Sometimes a show just doesn't work out. There are creative differences and people just decide to go their own way. This was what happened to Mystery Science Theater 3000, a great show about a guy and two robots stuck in space who make fun of shitty sci-fi movies in order to stay sane. The show was originally headed by Joel Hodgson and then, a couple of season in, head writer Mike Nelson took over. Joel got pissed because he didn't like where the show was going (popularity) and quit. It ran for four more seasons. Eventually, the show ended.This is where things get dumb. Joel and Mike both started rival productions that do the exact same thing. Joel's company is called Cinematic Titanic and Mike's is Rifftrax. Personally, I always thought Joel was kind of a prat so you'll probably never hear me mention Cinematic Titanic again.
This is the original 1960 Little Shop of Horrors, written and directed (though not well, on either count) by Roger Corman. I think pretty much everyone has seen the better known musical version with Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene but this one is pretty obscure. And for a good reason. Holy crap, what a terrible movie. Not a bad idea, mind, but godawful in execution. There's not even enough to make fun of here for professional movie comedians.
The DVD allows you to watch it without humorous commentary, though I don't know why you'd want to do that to yourself. Bottom line: if you were a fan of MST3K, then you probably already know about Rifftrax and have downloaded a ton of them to correspond to all your favorite DVDs. Give this one a pass unless you absolutely must collect them all. I liked the Rifftrax version but I absolutely understand if other people don't.
Happy Halloween, everybody! The boyfriend and I are planning to watch season one of Supernatural today (since he's a giant pansy and can't stand real horror movies). I wish you all a thousand and one scares!
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