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Post by Famous Mortimer on Dec 2, 2006 2:05:01 GMT -5
I've looked on the official FAQ, but I could well be missing it. Does anyone know of movies they wanted for the show but couldn't get rights to?
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Post by mikefab1 on Dec 2, 2006 5:01:42 GMT -5
One of the most INFAMOUS ones was Killdozer.
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Post by Rex Dart on Dec 2, 2006 11:29:35 GMT -5
I too wonder if they ever tried to get their hands on some infamous but still B-movie fare like "The Blob" (Steve McQueen version, of course), "Them!", "Carnival of Souls", or "Fiend Without a Face". "Fiend" would have made for one hell of an episode....
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Post by jjb3k on Dec 2, 2006 16:04:29 GMT -5
I hear they wanted "Night of the Lepus" (they referenced it enough times), but they could never obtain it for some reason.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Dec 2, 2006 16:43:00 GMT -5
From Hell It Came. About a waking killer tree. It would have been magnificent. They also almost had an Elvis movie called Charro I think. Too bad.
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Post by TV's Cowboy on Dec 2, 2006 17:30:25 GMT -5
I've heard stories of them trying to get Master Ninja 3 but went for Samson Vs. the Vamprie Women instead.
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Post by XerxesTheCat on Dec 2, 2006 21:12:59 GMT -5
Dad I've heard stories of them trying to get Master Ninja 3 but went for Samson Vs. the Vamprie Women instead. that's because Frank always wanted to do that movie, and since it was frank's last show, they decided to do that one. |
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Post by Ratso on Dec 2, 2006 23:18:24 GMT -5
Starship Invasions comes to mind.
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Post by htomsirveaux on Dec 4, 2006 16:52:06 GMT -5
I heard they got the rights to use "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin" on MST3K but only when WB decided they'd made as much money from them as they could so they took the rights back.
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Post by Broadsword on Dec 4, 2006 20:28:01 GMT -5
Mike would have loved to do Roadhouse on the show that is for sure.
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Post by jjb3k on Dec 5, 2006 1:15:21 GMT -5
I heard they got the rights to use "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin" on MST3K but only when WB decided they'd made as much money from them as they could so they took the rights back. Where'd you hear this? They're bad movies, sure, but they don't seem like the sort of movies that the show would try to do. |
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Post by Arizona Warwilf on Dec 5, 2006 9:19:12 GMT -5
In Whither Season Seven? in the ACEG, MJP mentions a couple movies. Starship Invasions, which Ratso mentioned is the only one she says they actually wanted. She says they repeatedly turned down The Terror of Tiny Town (midget western) and Mesa of Lost Women, so there're a couple we know they never intended to persue.
She also mentions The Curse of the Doll People (apparently also involving small people), Wild Guitar (more Arch Hall Jr, yech!), Trog (with Joan Crawford), and From Hell It Came (the killer tree. I've yet to see it, but I know I must), but FHIC is the only one she really mentions with any favor.
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Post by htomsirveaux on Dec 5, 2006 17:17:09 GMT -5
I heard they got the rights to use "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin" on MST3K but only when WB decided they'd made as much money from them as they could so they took the rights back. Where'd you hear this? They're bad movies, sure, but they don't seem like the sort of movies that the show would try to do. Someone on a non-MST3K forum told be about this when we were talking about MST3K in the "Other" forum. |
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Post by Hoss Ragen on Dec 6, 2006 21:11:56 GMT -5
Based on the fact that the crew had access to a large portion of the American International library, I wouldn't be surprised they couldn't score the rights to The Dunwich Horror or Hell's Belles.
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Post by Poe33 on Dec 8, 2006 11:34:12 GMT -5
why did they never do Plan 9 From Outer Space?  |
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