Captain you and your men are very welcome here in my suspiciously remote scientific research facility thank you Doctor you have a very attractive daughter tell me Captain do all you Earth men have such pleasing buttocks doctor her outfit is interfering with the men's instruments get her out of here you must forgive ammonia I love you we are alone here on Mephisto one and under attack from an alien intelligence in the form of a convincing visual effect I see what does it want I wouldn't worry abo
ut that Captain perhaps if we could communicate with the entity using my brainal mind plunger father no forgive me ammonia I have to do it for science get back ammonia The Entity is controlling him what am I being destroyed by is it my own creation my father is dead I know perhaps man was not meant to comprehend the great Mysteries of the cosmos but we do know this the Christian God is real and he likes America best let's get married two million years in the future and Dames haven't changed Amer
ican in space [Music]
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Alternate title: ABK buys a fancy new hand-blender and figures out how to right it off as a business expense.
âBehold this mind-bogglingly unique alien species!â shows a regular human but with green body paint and a hastily attached attenae prop
The only thing you forgot was a loud and monotone voiced robot with tons of spinning dials and blinking lights and about 3 whole points of actual articulation on its entire body, aside from that, full marks.
The beautifully ironic thing is that the âconvincing special effectâ is absolutely a convincing 50s-era special effect.
People in the 50s would've been extremely impessed by one man being able to do this on his own.
That was a really convincing visual effect.
As a scientist who lives on a remote planet in a suspiciously remote science research facility, my daughter and I can confirm this is 100% accurate
There is SO much unintentional comedy and cliches associated with 50s and 60s Sci-fi movies. My favorite is the "scientist defends the monster/alien and is horribly killed/eaten by it, thus proving that mindless violence is the best approach to dealing with monsters/aliens."
Starring Leslie Nielsen, followed by 2 lesser sequels, a mildly successful dark remake in the 80s, and got a cult following over the decades. The production was spot on, kudos for following that static cinematography to the letter
As opposed to 50s sci-fi novels, which are primarily concerned with the question "what if something weird happened to a guy?" With a sudden unresolved ending.
âHer outfit is interfering with the scanners!â âShould I take it off?â âDonât worry, the fanzines have already covered that.â
As a red-blooded, Christian, unabashedly heterosexual American man that has been to space, I can confirm that this is what we always do.
I preferred American in Space 2: Fall of the Red Empire. The final scene when Emperor Marl Karx was killed by the Star Spangled crew of the USS Manly Eagle was great.
As someone who has seen an UNHEALTHY amount of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I've also seen a lot of these 50's and 60's sci-fi films by proxy and this is 1:1 accurate.
Forbidden Planet is my absolute favourite pulp sci-fi movie... You hit the nail on the head with Ammonia! LOL Was hoping to see your take on Robbie the Robot (cereal boxes?). :)
"vintage laughter" is a great bit of closed captioning, love it
Iâm glad you didnât forget to include the shoved-in Red Scare
I also love Forbidden Planet. Thanks for condensing it down to just over a minute long. Itâll really save me a lot of time.
"My father is dad." "I know." That's not what he said. I know.
This is beautifully, horrifyingly accurate. The fact that ABK can disappear into such a wide variety of roles despite having such a distinctive look is a testament to how brilliant he is! These skits are always spot on in every way.