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- From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
- Subject: Re: MST3K
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.060514.16199@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
- References: <1hst0gINNa99@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <1992Dec30.214315.28903@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:05:14 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- I have too take what seems to be an unpopular position on usenet.
-
- rao@moose.cccs.umn.edu writes:
- >> MST3K = Mystery Science Theatre 3000
- >> THIS IS BY FAR THE FUNNIEST SHOW ON TV IN THE PAST TEN YEARS!!!!!!
- >> Find it... watch it... love it...
- >> You won't be disapointed!
- >Hear, hear! I enthusiastically second the above endorsement with no
- >reservations whatsoever.
-
- It is, IMHO one of the stupidest shows ever made, and one of the stupidest
- concepts for a show. Imagine sitting in a theature and having three jerks in
- front of you who will not stop talking through the entire film. It bugs me
- when it happens in real life, why would I want to see it on TV?
-
- >It's the source of all those "Joel" and "Crow" and "Tom
- >Servo" quotes you may have seen floating around on Usenet, ...
- >
- What they don't tell you is that they are constantly talking. If you tell
- enough jokes, eventually some of them are going to be funny. I hve watched
- a few shows and I would estimate that they are funny about once every seven
- or eight minutes; figure 2% of the time. The other 98% are just plain stupid.
-
- Don't take my word for it though. Watch any ten minutes at ant point in any
- show. Either you will think its brilliant, or - more likely - you will just be
- bored and annoyed; just as you would be if it happened in a theature.
-
- Michael
-
- --
- Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on
- kaufman | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in
- @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be
- | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die. Roy Batty
-