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"We won, Mr. Stark. We won, you did it, sir, you did it. ... I'm sorry... Tony…"

"Tony, you can rest now."

( One man saved the MCU, but it isn't who you think. )

1. Life doesn't give you seat belts (but they're a good idea anyway ( Read more... )

Unless you were sitting under a rock last November, you may have heard that Joel Hodgson ran a wildly successful Kickstarter to revive MSt3K with 14 new episodes. Though the cast has been announced, what movies the new crew of the Satellite of Love will be watching is still under wraps. It's a hard choice, given the wealth of crappy movies out, but ( Read more... )

Some facts:1) I have never seen "The Star Wars Holiday Special ( Read more... )

In honor of the 38th anniversary of the one and only public airing of the Star Wars Holiday Special, we're proud to present you with this sadistic choice moral dilemma:

Facing torture at the hands of the Empire, you have the choice of either betraying the Rebellion or facing one the following fates:

Poll Those who forget the mistakes of the past are doomed to make ST:TPM

Just got back from seeing The Martian with jvowles. Excellent adaptation of the book. Some changes at the very climax due to Rule of Drama with astronauts doing very stupid non-astronaut things, but much of the book was preserved, especially the funnier lines (including cleverly edited versions of Mark's many, many "fucks" to keep it PG-13 ( Read more... )

Okay at the risk of making a piece of "FANFIC THEORY THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!" clickbait, I just got to thinking about the first PotC movie, and realized that the implied threat driving the plot doesn't make any sense.Okay, consider this ( Read more... )

6. Warrior of the Lost World (501): “MEGAWEAPON! MEGAWEAPON! MEGAWEAPON!” - In which our “hero” drives a motorbike across the green, lush, post-apocalyptic wasteland, abandons the girl at a critical moment, whines about wearing a jumpsuit, and is out acted by a dump truck mounted with spikes and a flamethrower (the Megaweapon). You have to feel ( Read more... )

In no particular order, these are my favorite episodes of Mystery Science Theater. It shouldn't be much surprise that they lean towards the sci-fi end of the scale. As a preference, I like episodes with enough action to actually be slightly engaging, though of course still worthy of Joel/Mike and the bot's derision.

1. The Lost Continent (208) " ( Read more... )

"From the towering mountain peaks of Illinois, to the bleak deserts of Iowa, welcome to another episode of Hollywood Geography!"