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MST3k - volume 4
For the fans of Mike Nelson everywhere this is the box set for you - Mike hosts all four of the films - hurray! (and some might say it's about time!) <
>The films are not the best in the MST3K database, but up to press this has to be one of the most rewarding of the collections released on DVD - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank and Hamlet are probably the best movies in the set but Girl in Gold Boots and Space Mutiny are perfectly able to hold up their own. <
>Now all we need are Prince of Space, Jack Frost and The Thing that Couldn't Die and our lives will be complete... <
>...Buy the box set you know you want to...

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Sting, Shelly Winters, and God!
This is the second boxset of MST3K I have purchased so far. The first being box set #1. This boxset features nothing but SciFi era, Mike-hosted episodes. The humor in these episodes is very nice, but I enjoy the very early mike days the best. The comedy central years with mike are absolutely gut busting. Here are the major differences: <
>1) back then Trace Beaulieu did crow's voice, and Trace really had a knack for delivering some gut-busting lines. Without him, the show has a much different feel. <
>2) These sci-fi episodes have a lot of dialogue in the movies they watch. The Trace years were mostly 1950's B&W movies with very little dialogue, so they could make fun of the movie much easier. <
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>With that said, here are my takes on these episodes. <
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>1) Girl In Gold Boots: My ex-girlfriend used to rant and rave about this episode, so I thought it would be great. The boys do a decent job of cutting it up, but some of it falls flat. Their jokes about Charlie Manson being on the loose in LA are very funny. The host segments are pretty descent, and the segments with the Pearl and her goons are unusually par for the course. This is a decent episode, but a little of it can be tedious. <
>2) Hamlet: Wow, this is God-Awful! I couldn't stand to watch this through. This is truley a stinker of an episode. I'll give this another go in the future, but this is really bad! <
>3) Overdrawn at the Memory Bank: Superb! This is truley a great episode! The way they rip on the fat man in this movie is SOOOO funny! The scene where Raul Julia is talking to the fat man by the pool is absolutely hysterical. One of the greatest lines in MST3K history occurs in this episode: This is how much pure cocaine you would need to enjoy this movie! <
>4) Space Mutiny: This one kinda grew on me. At first it was kind of boring, but now I find it very enjoyable. They seriously shred this stinker apart! Very ammusing stuff! <
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>This is a pretty decent set, but I think I'll just stick to the Trace and Mike years.

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I'm a right, jolly old elf...
Space Mutiny. Space Mutiny. Space Mutiny. <
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>Do the other movies on this dvd even really matter? Once you've seen Cameron Mitchell in a Santa Claus beard getting a lap dance by an 80s reject who worships toys from Spencer's Gifts, you've kind of reached the pinnacle of badness. I've probably watched this movie, with the help of Mike & the Bots, more than some of the best REAL movies in my dvd collection. Why? Because it's the next best thing to watching a trainwreck in action. <
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>It's hard to believe that Space Mutiny was actually supposed to be a serious movie (and even more unbelievable they felt it necessary to leave a window open for a SEQUEL). Did anyone during the production of this movie look at the golf cart and say, "You're kidding, right?" Did the editor(s) of this film intentionally bring a dead commander back to life as some sort of payback for having to edit this mess to begin with?? Will spaceships in the future really be constructed from bricks and mortar? There's SO MUCH wrong with this movie that it could possibly be entertaining without the bots. You can't say this about most MST3K films. With the bots, you're taken over a comedy edge that will leave you laughing and crying for years. <
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>As for Girl in Gold Boots, Overdrawn..., and (ugh) Hamlet, let's consider them the appetizers. There's always one appetizer you won't like, and in this case Hamlet will most likely be it. I guess they were afraid that if they packaged something funnier with this set, like maybe The Final Sacrifice ("Rowsdower?"), it might accidentally kill some of the weak-hearted among us. Personally, I'd have taken the risk. <
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>Kalgon, blow me away!