These Are the Episodes the Cast of MST3K Are Most Excited for Us to See
The latest season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 was just released, and it features our heroes Jonah, Crow, and Tom stuck in a marathon of riffing called The Gauntlet. Over the course of the season there will be six movies featured including a fairly recent one called Atlantic Rim (yes, it’s a Pacific Rim mockbuster). However, will any of them hold a candle to what is considered the worst movie ever and one of the most popular MST3K episodes, Manos: The Hands of Fate?
Some of the cast and crew revealed which new movies they think have a chance of becoming the next Manos. Creator Joel Hodgson even talks about wanting to get back into the same vibe of the show from the days of Manos before mentioning which new episode is his pick:
“I just kind of wanted to go back to the way Manos was. I think it works really well. Not just because it’s a great movie, the riff, and a really weird [movie] environment to be in, but we really reiterated the concept of the show back. TV’s Frank is apologizing. Because I think sometimes we forget about that, because we’re so into movie riffing and we’re so into crafting really great riffs, that we forget to reiterate that the kind of coloring book premise of ‘It’s bad movies, these mad scientists are forcing this poor guy to watch them.
It’s weird. Mac and Me is so strong, man. Everybody’s so into it. I’m going to say that’s going to be the one to maybe be the favorite.”
Jonah Ray agrees that Mac and Me is the top contender for being like Manos, but he does also mention how surprised he was by Atlantic Rim.
“I’m so keen on Mac and Me. That’s the obviously choice, of course. You know what? I thought it was a bad idea to do Atlantic Rim (a barely-veiled rip-off of Pacific Rim), but I actually really liked how it turned out. I like the sketches, and I like the riffs on it a lot.
You get 20 minutes in, you’re like, ‘This is really tough. I don’t know how to make jokes on this movie.’ 40 minutes in, you’re like, ‘We made a mistake. We should have chosen a different movie, because this movie is bad. It’s too bad to riff on.’ Then you go again. You kind of push through it. By the end, you’re like, ‘That wasn’t so bad.’ Then it happens all over again. We always forget. You forget every episode.”
Meanwhile, Patton Oswalt had a different idea for this season. He thinks Atlantic Rim is one of two films that fans should really pay attention to. The other? Killer Fish.
“Killer Fish. Oh my god. Killer Fish was the one they found this season that reaches the levels of Manos and Beast of Yucca Flats where you’re like this is literally not a film. How is this a movie? How was this released? Is this a movie? What are we watching? It’s really that level.”
Let us know your favorite films from this new season once you get done watching them all on Netflix.
Via: Nerdist