Year: 2006 (Page 72 of 228)

When MST goes bad

“Mystery Science Theater 3000” was/is definitely one of my fave shows of all time. No thanks to the bastards who kept getting the thing cancelled, but at least Mike Nelson was groovy enough to give me an interview a few years back and also sign my copy of his “Mind Over Matters” book. But anyway, as we all know, the greatest stuff in the world can always be ruined on the Internet. Case in point, the truly awful The MST3K Fanfiction Page! Now, why the hell anyone would be interested in reading this stuff, let alone write it is beyond me, but there you go. Especially terrible is the handful of tales that are actual attempts at MSTies. Thrill to complete unknowns show how unfunny they are! Try to read through an entire “script” and not fall asleep! Glory be to fan fiction writers!

Holy lawsuits, Batman!

If you thought I used that possible Robin quip back when I did my piece about TV shows not yet being on DVD, you’re wrong. (The actual line was, “Holy legalities and licensing, Batman!”) But I wish I had been wrong about how unlikely it was that we’d see the ’60s camp classic on DVD anytime soon because of all the lawsuits flying back and forth.

Here’s the latest.

Frankly, I’d feel better about the delay if these guys were responsible for it:

The Snakes have landed

At long, long last, All Snakes Day has arrived. So did the movie live up to the hype…?

Hell, yes.

Okay, so it’s not the Grestest Movie Ever Made, as I have insisted it would be all this time, but I have never had that much fun at a movie in my life. The first ten minutes of the movie are bad, bad, bad. Bad acting, bad dialogue, painful exposition…but then the plane takes off, and suddenly the movie explodes into the craziest deathfest you’ll ever see. My favorite detail was that it had a nice dose of mean. Innocents get taken down in equal numbers as the sinners. Beautiful.

I would also like to add, even for those of us with 93″ HDTV systems and who hate going to the movies, this is a movie that absolutely has to be seen in a theater, preferably late at night, with a rowdy crowd. When Samuel L. Jackson’s big line came, as gratuitous as it was, we yelled it out right along with him. The place went NUTS. Hot damn, was that fun. I can’t wait to see it again.

It’s still early on the west coast, so I’m going to wait for a bit, but “Snakes” director David Ellis said for me to call him today and tell him what I thought of the movie. If someone can think of a better response than “SNAKES ON A PLANE, MOTHERFUCKER!”, I’m all ears.

So let’s hear it, people. Did you see “Snakes on a Plane” last night? What did you think?

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