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I think the Trollzilla invasion has settled down enough that it's safe to start this thread. So! Question. If you have a Joel\Mike preference, is the host you saw first the host you ended up preferring after you'd seen episodes from both? Or did you see one of them first but end up preferring the other? (And for the purpose of this thread, let's go ahead and assume that declaring a preference for one of the hosts doesn't mean you think the other guy sucks! Moratorium on feeling guilty for liking one more than the other, if in fact you do like one more than the other.) And for that matter, let's do the bots too, because why the heck not.

I'll start.
Saw first: Joel
Prefer: Strong preference for Joel in the host segs. Love them both equally in the theater.

Saw first: Trace's Crow
Prefer: Trace's Crow by just a wee smidge, though I think Bill's got better chemistry with Mike, so I actually prefer Bill's Crow in the Mike episodes.

Saw first: Kevin's Servo
Prefer: Kevin's Servo, though Josh's grew on me.

Favorite lineup: Joel, Trace, Kevin, which was the lineup when I first got hooked.

Next?

What's going on here?

I plan on bringing in my Lost Continent DVD and my portable DVD player.

I'm getting ready to watch this right now. This will be my third try and dammit, I'm gonna get through it this time! Any tips for my survival?

Had to share this with you guys!
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1241

I ordered one (of course!) and am super happy with it. It's a nice, thick shirt, and the design looks quite awesome in person. For reference, the shirt seems to run true to size. I'm a fairly petite woman - normally wear a women's medium or a unisex\men's small in t-shirts - and the size small fits me perfectly. There's also some other hilarious stuff on the site as well, if goofball geeky shirts are your thing.

Just another host segment that I get a chuckle out of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmzxr3vDTOs&feature=youtu.be
Hope you all enjoy!

(I'd blame Teri for this, but I'd been thinking about it earlier anyway.)
From Magic Voyage of Sinbad:
"What fresh hell is this?!" --Dorothy Parker

Next!

The So-Called "Worst Movie" Has Never Looked Better
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2014/03/manos_the_hands_of_fate_the_restoration_in_progres.php

sometimes while getting to know someone i'll throw out 'in the not too distant future...' and judge how they respond... next sunday a.d? way down in deep 13? somewhere in time and space? or, worst of all, the blank stare. does anyone else use this to gauge character?

A guessing game of sorts, but the real fun is making these up. I'll start with an easy one to see if this gains any traction

Race: Human
Gender: Male
Occupation: Law Enforcement Officer
Location: Texas
Likes: Justice, Boating, Fries
Dislikes: Due process, Interacting with other cultures

life is finite and i am always happy to spend time with mst3k and RUSH! when these two things come together it really warms my heart... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OSrGW_mPls

I know we have at least a handful of Roger Corman fans who know how influential the guy was in the film industry. Has anyone read the book "Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses"? In my opinion, it's the book that best sums up just how much he influenced New Hollywood, and all the careers he helped launch. It features a boatload of interviews with people like Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Jack Nicholson. I recommend checking it out if you're a fan, or want to know more about him.

Just finished watching The Most Dangerous Ga-er I mean Bloodlust. What a NOTHING movie. I feel hollow and empty inside after watching, like 90 minutes of life was sucked out of me. Eegah, shtemlo...

Now, I realize that this is a place to be obsessed with MST3K, but for me, it's more of a nice diversion from things that get difficult. My true obsession is reading. All during graduate school (all 8 years of it), I didn't let myself read a book I hadn't already read before because I tend to get wrapped up in books to the point that I will spend an entire day doing nothing else. It had been so long since I had read a book I hadn't read before that, when I started reading the chronicles of Amber, I wasn't sure I'd enjoy it the way I used to, and it was hard for the first few chapters. I actually had to force myself to read a chapter a day.

...but I'm happy to say that, today, I have officially fallen back into my obsession and now, I must confine myself to a chapter a day (since I have work to do). I just finished reading six chapters, or half a book, when I sat down to read one chapter.

Does anyone on here like reading or is that the wrong question to ask on a site about MST3K? :)

Let's play "Spot the Wizard of Oz Reference"! How many can you find? It seems like there's almost one per episode, at least in the Joel era.
I'll go first- In Gamera (episode 302), when Gamera starts breathing fire at a ship, Joel says "How about a little fire, Sacrecrow?"
p.s. I'm new here, so hello!

Ok, even these things can be riffed, case in point. The chocolate wrapper said:
Be Spontanious So I said in return: "Like combustion?"

My current Gmail background helps ensure everyday I can get that warm and fuzzy feeling!

What is your favorite quote from a MSTied movie? I'm not talking about the riffs but the dialogue. As an example I'll start with one everybody loves: Watch out for snakes!

Just had a random thought... a Smash Bros. style game featuring Joel/Mike and the bots as well as various characters and monsters from the experiments... just think:
Godzilla VS. Gamera VS. Gorgo
Torgo VS. Dr. Z
Prof. Bobo VS. The Creeping Terror
Pearl VS. Flavia VS. Mr. B
Mike VS. Joel... waitaminit

Remember the character Todd, who was introduced later in the series?
Did the actor playing him remind you of a certain someone who has been in a Misted movie?

http://www.scified.com/site/godzillamovies/new-japanese-godzilla-2014-trailer--interview-with-gareth-edwards

Hard work and dedication always looks like luck to saps, but you know you've earned every ounce of your success.

In a battle of all things Finnish folk-mythological!

http://www.thethingswesay.com/img/6036.jpg I can't find the original link---sorry guys. Try not 2 go OT too much here...but someone hilariously linked 2 Rick Astley's one & only known song... and I saw this and literally giggled myself stupid 4 about 30 seconds. And u can too! "SURE WE ALL DO!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzD01Hu1nPs&list=PL7B53DFC0C08767DE

For fans of the Naked Gun series of Movies, here is the TV show that spawned it. Police Squad!

how do we not fall off of the roof? I'll tell you how! It's tradition!

... A buddy cop movie staring Bruce J. Mitchell and Reb Brown.

...Who are unfortunately old now.

I JUST GOT MY SCHOLARSHIP BACK. Life is finally good to me for once.

Considering some of the unfortunate instances here of late, while I am the first to say move on, after coming across this little ditty I just wanted to share as it sums up the situation nicely lol. This will be my response to all trolls / keyboard warriors etc form now on ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaklcXNjdks

Has anyone played it? Apparently it's full of refrences to MST3K, including having a mission given to you by the Ghosts of the Not-Too-Distant Future, who are seen only in silhoette, and are described as an average looking guy, a golden spider duck, and a squat crimson pig, who lead you to INDUSTRY! TECHNOLOGY!