• MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)!

    From Doug Elrod@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 8 11:59:09 2019
    Although this season had only six episodes, the overall amount of funny was considerably more than in Season 11, IMHO. I'm thinking they found a way to "dig deep", to borrow a phrase of Joel's. Several of this season's episodes (particularly, "Lords of
    the Deep", "The Day Time Ended", and "Ator the Fighting Eagle") would have fit comfortably into a mid-1990's season, which is saying something!

    On the other hand, "Atlantic Rim" put out such overwhelming waves of badness that I felt *unprotected*, in spite of the riffs. This has happened once or twice for me with MST3K -- maybe it's just me.

    In any case, if you've been waiting around for some new MST3K, I heartily recommend paying whatever it takes (which is probably a Netflix subscription) to see Season 12. And, judging from the end of "Ator the Fighting Eagle", it appears a Live Tour is
    in the offing (perhaps here: mst3klive.com). If the riff quality on that is up to the standards of this season, that should be a must-have ticket, too!

    -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
    P.S. If you happen to still be on CLU GULAGER ALERT, may I point you to Quentin Tarantino's new film, "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood". My alert didn't go off before the end credits (shame), but perhaps yours will earlier!

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  • From Doug Elrod@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 16 10:25:28 2019
    I should mention that the other two episodes are "Mac and Me" and "Killer Fish", each of which was a worthy candidate. I enjoyed these more than I generally liked Season 11, just not to the level of the "Lords of the Deep", "The Day Time Ended", and "
    Ator the Fighting Eagle".

    -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
    P.S. CONCEPTS!

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  • From Joe Morris@21:1/5 to Doug Elrod on Thu Aug 22 16:08:23 2019
    Not so long ago, Doug Elrod wrote:
    Although this season had only six episodes, the overall amount of funny was considerably more than in Season 11, IMHO. I'm thinking they found a way to "dig deep", to borrow a phrase of Joel's. Several of this season's episodes (particularly, "Lords
    of the Deep", "The Day Time Ended", and "Ator the Fighting Eagle") would have fit comfortably into a mid-1990's season, which is saying something!

    I agree. Binged them when they came out and had only rewatched
    "The Day Time Ended" because it was so hilarious.
    Best MST3K song ever? Maybe

    Your post inspired me to watch Lords again. That had some
    pretty solid laughs. Season 12 has a lot going for it.
    Hope Patton sticks around!

    --
    Joe Morris Atlanta history blog
    jolomo@gmail.com http://atlhistory.com

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  • From weary flake@21:1/5 to Doug Elrod on Sat Sep 7 18:11:37 2019
    On 2019-08-08 18:59:09 +0000, Doug Elrod said:

    Although this season had only six episodes, the overall amount of funny
    was considerably more than in Season 11, IMHO. I'm thinking they found
    a way to "dig deep", to borrow a phrase of Joel's. Several of this
    season's episodes (particularly, "Lords of the Deep", "The Day Time
    Ended", and "Ator the Fighting Eagle") would have fit comfortably into
    a mid-1990's season, which is saying something!

    On the other hand, "Atlantic Rim" put out such overwhelming waves of
    badness that I felt *unprotected*, in spite of the riffs. This has
    happened once or twice for me with MST3K -- maybe it's just me.

    In any case, if you've been waiting around for some new MST3K, I
    heartily recommend paying whatever it takes (which is probably a
    Netflix subscription) to see Season 12. And, judging from the end of
    "Ator the Fighting Eagle", it appears a Live Tour is in the offing
    (perhaps here: mst3klive.com). If the riff quality on that is up to
    the standards of this season, that should be a must-have ticket, too!

    -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
    P.S. If you happen to still be on CLU GULAGER ALERT, may I point you
    to Quentin Tarantino's new film, "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood".
    My alert didn't go off before the end credits (shame), but perhaps
    yours will earlier!

    When I read about this I thought they had riffed The Gauntlet (1977);
    how disappointing that it's only a title and not a riff on the movie
    with the fortified bus running between two walls of gunfire heading
    for the witness stand at the courthouse!

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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 9 16:28:29 2019
    On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 18:11:37 -0700, weary flake <wearyflake@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    When I read about this I thought they had riffed The Gauntlet (1977);
    how disappointing that it's only a title and not a riff on the movie
    with the fortified bus running between two walls of gunfire heading
    for the witness stand at the courthouse!

    There's also a graphic rape scene in that movie, which the principal
    of my high school didn't realize when he got a copy to show the entire
    school during some sort of special assembly (it was probably the day
    before Christmas break or something and they had nothing better to do
    with us).

    Anyway, I remember the film projector being stopped abruptly and the
    principal going up on the stage to apologize to anyone who was
    offended. A bit of a minor scandal at the time.

    -- Bice

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  • From weary flake@21:1/5 to Bice on Mon Sep 9 14:51:33 2019
    On 2019-09-09 16:28:29 +0000, Bice said:

    On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 18:11:37 -0700, weary flake <wearyflake@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    When I read about this I thought they had riffed The Gauntlet (1977);
    how disappointing that it's only a title and not a riff on the movie
    with the fortified bus running between two walls of gunfire heading
    for the witness stand at the courthouse!

    There's also a graphic rape scene in that movie, which the principal
    of my high school didn't realize when he got a copy to show the entire
    school during some sort of special assembly (it was probably the day
    before Christmas break or something and they had nothing better to do
    with us).

    Anyway, I remember the film projector being stopped abruptly and the principal going up on the stage to apologize to anyone who was
    offended. A bit of a minor scandal at the time.

    I apologize for mentioning it, I haven't seen the movie, only clips of
    it. I was waiting for the movie to be riffed to see it. MST3K had
    removed a rape from The Sidehackers to riff it way back in the second
    season, and it didn't hurt the plot.

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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 10 21:29:28 2019
    On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 14:51:33 -0700, weary flake <wearyflake@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 2019-09-09 16:28:29 +0000, Bice said:

    On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 18:11:37 -0700, weary flake <wearyflake@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    When I read about this I thought they had riffed The Gauntlet (1977);
    how disappointing that it's only a title and not a riff on the movie
    with the fortified bus running between two walls of gunfire heading
    for the witness stand at the courthouse!

    There's also a graphic rape scene in that movie, which the principal
    of my high school didn't realize when he got a copy to show the entire
    school

    I apologize for mentioning it, I haven't seen the movie, only clips of
    it. I was waiting for the movie to be riffed to see it. MST3K had
    removed a rape from The Sidehackers to riff it way back in the second
    season, and it didn't hurt the plot.


    Oh, no need to apologize to me. I thought it was hilarious at the
    time. Looking back on it, I can't believe he didn't get fired.

    -- Bob

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  • From Doug Elrod@21:1/5 to Bice on Tue Sep 10 16:19:13 2019
    On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 4:29:30 PM UTC-5, Bice wrote re "The Gauntlet" (1977):
    Oh, no need to apologize to me. I thought it was hilarious at the
    time. Looking back on it, I can't believe he didn't get fired.

    -- Bob

    I once attended an academic seminar which showed ZARDOZ as an example of future society, or something. The discussion rapidly degenerated into giggling :-)

    -Doug "Yes, ZARDOZ!" Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)

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