Mystery Science Theater 3000
Plot
"In the not too distant future..." evil scientists Dr. Clayton Forrester and Frank conduct an experiment by sending unsuspecting victim Joel into orbit on a spaceship, aka "The Satellite of Love." Beguiled from any sort of entertainment, Joel (Joel Hodgson, show creator) has no choice but to watch the worst movies the scientists can find. With time on his hands, he builds companions out of parts on the ship -- robots named Crow, Tom Servo, Gypsy, and Cam-Bot (who films the show). Through the miserable screenings, Crow and Tom keep Joel company, and survive by adding their own dialogue and cynical commentary. Thus, the MST3K viewing audience avoids the perilous experience of the bad films, delights in an hysterically dense soundtrack, and relishes the moments when the silhouetted figures of Joel and the 'bots play camera tricks by interacting with the images on the screen in front of them. Every flaw in B-moviemaking is brought to light -- right down glitches in sound and bad prints -- with emphasis on plot structure, screenwriting, and performance (or, more appropriately, the lack thereof). Intermittently (to allow for commercials when the show appeared on the Sci-Fi Channel), Cam-Bot provides a break from the film viewing with sketches by Joel and the 'bots continuing the movie-mocking, television screen interactions with the evil scientists including the ritual "invention exchange," and other low-budget preposterousness. Later seasons brought episodes that replaced Joel with Mike Nelson (program writer) on the spaceship, and incorporated other characters, spacecraft, monkeys, and more into the repertoire -- all the while maintaining the film-feigning premise of the original program. ~ Sarah Sloboda, RoviCredit
Joel Hodgson - Show CreatorEpisodes
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season 01- The Crawling Eye
- The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
- The Mad Monster
- The Corpse Vanishes
- Women of the Prehistoric Planet
- Soultaker
- Future War
- Blood Waters of Dr. Z
- Final Justice
- Horrors of Spider Island
- Ring of Terror
- Wild Rebels
- First Spaceship on Venus
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mr. B's Lost Shorts
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season 04
- Indestructible Man
- Manhunt in Space
- Tormented
- The Beatniks
- The Rebel Set
- Monster A-Go Go
- Manos - Hands of Fate
- Warrior of the Lost World
- Secret Agent Super Dragon
- The Girl in Lovers Lane
- Santa Claus
- The Dead Talk Back
- Zombie Nightmare
- The Starfighters
- The Sinister Urge
- Racket Girls
- Night of the Blood Beast
- Laserblast
- Parts: The Clonus Horror
- The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up
- The Phantom Planet
- Werewolf
- Hobgoblins
Copyright © 2012 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Movie Guide®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.
