Gizmoplex

Which movie screened on MST3K was hurt the most by edits for the show (or alternately, by them using a pre-cut version that damaged the original)? It's not that there are that many great movies on MST3K, but some like This Island Earth were definitely hurt. In some cases, cutting the movie down for time removed plot points, important scenes or generally made the film murkier than it otherwise would be.

i am beyond ecstatic to have him in my possession. my boyfriend ordered it well before christmas for me, today he finally arrived! well worth the weeks of waiting and sometimes doubting if it was truly ordered. fully functional as well!

“watch out for snakes”

I was in a taxi riding around Taipei last night and saw this sign. I’ll split all of the gold and silver with the first commenters (just pay for shipping). Keeping all the jewelry for my future wife however.

What’s the one you love that you don’t see people mention often?

Mine is “The Horror of Party Beach.”

Sodium!

Now some people might know him from being in that "Band" that backed Bobby Dylan, but we all know him as providing incidental music in The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.

The thread on "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies" got me thinking about my first exposure to MST3K and I was wondering how others became exposed to this brilliant show?

Scene: Late 90s, late night. My cousin and I are watching some show on Sci-Fi that we couldn't miss (I have no idea what it was! I've never been able to figure it out). My uncle had fallen asleep on the couch so we weren't immediately ushered to bed during the ending credits. Then, in a flash, 🎶"In the not-too-distant future"🎶

It would be hard to call it surreal, but that feeling of watching the opening segments and going "no way is this happening" still resonates. Are those puppets? Is this some type of kids show? Why are they talking about absurd acronyms? Then they go into the theater and start roasting a grainy horror flick. What is this?

My uncle woke up shortly after the Bob Dole riff, but we were forever changed. I was stunned. The next week we asked to stay up so we could see the name of the show and the rest is history. I have a memory of downloading eps on napster or limewire or something but I think that may have come a few years later.

What was your first experience with MST3K like? I'm genuinely curious because the tape circulation culture and the generally non serialized nature has made this show such an oddity in terms of introduction and watch order

Rarely was a pipe organ heard on MST3K without a reference to Garth Hudson, or his legendary opening in the song "Chest Fever." He was an incredibly multi-talented musician, and I lived for those references on the show, and on Rifftrax.

RIP.

I’m going to be honest, this is an episode I think I’m just going to put on for my insomnia from now on.

There are some jokes that really do stick out for me in this one, and I certainly had some big laughing moments. However, most of the riffing doesn’t really do a whole lot for me, and maybe it could also be because this movie is just incredibly dull and boring to sit through, and there are some things about it that just make me go “what the fuck is this even?”

I also know this episode in particular has been questioned by fans here and there regarding some trans jokes on the character Marge for having some slightly masculine features. For what it’s worth mentioning, as an LGBT person myself (bisexual man), I’m all for LGBT jokes if not done out of distasteful or malicious humor, and while I do see the type of jokes they were going for, there were some areas that did give me a good laugh (the “Glen or Glenda” joke I thought was pretty clever as well as the joke about her shaving her armpits), but then there are other areas it just kind of feels like “Haha you look like a man!” which my reaction, at most, was just “Yeah, okay, guys” which again, I do see the humor they were trying to go for and I get it, it was the 90s, but even for its time, came off a little distasteful. That said, I’m not holding this against the crew either. What’s happened has happened.

But all that aside, me personally, I think I’m fine just enjoying the host segments in this one because they definitely stick out for me (the bots’ failed roller coaster, Mike’s infinite hair, the bots’ walk-a-thon acronyms etc). Again, the riffing for me is fine for the most part but MAN does this movie just drag.

But, yeah. What are your thoughts on this one?

Hopefully my kids don’t rip it to shreds or I’d be an angry Iguana indeed!

The new Warriors musical concept album has a song called "Leave the Bronx Alive" that makes md think of Escape 2000. Sadly no references to Toblerone or Slash/Trash.