A useful necromancy this time - I forgot to check this thread to find out which episodes are on par with Manos for sheer hilarity.
*Best* movie ever featured on MST3K
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I'll stick with my daikaiju roots and say 'Gorgo', a giant monster film that could have been an adventure of the Doctor or Professor Quatermass, and which was actually remade in Japan as Gappa The Triphibian Monster. Decent science, believable plot, and good panic scenes--actually better than some G's, in which you can see the extras *smiling* as they flee.
Sadly, Godzilla vs. Megalon doesn't even improve in the subbed version--only the dam bursting rules. The MST3K version and a 1978 version shown on NBC w/ John Belushi in a G suit make it passable.
There were quite a few that weren't hideous, or even truly bad. But the rotten meat was the meat of MST3K. I found Time Of The Apes intriguing, even before MST.
BTW, the very worst Gamera film was never even shown on MST3K : 1980's Gamera : Super Monster features sentai superhero women, an enemy lead ship that is an SW Star Destroyer rip-off, and no new battle footage at all. None. By the time Gamera sacrifices his life to stop the enemy, we are less awed than envious.
Sadly, Godzilla vs. Megalon doesn't even improve in the subbed version--only the dam bursting rules. The MST3K version and a 1978 version shown on NBC w/ John Belushi in a G suit make it passable.
There were quite a few that weren't hideous, or even truly bad. But the rotten meat was the meat of MST3K. I found Time Of The Apes intriguing, even before MST.
BTW, the very worst Gamera film was never even shown on MST3K : 1980's Gamera : Super Monster features sentai superhero women, an enemy lead ship that is an SW Star Destroyer rip-off, and no new battle footage at all. None. By the time Gamera sacrifices his life to stop the enemy, we are less awed than envious.
This Island Earth was very good until the end, which is unacceptably bad. Fans of SF movies can enjoy the good stuff and make allowances for the absence of a coherent ending, but people who don't like SF can't. I don't see any particular reason why they should.
As far as MST3K goes, the "jokes" were essentially, it's an old movie, and it's scifi, and made fun when not needed to pass the time. But frankly, MST3K could just as well zapped the original The Day the Earth Stood Still, or Forbidden Planet, or The War of the Worlds.
As far as MST3K goes, the "jokes" were essentially, it's an old movie, and it's scifi, and made fun when not needed to pass the time. But frankly, MST3K could just as well zapped the original The Day the Earth Stood Still, or Forbidden Planet, or The War of the Worlds.
Had to post it, because if we're talking original pedigree, its hard to beat Lem...whom many SF critics consider the greatest SF writer ever, East or West.
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