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Post by Monophylos on Jul 16, 2014 16:20:47 GMT -5
I think Operation Double 007 (or OK Connery or whatever) is actually rather fun. The plot doesn't make a lick of sense and Neil Connery is a stiff plank of wood in it but everyone else in the movie seems to be having a lot of fun. Surely at least it's never as boring as duds like The Man with the Golden Gun or You Only Live Twice.
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Post by winddemon2 on Jul 24, 2014 20:47:48 GMT -5
The one secene in wild rebels when they go have their motorcycle chase while we only watch the gangs staring off into the mountains. That was surreal, and although unintentional just genius.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Jul 24, 2014 22:24:02 GMT -5
The one secene in wild rebels when they go have their motorcycle chase while we only watch the gangs staring off into the mountains. That was surreal, and although unintentional just genius. Uhhmmm... you sure you don't mean Hellcats?
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Jul 24, 2014 22:34:35 GMT -5
I also am ambivalent about video on demand. these new cox Contour ads epitomize the evil side of it. "Spaghetti, hamburgers, We're used to getting everything we want, with Cox Contour!" there was a value in being beholden to a handful of stations and getting familiar with the libraries of your local stations. Sometimes you would watch something you might not have chosen to watch on your own, and you might learn something from it. and if you saw something amazing and you didn't catch the name of it, the memory would haunt you and you'd stalk the TV guide hoping it would come on again. same thing as listening to FM radio and catching a song you loved but not catching the name of it. you'd just have to hang on to the memory of it and hope they would play it again. it made it more valuable. it's great now to have everything at our fingertips but anything that's that readily available becomes worth less. it's just how the world works. There was a lot of good stuff back then, and I remember those days fondly of course, but when I think of all you described, I don't think I'd go back even if I could. It'd really suck if today, in 2014, all I had of MST3K was the memories I managed to hang on to.
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Post by winddemon2 on Jul 25, 2014 13:50:02 GMT -5
My mistake it WAS hellcats.
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Post by geminiman112 on Sept 11, 2014 18:30:56 GMT -5
The Russian stuff isn't terrible. First Spaceship on Venus and Moon Zero Two are decent. Warrior of the Lost World is pretty fun. Santa Claus was pretty enjoyable. Gorgo wasn't bad. The Godzilla flicks, though not my favorite old Godzilla stuff, are great.
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Post by RedTom on Sept 15, 2014 5:56:55 GMT -5
Of course I'm sure a lot of people have answered This Island Earth, it is one of the few movies I can watch without Joel or Mike and the Bots, and watch it all the way through. Then there comes The Sword and the Dragon, it is a fun little tale, my only real gripe about it was how he had to leave because "his country needs him." What a load! Same thing goes for Ator in Cavedwellers (which I did not at all enjoy without the Mads), I don't know how they think that old Cliche of heroes needing to wander makes their protagonists look more heroic. It makes them look more like asses that can't commit to anything.
Devil Doll was not especially bad. It was gritty, and sometimes full of dead space, but also plenty of angst and great tension. It is not at all a very good movie, but it was watchable.
And Castle Fu Man Chu was pretty goo....HAHAHAHAHAHA I can't even say it in text with a straight face!
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Post by zombiewhacker on Sept 17, 2014 13:37:22 GMT -5
If Bert I. Gordon had spent more than twenty-five cents for the FX then The Magic Sword would have been a great fantasy film.
I've already mentioned (in the past) my affection for Bloodlust.
Finally, as a kid, I never missed a showing of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Seriously. The last time I saw it unriffed on TV, it was a special presentation hosted by Tom Hatten and Pia Zadora herself.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Sept 17, 2014 13:59:42 GMT -5
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I really like Commando Cody. There's just something really fun about the whole serial sci-fi genre. It's possible that those kinds of cheesy adventure had an impact on me. More than that, though, I agree with Frank's assessment in the ACEG: for as silly as the plot of Commando Cody was, the special effects weren't that bad. It's not always easy to film a person flying that well.
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Post by Prisoner416 on Oct 3, 2014 0:00:58 GMT -5
Parts: The Clonus Horror is a big one on my list. It was the first time I actually got annoyed at Mike and the bots, because I was trying to pay attention to what was happening in the movie. I ended up quickly buying the uncut version.
Time Chasers had a low budget, but was an excellent film imho. Nice mix of comedy and sci-fi.
Girl in Lover's Lane, I Accuse My Parents... decent old films. I own I Accuse My Parents in the uncut form.
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad- This one is sorely underrated. The movie is pretty good until the underwater scenes kick in near the end. The set design must have cost a pretty penny back then.
City on Fire- Certainly not the worst film I've ever seen.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Oct 4, 2014 12:58:55 GMT -5
Time flies when I watch Prince of Space because I like it so much. I will not even attempt to make a case that it's a good movie. I just like it. Join the club. I like it VERY MUCH.
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Post by bladez636 on Oct 8, 2014 22:03:16 GMT -5
I thought that "Devil Doll" really wasn't that bad of a movie and it's one I could watch on its own. Also "Amazing Colossal Man" I thought was enjoyable, a good example of a fun cheesy 50's sci-fi movie.
I also think that, bad dubbing aside, the "Fugitive Alien" movies weren't that bad; it reminds me a lot of my favorite series, "Star Fleet". Part of that has to do with the fact I'm fairly certain it's the same dubbers.
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Post by continosbuckle on Nov 11, 2014 23:59:23 GMT -5
I just rewatched Daddy-O and I unabashedly enjoyed it. I liked how the writer had enough confidence to assume that the audience would like the characters, such that there really weren't too many pandering attempts to get you to like Phil or Jana or any of the other characters. Jana was a lot of fun. She started off as fairly snotty with her terrible driving but she was much smarter and savvier than most female characters in movies like this one. She also didn't turn completely useless or deferential to Phil once they became friends, and their dynamic was interesting. The first time I saw the movie I was expecting Phil to bend her to his will so she'd become the standard supplicant female lead, but in that particular scene (the famous apple-slapping scene) even when she was vulnerable, she was actually the one to point out how Phil was mistaken. She didn't surrender to him. That also made the later scene where they became romantic more effective. If he had "broken" her, it would have been pathetic.
Also, even though his pants were absurd and his songs got goofy, Dick Contino had a physical presence that so many other male leads in MST3k fodder simply did not have.
Bruno VeSota, rubdown scene notwithstanding, was a competently played villain who could have easily been slimy or repulsive, but exuded a certain amount of class instead. Again, rubdown scene notwithstanding. The characterization had more complexity than we're used to seeing in films like this. (For some reason, the scene after the backrub scene, where he apologizes to Phil for being rude to him really stands out)
Anyway, I enjoyed the hell out of it. It was much better than I expected.
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