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Actors: Michael Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie |
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Evil scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester (Beaulieu) has devised the ultimate torture devise; a spaceship whose occupants are forced to watch terrible B-movies from the 50's and 60's. Michael Nelson (played by himself) is the astronaut who is burdened with watching the tedious films. Along with his robotic pals Crow T. Robot (Beaulieu) and Tom Servo, (Murphy) Mike gamely views the motion picture while providing a running commentary of snide, silly, often hilarious quips. Their cinematic asides are better the actual screenplay and dialogue of the movie. The movie they are enduring this time is This Island Earth starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Russell Johnson, and Lance Fuller. It is an outlandish 1950's science fiction movie about a race of super advanced aliens called Metalunians lead by the tanned and cerebral Exeter (Morrow) who sequester and commission the world's most brilliant scientific minds to solve a serious energy problem they are facing.
Dr. Meacham (Reason), Dr. Adams (Domergue), and Dr. Carlson (Johnson) realize they are being brainwashed and attempt to flee. Carlson is killed and the other two are brought aboard the alien spacecraft, then “conditioned” to make the voyage across the universe to Metaluna. After learning the alien world is being destroyed and their intended strategy is to conquer the Earth, Adams and Meacham manage to leave the planet before its annihilation. A large mutant sentry has stowed aboard and threatens Dr. Adams when she emerges from her conditioning session. The movie and the spoofing involving Nelson and his mechanical sidekicks makes for a funny and nostalgic look at the one-time innocence of Hollywood and its audience.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Parody movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- astronaut
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Robot
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- average (man)
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Spaceship setting:
- really, really giant spaceship/station
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Misc settings
- lab
Style
Tone of movie
- funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
- exotic spaceships
- exotic aliens
- exotic big cities
- exotic alien landscape
Is this movie based on a
- TV show
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