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This is a commission for ; it's similar to his previous commissions, larger, of course...because it pays tribute to Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, the ill-fated 1996 feature film version of everyone's favorite sarcastic puppet show!In case you haven't seen it (and since it only played in about 66 theaters nationwide, I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't), it's basically MST3K with a bigger budget, only with fewer obscure references and a meager 74-minute running time, thank you very much, Universal Studios. The film that they tear apart (quite literally, at one point) is 1955's This Island Earth, a potboiler of a sci-fi yawner that wants so hard to be The Day The Earth Stood Still but doesn't quite have the cojones. But it does have a big-brained slacks-wearing monster, a far distant world made out of matte paintings ("They're very into Yes on this planet"), and a baritone-voiced lunkhead of a hero who learns nothing from his trip across the cosmos. All I learned from this movie is to never unplug my interocitor without properly powering it down first. And that steel waffles are flammable and should be handled with the utmost care.
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"Exeter"
"You bastard."
"You're lying."
"And I hate you."
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Joe: Cal, bail out!
Cal: I can't. I'm too low.
Mike: I got the blues so bad. Uh-huh.
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Exeter was more the hero of this movie than numbnuts there.
"Dickweed: "Jackoff"
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"Don't run, we are your friends!" Oh, wait, wrong movie!
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Came out the same year, though 
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Sure does seem that way!
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When Cal began speaking, my first thought was, "Does he inhale sulfur-hexafluoride, in the morning?"
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"No power, no nothing!"
"No ticky, no shirty!"
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Crow: "Not since Ted Kennedy in a Barney suit!"
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Oh yeah and who could forget.
Crow: "Oh I fell on my keys".
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A lot of diehard sci-fi geeks were mad when MST3K chose to riff this movie;having seen it several times,in my opinion,it's not that great...and I'm comparing it to other sci-fi films of the time,like "War Of The Worlds","Forbidden Planet","Invaders From Mars" and so on.
It was a great idea for a plot,but the entire revelation about Metaluna and its fate don't come until the end of the film,there's no backstory about WHY Metaluna and Zaygon are at war,the "mute-ant",prominently featured in all the ads,is little more than a clumsy plot device,and they're on Metaluna for...what?...twenty minutes?...before they have to leave to escape the destruction!
In fact,there's a scene which,amazingly,wasn't in the MST3K version where Exeter is taking Cal and Ruth on a travel-cart tour of Metaluna,pointing off-camera and describing the ruins of the once-great civilization...Uh,hello?Remember us...the AUDIENCE?!Don't WE get to see it?!
And,as much as love MST3K,the movie sold them a little short...it didn't HAVE to be only 74 minutes long.They could've shown "This Island Earth" in its entirety.If that's still not long enough,they could've had a short beforehand...preferably some color thing from the 1950s/60s,where they use some weird-ass fantasy premise to sell something...think "Mr. B Natural","Once Upon A Honeymoon","Out Of This World",etc.
And on a personal note,it was a little jarring hearing them use the word "sh-t" several times.I mean,c'mon guys!!!You're MST3K!!You don't need to stoop to that level of humor!Leave that to the Wayans,the Farrellys,the Freidberg and Seltzers,the (insert name of SNL veteran of the last two decades attempting a movie career)...the ones so comically stunted that they NEED that sort of fallback!!!
(maybe that's just my opinion)Β Β
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It did feel a bit gratuitous, but I think that the two uses of the "shit" to get a PG-13 rating were at the best possible places they could put them.
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Actually, it was three times.
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Did anyone else actually sway in their seat to "normal view, norrrmalll viewwwww noooormaaalllll viiiewwww NORRMALL VIEeeeEEeeEewwwwww" ?
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Into the weenie mobile! Weenie man awayyy!!
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I read "This Island Earth" as a book (I own a copy). And I have to say, it'sΒ even cornier than the movie! Β Β
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' you dinks.. *snff* you crushed my nads!'
that movie was a delight to watch, mike and the bots are a fun bonus! Love the colors in this, it'd make a kickass blacklight poster!
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This movie was the ONLY part of the series that was dubbed here in Brazil.
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Did you also learned that there were also DELETED SCENES from this film. In fact, they were some special material that was filmed by a guy who found lost footage of MST3K3000 The Movie. Not kidding!
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This film was made during the "Universal-International" era, and it makes you wonder.
Doesn't the fact that it's Universal MAKE it international?
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Notice how big Japan is?
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well hey sudenly I have a refreshing mint flaver.
THIS IS A JOB FOR WEENIE MAN!!!
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Into the Weeniemobile! Weenie-Man AWAY!
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You wonder why We're all hear and why I have a picture of a burger on the wall.
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And whether or not I have pants on.
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and last but not least I also HAVE A SPLINTER.
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Great! Brack siphoned our gaaaaassss!
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Sort this, deliver that, I'll make them all pay...
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Hey we're entering cristean shelly's back yard.
*Caughing*
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Aw, we've got soccer teams laying all over the place.
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wow guess doctor zeus decorated there planet.
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(It's spelled Seuss)
They're going 35, so they'll get there in 12 billion years.
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he's holding a mutant turd.
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we're in the tube woooo.
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Inserting the breakfast pastry.
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That was one of the highlights of the show for me, when they chanted in unison to the music:
"NORMAL VIEW, NORMAL VIEW, NORMAL VIEW, NORRRMAALLL VIEWWWWWWWW!!"
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Nor-mal View,
Nor-mal View,
Nor-mal View,
Nor... mal... VIEWWWWWWWWWWW.... OHHHHHH...
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"Good morning, Dr. Meacham."
Good morning, voice.
"We hope you slept well."
'Cause it's time to die!
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"Hey, look- my grandma's legs!"
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"Man, you come right out of a comic book."- Williams ("Enter the Dragon", 1973)
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I actually knew the movie was coming out, and made sure to at least rent a video of it shortly after its release to the home viewing public. And yes, keep the fire extinguisher handy with those waffles!
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MST3K the movie was a good one.
As far as the artwork goes I liked your style. Just as a suggestion it would be cool if you added some speech bubbles.
"Self cleaning mutant leaves only the fresh scent of pine"
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