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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 6, 2017 23:20:34 GMT -5
K06 - Gamera vs. Gaos.
Beforehand I'm going to say I watched K05 - Gamera a couple days ago, and my opinion for that episode has actually gone up a little. I used to hate Joel's riffing, but I noticed he makes a lot of pretty funny sarcastic remarks during the theater segments so I'll give the episode that. Gypsy's "Godzilla" impression is still pretty funny, too. It's not an episode I choose to watch very often, but honestly it's not the worst KTMA episode imo now that I've seen K02 - Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (this one almost put me to sleep).
But anyway, regarding K06, I gotta say, even with Servo in the theater after K05, this one is honestly a lot more sparse. I actually thought Josh when he was doing Servo in his Kermit the Frog-type voice was a lot funnier, but once the new voice came in, way too many jokes about his new voice (that and the "moooo..." joke for the grandpa was way overdone).
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Post by mattperiolat on Jan 14, 2017 18:37:43 GMT -5
Spending the weekend sick on the couch. So, running through MST3Ks.
205 Rocket Attack USA - 'Help me.' Yes, please, I just cannot get into this one. The riffing isn't very sharp, the plot is not particularly strong, just a very blah episode. Worth it only for the first stinger.
206 - Ring of Terror - Its not a bad plot, just bogged down by a cast that seems seconds away from Social Security. Hard to get into with a messy print and mediocre sound, but worth it for the birth of "Puma!"
207 - Wild Rebels - The bikers are getting better! Miles better than Sidehackers, the riffing is getting sharper, the first real passing effort of the season.
208 - The Lost Continent - Took two tries to get through, partially due to meds, partially because this thing is DULL. The guys are in great form and it's funny as heck. But oh, the plot. And of course, rock climbing.
209 - The Hellcats - Ross Hagan, ugh! But the guys are on fire and it's funny to the hilt. Getting through the opening credits without laughing is a test. Great classic episode.
And moving on! Might try to finish season two.
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Post by angilasman on Jan 22, 2017 3:07:23 GMT -5
Not a full episode, but I realized the other day now that I finally have a non-prehistoric TV with internet access and everything that I can just pull up Shout's Youtube channel and play one of their full episodes if I can't sleep. I've seen the first fifteen minutes or so of a dozens of episodes recently before dozing off.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 25, 2017 23:15:47 GMT -5
K18 - The Million Eyes of Su-Muru.
I actually watched this movie on its own a couple years ago (in a much more terrible print than what's on the episode, but thankfully it had all the original music kept in; I know a few spots in later prints were edited), and to be honest I actually thought the movie was pretty decent.
The episode itself is okay. I really thought the host segments in this one were pretty funny (and I loved Joel and the bots singing a portion of the theme in the second to last host segment), but the riffing in this one was so-so. I just wish Tom didn't leave half-way through the episode (I didn't understand the whole "making brownies" deal, but I'm guessing Josh had something going on in real life during the production of the episode).
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Feb 4, 2017 14:49:51 GMT -5
306 - Time of the Apes. I think this is probably my favorite Sandy Frank episode, if not second to Fugitive Alien. I really loved the jokes that previously went over my head about weed and final cut. and of course, let's not forget the Sandy Frank song.
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Post by LetGoOfItSlappy on Feb 7, 2017 12:01:15 GMT -5
610 - The Violent Years (short: Young Man's Fancy)
I love this episode from beginning to end with one exception, the Star is Born host segment. Lord that is annoying. The short is one of the best they've done and the movie...well written by Ed Wood pretty much sums that up.
I do have a question about the short though. Near the beginning Judy thinks it would be "slick if they had an electric ironer like Sally's mother has". She says this while ironing a dress with....an electric iron, cord running to an outlet and all. Was there a different type of electric iron in 1952? Sure, Judy's iron didn't look like the one I had with the water reservoir for steam but.....Never understood that bit of envy on Judy's part. Am I missing something?
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Feb 7, 2017 22:53:44 GMT -5
610 - The Violent Years (short: Young Man's Fancy) I love this episode from beginning to end with one exception, the Star is Born host segment. Lord that is annoying. The short is one of the best they've done and the movie...well written by Ed Wood pretty much sums that up. I do have a question about the short though. Near the beginning Judy thinks it would be "slick if they had an electric ironer like Sally's mother has". She says this while ironing a dress with....an electric iron, cord running to an outlet and all. Was there a different type of electric iron in 1952? Sure, Judy's iron didn't look like the one I had with the water reservoir for steam but.....Never understood that bit of envy on Judy's part. Am I missing something? Funny you should mention that episode, for I was watching it a couple days ago. It was actually my first Mike episode, and definitely one of the best. I used to think Tom Servo was laughing in that skit, until I found out he was crying. I haven't seen "A Star Is Born" yet, but I'd definitely check it out.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Feb 13, 2017 17:12:26 GMT -5
You know, I decided to give Hellcats another chance (I'm not particularly a big fan of the episode).
I'll honestly say the riffing is actually pretty decent - drags every now and then, but decent. However, it still isn't an episode I like to watch very often due to the host segments (and the movie alone is just plain awful). So my opinion has gone up, but the host segments kind of keep my opinion downwards as well.
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Post by branhower on Feb 13, 2017 18:40:01 GMT -5
306 - Time of the Apes. I think this is probably my favorite Sandy Frank episode, if not second to Fugitive Alien. I really loved the jokes that previously went over my head about weed and final cut. and of course, let's not forget the Sandy Frank song. I have the Sandy Frank song set to a ringtone to one of the two MSTies in my contacts list, the other being the Final Justice theme for the ability to enjoy a Joe Don Baker film. I got just got through Phase IV, and am considering getting the Blu-Ray; mainly because trippy sci-fi films have a special place in my heart.
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Post by angilasman on Feb 22, 2017 23:45:53 GMT -5
Escape 2000
Really liked this one. New to me episode. It's got enough crazy, foreign exploitation movie stuff to latch onto, but the movie is also repetitive enough in certain areas to provides lots of room to put in lots of jokes. Great host segments, too: Dr. F puts Pearl in a 'home,' the constant Crow-caused fires and explosions on the SOL.
Movie ends with a kind of cliffhanger? This was a sequel, and a suppose the filmmakers thought a third installment was likely?
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Post by Torgo on Feb 22, 2017 23:53:41 GMT -5
Movie ends with a kind of cliffhanger? This was a sequel, and a suppose the filmmakers thought a third installment was likely? A third film was made under the title "The New Barbarians." From what I gather it's a fairly loosely related film though.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Feb 23, 2017 12:52:30 GMT -5
Thanks to me being sick like crazy all weekend (and most of the ensuing week) long, I was able to catch two experiments on PBS on Sunday!
Experiment 424: Manos: the Hands of Fate
Despite its standing as a crowd favorite, this episode's never ranked well for me. However, family was about and I think the group experience helped some of the lines to play better for me, and I've got a few favorite jokes in here that seemed even better than normal. Also, it might've been my imagination, but the quality of the film seemed better all around... video and audio, both in the movie and in the host segments. Does PBS have a cleaner copy than the VHS I bought from Rhino back in the early aughts? Could be. Then again, I've not watched my Rhino VHSes in a while, so maybe it's just my imagination.
Experiment 511: Gunslinger
Now here was the treat: I went into this episode thinking that I'd seen it before even if I was hazy on the details, but it turns out I was completely wrong. It was all new to me! That was great. In my head I think I'd made some sort of Venn Diagram between Last Of The Wild Horses and Outlaw or something weird like that. Anyway, Gunslinger: movie was simultaneously weird *and* generic. I also think it was a victim of its medium: a lot of the weird staging and poorly edited and choreographed fight scenes would've played a lot better in radio, I think. That sounds flippant, but I mean it; the plot had the kind of straightforward Presentation-Action-Resolution moments that radio theater thrives on, so I think in a different medium this movie plot might've been salvaged (and it would've also saved a lot of money on actors and might've kept us from wondering why no one could tell that the town was apparently abandoned after all the killing that happened.)
The host segments also felt superb. This might've just been the "new episode thrill" but I really liked 'em. Especially Tom trying to explain the crazy fight choreography as a demonstration of spatial translocation, and Joel's complete inability to translocate as Servo does.
Anyway, I'd call that a high point of being sick. Now it's... four days later, and I think I'm mostly well again, but still dead tired. I should probably track down a few new episodes.
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Post by angilasman on Feb 23, 2017 19:00:28 GMT -5
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Huh, I forgot a lot about this one - you know; besides the highlights (Roji Panty Complex and the Hitler Building) - even though this was one of those episodes that was constantly reran in the Sci-Fi Channel rerun days when I became a fan. It really is a bit forgettable compared to the awesomeness of Prince of Space. I appreciated August Ragone's elucidation in the special features: Prince of Space was two one hour movies cut down to one syndication-length movie by the US distributor, while Neptune Men was less than 80 minutes and had songs and such cut out, leaving it about 70 minutes, meaning the US distributor had to stuff the thing with stock footage and repeated footage to get it to be long enough. That explains a whole lot.
btw - watch the bumpers August filmed for Shout's Gamera marathon. You'll find out everything you ever wanted to know about Gamera but were afraid to ask!
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Post by angilasman on Feb 23, 2017 22:26:23 GMT -5
The Human Duplicators
Another new-to-me episode, must have less than a dozen to check off my list at this point...
I know I've read the synopsis for this one, but somehow I completely forgot this was about robots! This is one of those films that's total B-Movie fun even without riffing, but oh what riffing: the Kiel impersonations had me rolling, and when Crow makes a joke only to be taken aback when the character then makes the same joke was a great moment.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Feb 24, 2017 1:39:29 GMT -5
Invasion of the Neptune MenHuh, I forgot a lot about this one - you know; besides the highlights (Roji Panty Complex and the Hitler Building) - even though this was one of those episodes that was constantly reran in the Sci-Fi Channel rerun days when I became a fan. It really is a bit forgettable compared to the awesomeness of Prince of Space. I appreciated August Ragone's elucidation in the special features: Prince of Space was two one hour movies cut down to one syndication-length movie by the US distributor, while Neptune Men was less than 80 minutes and had songs and such cut out, leaving it about 70 minutes, meaning the US distributor had to stuff the thing with stock footage and repeated footage to get it to be long enough. That explains a whole lot. It is curious how closely we associate those two films. Like Pinkie and Boy Blue, we sort of pair them together even though they realistically don't have *too* much in common apart from being super-hero sci-fi films about alien invasions that were made in Japan. (In fact, one might argue that Prince Of Space and Invasion Of The Neptune Men were even *inspired* by Pinkie and Boy Blue because they're also that kind of thing, just in film form, but I digress.) There's a lot of long-distance similarities, but you really do get totally different experiences.
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