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Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by forgot-my-pw » Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 4:05 PM UTC

coldpie wrote: post #11

doug1001 wrote: post #4

i wonder how many here know/like MST3K. It was big two decades ago, went dark, and now seems it's coming back. i would think that the HN crowd is as close to the perfect audience segment for MST3K as one can find. the idea is simple: an MST3K episode is a replay of some horrible D-grade science-fuction movie, usually 25 or so years old. The perspective of the viewer is someone sitting in the back of a movie theatre w…

Honestly, having seen maybe three or four episodes, I've never liked it. The jokes just aren't good enough to make a bad movie worth two hours of my life. There are so many other things I'd rather be doing. I try an episode every few years, because everyone talks so highly of it, but I always regret the decision or just quit halfway through.

I would love to see a more serious approach of this. Having a few industry people watch and comment on movies. But also in a light conversation way, not just analyzing the movie non-stop.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by TimJYoung » Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 4:59 PM UTC

nickthegreek wrote: post #9

valuearb wrote: post #2

The new season is now on Netflix, yay!

Episodes 2, Wild Wilderness is my favorite new episode so far. I think as far as running times go, this is the longest netflix original release with 14 episodes around 1.5 hrs each.

Watched it yesterday with my eldest son, and I was laughing so hard I was crying towards the end. When they started rapping Run-DMC's "Tricky" because of the kid with the large medallion...just pure comedy gold.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by TimJYoung » Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 5:06 PM UTC

coldpie wrote: post #11

doug1001 wrote: post #4

i wonder how many here know/like MST3K. It was big two decades ago, went dark, and now seems it's coming back. i would think that the HN crowd is as close to the perfect audience segment for MST3K as one can find. the idea is simple: an MST3K episode is a replay of some horrible D-grade science-fuction movie, usually 25 or so years old. The perspective of the viewer is someone sitting in the back of a movie theatre w…

Honestly, having seen maybe three or four episodes, I've never liked it. The jokes just aren't good enough to make a bad movie worth two hours of my life. There are so many other things I'd rather be doing. I try an episode every few years, because everyone talks so highly of it, but I always regret the decision or just quit halfway through.

I certainly can appreciate that their brand of humor isn't for everyone, but if you do get a chance (and care to give it a second chance), here's a small list of the episodes that are, in my opinion, worth the time to watch:

1) Space Mutiny 2) Time Travelers 3) I Was a Teenage Werewolf 4) The Mole People 5) Prince of Space 6) The Skydivers 7) Angels Revenge

I think most of these are on YouTube in some form.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by dexterdog » Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 6:22 PM UTC

jonursenbach wrote: post #6

dexterdog wrote: post #3

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Disappointing that it's a typical NF dump. This is one of those shows that will do better with a weekly release.

You know you don't have to binge it, right?

But you can't discuss these shows with people because they're all at different points. The real nuts binge it the day it comes out and very few people have seen through to the end. I hate most things about the traditional TV experience, but controlled releases are not one of those things.