![]() ![]() Dodgy Toupee: The guys briefly debate whether the black object on Gumbo's head is a matador's hat or one of these.Fantastic Racism: What does Mike think one of the robots is painting on Gumby's house?īrain Guy: Actually, it was a titch pathetic of us, I'm afraid.Faking the Dead: In order to try to scam his way to a free coffin, Servo calls up the film's distributors and claims that he his friend died while watching it.He panics and tries to back out, but ends up having to pay shipping both ways on his coffin (on Mike's credit card). Forced Perspective: A gratuitous shot of Bobo being held in Brain Guy's fist, as punishment for dressing up like an ape.Gaslighting: In Universe, along with the film. ![]() Pearl's penguin prank is an attempt to trick Mike and the 'Bots into believing that they forgot an appointment to wear costumes right now!, driving them into a humiliating panic. Golf Clubbing: Crow pretends to be a screaming skull and Mike panics and attacks him with a golf club.Gone Horribly Right: During a host segment, Crow has set himself up like a screaming skull in order to scare Mike.One little " Raarh" sends Mike into screaming hysterics. Worse, Mike (still gibbering in panic) gets a hold of a bat and then a golf club. Then they calm him down by convincing him it's just Crow pulling a prank.Only for Crow to perform another little "scream", sending Mike into screaming hysterics again and swinging the golf club, taking the top of Servo's head in his panicked attack. Hearing Voices: Referenced and parodied.Servo: Hehehe, boy, do they look stupid.Ĭrow: Yeah, at least we maintained our dignity. Informed Attribute: Many jokes are made from almost the beginning of the movie about how creepy Mickey is, but he doesn't really do anything that threatening or even disgusting in the film.He's seen skulking around, but since he's the gardener and actually lives on the grounds, that's not very unusual at all. Jump Cut: During the movie, there's a very noticeable skip in the film stock, causing Servo to dub Jenni's voice: "The film broke and it was horrible!" as she fearfully runs into Eric's arms.Kubrick Stare: How Mike and the Bots react to Bobo's failed prank.Make-Out Point: Partway through the movie, Tom realizes that, at that point, people would be starting to neck instead of being frightened and invites Mike to have a go.Mike is disgusted instead and tries to shoo him away. Metamorphosis: In the first host segment, Tom Servo has become a beautiful butterfly! By the second segment, he's back to normal.Mike: You guys might be tempted to make a " Smoke on the Water" reference here, but I urge you to refrain. Offer Void In Nebraska: Crow's response to the disclaimer at the film's start."Offer void in Utah, Florida, and Arizona. Overly Long Gag: Mocking the movie's premise (that a skull is, by itself, inherently terrifying), Mike goes on freaking out at the sight of a screaming skull (" Raaarh.") well past the point where it's obviously Crow.If there was ever a time to bring back MST3K it's now. Fans threw money at the cause back then in the form of an ad in Variety.Įdit: no TV show needs to exist but the mst3k format works, riffing on media is arguably more popular now than it's ever been, crowdfunding is mainstream and content providers like Netflix are bringing back old shows all the time, sometimes very successfully. People have wanted the show to come back since the SciFi channel canceled it. The franchise is being resurrected because people wanted it to be. He's been wanting to bring it back for a while now, but only recently got the rights back. I just question the need to resurrect a 15+ years-dead franchise and can't see any purpose for it other than to cash-in on name recognition. New voices on the robots are fine, as are new cast members. I also think it's telling that Joel keeps saying that any old cast members are welcome back, but they're all pretty much avoiding it (excepting Frank, I guess). This whole project just reeks of a quick cash-in where Joel drops some names to get people excited, where most of those big names appear to be limited-time writers. I'm not saying I won't give this a chance and watch it but I tend not to trust anything that asks for the money before they're even done making the product. Not just star-studded, but pandering to "nerd culture!" Oh boy, Felicia Day! She's hilarious and a known comic, right? Hope she brings Wil Wheaton! He was on that thing from back when and is now a trusted nerd guru! Or I guess you could get some sleepy-eyed guy mumbling into a microphone that unplugs halfway through his speech about how he needs money because he's totally got a star-studded cast for that new thing from your childhood ![]()
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