Books by Sampo!

 

 

Support Us

Satellite News is not financially supported by Best Brains or any other entity. It is a labor of love, paid for out of our own pockets. If you value this site, we would be delighted if you showed it by making an occasional donation of any amount. Thanks.

Sampo & Erhardt

Sci-Fi Archives


Visit our archives of the MST3K pages previously hosted by the Sci-Fi Channel's SCIFI.COM.

Social Media


Weekend Discussion Thread: Continuity Errors in MSTed Movies

Alert reader Michael writes:

As I was watching “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster” this last week, I noticed that the boat that the hero commandeered was named the Yahlen. Now that must have been a popular name for the Japanese or there was a continuity error, since the ship that was destroyed in the opening scene was also named the Yahlen. This started me thinking that the subject of continuity errors or goofs in the films MSTied might be a good weekend thread topic. My wife and I came up with about a half a dozen just off the tops of our heads. But, it might be interesting what our other erudite MSTies have discovered.

My all-time fave continuity error is in episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, in which two characters have a conversation. When the one of the actresses is shot from one side she has a pencil behind her ear. When shot from the other side, she doesn’t. The pencil appears and disappears repeatedly as the scene goes on.

Other picks?

RiffTrax Presents: “Poltergeist”

Sketchfest’s Cole Stratton and Janet Varney, who did terrific riffs of “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” move beyond Swayze with a riff of…

Download it here. Free sample here.

Cinematic Titanic Appears on MSNBC

Joel, Trace and Josh were interviewed on Countdown with Keith Olbermann Wednesday.

The Titans were very well spoken and funny. I could grumble that Olbermann was a bit long-winded and self-congratulatory, but reports are that the appearance quickly crashed the cinematictitanic.com server, so if all this translates into sales, that’s the most important thing, I’m sure.

Comments are closed to avoid political arguments.

“Hate Mail” in Italy

HATE MAIL, the play written by Bill Corbett and Kira Obolensky, will be performed on Saturday, May 1 from 9:00pm – 11:30pm at the Teatro Araldo, Via Chiomonte 3, in Torino, Italy. You can get more details on Facebook — if you can understand Italian.

Thanks to alert reader Sam for the tip!

Weekend Discussion Thread: Worst Body of Work Among MSTed Producers

Alert reader Chris writes:

This came to me after watching Greydon Clark’s interview for the “Final Justice” DVD. I still can’t believe he suggested that MST3K riff on ALL the films he produced. However, since he did…

Which producer from the following list would you say made the worst films? Also If Cinematic Titanic and/or Rifftrax were going to riff on all of the films of one producer, which would you pick?
[Chris has thoughtfully provided IMDB links for each choice.]

Charles Band.
Greydon Clark.
Roger Corman.
Coleman Francis.
Charles B. Pierce.
Menahem Golan & Yoram Globus.
Robert L. Lippert.
Max Rosenberg.
Jam Handy Organization.
Bert I. Gordon.
Samuel M. “The Oozing Skull” and “East Meets Watts” Sherman.

FWIW I know MST3K riffed on all the films Coleman Francis produced but I thought I’d add him more for the first question than the second.
One last thing: I know I could’ve put Ed Wood and Ray Dennis Steckler on the list but I decided to leave them out and give the others a chance.
It was a tough decision for the final four, but I decided to go with a lesser known producer like Max Rosenberg (who was involved in the productions of “The Deadly Bees” and “The Incredible Melting Man”) over somebody worse like Rick Sloane or somebody more talented and famous like Dino De Laurentiis (of “Diabolik.”)

For question 1, I think Charles Band wins, or, rather, loses hands down.
For question 2, I think I’ll pick Samuel Sherman.