Re: Well, I've finally seen some non-Sci Fi MST3K!

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 00:30:34 -0800, "Ivy Tanith Ullanna"
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>"Dgates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> I think the show should have considered whether it really needed a
>> ground-based cast of regulars at all.  Especially ones that for some
>> reason are deliberately keeping Mike Nelson in a satellite.
>
>I thought that plot/setting decision was made way back in Ye Elder Days when the
>SOL was no longer of (on-camera) Joel's own design, and the idea that he had
>been shot into space against his will came about. There has to be something
>*keeping* Mike up there; else why on earth (er... why in space) would he stay up
>there? If that's because he's just mechanically stuck (which, personally, I
>think is a kind of pedestrian reason; being put upon by an outside agent is more
>colourful), then why the heck are they watching terrible movies all the time?
>
>An off-camera reason, perhaps: Having just four characters is a little sparse,
>and would have felt doubly so compared to the larger casts of earlier seasons?

Well, maybe the question is with why they needed "regulars" on the
ground, and those particular regulars doing what they did.

Any time Pearl talked about how she was going to take over the world,
I just felt like the show wasn't hitting on anything recognizable as
funny, interesting, etc.  BUT...  once they went through the wormhole
and started moving from bizarre world to bizarre world, the Sci Fi
years definitely picked up.

I have to compare the episode where the pods are taking over all the
characters to the episode where some evil administrator gives Pearl a
test to see if she's evil enough.

And if it can't be funny, it should at least be *interesting* (like
some of the early invention exchanges).  I loved the very first
wormhole episode where Mike and the bots were all a few seconds off
sync.  It wasn't so much laugh-out-loud funny as it was just really
cleverly constructed.


Anyway, going all the way back to the original topic of the thread...
The show sure seemed a lot simpler in the first few seasons -- like it
could lay out some really funny stuff without trying too hard or
having to constantly scramble to reinvent itself.

But there were plenty of good quips in the Sci-Fi years as well.
Maybe there was some strain, but there were still some ridiculous
movies and some quips that went down nice and smooth.  I'd sure take
the Sci-Fi years over the alternative (no seasons 8 thru 10 at all).
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