I'm Thinking Of Doing a MST3K Music Video

[MSTie4Life]

Due to the fact that I am a diehard Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan, and due to the fact that I would like to start a band, I'm thinking of doing a MST3K music video. I've been thinking about doing this for several weeks now, and I'm writing this to get your opinions on whether or not the plot of the video sounds like it could be good. I'm not trying to create another "Thriller" here. I'm just creating a video and a song based on my all time favorite T.V. Show.

The video would be actually be a short film that would run about 8-10 minutes long. The plot would be this: The lead singer of an up and coming band, played by myself, dreams that he is late for his band's concert. In the dream, along the way to the club, the lead singer keeps running into characters that are seen in movies riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000. He gets into a car that's being driven by Rowsdower. He fights the Neptune Men wearing Space Cheif's costume. He falls into a cave and gets chased by Egah. He tries to hide in a shed, but is chased out by Torgo. He meets Mr. B Natural under a bridge. He trips over Puma Man's costume, put it on, and tries to fly to the concert. The lead singer gets into a fight with Joe Don Baker. I'm even thinking of doing a scene where the lead singer rides the back of Gamera straight to the concert. I'm not sure I'll be using all of these ideas. I'm still tossing ideas in my head. I want to make sure that I cram enough MST3K'd characters into the 8-10 music video, but not too much.

Also, there is a slight challenge for the lead singer. Each time it seems like the lead singer is about to head to the club, he gets attacked by a MST3K'd villian (Torgo, Krankor, The Neptune Men), and has to redo the trip all over again. So it's the movie Groundhog's Day meets MST3K when you think about it.

I'm also thinking of adding some Wizard of Oz into it, in that it turns out that some of the MST3K characters are infact members of the band. Like the drummer could be Torgo. The guitarist could be Rowsdower. The keyboardist could be Joe Don Baker. I may create some morphing effects (if it's not hard to do), where you, the viewer, would see the band member morph from character to band member. I plan on perfoming wearing a blue jumpsuit a'la Mike Nelson.

The song that would be in the video is a song I plan on recording if I am able to shell out a few bucks to record in a recording studio (or if I find some other method). The band I plan on forming will be a mix of different musical genres. Rock. Rap. Funk. Pop. The song in the video will be a light hearted rap song based on a light hearted rap song called "Mr. Jinx" by Quarashi. I chose this song for several reasons.

1.) I can't sing at all

2.) There has never been a rap song about Mystery Science Theater 3000.

3.) The song "Mr. Jinx", which is the song that gave me the inspiration to do this, is a light hearted, catchy little number with a very nice beat, and silly lyrics. After hearing the song several times, I decided the beat would be music would be perfect for a song about MST3K. After all, I wasn't going to do a song about MST3K around a gangsta rap song by 50 Cent. It just wouldn't fit. "Mr. Jinx" does. At first, I wanted to create my own beat, but after trying out some MST3K lyrics to the beat of "Mr. Jinx", it fit well and was just right. I've titled the song "Mr. Neptune Man" based on Invasion of the Neptune Men which is my all time favorite MST3K episode and the one character that chases me the most throughout the video. (By the way, "Mr. Jinx" can be heard in commercials for the NBA on TNT or you can download it off of Kazaa. ) "Mr. Neptune Man" will be light hearted and a little silly just like MST3K. More Will Smith than Eminem. Something everyone can listen to.

The song itself will feature me letting out my feelings on the Sci-Fi and Comedy Central execs who cancelled the show and all the directors of the bad films shown on MST3K. I will also do a brief summary of what the show is about. I will also try to cram as much MST3K quotes, characters, and references as I can into a 10 minute video. The video will have me rapping in a blue jumpsuit intersperse with shots of me running into the MST3K characters while the band waits for me to arrive and gets the crowd hyped up. That too is based on the "Mr. Jinx" music video, but I've added alot more to it, with alot more being the MST3K stuff.

I do have the basic plot planned out, although I am still rewriting and double checking stuff. First off, I actually have to convince my friends to form a band with me. I can play the guitar, but I can't really sing. And none of my friends can't play any instruments. I have two options. One, I can get them signed up to take music classes and learn how to play the drums, bass, guitar, keyboard. Or, I can just have me and my friends form a singing or rap group and hire a back up band. Then that would mean finding a back up band that would be willing to play with us. Next step would finding enough people to play the MST3K characters, and creating the costumes. Mike Nelson's outfit is not so hard, but what about Mr. B Natural's outfit? Or Torgo? And I also need extras to appear in the club where the band performs. Afterall, the band needs to get SOMEONE hyped up while they wait for me to show. It's gonna take some work to design the costumes, especially the Neptune Men costumes. In a perfect world, Christy Carlson Romano a.k.a. my future wife would be playing the part of Mr. B Natural.

I also have to actually record the song before I can even do a video. And I have to have money to do that also. And find places empty enough where alot of people won't be seeing a man in a blue jumpsuit being chased by a bunch of guys wearing gray costumes with bullethead masks while someone carrying a camera films all of it.

But I believe it is possible for me to accomplish all of this if I'm not lazy. It's possible, I just have to spend some time working for it to come true. I'm not trying to create a masterpiece or anything, I'm not doing this so I can create the greatest music video ever. I know my video isn't going to be appearing on MTV anytime soon. All I want to do is have fun and pay tribute to my all time favorite t.v. show. I love music, I love movies, and I love MST3K, so I want to combine all three into something I'd really like. I want my video to be okay. I want the people I show the video to to like it. I may even upload the song on this site, and let you all listen to it and tell me what you think. And I may upload pictures of the filming of the video. It's gonna be alittle hard, considering that I also want some special effects in the video, and I want Gamera to appear, but it may end up being worth it. All that matters is that I have fun making a music video/short film with my friends.

And even though it won't be the greatest video in the history of music, atleast I can say that I made a rap song and music video about Mystery Science Theater 3000 which is pretty cool and unique. ;D

So help me with ideas on the videos. You know the basic plot, but you can chime in with your own ideas as well. Tell me what characters I should have in the video. Maybe help me with some of the lyrics. Give some ideas so I can make "Mr. Neptune Man" an okay song and video. Help me out, yo!

[Ator]

This will be trippy, to say the least. Unfortunately, i'm not as creative as you seem to be, so I don't have any ideas for you. Good luck with the project, though. How will you make all these characters anyway? Makeup? Or will you green-screen 'em in?

[MSTie4Life]

Well, I plan on having the parts of Torgo, Rowsdower, Eegah, and Krankor played by members of the band. The rest would be played by my other friends and extras if I could find them. I plan on using makeup and creating costumes for all the characters. I suppose creating the Torgo and Rowsdower costumes won't be too hard. But the Neptune Men and Krankor costumes made take some time to do, I also have to do the morphing effects also.

And I may also use a green screen since I want the video to start with the Mike Nelson version of the doorway sequence. I may also create Crow, Servo, and Gyspy to appear in cameos in the video, if I can. I'm just full of ideas and I'm still in the early stages of the video.

[Buddhist Kitten]

You're idea is so good, I'm gonna steal it and sell it to TV executives and use Rugrats instead of MST3K!!!

No, I kid. And, yes, this WILL be quite trippy, if you ever get it accomplished. It would be cool if you found some Asian boys about the age of ten to run around in really short shorts, since 'The Invasion of the Neptune Men' is your favorite episode, but other than that, I am lost.

[Phantom Engineer]

Sounds like your main problem is the dough to do it. Good luck. I like the idea, I just wouldn't like it because of the rap song. But that's just me.

[MSTie4Life]

Well, I've got half of the song done. I've made references to Joe Don Baker, Space Cheif, Krankor, and Rowsdower in the first verse. I've also taken several jabs at Sandy Frank, the Sci-Fi Channel and Comedy Central. And I rhymed a word with Krankor so that is good. I'm still writing the song, and I haven't thought of a catchy chorus yet. Should take some time to finish everything. I'll update whenever something new comes up. I may even upload the song itself and post the script for the video when I finish writing it to let you get a sneak peek. Well I'm gonna take a break now, I'll get to writing and flushing out ideas later.

[MSTie4Life]

Chemical2010 said:

You're idea is so good, I'm gonna steal it and sell it to TV executives and use Rugrats instead of MST3K!!!

No, I kid. And, yes, this WILL be quite trippy, if you ever get it accomplished. It would be cool if you found some Asian boys about the age of ten to run around in really short shorts, since 'The Invasion of the Neptune Men' is your favorite episode, but other than that, I am lost.

Heh, I was thinking of doing that, but I then realized it would be hard to find 10 year old asian boys willing to do this. Would they really want to put on the short shorts? So instead, I plan on having me run into Kenny and Helen from Gamera vs. Zigra, which will be played by either an asian boy and an asian girl, or like Mike Nelson and Bridget Jones in that one host segment in Gamera vs. Zigra, played by two non-asians. I will try and imitate the badly dubbed voices as well I can.

[Ator]

Yeah, get the song uploaded when it's done. I'd like to hear it.

BTW, you are more obsessed than I am! hehehe.

[Mr. Neptune Man]

Well, after several months of brainstorming (and getting a new screename), I've written the first draft for my MST3K music video. I may make some changes with the video, but I don't know how much. I've tried to add as many characters from MST3K as I can. And, for some warped reason, try to include bad movie stuff that were found in MST3K episodes (bad editing, bad dubbing, bad special effects, laughable dialogue). Tell me what you think.

(The video opens with the doorway sequence from the Mike Nelson era of the show)
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We head into the theater. 3 silhouettes, one of Tom Servo, one of Crow T. Robot, and one of Mike Nelson (or a lookalike), take their regular seats in the theater. On the screen we see a vinyl record spinning on a DJ turntable. The record is labeled MR. NEPTUNE MAN. The record spins for a few seconds before the camera zooms in on the record.

The 60s-ish Cop TV show theme song that begins "Mr. Neptune Man" begins playing. We morph from the record into the exterior of a small club that has the name of the band on the marquee. The camera cuts to inside the club, where the crowd is waiting for the band to start playing. As the 60-ish Cop TV show theme song continues playing, we are shown a curtain, behind the curtain are the band members, who are all wondering where the lead singer is. The camera zooms in on the MST3K logo that is draped over the curtain. The camera does a speed wide pan of the neighborhood the club is located in. The camera then stops at a house in a surbaban neighborhood. We are taken into the inside of the house where we see Mystery Science Theater 3000 parapheneilia all over the house. Edits come at a mile a second showing the paraphenilia in sync with the bass in the song. We are shown "Invasion of the Neptune Men" playing on a t.v. and a stack of MST3K tapes next to the bed.

Finally, the lead singer wakes up, just as the rap beat for "Mr. Neptune Man" begins playing. The lead singer mutters "SH*T!" and gets out of bed. He runs out of his house and through his neighborhood, stopping to notice that PITCH from Santa Claus, is throwing out his garbage. The lead singer does a double-take, but continues running. We cut back to the band, who are still wondering where the lead singer is.

The lead singer starts rapping the lyrics to "Mr. Neptune Man". However, we notice that his mouth is not in sync with his voice, as he is being badly dubbed like a character in a bad Japaneese monster movie like Gamera. We cut to the band playing, and then cut back to the lead singer, who stops running, when he notices a bunch of Neptune Men from Invasion of the Neptune Men are coming after him. The lead singer runs into a phone booth, and transforms into SPACE CHEIF. The Neptune Men are being controlled by KRANKOR, who does his evil laugh. The lead singer beats on the Neptune Men in the same horrible, lame style that Space Chief beat on them in the Invasion of the Neptune Men. All the Neptune Men fall down after that "beating" except for one. That one chases after the lead singer, who is now, after a bad edit, dressed like TROY McGREGGOR from The Final Sacrifice. The camera does a close-up of Krankor. This leads to a morphing effect, where it is revealed that Krankor is played by the bassist for the band.

The lead singer continues running, intersperse with clips of him rapping in a blue jumpsuit underneath a bridge. The lead singer passes by a CHICKEN MAN OF KRANKOR spray-painting the Mystery Science Theater 3000 logo on a street corner. The lead singer does a double-take once again, but continues running. We do a close-up of the Chicken Man, and another morph, where it is revealed that that Chicken Man was played by the DJ for the band.

The lead singer stops to take a break in an alleyway. Suddenly, he is choked by somebody. The lead singer elbows the person in the stomach, and escapes and continues running. That person is actually TORGO from Manos: The Hands of Fate. Torgo flashes an evil smile as the camera does a close-up of him. Another morphing effect, and this time it's the drummer of the band that gets revealed.

The lead singer continues his run, but realizes the Neptune Man is after him. He runs faster, but bumps into that monsterman from Monsters A Go-Go. The monster chases after him, along with the Neptune Man. The lead singer continues running away from those two, meanwhile, the camera cuts to the club, where the crowd is getting impatient with the band for not beginning their concert. The camera focuses in on a beautiful girl complaining to her friend, and then throwing garbage at the stage.

The camera cuts back to the lead singer, who hops onto a truck, a truck that is being driven by ROWSDOWER from The Final Sacrifice. The lead singer continues rapping, on the truck, with Rowsdower not noticing him being on it. The camera cuts back to the club where we see the band playing their instruments, getting the crowd warmed up. The lead singer hops off the truck, which is at the club for some reason. The lead singer smiles and runs to the club, but, is notices a car driven by EGAD from Egad coming after him. We then do a bad edit, and the lead singer is replaced by a mannequin dressed in the lead singer's clothes. The car runs over the mannequin just as the chrous begins. We cut to people throwing garbage at the stage in the club, then do a quick edit back to the mannequin, which is quickly replaced by the lead singer once again, after another bad edit. The lead singer sings the chorus, acting (badly) like he is in pain. Egad comes out of the car to check on the lead singer. We do another morphing effect, and Egad is revealed to be the guitarist for the band. Mr. Neptune Man and the Monster are still chasing the lead singer and almost find him. We then cut to the club where the crowd is angry and starts to leave. Then we do another morphing effect which brings us back to the lead singer's home when he wakes up, showing that he must restart his day again.

The lead singer sings the chorus in the blue jumpsuit underneath the bridge, intersperse with shots of the band members playing their instruments. The lead singer runs through his neighborhood once again, seeing PITCH throw away his garbage again, but this time he is wearing regular non-Troy McGreggor or any MST3K character clothes, although he is wearing a MST3K shirt. The lead singer raps the second verse, both running, and underneath the bridge in the blue jumpsuit. The lead singer manages to escape Torgo this time, but is still chased by the Neptune Man and the monster from Monsters A Go-Go. The lead singer sees Rowsdower's truck again, and tries to get onto it, but is unsucessful this time. He tries to think of another way to get to the club, when suddenly, that goofy angel from Once Upon A Honeymoon appears and sprinkles angel dust on the lead singer. The lead singer gets an idea and heads to a payphone when he calls one of the other rappers from his band. The music stops as we hear dialogue.

THE LEAD SINGER:
Hello, it's me. I'll be there at the club as soon as possible.

RAPPER:
Get here fast, the people are getting ticked off.

THE LEAD SINGER:
I'll get there. I just need to find a way.

RAPPER:
Get here, fast, Nespa!

THE LEAD SINGER:
What did you just say?

RAPPER:
I said get here fast, man.

THE LEAD SINGER:
Oh, I thought you just said "Nespa". How silly of me.

RAPPER:
No I didn't. HI-KEEBA~!

THE LEAD SINGER:
WHAT?!

*Click*

RAPPER:
I'm gonna kill him if he doesn't get here soon.

"Mr. Neptune Man" continues as the lead singer notices GAMERA and KENNY and HELEN from Gamera vs. Zigra. The lead singer is a little scared seeing these characters appear in reality, but runs to Gamera and hops on his back.

THE LEAD SINGER:
Out of the way, Kenny!

KENNY:
Gamera is the friend of children.

THE LEAD SINGER:
Let me use him. I have to get to a club for my band's concert fast.

HELEN:
Gamera doesn't like it when someone treats his friends badly.

THE LEAD SINGER:
I'm not afraid of Gamera. Just a third-rate Godzilla rip-off. Just a man in a rubber suit, what's he gonna do? Burn me?

Suddenly Gamera shoots out fire from his mouth. The lead singer slowly jumps off Gamera, scared.

THE LEAD SINGER:
Heh, heh. I'll just leave you with your friends. Heh, don't kill me now. I'll...just...go.

The lead singer escapes.

KENNY:
And don't you come back!

[Mr. Neptune Man]

I'm not done yet. I still got some more left. Here's the rest of the first draft.

"Mr. Neptune Man" continues playing. The Lead singer notices the Neptune Man and the monster still chasing him. The Lead Singer continues running while we cut to the lead singer rapping underneath a bridge wearing a blue jumpsuit. The camera then cuts to a street corner. We notice some of the martians from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians conversing. We also notice the building at the street corner is named CONGYSPYCO (Gyspy's company from Danger: Diabolik). The camera focuses on NICK, the geeky hero from Time Chasers stretching next to his geeky bicycle. The lead singer runs past Nick, but then back tracks, noticing all the MST3K characters, and Nick's bike. While Nick's back is turned stretching, the lead singer takes the bike and runs away with it. Nick turns around, and yells out, but to no avail. We do a close-up of Nick, and then another morph revealing that Nick is actually one of the 3 rappers in the band.

The chorus begins again, with the lead singer singing the chorus underneath the bridge, and while riding the bike. Suddenly, the tires flattened, but the lead singer notices a costume lying on the concrete. The lead singer puts the costume on, and becomes PUMA MAN from Puma Man. The lead singer then flies, in the same horrible, unrealistic, bad special effects seen in the movie with his butt hanging out and not actually flying. The lead singer gives a thumbs up to the camera, not noticing the club right in front of him. The lead singer crashes into the outside of the club, and falls to the ground in pain. The lead singer sings the chorus in pain, acting badly, struggling to get up. We do a close-up on the lead singer and another morph, bringing us back to the lead singer waking up from bed, restarting the day for a third time.

The instrumental break for "Mr. Neptune Man" hits, and once again, the lead singer runs past Pitch throwing out his garbage, runs away from the Neptune Man and the monster, runs past the Chicken Man spray-painting the MST3K logo on the concrete, escapes Torgo, and takes Nick's bike. The lead singer rides the bike to the club, and is only one block away, when suddenly, a police car appears. The lead singer stops when the car opens and JOE DON BAKER appears (played by someone else for the video). The instrumental break stops, and is replaced by Western-style music. The lead singer and Joe Don Baker stare at each other, while a tumbleweed tumbles by.

JOE DON BAKER:
You think you can take me? Go head on. It's your move.

The lead singer and Joe Don continue their staredown. The camera does unnecessary close-ups of Joe Don's face and his body showing his gun beside him. The lead singer suddenly has a gun edited onto him. The lead singer hesitates, but when Joe Don pulls out his pistol, the lead singer pulls out his gun also, and shoots first, hitting Joe Don Baker in the right shoulder. Joe Don groans and crumbles to the floor. The lead singer runs up to Joe Don and smiles a sly smile and blow the smoke from his gun.

THE LEAD SINGER:
I KNOW I can take you. I just proved it.

JOE DON BAKER:
I'll get you. You sonovua-(Mute).

THE LEAD SINGER:
What? YOU'RE the sonovua(Mute).

JOE DON:
No. It's you whose the sonovua(Mute). You sonovua(Mute).

THE LEAD SINGER:
Don't call me that you sonovua(Mute). If anyone's a sonovua(Mute), it's YOU you sonovua-AH! Forget this!

The instrumental break continues and the lead singer gets back on his bike. However, the monster from Monsters A Go-Go appears in front of him. The monster reaches out and tries to grab the lead singer, but, the lead singer ducks under the monster's right arm and escapes with a smile on his face. The monster turns around and has a shocked look on his face. The camera does a close-up of the monster from Monsters A Go-Go, and another morphing effect revealing that the monster is actually the other rapper in the band.

The 60s-ish Cop TV show theme song plays again. The lead singer stops in front of the club. But suddenly, a car appears. The lead singer jumps on the hood of the car and runs into the club. The lead singer appears on stage, grabbing the microphone and throwing away the mic stand. The lead singer sings the chorus. The crowd, who was booing, is now cheering loudly. The camera shows all the band members smiling. The 3 rappers/singers sing the chrous of "Mr. Neptune Man", all smiling and dancing. The crowd is cheering and going crazy.

Then, the Neptune Man that has been chasing the lead singer appears in the crowd. The lead singer freaks out when he notices the Neptune Man. He freaks out more, when he notices that the crowd is now characters from movies shown on MST3K, and MST3K itself. He sees GAMERA, GORGO, KENNY AND HELEN, PITCH, THE MARTIANS FROM SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS, EL SANTO, ROWSDOWER, SANTA CLAUS, TV'S FRANK, BRAIN GUY, BOBO, DR. FORRESTER. The beautiful girl that was shown before is now MR. B NATURAL, and her friend is MRS. PEARL FORRESTER. ATOR, DEATHSTALKER, Those guys with bat helmets from DEATHSTALKER, THE GOOFY ANGEL FROM ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON, THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN, and CHEROKEE JACK.

The lead singer freaks out more when he sees Torgo is now playing the drums. Krankor is now on bass. Nick and the monster from Monsters A Go-Go are now his fellow rappers. One of the Chicken Men is the DJ. Egad is now on the guitar. And the lead singer is now wearing a blue jumpsuit. After freaking out for a few more seconds, he calms down, and decides to go with the flow. He invites the Neptune Man on stage, and the Neptune Man starts dancing like Michael Jackson. The camera then cuts to the crowd, where we see Crow, Tom Servo, and Gyspy dancing to the beat. We focus in on the bots, and do another morph showing us the MST3K characters with the Neptune Man (Mr. Neptune Man), doing a dance number.

As the chorus continues, Mr. Neptune Man leads the MST3K characters in a cheroegraphed dance number. The lead singer rubs his eyes, and the MST3K characters are gone, and his band, and the crowd, are back to normal, although the 'bots are still there. The band gets the crowd hyped up as the song ends. The camera cuts to the lead singer singing on Nick's bike, as Puma Man, underneath the bridge, and on stage. The lead singer leads the crowd in waving their hands in the air. The camera then does a close-up of the lead singer after getting hit with the car driven by Egad. The lead singer tries to act like he is in pain, but can't, and smiles.

The camera cuts back to the lead singer waking up in his bed. The camera does another morph and we see the lead singer's face appeared on a record. The camera zooms back and shows the vinyl record with "Mr. Neptune Man" on it. Mike & The Bots leave the theater. It is revealed that Mr. Neptune Man himself is controlling the lead singer by scratching the "Mr. Neptune Man" record on the DJ turntable, making the day repeat again and again. This causes the record to have a scratch on it, making the record and the song start skipping meaning that the lead singer will have to repeat the same day again and again. The song skips, but then ends, and the camera fades out. Text appears on screen over the scratched vinyl "Mr. Neptune Man" record reading:

THE END
FILMED IN TECHNICOLOR

FADE OUT

[marytrobot]

LOL I love the "yousonuva(mute)"!

[Ator]

Craziness! You should definitely pull this off. Oh, and I noticed that you've had like three different user names now. If you forget the password or whatever, feel free to contact the Admins, and we'll get it fixed for you.

[elireburg]

wow sounds like a really good idea....can I help?!?!?

[elireburg]

Are you a musician?

If you know anyone with a 4 track, 8 track, 12 track..... recorder you can record on the for free!! I have one, and it would be alot easier to use that instead of a studio.....

Also, have you decided on who will play the characters?

I myself am shooting a video for the 15th year anniversary of Madonnas "Justify My Love" (see my avatar!!) however it will be less dirty (starring me!!)

Sounds awesome post updates alot so I know what is going on with the video!!

El Ireburg

[elireburg]