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Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVIII Satirific Volume 18 of the clever and witty ‘80s comedy series “Mystery Science Theater 3000” (MST 3K) includes two of the best episodes of the show. The concept of this unique show is that mad scientists use movies that are the “worst we can find” to torture their subjects in the Satellite of Love in outer space. The subjects, who appear in silhouette at the bottom of the screen, survive by making sarcastic remarks about the action in dismal production from Hollywood and abroad. This very literate group might refer to Russian literature one moment and base the next comment on an episode of “Gilligan’s Island.” The great thing about this format is that it does what many of us do or want to during films. One of my best experiences involved whispering “Fire at Will” to a friend during one of the final scenes of “Star Trek: Generations.” Additionally, the DVD sets are good ones to buy because they provide a chance to watch a truly great show that was not syndicated heavily. Each set consists of four two-hour episodes of the series, which began life at a local Minneapolis television station and then moved to the Comedy Channel before it became Comedy Central. Its final home was on the SciFi Channel, now the SyFy Channel. The spoof of “Lost Continent,” a 1950s scifi bomb about a search for a lost rocket on a primitive island, has become one of my favorite; the film stars Hugh Beaumont of “Leave it to Beaver,” and contains several hilarious and occasionally obscure references to that classic show. It is worth mentioning too that separate DVD sets of the third season and the complete series of “Beaver” have been released recently. “Crash of the Moons” is great because it is a feature-length version of the Rocky Jones serials and involves an impending collision between a moon inhabited by a benign population and one ruled by a ruthless she Rodham-devil. The jokes about the roulette wheel appearance of a space station and the Wesley Crusher like moppet Billy alone make this one worthwhile. “Jack Frost” is the third best of this set; a Russo-Finnish fairy tale about the romance between an arrogant hunter being turned into a werebear and a Cinderella-like character with an evil stepmother provided the fodder for the jokes. I had thought that the movie would be too awful to endure even with the commentary but ended up liking it. “The Beast of Yucca Flats” was not as strong as the other three; Tor Johnson of notoriously low-budget highly flawed Ed Woods films did provide entertainment as a defecting Russian scientist who becomes a homicidal maniac after getting too close to an a-bomb test. I encourage other MSTies or folks who have discovered MST 3K through the DVD sets to e-mail me at tvdvdguy@gmail.com. TV on DVD Reviews: |
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVIII Product Details Bonus Features: * Special Introductions by Frank Conniff and Kevin Murphy * Original Mystery Science Theater Hour Wraps * A Look Back at The Beast Of Yucca Flats * Original Trailers & Promos * 4 Exclusive MST3K Mini-Posters by Artist Steve Vance Product Details * Actors: Joel Hodgson, Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy * Directors: Kevin Murphy * Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC * Language: English * Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) * Number of discs: 4 * Rated: Unrated * Studio: Shout! Factory * DVD Release Date: July 13, 2010 * Run Time: 400 minutes Actors in North Carolina / Southern Actors PR4 & PR5 Pages for ads - CHEAP!
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