Post by Mike Flugennock on Dec 23, 2012 23:24:20 GMT -5
I'm not actually discussing the stupidity of a single crime in particular here, but a particular group of criminals: Eddie Crane and his pals in The Beatniks. From what I can tell in the plot, they apparently have a regular bunch of favorite places they like to stick up repeatedly at two- or three-week intervals. How stupid is that? Then, to compound the stupidity, they pay for their meal at the diner with some of the cash from their grocery-store haul? Oh, jeezus, did that make my brain hurt.
Consider also the fact that in any given situation, Eddie & Co. go out of their way to gratuitiously instigate any manner of chaos which immediately draws attention to them and they instantly become a trouble magnet -- the hotel where they're staying while Eddie gets ready for his big debut, backstage at the TV station while Eddie's making his big debut, Charlie's Bar, you name it. You'd think a bunch of hoodlums involved in multiple armed robberies would try and lay low and avoid attracting attention to themselves, but nooooooo-oooooo, not these clowns.
Then, there's "Moon", a man worthy of a separate discussion of stupid criminality all on his own. When you really think about it, it's a miracle that any gang of hoodlums could've possibly gotten as far as they did with a psychotic loose cannon like Moon on-board.
Oh, and btw... the more I think about it, the more I'm thinking that there were no smart crimes on MSTed movies, only stupid ones. After all, if they were smart crimes, they would've been in good movies, and never would've made it onto MST3K.
Consider also the fact that in any given situation, Eddie & Co. go out of their way to gratuitiously instigate any manner of chaos which immediately draws attention to them and they instantly become a trouble magnet -- the hotel where they're staying while Eddie gets ready for his big debut, backstage at the TV station while Eddie's making his big debut, Charlie's Bar, you name it. You'd think a bunch of hoodlums involved in multiple armed robberies would try and lay low and avoid attracting attention to themselves, but nooooooo-oooooo, not these clowns.
Then, there's "Moon", a man worthy of a separate discussion of stupid criminality all on his own. When you really think about it, it's a miracle that any gang of hoodlums could've possibly gotten as far as they did with a psychotic loose cannon like Moon on-board.
Oh, and btw... the more I think about it, the more I'm thinking that there were no smart crimes on MSTed movies, only stupid ones. After all, if they were smart crimes, they would've been in good movies, and never would've made it onto MST3K.
