I know the bar is set pretty high, but could there possibly be an MST3K protagonist who is quite as unlikable as Diabolik?

The Japanese woman translating the alien language actually isn't as stupid as it seems.

First of all, if the moon people had any long-forgotten contact with the Earth, it would make sense for them to have knowledge of one of the most ancient and widespread written languages on the planet, like Chinese.

Further, it is proper to assume that a native Japanese speaker could read Chinese. Japan makes use of an alphabet that is almost identical to the Chinese alphabet, which assigns one word to one letter. They are therefore able to read a Chinese text with perfect understanding, even though they would pronounce each word differently.

It's a good thing Coily didn't agree that "even the ground, the Earth is a sort of spring". That could have gone poorly.

Considering their lessons cover broad topics in about three minutes, you'd think they'd have covered more than ten by the time they turn thirty.

How does it pass that the wife is griping on and on about starting a weird new life on the coastline, and then she reveals that she's homesick for San Francisco?

Pretty sure that the statue wouldn't carbon date from the future because it's based on half-life... so if it was made new in its time and then sent to the scientists in the movie... it should show as new, not *dramatic announcer voice* FROM THE FUTURE. Things never have _more_ carbon than when it's new. And I know, I know "repeat to yourself it's just a show" but it's not the show, it's the movie. I'm just saying. It's the fundamental problem with the plot.

I love that the Phantom of Krankor so graciously expresses to his captives that he cannot understand a society where intelligent men like them aren't in charge. It really speaks volumes for the kind of enlightened utopia that Earth might have become if the Krankorians had taken over.

"Your methods have not always been -- and I use this term loosely -- orthodox."

I keep rolling this line over in my mind, and it just baffles me. He's loosely using a term to express what he does not think his methods were? So his methods were only "loosely" not orthodox?

Every so often I'll turn this one on, thinking "Okay, this time I'm going to focus and finally figure out what the hell Denby's evil plan is." But invariably, before I know it, he's blowing up his car for no apparent reason. Has anyone figured out what's going on?

Oh, one of those times I WISH I was working on the writing staff. It is such an easy Riff.

Austrian girl to doctor: "Surly, you don't want to compare yourself with Dr. Correll."

I will compare myself with Dr. Correll. And stop calling me Shirley.

Ever notice the one brunette giant who does absolutely nothing but hang out behind the other giants? I wonder what the story was with that.

This movie has some of the biggest plot holes in all of MST3K; what's the deal with "Genius" biking out to the park before he observed the effects of his concoction? How are the giants making sure nobody escaped the town if all they do is hang out in the theater? How does "Untie our leader or I'll leave this girl on the roof of this building, such that getting her down will be a mild inconvenience" serve as an effective form of extortion?

Does anyone else suspect that this movie was supposed to star black actors? It's essentially a story about enslavement and rhythmic group singing in cotton fields, somehow contrived in a way to feature a strictly white cast.

I have the same suspicions about Tormented. Not just because the main character was a jazz musician, but because of the line where the father of the bride says "It's bad enough to have a musician marry into the family, but a JAZZ musician..." I daresay somebody had to tweak the script a little.