MST3K "Manos" Arrives on DVD

malicioususer writes "According to this page the legendary MST3K episode "Manos: Hands of Fate" appears on DVD November 20th. If you can bring yourself to endure only one MST3K, this is the one." A great present for anyone you want to punish this christmas ;)

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MST3k

[JohnnyKnoxville]

EEGAH!

Re:mst3k

[tomblackwell]

The next version of the slashcode software will automatically remove all vowels from words. It will also turn any phrase that it's ever seen before into an acronym.

The slashdot readership will love it. Apparently superfluous letters anger them.

Re:MST3K

[connorbd]

You're just asking for DEEP HURTING.

Trying to think of where it was that I read some history of Manos and it turned out to be an unfinished derelict wreck of a movie that someone thought they could resurrect...

I think I need this DVD, though.

/Brian

Re:MST3K

[nomadic]

The only reason the movie doesn't destroy your mind is that Joel and the bots hurl a steady stream of abuse at it. Without their commentary, your head would fill up with evil and explode.

Re:mst3k

[Fjord]

IANAL, but according to the /. TOS, we're SOL. It should be O.K., IMHO, since by reading the FAQ you should be able to get most of them p.d.q.

mst3k

[Daspek]

do you know how long it took me to figure out that mst3k was mystery science theater 3000?

not quite 20 seconds.

MST3K

[mr_Spook]

Hooah! Love MST3K here, good to see this happening.

Though, one thing that would be amusing is if they put Joel and the 'bots on a commentary track so you could watch the movie without...

...no wait, bad idea. I'll shut up.

Yeah!

[cluening]

This movie was so, uh, good that I named my Handspring Visor after it. Yup, its name is "Manos, the Handspring of Fate".

What, did you think I had named it Torgo?

MST3K targets

[Michael Woodhams]

What I want to see MST3Ked are "Independence Day" (Oh, so nobody fleeing alien invaders is prepared to drive on the wrong side of the freeway?) and "Deep Impact" (We made underground accomodation for 2 million people in a few months - and kept it a complete secret. We just painted 100,000 workers and 10,000 trucks camoflage green so the press wouldn't see them.)

I doubt they could afford the rights to do this, however.

Re:MST3K targets

[TrinSF]

MST3K had ruined my son, before he even hit kindergarten, I kid you not.

He was a big fan of the Comedy Central showings and would beg to watch them daily. I didn't realize how much it had affected him at the time.

One weekend, my spouse was a GOH at a small con. My son got his own 'handler', a child care person in charge of keeping him entertained during panels. She asked for permission to screen Jurassic Park for my son in the private movie theatre at the hotel. He'd never seen the film because of our concerns about its violence, but I reluctantly agreed.

I went to check on him at some point and found him sitting with his handler in the theatre *heckling* the film, a la Joel and the bots. At the moment I walked in, a velociraptor was stalking the child stars on screen, while my son crooned, "Here, dinner dinner dinner! Here boy!" and "Mmmmm! I smell pasta with MEAT sauce!"

He was five at the time.

Only one?

[GreaterThanZero]

Gah...if Manos was the only episode of MST3K I had watched, I'd be dead right now. My whole world view changed. I saw evil in its purest fertilizer-salesman form. I dread the day when my friends finally make me show them the episode...cuz yeah, I do own it. I've protected them this long from the horror. I'm going to miss those friends.

There are only so many times...

[greebly]

...I can stand to hear TomServo say, "Manos, the hands of fate" before I go stark raving mad!

This is, I believe, the only MST3K wherein "Buffy & Hildegard" actually apologize to Joel and co. about the quality of the film. I can't imagine punishing myself by having it in my collection...

Well, maybe I can.

And for those of you who don't know spanish...

[AtariDatacenter]

Manos is the Spanish word for hands. That's right. The title actually *means* "Hands: The Hands of Fate". Trust me, the title is just as brilliant as the plot. But nothing can beat a Torgo screen saver!

not a big fan

[minusthink]

I'm not a big fan of MST3k. I would really like it except for those idiots at the bottom of the screen and make fun of the movie. It really gets on my nerves.

Production Info

[Detritus]

See The Hand That Time Forgot by Richard Brandt for some interesting background information on the production of this film.

tHe mAsTer wOulD nOt aPPrOVe

[Luxury P. Yacht]

A few favorite quips off the top o' my head:

• Good Night! Stay pink, soft, and oily!
• Uh... that's not how you wear your Depends, Torgo.
• You never had a poodle!
• You led me on, you gave me mixed signals...
• Boy, Russ Weatherwax really outdid himself with this dog!

Who's got more? C'mon! Post'em!

Re:tHe mAsTer wOulD nOt aPPrOVe

[ewhac]

• "Y'know, this is the slowest car chase scene I've ever seen."
• "Visit beautiful ground zero."
• "They just dissolved to the same scene."
• "Look, could we drop off Tim Weisberg now?"
• "Manos: The Hands of Fate was filmed on location in a vacant lot."
• "Been hittin' the ThighMaster, Torgo?"
• "DO SOMETHING!!"
• "Oh, c'mon, die; my arms are getting tired."
• "A crew? They had a crew!? I do not believe this movie had a crew."
• "These guys have the longest shift."
• "Wait! There's somethin' gainin' on us... Oh, it's just the top. I'm intensely stupid."
• "C'mon, fling 'er! Sidearm! Go for distance!"
• "The haunting... Torgo theme."
• "Well, his technique has improved somewhat."
• "This isn't Lysistrata. I like it, but it isn't Lysistrata."

Everyone needs to see this episode at least once. You will shake your head in utter bewilderment.

Schwab

Re:That reminds me...

[Skyshadow]

Ever since that year right after the IPO when ESR posted the list demanding items such as "a solid gold toilet", "bigger fireplace to burn stacks of $100 bills", "private Lear jet (w. heatseaking missiles)" and "hot tub filled with Dom Peringon", I stopped paying attention to the wish lists.

j/k -- that would be nice to see, eh? I wouldn't think it's too late; most people don't buy the bulk of their xmas gifts until after Thanksgiving.

I can't believe

[rjamestaylor]

I can't believe Slashdot editors posted a story about a movie with a lead character named "Goatman".

**shudder**

They got close, but the *best* MST3k? Tied.....

[veddermatic]

Outlaw of Gor and Mitchel. Don't get me wrong, Manos is a classic, top ten episode, and maybe the worst movie they ever did... well, except maybe Monster a Go-Go.

Jack Pallance in an MST... too funny to begin with. But the lines f*ing RULE. "I'll just follow your butt!" (orchestra hit sound effect) "Oh, maybe not" and "Oh look, *another* nice day!" are jsut too classic.

Mitchell is possibly the best of the best.... "Ohh, he's landed jsut short of the green" and "*pnat* *pant*, uhhhhh... there's gotta be a beer around here somewhere...." are too good.

Then again, Godzilla vs. Megalon is alos too damn good, as is Human Duplicators. Crap. How can you pick just one!!!!