INVASION of the FOREHEADS!!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- On this episode of Weird Movies With Mark, I talk about This Island Earth (1955)
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Credits Music by: OVERWERK - Something
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Cal's Jet
02:49 It's TECHNICALLY in Santa Monica
03:16 Important Science Work
04:42 I'm not getting on that plane
06:40 Cracker Barrel is a fine establishment
07:30 Lying Ruth
08:53 "Secret Meeting"
10:37 Steve's Findings....
11:46 Escape
13:26 Abducted
15:07 Metaluna
15:46 The Mu-Tant
17:53 Coming Home
18:25 Final Thoughts
19:08 End Skit
19:32 Outtakes / Credits
#cultmovies #classicmovies #scifi - ตลก
More than others, this episode really makes me want to abandon all responsibilities for the day and binge MST3K
You do know YT now has a dedicated 24/7 MST3k channel? It's pretty swell.
th-cam.com/users/liveV9jJ-cLUNHI?si=jIl5APj9RElODWqK
I’ve been doing that since Christmas. MST3K has been doing non-stop livestreams.
Already there.
I remember "to the pickle mobile" and the fart in the glass tube! Instantly remembered
My first introduction
You can tell that the dining room was full of geniuses because one of them became the Professor on Gilligan's Island. That man could make a geiger counter out of a coconut!
The tooth brush joke was because they had just started to market tooth brushes sealed in little plastic tubes to look spiffy and sanitary and modern.
Just sit right back and hear a tale...
Now I want to binge watch Gilligan's Island 😀
He's the real reason the 3-hour tour was lost. The aliens knew the Professor was too dangerous when left to his own devices.
@@simbriant Ah! Finally an explanation of the great mystery: why couldn't a scientist with complete mastery of every science, from botany to particle physics, fix a damn boat?
@@philpaine3068 HE WAS SHARING THE ISLAND WITH MARY ANN AND GINGER GRANT!
Would YOU want to fix the damn boat?
The moment Exeter showed up, like an old memory from eons ago, a single voice echoed into my mind saying... "Nanu nanu."
You should cover the weird sequel where steve escapes and goes on a 3 hour boat tour but it gets blown off course. And him and his 7 passengers get stranded on an island. No phones, no lights, no motorcars, not a single luxury. Like Robinson Crusoe. Its as primitive as can be.
lol well done.
I wondered if I was the only one who noticed that familiar face.
❤
So doc, you made this car entirely out of bamboo huh?
@@_GeneralMechanics_ Don't you mean... Professor?
Fun Fact: The delivery who shows up at the lab with the instruction manual is portrayed by none other than Coleman Francis. Yes, THAT Coleman Francis, the man who brought us Red Zone Cuba, The Skydivers, and The Beast of Yucca Flats.
He knew about the progress. But was it a flag on the moon? Nope, no doctor was coming there, he had to sweat it out.
Do you know how long to buy and put together this IKE set, and get it to function the first time? Then destroy it! A phone call would have faster.
I'M Cherokee Jack.
The Beast of Yucky Flats?
@@phillipstephens4522 The film is pretty yucky, as all Coleman Francis films are.
I loved the visual effect Mark used on his forehead to mimic the size of the alien heads. Really impressive.
Seamlessly done!
Sometimes I get really excited by the thumbnail to learn about a new, cheesy old movie and I _forget_ Mark inserts himself into these reviews, and then it's *so much funnier* when you get to that point in the video. This cameo was probably one of the funniest he's ever done imo - man, I lost it when he was like, "What, you think _that's_ me? That looks NOTHING like me!" 🤣🤣🤣
My dad loved this movie when he saw it as a kid. It was still a nostalgic favorite of his in his later years, God bless his nerdy heart.
My dad has always been grumpy about MST3K because they riffed on so many movies he grew up watching.
@@Geospasmic My grandpa hated it for the same reason. haha
Talk about high brow humor on this episode.
"This Island Earth" is probably my favorite movie from this era. My first time watching it was MST3K The Movie but I liked it so much I tracked down a copy of the original. Yet I still hear Mike, Crow, and Servo's jokes and recite them. Every time I watch it, I want to build an Interociter.
Can't see this without thinking "Normal viewwww NORMAL VIEEEWWWW"
@@lonecycle4849 "EASTMAN! He came out of the East to do battle with the Amazing RANDO!!"
Another Fun Fact: Those awful looking chairs (the ones Mark goes off on at 14:55) that provide little in the name of butt support were designed because the jumpsuits were so restrictive that those chairs were the only way for the actors to sit comfortably for long periods of time.
I love this movie. It even felt scary when I was a kid. The world back then was so very, very, different. I remember this movie making complete sense to me. Now, in 2024 its easy things that seem strange. Getting old feels like being a time traveller. I can see the old world, yet I can see the present.
I know exactly how you feel. But it's kind of cool at the same time. Like a real life Flash Gordon.
I mean, in a way it kinda makes sense. I'm pretty sure the forehead guy hosted the price is right for ages.
@@maquesim4296 Didn't the other one market the "Juice Weasel" kitchen appliance?
I know what you mean.
It's Russell Johnson...the Professor from Gilligan's Island... before he got shipwrecked!
"So Professor, you made this entirely out of Bamboo?"
How your channel isn't MUCH bigger has been a mystery to me for years, ever since I first discovered one of your videos (the Amazon, Gay Dinosaur books video)
it's all in the algorithm. this channel could have 400K by february 29th if the youtube gawds allowed it....
@@ryanbarker5217for sure. Red Letter Media took like ten years to get to half a million, and then they finally took off.. despite having the Plinkett reviews which got millions of hits. I remember having to search those videos despite them checking every box for my viewing habits. Now I just found Mark, it’s stupid
@@ryanbarker5217 Yeah and if the 50k viewers al leave a like would help a lot.
Literally laughed out loud at that self-insert on the photo around 11:35 😂. Well done, as always!
Much appreciated 😊
I didn't know Mark was in so many old movies. He hasn't aged a day. Love the videos and the channel.
Agreed. This movie was made in '55, and Mark's about 30 in it, so...he's almost a hundred years old right now. And still doing TH-cam videos. This man is a hero!
Watching the movies is what keeps me young
@@FanboyFlicks Hope we see you in "Night of The Triffids" at some point. Any version.
Mark mercilessly berating random characters is always my favorite part of the videos😂
There was even more but I ended up cutting it out of the video 😂
Have I been shadowbanned? Love your show either way.@@FanboyFlicks
@@braddockakalatis2I see you
@@FanboyFlicks If any of your videos needs the director cut treatment it is this one, both your best episode best jokes and best Mark scene
Thank you. I'm not shadowbanned. Just unpopular. Love the show.
I love that this film was used in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie"!
Mark, your edit game is next level!
I hate it.
What I mean is that I’m jealous. I wanna have that kind of editing skill.
You're so right. His self-insert is unbelievably good.
Thank you 😊
This is on PAR with your best episode yet! I loved watching this movie as a kid in the mid 1970's.
Thank you!
A nuclear physicist _and_ a jet pilot? If they'd just also made him head of a rock band, they could've had Buckaroo Banzai almost three decades early!
He probably was in the military at some point.
Cal is what you'd call a "Science Hero" which were popular in the 50s and 60s. Characters like Reed Richards from the Fantastic Four and Tony Stark/Iron Man. They were so smart, they could do almost anything.
Very true.
He has The Professor, but he's missing the Jersey Cowboy.
Man that was such a weird movie. I could never get into Buckaroo Banzai. Tried too hard.
@@SwiftNimblefoot Put on the special glasses. You'll understand. *Cuts out a mask of a sheet of bubble wrap*
Damn! Exeter even has abs on his forehead... 😂
He gains... knowledge.
"Ship this, deliver that. I'll make them all pay!"
“See big men sticking screw drivers into things - turning them - AND ADJUSTING THEM!”
"It's... THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR CHEESE WEDGE!"
And he did - the delivery man was played by the infamous Coleman Francis. Really! Not sure whether Mike and the 'bots knew that at the time.
I see many men of culture here in the comments. My personal favs: “Build your own atom storage box!” and “Let’s slip away under cover of afternoon in the biggest car in the county.” (Edit: Also, "Ah, they're going 65, so they'll be there in 3 BILLION years.")
"Here's something my wife could use... " "A Man!??"
Mark at your best inserting into the movie flawlessly. Well done sir!
You do a great job editing yourself into scenes, its always funny just on its own, the anticipation of what your bits going to be, and then your bits hit it home. Great video!
Best content creator out there! Thank you, Mark!
Wow, thanks!
"Don't try to resist, they're magnetic." - "and if your hands were metal, that would mean something."
"Cal, I farted."
"Normal view! Normal View! NORMAL VIEW!!!"
“Nice to Meechum.” “Don’t leave me with the Germans!” “I AM Metaluna!”
02:26 "Cut loose Cal! Bail Out!" "I can't. I'm too low. ~ I got the blues, so bad. Uh-huh!"
"The Jetsons 2: After the Armageddon."
16:20 "Give uncle Scrotor a hug!"
@@scottgillespie8011 Well, I never Met-aLuna I didn’t like!
The sketches are always so good. But, the Das Boob is definitely some of your best work to date :)
A MST3K Classic.
This is the feature film 🎥 selection.
@@DavidLLambertmobile Myesss...
mst3k is lame this movie is great
I love this MST3k movies. Dont be a mistie hater, we dont really care what you think.
@@danse777macabre can't we love both?
As a Canadian who lives in France and often has to take Air Canada to visit family, I laughed XD
Could be worse... could be Alaskan Airlines... where their new slogan is "You didn't die and now you have a cool story".
AC is genuinely awful
Air Canada's slogan is, fittingly, "We're sorry."
Fun fact: Rex Reason's brother, Rhodes Reason, played that gladiator dude in that one Star Trek episode ("Bread and Circuses")
This is notable only because I don't know anyone who's ever seen anything else either Reason brother has ever done.
Those aliens look like Beavis🤣
HaHaHaHa...Yeah!
The 'das boob' joke was great. Love your content Mark, keep up the amazing work!
As a German scientist, I can confirm that there's just nothing better than picking berries at night.
Your inserts are getting better and better :D
Fun Fact: The book that this movie is based off of (also called This Island Earth) was influential in the development of the Kree/Skrull War storyline of Marvel Comics, namely the notion that Earth can be described like one of the many little islands in the Pacific ocean during Japanese campaign of WWII.
Steve Carlson (Russell Johnson): "Dr. Adams!"
Ruth Adams (Faith Domergue): "Yes, Steve?"
[Mike as Steve: "What's this 'And the rest' crap?"]
Best. Gag. Ever.
Holy sht, 3 episode in a month ?!! You go Mark !
Your self-insertions into the movies are hitting new levels of good.
I grew up in the UK in the 70's. On Saturday afternoons a TV station (we only had 3) would show 2 films back to back. One was always a western and the second would be something a bit 'quirky'. I remember watching this as 'the second film' and have fond memories of it.
I am not, nor have I ever, worn a led jcaket watching movies and television. The bright side is when I do go to the hospital I don't have to have Xrays taken. I just have to stand in front of a really bright light. Another few years I expect I will be totally invisible.
Thanks for playing, Ruth!
I have said it before, however Marks ability to see the mundane every day details that would trip up the plot never fails to make me laugh. Good fun
11:19 Do you know the amount of work and talent it takes to edit himself into a MOVING movie.
Lots. A heck of a lots.
It's evident Mark keeps challenging himself and raising the bar for himself. Lucky us get to reap the Das Boob rewards! 😂 Such a pleasure to see!
@@katsrebro4684 That Das Boob club bit was brilliant!
@@GoADHDGo it might even be my next DJ name 🤟🏻🤟🏻
With ChatGPT it's just 3 clicks...
Inserting a character into moving video was an insane achievement when Forrest Gump was made, and Mark is on that level too 👍
Thanks, mark. The subtext of slavery by the aliens is the fact that the house is a southern plantation. The cat is proven to be sensitive to the aliens electric power, so he probably escaped. I don't WANT to see that mutant without pants. Just look at his head and wonder what the downstairs looks like! ❤❤❤
All the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
@BGNOLA lol, maybe, but I didn't catch it until saw the movie 3 times...most people don't, also Exeter says they won't start "cracking the whip" on him until tomorrow.
Is your name a possible reference to Manos, hands of fate?? ❤
@siggivonmahlmann6482 the master is pleased that you know of him....I and my swollen thighs serve him well! 😄
Every frame of the film Mark shows just brings to mind the riffs from MST3K the Movie.
"Oh my god my waffle! Oh the humanity!"
Mark editin himself in these weird movies and being an awesome characters is one of my new needs in life i think
For a movie in the mid 50s, those backdrops look really good! It's funny how some other sci-fi movies, namely those Star Wars ripoffs Mark covered before, look so cheap despite coming out twenty years later.
And man, that guy on the cover of Big Sexy Forehead magazine is going places. I sure would love to subscribe to his line of work.
I watched this as a kid but forgot about it... awesome reminder
I just finished cooking an unhealthy, delicious snack! Perfect timing 🎉
Dude your my favorite hands down I was rolling this whole vid. Das boob 😂
Okay...Mark being spotted going inside the "DAS BOOB" skit made me roll over my ass LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
I know there’s more to this movie than the Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie version, but I think for those who learned about This Island Earth in the last 30 years, it’s the only version most people know.
It was quite the experience seeing MST3k: The Movie in the theater back in 96 with my dad and my brother.
3 guys sitting in a movie theater watching 3 guys sitting in a movie theater watching a movie.
I laughed out loud through this whole episode! Thanks, Mark, I needed that :) Das Boob hahaha
Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie
One of my favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
Yes, yes ,yes my plan is coming together beautifully, yes yes watch, watch MOOOORE
Crow- come on hurry oh s&*$!
The 3 best episodes to me are this one ,the dead talk back and hobgoblins.
@@ericseitzler81 dude the one thats like a rip off of et but it looks kinda like a furry hobbit ..... it's names goofy as hell and theres a band in it (not a real one though) is one of the funniest ever
The bad thing is-I just discovered your channel. The good thing is - I just discovered your channel and have years' worth of awesome content to binge watch. Awesome content
I first saw this movie at a science fiction film festival, and what I remember most was how distracted the audience was when they arrived at the think tank.
"Is that the professor from Gilligan's Island!?" Was all you could hear muttering around the theatre. "Oh yes it is!"
9:15
It’s amazing how much the Oompa Loompas were capable of before Wonka got ahold of them
Oh man! My sister and I watched this movie on MST3K with our dad (God rest his soul) years ago and we still quote this, lol!!
Thank you Mark for featuring this movie!
One of my top five sci fi movies of the 1950s. Thanks Mark!~!!
I lost it when Mark put himself in that pic of the gentleman’s club 😂😂😂😂
The Mutant still looks better than The Giant Claw!!! Love the review as always.
I think you meant Mew-thaant.
Agreed!
You got me laughing a lot in this entry. I used to be totally into the Big Forehead centerfolds myself!
"this is the 50s, this was probably just dating back then" almost had me spit out my lunch 😂
Mark always makes my weekends start on a good note
“Whoa man I ordered the wrong lobster!”🤣🤣🤣
The eerily deep voice of Cal is even more irritating than the forehead-people.
Yes! Just as bad as women who do that irritating baby voice!
Loved this movie back in the day... You did an awesome job on this video!
It's the MST3K movie 🎬
You all should check out Larry Blamire's film, "Trail Of The Screaming Forehead".
The guy who played Cal - Rex Reason - was the brother of Rhodes Reason, who played Carl (almost sounds like Cal!) in "King Kong Escapes."
Toothbrushes were often stored in clear glass cylinders back in the day.
Metaluna mutant is a classic sci-fi monster!
Man, I laughed so hard at the Das Boobs jokes I had to subscribe before the end of the video. Thanks, looking forward to the next flick.
Yes !!! I love this movie. I was so excited to see a new video from WMWM. You are the funniest Canadian I’ve ever seen !!
This channel is underrated af. More people need to see this shit. WMWM is top tier in every way, from the comedy to the editing.
Strangely enough, I watched this movie yesterday. For about the twentieth time. It's a bunch of fun. The matte paintings are terrific and Russell Johnson is worth the price of admission alone. The way they leave him to die is disgraceful.
LOVE YOUR SHOW MARK!
how am I just discovering your channel! this is terrific
Oh my God… one of the best episodes Mark
👏👏👏👏💯
Is inserting yourself into a moving sequence still as labor intensive as it was when you explained how to do it? Or have you found a new, easier method?
It's kinda like Contact with Jodie Foster, except the budget was like $1200 for airplane rental, rubber suit, stock footage, and booze.
I thought that was Tim Heidecker in the thumbnail lol
I thought carpet was eating my legs one time but never thought I was a toothbrush.
Ask them to do security work with no protective equipment? Sounds like corporate environment.
Love the fact that the professor from Gillian’s island is in this. Also Mystery Science Theater 3000 the movie featured this movie and it was hilarious
Loved this movie! All the aliens looked like Bob Barker lol
This channel is a god damn gem if ever there was one!
that guy looks like the oompa loompa grand dad
It always brightens my day when you upload a new video. Keep them coming!
The first big screen tv back in the 1950s. So the guy on screen tells Cal, To turn the dial 17 degrees to the right. Without markings that precise, would be extremely difficult don't you think??
Not to confused with "Trail of the screaming forehead" a very strange romp from 2007
I don’t know why, but the Das Boob joke made me laugh out loud for literally minutes. This is so funny!
This is a fun movie. And I love the Metaluna Mutant. (I even have an action figure of it). This was a big Universal movie.
Fantastic job of integrating yourself into the vintage scene…very amusing!
This is my favorite self insert so far. Love the episode. Cheers man & thanks for all of the entertainment.
The alien with a suit and tie 👔 was absolutely brilliant! 😄
This movie is best known for being riffed in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie.
Memorable points for me from this 50's classic. While browsing the metallic catalogue of components, Cal and Joe marvel at the small size of the Metalunan parts therein. Huge by todays surface mounted component standard. Also, who can remember how many parts they order.
The Mu-tant. Bred for menial tasks and labour, the Metalunans sure went to town re over engineering them. Why such huge brains for menial tasks? And heck, what kind of work are they expected to carry out with such delicate hands ? Or is there a whole cinema genre on Metaluna dedicated to comedies featuring Mu-tants attempt to pack boxes and containers with delicate Interocetor parts for shipping with their massive crab claws. Another fine mess....
Great video, thoroughly enjoyed. My only disappointment was the failure mention the cat's name and how he got it... "Neutron, because he's so positive!".
This movie exhibited the very short-lived triangular tv craze of the 50’s.