Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

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Summary: Great movie, but needs more
Review: MST3K:TM on DVD is very good. You get the standard excellent picture and incredible sound, and of course, the funniest movie of the decade. But what is missing here is the extra added features which would have warranted this receiving 5 stars. Think of all the fun things which could have been added: a blooper reel, comments from Jim Mallon, Mike Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, and Kevin Murphy about their film, extra scenes which were excluded from the final theatrical version and much more. All you get with MST3K: TM on DVD is the standard jump-to-any-scene-you-wish interface and widescreen presentation.

Granted, if you are a fan of Mike and the Bots, you don't need any extra features to keep your attention, however, the lack of extras may scare off potential buyers, especially those who are not fans.

If you don't know by now, MST3K:TM is the story of a mad scientist marooning a janitor in space with 3 robot pals on an orbiting satellite. Mike Nelson, and two of his bot pals-- Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot are forced to watch an edited down version of the 1955 sci-fi magnum opus "This Island Earth." The mad doctor Clayton Forrester monitors Mike's, Crow's and Tom's minds while they are watching the film so that he can unleash the result on the unwitting public and rule the world. Mike and the bots do not go quietly, throwing a bunch of witty and often humorous insults back at the screen. What you get is a product which has propelled the TV series to a ravenous cult following, boasting a 100,000+ member fan club, numerous internet websites, a book and even a Peabody award.

MST3K:TM is truly unique and it is truly incredible to see the "cow-town puppet show" unleashed on DVD.

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Summary: The MST Treatment Saves Another Cheesy Sci-Fi Movie!
Review: "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie" is the big screen version of the once-popular Comedy Central (later Sci-Fi Network) series. In the series, Mike (or Joel) and his robot pals Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow make running wisecracks while watching awful sci-fi movies beamed up to them by the evil Dr. Forrester (Trace Beaulieu, who also voices Crow). In the big screen version, Mike and the 'bots take on Universal's "This Island Earth" with hilarious results!

One of the best reasons for owning this movie is that it is able to overcome many of the technical limitations placed on TV series (such as the motions of the robots, for instance). This provides a more intimate and interesting portrayal of the lives that the crew lead on the Satellite of Love.

If you are deciding whether to watch or buy this movie, please PLEASE ignore the Amazon.com review written by Miles Bethany. It's painfully apparent that he has never seen this movie from the fact that he continually refers to someone named "Jim". There's no character named Jim on the show (although Jim Mallon does the voice of Gypsy). He's clearly referring to either Joel or Mike, but in any event Miles Bethany ought to be fired for this if he's on Amazon's payroll!

Once you watch this movie, you'll hunger for episodes of the series if you've never seen it. Fortunately, the Sci-Fi Network Episodes are not yet available. They're not as funny as any of the early episodes and tend to get a little overindulgent. Additionally, Beaulieu left the series before it got picked up by Sci-Fi, and the actor who replaced him transformed the rather cute, insecure Crow into a character that I grew to dislike.

The William Shatner jokes are really funny on this movie, as well as Crow's impersonation of George Takei, which leaves me rolling on the floor. In any event, I recommend that you check out this movie if for no other reason than to find out what the hell an interocetor is (and hopefully how you spell the damned word)!

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Summary: Perfect show for any smart aleck wiseguy
Review: MST 3k is a conceptually brilliant show. The premise, involving 2 robots and a human trapped on a satellite ship and forced to watch awful B-movies while they poke fun at them is genius.

The MST 3K movie is nothing more than what a typical tv show would be like: same format, same running time, etc. The crew dishes out insults on the movie "This Island Earth," a forgettable flick about 2 people abducted by aliens.

If you get a chance, check out this movie. If you are into making fun of things and are the kind that would always poke fun of lousy movies you had to watch in class, then I would definitely recommend MST 3K The Movie.

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Summary: so damn funny
Review: i live in the uk, and returning home after a night out we turned on the tv just in time for this... and man, it was so funny we must have woken everyone up laughing. completely random, utterly ridiculous. when can we brits buy it?!

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Summary: Funniest TV show of all time + movie format = hilarity!
Review: As if the title didn't put it clear enough, I'll get my feelings out in the open. "Mystery Science Theater 3000" is the funniest show ever to air on television. And while the Best Brains (the name for the writers and actors) simply delivered a slightly above average performance for this theatrical feature, slightly above average for them blows away all but the best by others (when they're in top form they're simply untouchable).

To help newcomers get the flow of the idea quickly, the movie begins with a hilarious prologue where Dr. Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieu) explains the concept. He is forcing one Mike Nelson (Michael J. Nelson) to watch the worst movies of all-time. Once Mike's sanity is finally broken, Dr. F will then unleash that movie to the public, crush the planet's will, and rule the world! But Mike fights back. With the help of robots Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy), Crow T. Robot (also Beaulieu) and Gypsy (Jim Mallon), he riffs away at each and every film sent his way. That includes the one included here, "This Island Earth."

While the host segments (the bits where they're temporarily out of the theater) aren't up to the usual par, the MST3K crew delivers some classic riffs while watching the movie. (MSTies, be on the look out for a cameo by Coleman Francis!)

I give this a VERY enthusiastic thumbs up. See it ASAP!

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Summary: Even Gramercy couldn't ruin this film
Review: This movie has a sad history. Gramercy was after the MST3k crew to do a movie for some time. When they finally got started and came up with an excellent finished product, it was butchered horribly by studio executives. Many of the wisecracks were dumbed down, the result being the movie has none of the obscure pop culture references that give every episode of the show such great replay value. Also, a host segment in which meteors cut off oxygen and the bots race hilariously to save Mike from suffocation was cut completely. Plus, the ending was completely changed. Inthe original ending, Mike and Servo use their interociter to muatte an ant and send it to Deep 13, where it promply attacked Dr. Forrester. Crow is nowhere to be found, but then we see him back below decks, using the chainsaw from Tom's room in another escape attempt. This ending is much funnier, and also explains why Crow picked up the chainsaw. In the final version, this makes absolutely no sense. Still, the movie is very watchable as it is.

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Summary: Mike and the Bots go big screen!
Review: In Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, we rejoin our favorite quirky captives from the TV show, Mike Nelson and his homemade robot friends, aboard the infamous Satellite of Love. At the mercy of the evil Dr. Forrester, Mike, gumball machine-headed Tom Servo, and the world's second most famous golden droid, Crow T. Robot, are repeatedly forced to view horrendously bad movies in a sadistic experiment to test their breaking points. But Mike and the bots are too clever to let bad movies get them down. Though it can be tough at times, they always pull through by turning torturous films into hilarious ones. As they sit in their own private theater, showing us only their silhouettes in the lower, right-hand corner of the screen, we overhear their smart and sarcastic comments and insults about virtually everything the currently playing movie shows us.
This being the MST3K theatrical offering, we are actually getting a shorter version of the usual program, a slightly bigger budget, and a slightly more tolerable and much better known film to poke fun at. The feature this time around is the campy sci-fi classic, "This Island Earth," about a dying alien race that kidnaps the Earth's brightest minds in order to help them save their war stricken planet. Mike, Crow, and Servo give their commentary with their usual gusto and comic genius, and they even manage to slip in a joke here and there that wouldn't have made it on TV. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is definitely a must own for any fans of the show, or for anyone who likes to kick back and poke fun at whatever movie happens to be playing on the screen in front of them.

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Summary: Funniest TV show of all time + movie format = hilarity!
Review: As if the title didn't put it clear enough, I'll get my feelings out in the open. "Mystery Science Theater 3000" is the funniest show ever to air on television. And while the Best Brains (the name for the writers and actors) simply delivered a slightly above average performance for this theatrical feature, slightly above average for them blows away all but the best by others (when they're in top form they're simply untouchable).

To help newcomers get the flow of the idea quickly, the movie begins with a hilarious prologue where Dr. Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieu) explains the concept. He is forcing one Mike Nelson (Michael J. Nelson) to watch the worst movies of all-time. Once Mike's sanity is finally broken, Dr. F will then unleash that movie to the public, crush the planet's will, and rule the world! But Mike fights back. With the help of robots Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy), Crow T. Robot (also Beaulieu) and Gypsy (Jim Mallon), he riffs away at each and every film sent his way. That includes the one included here, "This Island Earth."

While the host segments (the bits where they're temporarily out of the theater) aren't up to the usual par, the MST3K crew delivers some classic riffs while watching the movie. (MSTies, be on the look out for a cameo by Coleman Francis!)

I give this a VERY enthusiastic thumbs up. See it ASAP!

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Summary: "Suddenly I have a refreshingly minty flavour."
Review: Absolutly hilarious.
At the moment this is all I've seen of MST3K but I see myself becoming a big fan of the show. If you've ever watched a DVD with the audio commentary thats basically similar to this only instead of information on how the film was made Mike and his two wise cracking friends Crow and Servo make comments on how bad the film is and sometimes add in some of their own more comical lines.
Mike is stuck on a sattelite orbiting earth with three robots for company (Crow, Tom Servo and Gypsy, who does not watch the movie)
Mike is forced to watch the worst movies in the world by the insane Dr Forrester, The film in question is the increadibly bad "This Island Earth". Which involves an Alien called Exeter trying to gather plutonium for his home planet which is under attack by another alien race. But the reason you should watch this film is for the funny comments that Mike and his robot buddies make. During the coarse of the film Mike, Crow and Servo go on a couple of humourous adventures of their own but the best part of the movie is in trashing of one of the worst movies ever.

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Summary: The Funniest Movie Ever
Review: Quite simply Mystery Science Theater the Movie is the Funniest movie ever made. Mike, Crow and Tom provide perfect comments in tune with the movie "This Island Earth" that each line of dialog seems to be a punchline in waiting. If the people making "This Island Earth" would have known what was going to be said by these lovable critics they might have given making it on the spot depriving many people of a wonderful evening of comedy.