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
Youth is in revolt in our next go around with The Violent Years, a movie that, while not directed by the legendary Ed Wood, was written by him! A group of high school girls, apparently fed up with their lives of comfort and loving parents, decides to lead double-lives by appearing in school during the day and robbing...gas stations...by night. But then things go awry, crazy stuff happens, and somehow desecrating a classroom helps the communists. Wait, what?
Before that, we've got ourselves another short, "Young Man's Fancy", which takes about thirty viewings to understand that it is supposed to be an advertisement for electrical appliances and not just some slice-of-life '50s sitcom.
Host Segment Highlights
Tom Servo's got a surprise for the group, and boy is it...rather terrifying. After that unfortunate occurence, the Mads fire up a radio station named "Frank" and get the whole crew to make theme songs for themselves. It unfortunately doesn't get very far, and neither does Servo's reenactment from a movie nobody but the old folks remember, nor does Crow's movie starring Mike as Keeanu Reeves...man, what a strike-out.
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 sowhat. Be ready to go and find the playlist here.
Movie Sign chugs along with...
1/17 - Episode 208 - The Lost Continent
1/24 - Episode 519 - Outlaw
1/31 - Episode 414 - Tormented
