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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Mar 29, 2008 11:14:20 GMT -5
Went with Riding, if only for the most brilliant throwaway riff of all time, "mmm, turkey soup." That has me in tears every time.
But I mustn't discount Danger and Deathstalker! Both are gems. It seems like we've been talking a lot about Danger Death Ray lately, but Deathstalker is so very '80s cheese that it's as much a snapshot of the eighties as Death Ray is the Sixties! I haven't seen Deathflight so I can't comment on it, but I'm sure it's just as good.
One of the hardest polls so far! Brava, Mr. Atari, brava.
Okay, so the gun stays perfectly still and he hits him with a six foot arm?
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Mar 29, 2008 11:58:36 GMT -5
all good eps, but Deathstalker is, some days, my favorite ep of all time.
Let's see how long these accents last. I put the beats in my own script, and I'm stickin' to 'em. She was all-righta.
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Post by Mitchell on Mar 29, 2008 21:44:36 GMT -5
All of these are amongst my favorites and I almost voted for Danger Death Ray until I saw SST Death Flight on the list.
SST Death Flight is a GREAT episode and the best of the KTMAs. It is such a blatant rip-off of The Concorde: Airport '79, has more c-list actors ham-fisting it through two hours of screen time than any other episode, has a good riff-density for a KTMA episode, and isn't cringe-inducing. I still can't believe they ripped off such a crap movie ('79) to make a really crap TV movie. Plus it deals with airplanes and that has a special place in my heart. (As a pilot and a fan of cruddy movies, it's a lot of fun to watch movies that center around aircraft and laugh at all the crap they get wrong, but so easily could have gotten right with just ten minutes worth of work.)
I think it's so low on the list since it's a KTMA and hasn't been seen by many MSTies.
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Post by fathermushroom on Mar 29, 2008 21:46:05 GMT -5
"Riding With Death" deserves to win, in my opinion, but I just LOVE "Danger! Death Ray" so that's where I voted.
Gotta love those womany sunglasses.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Mar 31, 2008 2:03:47 GMT -5
Watched 3 of these recently.
Riding With Death was a hoot. From start to finish I was in stitches. Deathstalker would be #2, it was very steady and provided lots of guffaws. Death Ray is also very good though the laugh factor wasn't as high.
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Post by Amphigory on Mar 31, 2008 13:21:36 GMT -5
I voted for Riding With Death, because Ben Murphy made me do it.
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Post by mauto on Apr 1, 2008 12:06:11 GMT -5
A tough call, but Riding with Death gets my vote. A top five episode for me.
"Start seeing Ben Murphy's" - Mike
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Post by Mighty Jack on Apr 1, 2008 17:54:56 GMT -5
Riding with Death had a brilliant first half (though I don't care for the overdone gay jokes during the "coming up on my mudflaps" sequence). This isn't a put down Donna just an observation. It was weird when I first read this I was like, "what gay jokes is she talking about?" I always associated those riffs with mocking CB trucker talk by turning it into sexual innuendo. Then the light went on, "Oh yeah, okay it was 2 guys talking", now I see what your saying. My mind just never went gender specific with it. I find it interesting how we can all hear the same joke and get something different from it. |
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Apr 1, 2008 18:26:39 GMT -5
Riding with Death had a brilliant first half (though I don't care for the overdone gay jokes during the "coming up on my mudflaps" sequence). This isn't a put down Donna just an observation. It was weird when I first read this I was like, "what gay jokes is she talking about?" I always associated those riffs with mocking CB trucker talk by turning it into sexual innuendo. Then the light went on, "Oh yeah, okay it was 2 guys talking", now I see what your saying. My mind just never went gender specific with it. I find it interesting how we can all hear the same joke and get something different from it. True, true. Since it's two guys on screen, the Brains are doing the jokes in their "guy" voices (and not their "woman" voices), and all the jokes seem to refer to a particular, er, position that is often associated with--anyway. So, maybe I should just say "overdone sex jokes" and leave it at that, eh?  |
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Post by Mr. Atari on Apr 1, 2008 22:08:02 GMT -5
I watched Riding with Death again last night, and I liked it less than before. It wasn't the innuendo jokes for me, though. It was the turkey gags.
Okay, I get it, Ben Murphy called a guy a turkey. Not funny enough to show up in every third riff for the rest of the show. Rowsdower, Toblerone, Clayton, Uma, Oprah, and now turkey. And the turkey volume guessing man? I feel like I'm missing something because that doesn't strike me as even remotely funny.
It was a great "movie", hilarious on its own. But now that I've seen it enough times, I focus more on the riffing. And the riffing just didn't impress me this time.
So my vote goes to Danger! Death Ray. The best of the spy movie eps. And that's saying something.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Apr 1, 2008 22:11:28 GMT -5
Oh man you old grump. Turkey Volume Guessing man was a hoot!  But seriously I had the opposite reaction when I watched it again recently. It's even funnier than before and jumped up in my ranking, deep into the top 20. |
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Post by Truck Farmer on Apr 2, 2008 2:57:59 GMT -5
But I'll tell you what I do fear: Getting on an airplane with Peter Graves. Mr Atari, do you like movies about gladiators? This one is a tough one to figure out, but I'm going with D!DR, if only because of Servo using his death ray for "peaceful" purposes on Crow. |
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Post by pups4ever on Apr 2, 2008 12:33:39 GMT -5
I just can't resist Ben Murphy and all the '70's jokes and the general stupidity of Riding with Death. I wish they could have done more episodes of "Gemini Man."
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Post by stevehadcrackers on Apr 2, 2008 14:21:34 GMT -5
"Gemini Man" is actually a pretty cool title; even though "Riding With Death" does fit for both episodes-- wait, I mean, parts of this theatrically released film that is definitely not two episodes of a dumb show slammed together-- "Gemini Man" is way cooler. Maybe they couldn't release "Riding With Death" under this title for copyright reasons?
Man, I love that episode. If I could somehow marry "Riding With Death" I would.
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Post by KGB on Apr 2, 2008 21:08:36 GMT -5
True, true. Since it's two guys on screen, the Brains are doing the jokes in their "guy" voices (and not their "woman" voices), and all the jokes seem to refer to a particular, er, position that is often associated with--anyway. So, maybe I should just say "overdone sex jokes" and leave it at that, eh? Except for the fact that Crow's comment specifically refers to a "honeypot" which is slang for women's genitalia (it was too direct, not metaphoric, which is why he got scolded for saying it). So no, I don't think there was anything gay about that scene. |
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But seriously I had the opposite reaction when I watched it again recently. It's even funnier than before and jumped up in my ranking, deep into the top 20.
