watching ep 405 - Being From Another Planet
at the end they go in hard on the idea that this was the worst movie they ever did to-date
I never really got that bit.
It's certainly a dumb and bad enough movie but it's got a relatively coherent plot, the effects don't fall apart, and if the title for the Film Ventures International re-release didn't blow the ending it would even have a decent twist.
I guess it was just sort of a way to pad out the closing credits?
I've been wanting to get back into this show because I don't think I've actually sat and watched one since 2016, which blows my mind.
But because it's been a while and I'm out of the habit, I'm suffering choice paralysis on where exactly to begin again, any recommendations?
A huge part of the appeal of the show was indeed how unapologetically and authentically nerdy it was, it was just the way things were back in the 1990s.
And that's something that you almost can't replicate in today's world of "geek chic"
For MST3k if you really want to go through from the start you're likely in the best position you can be now that the first two KTMAs are in circulation leaving only the third episode unavailable
as much as some of the early KTMAs can clunk along the first ep is nice enough and the second episode is actually surprisingly solid
season 3 is usually regarded as when they really hit their stride
I'd say look for movies you're interested in seeing and go from there
if you mean Rifftrax then I usually just catch whatever random thing is on cytube. the Harry Potters are usually decent enough efforts. I found Twilight to be not _that_ hot for the riffing. I respect that they pause and look stupid a lot but the guys saying "... line" got old by partway through the first movie
Rifftrax really seems to mesh well with shit 80s action movies, like Miami Connection worked really well for them. They covered Robo Vampire, a Robert Cop vs Hopping Vampire movie from legendary shitmaven Godfrey Ho.
Their riffs on the Batman serials aren't bad but they don't marathon so great, like Commando Cody there's only so many ways to make fun of the exact same intro credits over and over and over and over
also RT on Killers From Space was good. Peter Graves is Peter Graves in another horrible cheap pile of shit that he sincerely tries to get through.
but yeah you point about them being sincerely nerdy is very solid
like I remember when they had a sudden MASSIVE uptick in Dune jokes, it was in the wake of the time The Disney Channel showed the long af Smithee cut at like two in the fucking morning
Cinematic Titanic is probably worth a look if you like Joel-era riffing, too. That was the thing Joel was doing before Jim Mallon had a change of heart, was basically The MST Alumni Who Weren't Mike, Bill, and Kevin.
