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Re: MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)! [message #386777 is a reply to message #385851]

Sat, 07 September 2019 21:11

weary flake
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On 2019-08-08 18:59:09 +0000, Doug Elrod said:

> Although this season had only six episodes, the overall amount of funny
> was considerably more than in Season 11, IMHO. I'm thinking they found
> a way to "dig deep", to borrow a phrase of Joel's. Several of this
> season's episodes (particularly, "Lords of the Deep", "The Day Time
> Ended", and "Ator the Fighting Eagle") would have fit comfortably into
> a mid-1990's season, which is saying something!
>
> On the other hand, "Atlantic Rim" put out such overwhelming waves of
> badness that I felt *unprotected*, in spite of the riffs. This has
> happened once or twice for me with MST3K -- maybe it's just me.
>
> In any case, if you've been waiting around for some new MST3K, I
> heartily recommend paying whatever it takes (which is probably a
> Netflix subscription) to see Season 12. And, judging from the end of
> "Ator the Fighting Eagle", it appears a Live Tour is in the offing
> (perhaps here: mst3klive.com). If the riff quality on that is up to
> the standards of this season, that should be a must-have ticket, too!
>
> -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
> P.S. If you happen to still be on CLU GULAGER ALERT, may I point you
> to Quentin Tarantino's new film, "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood".
> My alert didn't go off before the end credits (shame), but perhaps
> yours will earlier!

When I read about this I thought they had riffed The Gauntlet (1977);
how disappointing that it's only a title and not a riff on the movie
with the fortified bus running between two walls of gunfire heading
for the witness stand at the courthouse!

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		MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)! By: Doug Elrod on Thu, 08 August 2019 14:59
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