The MST3k appreciation thread..

[Captain Bryan]

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 appreciation thread...
Who here enjoyed the 12 years of perfect humor this show brought to the table?
more later

[Drakon]

You know it dude. I saw the commercial for the special box set they released earlier today.......

[Captain Bryan]

Originally posted by Drakon
You know it dude. I saw the commercial for the special box set they released earlier today....... I plan to purchase all of them sometime in the near future.:)

[1godzillafan]

There are not enough replies in this thread, damnit. MST3K deserves better.

[Drakon]

You know, whenever I see a shitty movie, I just stick three fingers up, and I MST3K the movie. Annoys other people sometimes though. Wonder why?........

[Captain Bryan]

I think that every DVD needs to have a MST3k commentary track.
If I ever make a movie I will see that this is done.
:)

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
I think that every DVD needs to have a MST3k commentary track.
If I ever make a movie I will see that this is done.

:)

Speaking of commentary tracks, anybody hear the tracks that Mike is doing for Off-Color Films? He's done Reefer Madness and Night of the Living Dead so far and he's got Carnival of Souls early next year (already out on the official site, autographed by Mike himself).

I've only heard NOTLD. It was padded in spots, but I admit, when he hit the mark he hit the mark.

[Captain Bryan]

I think he did commentary for the Space Ghost dvd.:D

[Shivure]

I watched one movie and I thought is was a waste of my time, buuut everything I do is a waste of time so it was pretty good by my standards

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Shivure
I watched one movie and I thought is was a waste of my time, buuut everything I do is a waste of time so it was pretty good by my standards

Well of course the movies themselves are a waste of time. That's why they turn them into episodes.:p

[1godzillafan]

I'm about to get a few more episodes in the mail, I'd like to hear a few opinions on them if any of you got any (either the episodes or opinions).

They are:

213-Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
410-Hercules Against the Moon Men
423-Bride of the Monster
601-Girls Town

There are three catagories for MST3K: Great episodes, good episodes, and better than the other crap on TV. Which catagories do these fit under? Are they good choices?

[Captain Bryan]

Man, I haven't seen any of those yet.. I'm working on getting them though:D
I think I've seen Hercules vs Moon Men, I liked it:D
Which reminds me, do you still need torrent help?

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
Man, I haven't seen any of those yet.. I'm working on getting them though:D
I think I've seen Hercules vs Moon Men, I liked it:D
Which reminds me, do you still need torrent help?

We didn't get everything sorted out. I don't know much about computers so I don't know what the hell I'm doing.

[Capt. Obvious]

just do what my cusomers do: KEEP PRESSING BUTTONS UNTILL IT DOES WORK!

[Captain Bryan]

That's a good idea;)
Godzilla PM me if you need help, please:D

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
That's a good idea;)
Godzilla PM me if you need help, please:D

Me and SJB talked it out until we figured it would take 70 hours to download. I'm not leaving my internet, let alone my computer, on that long so we dropped the whole thing.

[Captain Bryan]

:( okay.

[1godzillafan]

I got my new episodes in the mail today! So far only watched Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (hillarious episode!).

Can't wait to view the rest.:)

[Captain Bryan]

Did you get your november newsletter yet? I didn't:(

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
Did you get your november newsletter yet? I didn't:(

I don't get a newsletter. I haven't joined SN yet. Don't know why.

[Captain Bryan]

Oh.:o

[eSJayBee]

Originally posted by 1godzillafan
Me and SJB talked it out until we figured it would take 70 hours to download. I'm not leaving my internet, let alone my computer, on that long so we dropped the whole thing.
we'll work on that, one day.

BTW: computers are built to be left on 24/7. I leave mine on all the time. Sometimes to download something that will take me few days.

[Captain Bryan]

Ditto:)

[1godzillafan]

A small bump because I got a load of new eps in the mail and just finished them all. They were (and my scores out of ****):

112-Untamed Youth (*** 1/2, remember I hold season one at lower expectations)
310-Fugitive Alien (****)
322-Master Ninja (***)
402-The Giant Gila Monster (***)
403-City Limits (*** 1/2)
604-Zombie Nightmare (****)
608-Code Name: Diamond Head (***)
610-The Violent Years (disc skipped something bad, didn't get to watch it)
611-Last of the Wild Horses (****)
612-The Starfighters (** 1/2)
617-The Sword and the Dragon (****)
620-Danger!! Death Ray (got all funky in the second half, so didn't get to see the rest, but the first half was a *** episode)

What do you, the viewers at home, think? Any thoughts on these episodes?

[Captain Bryan]

That's a pretty big chunk of episodes I haven't seen..
I've seen Master Ninja, very good episode, had me laughing pretty good:D
and I've seen Zombie Nightmare, very good one, Adam West is in this one to boot:D
I haven't seen The Starfighters, but I have seen the second one, it was.. different:D

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan

I haven't seen The Starfighters, but I have seen the second one, it was.. different:D

You have to be fucking kidding me, Starfighters had a sequel? Please tell me that there is some other movie out there named Starfighters because this movie is the first movie in history to have absolutly no plot whatsoever! How can they make a sequel out of that? Hell, how did they make a movie out of that in the first place?

EDIT: Whew...I just checked IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058615/movieconnections) and luckily, this flick didn't have a sequel. Bry must have been talking about something else. That's a load off my mind.

[Captain Bryan]

Oops! I think that I was thinking about Star Force (Fugitive Alien 2), my bad.

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
Oops! I think that I was thinking about Star Force (Fugitive Alien 2), my bad.

Don't scare me like that! Especially if you haven't witnessed the horror that is Starfighters!

I can't wait to see Star Force though. Fugitive Alien was great. One of those episodes where they watch a movie so silly that I could watch it outside of the show. Like Prince of Space.

[Captain Bryan]

I caught a episode the other day, where the movie actually wasn't too bad..
Teenagers from Outer Space, I think. I mean, it's old, but I don't really think it was too bad.
Have you seen that one?

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
I caught a episode the other day, where the movie actually wasn't too bad..
Teenagers from Outer Space, I think. I mean, it's old, but I don't really think it was too bad.
Have you seen that one?

It's on the new Volume 6 which I still haven't gotten my hands on due to lack of funds. I only have the following episodes:

101-The Crawling Eye
106-The Crawling Hand
112-Untamed Youth
202-The Sidehackers
204-Catalina Caper
212-Godzilla vs. Megalon
213-Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
301-Cave Dwellers
302-Gamera
303-Pod People
304-Gamera vs. Barugon
308-Gamera vs. Gyos
310-Fugitive Alien
312-Gamera vs. Guiron
316-Gamera vs. Zigra
320-The Unearthly
322-Master Ninja I
402-The Giant Gila Monster
403-City Limits
421-Monster A-Go-Go
423-Bride of the Monster
424-"Manos" The Hands of Fate
506-Eegah!
507-I Accuse My Parents
510-The Painted Hills
512-Mitchell
513-The Brain That Wouldn't Die
515-The Wild Wild World of Batwoman
517-Beginning of the End
518-The Atomic Brain
524-12 to the Moon
601-Girls Town
604-Zombie Nightmare
607-Bloodlust!
608-Code Name: Diamond Head
610-The Violent Years (disc may have a problem, but it may be my DVD player. Yet to be determined)
611-Last of the Wild Horses
612-The Starfighters
617-The Sword and the Dragon
620-Danger!! Death Ray (ditto with 610)
M01-This Island Earth
701-Night of the Blood Beast (non Turkey Day only)
702-The Brute Man
703-Deathstalker and the Warriors From Hell
704-The Incredible Melting Man
705-Escape 2000
706-Laserblast
801-Revenge of the Creature
803-The Mole People
804-The Deadly Mantis
810-The Giant Spider Invasion
811-parts: the clonus horror
813-Jack Frost
816-Prince of Space
817-Horror of Party Beach
818-Devil Doll
819-Invasion of the Neptune Men
820-Space Mutiny
821-Time Chasers
822-Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
902-The Phantom Planet
903-The Pumaman
904-Werewolf
905-The Deadly Bees
907-Hobgoblins
908-The Touch of Satin
910-The Final Sacrifice
911-Devil Fish
912-The Screaming Skull
913-Quest of the Delta Knights
1001-Soultaker
1002-Girl in Gold Boots
1003-Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
1004-Future War
1006-Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues...
1007-Track of the Moon Beast
1008-Final Justice
1009-Hamlet
1010-It Lives By Night
1011-Horrors of Spider Island
1012-Squirm
1013-Diabolik

Plus I got 10 more on the way, thanks to the people of the MST3K Review. Don't know what episodes yet, but they get copied and sent as soon as soon as Rhino announces what episodes will be in Volume 7 (which should be anytime) so he doesn't accidentally send me one that's about to be commercially released.

[Captain Bryan]

I want "The Touch of Satan" so bad, lol. I hear that one is really funny.
I can't wait to hear what is on Vol 7. I hear that Sandy Frank has lost a few of his movies?

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
I want "The Touch of Satan" so bad, lol. I hear that one is really funny.
I can't wait to hear what is on Vol 7. I hear that Sandy Frank has lost a few of his movies?

The Touch of Satan's on Volume 5. Pick it up. It also includes two good episodes (Boggy Creek and Merlin) and a classic (Time Chasers).

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001GOH8Y.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

About Sandy Frank: that's the word. Van Hagar over at the Review board e-mailed Frank's studio and they said they lost the rights to all the Gamera movies at least. I'm not sure about the others though.

I'm hoping Rhino will strike a deal with Universal so they can distribute the Movie. I refuse to pay the outrageous prices they're selling them for on eBay. So I'm sticking with my VHS hoping that Rhino will do something like that.

[Captain Bryan]

Originally posted by 1godzillafan
The Touch of Satan's on Volume 5. Pick it up. It also includes two good episodes (Boggy Creek and Merlin) and a classic (Time Chasers).

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001GOH8Y.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

About Sandy Frank: that's the word. Van Hagar over at the Review board e-mailed Frank's studio and they said they lost the rights to all the Gamera movies at least. I'm not sure about the others though.

I'm hoping Rhino will strike a deal with Universal so they can distribute the Movie. I refuse to pay the outrageous prices they're selling them for on eBay. So I'm sticking with my VHS hoping that Rhino will do something like that. Yeah!
I hear that the movie dvd was pretty damn weak too, Like, zero extras. Maybe they could throw a extra on there or something, too, that would be fantastic. I feel kind of dirty for downloading the movie, but it's basically impossible to get any other way right now.

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
Yeah!
I hear that the movie dvd was pretty damn weak too, Like, zero extras. Maybe they could throw a extra on there or something, too, that would be fantastic. I feel kind of dirty for downloading the movie, but it's basically impossible to get any other way right now.

Finally, someone to back me up. I should start a petition or something. Sure they usually do squat with the big studios, but maybe a small time company like Rhino would listen to one.

Problem is I'm too damn lazy and I'd have no clue how to do it.

[Captain Bryan]

Originally posted by 1godzillafan
Finally, someone to back me up. I should start a petition or something. Sure they usually do squat with the big studios, but maybe a small time company like Rhino would listen to one.

Problem is I'm too damn lazy and I'd have no clue how to do it. Rhino has listened before:)

[1godzillafan]

Hey Bry, you download episodes right? I was wondering, do you use DAP and eDonkey? Because if you don't you might want to try it. They have every single episode up for download there (with the exception of K00-03 of course).

I'd be using it myself, but I had trouble loading the eDonkey program. But most of the episodes I've been sent through the mail are from DAP and they look pretty good on my computer (not perfect, but good).

It'll be an easy way to up your episode collection. However, and I can't stress this enough, read the instructions carefully. It's probably where I went wrong on mine, and I've been too lazy to go back and try again.

[Captain Bryan]

I'll have to try eDonkey if I can't get my torrents to work again, thanks for the heads up:)

[1godzillafan]

If you get your torrents working agian, use this link and the links inside it. (http://forrestcrow.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=tapes&action=display&num=1083347758) That should be all the info you'd need.

[Captain Bryan]

Cool, thanks.:)

[1godzillafan]

Today is a good day! Volume 7 was announced!

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LATEST NEWS -- February 2

VOLUME 7: THE LINE-UP
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 7 due out in April, will contain (hold on to your hat):

episode 407- THE KILLER SHREWS (with short: JUNIOR RODEO DAREDEVILS)
episode 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED
episode 410- HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN
episode 816- PRINCE OF SPACE
A bonus feature will be ASSIGNMENT: VENEZUELA, the short originally MSTed for the ill-fated CD-ROM project and which was never shown on television. That's all we have for now, more updates as soon as we get them.

FROM www.mst3kinfo.com

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w00t! Three episodes I've never seen (I got a disc of Herc Against the Moon Men but it never worked for some reason) and the best damn episode ever!

Not only that, but I just played the Violent Years in a different DVD Player and IT WORKED! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Captain Bryan]

Awesome, I haven't seen ANY of those:D
I tried getting Hercules vs The Moon Men, but it didn't work out!:D
I have to get that one:D

[1godzillafan]

Alright! I got twelve more episodes on the way...

306-Time of The Apes
318-Star Force
416-Fire Maidens of Outer Space
418-Attack of The The Eye Creatures
501-Warrior of The Lost World
606-The Creeping Terror (Rhino)
609-The Skydivers (Rhino)
621-The Beast of Yucca Flats
624-Samson vs The Vampire Women
812-The Incredibly Strange Creatures...
815-Agent for H.A.R.M.
1005-Blood Waters of Dr Z

[Captain Bryan]

I'm almost done downloading Yucca Flats, and Untamed Youth.. I'm going to use a box I recently got as my downloading server soon, so my goofy torrent problem(and HD space problem) should be gone soon:)

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
I'm almost done downloading Yucca Flats, and Untamed Youth.. I'm going to use a box I recently got as my downloading server soon, so my goofy torrent problem(and HD space problem) should be gone soon:)

I'm probably not going to use the dancing guy as an avatar now, I'm keeping the Enterprise for a while over there, but seing him as a moving pic would still be cool.:)

[1godzillafan]

They guy who's sending me the discs is having a problem with copying Attack of the the Eye Creatures, so he gave me a list of episodes to chose from and I chose 909-Gorgo in it's place.

Thoughts? Or it that yet another one you've never seen?:p

[Captain Bryan]

Nope, I don't think I've seen that one either:(
Most of mine early are season 3, and a bunch of scattered episodes.
:(

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
Nope, I don't think I've seen that one either:(
Most of mine early are season 3, and a bunch of scattered episodes.
:(

Lazy. :p

I don't know why I bother with you if you haven't even seen the genius that is Prince of Space.

"Your weapons are useless! But scare the crap out of me anyway..."

[Captain Bryan]

I'm working in it:(
I have 30 gigs of episodes, and I'm running out of hard drive space:(
I'm getting ready to set up a box which is going to be used for just downloading and storing episodes, but it only has a 20 gig hard drive.

[1godzillafan]

Got two new episodes today, both great:

606-The Creeping Terror *** 1/2
609-The Skydivers *** 1/2

[eSJayBee]

Are all these MST3K episodes the length of movies?

[Captain Bryan]

Yeah.

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by eSJayBee
Are all these MST3K episodes the length of movies?

Their about an hour and a half long, not including comercials. Sometimes a movie runs too long and they have edit stuff out, and when a movie isn't long enough, they add a short (a small old short film, usually educational but very dated) to the begining.

[1godzillafan]

w00t! Another pack with ten episodes came today! Boy, this is going to be the best weekend ever!

[Captain Bryan]

Which ones came in this time?

[1godzillafan]

Originally posted by Captain Bryan
Which ones came in this time?

It was the rest from my previous list.

I finally finished them. I probably would have got done with them sooner, but I had work to do this weekend. Here are my ratings. And for all who are members of the MST3K Review board (AKA Bry), watch my review thread for reviews on the episodes (ratings may change on the second viewing however):

306-Time of the Apes *** 1/2
318-Star Force: Fugitive Alien II ****
416-Fire Maidens From Outer Space ***
501-Warrior of the Lost World *** 1/2
621-The Beast of Yucca Flats ****
624-Sampson vs. the Vampire Women ***
812-The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies ****
815-Agent for H.A.R.M. *** 1/2
909-Gorgo ** 1/2
1005-Blood Waters of Dr. Z ** 1/2

[Captain Bryan]

TISCWSLaBMUZ is a great episode:D

[1godzillafan]

Whew! I finally got all my DVD pre-ordering done. Those season sets of Enterprise nearly killed me!

Now I'm saving up for more episodes of MST3K. First on my list of the official Rhino releases would be collection Volume 6, since I don't have any of those epsiodes, and the Essentials, so I can have Santa Claus Conquers the Martians by Christmas. :) I'd get Volume 7 as well, but there was that huge problem with Rhino cuting off 50 seconds of footage from Killer Shrews, and I don't want to get in the middle of that until the problem is solved (Rhino is sending out replacement discs, but nobody has got one yet).

As for tape trading, I have my eye on KTMA, season 1, and season 2, since I have so few of those. Any suggestions on what I should have at the top of my list? Right now I'm thinking:

1. Mighty Jack
2. Rocketship X-M
3. The Black Scorpion

Mighty Jack because I love Japanese cheese, and it's the only one I don't have, and the other two because it's the big Josh/Kevin switch for Servo (and Frank is introduced!).

[Captain Bryan]

I'd like to get into tape trading, but I don't have any tapes.:p

[1godzillafan]

I'd like to get into tape trading, but I don't have any tapes.:p

You don't actually have to trade. A lot of people accept payment for episodes in return.

[1godzillafan]

I just ordered the Essentials, so Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is on it's way. Oh the joy! Now I can celebrate Christmas the MST3K way! I'll have to get Santa Claus from a tape trader though, in order to counter Joel with Mike.

[Captain Bryan]

Don't forget Jack Frost.:p

[1godzillafan]

Don't forget Jack Frost.:p

I already have Jack Frost, but it's hardly a Christmas episode. The movie just takes place during winter.

[Captain Bryan]

It's a Christmas fable:(

[1godzillafan]

It's a Christmas fable:(

Alright fine. I'll make it a trilogy. The more MST, the better.

[Captain Bryan]

Awesome!:)

[Capt. Obvious]

better than a oneirgy or a twoergy

[1godzillafan]

Yeehah! I just won the MST3K board contest! That means I'll be getting Black Scorpion, Rocketship X-M, and Mighty Jack in the mail! Those were the three at the top of my "must get" list, so I'm happy!

[Captain Bryan]

Yeehah! I just won the MST3K board contest! That means I'll be getting Black Scorpion, Rocketship X-M, and Mighty Jack in the mail! Those were the three at the top of my "must get" list, so I'm happy!
I seem to keep missing important posts of yours.. lol
Congrats on winning, even thought it happened two months ago.
I came into this thread to ask you if you knew if Godzilla vs Megalon was improvised or not..:)

[1godzillafan]

I seem to keep missing important posts of yours.. lol
Congrats on winning, even thought it happened two months ago.
I came into this thread to ask you if you knew if Godzilla vs Megalon was improvised or not..:)

It wasn't improvised, at least not to my knowledge. The only improvised episodes were the very early KTMA eps.

[Captain Bryan]

It wasn't improvised, at least not to my knowledge. The only improvised episodes were the very early KTMA eps.
That's what I thought.
Hm.. Well, I was just watching that episode recently and it felt improvised quite a bit. Oh well.:)

[1godzillafan]

Even though I knew I'd regret it later, today I went on Happy Fun Time Shopping Spree, because I had this irresistable urge to buy Rush Hour and Galaxy Quest. There it was, sitting upon the shelf, Volume 7. Featuring my all time favorite episode (Prince of Space) and three I've never seen (Hercules Unchained, Hercules Against the Moon Men, and the Killer Shrews). It was fifty bucks, but it was MST, and I was lagging behind on my episode buying lately. So now volume 7 is mine.

The purchase was worth it to know that the show isn't forgotten, for when I took it to the front counter, there was a plucky teen girl there that got all excited when she saw it. Then she started raving about Space Mutiny and asked me if I knew which set it was on (which I did). I probably should have gotten her number, since it's so hard to find fans outside of the internet, let alone female fans, but she was a bit talky. Cute though.

[eSJayBee]

I take it she was just another customer?

[Captain Bryan]

Maybe you'll see her again. :)
And yeah, I think Prince of Space is my favourite now, as well. I like it very much.
:p

[1godzillafan]

I take it she was just another customer?

No, she was the girl who rung me up.

Maybe you'll see her again. :)
And yeah, I think Prince of Space is my favourite now, as well. I like it very much.
:p

So you finally watched it, you procrastinating bastard? About damn time.

"Your weapons are useless, but scare the crap out of me anyway."

[eSJayBee]

If she works there, why not go back there and get her number?

[1godzillafan]

If she works there, why not go back there and get her number?

I've already got two girls I'm working on as it is, no need to add a third (unless I'm dreaming of a really kinky night). Besides, like I said, she was nice, but a bit chatty. I think she might eventually drive me insane. I might see her again eventually, I like Best Buy.