MST3K 303: Pod People

I've returned to one of the first Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes I ever saw. My first experience watching it (as opposed to just reading MSTings) was watching "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie," and I greatly enjoyed it, but having read in several reviews that not only was the series better than the movie, but the "Joel episodes" were better than the "Mike episodes," I rented a copy of "The Amazing Colossal Man" from a well-stocked video store in my university town when I had the chance. (As it turns out, rights issues made that movie officially available for just about as long as "Godzilla vs. Megalon," some years later...) However, I somehow wasn't quite as blown away as I had been by the movie, and that left me wondering... but the next episode I rented had me feeling more confident. I'm pretty sure it was "Pod People," although it just might have been "Cave Dwellers," too... In any case, I've just rewatched "Pod People," and whether it came at the right time before or not, it's still entertaining.
( 'It has nothing to do with pods; it has nothing to do with people; it has everything to do with hurting.' )