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A Must See. No Question.
Well, this is the first MST3K episode with Mike Nelson as host. But that's not the only thing that makes this episode a must see. The jokes are simply hilarious from the beginning, and get even better all the way through to the end. And the movie itself just has a sense of importance to it. I read on the internet somewhere that it couldn't get released for 2 years after it was made because of the sheer violence contained in it. And yeah, the movie is pretty darn violent. But MST3K makes the violence beyond hilarious. After a monster in the closet tears the lab assistant's arm off, he stumbles around slamming his wound into the wall, and Mike says, "Now he's going to fall into a pan of lemon juice." <
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>Also the movie brings up a lot of philosophical issues I don't see raised in other MST3K movies. Or if they are raised, they're so bland and trite that they're not worth paying attention to. However, this movie is different. You really do think about, "Hmm, is the desire for medical progress extreme enough to be classified as playing God?" and, of course, the old Frankenstein scenario, "If a bunch of human parts formed together to make a living creature, would it have a soul?" This movie's like Frankenstein in a lot of ways, but the MST3K crew doesn't care. They just make fun of everything on the screen. Sure, the monster just lit the place on fire and bit the doctor's neck off, but look, his mask is just tied in the back!

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Great show, good price
Any review of Mystery Science Theater 3000 written by me is boilerplate. MST3K was one of the funniest and most intelligent TV series ever to inhabit the ether. I am proud to possess a copy of every episode (except the missing K0-K3 titles, and you Misties know of what I speak). <
>The Brain That Wouldn't Die is one of my personal favorites.

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Not one of their best...
First let me say I am a huge MST3K fan and I have been known to record over precious family moments if I had no clean tapes. (Not MY precious family moments but, well, you get the idea...) <
> My favorites include Catalina Caper, Manos: T.H.O.F., The Screaming Skull, Wild Rebels, any Bert I. Gordon, etc. The list is almost endless. (Notice I say 'almost') <
> This is Mikes' 'first' film and while he and the bots keep the quips comin' they just are'nt as rapid fire as usaul and it shows. It's like they didn't want to give up on using this cinematic dreck but didn't have enough time or energy to give it a good thrashing. <
> I really tried to love this one (really, truly I did) but out of all the dozens of episodes I've seen (and I have seen PLENTY), only one or two didn't make my Movies-I-Will-Memorize list. Sadly, this one is hovering right near The Mask of Fu Manchu on the loser list. If you've never seen the show you might like it but as a MST gourmet; I've laughed harder. <
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