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Summary: Pure Comedy
Review: MST3K is a kind of comedy that goes over well with people who know obscure underground culture like it was the current MTV pop-culture. I find it hilarious and stimulating.As for the episodes on this box, they are all classic depictions of what this show was all about. If you've seen the show, you're a fan, unless you did not get it. If not, that's too bad I must say. The show really is brilliant. The episodes here are mainly hosted by Mike with only one Joel episode. The bots are super funny as always and the short about the summer farm trip is down right hysterical. You owe it to yourself to check this out. Even if you've never seen the show, I am sure you have sat through a movie in your own home and just made fun of it through the whole thing. They just take the most self-entertaining concept and cleverly package it for all to enjoy. So enjoy.
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Summary: Great series
Review: MST3K really doesn't need a review, you either love it or hate it, for fans its a must have
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Summary: Do not try to collect all of these box sets.
Review: Ok, I'm a big Mistie from way back, so I was all set to start buying all of these like a Star Wars fan who hears a new movie's coming out. However, Rhino is missing a great chance. First off, having acquired the rights to the movies, they feel compelled to include the original versions of all the movies on the other sides of the discs. That would be great as an extra, except that it limits the box sets to only four movies each. At that rate, the whole run will cost $1500-$2000! Moreover, there are no extras at all! How about more shorts? The Poopie? Making Ofs? Interviews? Commentary, for Chrissakes? Just look at The Simpsons box sets to see how it should be done. Oh, on top of all that, they're not starting at the beginning of Season One or even going in any chronological order at all. It's not even a Best Of based on anything. GRR! Your best move is to pick and choose your favorite episodes, not to collect all of these as they come out; go for some of the single episodes instead.
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Summary: Thank you rhino for releasing digital mst3k
Review: Rhino home video bought the rights to some mst3k episodes several years ago and realeased them on vhs. after re-releasing many of these episodes on individual, (poorly)packaged dvds, they finally came through with a boxed set featuring some of the best of what they own. skydivers is described in the amazing colossal episode guide (otherwise known as the bible) as the perfect movie for what they do and one of the most satisfying episodes. i definitely agree, although i think the strength of some of the later, sci-fi channel-era episodes is even more satisfying (but alas rhino doesn't own these). the creeping terror is great for several reasons. first of all is the skit with mike listening to the stereo. true post-modern humor. second is the fact that in the movie itself, the original audio tracks were lost or damaged back in the 50s so a narrator is dubbed over almost EVERYTHING. third, the riffing in this movie is spot-on, and i'm glad that mike is hosting. this is the PERFECT episode (along with the sold-seperately "manos") to show an mst3k newbie bloodlust is actually a pretty decent movie in my opnion, but the riffing is great and again mike is hosting catalina caper is the only joel-hosted episode on this box. i personally love this episode, almost entirely because of the movie. the music and the mood is totally kooky, the little richard cameo is actually pretty cool, and joel and the bots add enough entertainment to make it easy to watch all the way through. pick up this boxed set and enjoy travelling to the not-too-distant-future!
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Summary: Atlast Rhino's Releasing a Box Set!
Review: Thank you Rhino for finally getting us the box sets we've been clamoring for. In this box set are the episodes "Catalina Caper", "The Creeping Terror", "Bloodlust (with short- A Visit to Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm)", and "The Sky Divers (with short- Why Study Industrial Arts)".
Catalina Caper: 1960's era beach movie with a plot that goes something like this: stolen scroll, lil' Richard singing, dancing, dancing, volleyball, dancing, scuba diving, & dancing. Also appearing in this stink-burger was Lyle Waggoner, from the Carol Burnett show, as a scuba diving hood. Servo's song to Creepy Girl is a classic.
The Creeping Terror: Wow! Can that monster creep! Probably one of the most hilarious movie monsters ever. An old woman with a motorized cart could easily get a way from this creature, and yet dozens of fit young folk get gobbled up by this overgrown shag carpet. Apparently nobody ever figured out the concept of running away during the 50's.
Bloodlust: Robert Reed (Mike Brady from the Brady Bunch) stars as a studly young man vacationing on a yacht with his friends. He wears a T-shirt so tight you'd swear it was painted on. The plot is basically a ripoff of the Most Dangerous Game.
The Sky Divers: Another piece of flotsam from Coleman Francis. With acting preformances so tepid that you wonder if the actors have a pulse. Watch for the truly bizzare dance party with a woman of Amazonian proportions. Also look for Petey the plane.
The Episodes I hope they release soon are "Pod People, "Angels Revenge", "The Puma Man", "Werewolf", and "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"
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Summary: The best show ever made!!!
Review: Thank you Rhino!!!! This collection features four episodes of the most inventive, hilarious show to ever hit the airwaves! The first 3 are Mike Nelson episodes. "The Skydivers" must rank as one of the worst films the SOL crew ever was forced to endure, but as is always the case on MST3K...the worse the movie, the funnier the show. "Bloodlust" is one of those underrated shows from Season 6 that not a lot of people talk about, but it really is extremely enjoyable. The short is hilarious. "The Creeping Terror" features two of the funniest Mike Nelson sketches I've ever seen on the show: the parody of "Love American Style" and Mike's EXTREMELY long listen to the "Creeping Terror" theme song on his stereo system. The fourth movie in the set might be the best! "Catalina Caper" is an early episode, featuring the beloved Joel Hodgson! It's a beach movie from the 60's featuring Tommy Kirk, Little Richard and..."Creepy Girl!!!" Rhino did a great job on the packaging for the DVD. It looks great and really captures the quirky spirit of MST3K. The picture quality is top notch and the audio sounds great. Thank you, Rhino! For letting us laugh at love...again. More! More! More!!!!!!! Rhino, if you are reading this...I beg of you to issue the following episodes on DVD: "Master Ninja I", "Master Ninja II", "Time of the Apes", "Village of the Giants", "Santa Claus", "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and "The Lost Continent." Everyone else, buy this collection! You won't regret it.
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Summary: not the best of, but a good collection
Review: that really sums it up. These aren't the 4 best mst3k movies, but they'll still make you laugh.
Bloodlust stars Robert Reed(brady bunch dad) and not much else. Clincher is when the other guy gets refered to as the techie, and also complains that computer haven't been invented yet(the guy's a total nerd)
Sykdivers stars the sky in it's best performance yet.. and some people jumping out of planes. Once again the title of the film says it all. Don't expect a plot, just sky diveing. Somehow it's suppose to be a movie but feels more like a skydiving documentery. Clincher is the bar scene, which didn't fit into the moive.
Catalina Caper stars adults pretending to be kids, and of course creepy girl. Clincher is of course creepy girl song. It has a 60's Disney feel. yep it's lame.
The creeping Terror stars an alien with a long rug trailing behind it. This movie was so bad that before mst3k got it, it was overdubbed with a narrator, cause the acting is just that bad. Clincher is the dance scene. Ten minutes of a dance hall ends eventually with the creeping terror actually eating everyone, and not one person runs!! This is the best of the 4 movies.
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Summary: mst3k has done good this time!!!!
Review: This box set is great. All of the DVD are very funny.
"the creeping terror" funny. basicly has every joke that every 50's film should have. It's about a ufo that crash landed on earth and lets out a big alien that looks like.. well.... a bus covered in carpet. the peaple have to litterally climb in its mouth to be eaten. a good one in the collection.
bloodlust has really a BAD plot. in short peaple get stranded on an island with a madman who likes to hunt people and stuff them. mike did a great job with this one. mike said this movie would be suspenceful of it wasn't so unsuspenceful. this one also has some FALL ON THE FLOOR AND LAUGH TILL YOU CRY skits!!!! watch them for yourself.
The skydivers the least funny one in the group. never the less it is still funny. crow" did the actors do their own skydiving" mike "no the skydivers did their own acting"
Cantalina caper is well.....FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! in short it is makeing fun of every beach movie. the plot is so bad. so bad in fact that joel had the draw a map if the movie to try to figure it out. crow says those girls are standing on dumpsters... would that make them white trash.
These are esintail to any mst3k fan and are good one's to introduce the show to somebody.Joel is the best host and only does one of the movies wich is cantalina caper.this one only has onedone by him. don't let that stop one from buying this though.4 stars
(my other personal favotites are mitchel egahh pod people and the crawling hand. i strongly recomend these.)
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Summary: Excellent job, Rhino!
Review: This has to be the best release of MST3K by Rhino, and I have a bunch (they didn't confuse Mike for Joel on the back cover). This set is definitely all about Mike, but one of the episodes does feature Joel. Right down to the packaging, they made it great. The case has a pop-up book feel to it, as you can use a little pull tab to pull the original SOL across the top of the package, and in the center above the planet logo is a wheel you can turn to show funny comments from various characters. Unfortunately, there aren't any bonus goodies--unless you count the trailers--but it's still a required piece of any devoted MiSTie's collection. As with other Rhino DVDs in the collection, the flip side of the disc has the un-MiSTied version, for those masochists out there who enjoy bad, smelly cinema. Catalina Caper has to be one of the stupidest films I have ever sat through, and its alternate title "Never Steal Anything Wet" should tell you all you need to know. Short form: a very painted napkin gets stolen from a pegboard museum, and the thieves are out to doublecross their patron by convincing him to buy their designer impostor! But they LOSE the real thing--in a water-tight tube in the middle of the ocean, and now they have to retrieve it. OOPSIE! This is yet another of the obtuse beach movies the inhabitants of the SOL ripped on with great success. Servo's ode to Creepy Girl will have your side hurting, and fans of Mork & Mindy will quickly recognize Exodor (Robert Donner) as the hapless klutz whose function in the film is to remain unnamed,unspeaking, and to do water-soaked pratfalls every time he's in the frame. Be amazed when you see Little Richard's mercifully brief cameo... Bloodlust is another hilarious sendup about a freak with a penchant for hunting--hunting PEOPLE, that is. Brace yourself to see Robert Reed (yes, Mr. Brady) in the world's tightest t-shirt and sucking in his gut every time he knows the camera is on him. Pay special attention to the continuity (or lack thereof), especially in the fight scene between one of the girls and one of the doctor's henchmen. The ending makes you wish it could've come just a short 10 minutes into this smelly celluloid... The Skydivers is another jumbled presentation from one of the SOL's favorite (using the term loosely) directors/writers/actors Coleman Francis. People do actually jump out of planes; there's a dance scene with some strange unnamed, giant woman and the chick on skates looks on, and the mean bimbo sabotages some 'chutes. What's it all about? Who knows!?!? This is one of the 3 Coleman Francis film-flams that was MiSTied. Francis's Red Zone Cuba is also available on DVD from Rhino, but at this time, The Beast of Yucca Flats isn't. HEY RHINO--hint, hint! The Creeping Terror features almost no dialogue and a hilarious slow-moving monster who has a taste for necking couples. Not really more to say.... Rhino did this set up just perfectly, and there is talk that more sets will be forthcoming. Let's hope so!
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Summary: Scrumtulesent!
Review: This is a great DVD set, It's a riot! It's funny the way the make fun of B-Movies from the 50's and 60's. Interestingly enough the Box set features the Trailer and Original Movie, it's great that you get too see both versions of the movie. Also the Problems with the Disc holding prongs have been fixed.
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