piranesi Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 45 minutes ago, KidNatural said: I really like Reptilicus, but it sounds like one guy riffing. They should have had Felicia Day be the host because it would have been a distinct voice. But then we'd miss out on seeing Felicia Day dominate and emasculate a fat nerd...which is both a deep-seated fantasy of many in the key demo and a cosmic nirvana of shoot comments not meant to be shoot comments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Day also seemed really immobile. Which is weird, since she;d only have been around 5-6 months into her pregnancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 You know the audience for your show skews old when the main criticisms are "everyone sounds the same to me" and "the jokes are too fast." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 YES. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Reptilicus was ok but the jokes seemed ot all be to stepping on one another without giving each other room to breathe so to speak. I can live without flying Tom Servo, it just distracts me. By the time The Wife and I got to Avalanche moist of my criticisms ere melted away (though I think Felicia Day and Jonah Wray remain the weak parts of the show). I think Patton Oswalt has been perfect as Max/TVs Son of TVs Frank. If there is one complaint that sticks out is that there isn't enough of a personality differential between Servo and Crow (yeah, I miss classically trained actor Crow). James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Ib Melchior getting some serious run through the first couple of episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 34 minutes ago, EVA said: Ib Melchior getting some serious run through the first couple of episodes. Ib Melchior was a damn saint: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 "Keep circulating the URL" made me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 So we have two Ib Melchier movies in a row, with the second of those interlocking with a mini-series of two movies in a row featuring Steve "Chatsworth Osborne Jr. from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" Franken. What beguiling patterns are you demons weaving for me?????? Also Avalanche features one of my favorite awesome old ladies ever: Jeanette Nolan Read about Jeanette Nolan here!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I've gotten all the way to Wizards Of The Lost Kingdom 2 and so far my favorite riff is : "So, I guess we're rooting for ... Beige?" "Go Beige!" "BEIGE! BEIGE! BEIGE!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I'm only on Time Travelers, but for some reason, I completly lost my shit for the Jolly Raccoon skit during Cry Wilderness. I know I'm only 3 episodes in, but is there a payoff to Gypsy dropping whatever that picnic basket is in the beginning of the movie then showing up during the last segment to pick it back up, or is it just random? I've seen it all 3 episodes so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 There was a gag about object permanence in THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN which I found far funnier than I should have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 It takes a couple episodes to get going, but Starcrash is where it all comes together and they hit on all cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I'd dare say that Starcrash is the one classically bad movie in this season. The others all are great fodder for riffs, but Starcrash is the real breakout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 On 4/18/2017 at 2:19 PM, Control said: There was a gag about object permanence in THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN which I found far funnier than I should have. About 30 seconds after that they dropped a Better off Dead quote that got me the same way. And it was already the 2nd Better off Dead quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 There must've been something I'm missing. But whenever Gypsey came in during the movie segments, she'd be carrying some box in her mouth. I must've missed the transition, but what was the box for and why was she coming in to set it down? Was she dropping them some equipment or something? Was she tinkering? I liked Gypsy's new voice and she did pop in with some good jokes now and again. I especially liked it when she noted during Beast of Hollow Mountain of "first time of death by strangulation by a T-Rex." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Still stuck on the first two episodes due to our impending move, but everyone is sleeping on the Frank Nelson running gag from Reptilicus. "YEEEEEESSSSSSS?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Reptilicus didn't do it for me. Jonah, while I'm surprised how well his nice-guy character works during the skits, can fall into that aggravating modern-nerd mush mouth when he's trying to squeeze an overlong riff in before the next bit of dialogue kicks in. Doesn't this dude make his money on what's essentially the radio? As I am a TRAIN-ED ACTORRR, his poor diction bothers me a good bit. But that ties into the problem of "too many riffs", which I think every review has mentioned. Still. The very next episode, I finally had that moment where everything clicked and it felt just like watching the old stuff. Somewhere between stories of a young boy bonding with Bigfoot over Coca-Cola and rock 'n roll and the Samuel Taylor Coleridge albatross riff it all felt like home again. It's also been a good mix of genres. Weren't the Sci-Fi years kinda... sci-fi heavy? Avalanche felt like such a nice departure. I don't remember another movie that was quite that star-studded. Plus, y'know, there was that part with the avalanche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 "He was falling in slow motion and you still didn't catch him." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I am far from the first person to say this, but man, Time Travelers is just excruciating even with riffs. There are a few fun-bad scenes like the inexplicable music performance/makeout, but it's just so boring that getting to those is a chore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DouglasC Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Before watching the new episodes, the final original-flavour MST3K was Manhunt in Space, and I kept thinking back to the 'Space' host segment every time they'd randomly throw the name Reptilicus into a riff. Fortunately, Cry Wilderness was filled with "laughing so hard I off to pause and rewind after missing riffs" moments that all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Just noting that during the final mad scene after STARCRASH the band was playing an uptempo cover of "Will there still be a clown in the Sky for me." Also when the lady in the movie "ejected" from her ship by jumping out a window, that was the legit funniest non-riff moment in any MST3K movie ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 6 hours ago, piranesi said: Just noting that during the final mad scene after STARCRASH the band was playing an uptempo cover of "Will there still be a clown in the Sky for me." They play WILD REBELS! during "Time Travelers." I need to go back and see what other music they play during the breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Oh, they've played all sorts of old music during the breaks and over the closing credits. "Sidehackers", "Creepy Girl", "Patrick Swayze Christmas", and more that I can't remember because I am at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Canada Song comes to mind, I heard that one more than any other in the first 4 episodes alone James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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