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Re: MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)! [message #386837 is a reply to message #386820]

Mon, 09 September 2019 17:51

weary flake
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On 2019-09-09 16:28:29 +0000, Bice said:

> On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 18:11:37 -0700, weary flake <wearyflake@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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!
>
> There's also a graphic rape scene in that movie, which the principal
> of my high school didn't realize when he got a copy to show the entire
> school during some sort of special assembly (it was probably the day
> before Christmas break or something and they had nothing better to do
> with us).
>
> Anyway, I remember the film projector being stopped abruptly and the
> principal going up on the stage to apologize to anyone who was
> offended. A bit of a minor scandal at the time.

I apologize for mentioning it, I haven't seen the movie, only clips of
it. I was waiting for the movie to be riffed to see it. MST3K had
removed a rape from The Sidehackers to riff it way back in the second
season, and it didn't hurt the plot.

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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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		Re: MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)! By: weary flake on Sat, 07 September 2019 21:11
		Re: MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)! By: Anonymous on Mon, 09 September 2019 12:28
		Re: MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)! By: weary flake on Mon, 09 September 2019 17:51
		Re: MST3K Season 12 (i.e. THE GAUNTLET)! By: Anonymous on Tue, 10 September 2019 17:29
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