How about favorite vehicle from any mst3k episode and why? Open it up to anything: spaceship, boat, motorcycle. I’d probably pick the ‘cop car’ from “It Lives by Night” (just because “the Impala DRONES into action!”) or perhaps the cult’s car (full of potato olay containers) from “Final Sacrifice.”
Meanwhile, “S.” suggests:
How about the best and worst chases in MST3K movies? I mean car chases, zamboni chases, foot pursuits, etc.
For vehicle, I gotta pick Commando Cody’s jet pack. For chase, I’ll go with Commando Cody as well, the one to the “BRIDGE OF DEATH.”
What about you?
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Space Mutiny. McLargeHuge chasing Kalgan in the EXPLOSIVE Enforcer vehicle. We’ll be reaching speeds of three! YEEAAAAAH!!
The sidehacking cars in THE SIDEHACKERS are always great. As is Aaron Spelling’s house flying past the SOL in ANGELS REVENGE.
The countless Canadian luxury mobiles of The Final Sacrifice.
The answer is obvious: WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD features everything from the Greatest Vehicle In The World (MEGA WEAPON!!!) to The Worst Vehicle in the World (The talking supersonic speed cycle), plus cars that blow up four or five times when you knock them off a cliff!
Also, prune-colored muscle car and high-speed, puppet-driven golf carts of HOBGOBLINS.
How about Troys escape from the door to door Sadists and he ends up in Rowsdowers dirty laundry in Final Sacrifice? Although the car chase scene with Rowsdower beer bottle barage that knocked the brakes off the cults car was as funny also. Thank you too much for reading my words.
Timothy Van Patten and Demi Moore fleeing the sheriff in Max Keller’s van.
Best chase?
“The Last Chase” of course!
Seriously, Porche racing vehicle vs. fighter plane? That’s some “Top Gear” stuff right there.
Mitchell. “Hey, the chase scene’s pace car has finally arrived.”
Though Space Mutiny is good too. As is Riding With Death.
Best and worsed chase ever were in those bumper cars from “Space Mutiny”. “We’ll be reaching speeds of 3!”. Hysterical! On a side note Amazon is selling many of the MST3K boxed sets for over 50% off. I just picked up volume XXII. :rotfl: )
From Time Chasers- “So, Bikes are your game” and, Final Justice- “man, I didn’t know the priesthood was so exciting”
Another vote for the 3 MPH zamboni golf cart chase in Space Mutiny for lamest chase.
And of course another vote of confidence for Megaweapon.
Though not technically a chase..what about the race through the park in “Daddy-O,” in which the cars mysterious switch sides of the road in one shot. Want some?
Or the chase scene in “Mitchell,” where his headlight is broken in one shot and is repaired in another. That’s what I call service!
The worst, or maybe funniest chases has to be out of Time Chasers! Lisa is dead and Future Castleton Snob is trying to warn Past Castleton Snob about the deeds of Bob Evil. Bwahaaa! First, though, he must avoid capture! Sprinting on foot away from the truck of baddies, he comes across a tan Yugo. He promptly flips it over while the baddies are busy buying maple syrup! Never daunted, Castleton Snob grabs a bike and pedals away. Naturally, the Bob Evil gang must abandon their truck for the more dignified mode of transportation! Aha! So it’s bicycles then, eh? We accept your choice of vehicle!
I suggested the Favorite Vehicle idea a while back, but I’m not awake enough to remember which ones I said. I’ll come back once I’ve jogged my memory.
This is tough, which means it’s a great topic! For chase, there’s the cops running after Bela’s double at the end of Bride, the cult goons after Troy, Mitchell after Martin Balsaam, the doc after nothing in Brain (“I’ve got to hurry!”), but I’ll go with Chase himself from Gila Monster, ha ha. Fave vehicle is the “BOSS!!” hot-rod the lame skeleton gets out of during the host segment from Teens From Space. Bye now!
Time Chasers has it all. Not only the bikes/car chase but you have a plane chasing a plane, a horse chase, a foot chase, future pirates chasing them through a warehouse, a “library” chase through the halls…. whew, forget about Time, just call it chasers.
and for vehicle the amphibious….. thing at the end of blood waters of dr z
Best vehicle? Diabolik’s snappy little sportscar; a skimpily clad Eva is standard equipment!
Worst vehicle? That bathtub dune buggy from “Girl in Gold Boots”, made by Fisher-Price.
Best chase scene? I’ll have to go with “Angels’ Revenge”, when our vigilante heroines blow up the bad guy’s vehicle with their onboard rocket launcher.
Worst chase scene? “Teenage Strangler”, when the cop chases Jimmy very cautiously through the little town. “And he didn’t steal no bike, neither!”
Worst (therefore, best) chase? No contest – the epic chariot race from Space Mutiny (not quite as good as the one from Ben Hur).
Favorite vehicle? How about Diabolik’s car, particularly the lovely extra it comes with.
Way too broad, kids. “Best vehicle” could be broken down into about eleven major subcategories. MST eps are LOADED with vehicular talent.
My nomination for the category “Best Vehicle Worth More Than The Entire Movie’s Budget” is the heartstopping Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupe from Screaming Skull.
For “Best Vehicle Evoking Memories Of A Shameful Chapter In Our History,” unquestionably the pale, lifeless Chevy van in Laserblast, made hip and happening with the application of two giant black plastic stick-on feet on the chalking paint. We did that, youngster, we really did that.
Then, of course, there’s the very broad and deep category, “Ridiculous Civilian Vehicles Pressed Into Service as Military Transportation,” we have the fabulous 1960 top-of-the-line Chevy Impala four-door hardtop, with the off-road package, used by the Army to transport officers through Wisconsin swampland.
Finally, if we want to keep it simple, “Best Vehicles, Period” would be everything in Design for Dreaming. O. M. G…..
Get ready for Action!!!
Rex Dart – Eskimo Spy!!!
Which also reminds me that the worst vehicle has to be that stupid dolphin thing the kid was riding…
When Mitchell was tailing Martin Balsam. More specifically, when they were getting onto the freeway and had to merge with traffic. “My heart was in my throat.” Very reminiscent of BULLET (now for seniors).
One more vote for the floor waxers in Space Mutiny (of course), but…
How about the beautifully photographed aerial scenes of PUMAMAN! chasing down Donald Pleasance’s helicopter? You almost believe a man can fly…
Or the multi-hairstyled Yuri following the security guard who’s been turned into a “warrwulf” in, well, “Werewolf”? You almost believe a man can drive…
There are the many exciting chases in The Creeping Terror.
It was especially nice for the assorted victims to not only
wait for the Terror to get to them but to also crawl into
its mouth. And to wait in a queue at the danceehall.
And of course MEGAWEAPON!
Best vehicle: Rented boat in “Boggy Creek II: The Legend Continues”, pouring smoke out as the putt-putt down the creek to meet Crenshaw.
Worst Vehicle: Plane in “Lost Continent”; “I’ll get coffee!” “Let’s form a soccer team and eat each other!”
Best chase scene: “Radar Secret Service” – “Stainless Steel Swedish Meatballs!” “Toilet tank floats! ”
Worst chase scene: “The Sinsister Urge” – Needs more Klein!
Megaweapon. Because.
Chase scene: The one between Rocky and Ken in Fugitive Alien. “He tried to kill him with a forklift!”
I’d pick the foot chase between the cop and Weenie Guy from The Dead Talk Back. Didn’t anybody (the director, the cameraman, the editor, ANYBODY?) realize how dorky the cop’s running looked?
the chase that always get me and my friends laughing the most is the boat chase in final justice. Imagine you are just a bystander and see a monk being chased by a fat Texan. Then the texan collides his boat with the monks at which point they begin to fight with a harpoon and a net! the movie is terrible but that whole scene is pure genius.
Fave vehicles? Why Tom and Crow as scale slot cars. Cracks me up every time.
Having owned a ’76 Maverick in the past, the best vehicle clearly has that “Touch of Satan”
Everyone’s forgetting Eegah chasing the dune buggy on foot and still almost catching it several times. That was hilarious!
I’ll second underwoc #22. The best part of the car chase in Godzilla vs. Megalon is the great music!
Vehicle is the Sidehackers bikes or the Paper Chase Guy’s bike. Chase is the non-chase of Mitchell. Tom said it best: ‘This is what I’ll remember when I think of Mitchell…and I will think about it.’
El Santo’s sports car (in Samson Versus the Vampire Women, of course). I especially love the shot of him driving off into the sunset at the end. It’s very inspiring and touching.
Cabbage Patch Elvis’ dune buggy in EEGAH! would be one of my favorite vehicles in a MST film. Also, Megaweapon, because, well, duh. Also, also, if Gamera counts as a vehicle (kids do occasionally ride on top of him) he would also be on the list.
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As far as best chase scene in a movie, my vote goes to THE LAST CHASE simply because Burgess Meredith is off the wall nuts as he pilots a plane that is chasing a race car driven by Lee Majors. Also, TIME CHASERS, as there is lots of chasing going on in that, some of it through time, etc.
Best vehicle? I think it’s a toss-up for me between Megaweapon and Rommel’s sidehack. It depends on how I feel on a given day. Like, do I feel more like Robert Ginty hanging off my underbelly? Or is today more of a jousting-against-J.C.’s-henchmen day?
Best chase? Again a toss-up. The non-chases in “Mitchell” feature turn signals and a self-repairing Mustang. Also, that’s my favorite episode of all. But the constant intergalactic chases in “Prince of Space” have caustic vapors and musical saws. As with many of these weekend discussions, it’s hard to pick just one.
I liked “The Rita,” the boat in “Revenge of the Creature.” I’d like to see it racing the “stud” referenced in “Danger: Diabolik” – “Is that ‘stud’ coming?” I can picture Nestor Paiva, full steam ahead piloting the Rita, constantly looking over his shoulder and exclaiming, “Is that stud coming?”
I wish someone had a copy of “Invaders from the Deep”
I would love to see the Jaguar of submarines: Stingray!
One more time.
A bright point of my childhood.
#31 I owned a Maverick too and I remember the run-on time…. I could here it settling down outside after I’d already come inside!
I liked the chase scene in “It Lives By Night” But after the crash: “…With bitter irony, he has to call an ambulance!”
As per my name, I’ll have to go with the teeney little space capsule in MONSTER A-GO-GO (“Douglas was very short, pear-shaped, and stood the entire way…”), with the no-relation-to-each-other collection of random sets that was supposed to add up to a spaceship in SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS a close second.
As for chases, a split decision between Tor Johnson chasing the little kids in BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS and the sudden and vicious combination of helicopters and cars filled with armed men shooting at the parachute despoilers in SKYDIVERS. I mean, I have no trouble believing the second the two of them were suspected they’d immediately be chased in cars and shot at. It’s a known fact people in Coleman Francis movies keep shotguns and pistols in their cars at all times for just such an occasion. But the helicopter? Do they just have helicopters circling overhead constantly and radio them when someone needs shot at?
now that you mention it #38, guess I’ll go with one of the boats in one of the Creature movies, since it is my namesake. “Porpoise”.
Billy’s white 1971 Chevy van in LASERBLAST is pretty sweet, what with the bear footprint decals . .and the camera mounted on the side. .
#37 (Torgo’s Pajamas):
I’m concerned–are there really days when you feel like Robert Ginty hanging off your underbelly? You might want to see someone about that…
Daddy-O. Loser buys the pizza.
I’d go with “Space Mutiny’s” footage of the Battlestar Galactia as my favorite vehicle. Favorite chase goes to “Batwoman” for the “many Ratfink’s” scene at the end.
Randy
The sidehacker bikes from… The sidehackers. :P
Favorite vehicle: The Satellite of Love.
Gotta agree on the golf cart racers in Space Mutiny, and of course the shuttle craft (determined to be cute, sir). I also love Daddy-O’s hot rod, with the Evanrude motor, and the classic cop cars in “Indestructible Man”.