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Weekend Discussion Thread: Cast the Reboot

Alert reader Matt sent this before Joel announced the possible reboot, but its seems appropriate this week:

My wife and I were catching up with an old Kevin Kline film (“Soapdish”) and it struck me how his mannerisms and energy was similar to Dr. F. It got me thinking: what if they were […]

Weekend Discussion Thread: Memorable Hats

Alert reader Sue suggests:

I remember when Easter was a time for, among other things, breaking out new hats in order to be fashionable. Yes, I’m old. No, I don’t want to say how old. At any rate, how about “Best/Worst Hat or other Fashion Accessory in a MSTed Movie”?

But in an […]

Weekend Discussion Thread: Dumbest Evil Scheme

Alert reader Gobi suggests:

Villains love to scheme, and MST villains are no exception. So, which schemes were sensible, in that given a modicum of luck and skillful execution, they had a reasonable chance at success. Contrarily, which schemes were bat-guano crazy; that is, either the goal itself was so ridiculous that any […]

Weekend Discussion Thread: Update Those Celebrity Lookalikes

Alert reader Jonathan writes:

As we know, MST3k will always be encapsulated in a certain moment in time, mainly due to all the pop culture references. One of the most frequent manifestations of this are the in-movie riffing of celebrity/public figure look-a-likes.

Now, whenever I see “Teen-Age Strangler” I can’t help but think […]

Weekend Discussion Thread: Favorite Steve Vance Posters

With the arrival of the latest set of episodes from Shout!Factory, alert regular Paul has this excellent suggestion:

Given that the new MST3k Volume XXIX DVD set contains a special extra feature on artist Steve Vance, the guy who illustrates the Shout Factory mini poster artwork, it would be a good time to […]