MST3K Distraction

It's mean of me to come back and then disappear again. I've just been busy getting caught up on all the things I didn't do while I was finishing prac. Like wash the floor, do the shopping, have clean underwear... little things like that. Plus I finally read all my backlog of blog posts! Woot woot!!

And then Saturday I took some time for myself to watch a bit of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Or to its legions of fans, MST3K. For those unfamiliar with the show and/or too lazy to follow the link, a brief synopsis courtesy of Wikipedia:

The series features a man and his robot sidekicks who are trapped on a satellite in space by an evil scientist and forced to watch a selection of terrible movies, especially (but not initially limited to) science fiction B-movies. To keep sane, the man and his robots make a running commentary on the film, making fun of its flaws and wisecracking (or "riffing") their way through the film in the style of a movie theater peanut gallery. The movie was presented with a superimposition of the man and robots silhouettes along the bottom of the screen.

The Hermit and I used to watch it every weekend back in the States when it was on the Sci-Fi channel, and he recently obtained a copy of the legendary episode Space Mutiny. Here's a taste:

I guess it's one of those things you either get or not. Since this is pretty much how my father treated the horrible movies that came on Channels 38 or 56 when I was a kid - he'd term them "Bad Movie Number {insert random made-up number here}" - I totally got this show and love anyone else who does. You will instantly become my BFF and I would consider marrying you. Worked for The Hermit.

So now excuse me whilst I waste a little more time on YouTube watching some MST3K shorts.