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Post by LetGoOfItSlappy on Mar 1, 2012 23:10:04 GMT -5
Just a curious question for the community.
How do you choose which particular episode you are going to watch at any given time?
Do you get in a Joel or Mike mood? Depending on how I am feeling when I decide to pop a DVD in, I will actually ask myself...."Hmmm, Joel or Mike today?" Not because I like one over the other but there are different "feels" to the shows...at least I think so anyway.
Does something random happen during the day that makes a particular episode pop into your head? It does for me alot (maybe I like the show too much...is that possible?), something will happen and I will think...."You know I haven't watched (insert ep here) in a while.
Again just curious as to how people choose.
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Post by Torgo on Mar 1, 2012 23:54:41 GMT -5
I like the excitement of selecting episodes randomly. Not knowing what you're going to get is half the fun. Recently I've been going to www.random.org and using their random number generator. I start with which season and then which episode. |
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 2, 2012 0:06:00 GMT -5
Usually it depends on what type of movie I'm in the mood for. Some genres I can watch anytime, others I need to build myself up for.
Lately, I've been watching a lot of episodes, and the random determining factor is my memory. I skim through the list of episodes and if I can't remember key plot points from a particular title, I'll throw it in.
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Post by Mod City on Mar 2, 2012 0:39:07 GMT -5
Usually it depends on what type of movie I'm in the mood for. Some genres I can watch anytime, others I need to build myself up for. Lately, I've been watching a lot of episodes, and the random determining factor is my memory. I skim through the list of episodes and if I can't remember key plot points from a particular title, I'll throw it in. I haven't been watching much lately but that's how I do it when I'm in the mood for an ep. I'll just flip through my copies without looking where I'm at. They I'll select a disc every now and then and see if it strikes me in some way. If I don't know what I feel like watching, that is. Otherwise I go straight for the title. Sometimes I want an episode I don't know very well, other times I want a comforting old favorite. Don't know what it will be until I start browsing. Don't make it too complicated ;D |
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Post by LetGoOfItSlappy on Mar 2, 2012 1:23:17 GMT -5
Oh, its not complicated for me at all. I am exactly the same way....I have my comforting favorites as well. I do the genre thing also...tonight for instance feels like a Japanese monster movie night, so I am going for a Gamera or Godzilla episode. It's been a while since I have watched everybody's favorite ne'er-do-wells Helen and Kenny, so I think I shall turn in and watch the Coke-wanting, fish-arguin SWITCHEROO!
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Post by BJ on Mar 2, 2012 1:46:28 GMT -5
I have an OCD problem when it comes to watching tv shows (and movies with sequels), so I watch them in order. I don't think it's better or worse, but I have trouble watching them out of order, always thinking about what I should have watched beforehand.
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Post by ramasha007 on Mar 2, 2012 3:28:05 GMT -5
I pull one out of the shelf at random and then decide if I want to watch it. If I don't then I put it back and choose again...if I do it goes into the DVD player.
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Post by sb5 on Mar 2, 2012 3:57:33 GMT -5
It really depends. As others said, sometimes I'm in the mood for "comfort food" and need a pick-me-up, so I'll a pick out a favorite episode that I pretty much know by heart that I know I'll enjoy. Sometimes I want to see something that's not so familiar and will play fresh, so I'll go through and pick an episode that I haven't see in a long time or haven't seen many times.
What "era" of the show (Joel vs. Mike, CC vs. SciFi, etc.) and what genre of movie I want to see seems pretty random, and I generally won't decide that until I look at a list of episodes.
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Post by TurkeyVolGuessnMan on Mar 2, 2012 22:39:13 GMT -5
Like others, I have my favorites that I play too much. Girl in Gold Boots, Wild Rebels, Sidehackers, and The Hellcats are my favorites. Especially GIGB and Hellcats, something about that 60's color film and cheesy, yet catchy, music that I really like.
Around Christmas time, I like to play Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and Santa Claus. I'm more fond of Santa Claus because of just how odd it is. It's like a holiday version of Manos, but on acid.
Other than that, I tend to go by polls from this website and the new MST3K rater website and see what other fans have voted as their favorite and try to find them to watch. Some are great (Master Ninja I), while some may need more viewings to understand the higher rating (Mitchell).
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Mar 3, 2012 11:48:04 GMT -5
Moods can vary from minute to minute. Sometimes I'll get a hankering for a particular scene or host segment--like suddenly I had to watch Crow being "pregnant" from Blood Beast--and sometimes I'll just grab a stack of episodes, tell myself "okay, it's gotta be one of these" and see which catches my fancy.
Sometimes I deliberately put in one I've got memorized so I can clean house or cook while following along.
WHEN IS IT MY TURN?? When is it Crow T Robot's turn?!?
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Post by ChrisDalek on Mar 3, 2012 18:01:42 GMT -5
I have an OCD problem when it comes to watching tv shows (and movies with sequels), so I watch them in order. I do that with every show except MST3K. If I'm gonna watch a series it's got to be the whole entire lot or nothing. But with MST3K I dip in and out all over the place, so it varies. I usually watch just one episode a week, and can go an entire year without seeing certain episodes. The obvious exceptions being the two Xmas episodes which get an annual airing, as does the Coleman Francis trilogy and (bizarrely) Angels Revenge every Easter. Usually it'll be a Mike episode, with season six being hit particularly often. Any Joel episodes usually come from seasons four and five and occasionally season three - KTMA and the first two CC seasons are rarely visited. Speaking of OCD I do find myself keeping a log of what episodes have been watched and when. Helps to see which shows aren't in rotation as much - and no, I don't do this with any other show. (Yet). Looking at the list I managed to get through 62 episodes in 2011, 22 of which were Joels (and 3 of those were episodes I'd never seen before) and only 20 of which were from the Sci-Fi years. Just got done watching Swamp Diamonds, my 8th episode of 2012, and that was very much a 'the only reason I'm watching this one is cos I can't remember when I last saw it' choice... |
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Post by reaperg on Mar 4, 2012 9:22:53 GMT -5
Two things: A Saturday viewing, and the anniversary of when an episode was first aired. Which means that the last ep I saw was "Beast of Yucca Flats" and that was a couple months ago.
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Post by BJ on Mar 4, 2012 14:57:37 GMT -5
I do that with every show except MST3K. If I'm gonna watch a series it's got to be the whole entire lot or nothing. But with MST3K I dip in and out all over the place, so it varies. I can see that. With a new movie as the basis for each episode, and not much continuity, it's easy to watch any episode at random. What happened to me is that after watching them all in order, I really felt the progression of the show in the style, sense of humor, set design, etc. There's no jarring quality difference (like if you go from season 8 to a KTMA), the characters (or their puppet masters) stay the same, the running gags and callbacks tend to make more sense, stuff like that. Oh, and I should have made a note earlier, because I will throw on an Xmas or Thanksgiving episode out of order. It just seems right. |
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