So, hoping this is an appropriate venue to pursue a discussion:
I also like Soultaker, while Track of the Moon Beast and Hamlet are easily on my second tier of favourite episodes from the whole series. Still, there are other season 10 episodes like Girl in the Gold Boots or Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonder that, although funny, just feel to me as if they could easily have been so much more. At the time season 10 aired I thought maybe I was burning out on the show, but having seen some of these again recently I am pretty sure it wasn't just me. I can’t say objectively that these episodes are actually less good, just less what I want.
It would certainly make sense if the Best Brains were tired out or feeling unenthused about the impending cancellation, but I also wonder if this was simply the ultimate end of the transformation that some fans (including me) feel the show went through from slow-paced, mildly humorous commentary at the outset to uproarious, rapid fire but snarky riffing toward the end.
I have watched a good deal of Riff Trax and Cinematic Titanic, and while both are enjoyable neither of them lives up to Mystery Science Theatre 3000 for me. Riff Trax in particular has that too-caustic vibe I find in the terminal seasons of MST3K. My ex actually prefers Riff Trax for this reason, but for me the harshness often makes it less funny.
I was wondering where you stand on this issue, and what you think of RT and CT?
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So, hoping this is an appropriate venue to pursue a discussion:
I also like Soultaker, while Track of the Moon Beast and Hamlet are easily on my second tier of favourite episodes from the whole series. Still, there are other season 10 episodes like Girl in the Gold Boots or Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonder that, although funny, just feel to me as if they could easily have been so much more. At the time season 10 aired I thought maybe I was burning out on the show, but having seen some of these again recently I am pretty sure it wasn't just me. I can’t say objectively that these episodes are actually less good, just less what I want.
It would certainly make sense if the Best Brains were tired out or feeling unenthused about the impending cancellation, but I also wonder if this was simply the ultimate end of the transformation that some fans (including me) feel the show went through from slow-paced, mildly humorous commentary at the outset to uproarious, rapid fire but snarky riffing toward the end.
I have watched a good deal of Riff Trax and Cinematic Titanic, and while both are enjoyable neither of them lives up to Mystery Science Theatre 3000 for me. Riff Trax in particular has that too-caustic vibe I find in the terminal seasons of MST3K. My ex actually prefers Riff Trax for this reason, but for me the harshness often makes it less funny.
I was wondering where you stand on this issue, and what you think of RT and CT?