Tuesday, June 23, 2009

MST3000



We recently Netflixed a spectacularly bad episode of Mystery Science Theater 300, "Hercules Against the Moon Men." I had almost forgotten how funny Joel, Crow and Tom Servo were as they rattled their way through space and miserable movies. Here is a picture of the Moon Man costume, an amazingly dopey get-up something like a tin foil oil with kevlar oven mitts for hands. Also on tap: perhaps the longest sand storm on film; cameos by Telly Savalas and Paul Sorvino (not); worst ever special effects; and the least realistic torture devices imaginable. So bad, we watched it three times!

3 comments:

Clark said...

Ack! You're off by a factor of 10! it's MST3000 (or MST3K). But fabulous by any name.

W.L.Platt said...

Oops. You know that's what I meant!

Rene Potter said...

hahahaha Jana and I used to watch that show.