tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post2741870480312033576..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: MST3K - Season 12 OverviewRoman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-30393796084471325182018-11-26T06:42:10.608-08:002018-11-26T06:42:10.608-08:00Nice catch! You are absolutely right. All told thi...Nice catch! You are absolutely right. All told this was a fun season. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed "Killer Fish". And "Ator" was as dull a movie as I remember it being from when I was a kid. It had more in common with "Cave Dwellers" style wise than I also remembered - especially those slow halting speeches.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-54611005970038063942018-11-24T11:13:00.288-08:002018-11-24T11:13:00.288-08:00A common theme of the movies selected is that they...A common theme of the movies selected is that they all attempted to cash in either on the success of a prior movie or the publicity of a concurrent movie, with varying degrees of brazenness. We all know about Mac and Me ripping off E.T. and how Atlantic Rim was slipping out ahead of Pacific Rim. Max points out how Lords of the Deep was one of a string of science fiction and horror movies with an underwater setting that came out in 1989. The Day Time Ended can be seen as an incoherent version of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Killer Fish is another attempt to capture the Jaws magic. And Ator is one of the many Conan wannabees of the Eighties.Sitting Ducknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-70637241828952240052018-11-24T09:36:07.245-08:002018-11-24T09:36:07.245-08:00Watched the first three on Thanksgiving. First imp...Watched the first three on Thanksgiving. First impressions were good. "Mac & Me" was my favorite of the three. But "Lords of the Deep" was surprisingly awful in a wonderful way. "Atlantic Rim" was... wow, just a bad movie all the way around. Jonah and the bots do a good job, but the movie doesn't give them all that much to work with. Looking forward to the next three!Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-24196049872432373042018-11-21T09:34:01.244-08:002018-11-21T09:34:01.244-08:00Mac & Me was a clear ripoff of E.T. but it'...Mac & Me was a clear ripoff of E.T. but it's one I'd like to see MST3K rip on. Ator: The Fighting Eagle has the sheer stink of a MST3K winner as do the rest of the bunch. Of course, the jokes from the boys are what heightens the experience. Here's hoping there's some classics. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-13796332793263658562018-11-21T06:41:33.471-08:002018-11-21T06:41:33.471-08:00Crow in particular is offended by these films and ...Crow in particular is offended by these films and shouts "Kill me now!" in the trailer and tries to run away when "Ator" is revealed. That crazy bot. I'm especially looking forward to the bookend films. 80s cheese at its finest. Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-50846566965225572262018-11-20T18:36:35.299-08:002018-11-20T18:36:35.299-08:00Surströmming smells like lavender compared to thes...Surströmming smells like lavender compared to these. Do the bots have noses? It doesn't matter. They'll smell them anyway and I'm sure they and Jonah will have much to say.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com