World Famous Comics: The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 9 (Women of the Prehistoric Planet / Wild Rebels / Sinister Urge / The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies)
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 9 (Women of the Prehistoric Planet / Wild Rebels / Sinister Urge / The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies)
Starring: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Rhino Theatrical Number of Items: 4 Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 16, 2006 Running Time: 375 minutes Theatrical Release Date: April 15, 1966
Description: How can something so awful be so much fun? That's a riddle solved once again by the men, women, and robots of Mystery Science Theater 3000, which turns affectionate mockery into an art form in this new collection of deliriously funny episodes from the beloved TV series. Joel, Mike, Tom Servo, Crow, and the usual gang of misfits take us on another memorable ride through four films that only the films mothers could love. Fasten your seatbelts. The Satellite of Love is back in action at warped speed.
HAI KEEBA, buy it now! It's hard to review this one when everyone else has done it so well. Let's just say that for me, the only let-down in this collection was Wild Rebels. It's the movie itself, not the guys -- who are as sharp as ever. My taste just tends to lean toward the fantastic, and I happen to despise the American 40s-60s as subject matter, so it's just an opinion. It's got some pretty hilarious bad dialogue and a person who blinks out of existence, no doubt consumed by a wormhole.
Each movie is deliciously bad, but my favorite is definitely Mixed-up Zombies. It's so weird and tries to be so much and fails on such an epic level that it's hard to tear one's eyes away. It's like watching a fourteen car pile-up. Between the terrible singers, the strippers who don't strip, the horrible dancing, the greasy fortune-teller... oh, it's magnificent. Just watch it.
Just as a side note: is it just me or does Ortega seem strangely reminiscent of Torgo? They should be best friends.
"Women of the Prehistoric Planet" grew on me, and now it's one of my favorite eps. Guessing the reason why "Women" is in the title and how all of the stupid characters are going to die is a good deal of fun. I always wondered where "HAI KEEBA" originated and, now that I know, I can die happy. All in all, I never get tired of those awful sets and little model spaceships and crappy science, and I promise you won't either!
"Sinister Urge," how I adore thee. With the way folks are killing each other over the "smut racket," you'd think they were selling coke. Nothing makes me laugh more than when they put a girl to work in the "smut industry" and promptly drape her in a shapeless, full-length shower so opaque one can't see even the barest hint of skin. Just a note to the potential buyer: don't be turned off by the word "smut" -- it's bandied about, but in the movie's context is only equated to women posing in swimsuits.
I can assure readers that this is a very quality set with a lot to offer. Just get it. You won't regret it!
Always a Hoot! Keep them coming mst3k and get a new show back on sci-fi and crucify some of the awful films of today!
Hilarious Great to see them getting more Joel episodes out on DVD. Very funny stuff.
Nice variety MST3K vol. 9 provides hours of entertainment at a reasonable price. If you're already a fan of the series, this is some of the best material available. If you're not a fan, the movies themselves are unintentionally funny enough. The commentaries of Joel/Mike and the robots push it over the top.
Women of the Prehistoric Planet is a real gem from the pre-Frank years. This was a fairly campy, scientifically-challenged, mildly sexy technicolor fest with an ending undeserved by the muddle that preceeded it. Hi-keeba.
Wild Rebels -- All for the kicks, baby. Disgruntled racecar driver looking like the lead singer guy from "That Thing You Do" rats out a rogue biker gang who get their "kicks" from robbing stores and passing around a scantily clad elderly woman. Uh I mean "babe."
The Sinister Urge was done by Ed Wood. Uh huh.
TISCWSLABMUZ is a real sleeper hit. By that I mean you (and the movie) will probably fall asleep about ten minutes after you push play. If you manage to caffeinate yourself sufficiently ahead of time, the lead character's foreign roommate is a real gas. Even when he's not mumbling real fast in a heavy Balkan accent, you gotta love the hairdo. And what can be said about Ortega that hasn't already been said about Torgo?
Hit Or Miss. This collection of MST3K Shows is a mixture of some of the best and some of the not-so-good. Let me break it down. "Pigs In Space!" Show 104, Women Of The Prehistoric Planet is the perfect example of a first class Science Fiction B-movie. Spaceships held up by strings, skin tight uniforms on the women, bad science and no real plot. In other words it has everything that could make it a wonderful flick. The disc even comes with an introduction by Irene Tsu who starred in the movie and made it really big after this film, her first part. The host segments in this DVD deal with the Isaac Asimov Doom's Day Device which I think is the funniest skit from the early Joel years. But not even MST3K could help the last part of the movie where it just seems to drag on, and on, and on. "Kicks, man, real kicks." Show 207, Wild Rebels, has no plot, no hero, no real characters but does have a nice get away car. Another example of Joel's early years, it almost seems like a light meal. Afterwards you don't feel full and don't remember a thing but you sure had fun. You think. "The Big Smiling Car." The Sinister Urge is Show 613. With an introduction by Conrad Brooks, which was filmed in black and white, and a short called Keeping Clean And Neat, this disc is worth watching. The movie was based on a true story of the porn trade in 1950 Hollywood. The case says that is was about the smut trade in 1960 Hollywood but Conrad Brooks says it was made by Ed Wood Jr. in 1952 and released in 1956, so that has to be wrong. Watch the short again after the movie to feel less dirty. "Remind me never to cross Bobo." The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-up Zombies is Show 812. First appearance of Ortega. Tall hair. Black cats. A crystal ball. Dancing strippers who never strip. The beach, the midway, the artistic feel to many of the dream segments and dance numbers just screams cheap film. Sometimes funny in a Ha-Ha way and sometimes funny in a nightmare way.
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