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Storyline
The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination but first thing's first. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film to watch called, "This Island Earth." He is convinced that this movie will drive them insane. And since the guys cannot control when the movie begins or ends, they are forced to witness the true horror that is this awful movie that has a lobster creature dressed in slacks. But will this be the ultimate cheese that breaks the boys' spirits? It's up to one test subject's quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and utter intolerance for cinematic garbage to foil the plans of the scientist and to save the Earth. Written by
Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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Every year Hollywood makes hundreds of movies. This is one of them.
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Trivia
The "hard copy of the status report" that Mike is reading at the beginning of the film is actually a copy of "Satellite News" the official newsletter of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 information club.
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Goofs
Mike folds the newspaper twice.
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Quotes
Crow T. Robot:
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Bashing jauntily at the hull with a pickaxe, singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"]
Goodbye to Noah Beery, Hello Harold Lloyyyyd...
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Crazy Credits
At the end, where the country of first publication is, Mike and the 'Bots chime: CROW: Country of first publication United States of America. Offer void in Utah. MIKE: Children under 12, their families and employees are prohibited in taking part in this contest. SERVO: If not fully satisfied with this movie, please return unused portion for a full refund.
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Connections
References
Petticoat Junction (1963)
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Soundtracks
"Love Theme From Mystery Science Theater 3000"
Music by
Charlie Erickson and
Joel Hodgson
Arranged and Performed by
Dave Alvin (as David Alvin)
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Funny funny movie, although this is my favorite tv show, so I'm biased. It's always nice to see Trace (Crow/Dr. Forrester), who left the show soon after this movie was released. It's nice to see the guys at all, since Sci Fi took the show off the air.
But I digress. The movie is almost exactly like the show, except shot on better film and with better effects. Jokes abound, and the victim is fairly awful. I thought they would have picked a worse movie to mock, though, as This Island Earth was a relatively harmless piece of 50's sci fi fluff. They have dealt with much more dangerous and evil pieces of celluloid than this one. But a good introduction for the novice Mystie. They can always find out about the horror that is Mandos later.
The humor has recently been called juvenile and aimed at teenage boys, but I must disagree, as I am a 25 year old woman with a Master's degree in English and still find the show hilarious. The movie is only a taste of the overall genius that is (or was) MST, and if you at all liked the film, immediately go out and get what DVDs of the show are available. It's worth it.