It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

One of the commentators on the "War of the Worlds" DVD, one of the production staff or cast, made the following comment on "Mystery Science Theatre 3000"; "I don't like that show." meaning that he didn't like a lot of the nitpicking and just plain mean spirited comments that Joel an the Robots dished out at various films.He probably sees all the B-movies from his hey-day as heart felt attempts by fellow industry people and possible coworkers as efforts to entertain the American public. And you know what? From that stand point, I really do agree with him whole heartedly. I actually met Joel Hodgson at the 1995 or 1994 Robot Wars at Fort Mason in San Francisco, and where he was affable he also had a bit of an attitude that comes across in the scripts as he does his shtick on screen with Forester, Frank and the robots. And it can be funny. Poking fun at people is what humor is all about. But, at the same time, a lot of the people who made some heart felt B-movies aren't around to defend their work.Example; "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is ostensibly a film meant for young children, and it's production values are a bit hit and miss. Viewing it as a children's film from the 1950s one can smirk and smile at it for what it is, and not feel insulted by its primitive and child like quality. But then bring in three comedians to ridicule it, and suddenly the film is a piece of comic genius. And I have to admit, that as I write this review, as I type these words, these letters, I do feel bad for that.And reflecting on the films that Joel and the rest of the MST3K team ridiculed, a lot of them did appear to be children's films. A lot weren't. Some were just plain slam-production B-movies meant to be shot cheaply and turn a fast buck at the movie houses. Others had a heart to them, but were made by directors who were, at best, pure novices in the art of making film. How much ridicule is good natured, and how much is just being cruel for the sake of it? One wonders.I did enjoy several send up efforts, but not always. There were times when I wondered why they would ridicule what was clearly an innocent film that some crew had done their best to create, again mostly children's films.Even though this show thrived in the 90s, its origins are from the late 80s, and being a product of the 80s it had a kind of arrogance and borderline smug like attitude that seemed rather infectious among a lot of more edgy scifi and fantasy fans who liked the genre, but found themselves liking to be in on the "in crowd" even more.And I think that's key for this show. Because both science fiction and fantasy attract people of all walks of life. Sometimes it attracts social outcasts who have no real love for the genre, but are looking for something to make themselves feel superior to everyone else, and that's kind of how MST3K rose to success.Admittedly I was part of the audience, but again not always, and I did question the judgment of some of their jokes; the context, who they were pointed at, why they chose to make fun of one thing and not another.So, in retrospect, I do have mostly good memories of the show, but also some mixed emotions. I'm glad I saw it, I'm glad it was produced, but as with all things in comedy, one wonders if maybe they felt they hadn't gone too far on occasion. I'm sure the public rhetorical reply from them would be "Yes, and we feel bad about it.", but the real truth is whether they do now or not they made those episodes. Some are brilliant; "The Brain that Wouldn't Die", some are the cinematic equivalent of kicking a little boy or girl over and stealing their candy. And it's those later instances that one feels embarrassed for them.I love science fiction. I love fantasy. I love a good (or even so- so or not-so-good) film that makes an effort to put a fantasy up on screen, and I can appreciate that. I'm not sure Joel and crew did.In an online interview when asked about why they didn't make fun of other movies, A-list films, they said they couldn't afford to. I think it's more likely that the studios felt affronted that someone would deliberately ridicule their libraries, and thus denied the request to do send-ups of their films. I mean, how would a MST3K version of "Schindler's List" or "An Affair to Remember" go over" "The Enemy Below"? "The Caine Mutiny"? "The Elephant Man"? Oh sure, you can find comedy in everything, and laugh. It's your right as a human being. And there are times when you should laugh at something very serious. But do you feel that to do so for the sake of it is in concordance with who you are as a human being? I think that's big high minded question that Joel and gang probably never really asked themselves.More hit than miss, it's a series worth seeing once, but don't be surprised if at times you feel somewhat (or perhaps highly) insulted.Enjoy, but watch at your own risk.

i think this is a great show on you-tube also they need to put on more film's like robot wars on the show also robot jox would be another good film to put on you-tube on mystery theater.also i have to add this is the first show i enjoyed in year's being on Xbox live and watching film's that buffer a lot on apple TV or shomi when you cannot go back to were you left of like netflex and popcorn netflex i saw a good Russian movie with actor from the big loboski with Jeff bridge's and john Goodman and Dave bushomi. and how many film's have they been beside's cartoon's like the last unicorn also they should have a season special's jouring the year to see film they can pull from the archive's of the mystery theater 3000 vault and special guest's too. all i can say seeing robot model's is really a site to see and one day there will be robot factory's to create robot's like in the video game's like astro empires.thank's four reading long live the fighter's

Despite all of the good films we've seen in our life time every once in a while there comes that really bad apple that we unintentionally picked and bit into. It's happened to all of us and it's the last thing we want to happen because we came into the film with our expectations at a certain level only to have them dashed like rocks. It's like that feeling of thinking you found gold only to find out it's fools gold and your going to get nothing. The part about this that hurts the most is just the money you spent to see it, just thinking about that still hurts me. But this show provided the self defense method against this.This is one of my favorite TV shows of all time, it was practically a phenomenon that not just made everyone laugh their heads off but also taught them all participation that it actually formed some groups to do this, or whenever a bad film was unintentionally brought I and my friends would make some sarcastic commentary.It is such a simple yet brilliant concept on simply just guys watching a film and making a lot of sarcastic and comical comments. That's pretty much it and that's all we really needed because what their doing is something that we all probably did at some point whenever we've see a bad TV episode or movie, passing on a bit of commentary just to pass the time of the awful film or just simply to keep our own sanity.I even like the whole plot of the show which is ridiculous and nonsensical in itself which is the charm of this show. Why the hell the bad guys would benefit from sending random people out to space and drive them insane with bad films is anyone's guess, may'be out of boredom.Anyway, I love the theme song it's one of my favorite theme songs of all time. It's just one you can't help but both laugh and dance to at the same time. And of course I really like all of the characters from the good guys to the bad guys both are just really hilarious and all have distinctive persona's and have great lines. I really love the supporting characters in both factions like for the villains there's Bobo whom is practically one of the residents from the film "Planet of the Apes" and some alien monk that has no brain except when he carries it and employs psychic powers that half the time work.And of course the highlight is seeing the movies itself and the insult fest. Most of these movies (well may'be not all some are guilty pleasure or really weren't that bad, but to each his own)are the kind of film that might have caught the corner of your eye at your local video store but didn't rent (probably for good reason). Or just never good released on VHS, DVD, and Blu Ray (thank god) and have been rotting away in the bowels of movie hell.Just seeing some of these films alone I can't help but think what in the hell was the director and writers thinking, either they were people that thought they could write and directs but couldn't do either, came into it with the best intentions though as a saying goes the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, or might have been on something.Seeing each of the MST3K crew employ their verbal humor is just delicious and really makes watching the film actually enjoyable let alone bearable. In a way it's a bit of the principle of so bad it's good and it's true.There are several favorites I have but I'll just say a few of them.Puma Man: This one's my favorite, there is just not one dull moment. The film is pretty much a bad Superman rip off. Crow: "Puma Man you fly like a moron." indeed he does Crow.Warrior of the Wasteland: My second favorite which is this Mad Max wannabe. My favorite part was the segment where the MST3K felt really sad for the destruction of the Death Machine.Jack Frost: My third favorite since this is based on a Russian Fairy Tale though the film hardly has anything to almost nothing to do with it. The story is interesting though in a bad but good nonsensical way, I'll just say this this film is no "Frozen".Santa Claws: Forth, this is a very bizarre and almost disturbing version of Santa. Where Santa is an alien and he is going against an emissary of the Devil, I'm not kidding. Space Mutany: Fifth, this is pretty much a lame space opera down to probably the worst vehicular chase (and slowest) I've ever seen. With vehicles that look like golf carts or floor buffers. There is just so many great lines in this episode my favorite was when the MST3K crew came up with up to 40 ridiculous names for the protagonist whom is as dull as a brick along with his acting.Well, I don't have any more to say, for the films watch at your own risk. But for the MST3K crew it is the greatest movie watching experience you'll every have, who'd of thought mockery can become an art form or in this case a way of life.Rating: 4 stars

Love the show, always have since I first discovered it when I was a kid, but the problem I found was with the earlier episodes a lot of the jokes would just fly over my head when reference to what were current events in 1988 and so on, however I was born in 1987 so I wouldn't know.The comedians online get much of their inspiration from this series and it shows when you watch it and the presenters were so successful in making people laugh that they continue to do so today with their own company Rifftrax: http://www.rifftrax.com/ Noah Antwiler from the Spoony Experiment mentioned he wanted to start up something like MST3K, but he never got around to it and went with his own style which is for the better otherwise there would be so many people doing the same thing.all in all I thing it's a very funny series, however seems very difficult to get on DVD and I can't find any collection that has all the episodes, but I don't know why that is. I will mention, however that I find you have to be in a certain mood to watch it as unlike Nostalgia Critic of The Spoony One these episodes last the length of the movie and over so you have to be in the mood to watch a riff going on for that long, but well worth it on some of the terrible movies they do. Especially the one they chose for the movie.