tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post610685288001028609..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Nostalgia Nugget: My First MST3KRoman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-58792052139169857452016-04-11T20:18:15.753-07:002016-04-11T20:18:15.753-07:00Sounds like you caught "Earth vs. The Spider&...Sounds like you caught "Earth vs. The Spider" one of the many giant critter movies directed by Bert I. Gordon. Mr. Gordon was featured on several episodes including "The Amazing Colossal Man", "Village of the Giants" and "The Beginning of the End" which features Peter Graves battling giant grasshoppers. <br /><br />I guess Joel is always asked if he was high when making the series because of his sleepy look. He says he never was high on anything while making the show, and that is just how he looks. But I know the show took a lot of work and late nights to get completed, so I'm thinking the poor guy was just tired sometimes. :)Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-50947014402526250072016-04-11T12:40:13.233-07:002016-04-11T12:40:13.233-07:00Yes, those Hercules episodes are some funny ones. ...Yes, those Hercules episodes are some funny ones. Some of the MST3K movies which I wouldn't normally think I'd find interesting turn out to be some of the better ones.<br /><br />I first encountered the program at my brother's apt. when he was living in Denton. We got up on Saturday when I was visiting on vacation and it came on. I think the movie was either about the giant Tarantula or something like Teenagers From Outer Space. But it immediately appealed to me as they were watching an old 50s SF movies, and also making fun of them. My brother also commented that they were a good way to wake up on a Saturday morning with coffee in hand, and that Joel made a good host as it looked like he was sleepy and had just gotten out of bed too. Fun times. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-41429967688296572052016-04-10T07:56:23.329-07:002016-04-10T07:56:23.329-07:00Yeah I'm finding more and more folks who enjoy...Yeah I'm finding more and more folks who enjoy watching cheesy movies. I think the internet has helped popularize that. There are plenty of YouTube channels that deal with making fun of movies, television shows and video games. <br /><br />That said, the tend to be on the more aggressive side of comedy. MST3K would go there sometimes, but a lot of time it felt more like you were sharing the joy of watching the cheese with a couple of friends who were good comedians. <br /><br />Making movies is a difficult and time consuming process. So I can see how making fun of a movie is disrespectful to the creators. But at the same time, we are getting some kind of enjoyment out of the work (even if it isn't the enjoyment they intended). I usually think about it that way and I feel a little less guilty about mocking someone's work. <br /><br />Hopefully I'll be able to react the same way when someone mocks something I wrote. That hasn't happened yet... hate mail, yes; mocking... not yet. :)Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-54876431805898816872016-04-08T12:23:34.768-07:002016-04-08T12:23:34.768-07:00Good nostalgia morsel. My taste for bad movies alw...Good nostalgia morsel. My taste for bad movies always has been something I’ve had to explain to – not share with – my companions, so my nostalgia for the flicks is more solitary. Usually I prefer them straight up (like my whiskey on the rare occasions I have any), but perhaps an MST3K mixer would have been a better way to introduce the pleasures of bad movies to my reluctant friends. (I don’t actually dislike Coke in the Jim Beam.)<br /><br />It’s an old saying that nobody tries to make a bad movie. Some (most?) folks succeed anyway, but there is something to respecting the effort.<br />Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com