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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Nov 26, 2018 2:18:02 GMT -5
"Mom... my nuts?"
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Nov 25, 2018 4:56:35 GMT -5
BTW, did anyone notice that we were only 2 host segments during the movie, instead of 3?
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Nov 24, 2018 17:53:54 GMT -5
3. Very few television shows count movies in their official episode counts. Even if the film contributew something to the television show in general, such as The X-Files movie, it's not considered an episode. MST's opening count is just based on the number of episodes in the series. Though if you want to get technical, episode three is still lost, so the movie could fill that gap if you wish to include it. On top of that, most of the Brains don't consider The Movie a satisfying project, so it may also be canon discontinuity for them (although 'This Island Earth' did get referenced in a couple Sci-Fi Channel era episodes).
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Nov 24, 2018 17:50:05 GMT -5
Just... wow. This film may hold the record for MST'ed film with most blatant product placements ever. And I thought the random soda ad in 'Pod People' was shameful.
Some great riffs all throughout.
(mother putting baseball bat away) "Eric, I told you the tooth fairy doesn't exist!"
(Eric vacuums up Mac) "Eric knows this will work because he saw the opening of the movie."
Great special effects failure moment that JH&TB didn't catch. When the girl is being dragged along the ceiling and walls by the vacuum, it's pretty obviously a dummy. That gave me a good hearty laugh.
Um..... So did the mother in the film really think her *wheelchair-bound* son made that "mess" in the living room?
The "sunglasses" bit was great. Reminded me of the "headlight" moment from Mitchell.
Man that music during the car chase scene sounded so much like Back to the Future, I couldn't tell if they seriously had used audio of it, or if it was just really similar.
"Eric, it's me mom. What's the password to the Internet again?"
"Mom, I saw dead in heaven! He said you pushed him off a cliff!"
That ending scene.... with the aliens being made official Earth citizens (I guess), and dressed up in stereotypical suburban clothing. Somebody thought that was a good idea for the film....
I still haven't gotten used to Baron as Servo.
Overall, pretty good episode. One of those films that gave the riffers plenty to work with.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on May 23, 2018 9:01:40 GMT -5
But.... didn't that come from Josh himself in an interview many years ago? No. Before the Ken Plume podcast, Josh would hint at behind the scenes drama, but never said anything about difficulties adjusting to writing the riffs. Also, the narrative of him not being able to handle writing for the show makes no sense when you take into account that he went to Hollywood and found great success as a writer. Did some digging, and found this old interview: web.archive.org/web/20080724121702/http://www.d1041111.dotsterhost.com/mst3k/special-events_interview_josh-weinstein-part1.htmlQ (Forrest): First, I want to thank you, Josh, because it really means a lot to us fans that you're willing to share your MST3K memories with us. We’ll start with this: What was more fun to do, make up lines on the spot as you did in KTMA episodes, or writing the jokes ahead of time?
A: It was definitely more fun to improvise – primarily because it meant watching a really crappy movie once instead of six or seven times. Less work = more fun. However, just like all improv, it’s more fun to be the one doing it than it is to watch.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on May 22, 2018 17:57:09 GMT -5
Very trivial thought I've had as of recently. We would abbreviate "J&TB" for "Joel & The Bots", and "M&TB" for "Mike & The Bots". So.... show should we handle "Jonah & The Bots" when discussing the revival?
One idea I had was "JH&TB" for "Jonah Heston & The Bots", to distinguish from "Joel & The Bots/J&TB".
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on May 21, 2018 20:01:58 GMT -5
But.... didn't that come from Josh himself in an interview many years ago?
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on May 21, 2018 12:18:36 GMT -5
Part of the reason why it's difficult to empathize with Jim's "we had a low budget, and couldn't afford to pay royalties or severances", is because he *has* had moments where he seems to not like the idea of others possibly making more money than him, or at least making a lot of money from other business ventures. For example, he turned down Trace's suggestion of producing a show idea of his because they only had enough money to produce MST3K. That's totally understandable. What *isn't* so excusable is, after Trace expressed interest in leaving the show to produce his show idea elsewhere, Jim told him, "You can't do that either, because your idea is now intellectual property". That's a pretty dick thing to do, and was one of the reasons for Trace leaving the show after Season 7 (the other reason, I believe being family-related issues).
Regardless of all that, I do feel bad for what happened to his daughter, and can't imagine what losing a loved one in a tragic incident would do to a person, but that incident happened *after* Trace's departure.
Also, didn't Jim initially have an issue with Mike, Kevin, and Bill starting up Rifftrax?
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on May 21, 2018 1:01:01 GMT -5
Noteworthy things:
1. Jim discusses his childhood and what got him into filmmaking.
2. His comedy influences. (Including "Laugh-In" of all things).
3. What working at KTMA was like. Before MST3K, he and Kevin worked on a series that was very similar to The Daily Show. Jim even notes that one of the producers of The Daily Show came from Minneapolis and wonders if their show helped inspire The Daily Show.
4. Jim states that Joel's original idea for MST3K was that Joel and the Bots would be discussing *trivia* during the movie, not making jokes.
5. Jim reveals why Joel was absent from one of the KTMA episodes. Joel flew out to LA to work on a project with Louie Anderson.
6. Comedy Central apparently asked The Brains to do some kind of special where they riff one of the State of the Union programs. Jim doesn't recall why such a special never happened.
7. The host asks if Jim has any involvement in the new series on Netflix, and Jim says "we have a little bit." Not sure what he means by "we", or what *his* involvement entails.
8. Episode 102- Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy was the very first episode that aired, but Jim's recollection seems to be that it was in fact the first episode they ever *produced*. So... I dunno if Jim is misremembering, or if it's another 104 scenario.
9. Jim mentions that part of thew reason why they wanted to stay in Minneapolis to produce the show, as opposed to LA or NY (other than to avoid executive meddling, and not wanting to leave loved ones), was because they knew many of the actors they'd be making fun of lived in LA, and they wanted to avoid those people.
10. Jim cynically believes that the actors who took part in the conventions, only did so, not because they liked MST3K, but purely just to "take our checks". I guess he forgot that Russell Johnson and Kim Catrall actually are (or 'were" in the case of Johnson, RIP) fans of the show.
11. Jim's comments about the cast and crew wanting some kind of "severance pay" after the series, gives the joke about "severance packages" in episode 1013 - Diabolik a relatively dark tone.
12. The host mispronounces "Mary Jo Pehl".
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Nov 16, 2017 0:46:02 GMT -5
Servo is problematic alone, as he'd need to hover.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Oct 1, 2017 9:03:17 GMT -5
I don't suppose anyone saved his images?
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Sept 29, 2017 17:59:08 GMT -5
It does and should, though sometimes I question if Toho even follows the fair use law. Different countries, different copyright laws.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Sept 29, 2017 17:58:01 GMT -5
What happened on his Facebook account?
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Sept 17, 2017 18:35:26 GMT -5
For some reason I find the idea of a gun shop being replaced by a mattress store rather amusing.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Sept 14, 2017 23:51:09 GMT -5
Oh crap, I didn't realize that. It's even dated 2014. It just showed up on my news feed. I assumed it was new.
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