As we head into the last days before Mystery Science Theater 3000 returns, let’s take some time and think about the older series. There were 199 episodes, counting the KTMA season and the movie, but not the pilot/promo. But, for our purposes, we’ll not count the pilot/promo nor the KTMA season, okay?
Yeah, we know they only showed bad movies, but some of the movies maybe you actually enjoyed the movie on its own. So, here’s today’s question: Which movie that MST3K riffed was your favorite? Not the riffed version, but the original, uncut, unriffed movie.
I have to limit my answer to unriffed movies I’ve seen in full. As of this writing, that’s 74 of them. And, it would be one these: Marooned (shown as Space Travelers), Bride of the Monster, or The Amazing Colossal Man, all for different reasons. Marooned was actually a good movie with some slow spots. The Amazing Colossal Man was one I enjoyed as a child. Bride of the Monster is a guilty pleasure.
But what about you? What’s your favorite unriffed movie?
Now you’re just trolling Frank aren’t you?
This Island Earth would have to be one of my favorite unriffed movies along with The Green Slime . I saw This Island Earth on tv one saturday afternoon as a kid and liked it. I think they also played Forbidden Planet that day as well. I remember seeing Green Slime as well during some sort of Sci Fi marathon on a local UHF station as a kid as well.
I’ll grant you This Island Earth. It’s not too bad of a film. Never saw The Green Slime.
And I love Forbidden Planet. That’s one of the first movies I bought in streaming form.
Next up, What MST3K unriffed short feature was your favorite?
I haven’t asked about favorite short yet, have I?
Space Mutiny
The Crawling Eye. Also, Them!
Oh, I so would have enjoyed it if that had riffed THEM!
I liked Them, too. After seeing it as a kid on a black & white TV, I got a magnifying glass and waged war. (We’ve all done it, right? Or am I bad?)