Movie: (1974) During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After veering off course, the submarine arrives at the unknown land of Caprona, where the crew finds dinosaurs and neanderthals.
Opening: It’s Gypsy’s birthday!
Invention exchange: J&tB have “M. Night Shyamalan Living” Magazine; then they accuse the Mads of stealing all their inventions
Segment 1: J&tB are playing submarine
Segment 2: The Mads introduce the Moon 14 Mesozoic Ranch Dinosaur BBQ
Segment 3: Crow is worried about turning into a human
Closing: Jonah sends a message in a bottle?
Stinger: Carried off by a pterodactyl
(66 votes, average: 3.92 out of 5)
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• This one was diverting, I’ll give you that. The movie is SO odd. And the funny riffs, while not a gusher, flowed steadily. I’d call this one good not great.
• Jonah calls the screen that comes down behind him the “Jet Screen.”
• Apparently the main spot where they cut the movie for time was the third time the sub changed hands, when the Americans regained control of the ship. Ardy says that’s what he’s seeing in the fluid leak.
• Is there a name for that cute little squid? I hope we see more of him.
• Callbacks: “Hikeeba!” (Women of the Prehistoric Planet) was said a couple of times. Also: “He said ‘area,'” a callback to the, I think, Bridget-inspired riffs about “areas.” Also: “Packers!” and “Watch out for snakes!”
• The whole “stop repeating what I say,” gag is a nice running bit.
• “Jingle’s self aware, now it’s doin’ what it wants to…” is a great topper to a bit that had been going on a little long.
• Increasingly obscure riff: When a caveman is shown, they make a car insurance joke, a reference to the nearly-forgotten Geico commercials that got spun off to a short-lived TV show. Also: “Double rainbow!” a reference to once-popular a viral video.
• Cast and crew roundup: Many people involved with this movie were also involved with “At the Earth’s Core,” which I will just call “ATEC.” Doug McClure was also in “ATEC” and “SST- Death Flight.” Keith Baron, Godfrey James and Bobby Parr were all also in “ATEC.” Behind the camera, producer John Dark also produced “ATEC.” Max Rosenberg also produced “ATEC” and “The Incredible Melting Man. Milton Subotsky also produced “ATEC,” editor John Ireland also edited “ATEC” and art director Bert Davey also art directed “ATEC.” Special effects supervisor Derek Meddings also did visual effects for “Revenge of the Mysterious from Mars” and “Invaders from the Deep.” (Hooboy!)
• Fave riff: “Don’t tickle the wall clown!” Honorable mention: “Classic no-look pass.” “It’s Crosby, Crosby, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.”
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This was the perfect vehicle for a “Hikeeba!” moment.
I haven’t seen the original for this; does control of the U-boat actually bounce around at random, or is that because of how they cut the film down for MST3K?
Here’s what I gathered up for dates and connections. Unsurprisingly, there are lots of ties to episode 1114.
Birth/death dates
Edgar Rice Burroughs was based on his novel, born Sept. 1, 1875, died March 19, 1950
Writer Michael Moorcock, born Dec. 18, 1939
Director Kevin Connor, born July 14, 1937
Actor Doug McClure, born May 11, 1935, died Feb. 5, 1995
Actor John McEnery, born Nov. 1, 1943
Actor Keith Barron, born Aug. 8, 1934
Actor Susan Penhaligon, born July 3, 1949
Actor Anthony Ainley, born Aug. 20, 1932, died May 3, 2004
Actor Declan Mulholland, born Dec. 6, 1932, died June 29, 1999
Actor Godfrey James, born April 16, 1931
Actor Roy Holder, born June 15, 1946
Actor Bobby Parr, born May 12, 1942
Actor Ron Pember, born April 11, 1934
Actor Brian Hall, born Nov. 20, 1937, died Sept. 17, 1997
Actor Steve James, born Feb. 19, 1952, died Dec. 18, 1993
Actor Colin Farrell, born Dec. 6, 1938
Producer John Dark, born April 7, 1927, died June 29, 2015
Producer Max Rosenberg, born Sept. 13, 1914, died June 14, 2004
Composer Douglas Gamley, born Sept. 13, 1924, died Feb. 4, 1998
Cinematographer Alan Hume, born Oct. 16, 1924, died July 13, 2010
Associate Producer John Peverall, died Oct. 3, 2009
Producer Milton Subotsky, born Sept 27, 1921, died June 1, 1991
MST3K connections
Distributed by American International Pictures, which was also responsible for Daddy-O, I was a Teenager Werewolf, Teenage Cave Man, It Conquered the World, The She Creature, War of the Colossal Beast, Yonggary, The Million Eyes of Sumuru, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Gamera vs. Barugon, Gamera vs. Gaos, The Amazing Colossal Man, Gamera vs. Guiron, Earth vs. the Spider, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, Attack of the Giant Leeches, Attack of the the Eye Creatures, The Day the Earth Froze, Gunslinger, The Brain that Wouldn’t Die, The Amazing Transparent Man, Samson vs. the Vampire Women, Night of the Blood Beast, The Incredible Melting Man, The Undead, Terror from the Year 5000, The Phantom Planet, The Screaming Skull, It Lives by Night, Squirm, Reptilicus, At the Earth’s Core
Burroughs’ novel At the Earth’s Core was also the subject of a riffed film this season
Doug McClure was also in At the Earth’s Core and SST- Death Flight
Keith Baron was also in At the Earth’s Core
Godfrey James was also in At the Earth’s Core
Bobby Parr was also in At the Earth’s Core
Producer John Dark also produced At the Earth’s Core
Max Rosenberg also produced At the Earth’s Core, The Incredible Melting Man
Milton Subotsky also produced At the Earth’s Core
Editor John Ireland also edited At the Earth’s Core
Art director Bert Davey also art directed At the Earth’s Core
Special effects supervisor Derek Meddings also did visual effects for Revenge of the Mysterious from Mars and Invaders from the Deep
Other dates
Released Aug. 13, 1975
Thing is, when Kinga and Max are caught “stealing invention ideas”, they aren’t sorry. After all, that’s what Clayton and Frank did in “Rocketship X-M” and “Sidehackers”, and also (sort of) “First Spaceship on Venus”.
This isn’t a bad episode, but the movie is so oddly constructed that they don’t seem to get a good handle on how to address it. I think this is a clear case of needing to be a WTF kind of approach the classic series had that this one doesn’t (this one always wants to act as if they know everything and are never surprised, but in this case it works against them because there is no way anyone can figure out what is happening, who is in charge of what, or what the time frame of anything actually is).
5 out of 10.
Yes, the good guys take over, then the bad guys re-take the sub, then the good guys take over again.
This is actually a good movie. Sure the effects can be pretty cheesy, but the script and acting are OK.
The episode turned out fine, especially the increasingly hostile jingle for the Dinosaur BBQ. I wonder if they’ve set up shop in the old Clay & Lar’s Flesh Barn locations (now in Altoona!).
By the way, they didn’t seem to notice that Dietz, the U-boat’s second-in-command, was played by Anthony Ainley, the Master from 80’s “Doctor Who”. You’d think when he gets shot, they’d riff, “That’s for what you did to Tom Baker!”
This was a fun one. The movie is a classic lost world flick; goofy and dated (especially the awful dino effects) but still entertaining and well made enough to be watchable on its own. There’s a number of fun running gags and a prime riff target Iin Doug McClure. And you’ve got an all time great host segment with the Mesozoic Ranch Dino BBQ.
Random thoughts:
– Yes, Doug McClure was indeed half of the inspiration for Troy McClure, the other half being Troy Donahue, who by all rights should also end up on MST someday.
– The dino effects are all lackluster, but those stiff plastic pterodactyls were embarassing bad.
– I’m all for more sketches with Crow as a deranged German.
– Hampton Yount does a killer Morgan Freeman impersonation.
– Great shoutout to the Dino Motel for their Kickstarter backing.
– I expect next season we’ll get the sequel “The People That Time Forgot,” which would complete the Doug McClure/Edgar Rice Burroughs trilogy.
Two words: cavemen samurai.
– Of course the one American is boss of everyone.
Favorite riffs:
“Ah, the script is here. Last minute rewrites? I can wing it.”
“Mr. Bradley.”
“It’s Milton.”
“They’re going under the Wall! The Night’s Watch will never suspect this!”
“Remember, if we meet any natives, I’m
the god.”
“Yes Mr. McClure.”
“Unless the god gets sacrificed, then Bradley’s the god.”
“Yes Mr. McClure.”
“No more breakfast?! The eggs are right there!”
“It’s been four hours! Where have you been? I smell pterodactyl all over you!”
“Is that endangered?”
“Oh yeah, last of its kind. Its tears cure cancer.”
“KILL IT!”
“Play fetch with me, Pee Wee!”
“And Cruella DaVille and Jon Snow lived happily ever after.”
“Oh, you’re stuck in a bountiful paradise with a hot blonde? Boo hoo.”
Favorite host segment lines:
“That squid will make a fine soldier for the Kaiser! You know, provided it doesn’t kill us.”
“Never should have tampered in God’s domain. MOON 14!”
“Okay, we are in serious danger right now, we don’t need a jingle!”
“Jingle’s self aware now and saying what he wants to. MOVIE SIGN!
I positively LOVED this episode… of the ones I’ve watched so far (yes, I’ve managed to show some restraint and still have a few left to watch), this is probably my favorite. A fun movie with just overall fabulous riffing.
Am I the only one who thought the “Dinosaur BBQ” bit was the funniest thing to date?!? (Ok, well, since the “Every Monster” song in 1101, at least.) Kinga and Max were great, and the increasingly funny jingle, then the “tampered in God’s domain” callback which seemed to be the coup de grâce. But then the sentient jingle?! This has me and my boys in stitches now many how many times we’ve re-watch it (and it’s been a good many). And occasionally shouting “JINGLE!” à la Kinga at appropriate (or not) moments has become a new family tradition — right up there with “I like it very much” and “It Stinks!”.
A high water mark for me.
No, I’d say you’ve got a lot of company there. I consider it the best host segment of the season (aside from “Every Country Has a Monster”), especially concerning the Mads. I’d also add the Buffalo Wild Wings-style logo was another hilarious touch.
That explains that. I, too, saw Ainley’s name in the credits and did a double-take. Still, the youngsters of today may not remember or care about Dr. Who’s original golden years. Maybe if Bill were writing for this episode…
By the way, since we now know Jonah only has one book on the SOL, should we organize a book drive to send him more? Sort of like how kids sent Charlie Brown their Halloween candy after seeing, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.
To me, this episode is one of the season’s weaker ones. The movie itself is an interesting mix of wartime submarine action and prehistoric land exploration, and Jonah and the bots do an okay job, but overall I didn’t find the episode all that entertaining.
However, the host segments were fun! I like Jonah’s excited expression as he waits for Gypsy to blow out her candles, and Max’s enthusiasm for M. Night Shyamalan Living. The Mesozoic Ranch segment is great, and just manages to finish before it overstays its welcome; the element of repeated musical jokes seems very Frank-esque. Also, Jonah’s reference to the “groinicological region” reminds me of Tubular Boobular Joy. The giant space squid seems like a wasted opportunity though—it shows up out of nowhere and doesn’t make a joke before leaving? Unless the fact that it mistook the SOL for a submarine was supposed to be the joke… but it seems like they could have done more with it.
Favorite riffs:
Shh! Shut up! Is everyone shutting up? Just– just shut up!
Whoa, is he doing that with his mind?!
Up microscope!
The land that time forgot– to edit
(singing) I’ve been workin’ on the railroad… I don’t know what that is!
He’s holding the first Far Side cartoon…
i would have said when Dietz (Anthony Ainley) get it, i would have said, He’ll be back as Missy.
Having not seen the original movie, I wonder if they could have avoided the element of the Germans retaking the sub. Although, maybe that would’ve cut too much out of the film and left it short. It was a bit confusing that the Germans were in command again.
Also, I loved the squid that is totally not made from an Executive Snack Dispenser latching onto the ship.
come to think of it, the gang at Rifftrax is doing the Five Doctors so we might have a few Missy jokes.
The head of that squid is clearly a Servo head repainted with extra bits over the dome.
Oh, almost forgot:
“Tiny little arms, great big flavor! MOON 14!”
I liked this episode a lot. This is the second episode where they’ve done a movie that I have seen (even though it’s been a very long time). The riffing is great and seeing Jonah “keep” Crow from turning into a human was very adorable and reminded me of Joel a little bit. I did love the Mesozoic Ranch Dinosaur BBQ bit. Did it remind anyone of “Clay and Lar’s Flesh Barn”?
By the way, I’ve watched all 14 episodes and can say I really like this season. I don’t have a favorite episode yet but I plan on watching it again so that this season is as ingrained in me as the previous ten. :)
I imagine it’s yet another thing King’s trying to ape to live up to Daddy’s reputation.
“Awesome! Um, are they raised cruelty free?”
“Oh no no no, we’re very cruel.”
At least here, unlike Hollow Mountain, they got to the cheap-o monsters a lot quicker. I’m going to miss the IE rip-offs. As Max said, it was an easter egg. ala Guess the Stinger.
Fave riffs, not counting the aformentioned Pee-Wee,railroad and Far Side ones:
-Those guys are cosplaying is the same TinTin character.
-I demand you fly this submarine to Cuba! (It reminded me of a similar line from the original Pelham 1-2-3)-
-It’s Oktoberfest somewhere.
-Oh good, a smaller gun! If that doesn’t work he can throw his shoe at him.
-“Worldstar! Worldstar!” (That’s mainly because it is one I riffback when I’m watching any sort of ridiculous fight scene)
I’ve been starting to think of this season in terms of the continuum of the previous 10 (+KTMA) as well.
It might be cool to do a “Season 11 Wrapup” discussion thread after these episode threads.
Like “Time Travelers”, this is another movie that wasn’t actually that bad. Full disclosure, I haven’t read the book, but I was REALLY digging this movie until the end. I thought there was good tension between the Brits and Germans, a pseudo-believable undiscovered world, a friendly native with aspirations of his own within his own culture… but then BOOM a volcano, exploded sub, and two people wandering around. Huh! No! Booooo! Spend just 15 more minutes on the ending! Please!
I really dug the host segments for this EP. The invention exchange was AWESOME, and Jonah deciding he needed a, um, “large” spacesuit was great!
Solid EP.
So, here’s my running ranking…
Cry Wilderness
Time Travelers
Land that Time Forgot
Reptilicus
Avalanche
Starcrash
Beast of Hollow Mountain
I was disappointed that there wasn’t any mention of Anthony Ainley being the Master. I thought that these days they’d look up everyone in a movie to make sure they didn’t miss some connection. Of course maybe they did know and just decided not to mention it.
It seems like they could have cut the Germans retaking the sub altogether to make it less awkward. Was nothing else cut from the movie that they could’ve left in to make it longer?
I suspect we will–Even though it’s your basic James Franciscus/Beneath the Planet of the Apes sequel, where ANOTHER guy goes in search of the FIRST guy from the movie (after finding the bottle), goes through the whole thing again, this time in a plane, and meets him in a cheap cameo at the end.
And, since the island apparently has a cross-section of all time periods, yes: Cavemen samurai.
(Apparently McClure’s been doing missionary work since the first movie civilzing an even more evolved tribe, taking them from the Hulu to the Hulu Plus, or some such, can’t remember.)
More to the point, the new season seems to think that it needs its own new “personal Joe Don Baker”, to be the next new instant cult-of-actor running joke in the series just by showing up in any movie.
It’s okay in “Land” when they beat the Troy McClure gag into the ground (“Hi, you might remember me from a running Simpsons cult-joke loosely inspired by my 70’s non-career!”), but by the time they get to “At the Earth’s Core”, they take one joke about McClure’s chubby cheeks and grin uncannily resembling You Know Who in his first shot, and immediately substitute every beer-and-gluttony joke for the entire rest of the movie, by quickly scratching over the name in crayon.
Keep in mind, these jokes were all made while it was still in Kickstarter production, BEFORE the audience had a chance to latch onto them as “cult” jokes. Which made it seem a little, well, pre-packaged.
Yep, we’ll see plenty of McCluring (maybe even “Warlords of the Deep”?) in S12, count on that:
When the SciFi era brought back Final Justice, it seemed like they were hanging onto their pet whipping-slob for cult desperation, but here, it’s a more a SciFi-boomer sense of “Well, y’know….we gotta HAVE one this time around, don’t we?
Yeah, that trailing off at the end was kind of….weird.
In the “Random is funny” 00’s humor of later SNL sketches or Internet humor, where Millennial comics can’t keep focused on the central premise of an entire sketch running, without just throwing any old drive-by observation or facetiousness that occurred to them at the moment.
It was going along perfect in their Clay & Lar tribute, and then, after they went a few verses too far and ran out of jokes…??
I like movie submarines. Except for Das Boot, where the U-boat crew members were so confined that they discussed braiding their nose hairs together, most movie submarines are Tardus-like in being larger inside than out. This movie did not overdo that and I give them kudos for it. Refining their own diesel fuel from crude oil is another story, though, but then again I’m talking about a movie with dinosaurs and Cro Magnons running around.
This is a great episode, because, as noted, very funny and fun host segments, and excellent movie riffing covering the whole spectrum of “riff-types”. I also have the added pleasure of my experience as a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan, Pellucidar, John Carter of Mars, and stand alone stories like this one comprised much of my reading material as a kid in the 1960s. I bought paperbacks (many featuring great cover-art by Frank Frazetta, I believe). Burroughs wrote muscular and “manly” (yes, chauvinistic) stories, with a basic plot device driving just about every story: an adventurous, intelligent, courageous, honorable, etc. etc. young (white) man meets exotic, beautiful, mysterious, seemingly unattainable woman, falls in love with her (as she falls n love with him, although initially she doesn’t seem interested, or even openly hostile), they get separated, and manly man goes through hell to find her, usually rescuing her from some hellish fate, and she finally admits she loves him. With Tarzan, John Carter and David Innes, the separation and rescues happen with wives/lovers.
But that wasn’t what got my attention. It was the fascinating, imaginative worlds he created, in this case an island (?) populated by cavemen and dinosaurs that butts heads with a bunch of “modern” men (and one woman). Of course, in Season 11 we will soon see Pellucidar, the world “At The Earth’s Core”. The world of Mars that John Carter is transported to is also pretty cool. Another stand alone story titled “Beyond Thirty”/”The Lost Continent” involves a world order that is shaped based on the supposition that the imperialistic European nations totally destroyed each other during World War One. That was the stuff that entertained and interested me. Great stuff for movies! Although, as we have seen, not always with the best results…actually, I personally feel Burroughs’ literature has rarely received a film adaptation worthy of his creativity and imagination. Anyway…
Finally, I was chuckling throughout watching this ep, thinking of The Gesture Professor from the beginning of “The Mole Men”. One of the hypothesized worlds had the same elements as Burroughs’ Pellucidar. So this episode goes “down, down” as one of new favorites!
Oh, I think we will…Even though it’s just your basic James Franciscus/Beneath the Planet of the Apes sequel where ANOTHER guy goes in search of the FIRST guy, goes through the whole thing again, and meets him in a cheap day-cameo at the end.
And, since the island is a cross-section of all time-periods, yes: Cavemen samurai.
(Apparently, McClure has been doing missionary work since the first movie civilizing another more evolved tribe, taking them from the Hulu to the Hulu Plus, or some such, can’t remember.)
More to the point, in trying to bring back every “tradition” from the CC and SciFi eras, the new show seems to think it needs its own new “personal Joe Don Baker”, to be a running cult-actor joke just by showing up in a movie.
It’s okay in “Land” when they beat the Troy McClure gag into the ground (“Hi, you might remember me from a running Simpsons cult-joke loosely inspired by my 70’s non-career!”), but by the time we get to “At the Earth’s Core”, they take one joke about McClure’s chubby cheeks and obnoxious grin in his first shot uncannily resembling You Know Who, and immediately substitute every beer-and-gluttony joke for the rest of the entire movie, by scratching over the name in crayon.
Keep in mind, this was while the show was still in Kickstarter production, BEFORE any fan cult-response. Which made it seem a little pre-packaged.
Yep, we’ll see more McCluring in S12 (maybe “Warlords from the Deep”, or “The House Where Evil Dwells”?), count on that.
When the SciFi era brought Baker back in “Final Justice”, it felt like cult desperation, but here, it feels like more of a generational SciFi-boomer tradition of “Well, I mean, we gotta HAVE one this time around, don’t we?”
The Clay & Lar tribute was great, but anybody else think that trailing off at the end was a little, well, weird?
As in, the new “Random is Funny!” humor of the current SNL sketches or Internet humor, where Millennial comics can’t stay focused on the central premise of the sketch without lapsing into just whatever drive-by observation or pop-culture facetiousness occurred to them at the moment.
Almost as if they’d gone a few verses too far, had painted themselves into a corner, and didn’t know how to get out of it. Which frequently happened on old Joel-era S1-2 host segs, but when you’re doing a fancy SciFi-style song, it tends to show.
i absolutely hated that “Moon 14 Mesozoic Ranch Dinosaur BBQ” bit. hated it! what do you even call this style of comedy? (besides “terrible”) it’s not even “weird”, just completely bland, aggravating and endless. and if this is what passes as clever these days, god help us. thumbs down!
the rest of the episode? it was okay. some nice jokes here and there but a lot of stuff that fell flat or made me wince (at how unfunny the jokes were).
I really, really enjoyed this one. It felt like a comfortable episode from Season 2, with a touch of the drab from Season 6. Episodes like this are perfect for me. They’re great to watch when wide awake and just chill with, and also perfect to pass out to at the end of the night. An excellent choice for MST3K.
Being Gypsy’s birthday, they could always get her more pinking shears!
That’s so lovely! And darling!
The Land That Time Forgot fails the Bechdel Test. Lisa is the only female character with a speaking role.
Seriously Sampo, you have nothing to say?
The absence of Doctor Who riffs can be forgiven, as Anthony Ainley is virtually unrecognizable without the goatee. After all, most of us didn’t realize that Janey in Untamed Youth and Helen in Revenge of the Creature were portrayed by the same actress. And that was just due to different hairstyles.
I’ve been seeing people comment elsewhere on how Dietz’s betrayal comes out of nowhere. I don’t buy that. Even in edited form, he frequently dissents from Von Schoenvorts’ willingness to cooperate with Tyler et al.
In the closing host segments for the past couple of episodes, the Moon 13 sequences were kind of underwhelming. Here, they’re back in top form.
I’ve got a spare copy of With the Lightnings by David Drake.
It really enhances the flavor.
This sketch actively pissed me off when I watched the episode. The only other sketch that bugged me as much was the Earl Holliman skit from The The Eye Creatures. I even like the Urkel sketches for crying out loud! We’re definitely in the minority for some reason though(the only sane ones?) – it was also beloved at the MST3k subreddit.
Again, what’s up with all the scattered question marks? Is it just like “this is uncertain/draft”? It looks like not on purpose though…
Does anyone else think Jonah reading The Pelican Brief is a deliberate callback to Mike’s reading the same book in Space Mutiny? Or that’s it’s some sort of Easter Egg clue as to what really happened to Mike, since Joel’s hinted he doesn’t quite believe the Diabolik ending actually happened?
My apologies. Just a goof on my end. Fixed now and please disregard.
Kinga’s dancing made it for me. A highlight of the season thus far.
Another awful take from EricJ. I loathe your posts. Truly.
Sampo could have said that the right people will know what the question marks mean, but I guess he’s not cut out for political writing. Covfefe!
To me, it was just another disappointment. I seriously don’t understand why so many on here seem to like the new show so much…? Unfunny, annoying, weird. Sorry, but I just don’t like it. BTW: I’ve been a mstie since 1989.
When it came to the concept of the Mads stealing invention ideas from a riff made from the previous film, there’s one thing that I do wonder is the original plan for this. In other words, was the original plan to keep this going through out all of Season 11, only for it to be dropped halfway due to a lack of a clever invention idea in either this episode or Starcrash (given how lame the Elder Pump idea sounds), or was it always the plan to have Jonah and the ‘Bots realize what the mads were doing in this episode?
Yes, it’s a shame that you can’t enjoy something that really isn’t different at all from the show you claim to have watched since 1989. But don’t insult the rest of us as well.
This is one of my favorite movies as a kid and I had been looking for it for the last few years but never could find it at a decent price. I had supposed someone was sitting on the copyright hoping for a windfall if someone wanted to do a remake.
Then when shooting this series I noticed bootleg copies popping up(I didn’t get any) so maybe people knew this was on the list.
Just repeat to yourself “It’s just a dissenting opinion, I should really just relax.” ;)
The riff about the caveman “screaming like King Diamond” hit me like a bit of a psychic dart. King Diamond is well known among fans of 80’s extreme and black metal, but pretty much unknown outside of that. hearing a reference not only to him but his odd falsetto style singing was a particular treat for me. And it leads me to suspect there’s at least one serious hardcore metalhead on the new writing staff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Diamond
What do you mean stopped serving breakfast, I can see the eggs!
You don’t know how that drives me nuts. “I see you wrapping it up!!! RIGHT THERE!! Just give me an egg on the bun and charge it as a cheeseburger or something!! COME ON!”
I loved his work back in the day, even though his concept album thing was getting old after awhile.
Regarding the way the captain’s orders get repeated after he issues them, IIRC that standard naval protocol. I believe the purpose is to make sure that whoever receives the orders heard correctly.
Well no one is forcing you to watch it at gunpoint. That I know of, anyway. Of course, if you prefer that you be forced to watch it at gunpoint, I could always volunteer.
Perhaps it’s just me, but has anyone else noticed that as the number and snotty oh-I’m-so-much-smarter-than-the-rest-of-you tone of the posts from a certain troll have increased, the overall engagement on this site has gone way down? One can have a dissenting opinion without being obnoxious…. oh wait, this guy can’t.
At any rate, not a big fan of the movie itself but I enjoyed the riffing and especially the Moon 14 Mesozoic Ranch Dinosaur BBQ segment. The movie seems to have too many themes going on to make any of them very engaging. Loved the “tampered in God’s domain” callback and “The land that time forgot– to edit” riff.
“The world’s worst paperboy.” This was a happy episode for me. The movie was a good choice for them, and I especially enjoyed the steady barrage of bad German accents (because it gave the movie what it deserved). In a previous post I had said that Kinga was more of an attitude than a character, but with this episode I felt her character more readily. (And I agree with the individual up there [how I miss those numbers!] about Kinga’s dancing, which is hilarious!) In spite of my initial misgivings, I vowed to go into the new series with an open mind (because I was — and I am — happy that Joel found a way to make it all happen again, on his terms, and in a new way) — and I’m glad I did, because I am now thoroughly loving it!
JediPeaceFrog (I like that name, BTW): Lots of people don’t understand why I love bands like Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Band of Gypsies; I don’t care, I love ’em. I don’t understand why people love music like Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Kanye West. But they do, and I’m sure they don’t give a damn what I think. In either case, I don’t allow others’ perceptions affect my enjoyment. The reaction of people to the “arts” (and here I am using that term in a very loose and all-encompassing manner) is very subjective and intuitive much of the time. It is, and should be, a deeply personal experience. So I welcome your opinions and feelings- in fact, I find it reinforces my love of the show, past and present. Kind of like the little smile I got when I blasted Aerosmith’s “Get Your Wings” and my roommates would yell “Turn that crap down!” Score!