What is the Watercooler?
It's a haven in the middle of a harsh, 9-to-5 world. A place where you can gather with your fellow human beings and bond over a paper cup full of cool refreshment.
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What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, we nestle down in Chat and watch an episode of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for short) while spamming up the Chat box. Don't worry - we use episodes available on streaming sites so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
A comedy show that ran from 1988-1999, it's like watching a movie with running commentary. Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, are forced to watch terrible films as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, they talk back to the movies and riff on them. A more detailed explanation can be found up at the SoL.
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Merlin the wizard and his wife Zurella time-travel to the 20th century to set up a special magic shop. Though many people believe he is indeed "the" Merlin the Magician, reporter Jonathan Cooper remains skeptical and so tries to prove the old sorcerer a fake. Trouble comes to the shop when a toy monkey with potent powers is stolen.
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1920s college pranks not your thing? How about scathing reviews? Uh...babies? Ernest Borgnine has some children's books for you to sample, but seriously...stay away.
Whether a seasoned vet or new meat, we invite you all to come on down! Movie starts at 8pm EST/5pm PST, room opens at the :30 beforehand.
The password for the room is martian. It's YouTube, but it's all in one go, so here's the link!
Finally, June is coming, and we've got...
6/5 - Episode 409 - The Indestructible Man (w/short "Undersea Kingdom" Episode 2)
6/12 - Episode 623 - The Amazing Transparent Man (w/short "Days of Our Years")
6/19 - Episode 211 - First Spaceship On Venus
6/26 - Episode 808 - The She Creature
Adam Savage of MythBusters gives us an awesome display of cage dancing skills as he rocks out in his Faraday Cage to the Doctor Who theme.
Now I have to wonder, is Adam actually a Doctor Who fan? I sincerely hope so...
I dont know how many of you are aware of the Thousand Pounds Fight Team, but they do outstanding fight choreography. Their best work would be the Street Fighter style KO videos, which were featured on Kotaku.
They just released their trailer for a Live Action Naruto short entitled "Dreamers' Fight".
Considering this is all done out of pocket (About $4000 cost) and they dont plan on making money off of it, I think its cool. For a fan made video, I think it looks pretty damn good.
What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, we nestle down in Chat and watch an episode of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for short) while spamming up the Chat box. Don't worry - we use episodes available on streaming sites so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
A comedy show that ran from 1988-1999, it's like watching a movie with running commentary. Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, are forced to watch terrible films as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, they talk back to the movies and riff on them. A more detailed explanation can be found up at the SoL.
Next Episode
The hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life of its own in this horror film that begins when the hand is discovered near the crash site by a naive young med student who takes it home as a grisly souvenir. He has no idea that the hand has been possessed by a strange, murderous alien who gradually begins to take over the hapless med student. Suddenly people all around town are found mysteriously strangled to death, and now only a very hungry cat can save the rest of them.
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What have we got? Season 1 shenanigans with some 'bot games, some Shatner impersonations, ill judgement of severed hands, and RAM chips.
Whether a seasoned vet or new meat, we invite you all to come on down! Movie starts at 8pm EST/5pm PST, room opens at the :30 beforehand.
The password for the room is circular. Buck up, it's YouTube, and here's part one.
May is capped off with...
5/29 - Episode 1003 - Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
...and June is comin'....eventually.
