Amazing Colossal Grade: I shed so many tears I started a flood (oh, and nice callback riff... "Glenn Manning get off that dam!")
Movie Pain: High - Embarrassing slipshod cinematography
Riffing: A chuckle here and there
Skits: Weak for the most part
Riffing: A chuckle here and there
Skits: Weak for the most part
The first thing we learn while watching this experiment is that Fu Manchu sunk the Titanic. (Footage from "A Night To Remember" is used) after that, it's all a crapshoot. The movie meanders about, making no attempt at presenting a viable plotline. All you can do is cry, and the bots do plenty of that during the host segments.
As bad as Fu is, Manos, Monster-Go Go, and Yucca Flats were just as rotten, but as comedy, they're a1,000 times funnier. There no fun in this flick and J&TB struggle mightily to liven it up.
The skits are worse (all that sobbing got old), the exception being the Joel and the bots opening song and a delightful closing segment where the Mads try and prove that they can riff too... and fail miserably.
There are a few giggles, but mostly this was a flat, uninspired affair - the movie fights the SOL crew tooth and nail and the crew comes out worse for wear.
Host Segments
Intro: Singing a SOL song. Invention: Crow & Servo offer a transducer, Dr F. has the Joe Besser stinky bomb. Oh, and Joel tries to use the big head again. Segment 1: Crow talks about the "Miss Saigon Syndrome". The Mads laugh themselves into fits. Segment 2: Magic carpet rides. Segment 3: The life of Fu Manchu. End: The Mads riff. Stinger: Jumping on the guard.
Notable Riffs
* "Hey look, it's filmed in Oakland." - Servo
* "Don't call me fefe at the office." - Crow as Petrie
* "I feel like a hundred bucks!" - Crow as Prof. Heracles
* "I am the God of hydrotherapy" - Servo as Fu
* "These guys are really easy to kill" - Joel
* "Giant urinal cakes" - Joel
* "You know, Burt Young has looked worse." - Servo
* "This scene's so gross even the lighting guy left." - Joel
* "Was it disgusting for you, too?" - Crow as Ingrid
* "Good job, you caught a tree with that little fish, that's not bad." - Joel
* "This is Fu Manchu." - "And I am an alcoholic." - Fu/Servo
* "Bring her to my Father." - "And bring me to an orthodontist." - Lin/Crow
* "I'm learning a lot more about this guy's nasal hair than I ever wanted to know." - Joel
* "The plot's starting to make sense, RUN!" - Joel
Host Segments
Intro: Singing a SOL song. Invention: Crow & Servo offer a transducer, Dr F. has the Joe Besser stinky bomb. Oh, and Joel tries to use the big head again. Segment 1: Crow talks about the "Miss Saigon Syndrome". The Mads laugh themselves into fits. Segment 2: Magic carpet rides. Segment 3: The life of Fu Manchu. End: The Mads riff. Stinger: Jumping on the guard.
* "Hey look, it's filmed in Oakland." - Servo
* "Don't call me fefe at the office." - Crow as Petrie
* "I feel like a hundred bucks!" - Crow as Prof. Heracles
* "I am the God of hydrotherapy" - Servo as Fu
* "These guys are really easy to kill" - Joel
* "Giant urinal cakes" - Joel
* "You know, Burt Young has looked worse." - Servo
* "This scene's so gross even the lighting guy left." - Joel
* "Was it disgusting for you, too?" - Crow as Ingrid
* "Good job, you caught a tree with that little fish, that's not bad." - Joel
* "This is Fu Manchu." - "And I am an alcoholic." - Fu/Servo
* "Bring her to my Father." - "And bring me to an orthodontist." - Lin/Crow
* "I'm learning a lot more about this guy's nasal hair than I ever wanted to know." - Joel
* "The plot's starting to make sense, RUN!" - Joel
* "Then you will sign this lady's death warrant" - "Sure. Got a pen?" -Fu Manchu// Servo as Kessler
Riff Explained
"Ed Ames you're not!" - Joel
(Said after a thrown knife misses Fu). Ed Ames was an actor/singer who played Mingo, a master of the tomahawk toss, in the series "Daniel Boone". In 1965, as a guest on the "Tonight Show", Johnny Carson challenged Ames to throw a tomahawk at a log, which had a chalk outline of a man on it. From across the room, Ed let fly and hit the target... right on the groin!
Stuff & Nonsense
* Tsai Chin who portrayed Lin Tang, has had a long career. From playing Nurse Lim in 1965's "Invasion", to Lindo in the "Joy Luck Club". Tsai was also the gal with James Bond when he was "murdered" in "You Only Live Twice".
Riff Explained
"Ed Ames you're not!" - Joel
(Said after a thrown knife misses Fu). Ed Ames was an actor/singer who played Mingo, a master of the tomahawk toss, in the series "Daniel Boone". In 1965, as a guest on the "Tonight Show", Johnny Carson challenged Ames to throw a tomahawk at a log, which had a chalk outline of a man on it. From across the room, Ed let fly and hit the target... right on the groin!
Stuff & Nonsense
* Tsai Chin who portrayed Lin Tang, has had a long career. From playing Nurse Lim in 1965's "Invasion", to Lindo in the "Joy Luck Club". Tsai was also the gal with James Bond when he was "murdered" in "You Only Live Twice".
* One of my favorite actors, Dirk Bogarde is in this. No, he wasn't cast in this dreck, they just used a clip from his movie "Campbell's Kingdom" - he can be seen in blue flannel during the dam bursting scene.
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