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Post by guscucamumga on Nov 18, 2012 22:25:19 GMT -5
Is anyone planning a marathon for this year? I still have 'em every year, and actually pass on meeting family and friends, instead choosing to watch MST. That either says a lot about my dedication to the show or my relationships with/enjoyment of my family and friends
I usually try to have a loose theme for each marathon, and this year, I'm doing episodes I don't know "by heart". I did throw in a few favorites, just in case the ones I chose aren't exactly stellar episodes.
I'll show you mine if you show me yours: (times are CST/Chicago)
Time Title
06:00 PM Gamera vs. Barugon
07:30 PM Colossus and the Headhunters
09:00 PM Pod people
10:30 PM Invasion USA
12:00 AM The Sword and the Dragon
01:30 AM The Giant Spider Invasion
03:00 AM Night of the Blood Beast
04:30 AM Horrors of Spider Island
06:00 AM The Rebel Set
07:30 AM The Phantom Planet
09:00 AM Outlaw
10:30 AM The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
12:00 PM The Projected Man
01:30 PM Manhunt in Space
03:00 PM The Brute Man
04:30 PM Danger!! Death Ray
06:00 PM Master ninja i
07:30 PM Moon zero two
09:00 PM Agent for H.A.R.M.
10:30 PM Space mutiny
See if you can guess which are which
This is the first year I'm not ending with Mitchell. Last year, I actually spliced in the Turkey day bumpers off of DAP Central, but that was a lot of work for little payback.
For a few years, I've spliced in Rifftrax shorts to make up for the half hour lost on commercials, but this year, I just went for 20 episodes to make it come out to the full 30 hours.
I use XBMC, so I just copied the episodes into a folder and numbered 'em in the order shown above, then at 6pm, I'll just say "play from here" on the folder, and we'll be off!
Am I showing how pathetic I am?
Does anybody else have ways in which they have "automated" or streamlined their marathon setup?
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Post by nondescript spice on Nov 18, 2012 22:59:50 GMT -5
wow, guscucamumga...that's an impressive, ambitious list. not pathetic, really, but very dedicated.
i have a marathon of sorts, but i'm pretty flexible with it. i don't really do thanksgiving because all my family lives out of state, so it's just another day for me.
i save teenage crimewave especially for t'giving, since the plot is set at turkey day. that and of course the turkey day bloodbeast are the only ones i save specially for the holiday. then whatever sounds good to me. i might throw in santa claus - i watch that one a few times a year because i love it so much, but it's great for t'giving. and maybe a few RT christmas shorts. gawrsh!
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Post by oldmanmerton on Nov 19, 2012 8:13:41 GMT -5
My family and I just moved further into the boonies and we're not attending family thanksgiving this year. However, we have a 2 year old and the wife and I are also just regular film buffs so since this her first time off since she got her new job we're also doing a bit of NORMAL movie watching too.
I'm going to start watching Wednesday night after the wife goes to bed until 5am or so when the kid probably wakes up (I'm usually awake during these hours to begin with). And then we're gonna consume 2 or 3 between movies during the day that I think will hold my daughter's attention.
I'm using the opposite mentality to choose my movies. Now that I'm back working on the journal, I only want to consume episodes I've either already reviewed or that I know very well so as not to color my opinion before I sit down to do entries on some of my less viewed eps.
So I'm going with:
621 - The Beast of Yucca Flats
912 - The Screaming Skull
511 - Gunslinger
202 - Sidehackers
706 - Laserblast
418 - Attack of the Eye Creatures
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Then with the family:
The Movie
422 - The Day the Earth Froze
321 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
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Post by ChrisDalek on Nov 19, 2012 14:52:18 GMT -5
I'll show you mine if you show me yours: (times are CST/Chicago) Time Title 06:00 PM Gamera vs. Barugon 07:30 PM Colossus and the Headhunters 09:00 PM Pod people 10:30 PM Invasion USA 12:00 AM The Sword and the Dragon 01:30 AM The Giant Spider Invasion 03:00 AM Night of the Blood Beast 04:30 AM Horrors of Spider Island 06:00 AM The Rebel Set 07:30 AM The Phantom Planet 09:00 AM Outlaw 10:30 AM The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? 12:00 PM The Projected Man 01:30 PM Manhunt in Space 03:00 PM The Brute Man 04:30 PM Danger!! Death Ray 06:00 PM Master ninja i 07:30 PM Moon zero two 09:00 PM Agent for H.A.R.M. 10:30 PM Space mutiny Won't you end up overrunning these timeslots, cos there are plenty of episodes in seasons 2 3 and 4 that are closer to 100 minutes than 90? |
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Post by guscucamumga on Nov 19, 2012 19:07:31 GMT -5
nondescript spice: very nice, I like tying the holiday to the episodes. Alas, my roommate will not allow the likes of Santa Claus. She says she hates it, but I think they scare her. oldmanmerton: all great choices. Good times ahead! kinggodzillak: a few minutes off here or there doesn't matter; this isn't the freakin' Curiosity landing!  Sheesh! And I thought I was being nerdy  |
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Post by Mod City on Nov 19, 2012 20:10:37 GMT -5
Man I miss the old Turkey Day marathons. A few days off from high school, sitting around the house, the dulcet tones of Joel and the bots working their way through a whole lot of movies. Good memories.
I'm I still had a VCR hooked up I'd throw in one of my tapes from the actual marathons, but since I don't I'll probably just watch a few random eps. Just don't have the time like I used to, even on my days off.
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Post by Dave Walker on Nov 19, 2012 23:04:58 GMT -5
Very ambitious. I'll probably run a few after dinner. Santa Claus is likely just because, but also because a local radio station started playing Christmas music...last week! Blood Beast is usually a given and maybe one or two others.
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Post by angilasman on Nov 19, 2012 23:39:08 GMT -5
I'm gonna try to squeeze as many episodes in from... err, now (I don't feel too sleepy) until Turkey Day night.
Now, what to watch...
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Post by davidbeegah on Nov 20, 2012 12:47:42 GMT -5
I am going to watch a few. But I do have a family get together to go to first.
I will watch Night of the Blood Beast the Turkey Day Version. I will also watch Outlaw and Zombie Nightmare because I remember those two episodes being introduced on Turkey Day. I imagine the The Amazing Colossal Man and The War of the Colossal Beast will be in there as well.
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Nov 21, 2012 15:37:08 GMT -5
I'll probably try to squeeze in Bloodbeast, but I love the orginal host segements soooo much that when I watch the Turkey Day version I immediately want to throw in the original right after, to which my husband vociferously protests.
But we'll both be slaving away in the kitchen--we've somehow managed to come up with an absurd "tradition" wherin we cook a ridiculous amount of food, the whole turkey/stuffing/green bean casserole/mashed potatoes/pie feast for the two of us--so I imagine we'll be happy to collapse in front of whatever one I grab by the end of that ordeal.
Unless my husband insists that we watch one of the new movies we purchased months ago and haven't gotten around to viewing yet. Like, FINE, just RUIN THANKSGIVING FOR ME, HUSBAND.
Was it a bear?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Nov 21, 2012 17:17:29 GMT -5
I plan on watching Bloodbeast, and then a mix of genres and eras of the show:
The Giant Gila Monster for the forced-perspective monster movie.
Phantom Planet for the outer space soap opera.
Untamed Youth for a '50s teen cautionary tale.
Boggy Creek II for the southern-baked sci-fi era.
And finally a Sandy Frank special, oh...how about...Mighty Jack.
Sounds like a delicious feast of a plan.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Nov 21, 2012 17:20:40 GMT -5
I normally try to do a post-turkey day viewing. Sadly, I spend almost every Thanksgiving with one particular grandparent, and previous experience has demonstrated that she doesn't just not get it but actively dislikes it, so my MST3K show will likely happen on the 26th.
Always nice to keep the tradition alive, though.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Nov 22, 2012 13:14:48 GMT -5
Well, the wife and I are having her daughter (my stepdaughter), her daughter's husband and the grandkids (ages 1 and 4) over for the big dinner this afternoon, so I'm going to be busy helping with the cooking -- that is, lifting the turkey in and out of the oven, as the wife has a bum elbow -- and cleaning up after dinner, so my celebratory MST3K viewing will be limited.
Right now, I've got no. 622, Angels' Revenge on, but this evening, after doing dinner dishes and cleaning up the kitchen, I plan on sitting back with a short "marathon-ette" of Night Of The Blood Beast (701) with the Thanksgiving Dinner host segments, Riding With Death (814) containing all those turkey references and, following the traditional playing of Capital Centre 11.23.78 (my first Grateful Dead show), continuing with Santa Claus (521) and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (321), as my personal raised middle finger to all those stores making their employees work on Thanksgiving night when they should be home with the family, enjoying leftover turkey, a couple of beers and the football game.
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Nov 22, 2012 13:18:42 GMT -5
Damn right, Mike! K Mart, Target, and all retail stores open on this holiday can suck it!
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Post by Diet Kolos on Nov 22, 2012 21:10:14 GMT -5
I'm attempting to replicate the '91 marathon. On Cave Dwellers now.
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Sheesh! And I thought I was being nerdy 
