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Summary: MORE SCI-FI EP'S, MORE MIKE & KEVIN, MORE BILL!
Review: Although I would watch the show sporadically during the Comedy Central years, I just didn't enjoy the show with Joel as much as I did with Mike. Not that Joel (being co-creator of one of the best shows in history) didn't do a great job, he did, but I felt that Mike was more energetic and funnier in the lead. I really got into the show during the Sci-Fi years (Season 8-10) and didn't miss a show, taping them onto VHS (which I still watch from time to time) and I do have all the Rhino VHS & a few DVD versions available (nod to Joel on Manos, Pod People & Mitchell), and I am very excited to finally see some of the Sci-Fi Ep's come to home video! The episodes run from excellent (Overdrawn At The Memory Bank, Space Mutanty) to good (Girl In Gold Boots) to so-so (Hamlet). But beggers can't be choosers, so I'll take what they give. The work by Mike, Kevin & Mary-Jo are fantastic as always, but I really enjoyed Bill Corbett as Crow, and he had some big shoes to fill for Trace, but he came through with flying colors! He always had some of the funniest lines and he delivered them like a seasoned pro. I feel that the shows during the Mike era were more consistantly funny and stronger, especially during the Sci-Fi years. (Shame on Sci-Fi for letting this brillant show go!) A personal wish list of future episodes to consider would include, in no particular order: Jack Frost, Riding With Death, Agent For H.A.R.M., Prince Of Space, Devil Doll, Time Chasers, Puma Man, Werewolf, The Deadly Bees, Hobgoblins, The Final Sacrifice, Quest Of The Delta Knights, Soultaker, Merlin's Shop Of Mystical Wonders, Future War, Boggy Creek II, Track Of The Moon Beast and Final Justice. Anyway, if Rhino wants to put out more Mike & his Sci-Fi (or Comedy Central) years, I'll buy 'em!
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Summary: Yeah! More MST3K!
Review: Rhino has done it again. Now with this fourth box set, we have more recent episodes from the Sci-Fi channel era. I think every single episode is funny. I'm not part of the which is better debate (Joel vs. Mike), and I think both hosts are equally funny. Here is the my rating of the 4 episodes:
1.) Overdrawn at The Memory Bank: If the late Raul Julia (may God rest his soul) was alive today, I'm sure he would be embaressed that this god awful piece crap existed. But its funny watching him on a show made for public access.
2.) Girl in Gold Boots: One person carries this entire movie and its not the waitress/dancer. It's Critter.
3.) Space Mutiny: I remember watching this on t.v. and laughing really hard. It was the first episode of MST3K that my boyfriend saw and he nearly died at this comment made by one of the robots, "Look, Sting, Debbie Reynolds and God."
4.) Hamlet: And I thought the version by Kenneth Brannah made me yawn, and that version was 4 hours long!!! I give Mike and the crew kudos for making the jokes work with this movie.
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Summary: The good, the mediocre and the ugly.
Review: The four episodes are: Space Mutiny, Girl in Gold Boots, Hamlet and Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. Girl in Gold Boots: Truly a great episode. I would even watch the non-MST3K of this movie if given the chance. Lots of slimy 1970's greaseball villians, really hot exploited exotic dancer women. Ten out of ten stars. Space Mutiny: Pretty standard MST3K stuff. Not the best but certainly not bad. Eight out of ten stars. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank: I really didn't like this one. It was one of the weaker episodes that I've seen. The movie itself just sucks and the MST3K guys just aren't at their funniest. It is not so bad that I'll never watch it again but it was a weak episode. Five out of ten stars. Hamlet: I watched this twice. I'll probably never watch it again. It is a really bad boring tedious movie and there is far to little comedy from the MST3K guys thrown in. I was rather dissapointed that they took an episode that was this bad and decided to include it in this set. Zero of ten stars. It really does suck.
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Summary: "Whoa! A Huge Slam On Anteaters Out Of Nowhere!"
Review: Three great and one horrible episode of MST with new introductions featuring Mike for each are the contents of this set. The episodes in question are 'Space Mutiny', 'Girl in the Gold Boots', 'Hamlet', and 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'. I am ecstatic with the package as a whole, although I personally wish that they had never done 'Hamlet', and though I have seen it twice now, I doubt seriously that I will watch it again. On a brighter note the other three episodes are absolutely delightful. 'Space Mutiny' features reused 'Battlestar Galactica' stock footage combined with interiors filmed in what appears to be a boiler room (but remember it's a futuristic spaceship!) The costumes, acting, and especially dialogue are hilarious and I never tire of seeing this episode. My favorite scene is the hula hoop dance in the nightclub which yields the following glorious chestnuts from the MST crew: "So in the future there is absolutely no shame"; and, "She's presenting like a mandrill!" 'Girl in the Gold Boots' is a cheesy gangster/musical/dance movie straight out of the 1960s. Words can't describe the plot and the inane turns taken (the dune buggy scene in particular comes to mind here), so you'll just have to watch it for yourself. The dancing is particularly delicious to watch, as are the wretched musical numbers, particularly the closing tune, which provokes Mike to say "So here's a puzzler: which of these two is worse at their craft?" as the two stars dance and sing respectively. 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank' is the best argument I have ever seen against the NEA. This horrible made for PBS film starring the genuinely great Raul Julia concerns a misanthrope from the future stuck into the body of Daisy, a worn out old baboon ("I'm Daisy; I like rotten fruit, poetry, and flinging my filth.") Of course everything goes horribly awry and Julia as 'Aram Fingal' has to fight to get out of the computer in a bad 'Casablanca' rip off. People either love or hate this episode, and I can see both sides of the issue. I personally fall into the former camp, so I am delighted it is now on DVD! Despite the horrible made for PBS special effects, and wretched storyline, the level of writing for the MST guys us near the peak of 'Manos' here. The anteater jokes alone make the film worth watching. 'Hamlet' is a 1960 black and white German TV production badly dubbed into English, and truthfully is one of my all time least favorite episodes of MST. I find this episode to be virtually unwatchable. I hope that another volume comes out shortly, as one can never get enough MST. All told this is one of the best investments for your entertainment dollar that you could possibly make!
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Summary: keep it coming, rhino!
Review: This collection includes 4 episodes from the Sci-fi seasons of MST. The four episodes are Space mutiny a barely watchable sci-fi flick. Overdrawn at the Memory bank, a horrendous mess of a movie that takes place in an Orwellian future, with Raul Julia making the movie barely tolerable in the rebel lead charactar. This move hates anteaters for some reason, watch the film and you'll understand. It also rips off Casablanca, features a baboon named Daisy, and a perverted little kid. Anyways, the plaot of this movie nearas I can tell is that Raul Julia gets in trouble for downloading movies, and is sent on a mandatory "dopple" somehow, while in the main frame computer where you go when you're doppled, Raul screws up the computer and somehow writes his own programs, ending up in casblanca his favorite movie. It's all very, very confusing. You wish you could just watch Raul watch Casablanca, it would be a much better film. This was made by a New York PBS station, who should have used their money more wisely. Hamlet- A dreary, boring, and B&W German version of Shakespeare's play. The silloquy of this movie is barely watchable, as it is so boring, in fact the whole movie is slow and boring. Finally, Girl in Gold Boots- a drama about a dancer named Michelle and a thug named Buzz and a musician/arty guy named Critter who is going to become a draft dodger. The plot revolves around a nightclub in Los Angeles where Michelle along with Buzz's sister Joan or Jane, I forget frankly "dance" and I use the term loosely, Critter is a janitor and Buzz sells drugs, eventually Buzz and the owners of the club are brought to justice, Michelle and Critter marry and Critter joins the army. Buzz's sister OD's not fatally, and we don't know what happens to her. I hope Rhino puts out more comedy Central episodes as there are many I wnt to own. This is a good collection for now though, and i cannot wait to get it.
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Summary: 2 classics make this a great set.
Review: A man and two robots he created are forced to endure bad movies in a mad scientist's experiment.. 1. Girl in the Gold Boots - One of my favorite episodes! A small town waitress dreams of being a great dancer and joins a drifter on his way to L.A. But she finds the L.A. life isn't all the glitz and glammer she thought it was. Oh man! What a bad movie, but I laughed all the way through! Watch out for critter. 10/10 2. Hamlet - Mike beats Pearl in 3-Card Monty and gets to pick the movie, so he picks the greatest drama of all time, Hamlet. So of course Pearl picks the worst adaptation of Hamlet ever.. Actually one of the worst episodes, boring and there not much to make fun of. 5/10 3. Space Mutiny - Like Battlestar Galactica (in fact I believe some of BG's footage was actually used) a ship travels through space to an unknown destination. The Bad guys plan to take over the ship but some muscle-headed hero and his mom plan to stop 'em. Stinky movie, funny episode! 10/10 4. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank - A made-for-TV movie starring Raul Julia. In the future Raul is fed up with his job and his boring life. So he's forced to reabilitate, which means his mind is put into a computer, BUT SOMETHING GOES WRONG. Now he's stuck inside. He plans to use this by changing the government and stuff. Pretty funny episode with the Casablnca references and the anteater-bashings. 9/10
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Summary: "not to discriminate against the other colored boots"
Review: the one I remember most was "girls in gold boots" and Count Chocula guy from seaseme street and his twin.(1-2-3 blehaaha) MST3000 is still on sci-fi channel at 8 or 9 or something on saturday morn. Most of this overdone hippie stuff is revised by little guys at the bottom of the screne making fun of it.(aka 5 star rating :). P. S. Mike's singing is priceless.
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Summary: "not to discriminate against the other colored boots"
Review: the one I remember most was "girls in gold boots" and Count Chocula guy from seaseme street and his twin.(1-2-3 blehaaha) MST3000 is still on sci-fi channel at 8 or 9 or something on saturday morn. Most of this overdone hippie stuff is revised by little guys at the bottom of the screne making fun of it.(aka 5 star rating :). P. S. Mike's singing is priceless.
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Summary: always fantastic stuff
Review: you cannot beat watching Crow shake his moneymaker in his gold boots Does anyone have a videotape of MST 3k's "Monster A Go-Go"? It was done early in the MST years, made with Joel. I would love to get a copy of it.
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Summary: Nothing extra...
Review: This set includes shows from the Sci-Fi years of MST3K. In fact, they were still showing this shows when the set came out. Half of them WERE available on VHS tape before the DVDs came out (I had Hamlet), but I still had to get the collection, as I wanted the misted verison of Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (which I have unmisted on tape) and I really wanted Space Mutiny. I'm not too happy with Girl In The Gold Boots, though I do enjoy the skits. Without any extras, the only reason to buy this collection is to get some of the best of Mike's last seasons on Sci-Fi.
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