarian woman and a non-centarian woman are fighting and Mr. Man walks over. Tom says, "Hi, I'm Johnny Longtorso. Can I be of any help here?" It's a little hard to hear Tom in this episode. I dunno if Josh's mic wasn't close enough, or if it's just the usual depth of his Servo voice. It's made worse by my fan copy, though. I'm hoping the problem will be alleviated by the Rhino dvd. I haven't bought volume 9, yet. I plan to wait until the price drops. I've got fan copies of each of the episodes and if I'm ever going to buy a new full set of fan copies, I gotta save money! I want vol. 9, but not at $45-50 bucks. I want a new set of boots 'cause mine are DivX and I can't watch them just anywhere and I have problems with weird red glares and out of sync audio. There're also no chapters, so if I want to watch an ep in parts, I have to fast forward through whetever I watched already, which is annoying. Next up is The Black Scorpion! I think I might have vague memories of seeing this one on TV as a rerun. But I dunno. Ciao!
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Post by kernunrex on May 26, 2006 20:04:10 GMT -5
Interestingly, kernun and ayitt are both attempting to complete their runs within a year. That didn't even occur to me. I'm a laid back kinda guy, I guess. Don't like the pressure. Anyway, cheers to kernun and ayitt, I wish them both luck and enjoyment! So far, I'm feeling the "reverse pressure" doing my project. I have this urge just to plow through episodes two at a time, every day. I'm keeping to my 4 per week schedule pretty well so far. Weirder still, there's a possibilty I'll be moving early next year. That could present quite a speed bump or two. I'll soldier on! Plus, I may just catch up to you one of these days. Two season head start? No problem. Anyway, thanks for the plug, man! **hiding eyes from the reviews of eps he hasn't gotten to**
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Post by Cleolanta on May 26, 2006 21:37:23 GMT -5
"Get back to your cotton-pickin'!"
SERVO: My cotton-pickin' _what_?!
:P
Yeah, the songs on Untamed Youth are terrible. Although Mamie (if that _was_ her real voice) doesn't have a half-bad singing voice. That was of course not the MAIN point of her singing scene with the underwear and all that, but I just thought I'd mention it. And why did they have to do that one song twice...? The movie as a whole isn't really that bad...some parts of it are a _bit_ serious for me, for a MSTed movie (as Joel said: "Gee, now I'm sorry we ever made fun of this movie!")...in general, I like the episode. I wouldn't say it's one of my favourites ever, but I enjoy it. I like Mamie, for one thing. She comes across as likeable, and is a more competent actress than many in MSTed fare.
Women of the Prehistoric Planet, however...(shakes head) And what gets me is it had potential to be halfway decent. Well, it's a pre-Star-Trek American-made science-fiction movie with non-white people playing the main romance-story protagonists, for one thing. You don't see that too often. And it had some decent lines. I love that one that Lt. Lamont used to turn down the incredibly annoying Engineer Bradley--in fact, I think I actually used that one on a guy once. :P ("There are some men who can send me straight into orbit....YOU couldn't even get me onto the launching pad!")
I also love how _hyper_ Joel is in the theater, in this one. I know it's cheesy, but for some reason I love the bit where he messes with their controls and says he's going to _make_ the characters crash on the Prehistoric Planet! :P Um, Jolene, honey...hate to tell you this, but... (cracks up) See also: his shakin' his tailfeathers to the funky music at the beginning of "Moon Zero Two". I don't know why, but those bits crack me up. I even had him dance in one of my own MSTings...or at least _say_ he was going to. The 'bots threatened him out of it.
It's great hearing Mike for the first time and yes, the "Clay and Lar's Flesh Barn" song, which is the first original host-segment song on the show, ever. (Technically the _very_ first original song on the show was the "Commando Cody Theme Song" that they sang in the theater, during "Project Moonbase".) I have to say, though, I have "Clowns in the Sky" (it was sent to me by a MSTie friend long ago) and it's not on there. It's from back in the days when they completely tried to disavow any knowledge whatsoever of Season 1 and KTMA, is probably one reason why...that, and they had a LOT of songs to choose from, of course.
As for The Black Scorpion...all I'll say is what someone else has already pointed out: Why call it the _Black_ Scorpion? The GIANT scorpion would make more sense! The colour doesn't really matter as much as the fact that it's freakin' huge! :P
...Notorious
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 29, 2006 1:57:32 GMT -5
113 - The Black Scorpion
So, I didn't catch whatever it was, Cleo. You're gonna have to tell us what that was. I understand that it wasn't supposed to be huge, but I haven't a clue what it was.
I didn't take any notes whatsoever on this one. I don't so much feel bad about that, but I also waited a day to write my review. But that's the lack of professionalism you've come to expect from azwarwilf!
I didn't take any notes on purpose. I thought I'd try that for this ep 'cause I was in the mood to just relax and enjoy the episode without constantly thinking what I'd say about it. That is, of course, my favorite way to watch the show; I'm not a natural born critic, that's for sure. But that and the review delay leave me with not a lot to say.
It was a good episode. The movie is just your basic monster movie: mysterious deaths, discovery of monster, discovery of monster's weakness, exploitation of said weakness, guy gets the girl, the end. The quality of the episode fits with the other mid to late season one eps. I feel that the quality of season one improved with show 106 and remained at that level through the end of the season (including 104, of course). 112, 113, and 104 also have more involved host segments, so that's a bonus for them. I wouldn't say that Scorpion's host segs are super, but I did like the "Southren Brethren" with English subtitles bit. That's the kind of clever silliness and irreverence that I've always liked and that kind of reminds me of Flying Circus. Also reminds me of the Mexican food suffix sketch in a coming episode. That one really hits my silly wordplay side.
I'm actually not sure if I ever saw this one on broadcast TV, or not. For some reason it has stuck in my brain. There are episodes that I read the name of and can't remember a thing about them (at the moment, Jungle Goddess is the example. Don't remind me; I'll be watching it soon enough). But this one seems to have bookmarked itself for some reason. I wouldn't say that there's anything to really make it stick out. But I know I've been in one of those "Hmm, which episode should I watch?" moments and have been drawn to it. I've always remembered the "Milling Around Festival" jokes and the way the guys applaud every time the characters do introductions. I love those parts. The more I think about it, this one really endears itself to me, and I think I'll put it in my season one top five.
Speaking of my season one top five . . .
In episode number order . . .
Excluding 104 and 106 because they're both good and if you're any kind of MSTie, you're probably planning on picking up the Rhino DVDs anyway, whereas I think of this top five list as a recommendation for folks shopping for fan copies . . .
101 - The Crawling Eye I guess just 'cause it's the first of the CC era and therefore rather significant. And if you're gonna have any eps from before 106, it might as well be this one. 107 - Robot Monster A fun movie that makes for a fun episode. 109 - Project Moonbase The name may be boring, but the ep isn't. It's got SPACOM, afterall! But truly, there's just a lot of good jokes that make a thoroughly dumb movie into a great episode. 110 - Robot Holocaust My favorite of the season. And besides, the other four are B&W! 113 - The Black Scorpion There's just something about it, I guess! Just a nice episode that's more than worth the time.
Another note about the movie: I can actually see how this movie could have been decently thrilling for audiences of its day. Imagine it on a gigantic screen and think how menacing those scorpions really look. Not counting the drooly face shots, those are dumb; I mean when they're crawling around and stinging and stuff. They look pretty wicked!
201 is next! Two seasons down, and I don't think I need to repeat how excited I am about Rocketship X-M!
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 29, 2006 2:02:03 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and kernunrex, if you're still reading here, I don't doubt that you'll pass me up. If you have the wherewithall to consistently keep up a blog site . . . um . . . then you're where there's more withall than where I am! And you'll probably end up passing me! But I won't be bitter or anything like that. Rock on.
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Post by jjb3k on May 29, 2006 13:49:20 GMT -5
I almost missed Dr. Erhardt's moment of "finality" the first time I saw 113 too - it's not really that big at all, he just says "Bye!" when he walks offscreen at the end.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't intentional for two reasons - not only was 113 not the last episode produced for Season 1, but nobody at BBI knew that Josh would be leaving after the first season. I chalk it up to coincidence.
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 30, 2006 3:58:38 GMT -5
Okay. Yeah, I missed that 'cause I guess I was expecting a full line of some sort.
I was curious about when exactly Josh left and when the others knew about it. I don't remember from the last time I read the history on the info club site. I wouldn't say I ever noticed any on-camera clues that he was thinking of exiting. I don't suppose there's much that could've given that away. Nothing short of a total lack of enthusiasm in his performances would've suggested that to me, and I think the exact opposite occured. Josh was getting funnier and funnier, more and more interesting, and ever a better performer. I really feel bummed now that he left. I've never felt that before; I've always been glad he didn't stay beyond season one, but now I feel itchingly curious about what the show would've been like if Josh had stayed. Oh, well. "Bye," and farewell to Josh!
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Post by kernunrex on May 30, 2006 10:46:18 GMT -5
If you have the wherewithall to consistently keep up a blog site . . . um . . . then you're where there's more withall than where I am! You just blew my mind. Out of curiousity, how often are you watching eps? (yah, I know, I could go back and count your posts... I'm lazy) And, do you ever watch 'em with other people? (apologies if you've already covered this - I ain't allowed to read past K10 here, yet)
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Post by kernunrex on May 30, 2006 11:04:35 GMT -5
I also sort of have my own code for comma usage . . . I also like elipses . . . I've been trying not to use them since I'm pretty sure I'm not using them as I should. I have a degree in English, and I was actually one of the oddballs that didn't give a crap for Shakespeare class but LOVED to diagram sentences, yet I also couldn't care less that this is a run on sentence with at least one comma splice. I love grammar, but I don't really care if I'm doing it right! Go fig! Hey, me too. I've got a B.A. in English, yet I "use my gut" when it comes to comma placement. Ah well. I have managed to break -- mostly -- out of the ellipses habit. I'm also a terrible speller, so I always write my blog posts in Word so it'll underline all of my mistakes.
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Post by ChrisDalek on May 30, 2006 13:22:45 GMT -5
Holy cow, I can't believe I forgot to say this about Cosmic Princess! One of the worst/annoying/distracting things in this movie is the MUSIC! It's always blaring and punching whether something or nothing is happening. It's like they told the music person, "No, you won't be able to screen the film before or during your scoring process. Just give us lots of punchy horn stuff!" Sorry to dredge this up from page one, I thought I might just mention something - when the two Space 1999 episodes were stuck together, more music was added was there originally. It was added by a different composer, using the music he composed for other series - so all that vaguely classical-sounding stuff covering any moment of silence is his. The more electronic stuff is in the original episode. So, yeah, that's the reason. The original composer had no say in any of it, and this other guy just went mental, adding his own soundtrack from another television series to someone else's. He did the same for Invaders from the Deep and Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars - although he composed the original music for those 'films', Revenge still has a few wonderful scenes where characters sit around having casual conversations set to pounding chase/disaster themes. Crazy.
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on May 31, 2006 1:23:21 GMT -5
I'm going a little slow at the moment. Or I feel like I am. My viewing frequency is something like two or three a week. I'd like to do better than that, but I've never been great at managing my time. There're just so many stinking dishes to wash. I've also been buying a lot of music lately and that's distracting. I've got about ten half-finished mix tapes, some are for others, three are for myself. Then, I recently decided that I ought to keep a computer catalogue of my entire music collection because I'm paranoid about robbery and fire damage (better not play my Talking Heads records, eh? Ha!). But I haven't gotten far on that. It's a wonder I get anything done at all! I haven't been watching eps with anyone. My wife will sometimes watch with me, but she's not as into it as I am and she's just as likely to do something else. Usually I watch alone. I've got a couple coworkers in whom I have been sparking the MSTie spirit recently (they both used to watch on sci-fi but aren't really MSTies and now I'm copying some eps for them and they're excited. Pod People and Shorts vol. one both came in to the store and I made sure Regina saw them. She didn't even know that Joel had ever existed!). But trying to arrange the watching of eps with either of them would just mean more time between eps. I'm not real good at managing a "hey, we should hang out" social life. All that is compounded by the fact that they're my coworkers and so have different days off and different shifts and such. And I'm sure this is way too much information. And . . . wow, King, where'd you find all that out?
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