The OAO Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread

[devo 0]

Oh, and am I right in assuming Track of the Moonbeast is the ep with the running Soup Ingredient gag in it? Jonny Longbow or something is in that, right?

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Yep.

 

"By the way, my car runs on corn...green peppers...onions..."

 

As far as Boggy Creek II goes...

 

"Just resuscitate the patient and I'll be there at the half!"

 

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"Oh no, she thinks it's chew!"

 

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"...I saw the little creature."

 

"No! Noooooo!"

 

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[SuperJerk 0]

Flying elves are back!

[Guest Smues]

Oh, and am I right in assuming Track of the Moonbeast is the ep with the running Soup Ingredient gag in it? Jonny Longbow or something is in that, right?

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That's one of my favorite episodes. Vastly under rated.

 

"Surprise, it was me running the slides!"

 

"I'm sorry Mike I've learned my lesson, I'll never rush the halloween season again!"

[devo 0]

Track of the Moon Beast is great. I haven't seen that one in a while, I should watch it again.

 

"I forced my skull right through my face and refused to wash my greasy haaaaaaaaaaairrrr!"

 

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"Let's celebrate by littering!"

 

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"We're not too far from my place...and I've got all kinds of antiseptic there!"

 

"Your place?"

 

"My place."

 

"I call it Antiseptic Manor."

[Guest Smues]

Hundreds no dozens of antiseptics!

[devo 0]

God, I'd forgotten how many great jokes Track of the Moon Beast has.

 

"Wake up!"

 

"It's Pink Day!"

 

"C'mon, wake up!"

 

"There's another meteor headed for your skull!"

 

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"She gets off the ground saying 'What happened?' a LOT."

 

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"California graaaaaaaaaaaaavy! Add flavor to my meat!"

 

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"What up, bitch?"

 

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"We usually don't discuss X-Rays with patients, but yours is an unusual case."

 

"We'll let you in on your illness THIS TIME."

[AndrewTS 0]

Track of the Moon Beast is awesome, but it's one of those episodes that, if you haven't seen it in a while, are easy to get mixed up with about half a dozen other entries featured on the show.

 

Track, Werewolf, and It Lives by Night...it's easy to get scenes mixed up in there. However, the makers of Werewolf had to know how much their movie sucked and weren't taking it seriously. Come on--the turning off the radio scene? Driving Under Lycantropy? The casting of Joe Estevez?

 

Many people also mix up Prince of Space with Invasion of the Neptune Men. I can kind of see it, although the former is a cornocopia of bad dialogue, bad dubbing, bad costumes, bad sets and effects, and shrill children. Although, at least the Prince is rather easily definined as the hero of the pic, with the shrill children bordering on tolerable at times.

 

The same can't be said about the children in Neptune Men, who are basically your *stars*. Almost every single scene puts the focus on the unlikable, indistinguishable brats. Neptune Men also has an utterly depressing pace, flat out boring dubbing and dialogue, costumes that make you say "eh", and has a hero that's actually more dull than Prince, despite in theory being easier to kill. When you're watching the Mobian Strip of an air battle that is supposed to be some sort of climax, you end up so drained of enthusiasm even with the MiSTing that the appearance of Krankor really does seem like the breath of fresh air that the crew acts like he is.

[devo 0]

Neptune Men makes Prince look like Kurosawa by comparison. You're right, it's one of those movies that's just so insanely dull and boring (see: Red Zone Cuba, Beast of Yucca Flats) that even the MST3K version can be hard to sit through at times. It's worth the pain and suffering, though, 'cause the episode's extremely funny. Constant ripping on the kids' voices, Roji-Panty Complex, The Hitler Building...I still laugh uncontrollably at "Why did I buy a ride for my living room?"

[AndrewTS 0]

Neptune Men makes Prince look like Kurosawa by comparison. You're right, it's one of those movies that's just so insanely dull and boring (see: Red Zone Cuba, Beast of Yucca Flats) that even the MST3K version can be hard to sit through at times. It's worth the pain and suffering, though, 'cause the episode's extremely funny. Constant ripping on the kids' voices, Roji-Panty Complex, The Hitler Building...I still laugh uncontrollably at "Why did I buy a ride for my living room?"

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Stuff like Mighty Jack, the Coleman Francis 3, MAGG and Neptune Men are an utter chore to watch at first. Almost nobody can really love them on the first try. Then, the utter bleakness of everything in the films somehow fades into the background, and the quality of the rifts shine.

 

So while I never would recommend trying to watch an un-MSTed Neptune Men, about the 3rd viewing or so can begin to win you over. Plus, I think every Japan-obsessed otaku needs to watch it, because of the relentless skewing of Japanese culture. Can you believe that they CUT stock footage from the bombing scenes? Yes, that was originally longer, and more violent and depressing portions--taken from actual WW2 bombing footage--were present in the original.

 

"Featuring...SPEED RACER, SHONEN KNIFE, SAILOR MOON!"

 

"He was trained by Bruce Lee...bowitz."

"Wispy Chickenheaded Bachelor"

"These kids are like, 10, so... yeah, they're well out of college..."

"They should be at their jobs right now."

"Scientists labor around the clock to find out what the hell is the deal with Japan."

"Has anyone seen my record?"

"It's smaller than us--we can torment it!"

*dramatic zoom in* "My head is a koosh ball!"

"Humiliating game shows are beamed across the country."

"Grampa tries to set his VCR..."

*sings* "Spaaace chief failed miiiseraably, and tried to coover up his shaaame.."

"Due to the apocalypse, cram school will be delayed by 45 minutes this morning."

 

"Space Chief should really try going up*into space* sometime.

"Yeah, he's more like Lower Atmosphere Chief."

"Barely Off the Stupid Ground Chief."

 

It's pretty funny to see Sonny Chiba punching and kicking so weakly, as well...considering...

[Ed Wood Caulfield 0]

That's interesting, since I've loved Invasion Of The Neptune Men since the first time I saw it, and it's my favorite episode.

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

Ya know, I have both these shows on tape and I still don't recognize the difference. I know one of them has the Phantom of Krankor (Ha...ha) and the other, is uh, something else.

 

"Holy Santa pray for us"

[The Czech Republic 0]

Flying elves are back!

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The first thing that Harry drilled into me--

 

--was Harry!

[Guest mst3krules]

How on earth did I miss this thread? Anyway, from Prince of Space:

 

 

"Ba-kawk"

 

"I'm from the 1800's...what am I doing here?"

 

"HAH, HAH, HAH" - Krankor laugh

 

 

Some of my other fave eps are Parts: The Clonus Horror ("Honey, we've got mimes"), Angels Revenge ("And who brought the brain?"), The Wild Wild World of Batwoman ("They're going to try to raise the spirit of the continuity man"), Racket Girls ("I knew it was in Ephesians"), Revenge of the Creature ("The Ichthyology Department has declared martial law!) and Riding with Death ("New England Journalists?")

[Ted the Poster 0]

Flying elves are back!

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The first thing that Harry drilled into me--

 

--was Harry!

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But he BOUGHT THE CAR!!!

[KingPK 0]

Neptune Men makes Prince look like Kurosawa by comparison. You're right, it's one of those movies that's just so insanely dull and boring (see: Red Zone Cuba, Beast of Yucca Flats) that even the MST3K version can be hard to sit through at times. It's worth the pain and suffering, though, 'cause the episode's extremely funny. Constant ripping on the kids' voices, Roji-Panty Complex, The Hitler Building...I still laugh uncontrollably at "Why did I buy a ride for my living room?"

 

Neptune Men is actually one of my favorite episodes because of that reason.

 

Crow: So does anyone have any songs about stock footage to get us through this?

 

Tom: Oh I know one, goes like this:

 

Dut-dut-dut-dut-dut-dut.....EAT IT MOVIE!! Take this stupid cockroach of a film, roll it up SOOOOOO tight, and then ram it up your *blubbers*

 

Mike: Ok, take it easy.

 

Crow: You see what you've done to Servo, movie? END!

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Servo's breakdown at the end of Manos is better. Too long to quote or memorize, but for the one person who has never seen Manos, the movie is technically over and it cuts to two women in a car. No dialogue, so Servo provides it for both of them while Joel and Crow just sit in silence. They both know it is too late for their friend.

[devo 0]

Neptune Men makes Prince look like Kurosawa by comparison. You're right, it's one of those movies that's just so insanely dull and boring (see: Red Zone Cuba, Beast of Yucca Flats) that even the MST3K version can be hard to sit through at times. It's worth the pain and suffering, though, 'cause the episode's extremely funny. Constant ripping on the kids' voices, Roji-Panty Complex, The Hitler Building...I still laugh uncontrollably at "Why did I buy a ride for my living room?"

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Neptune Men is actually one of my favorite episodes because of that reason.

 

Crow: So does anyone have any songs about stock footage to get us through this?

 

Tom: Oh I know one, goes like this:

 

Dut-dut-dut-dut-dut-dut.....EAT IT MOVIE!! Take this stupid cockroach of a film, roll it up SOOOOOO tight, and then ram it up your *blubbers*

 

Mike: Ok, take it easy.

 

Crow: You see what you've done to Servo, movie? END!

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Oh, it's a fantastic episode. It's just that it's hard for the unexperienced to sit through on the first viewing, as Andrew said.

 

"Stop zooming in on me! I have no emotions to show you!"

 

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"Get the cane."

 

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"Oh, my spaceship? When we bought it, it was OUR spaceship."

 

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"Thank you for sewing my hand to the tent!"

 

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"Hooray! A dot is moving away from a semi-circle! Hooray!"

[Slayer 0]

Neptune Men > Prince of Space, IMO

 

Though I have a soft spot for all the Japanese episodes, being the mild Japanophile I am. I just hope they can eventually release the season 3 Japanese episodes because the rumor mill has it that Sandy Frank may no longer own the rights to the movies and thus can't withhold them for his personal grudge

[SuperJerk 0]

Flying elves are back!

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The first thing that Harry drilled into me--

 

--was Harry!

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But he BOUGHT THE CAR!!!

Adali Stevenson buys a car!

[DMann2003 0]

MST3K The Movie was on Sundance again 2 nights ago, DVR'd it :-)

 

Like who doesn't have an Interocetor (use only Interocetor brand parts)

[Guest T®ITEC]

I have over fifty episodes now, and something about that really depresses me. I need new hobbies.

[devo 0]

*shrug*

 

I still cling to the dream of being in possession of every MST3K episode made available to the public. I have about 95% of Mike's episodes but only about a dozen of Joel's. Still a ways off, but I'll get around to it someday.

[AndrewTS 0]

I need to rewatch Mighty Jack. I've endured about all of the insane, probably-butched-to-hell-in-translation, incomprehensible Japanese episodes I have multiple times, but I haven't mustered the courage to come back to that one. I have it somewhere but I'm afraid of finding it.

 

...hell, I'll watch it tonight. I've seen this episode of the Tick again recently.

 

Jungle Goddess is boring as hell compared to how it could have been. Lousy 50's. Not even Superman could save it.

 

The Sven and Ollie joke referenced in ELM's avatar killed me when I saw it.

 

*pops in Mighty Jack*

 

I'm going in...

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[muzz 0]

Servo's breakdown at the end of Manos is better. Too long to quote or memorize, but for the one person who has never seen Manos, the movie is technically over and it cuts to two women in a car. No dialogue, so Servo provides it for both of them while Joel and Crow just sit in silence. They both know it is too late for their friend.

 

That was indeed awesome, but the first time I heard it, I wasn't really watching the screen, and missed Joel and Crow just nudging each other and shaking their heads etc.

 

I saw Joel first, and overall prefer him to Mike. Maybe that's because most of the Mike episode's I've seen haven't had Trace Beaulieu's Crow, which I prefer greatly. Plus, as someone mentioned, Joel seemed to have a better dynamic with the bots, and I prefer a lot of the earlier episode's for the lack of sarcasm, and more of the bots imitating the characters.

[AndrewTS 0]

*old guy petting tigerskin* "The Japanese Calvin and Hobbes."

*at night a guy drives onto a net...which is hauled up in the air by a helicopter, yeah...*

"They're going to return that Japanese car to the wild!"

 

*sits down, Crow in Mr Rogers voice* "Hi boys and girls, I'm going to take my shoes off and put my little sneakers on!"

 

*pulls heel off shoe* "Cherry cordials? What a thoughtful old man!"

 

"He's building a meal--he's got the four button groups there"

 

"Oh great, the instructions are in Japanese."

 

"This is only a test..had this been an actual movie..."

 

*on a boat, some guy lying down reading a book* "Captain of the valdez, here."

*sailor comes in holding head* "Doctor, I have this awful headache!"

Tom: Okay...climb in.

 

"Meanwhile, back on the Greasy Bastard."

 

"Unzip me, will ya?"

 

*big metal cone drops down on hostage guy*

"Those lights are capable of blinding you."

"I'm not afraid! I'll keep my eyes closed, but I won't answer any questions!"

Crow: Wow is he smart!

"You're being very foolish. Soon you'll open your eyes and you'll be blinded for life."

 

"You can't hold out much longer...where is Mighty Jack's base?"

Tom: Next to the drums and the guitar!

 

"The kidnappers must be *clever* and ruthless!"

 

"We can't just sit here like this!"

Crow: We're getting hemorroids!

[muzz 0]

Hobgoblins:

 

Security Guard: "There's been an accident at the studio!"

 

Crow: "We made Hobgoblins."

[Slayer 0]

It's the eighties, do a lot of coke and vote for Ronald Reagan!

[Ted the Poster 0]

"What, is he going to get mauled by $100 bills?! Do something!"

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

More gems from Track of the Moon Beast:

 

Crow (as God): STOP TALKING JOHNNY LONG BONE!!!

 

Crow (as God again): NOT HIS PLACE!! FORNICATORS!!!

 

Here's one from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank:

 

Fingal: Sleepwalkers....they've never seen a cinema in their life.

 

Crow: They've never seen a Chris Farley Movie....Philastines!

[Zack Malibu 0]

Continuing with Hobgoblins:

 

"Ironically, no one in the band Wang Chung had sex that night."