MST3K was so wrong
MST3K was so wrong to make fun of this film. While not quite at the level of the Day the Eath Stod Sill, it is one of the more memorable of 50's sci fi. A decent and intirguing film. MSTK must have run out of material.
shareMST3K was so wrong to make fun of this film. While not quite at the level of the Day the Eath Stod Sill, it is one of the more memorable of 50's sci fi. A decent and intirguing film. MSTK must have run out of material.
shareWhat the hell are you guys talking about? This Island Earth is a horrible movie.
shareThe film is decent on it's own, but a very good MST3K film. I never bothered to see the original version, but I wouldn't mind as there's like 30 minutes or so of footage not in MST3K.
Apparently Rex Reason like the film. Opened it to a new generation and audience. And I agree. If it were not for MST3K, I never would've seen this film at all.
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I didn't think it was a great choice for the MST3K movie...it's not bad enough for me...but its definitely bad
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I liked MST3K and found it to be very funny, I also liked the original movie.
I don't think MST3K is seriously ripping into the film its all done in good humor.
I saw This Island Earth years ago on a cable channel...possibly TNT's Monster Vision, I don't remember. Anyhow, I rather enjoyed it and was always familiar with the film thanks to an old book of monsters I used to check out from my elementary school library that had a picture of the mutant in it. The film is beautifully designed and nice to look at, but let's face it, is also chock full of things to laugh about. It's fifty plus years old and has some really bad science in it now, so why not be able to enjoy a MST3K version of it? Being able to laugh at this stuff doesn't in any way diminish my adoration for the original film. Those who seem offended need to realize that the MST3K version brought some new fans into the fold, so I don't see the problem.
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Then blame the fans and not the show. The show is hilarious and I would gladly watch them make fun of even the very favorite films, new or old. There's no point in refusing to enjoy something that is funny just because you think it is insulting the material or whatever. If some fans can't enjoy the original, then so what? We are never going to have everyone share our love of older films anyhow, regardless of MST3K. Besides, some of the films on the show are VERY deserving of being made fun of. VERY deserving. Anyhow, I was talking with a friend the other day and we agreed that it would be lots of fun to see them poke fun at the James Bond series!
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wendybrad (http://www.imdb.com/user/ur22177290/boards/profile/), what in the name of Jesus is your problem? The last thing I expected from you is some nonsense post that makes me envision you with saliva dripping from your lip as you type in a frenzy.
Jasons_Argonaut, your Ignorance is appaling; ... First off, if you are going to take the road of high school insults, the LEAST you can do is spell appalling correctly in a sentence about ignorance. Secondly, there is no ignorance on display here except in your own childish rant that shows me that you are incapable of presenting anything worth reading. Odd, seeing that you and I have gotten along in the past. Are you bipolar or something? Multiple Personality Disorder perhaps?? If so, it's treatable with medication.
What the Hell are you talking about?! I never said anything about older movies. ... We are on a thread ABOUT an older movie, in case you have forgotten. Stop being an over-reactionary drama queen, as it is making you look quite the fool.
You don't know me. ... Nor would I want to after watching you act in such embarrassing fashion. But back to the point, I never claimed to know you. Now wipe the slobber from your lip and stop making things up just so you can be a drama queen about it.
That's your opinion. Opinion is not fact ... Just a handful of days before you made this ridiculous post, you posted this pointless comment that stated nothing more than the supposed fact that you were right and I was wrong, followed by some Youtube link of a battle from some movie. What that was supposed to mean is beyond me, but I can't help but laugh at the way you are desperate to have your opinion be seen as fact while simultaneously trying to shout down anything else. Aside from contradicting yourself and looking like a hypocrite in the process, what's with all the shouting and insults?
And i wanted to know that useless peice of Information, because? ... Seeing that you've chosen the road of bipolar bitch, I recommend getting regulated on your medications before bothering to return to this thread. What a fool you are after all of that, a complete waste of time. A stupid troll looking for a fight. All you managed to do was to showcase just how wrong you were all along. The simple point of the matter is that one can be a fan of something AND still appreciate the humor of something like MST3K. It's not rocket science...or maybe it is for someone of your ilk. What a pathetic pile of vitriol you've become.
Now, be sure to wear your eye patch before eating...I'd hate to see you poke your eye out with your fork.
EDIT: This angry oddball person came back and deleted their posts after being put in their place.
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OP, no, I found this interesting movie to be
"ripe for the pickings" to be busted on.
And, apparently, the MST3K movie is shorter than the length
of "This Island Earth." ??
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Bleh. They criticize for humor's sake. Do you really care what they think, anyway? Do you watch MST3K episodes to get an actual feel of a movie? Think of them as reviews?
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Bleh. They criticize for humor's sake. Do you really care what they think, anyway? Do you watch MST3K episodes to get an actual feel of a movie? Think of them as reviews? >>> Exactly. Big deal if they make fun of the film. I love This Island Earth, but at the same time it has stuff that makes for good funny MST3K material as well. I don't understand why some folks are so anal that they can't enjoy a good laugh while still being a fan of the original.
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I cracks me up how people on the internet think that MST3k is somehow the equivalent to a movie critic or an academic review. Whether or not you like MST3k doesn't matter; all they do is watch movies and make wisecracks. That's it. They may often pick movies that people consider "bad", but the fact that most of their jokes don't criticize the movies goes to show that the fact that a movie was riffed by MST3k has nothing to do with how "good" or "bad" it was.
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I enjoyed the movie 19 years ago when i was 12 when i saw it on TNT and thought it was fun, i've been a fan of MST3K since i was 10 and i saw MST3K the movie in theaters in junior high as i thought it was hilarious.
The MST3K guys liked the movie and even told Forrester you gotta do better than that.
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It was a very good film. However, MST3K did a good job of making fun of it.
Even good films could be parodied MST3K style.
For example, I've seen people trying to defend the line in the film:
EXETER:
Put your hands above the rails; they're magnetized.
MIKE NELSON,MST3K (Imitating Exeter):
...and if your hands were metal, that would mean something.
I found that to be one of the funnier MST3K lines, but people defending the film tried to give logical reasons why the original line made sense and was not worthy of parody. face it, it was a silly line in the original film that made no sense. The film was still good, but the line made no sense.
It can be both -- Both a good film and an MST3K target for parody.