MST3K 107: Robot Monster
Mar. 18th, 2007 09:35 amAfter a little thought on what episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 to next rewatch (and some contemplation of winding up with another list of episodes to watch based first of all on their episode number), I finally returned to the simpler time of the first season, and an episode that seems to be well-thought of by several. (It was one of the first episodes I sought out to watch when I first found my chance to see ones that weren't available from video stores.) "Robot Monster" is one of the small number of movies the series showed that were already infamous, and the mad scientists Dr. Clayton Forrester and Dr. Laurence Erhardt openly declare it was in the "Golden Turkey Awards." (That does, though, make me aware of how I've seen genuine fans of unadulterated low-end movies get angry at that book and the "bad movies" circle it's a part of, and reminds me of my conviction that the series grew to become something somehow working with its cheesy movies instead of just producing a brief synopsis to invite ridicule and contempt.)
( 'Boy, their survival clothing must be getting pretty gamy by now.' )