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How MST3K Inspired the Internet Generation
The first generation of Internet users has been heavily influenced by many things. It might seem silly to try to pin down one aspect that had the biggest influence, but that’s exactly what I’m going to...
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5 Awesome Endings to Bad Movies
There are some terrible movies that have a special place in my heart because they took me by surprise with their superb endings. After doing my list of five good movies with bad endings, I figure it’s...
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Movie Matchups: The Shining (1980) vs. Manos: The Hands of Fate
Stanley Kubrick did something that no one else can boast of doing when he made The Shining in 1980. He took the worst horror film ever made, 1966’s Manos: The Hands of Fate, and turned it into the best...
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Movie Matchups: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang vs. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Christmas is coming early this year. I usually save my Christmas article for later in the month of December, but the good folks at Rifftrax preempted me by scheduling their riff of Santa Claus Conquers...
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10 Movies About Aliens That Don’t Have Any Language Barriers
Science fiction is a funny business. You want to have just enough scientific realism to be believable, but you don’t want to spend the whole film talking about hardware or the linguistics problems...
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Did MST3K’s Joel Robinson Create Artificial Intelligence for His Bots?
It is time to totally geek out and blow one aspect of a glorified puppet show way out of proportion. I am going to talk about a show that is near and dear to my heart – Mystery Science Theater 3000....
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Why The Starfighters Is the Best Film MST3K Ever Riffed
The Starfighters is the most perfect movie ever to appear on Mystery Science Theater 3000. It debuted during the show’s magical sixth season – after Joel Robinson had escaped the Satellite of Love, but...
View ArticleI No Longer Think It’s Wise to Mock the Past
Have you ever found the answer to a question you had never thought to ask, but which explains many other questions you’ve had? I had this experience when I watched a brilliant review of Pleasantville....
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