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Starcrash is probably a good starter one in the same vein as Space Mutiny or Pumaman. Half decent production, in colour, one or two recognisable actors, and the movies are bad, but not in an unwatchable way, because there's usually something silly or charming about how it's failing.
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I appreciate that we got a "Jim Henson's __________ Babies" joke in Beast of Hollow Mountain. The classics never go out of style. e: Watch out for snakes!  e2: Oh god Jonah in the fashion show Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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It's so odd getting used to the new voices
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Jonah Ray was a really good pick and I'm thinking he'll end up ahead of Joel for me.
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I'm ambivalent about Gypsy because on the one hand I'm happy whenever we get more women riffing but on the other hand I loving loved her old voice and she's basically a completely different character now.
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Bicyclops posted:Yeah, I look forward to seeing more of her. I hope next season (fingers crossed) they give Synthia a little more to work with. It's eerie how much she looks like sci-fi era Pearl (lots of people thought it was her!) and I feel like someone with Rebecca Hanson's background could actually do a lot with that beyond "Initiating hug." Wait that's not pearl, hoooly poo poo.
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Apr 19, 2017 03:26
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Turtlicious posted:Wait that's not pearl, hoooly poo poo. That's how they were both able to appear in the same shot in the final episode. It helps that apparently Pearl's reaction to aging was to cover herself in five layers of makeup and use an obvious hair dye.
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Apr 19, 2017 03:35
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Jingle! Kinga and Max grooving to Dinosaur BBQ was gold.
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It would be fun getting a Mads riffing segment when they switch positions for whatever reason. I could see Kinga opening the next season in the theater to keep the ratings going why she scrambles to recapture Jonah Antiquated Pants fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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The Time Travellers wasn't terrible, even though it was basically a rip-off of George Pal's The Time Machine. Though, I loved how a lot of the special effects were basically magic tricks and it actually portrayed time travel in a clever way. Still, those androids.  The riffing is incredible. This is like a second Season 6 so far.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Jingle! Honestly, that episode is maybe my favorite of the season. I love Cry Wilderness and The Time Travelers for having that MST3k flavor (the first is is batshit crazy, and the second is decent-but-riffable), but The Land that Time Forgot (a schlocky-yet-enjoyable movie on its own) is where other aspects really fell together for me and I felt like it could have easily been an MST3k episode from the heights of the old seasons: the skits land (MOON 14!, "I still think I'm German!") and the crew and riffs have really settled into a groove both in their timing and delivery by that point. I hope we get The People that Time Forgot next season.
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I Am A Robot posted:I'm ambivalent about Gypsy because on the one hand I'm happy whenever we get more women riffing but on the other hand I loving loved her old voice and she's basically a completely different character now.
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OK I'm sold on Mesozoic Ranch. That sounds delicious.
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I'm in love with the Monster Rap and UFO song. The latter is so great because it's literally a minute that fills up the dead space of the lady tentatively and agonizingly walking into a stranger's UFO and Jonah and the Bots utilized that minute of dead air well. Speaking of music, I seriously get giggly whenever I recognize a pop music artist being used for riffing. I've gotten Pitbull/Kesha's, Timber, Wrecking Ball from Miley Cyrus, Set Fire to the Rain by Adele, Uptown Funk from Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars, Firework by Katy Perry... Compendium fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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Alehkhs posted:The Land that Time Forgot Yeah this is around when it became real for me, too. "Oh, it's our world now?"
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"I told you you shouldn't watch Dancer in the Dark!"
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Egbert Souse posted:The Time Travellers wasn't terrible, even though it was basically a rip-off of George Pal's The Time Machine. Though, I loved how a lot of the special effects were basically magic tricks and it actually portrayed time travel in a clever way. Agreed. That was pretty clever.
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This goes with episode 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBKwTAlhKzY
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Random Stranger posted:I feel like while Gypsy may have been a one-note character before, there's just nothing distinctive about her now. Getting two riffs a movie just isn't enough; maybe if she came in more often it would be better. I do like how the puppet redesign lets them hang bodies off the neck for playing dressing up. I'm going slow with the new season; I only just watched Avalanche (11-04) last night. Gypsy having a "normal" voice took a little getting used to, but I'm totally on board now. (Hell, even if we disregard the prime "it's just a show, I should really just relax" directive, she's had ample time to upgrade herself in the last 18 years.) She should definitely be given a bigger role.
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"PAUL" I read your letter to the Philippians is a great callback to Werewolf vvvv It does! The first episode is rough due to it feeling crammed with riffs. This eases up considerably as the season goes on. Sushi in Yiddish fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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Just finished episode one. It feels like they are trying too hard. They aren't giving the riffs any time to breathe. I really hope this improves as the episodes go on.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Just finished episode one. It feels like they are trying too hard. They aren't giving the riffs any time to breathe. I really hope this improves as the episodes go on. It does. Pretty quickly too.
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Kropermann is a monster from Luxembourg Who's actually the size of Luxembourg He crushed the whole country of Luxembourg Because he is the size of Luxembourg!
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Paul from Cry Wilderness looks like a Damon Albarn cartoon
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What exactly is Gypsy doing when she gets her two jokes in the theater? Just putting something down and coming back for it later? A friend described it as "she drops a bad joke and leaves."
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Apr 19, 2017 13:43
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Knight posted:What exactly is Gypsy doing when she gets her two jokes in the theater? Just putting something down and coming back for it later? A friend described it as "she drops a bad joke and leaves." According to Joel, the payload.
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Bruceski posted:There's no wrong way to enjoy an MST3K episode. Except for that review a few posts back. Joel said if/when they do season 2, they're going to relax the pace. He wanted this season to be about the movies so people can just get in and enjoy. He says Season 2/12 will talk more about how the puppets got back on the show instead of with Mike, more moments with Gypsy as a character, and he says that they're looking into doing episodes of just shorts in an off-season kinda way. The idea is to make the show as approachable as possible while the old fans get acclimated to the changes and the new fans get acclimated to the show in general, season 2/12 they'll try a few new things.
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Knight posted:What exactly is Gypsy doing when she gets her two jokes in the theater? Just putting something down and coming back for it later? A friend described it as "she drops a bad joke and leaves." It's never revealed, but the jokes she's dropping are definitely bad  Mr. Cabinet and the only T-Rex strangling death are among the best in their episode.
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I'm in the middle of the Hercules movie and Jayne Mansfield certainly has a screen presence. I wonder if Italian was one of the five or so languages she spoke and if she dubbed herself for the international releases?
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Knight posted:What exactly is Gypsy doing when she gets her two jokes in the theater? Just putting something down and coming back for it later? A friend described it as "she drops a bad joke and leaves." I'm pretty sure she's dropping the bucket at the beginning and then collecting the liquid bad movie at the end. Which makes Gypsy a collaborator!
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Random Stranger posted:I'm pretty sure she's dropping the bucket at the beginning and then collecting the liquid bad movie at the end. Which makes Gypsy a collaborator! She's never wanted to be the Umbilicus, but she was (when they remembered that she was).
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(Beast of Hollow Mountain)  "WHOM MUST WE KILL TO SLAKE THY ANGER?"
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DivisionPost posted:(Beast of Hollow Mountain) Seriously the funniest skit this season so far, I don't even understand why. "That wasn't us."
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It's really interesting how they mostly avoid the obvious dirty jokes. I used to think it was just a product of the time that they couldn't get too obscene on cable, but now I believe it's just their style of humor. It's probably for the better, a lesser movie riffing group would probably lean too heavily on the easy dirty comments.
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BJPaskoff posted:It's really interesting how they mostly avoid the obvious dirty jokes. I used to think it was just a product of the time that they couldn't get too obscene on cable, but now I believe it's just their style of humor. It's probably for the better, a lesser movie riffing group would probably lean too heavily on the easy dirty comments. I can imagine Avalanche in the wrong hands and it is not pretty. remusclaw fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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BJPaskoff posted:It's really interesting how they mostly avoid the obvious dirty jokes. I used to think it was just a product of the time that they couldn't get too obscene on cable, but now I believe it's just their style of humor. It's probably for the better, a lesser movie riffing group would probably lean too heavily on the easy dirty comments. Joel has talked about how he wants to maintain a "light PG-13" because of how much of the fanbase back in the day was kids and families. I think it's the right choice: raunchy enough that the kids get to feel like it's a treat to watch and mild enough that the average parent will be comfortable with letting kids see it. The Unlife Aquatic fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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There's also the fact that the whole family can watch together, and there are jokes the kids will get and jokes the parents will get. Everyone can enjoy MST3k together!
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"Dickweed".
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remusclaw posted:A can imagine Avalanche in the wrong hands and it is not pretty. Starcrash and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2 both have women running around in basically nothing; that'd be even more unwatchable. The Unlife Aquatic posted:Joel has talked about how he wants to maintain a "light PG-13" because of how much of the fanbase back in the day was kids and families. Oh that's cool. The original MST3K was definitely a Dad Show. It's uncanny how many people I know were introduced to it from their dads. Maybe their dads watched the old movies (I never thought about how widely movies like these were distributed in the 70's) and got to laugh and be all nostalgic for them in the late 80's/early 90's with their kids.
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The Ape of Naples posted:"Dickweed". They've also let a few multi-syllable curses through in movies like Avalanche, and that definitely doesn't slide on cable.
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