Track of the Moon Beast. This is an episode from the last season of the original run of MST3K, so we have Mike, Servo and Corbett's Crow. This episode is a favorite of mine. The movie itself is pretty bad, but all of the actors sure are trying. :P It is evident that they took this seriously which is both heartwarming and funny/sad at the same time.
Anyway, this episode has always been in my regular rotation. The riffs are hilarious and the episode does not drag at all in any spots. Additionally, some of the skits are hilarious. Mike and the bots recreating the "practical joke" scene from the opening part of the movie, Crow and Servo building a spy cam to peep on Mike-it's all hilarious.
The one and only reason I give this episode 8/10 rather than 9 or even 10 is simply that it is a classic example of the writers overdoing it with the jokes. Now, the good riffs here are AWESOME. But there are also a lot of unnecessary and not-really-funny riffs. The writers apparently felt that nearly every moment of the movie which does not have dialogue in it should/must be filled with dialogue from Mike, Servo and Crow whether it's funny or not. In my opinion a lot of the later entries in the series suffer from this. It is annoying to me but the episode is still great.
Bottom line: this is a must-see for fans and not the worst place to start for MST3K beginners. :)
Anyway, this episode has always been in my regular rotation. The riffs are hilarious and the episode does not drag at all in any spots. Additionally, some of the skits are hilarious. Mike and the bots recreating the "practical joke" scene from the opening part of the movie, Crow and Servo building a spy cam to peep on Mike-it's all hilarious.
The one and only reason I give this episode 8/10 rather than 9 or even 10 is simply that it is a classic example of the writers overdoing it with the jokes. Now, the good riffs here are AWESOME. But there are also a lot of unnecessary and not-really-funny riffs. The writers apparently felt that nearly every moment of the movie which does not have dialogue in it should/must be filled with dialogue from Mike, Servo and Crow whether it's funny or not. In my opinion a lot of the later entries in the series suffer from this. It is annoying to me but the episode is still great.
Bottom line: this is a must-see for fans and not the worst place to start for MST3K beginners. :)
