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4 days ago @ Crasstalk - Start It Off Open Thread · 0 replies · +1 points

Well I pretty much give the entire first season of MST3K a pass—that was when they were with a low-budget Minneapolis station, and they weren't really working with scripts. The riffing was mostly improvised & often kind of weak, and there are long stretches of silence where you're just sitting there quietly watching a bad movie with Joel & the bots. The show really came into its own starting with Season 2 IMO.

There are some MST3K's I have trouble with, just because the movie they're riffing is so grimly bad that I just need to get away. Which is the point, I guess! But those episodes don't stick in my memory that much.

I think I sort of enjoyed Overdrawn at the Memory Bank?! Having Raul Julia in it added some interest, I thought. I'll have to revisit that one.

And I watched Radar Secret Service last night—loved it!

5 days ago @ Crasstalk - Start It Off Open Thread · 2 replies · +4 points

I’m finding it hard right now to say anything about MST3K without nerding out about it interminably.

What a great show that was. ❤️

“Oh, look—Hired II: Electric Boogaloo!”

5 days ago @ Crasstalk - Start It Off Open Thread · 4 replies · +4 points

I'll add that one of my all-time favorite the MST3K riffs is from "Cave Dwellers":

"Hey, why don't you pick on someone your own opacity?"

Which makes no sense at all out of context, of course.

5 days ago @ Crasstalk - Start It Off Open Thread · 1 reply · +3 points

Pope Benedict, or Pope Francis?

5 days ago @ Crasstalk - Start It Off Open Thread · 1 reply · +5 points

I’m not sure I’ve seen that one, or at least I don’t remember it. I’ll watch it on YouTube!

Foremost among life’s blessings for me: that nearly all of MST3K is available for free on YouTube.

5 days ago @ Crasstalk - Start It Off Open Thread · 8 replies · +7 points

Arrival (2016)
Star Wars (1977)
Shadow of a Doubt
MST3K: Manos: The Hands of Fate

5 days ago @ Crasstalk - Weekly Politics Open T... · 2 replies · +7 points

Oooh GI, that song is such a resonant choice for this OT, I’m just … resonating.

And also: what a fine version of that song!

5 days ago @ Crasstalk - Start It Off Open Thread · 1 reply · +8 points

The Civil War chess set up top made me think of the various mentions of Franklin Mint in Serial Mom.

And the “Confederate king”reminds me of something, can't put my finger on it ..

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Just Sittin' Around We... · 0 replies · +5 points

I want to fly like a beagle.

1 week ago @ Crasstalk - Just Sittin' Around We... · 0 replies · +6 points

He reminds me of the NYPL lions.

I think I posted of pic of them the last time you posted your beautiful kitty, and HV reminded me that the NYPL lions are named Patience and Fortitude!

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