The boring car scene in the beginning is strangely similar to the one in The Skydivers, where that Joe guy first comes to town.

This is the only MST3K-ed movie I've seen that is a legitimate struggle to sit through.

Decidedly un-bold :)

bahhhhhhhhh da da dahhhhhhhhhh....

Notice that the movie conveniently glances over the fact that the Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter" was an unreliable, problematic POS of a fighter with an abysmal safety record...let's face it MSTies, they were PRETTY damned lucky that these didn't just fall out of the sky while filming.

The congressman's voice gives me the willies. It's so smarmy. It reminds me of someone but I can't place it. It's sort of a nasal Jack Nicholson, but I think there's someone else it sounds like. Anyone?

Ahah oh my god, at 1:23:58, the shot of the plane's rear exhaust and the suggested innuendo are hilarious. Mike and the Bots are like WHOA

This was the first MST3K I saw, it was on the tv in the dorm basement where I was waiting for my roommate to get done schlupping his date. I recall being a bit confused as to what was going on and falling asleep several times during the endless refueling scenes. Fortunately I was a little interested and later was trading bootleg music with a guy who also had MST3K tapes who hooked me up. I like it as a n episode, some sharp sharp riffs and the singing and such but there is so little to work with even the boys can't keep it from putting me to sleep in the third act.

Maybe I'm a bad person, but this is one of my favorites. The impotency jokes, the corn detassling, the crunchy hair, the huge horrifying faces. I love it all. Remember: "We're not here to admire this plane!"

The F-104 kinda sorta reminds me of the Bell X-1...actually, I think they featured it in The Right Stuff. The way the movie presented it, it was like Yeager sorta just showed up at a base, eyed the F-104, and asked Ridley "Hey Ridley? You got any beeman's?"...Beeman's being lichorice chewing gum...the idea was Yeager says, hey, got any? Ridley says yeah, think I do, then Yeager says loan me some. I'll pay yuh back later, and Ridley says fair enough...but nevermind right stuff subtext. Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1. The movie showed him scoffing recruiters for the mercury program, then later showed him looking at the moon wistfully. It then showed him taking the starfighter up, and up, and up further. He took it up so far the intakes couldn't breath anymore, and apparently the starfighter has something to deal with that, which Yeager switched on...I don't recall what went wrong precisely, but something did, and eventually Yeager had to bail out. The bail out involved a fire inside his helmet...actually, this may also have to do with right stuff subtext, on reflection...

A lame version of Top Gun

The producers knew once the word got out on this catastrophe they were in big trouble, so for the foreign version release they quickly retitled it, “Poopie-Suit Pool Party!”

This wasn't the worst movie ever (that would be Beast of Yucca Flats) but this one wasn't entertaining in its badness, it was just bad with no entertainment value whatsoever. Not even Mike and the Bots could save it.

I enjoy a movie with no plot.

43:00 Major Nelson. HA!

What this movie doesn’t tell you is the f-104 Starfighter is a piece of crap.

We lsot this episode, and the Servo Academy song with it.

IT'S BOLD!

...and, incidentally, "cordite" is the name given to a series of smokeless gun powders starting with a formulation invented in the UK near the end of the 19th century, beginning with attempts to balance nitrocellulose with nitroglycerin

This was always my second least favorite MST3K episode....However, I just re-watched what was my very least favorite episode: San Francisco International. Surprisingly, I loved it! So I figured it was only fair to give this one another shot, too....Perhaps I'll surprise myself again! :)

PS: It's not that I ever thought either of these episodes was "bad"--the films just seemed too dull to effectively riff on....there are only so many jokes one can make about how boring something is.

How DID the 'bots strip off Mike's boxers? It's an interesting topological puzzle...

Crow mentions that his sportscar (back then) of a computer has a Sound Blaster 16 and a 4x speed CD drive....plus a 90MHz Pentium. What, no MMX? :-P

This actually contains a bizarre variation on the invention exchange...Forrester & Co.'s cranial ports and Mike and Co's "Cowboy Mike's Own Original RICOCHEEEEEEEET!!!! Barbeque Sauce!"

Seriously, what IS with the music in this movie?

Also, is "Refueling" the next chapter of "Deep Hurting" and "Rock Climbing"?

Boy, if only they included some drama in this movie, there might be a story...

Have you ever known one of those guys who is super into flying and just believes that airplanes are just so intrinsically fascinating that he will tell you the model of every plane that passes by, no matter now little it means to you? This movie must have been made by such a person.

"Cowboy Mike's own original red hot Ricocheeeee- *pew pew pew* -eeeey barbecue sauce!"
I love this skit, despite the fact that I have no idea what it has to do with the movie. Or maybe, because of that.

All these guys with jets- every one a superhero, every one a Captain Kirk...
They really need a giant, flying, fire-breathing turtle to shoot at.

Now the unavoidable question: was it better than Top Gun?

This episode is making me blush!

RIC-O-CHEEEEEEET!!! It kills me every time.

Now that I've seen every episode of MST3K, I can say unequivocally that this one is the sexiest.

I wanted to quote one of the riffs from the refueling scene, but couldn't pick just one.

kevin murphy's musical riffs really make the later seasons shine.

I think this was about an old guy trying to dodge another old dudes calls before answering machines were invented.

Gosh, I love that bit about the 'information super highway'. Brings back memories of bits of DOS and dial up that were absolutely perplexing.

"Soooo, what was Starfighters about?". Umm, uh...jets refueling?

This one kicks some serious ass... perfect example of mst3k's alchemical skills... talk about turning crap into gold.

Watch just for Servo's song. The riff sin this one are terrific

So....much....nothing...

I /thought/ I saw something resembling a plot, in between the second and third refueling montages. Probably a mirage.

Where was the movie part of the movie?