Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S09/E02 The Phantom Planet
Film watched: The Phantom Planet
Amongst other things, Mike and the 'bots ridiculed the silliness of the Solarites' appearance (repeatedly compared to that of dogs) and the eponymous Phantom Planet's resemblance to a piece of fried chicken. Other running jokes also included adding dialogue for the mute Zetha and how utterly silly the dialogue is when navels are contemplated.
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation has examples of:
- Lampshade Hanging: The nature of these lovely
1950s1960s sci-fi films.
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Crow: Somehow, the answer to all [the movie's] questions is "big white guys in jumpsuits." |
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- When the only thing needed for humans to survive is air from their home world:
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Crow: "So... people are basically giant balloons?" |
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- Also
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Mike: Good thing there's so much gravity in space, huh? |
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- Also:
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Crow: So you can just take a sharp left in space. |
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- Running Gag: Mockery of the aforementioned "good and the beautiful" line.