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Post by dudehitscar on Nov 26, 2021 0:40:30 GMT -5
Sumaru is a DECENT choice for a KTMA re-riff. Could do worse. I'd love a re-riff of Last Chase, SST Deathflight and/or Humanoid Woman, but I'm not unhappy with Sumaru. Isn't that the one where Servo only riffs half the movie?
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Post by kidflash on Nov 26, 2021 1:00:46 GMT -5
Something called The Bubble, which I THINK is a 60s movie. 1966. Also released in 3D and SPACE-VISION! The 3D Film Archive restored it a few years ago for Blu-Ray.
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Post by kidflash on Nov 26, 2021 1:01:55 GMT -5
Oh, and they dropped the premiere date at the very end: March 4.
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Post by kracker on Nov 26, 2021 1:01:57 GMT -5
Premiere date has been announced as MARCH 4, 2022
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Post by Diet Kolos on Nov 26, 2021 7:31:21 GMT -5
Cripes. A full month+ later than I was expecting.
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Post by Diet Kolos on Nov 26, 2021 8:02:28 GMT -5
Thought I'd collect the film lengths (of standard theatrical versions) for future reference:
Santo: 90 mins Robot Wars: 72 mins (perfect!) Beyond Atlantis: 91 mims Munchie: 91 mins Doctor Mordrid: 74 mins (very nice) Demon Squad: 94 mins Gamera vs Jiger: 83 mins (this is the one they're contractually obligated to screen all of) The Batwoman: 80 mins Sumuru: 95 mins Shape of Things To Come: 98 mins The Mask: 83 mins The Bubble: 112 mins OR 93 mins for the 70s re-release, depending on the version they use Christmas Dragon: 106 mins (!)
So here's to hoping for a 75ish minute, platonic ideal cut for each of these.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2021 12:58:30 GMT -5
The Bubble: 112 mins OR 93 mins for the 70s re-release, depending on the version they use Looks like the version on Blu-ray is 91 minutes, at least according to DVD Beaver and Blu-ray.com. However, the 3-D Film Archive website says, "Arch Oboler's original Roadshow presentation of THE BUBBLE, running 112 minutes and unseen since 1968, will be released on 3-D Blu-ray in 2022!" I'd bet on the shorter version being further shortened for MST.
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Post by Diet Kolos on Nov 26, 2021 13:13:37 GMT -5
If its Manos-level bad like they say, it's undoubtedly the chopped up and re-edited 70s re-release.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2021 14:24:59 GMT -5
If its Manos-level bad like they say, it's undoubtedly the chopped up and re-edited 70s re-release. Oh, is that the "Manos quality" movie? The cuts they make won't help it, I'm sure. It's sitting at 5.5 on 299 ratings at IMDb right now, which puts it well in the top half of this group of movies. The Batwoman (1968) - 4.8 on 424. Beyond Atlantis (1973) - 4.4 on 465. The Bubble (1966) - 5.5 on 299. The Christmas Dragon (2014) - 4.7 on 625. Demon Squad (2019) - 4.9 on 63. Doctor Mordrid (1992) - 5.5 on 1629. Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) - 5.5 on 1190. H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979) - 3.3 on 886. The Mask (1961) - 5.9 on 792. The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) - 3.6 on 1037. Munchie (1992) - 3.9 on 705. Robot Wars (1993) - 4.1 on 1153. Santo and Dracula's Treasure (1969) - 5.9 on 305. Votes will go up and ratings will plummet (justified or not) after receiving the MST treatment, as is tradition at this point.
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Post by slainmonkey on Nov 28, 2021 2:30:50 GMT -5
The thing with some of these movies are that some of them really aren’t that bad at all, but are still fairly riffable, so not bad picks. The ones I’m more unsure of are the 2 movies from the 2010’s, but maybe I’m biased because I think Atlantic Rim stands as one of the worst MST3K episodes ever made!
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Post by jadenh on Nov 28, 2021 14:27:31 GMT -5
It seems like Demon Squad and The Christmas Dragon at least have some heart put into them. I almost think The Christmas Dragon could be like a modern day Russo-Finnish film, but that might be giving it too much credit.
Really though, I want to wait until the episodes actually come out before I judge them. Because for me, it's really the weak riffing that sunk Atlantic Rim.
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Post by Megalon on Nov 28, 2021 14:47:36 GMT -5
I guess it's notable that there are no Asylum movies this season (unless I'm mistaken), which suggests to me that the Atlantic Rim trial-balloon wasn't a huge success ratings-wise. Munchie, on the other hand, looks like another Mac 'n Me, which suggests that that episode was popular with the fans (it was my favorite episode of Season 12, personally). Or I could be over-thinking things.
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Post by jadenh on Nov 28, 2021 15:43:35 GMT -5
Yeah, Mac and Me was DEFINITELY a popular episode. Jonah is still being haunted by the "pretty nice" quote. Mac and Me was definitely one of the better season 12 experiments. So, I'm hoping that Munchie is at least on the same level as that one.
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Post by slainmonkey on Nov 30, 2021 2:36:01 GMT -5
I guess it's notable that there are no Asylum movies this season (unless I'm mistaken), which suggests to me that the Atlantic Rim trial-balloon wasn't a huge success ratings-wise. Munchie, on the other hand, looks like another Mac 'n Me, which suggests that that episode was popular with the fans (it was my favorite episode of Season 12, personally). Or I could be over-thinking things. I think it’s likely that we’ll see a lot of Corman Concorde/New Horrizons movies in the future, since a few years ago Roger Corman sold the rights to most of them to Shout Factory, and some of them have a HD master because of a blu-ray release…I think that’s a big part of why Munchie popped up on that list. Also I’m relieved no Asylum movies were announced, because I really struggled to sit through Atlantic Rim….I’d rather marathon The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy, The Castle of Fu Manchu, Invasion of the Neptune Men, and Hamlet, than watch Atlantic Rim again!
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Post by Diet Kolos on Dec 11, 2021 14:55:23 GMT -5
Any updates this week? Weren't they supposed to have filmed another block?
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