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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 ;)
EEGAH!
I know that movie is considered bad, but is it worse than Battlefield Earth?
Manos - Hands Of Fate - Mystery Science Theater 3000
While on vacation, a couple and their young daughter end up at the lodge of goatman Torgo, the assistant to "The Master."
Torgo and Master operate a bed and cult-fest, complete with satanic rituals in the backyard.
This movie is like watching a train wreck -- you can't bear to look but you can't turn away.
DVD version includes Poopie, the official MST3K blooper reel.
[127 MIN.; COLOR; NOT RATED]
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.
This might be a *little* offtopic, but are there any plans to post a Geek's Wishlist for this year? There have been some great submissions in years' past, and I think we'd all love to see them.
NP
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?
Posted from the wireless couch.
Anything with "goatman Torgo" and Satanic rituals can't be all bad. And for only 20 bucks!
Reviews here and here.
"If he thinks he can hide and run from the United States and our allies, he's sorely mistaken." Bush on bin Laden
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.
Quattuor res in hoc mundo sanctae sunt: libri, liberi, libertas et liberalitas.
Hell, I'd like to see what they'd do to a move we've all see a zillion times (and probably made fun of already!) -- Star Wars (episode 1 would be great!), Titanic, Gladiator, Fight Club..
The so-called good movies can be just as fun to ridicule as the really bad ones!
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.
Is already out on DVD. I'm not going to plug any retalier specifically, but I'm sure you can pick it up cheaply (I think I spent 8.99). The video quality is nice, though they did cut out a huge chunk of This Island Earth, some of which was pretty crucial (why did they try to leave the camp? you'll never know if you see their edit).
see this for the IMDb page.
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.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
If you liked MST3K when it was running, you should check out Edward The Less, an "online series" with the same writers and actors.
You should also check in on this MST3K tape-trading site from time-to-time. It's still under construction, but it'll be cool when they finish it.
Just imagine what they can do with Jar-Jar...
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I know I would be willing to pay. But I wish that when these type of shows are realeased that they would put a Season or two on One DVD. Then I could sit on the couch and ignore /. for a little longer. I REALLY WISH that they would do this with farscape. Besides what a waste of storage space.
"Mitchell" is also available, according to amazon.com.
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
For those without Cable, outside the US or anyone else that haven't got a clue what this is. You can get a PreView using Morpheus or KaZaA. There is lots of MST3K floating around. Remember to buy the DVD if you like it.
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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!
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.
"when life gets complicated, I like to take a nap in a tree and wait for dinner" - Hobbes.
They've taken a movie that should have remained forever obscure and forgotten, and made it almost... popular. At least the some of the MST movies (like Godzilla and Hercules) have a campy retro value... Manos, however, is just a nightmare - and now it's on DVD!!
Yeah, I want to see "Leave the Bronx"...added extras could include a 19-minute extended hardcore remix of Tom Servo's rendition of the credits music, backed up by some aging former punk-hardcore rocker...Flea should do nicely... :D
"Mod, mod, mod...and another troll bites the dust."
Get it here. Or for the goataphobic: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005S8L6
Berrrrrr-wynnnnnn. Buy me a T-shirt will ya?
I think someone told me that there was one episode of MST3K where the movie was so bad the Bots broke down; they were reduced to sobbing, unable to continue hurling sarcastic abuse, because the movie was just too bad... and Joel shouted at the mad scientists "Look what you've done!" and the mads looked ashamed. Was that this movie, some other one, or am I just confused?
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See The Hand That Time Forgot by Richard Brandt for some interesting background information on the production of this film.
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Anyone else notice how many of the IMDB's 100 Worst Films have been on MST3K? Of course many of them are probably there because MST3K has gotten the required 20 people to watch them. Manos: the Hands of Fate is #2 ;)
"Reality is just a convenient measure of complexity" -Alvy Ray Smith
From IMdB's MST3k page, by
and on the same site by Joe Pranevich {knight@wave.lm.com}
If you want more detail read the basics about MST3k. An excerpt: Although the details of its premise have changed radically over its 11-year history, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has always been about one thing: making fun of bad movies.
The official show website is http://www.scifi.com/mst3000/ and here is a huge page of links from ibiblio.org. Apparently there are several tape trading sites, loads of fan sites, quotes pages, episode guides and so on.
There is an Official FAQ on the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 Information Club website, and another page of interesting looking MST3k-related junk at John's Mystery Science Theater 3000 WWW Page which makes the cut for this post because of course it's hosted on linuxsavvy.com (I think it's a private consulting company but I'm not associated with it).
Have fun!
Oh, yeah, I'd second the suggestion about the Geek's wishlist for 2002.
Christopher
Mozilla
- 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!Bush should have died, not Reagan -- Morrissey
Morrissey rides a cockhorse -- The Warlock Pinchers
The only thing I can think of that might be better would be "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"!
Joel: Oh, and would you like for Christmas, little crow?
Crow: I want to decide who lives and who dies!
Joel: Oh, I don't know...
I was always proud when going to high school that I was learning in the same class room that Joel Hodgeson was in. Unfortunatly, none of the local cable networks recieved the Comedy Channel/Comedy Central, so no one even knew what the show was. Good 'ol sleepy eyed Joel.
:^)
Ryan Fenton
I/ve always wondered about a proper voting method that would take into account the volume of a response, but which would not be subject to ballot stuffing.
And let's face it, there are a number of small time flicks out there that would not make the big time for obvious reasons. The one that made the the worst movie of all time was a batwoman movie.
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
For those of you who live in or near Austin Texas, a local comedy group, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000, does live MSTk 3000 type of shows at the legendary Alamo Drafthouse. I reccomend the shows highly. They did Footloose, renacting the horrible Chicken-Tractor scene at halftime, using tricycles instead. I nearly passed out, but that could have been the beer.
To Quote the theme song: "We show movies live, not on TV, we show films with nudity..."
Less Talk, More Beer.
If you watch MST3K on the Sci-Fi channel, the last episode to be shown on television will be December 29th. For more information on this, go the the official fan club site and scroll down to "THE FINAL SCHEDULE". Sci-Fi has not renewed their contract to show episodes past January. Even if they did, they could only show reruns; the set has long since been torn down and sold on Ebay.
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Oh, you mean that film with the Paper Chase guy?
Schwab
Editor, A1-AAA AmeriCaptions
Firstly: Thank the gods other people think having Mike and the Bots on every DVD would be a good thing. And hey, they could have a short host segument before the movie, then the movie, then another short one after the flick. It'd be great! ;)
;)
Secondly: The reason Best Brains/Rhino doesn't put out whole seasons is because of the film rights. After many of these..."classic" flicks were shown to Joel/Mike and the Bots, the copyright holders quickly jacked up the price of using the films. Some people, like Sandy Frank, didn't know what Best Brains was doing to their movies, and they were furious. So for a lot of the movies, the rights have expired and the cost of getting them for video distribution is (apparently) higher than projected sales.
Now what I find interesting is that Best Brains themselves has released some new episodes on video. The thing is that Rhino's not involved in it, and they're from the Sci-Fi Channel years. They're available at mst3kinfo.com. That means that Best Brains owns the rights to these movies, and arn't going through a disto such as Rhino. Very interesting. Maybe people could lobby BBI hard enough that they'd release DVDs (Doubtful, but it never hurts).
And lastly, Sci-Fi is removing MST from their lineup after December. So watch and tape now, or check around for episodes. eBay has some general episodes, and private citizens have been known to have a large episode as well as rare tape collection.
--Reverend Raven
Desperate days demand dire deeds.
Many movies vie for the coveted crown of Worst Movie Ever Made. Most people typically award this mantle to Ed Wood's Plan Nine from Outer Space.
They are wrong.
You thought Plan Nine was bad? You thought Waterworld was bad? You thought Highlander II was bad? You have not experienced bad until you have endured the horror, the banality, the stunningly bewildering mess that is...
Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Most movies that people call "bad" are movies that merely failed to entertain them. Manos, however, will have you shaking your head in utter bewilderment as you ask yourself, "What were they thinking?" and, "How could they not know this sucked?" Filmed on grainy 8mm stock (and if it wasn't 8mm, it sure looks like it), the movie is in focus barely half the time, and poorly framed the other half. Scenes plod along at a glacial pace as "actors" stand around in utter silence as the camera continues rolling, waiting patiently for them to remember their lines, or at least ad lib one.
It is worth seeing, just to know that such things exist. You will be amazed. And not in a good way.
Schwab
Editor, A1-AAA AmeriCaptions
For example, the part when the scientists are apologizing for how bad the movie is won't make sense if this is your FIRST one.
I'd recommend starting with a Gamera or Godzilla movie. The movies are prob more familar, and the jokes are great.
**shudder**
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Buying through another retailer adds several middlemen to the process. Of course, it's fine to support the local Mom Pop (even encouraged), but Rhino ain't evil. I remember when all they had on their label was retro-rock and "outsider" culture releases like Fred Blassie's "King Of Men."
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Hey, for all of you guys who love the old MST3k episodes that *AREN'T* getting released: MST3k-DAP Also, on the zirc network in #dapcentral, and on edonkey2000, at, well, just check the above URL for that information.. Hasta luego, Exantrius
If you check www.mst3kinfo.com you can find that the Brains (mst3k production company) are selling a bunch of the SciFi episodes, as well as a new shorts tape with "Operation Venezuela" (originally planned for the MST3k interactive CD-ROM which never materialized).
I was lucky enough to see that one at their second convention in '96, and it's freakin funny. I hope they release some of the deleted scenes from the movie (like the meteor storm scene) soon.
PS I have over 100 episodes on video tape. Who wants to be a dear and buy me a DVD writer so I can convert them all over? You know you want to!
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
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!!!!
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I have seen manos several times, I even own a copy. It is by far the worst movie ever made. If you get the MST3k version, it is at least somewhat watchable. Without their commentary, however, kiss your sanity goodbye. Why is it so bad?
We start out with 20 minutes of footage of corn fields being shot from a moving car. Most of these shots are the same, reused again and again. Little dialogue, nothing happens. Then we get to the cottage, where the family's car breaks down. Since it's dark, they obviously cannot drive home so they have to ask to stay. We meet Torgo, who is a centaur, with cloven hooves and all. The man who played Torgo killed himself a few weeks after the movie was made.
Torgo develops a crush on the mother. Wierd things happen. The master has a harem he dances with. There are some strange things involving dogs. The rest is too odd to describe. Worse still? They only had a camera with a 30 second film capacity, there is no scene longer than 30 seconds. They had no audio equipment, all vocies were dubbed later on. Poorly. In short, it's bad. Real bad.
This movie makes battlefield earth look like an oscar caliber movie. It makes you appreciate the plot of Plan 8 From Outer Space and even Glen or Glenda. It makes Nigh of the Lepus and The Stuff seem like well done movies. In short, the only movie I could think of that might possibly be worse is this, and I doubt it's even a real movie.
Yea, I heard he's made of turtle meat.
It's really neat!
BTW, best episode ever? The Day the Earth Froze . With the short Here Comes the Circus... "Oh my god! They're doing it clown style!"
I thought the line for the gold would be much longer...
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I believe that was "Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection"...? That title sticks in my head for some reason.