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Posted by Sampo, on June 28th, 2008 Sorry for the late start. Our topic this week is: Lame heroes in MSTed movies. There are, of course, so many of these to choose from, getting your list down to ten will be tough. Show your work.
In episode order:
• 310- FUGITIVE ALIEN/ 318- STAR FORCE – FUGITIVE ALIEN II–Starwolf: Full of self-loathing and self-doubt, he is ultimately useless in virtually every challenge he faces, but then the Bacchus 3 crew set the bar pretty low…
• 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED–Herc, of course: Let’s face it, he spends a good deal of the movie asleep.
• 422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE–Lemminkainen: o/` He’s a failure, la-la-lah…o/`
• 501- WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD–Paper Chase Guy: As discussed this week, a whiny incompetent.
• 512- MITCHELL–Mitchell!: “Our hero, ladies and gentlemen…” Sleeps with hookers and drinks with his toes, the ultimate lame hero.
• 704- THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN–DOCTOR TED NELSON!: Repeatedly drops the ball throughout his entire investigation.
• 808- THE SHE CREATURE–Lance Fuller: Dead-eyed and comotose, the hero that just sort of stands there.
• 816- PRINCE OF SPACE/ INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN–yes, I know Prince of Space and Space Chief are technically different characters, but really we’re talking about the same archetype, and while our weapons are useless against them, lameness surrounds them.
• 910- THE FINAL SACRIFICE–Rowsdower. Nuff said.
• 1006- BOGGY CREEK II–Charles Pierce: He plays a smug, self-righteous callous jerk–and he wrote the movie!
How about yours?
Posted by , on June 27th, 2008 Two more lists have popped up, this time of favorite robots:
Bullz-Eye.com includes Crow T. Robot in its list of 20 All Time Favorite Robots. Tom Servo, Gypsy and Cambot are also mentioned, but don’t rate the list themselves.
In honor of the release of WALL-E, Entertainment Weekly has created yet another list, this time placing Servo and Crow in its list of top 19 Hotshot Movie Robots. No mention of Gypsy and Cambot in this one, but hey, we know they’re there in spirit.
Posted by Sampo, on June 26th, 2008 For those who haven’t heard, the sold out Cinematic Titanic show last weekend in L.A. was, by all accounts, a smashing success. The Wired blog was there. So was Film Threat.
Those of you who get the Cinematic Titanic newsletter got a few photos, taken by a photographer named Joe Targownik.
Here some of the ones we liked, along with a few they didn’t send, that we also liked and Joel allowed us to post. Click on each for larger versions.





Posted by Sampo, on June 26th, 2008 They’ve added a bunch of new host segments at “Gypsy’s Host Segment Drive-in” at MST3K.com:
• The multicultural carol from 521- Santa Claus,
• Gypsy’s shower from 513- The Sinister Urge,
• The Mr. B Natural debate from 319- War of the Colossal Beast,
• the extended ‘Crow cheats’ segments from 515- Wild World of Batwoman,
• Frank’s lovely ode to Nummy Muffin Cocol Butter from 605- Colossus and the Headhunters,
• Crow frets about being a Solarite and Pearl wonders if she’s truly evil from 902- Phantom Planet and
• the classic Sidehackin’ Song from 202-Sidehackers.
Over in the Planet Theater, there are clips from episodes:
• 513- Beast That Wouldn’t Die,
• 902- Phantom Planet,
• 408- Hercules Unchained,
• 506- Eegah,
• 619- Red Zone Cuba,
• 406- The Giant Leeches,
• 810- Giant Spider Invasion,
• 908- Touch of Satan,
• 320- The Unearthly and
• 414- Tormented.
And of course, there’s the riff o’ the day!
Posted by Sampo, on June 25th, 2008 
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