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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 10, 2016 0:01:37 GMT -5
Eh, CT was good IMO. Wasp Woman is no worse than say "The Brain That Wouldn't Die". Actually, "The Brain" was WORSE. The guy salvages the decapitated head of his fiance and keeps it alive in an oil change drip pan. Or what about Tormented? The guy is ready to kill a little girl at the end of the movie for witnessing a murder he committed. It's hard to get much nastier than that! Wasp Woman is similar in plot to The Leech Woman. Counterpoint: The Oozing Skull, Legacy of Blood, Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks, Blood of the Vampires, Rattlers. I won't argue with the ick factor of some of the plots of the original series. But none of those CT films feel like they fit the MST vibe to me. Not even in the ugly film laden season 10.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 30, 2015 3:30:11 GMT -5
And here I was, all ramped up for a paddlin'.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 30, 2015 3:15:59 GMT -5
Sorry, Torgo. You're right. I was responding to an Admin complaint that came in yesterday. I didn't look at the dates of the original posts. And now I'M the dickweed.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 29, 2015 1:50:36 GMT -5
Hey- Stop the personal attacks or the thread gets locked and people get banned.
The end.
And now, back to the show...
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 23, 2015 17:48:08 GMT -5
Awesome! I saw them in Denver back in November. It was the night after my mom passed, so it was a pretty emotional night for me. But laughter is always great medicine. I saw them riff "Plan 9". "Glen or Glenda" was the next day. Here's a full review: Mrs. Atari and I got to the theater early because they had a full restaurant and bar. As we enjoyed our hamburger sammiches and french-fried potatoes, I was wondering if I could make it through the show (it had been a long 24 hours). Suddenly, my tunnel vision was interrupted by the sight of TV's Frank casually walking across the lobby. He looked like he was on a mission, with a serious look on his face. I wondered how he was feeling. Joel's kickstarter had launched earlier that week, and the Paris terror attacks had happened that afternoon. It seemed no one was in a jolly mood, or ready for some football riffing. By the time we finished our meal, the autograph line was starting to form. I took my place, and had the Mads sign my copy of the ACEG, as well as a cartoon drawing of the show I got off of etsy a few years back. I mentioned my role here at the Discussion Board, and they both seemed to light up at the mention. The merch girl very excitedly said she comes here all the time. (Hi merch girl!) As for the show itself, the Paris and #Bringbackmst3k stuff were definitely in the air, making everything feel a bit tense. Frank missed his entrance (he was in the bathroom), and everything started disjointed. They didn't announce the name of the movie, it just started. But as soon as Criswell showed up on-screen, the place erupted. Lots of great riffing, and it reminded me of some of the better Rifftrax Live shows. An audience unquestionably makes the night funnier. I was ready for Frank's republican-bashing humor that seems to be all he does on social media anymore, and it was there in spades. What I wasn't prepared for were the F-bombs or the sheer number of gay jokes. Pretty much any time two men were on screen together, you could count on some sort of buttsex joke. I wasn't sure who would be more offended-- the gay folks in the room or the religious folks in the room. It was pretty bad both ways. I wasn't offended, but it did come across as lazy. Nevertheless, it was a fun time with lots of belly laughs. After the movie, they took a Q & A. Most of the questions were the standard fanboy stuff that I'm sure they were sick of back in '95: "What's your favorite MST episode?" "What do you think was the worst film on the show?" "How did you pick the movies?" "Were there really films worse than Manos?" and other tedium. I REALLY wanted to ask about the "hum diddy hee-hee...hoo-ah, hoo-ah!" song, since that's a long-standing unexplained esoteric reference around here, but I didn't have the energy. Finally, someone asked about whether they were going to be a part of Joel's re-boot. Frank responded with a diplomatic, "Anything's possible, but we don't know yet" answer. Trace interrupted him with a curt, "Bulls**t!" No one seemed to want to press him further on why he was so upset, or ask about relationships with the other Brains. Like I said, it had been a rough day for everyone. I messaged Trace about a week later, told him about my mom, and thanked him for the pick-me-up I needed that night. I also asked how the MST Discussion Board might be able to help them on their Mads tour. He was very gracious and said we have always been a good encouragement to them. He told me to keep up the good work. So I shall.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 16, 2015 1:35:15 GMT -5
Atari-son got the game for his birthday. While exploring the 100 Mario levels, we found a Manos level, that actually referenced the movie's "plot" significantly. And then we beat the level, and it was gone.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 15, 2015 16:59:58 GMT -5
I'm making my way through the KTMAs lately, and I started imagining what a reward for the fans it would be if one or two of the new episodes were redos of KTMA films. Like The Last Chase or Su-Maru or Hangar 18 or SST. Any one of those would be phenomenal with good writing and a decent copy of the film. And I can't imagine they'd be very expensive to get the rights at this point.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 2, 2015 18:50:07 GMT -5
I've been enjoying the Annotated episodes on YouTube lately. In the last couple of weeks, I watched Touch of Satan, Laserblast, The Crawling Eye, and Alien from L.A. this way. It's more informative than funny because you're watching for the annotations rather than listening to the jokes. But since I've seen these episodes lots of times already, it's a new way to enjoy them.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 2, 2015 16:58:01 GMT -5
Sure, that's just what we need around here-- a complaint box. Just so everyone can whine and whine and whine... Hey! Get your own discussion board if you don't like the way we do it! Just kidding. Actually, it's a good idea. I'll put something together.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 2, 2015 10:59:16 GMT -5
Now they all look like Gamera. 'Cause who doesn't want to be a friend to all children?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 2, 2015 10:42:20 GMT -5
Triple_sSs Johnson is right!
I'll look into it.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Nov 26, 2015 4:00:55 GMT -5
I'll admit I'm worried about Season 11. Not because of the new cast or changes to the format or feel. But because of the Phantom Rule ("One's enjoyment of the film affects one's enjoyment of the episode"). Any new MST is going to be great MST, but sooooo much depends on the movie choices. And I'm worried because the movie choices for Cinematic Titanic were very unappealing to me; so much so that I rarely enjoyed CT at all. They were ugly films, with more horror elements and just plain nastiness (in everything from plot to effects to color palette) than any of the original run of MSTed films (Incredibly Strange... and Squirm notwithstanding).
If Joel continues on that path and picks films in the vein of The Oozing Skull or Legacy of Blood or Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks or Blood of the Vampires, it's going to be a big disappointment for me. My hope is that he goes back to the types of films that made MST feel like MST-- teenage rebellion, giant monsters, sword & sandal, or my favorite: '70s & '80s made-for-TV schlock.
Kickstarter's great, Felicia Day is great, new faces and "next generation" changes are great. But in the end, I fear the movie choices could make or break this for me.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Nov 23, 2015 1:40:23 GMT -5
Thanks for this. FSoV is one of my personal favorites and my first ever episode. I would never have guessed they excised a Hiroshima subplot in the English dub. The relationship between Brinkmann and Sumiko always struck me as having more backstory than the film gave us, and now I know why.
I have 2 follow-up questions, though: 1) In the original, did Omega (ohmygod?) have a less obnoxious voice? The dubbing on that poor robot was abysmal. 2) In the original, did they do a better job of explaining the superball aliens? That plot point always confused me.
"The Crawlicopter. That's your answer for everything!"
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 25, 2015 15:15:05 GMT -5
I know there are some threads in Observer's Brain that dealt with this topic. I'm sure you can find more posts about it in there.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 13, 2015 23:43:22 GMT -5
I was a big fan during the original airings in high school and college. Upon graduation in '96, I lost cable and lost touch with the show. On 8/8/99, I was in a hotel in Minneapolis (of all places), having a series of gigs there that weekend. I flipped on the TV in my room and saw the familiar shadowrama and Largo from "Thunderball" on a big yacht. I watched with excitement at my luck of re-discovering my favorite show...until the final host segment when I realized I was watching the series finale.
I didn't track down the show online until 2003.
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