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.
All sorts of randomness is welcome here. Post pictures, videos, special Chat information, or just discuss news and current events.
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What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, Twe 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
Get ready for some sword, sorcery, and parallel worlds when we watch Outlaw. The second film made based on a long-running series of novels, Professor Tarl Cabot once again finds himself on the planet Gor following a very confusing flashbacky intro sequence AND with a lumpy and annoying sidekick in tow. But Cabot's return is complicated by the scheming wizard Jack Palance Xenos. And you know it's an 80s fantasy film when there's a whole lotta scantily clad women prancing around.
Host Segment Highlights
Roughhousing is fun... until someone dies! Dr. F and Frank road test their time machine while Mike and the Bots catch FABIO FEVER! The guys trod down the sailor-suited memory lane of Mike's acting career, celebrate the movie's tubular boobular joy, and have fun reading the book "Palance on Palance" with appropriate Jack Palance impressions.
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 fabio. Be ready to go and find the whole video here.
Movie Sign wraps up January with...
1/31 - Episode 414 - Tormented
And coming soon in February...
2/07 - Episode 817 - The Horror of Party Beach
2/14 - Episode 509 - The Girl in Lovers Lane
2/21 - Episode 608 - Code Name: Diamond Head (w/ short "A Day at the Fair")
2/28 - Episode 318 - Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Now harness your inner beard and post stuff in here already. Jeez it's been even slower than usual for like a week now.
Also, in light of this startling revelation, I now declare myself fully allowed to criticize and/or mock Avatar, since I clearly have indeed seen it.
What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, Twe 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
It's adventure-exploration time as we head out on safari with The Lost Continent. Some scientists who aren't very good at their job lose a really expensive rocket, so they enlist the help of some resentful air force personnel to fly them out to the jungle to find it. The rocket is apparently on top of a mountain, so they decide to ignore conventional wisdom, land their air craft, and climb it. Following is an epic scene of...rock climbing. Just...rock climbing.
Host Segment Highlights
Joel gives a pep talk to fire up the 'bots, and boy oh boy are they gonna need it as the Mads unveil their vague plan of "rock climbing"...Oh, and apparently Hugh Beaumont (an actor in the movie) is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - but don't worry, he's a really swell guy. Then the crew gets preachy as they perform a sketch before getting distracted by "the cool thing". And no matter what they might say, Cesar Romero did not have ties to the Nazis.
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 rockclimbing. Be ready to go and find the whole video here.
Movie Sign keeps on going with...
1/24 - Episode 519 - Outlaw
1/31 - Episode 414 - Tormented
Doesn't really have anything to do with anything, but I challenge you to not laugh at the bass puppet.
Aside that, very good duo that I discovered just recently; very creative.
-Ryu
