World Famous Comics: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Widescreen)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Widescreen)
Starring: John Brady, Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Mallon, Michael J. Nelson Directed By: Jim Mallon Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 06, 2008 Running Time: 75 minutes Theatrical Release Date: April 19, 1996
Description: From the makers of the highly successful cult classic TV series comes Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - one of the most outrageous, most irreverent, and most hilarious big-screen spoofs ever! A mad scientist, in his quest for world domination, concocts a diabolical scheme to subject the human race to the worst movie ever made: 1955's This Island Earth. It's up to one test subject's quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and utter intolerance for cinematic garbage to foil the plans of the scientist and to save the Earth. Experience the hijinks and low jabs of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - where the worse the movie is, the better time you'll have!
Amazon.com: The cult television show (in which a hapless space explorer and his robot pals are forced to watch and deliver a hilarious running commentary on bad movies) makes a successful transition to the big screen as Mike and the 'bots lay waste to the '50s sci-fi yarn This Island Earth (a painfully stiff would-be epic that's actually a cut above the usual MST3K fare). While ardent fans may be a little miffed that more advantage isn't taken of the expanded theatrical venue (aside from a tad more scatological humor than usual, the content here would fit in comfortably as a regular episode of the series), the nonstop, hyper-literate salvo of comedy riffs that run the gamut from references to Tommy Chong's backyard to Yes album covers more than make up for any conceptual complacency. Be prepared to laugh till it aches. --Andrew Wright
Two Movie for the Price of One! As the proud owner of the MST3K boxed DVD sets, this movie was a "must see." The best part is that the worse the movie Mike Nelson, Crow and Servo are watching, the better the wisecrack remarks coming from the trio.
Island Earth is a movie made for MST3K projection. The remarks by Nelson and the robots were so fast and furious, a few times we had to stop the DVD and rewind; we were laughing so hard we missed a few lines. One of the robots even recognized that one of the scientists in the movie played the "professor" on Gilligan's Island. And this happened right after we remarked, "Hey, isn't that..." It was hysterical.
This is one of the best MST3K's I've seen.
No extra's but a release finally Love this movie, keeps me in stitches every time again. Typically humour of the "you had to be there" kind. Sadly no extra's on the DVD, only the french dub; I guess for our Quebecois-friends, as this is a region 1 release. All in all a good buy this new release, especially since up to now old second hand VHS-releases have been going for about $150,-.
I'm not an alien! What else can one say about MST3K: The Movie? Classic series, classic movie. This was my first intro to MST3K many moons ago. I have never laughed so hard in my life. It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I'm still able to recite most of the lines. When I'm not laughing anyway.
Happy the long wait is over I waited a long time for the release of the MST3K movie, rounding out my collection. Though I'm still waiting for many of my favorite episodes, I was thrilled to see the legal barriers to the movie were finally removed. Being a MSTie, I am completely biased as to the movie. I loved Joel and missed him when he left, but I embraced Mike and his demented and slightly dark take on the terrible films he was forced to watch. It was really the constants of Crow and Tom that made this movie deserving of a place amongst my favorite episodes.
"Mike broke the hubble! Mike broke the hubble!" The popular show from Comedy Central makes it to the big screen. For those of you who watched it (I wasn't one of them), you know the premise: an evil scientist forces an astronaut and his robot sidekicks to watch a really bad sci-fi movie in the hopes that they will go bonkers and he can then take over the world. That doesn't work, of course, since they make wisecracks during the movie. This time around, Mike (the astronaut), Crow, and Servo (the robots) have to watch "This Island Earth". As expected, they make wisecracks throughout. That's not unusual for this big-screen treatment, but that's what makes it so funny. I laughed at every wisecrack Crow and Servo made, which happened, oh, every 2-3 seconds. Some memorable cracks: "Keanu Reeves in 'My Own Private Airfield'" (a take on his real movie, "My Own Private Idaho", of course); "Doesn't the fact that it's Universal make it international?" (Mike); "Well, I never Metaluna I didn't like"; "Miss Hathaway, Reverend Moon"; and "Prince's bedroom". Not even the closing credits of THIS movie are spared. A couple of memorable cracks: "Julie Walker, Texas Ranger" and "All rights are reserved; yeah, but what about the rights of that little girl?" There are other things that make the movie memorable, such as the interocitor (which looks like a giant cheese wedge) that Servo owns and the man in the shower who looks just like the aliens in "This Island Earth", complete with a raised forehead and white hair. Oh, and did anyone notice that the spaceship is shaped like a bone?
"MST3K-- The Movie" is a laugh-a-minute (or rather, a laugh-a-second) barrel of fun. Rent or buy it, but be prepared to have your funny bone (your own, not the bone-shaped spaceship!) tickled.
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