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321 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
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"February '69. I was stationed in Phnom Penh. Charlie had us pinned down their way..."
"Oh, man. This is really, really cheap animation. Clutch Cargo was better than this!"
I think the coast is... *THOONK* Oh no! His head must have gone about 75 feet!
I don't suppose there's any chance this guy's uhh ...gonna end up under the wheels of a train, is there?
This appears to be a day when everything is vanishing into thin air...
including a few frames of the film!
SERVO: " I want those kids dead, I want Santa's house burned to the ground."
"Earth has had Santa Claus long enough, we will bring him to Mars."
The store room? Wait a minute, he's on a collision course with wackyness!
What is it? Uh, it's a guy in a cardboard box with a coffee urn on his head...
"All this trouble over a fat little man in a red suit." Truman Capote?
Hi kids this is Andy Henderson at the North Pole. "Oh no your not your Rip Taylor!"
"No one on Earth will ever know that Santa Claus was kidnapped by Martians!" ...do you realize what you just said??
Not since the pie fight scene in "The Great Race"! Not since the mudslide scene in "McLintock"! Not since the wagon train scene in "The Halleluja Trail"! Not since the chess playing scene in "The Seventh Seal"! Not since the orgy scene in "Caligula"!
"I'm not tired....but my finger is!" "OH SANTA NO IT'S CHRISTMAS!"
"The Soviet Union denies they have launched any such satellite" -Like they could afford to
AND THE REINDEER--OH THE REINDEER!!!--keep floating like holiday floats and in turn exploding in a hail of blood and entrails! Prancer: BOOM! Dancer: BOOM!
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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!
Occupies Mars and rebuilds their industrial base at enormous expense and returns Mars to self rule; Martians then build better quality toys and deliver them more cost effectively than Santa Claus! Elf Union outraged!
Bomar claims to be ten years old, which makes him approximately eighteen in Earth years.
You know, in the opening segment they cost the "furry little surrey" at $5,900 from Neiman Marcus, and for a long time I laughed at the exaggeration... Until I stepped into a Neiman Marcus and saw their prices...
It is a good thing that the Martians had such a great grasp of the English language; otherwise, we would all be speaking Martian now.
like most children's films, this movie is a nightmare! if I had seen this flick as a kid I would have run screaming from the theater and had nightmares for weeks! still, the SOL skits have just the right amount of holiday cheer (the one with Gypsy's mouth nativity in particular is very sweet)
Is it me, or does the Gizmonic Institute logo look like the Subspace symbol from Super Smash Bros. Brawl?
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Re-uploaded and updated episode link! Like always, enjoy, MSTies! =)
My friends and I riffed this way before we knew about MST3k. Then I found out it was riffed and *had* to watch it - much better than we could did of course!
Oh, I just stumbled onto something else! I'll be able to compare the two myself! LOL! Is the Cinematic Titanic DVD of "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" the reason why the MST3K version was blasted off of Youtube?
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How does the Cinematic Titanic version compare to the MST3K version? I, uh, stumbled on something that's downloading right now...
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians has been out of copyright for years. What gives, Yahoo?
Taken off because of copyright claim...bah humbug!!!
Word of the day: curmudgeony.
This is a perfect MST3K movie. So many quotable lines and so many Santa clauses..... I would suggest this for a first time viewer....
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Santa Claus can be our new Saturday night thing!!! Merry Patrick Swayze Christmas to all MSTies coast to coast.
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Laugh if your watching this on Christmas!
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This one is also a good example of why MST3K has such a strong fan base despite being cancelled over 20 years ago: You can re-visit certain episodes again and again and continue to unearth the meanings behind the more obscure riffs as you grow in knowledge.
When I first saw this one at 13, I had no clue why the idea that someone bought Pia Zadora a Golden Globe was funny.....It was only recently, after reading a book by film critic Richard Roeper, that I learned about the scandal behind the 1980 Golden Globes--and the highly dubious nature of the award Zadora "won" for Best New Talent for her performance in the reportedly godawful box-office flop Butterfly.
I guess my point is keep watching: The joke that flies right over your head today might make you laugh your ass off in 10 years ;)
This and Manos are pretty much the only 2 episodes I haven't watched at the Club...Because they're the only 2 episodes I own (Rhino Video's "The Essentials" 2 disc DVD set--with bonus "Poopie" reel)
But it's Christmas....and I've already watched Santa Claus 3 or 4 times since November 1st....So rather than watching the DVD again I figured I'd come here and see it with the "family" ;)
Merry Christmas.....Richard Baseheart bless us, everyone!
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Hope all you other folks watching this tonight are having a very Patrick Swayze Christmas/a Christmas that totally rules/a Christmas that kicks ass/a Christmas that isn't that bad!
So at the end the martian just let a 1700 year old Greek bishop and two children fly an interplanetary spacecraft back to Earth?
Wernher Von Greene... subtle.
I like how the little girl was more concerned about the martian's antennas that the assault weapons they were pointing at her face.
12:05 I'd hate to meet a creature like Batman on a "Dark Knight". Thank you!
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For a planet of people who apparently have a single, strict dress code, it really takes the Martians a long time to wrap their heads around the multiple Santas.
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MST3K's work was left undone... so many more movies need their treatment. This was the perfect way to get into the Christmas Spirit! Thanks for posting :) Love the Coca-Cola stunt polar bear LOL
Bring your other Mustache
I love how Tom Servo makes a Dr. Who reference to the spaceship being like a tardis as the martians start climbing down the ladder.
I love the easy bake foundry :)
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Is it just me or does the main Martian guy look kinda like Steven Colbert?
I love how Tom's head is a snow globe.
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What's with the kids sleeping in the park in December, listening to the news broadcast?
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I've got a secret crush on Voldar.
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I love that Tom's head is a snow globe.
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Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas MP3 download:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?duwmzozx5x38mb2
Headbutt.
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Dropo makes me uncomfortable. He strikes me as a man on the edge of his sanity in real life.
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added a full movie. it's link 2
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yaR0qM7JE
Since we can't upload parts, this is a link to part one of five
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The Mads' invention is particularly evil.
Ah, what would Christmas be without a tree, egg nog, the love of family and friends, and a viewing of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians? There's so much to love in this movie, including a polar bear with a huge zipper down its back.
http://youtu.be/dKgD4Zua-F8
It's fine in the USA