BEST Movies MSTed (Low Fat Cheese)

[Steven Thorpe a.k.a. thor]

jeff...@teleport.com writes:

>What movies on the MST roster were actually, really, kinda not so bad?
>Movies that were well MSTed anyway, but might have slipped past a 3 AM
>channel surf without setting off the cheese alarm?


Well, speaking as a confirmed addict of late night science fiction
movies -- I used to look *forward* to watching stuff like AMAZING
COLOSSAL MAN and BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE at 3 a.m. ;>

But, to answer your question, I'd say that some of the movies
that had better production values than, say, MONSTER A-GO-GO and
looked like they had spent their money wisely (at least in places)
would be:

THE MAGIC SWORD
THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE
THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD

(I'd actually like to see these last two in their original cuts,
subtitled without the ludicrous dubbing).

I wouldn't have turned any of those off if I hadn't seen them
before. (Another big plus going for all three is that they are all
very *strange*).

And, of course there's SPACE TRAVELERS (a.k.a. MAROONED) which
actually won an Oscar for SFX.

--thor

[shnook...@netins.net]

I'd also add to that list _The Rebel Set_. It's actually a pretty decent
little heist movie. I think it's MSTability lies mainly with the presence
of Edward Platt, providing endless "Get Smart" references.
You *really* think _Magic Voyage of Sinbad_ is not that bad?? The underwater
scene alone sets off my Cheese-O-Meter (doo doo doo doo doo...).

Christine Hennig
shnook...@netins.net

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Steven Thorpe a.k.a. thor (tho...@csulb.edu) wrote:
: that had better production values than, say, MONSTER A-GO-GO and

: looked like they had spent their money wisely (at least in places)
: would be:
: THE MAGIC SWORD
: THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE
: THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD
: (I'd actually like to see these last two in their original cuts,
: subtitled without the ludicrous dubbing).

That reminds me of another good film, in Season 2- First Spaceship from
Venus. Supposedly a very good foreign film that got absolutely mutilated
(by 50 minutes!) in the American release...

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[Steven Thorpe a.k.a. thor]

shnook...@netins.net writes:

> I'd also add to that list _The Rebel Set_. It's actually a pretty decent
>little heist movie. I think it's MSTability lies mainly with the presence
>of Edward Platt, providing endless "Get Smart" references.

Ed Platt is the best thing about THE REBEL SET. He gets to play an
intelligent, classy criminal mastermind. Probably the best acting he
ever did.

> You *really* think _Magic Voyage of Sinbad_ is not that bad?? The underwater
>scene alone sets off my Cheese-O-Meter (doo doo doo doo doo...).

Ok, I'll give you that one. The underwater sequence is (I guess)
supposed to be whimsical fantasy, but cheese is still cheese no matter
how whimsical. Still, other effects (like the Bird of Happiness hypnosis
scene) are done quite nicely, I think.

--thor

[Steven Thorpe a.k.a. thor]

cgo...@gate.net (Soundwave [ASTEK]) writes:

>Others that I've seen that wouldn't have been in the cheesy category
>include Marooned (Space Travellers) except for the stupid ending, and The
>Magic Sword (which really is a decent kids film). Ones that I haven't
>seen that seem to do ok review wise are a few of the KTMA episodes
>(notably Phase IV and A Cold Night's Death/ The Chill Factor), and


I'd be interested to know, Chad, if anyone has ever verified that
they actually *did* PHASE IV. There seems to be a lot of confusion
amongst the various episode guides that I've seen. I know it's not
circulating, because Brian Dunkle doesn't have it. Maybe juliewa knows
for sure?

--thor

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Steven Thorpe a.k.a. thor (tho...@csulb.edu) wrote:

: >seen that seem to do ok review wise are a few of the KTMA episodes

: >(notably Phase IV and A Cold Night's Death/ The Chill Factor), and
: I'd be interested to know, Chad, if anyone has ever verified that
: they actually *did* PHASE IV. There seems to be a lot of confusion

No, same as no one can verify that they did Thunderbirds are Go (which
is another one of those supposed-to-be-ok movies- especially the killer
rock n roll scenes)... but I included it in there just because. (: