K14 Mighty Jack

K14 Mighty Jack: Sandy Frank  is this season's true villain, he was responsible for half of the movies riffed in this season after all. The little stooge was a weird producer who would get foreign films, edit the hell out of them, dub them (poorly) and gave them new titles. Sometimes he would go as far as to just stitch episodes from TV shows together (ie: Fugitive Alien)! Five of the films that he produced have been riffed on MST3K. Heck, most of them where re-riffed in season three!

Mighty Jack is another Sandy Frank flick. Oh joy. But, strangely enough, I found this to be one of the more enjoyable Sandy Frank flicks. This time, the dubbing is uber silly, so much so that I found myself laughing quite a bit at the flick alone, and man the editing has some REALLY moments!
Verdict: 3/4-Watchable! It's a silly Japanese flick with some of the funniest dubbing out there!

There is a reason that I'm glad that most  of these Sandy frank flicks where later re-riffed. There is a lot of great riffing potential in this silly movie, but the boys REALLY dropped the ball this time around. There are moments in this that could have been made into pure comedy gold, but instead we get nothing but silence. I'm kinda disappointed with how weak the riffing was, even for a KTMA episode! I think that I chuckled all of five times during the theater segments. I'm just glad that they would give this flick a second chance.

Opener: Larry and Clay argue about weather they're mad, or just angry.
Seg1: The bots weld themselves together as a joke, but Joel is unimpressed, until they walk in wearing women's clothing.
Seg2: Crow and Servo talk about what humans think is funny.
Seg3:After a game of bowling Joel and the bots argue about playing murder ball and then rock , paper, scissors.
End: Letters are read. One praises Servo, one praises Crow, and another describes a chick named Amy (the magnificent pagan she-beast) and her crush on servo.
Overall: I found most the segments to be pretty weak. Seg 2 had potential, but, much like Joel in seg1, I was not impressed.

Verdict:1/6-Ack! This was an all-around weak episode. The Theater segments where dull and limp and the host segments didn't do much better.

K13 SST Death Flight

K13 SST Death Flight: The bot's old designs where really strange, what with Tom's elongated hoverskirt/body (Tom Longtorso?), Cambot was just creepy (those eyes...), Gypsy had that weird googly eye and the waffle face, but Crow probably got it the worst in this department. He had the huge googly eyeballs the constantly extended arms, you could see the string that goes to his mouth as bright as day, and his bottom jaw never aligned with this upper jaw properly. And some people call season 1 cheap!

I have a question. What was this movie doing on this show? I mean the Gamera flicks I get, heck I even understand riffing "Phase IV" a bit, but this was actually a pretty well made movie. To be fair, that's due in most part to having An amazing cast. I mean you've got Robert Reed, Doug McClure, Gorge Mharis, Peter Graves (not the last we'd see of him on the show), and a slew of others. They all do a fantastic job, and make what could have been just another bland made-for-TV disaster flick, really engaging. Actually, the writing was pretty solid to. I mean characters in this movie actually have arks! This movie was pretty decent. Especially compared to the usual crap that the boys would have to suffer though over the years. And yes, you get to see Q (or Discord, depending on your fandom) yell at Peter Graves while Joel and the bots make fun of it. That my friends is why it's good to be alive.
Verdict: 4/4-Fun! A well written and well acted little made-for TV thriller. And come on! It's got Peter Graves!

I used to watch this episode all the time when I was 13, and I LOVED it. But that was some time again. How does it hold up? It certainly wasn't as great As I once thought it was. Now, it's not bad, the boys are a bit faster than they used to be and there where steady chuckles through out. I even hit a few full fledged laughs. However, it's kinda hard to pick on a good movie, and we end up with a few flat jokes, but not as much silence as past episodes.

Opener: Dr. F is back from Vegas, where he had a HUGE winning streak so, he decides to share the spoils with Larry.
Seg1: Joel teaches Tom what Pain is like, via shocking him.
Seg2: Gypsy recovers from a cold with a very sexy voice! Too bad it was just Gypsy and Tom joshing Joel.
Seg3: Limbo while Tom sings the banana boat song.
End:The boys read letters for the first time!
Overall: I got a bit of a kick out of the opener. It seems like the mads really stole the show whenever they where on back in the KTMA days. Seg two had me weeping with joy that I didn't have to hear Josh's gypsy voice for at least a little while. Seg 3 had a bit of charm, but it was really just filler. But the ending did have a landmark. Our first letters! Our little puppet show is beginning to take shape...

Verdict: 3/6-Fine! There are a lot of chuckles and if it had a bit more out loud laughs it would be a keeper.

K12 Fugitive Alien

K12 Fugitive Alien: It's a fact, the MST3k crew where/are a bunch of really good friends. It's incredibly obvious, especially in the KTMA days. Although, if you ask me most of the best examples are between Joel and Josh. These guys really know how to make each other laugh. When Trace is gone we get to see A LOT of this.

Oh, guess who dubbed and edited this movie. If you said anything other than Sandy Frank then what the heck are you doing here? This movie thinks that it's a noticed, thought provoking, space opera. It's wrong, but I'll damned if it doesn't want to pull it off. Again, we may just have Sandy Frank to thank for how silly this movie is. The silly dubbing and craptacular editing turn what could have been a cool little scifi flick into a confused and silly mess. However, unlike "Humanoid Woman" this movie is silly in a bit of a fun way.
Verdict: 3/4 Watchable! It's got goofy dubbing and crappy editing. It's worth a chuckle or two all by itself.

Trace is gone (yet again), so we're depending on just Joel and Josh to keep us giggling (this is a KTMA episode after all). Are they up to the task? Well duh. Admittedly , trace's presence is sorely missed, but Joel and Josh still have a ton of fun. I only laughed out loud a few times, but for me the actual riffing material didn't make the theater segments for me. I really got a kick just out of watching Joel and Josh interacting. There's no doubt about it, these guys where good friends. They make each other laugh constantly throughout, they join-in gags together, and they even share a few songs together (yes, they're not very good, but they are still having fun).

Intro: Larry talks to Dr, F, who's in Vegas. Joel sings the Fugitive Alien Theme.
Seg 1: Joel interrogates Tom about just where Crow is, until Gypsy pops in with Corw's head in her maw!
Seg2: Celebrities that are never seen together (the hell?)
Seg3: Joel and the bots have a dance off. Gypsy ends up winning.
End: Joel introduces the new fanclub!
Overall: Oh man, can you tell that these where all improved. Joel chokes a few lines (only to be saved by Josh) and the two manage to crack each other up. I loved the bit with Larry talking to an unheard Dr. F, and seg 3 was pretty cute.

Verdict: 3/6 Fine! I didn't laugh too many times and there where a couple of dead spots. But I really liked seeing Joel and Josh having fun. This episode is just like watching the two of them hang out and have fun just being a couple of buddies. Because of that I found myself really enjoying it. It's not hilarious, but I loved just seeing a couple of friends being friends.

K11 Humaniod Woman

K11 Humanoid Woman: While it's true that these KTMA episodes have grown on me, I'm beginning to miss MST3K's glory days. It's not like most of these episodes are painful, their mostly just mediocre. Sure, "Gamera VS Gurion" was pretty funny, but the other 10 episodes that I've seen so far where just Meh(!) or Fine(!). Yeah, there are some laughs to be had, but nothing too impressive. Let's hope that there is a diamond in the rough with these last 13 episodes.

Oh, how awesome, yet ANOTHER Sandy Frank movie and Hey guess what? It's poorly dubbed and confusingly edited. At first I didn't mind this movie very much...but, from the moment I first heard the weird beeping noise that signals Humanoid Woman's flashbacks (and other weird stuff) I grew tired of this movie. Soon, I got a very good reason. This movie seems to make crap up as it goes along. Now, to be fair it could just be the magical editing of Sandy Frank, but still it makes the flick seem annoying and really, really stupid.
Verdict: 1/4-Awful It's annoying, stupid and all kinds of confusing.

This episode starts out strong (for a KTMA episode), but, sadly it slows after a while and soon returns to the KTMA status quo: There are a lot of giggles, a few out-loud-laughs, and some missed opportunities. I'll say this though, there where a lot less dead spots in this than the last episodes, so there is some improvement. Not too much though.

Opener: The mads are pretty peeved at Joel for the good ratings.
seg1: Joel and the bots play tag.
seg2: Tom hits on Joel's blender.
seg3: The boys discuss surrealism.
End: Joel and the bots talk about the village people.
Overall: I liked the opener, the mads are always a welcome source for a good chuckle. I consider seg 2 to be a classic and it left me in stitches. Strangely enough, segs 1,2, and 3 where all repeated in season one.

Verdict: 3/6-Fine! The standard KTMA venture. But I would love to point out that there where a few good laughs to be had (namely in host seg 2). It juust falls short of a 4/6.

K10 Cosmic Princess

K10 Cosmic Princess: I really enjoy watching the characters slowly evolve into their roles. It can be very interesting seeing how they acted in the show's genesis. However, there is one exception. I practically dread seeing KTMA Gypsy. Now I have nothing but respect and admiration for Josh, Dr. Erhardt has his moments and I absolutely LOVE his Tom Servo. That being said, the voice that he did for Gypsy is painful, most notably the noise that she makes when she's upset *shudders*.

I've heard of "Space:1999" and, being a the Sci-fi lover that I am, I've had it on my list for quite some time now. The fact that "Cosmic Princess" is just two episodes stitched into one movie just gives me an excuse to be lazy. Why hunt down a show when you just watch it on another show? To be fair, I don't think that I got that good of a taste. I'm pretty sure that these where some of the later episodes because it feels like there's a bunch of things that I should know (like some of the character's relationships) and, to be honest that bugged the heck out of me. Aside from that the "movie" was just cheap, silly SCI-FI sholck, which I'm a bit of a sucker for.
Verdict: 3/4-Watchable! It's silly, cheap, and the acting ranges form decent to REALLY crappy. Sadly, there are some dull moments, and some confusing parts.

Once again, much like the majority of KTMA episodes, there are a bundle of giggles, a few out-right laughs, patches of silence, and missed opportunities in the theater. There are a few really funny riffs early on, but it soon devolves into the standard KTMA giggle fest.

Opener: The mads have fun with their no-D glasses.
Seg1: Crow gives Joel a haircut.
Seg2: The bots try to evolve, ending with Servo jumping off the desk and losing his head.
seg3: While doing Joel's taxes the bots notice that they are listed as Business Expenses and they are not happy about it.
End: Joel and the bots play football.
Overall: The host segs are just sorta forgettable , but seg 2 did get a chuckle out of me. That would certainly not be the last time that Tom's head would take some punishment.

Verdict: 2/6-Meh! A bunch of giggles, some blank moments, and a couple of laughs. It's nothing to write home about.

K09 Phase IV

K09 Phase IV: Something that I've noticed throughout these early episodes was Crow's evolution. In the earlier episodes Crow had a very artificial sounding voice, he only called Joel by his full name (he had yet to take the Robinson surname), and he felt more reserved than the other cast members. Ironically, he acted very robotic, which is a stark difference from the sarcastic, energetic, and somewhat childlike Crow that we would come to know and love in the later seasons. Well, at least while Trace was in the role.

Not a lot of people like this movie from what I've seen/read. I've heard that it's boring and/or pretentious, but I really liked it. Yeah, the idea of a huge colony of super smart ants is a bit silly, but the film makes it pretty interesting. The cinematography was also pretty impressive. But, I had a mixed reaction to the ending.
Verdict: 4/4-Fun! the premise was silly, and there are some kinda dumb parts, but it's well made and overall pretty interesting.

Joel and the bots have a lot of fun with the idea of super smart ants, which results in some good laughs in the theater. There is a lot of cute wordplay involving ants and Josh seemed to have  fun with the "Math is the universal language" idea that the film seems to love so much.

Opener  the mads talking about needing a huge amount of money so they sold Joel's car, which actually had $30,000 in it!
Seg1: Joel and the bots discuss Asimov's three robotic laws.
Seg2: Joel and the bot talking about what they'll do when/if they ever get on earth.
Seg3 the boys play I Spy and Joel "sings" "Whipeout".
End: Crow and Gypsy reciting Joel's fourth robotic law.
Overall: I liked the opener, and the end of seg 2 gave me a good laugh. The rest where meh.

Verdict: 3/6-Fine! There where some pretty funny moments, but the dead spots kept it from being really funny.

K08 Gamera vs Gurion

K08 Gamera vs Gurion: The Gamera films where show completely out of order this season (2-1-3-5-4), and after four Gamera flicks, I'm kinda glad that it's over. For now...

This is THE Gamera movie. It's the one that pretty much every b-movie lover has seen. It's one of the Goofiest movies ever made. The plot is INSANE, the Kenny replacements are improbably smart for being seven years old, and Gurion is a walking knife for Pete's sake!
Verdict:4/4-Fun! It's so silly and insane, that it's pant loads of fun!

With a movie this silly, it's almost impossible to not have fun riffing it! The riffing was fast paced (well, for KTMA, anyway) and there where some big laugh's to be had. The boys did a pretty good job with this one. I especially loved it when ever Servo would point out How the kids seem to know how everything one the alien plant works, when they've only been there for about twelve minuets.

Opener: It seems like the mads are out of bad movies, until they find the last Gamera movie (that they had anyway).  
Seg1: Crow is accidently K.Oed by Gypsy and has a dream in which he switches place with the mads and forces them to watch "A Planet of the Apes Christmas".
Seg2: Crow and Sevro discussing their dreams, only to get them confused with sitcoms and fantasies.
Seg3: J and the bot talking about their dreams. We end with Joel, Crow, and Gypsy singing Satellite of Love.
Overall: The host segs are pretty fun.I really liked segments one and two. Most notably, was Josh's reaction to "A Planet of the Apes Christmas".

Verdict: 4/6-Good! This is proof that the KTMA era can produce some actually decent episodes . The riffing was pretty good, the host segments where original, and come on, "A Planet of the Apes Christmas"!