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Post by dph on Feb 5, 2014 12:42:34 GMT -5
Being sick with the flu this week, I am stuck at home with not much to do. When stuck at home, I usually turn to MST3k to keep my mind occupied (or some other form of movie riffing). I don't know if anyone else does this, but I have a few go to eps to help me "feel better". It's usually something that can make me laugh or just some of their better eps. For me it would be:
Anything from the Gamera series
Either of the Godzilla episodes
Danger: Death Ray
Eegah!
Mitchell
Radar Secret Service
Girl's Town
Untamed Youth
Time Chasers
TISCTSLABMUZ
Puma Man
Girl in Gold Boots
Squirm
Danger:Diabolik
Non MST3K
Any of the CT Live shows
Any of RT's live shows
My new RT favorite: Supersonic Man
So what episodes would you watch if you stuck home alone, and all sicky.
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Post by Crowfan on Feb 5, 2014 14:54:20 GMT -5
Girl In Gold Boots is one of my favorites. I also love SST Deathflight, Touch Of Satan, Fire Maidens From Outer Space, Mitchell, The Brain That Wouldn't Die, and Marooned.
Non-MST I have all the Rifftrax Live shows on DVD, so I'll bust them out, and I've got all of Cinematic Titanic DVD's as well.
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Post by Monophylos on Feb 5, 2014 16:06:04 GMT -5
When I want a pick-me-up, I generally prefer the MST3K episodes based around goofy fare that's kind of fun by itself. So that means episodes like Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Bride of the Monster, Pumaman, stuff like that. Episodes based around more painful, depressing fare, like the Coleman Francis episodes or Incredibly Strange Creatures, are for a different mood.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Feb 5, 2014 18:58:12 GMT -5
Well, even inasmuch as I've pretty much never seen an episode of MST3K that didn't make me feel better (except for Pod People...grrrrrr), if we're talking episodes I'd like to watch while laid up with the flu -- as opposed to using them to beat back depression -- right off the top of my head, I'd probably go with any or all of:
1. King Dinosaur
2. Gamera Vs Guiron
3. Secret Agent Super Dragon
4. Hercules And The Captive Women
5. Racket Girls
6. Danger: Death Ray!
7. The Brute Man
8. Riding With Death
9. Puma Man
10. Hamlet (no, really)
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Post by dph on Feb 5, 2014 19:11:03 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot about The Brute Man! "Why did you hire me if you hate me so much?" lol
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Post by outlawofmitchell on Feb 5, 2014 23:40:53 GMT -5
Usually I just sleep off an illness, but I was laid up for a day with a head cold while it was negative some degrees outside so I watched the Day the Earth Froze and really enjoyed it. Ultimately, I feel like I just have to pick an episode that fits my mood. But if I were to be sick again, I would probably play any Sandy Frank episode, the Master Ninjas, or Outlaw of Gor. Hobgoblins too.
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Post by winddemon2 on Feb 6, 2014 18:15:34 GMT -5
Flu here too.
She Creature
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Feb 6, 2014 18:57:05 GMT -5
Usually I just sleep off an illness, but I was laid up for a day with a head cold while it was negative some degrees outside so I watched the Day the Earth Froze and really enjoyed it. Ultimately, I feel like I just have to pick an episode that fits my mood. But if I were to be sick again, I would probably play any Sandy Frank episode, the Master Ninjas, or Outlaw of Gor. Hobgoblins too. On my list, I was trying for episodes which were either "light" or silly, for during the day (like Secret Agent Super Dragon or Gamera Vs Guiron), or else kind of "quiet" and mellow, for later in the evening, when I'd be trying to get myself to nod so I can sleep it off (The Brute Man, Hamlet). I guess I sorta kinda succeeded (?) |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Feb 11, 2014 17:46:29 GMT -5
Back when my sister and I watched them regularly during our college days, we had an odd tendency to be drawn toward Squirm (and A Case Of Spring Fever.) It's probably not a feel-good movie in the traditional sense, but we have a lot of favorite lines from it.
"Now YOU gonna be the worm face!"
"Mr. Beardsley?!"
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Post by starcommand84 on Mar 7, 2014 0:28:56 GMT -5
For me, it comes down to any of the Gamera episodes. No matter how many times I watch them, they never fail to make me laugh out loud all over again.
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Post by Mr. Daniel Lumis on Mar 18, 2014 17:55:12 GMT -5
Hmm, let's see...
Project Moonbase
Eegah!
I Accuse My Parents
Screaming Skull
Girl in Gold Boots
Alien from LA
For a long time I would put my entire episode collection on random play while I slept. I would come to some groggy form of consciousness in the middle of the night and watch, like, Wild Rebels for five minutes before falling back to sleep. Really awesome when you're running a high fever.
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Mar 19, 2014 16:31:08 GMT -5
I like a nice "old fashioned", as I think of them, episode, one I know well so I don't have to concentrate too hard. Eegah!, I Accuse My Parents, The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Skydivers, Bloodlust...all perfect for couch and chicken soup kinda day.
Oh, oh...my adenoids.
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