| So who voted on what I'll be doing Saturday? [message #185706] |
Fri, 20 April 2012 18:40  |
nebusj-
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That is, I'll be at Cinematic Titanic in the McCarter theater
in Princeton, watching one of up to six bad movies, while watching
Dave 'Gruber' Allen finally be in the big show. But since the movie
selection was put up to public vote, I don't know which movie it's to
be. Anyone able to say?
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| Re: So who voted on what I'll be doing Saturday? (and GREEN SLIME) [message #185708 is a reply to message #185706] |
Sun, 22 April 2012 18:11  |
Doug Elrod
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On Apr 20, 6:40 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> That is, I'll be at Cinematic Titanic in the McCarter theater
> in Princeton, watching one of up to six bad movies, while watching
> Dave 'Gruber' Allen finally be in the big show. But since the movie
> selection was put up to public vote, I don't know which movie it's to
> be. Anyone able to say?
Maybe someone is able to say *now* :-).
If anyone was voting on my watching "Green Slime" (1968) on Saturday,
congratulations on your omnipotence! Because, I watched that film
(which was the subject of the unaired Mystery Science Theater 3000
pilot), when it aired on Turner Classic Movies. A very good candidate
for riffing, I think, because of all the interludes with no dialogue,
and the apparent ever-present likelihood that someone will go out into
the vacuum without closing their space-helmet. (How will the audience
see my MOVIE STAR FACE, if I do that? :-)). In honor of that film,
here's the (wonderful) THEME SONG:
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Open the door, you'll find the SECRET.
To find the answer is to KEEP IT.
You'll believe it when you FIND,
Something screaming 'cross your MIND!
Greeeeeeen Sliiiiiiiiime!
What can it be? What is the reason?
Is this the end to all that breathes, and
Is it something in your HEAD,
Will you believe it when you're DEAD?
Greeeeeeen Sliiiiiiiiime!
Greeeeeeen Sliiiiiiiiime!
Greeeeeeen Sliiiiiiiiime!
-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu) ;-)
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| Re: So who voted on what I'll be doing Saturday? (ASTRAL FACTOR) [message #185710 is a reply to message #185706] |
Thu, 26 April 2012 16:40 |
Doug Elrod
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On Apr 20, 6:40 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> That is, I'll be at Cinematic Titanic in the McCarter theater
> in Princeton, watching one of up to six bad movies, while watching
> Dave 'Gruber' Allen finally be in the big show. But since the movie
> selection was put up to public vote, I don't know which movie it's to
> be. Anyone able to say?
I hear it was "The Astral Factor". I haven't seen that one. How was
it?
-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
Now, the ASTRID LINDGREN factor might be kind of interesting! ;-)
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| Re: So who voted on what I'll be doing Saturday? (and GREEN SLIME) [message #185820 is a reply to message #185708] |
Sat, 28 April 2012 02:03 |
nebusj-
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In <a6997b5a-4872-4bd2-82fd-3a2065d62c1f@h5g2000vbx.googlegroups.com> Doug Elrod <dre1@cornell.edu> writes:
> If anyone was voting on my watching "Green Slime" (1968) on Saturday,
> congratulations on your omnipotence! Because, I watched that film
> (which was the subject of the unaired Mystery Science Theater 3000
> pilot), when it aired on Turner Classic Movies. A very good candidate
> for riffing, I think, because of all the interludes with no dialogue,
> and the apparent ever-present likelihood that someone will go out into
> the vacuum without closing their space-helmet. (How will the audience
> see my MOVIE STAR FACE, if I do that? :-)). In honor of that film,
> here's the (wonderful) THEME SONG:
Ah, now, I *did* watch that from the TCM Underground on Tivo
project of Stuff To Watch While Doing WiiFit Step Aerobics program.
And I think ... you know, _The Green Slime_ would have been a pretty
hard fit for the show. It's got some great hooks to build on, such
as the pretty peppy theme song, but it's also got about fourteen
weeks of *nothing* as characters make vaguely Space Army talk at each
other.
The *good* bits come out kind of like _First Spaceship On
Venus_ so maybe it'd slip in well as a late season two entry. But
done earlier in the show's history it would've been way too much of
a slog, and I think later on, they'd demand a little more substance.
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| Re: So who voted on what I'll be doing Saturday? (and GREEN SLIME) [message #185821 is a reply to message #185820] |
Sat, 28 April 2012 12:50 |
Doug Elrod
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On Apr 28, 2:03 am, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> Ah, now, I *did* watch that from the TCM Underground on Tivo
> project of Stuff To Watch While Doing WiiFit Step Aerobics program.
> And I think ... you know, _The Green Slime_ would have been a pretty
> hard fit for the show. It's got some great hooks to build on, such
> as the pretty peppy theme song, but it's also got about fourteen
> weeks of *nothing* as characters make vaguely Space Army talk at each
> other.
Oh, I agree. But they had to "dig deep" on Manos, too. The "Big
Themes" (decontamination or dance-party, what to choose? :-)) are
just begging for some jabs so thoughtful that ROTFL would be a
CONSTANT DANGER!
> The *good* bits come out kind of like _First Spaceship On
> Venus_ so maybe it'd slip in well as a late season two entry. But
> done earlier in the show's history it would've been way too much of
> a slog, and I think later on, they'd demand a little more substance.
I think that they could do a great job with it in any era. Granted,
that might require Josh to come up with some totally-out-of-left-field
jokes in the early days, but even in the end-days, 60's cheese-fests
could be sliced-and-diced with many tasty layers of COMEDY! (Mmmm,
cheese-fests....)
-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
who is pretty sure that some Green Slime fell to Earth, and became
SIGMUND THE SEA MONSTER! (it would explain so much :-))
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