"Mystery Science Theater 3000" The Final Sacrifice (1998)

User Rating:

9.5/10   

Director:

Kevin Murphy

Writers:

Joel Hodgson (creator) and
Paul Chaplin (writer)

TV Series:

"Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988)

Original Air Date:

25 July 1998 (Season 10, Episode 10)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Ape | World Domination | Warrior | Lost City | Wrestler

Cast

Kevin Murphy	...	Tom Servo / Professor Bobo
Michael J. Nelson	...	Mike Nelson
Mary Jo Pehl	...	Pearl Forrester
Bill Corbett	...	Crow T. Robot / Observer
Patrick Brantseg	...	Gypsy (1997-1999)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Chaplin	...	Karl
Peter Rudrud	...	Todd Gunderson

Filming Locations:

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA

Quotes:

Crow T. Robot: [sees snow in movie] Hooray! The movie's closed today because of snow.

Movie Connections:

References "The X Files" (1993)

Hysterical

"The Final Sacrifice" makes me ashamed to be Canadian and more specifically ashamed to be Albertan. I've always thought MST3k had a great feel of improvisation about it and this feel is so strong here that I doubt all of the lines here were written before the show was recorded.

This movie, from the acclaimed director of numerous 'making of' featurettes, Greidanus, the descendant of many great anuses is so hilariously incompetent in every manner imaginable that it's actually boring at times. Yes, boring. You actually feel bored if the bots shut up for a short while. It's THAT bad.

The riffs here are classic. Can't deny that. They range from clever jokes about Alberta (which worked well for this Albertan) to hilariously mean-spirited remarks about the film.

Classic MST3k.

10/10