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Approach of the Mystery Science Theater Set
No sooner do I finish working my way through all four discs in the latest set of Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVDs than I notice that there's going to be yet another one of them released in a few months. Normally, I wouldn't make a big deal of this to the extent of posting something, but I suppose my currently not being part of any Mystery Science Theater discussion group may be weighing a little on me... and I suppose the listing of episodes sounded more interesting to me than the previous list did, although I did of course enjoy the latest set in the process of watching it.
"The Rebel Set" is one of the first "unofficially" released episodes I watched, and helps to mark the expansion of the fourth season into new "genres"... it also has characters who are closer to being beatniks than the people in the Mystery Science Theater episode actually called "The Beatniks." It also marks the return of the series to "riffing" on educational and promotional shorts, taking on a piece from the late 1940s which shows how great the Canadian National Exposition is through the adventures of an approximately five-year-old who wanders away from his parents into a huge crowd. "Secret Agent Super Dragon" is the first of the four 1960s James Bond ripoffs the series handled. I suppose I don't remember it quite as well as some of the others, but I'll wait and see... "The Starfighters" comes from the sixth season, which seems slightly controversial to some fans who hold that the movies got particularly slow and dreary and boring, although I like most of the results myself. This particular movie could be described as a squeaky-clean 1960s Top Gun with F-104s and no genuine action, although there is plenty of refueling. "Parts: The Clonus Horror" seems to be particularly well-known among fans because of claims of similarity between its plot and that of The Island. That may not mean quite as much to me, but I'll still be interested in rounding out the set by watching the episode.
"The Rebel Set" is one of the first "unofficially" released episodes I watched, and helps to mark the expansion of the fourth season into new "genres"... it also has characters who are closer to being beatniks than the people in the Mystery Science Theater episode actually called "The Beatniks." It also marks the return of the series to "riffing" on educational and promotional shorts, taking on a piece from the late 1940s which shows how great the Canadian National Exposition is through the adventures of an approximately five-year-old who wanders away from his parents into a huge crowd. "Secret Agent Super Dragon" is the first of the four 1960s James Bond ripoffs the series handled. I suppose I don't remember it quite as well as some of the others, but I'll wait and see... "The Starfighters" comes from the sixth season, which seems slightly controversial to some fans who hold that the movies got particularly slow and dreary and boring, although I like most of the results myself. This particular movie could be described as a squeaky-clean 1960s Top Gun with F-104s and no genuine action, although there is plenty of refueling. "Parts: The Clonus Horror" seems to be particularly well-known among fans because of claims of similarity between its plot and that of The Island. That may not mean quite as much to me, but I'll still be interested in rounding out the set by watching the episode.