The raison d'etre of MST3K
(as fans like to refer to it) is to poke gentle (but presumably affectionate)
fun at old SF movies. If this sounds like an entertaining idea to you then
you might want to see this. If, on the other hand, it sounds rather pointless,
no matter how good the writing of the contemporary commentary then, like
me, you will not want to waste too much of your precious time on this Earth
watching this. To me, the concept sounded naff from the off. But I was always
curious. So when this was recently aired on UK terrestrial TV in the wee
small hours, I popped in a video tape, set the timer and wondered just what
might turn up.
Unfortunately, this is as dismal as I feared. No, actually
it's much worse. I have to put all my honesty cards on the table, and I can't
tell you how rare this is for me, but I only watched about ten minutes before
giving up. The jokes are simply not funny, and the whole thing is creakily
amateurish. These guys have got a nerve to poke fun at any old movie!
Anyone with a couple of randomly selected friends could easily do as good
at job at home - without paying for the privilege of having Nelson and his
buddies do it for you - only worse. I've now spent as much time on this review
as I did watching this lame piece of junk. Time to stop.
1/10
Rob Dyer (July 2004)
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