MST3k 819 - Invasion of the Neptune Men

[TheDeadhead76]

0:30:01 "can't get enough of super suger crisp" lol he did sound like suger bear!

[DejectedPanda]

Ive got it now. Please, someone, apply panties.

[Deadxman616]

Ah the old "Who's on first" routine

[tertommy]

good to see full episodes up on yt

[Atheneastro]

1:11:35 Holy crap, that's a good impression! I was a Thomas fan when I was little even though the show gave me nightmares!

[Atheneastro]

'We are Noh actors'

'Oh, you weren't too bad'

-Interesting Times (Discworld), Page 120

[Atheneastro]

03:07 They're in Ancient Rome, so it shouldn't be Zeus, it should be Jupiter.

[Atheneastro]

1:09:30 Aww, I hate those moments where Servo cries. They're so heartbreaking.

[Atheneastro]

1:06:59 Whoever this Phantom of Krankor person is... he saved them! He actually saved their lives there. Oh, I love those sweet moments of MST3K. :'D

[JesterKatz]

11:51

"Don't worry kids, it's a promotional gimmick for sushi cereal."

And the kids run away.

[CaptainAshSpearow]

Toei Company? THE Toei compnay? Super Sentai/Dragon Ball/One Piece Toei Company?

[Atheneastro]

@CaptainAshSpearow Yes, the Sailor Moon Toei Company, too.

[Kingrob30]

Slut, I mean what? lmao!

[rawjawbone]

4 people like Noh theatre.

[belladonna4577]

LMFAO

mike owns this episode!

[MPSecare]

space chief what the fyck

[belladonna4577]

omg, mike literally had me rolling on the floor from 0:38:57 - 0:39:39

[KittColby]

I have eyelash mites? Hmm.... If they're going to live on me, they're going to need names. That one, I'll call Bennie and the rest will be collectively known as.... the Jets.

[NorwichTeenwolf]

"What times is it?"

Worst. Dubbing. Ever.

[electronfun]

If this is what comes from Neptune, I shudders to think of what might come from Uranus. Something pretty nasty, I'll bet.

[TLAMStrike]

We will always remember the Battle of Follicle Hill.

[LeoFan93]

i bet Toei regrets this

[amcint01]

Don't get your rogy-panties in a bunch just yet, folks! I hear that great restaurant The Bunker has a second location...some place called Berlin. I know, I've never heard of it either ;)

[darkprose]

Yes, I've also got it. Apply panties, please. :-)

[Bobzeaux]

All the Hitler rides and games!!! The Hitler salt & pepper shakers!!! <:O

[ChaoticYak]

Oh, no! They survived!

[ChaoticYak]

Servo: You know, Space Chief should really try going up into SPACE sometime.

Crow: He's more like Lower Atmosphere Chief.

Mike: Barely Off The Stupid Ground Chief.

[ChaoticYak]

Meanwhile in a hideous little simulacrum of the United States...

[Etank800]

R.I.P. Nelson the nanite.

[RegalitiesFarseer]

This movie is so so so so bad. It took me 3 breaks to finish it all. Though I did love the Hitler building. "Oh no! Now where are going to go to get all our hitler memorabilia!?"

[theproplady]

They don't call computers electronic brains anymore. That's kind of sad in a way...

[nerikull]

30:15 "...I reject your last statement." And substitute my own!

Yeah, I know this episode was before Mythbusters but it's too good to pass!

[RachelSummers777]

1:00:43--If we're going to die, let's die looking like a Peruvian folk band.

[analogkid01]

@RachelSummers777 - it'll keep the giant guinea pigs away, at least.

[cshern]

3 people know where the record is...

[anemicroyaltea69]

There are sooooo many things I could say about this episode...shit, I remember watching this one on TV when it first came out. I just....oh the Japan-ity. AND Sonny Chiba! lol Gotta love him.

[badjimmy68]

tojos death car!

[akje93]

27:48 It's a Rock LOBSTER!!!!!

[AdamsSeed]

I don't see why servo was bugging out over this film. It's a walk in the park compared to manos the hand of fate.

[TomtheReaper]

@AdamsSeed hey at least manos had Torgo! plus manos is at least unintentionally hilarious.

i think with neptune men it was a mix of the film's sheer abysmally dull quality and reliance on endless stock footage, and the fact that the original cut used fairly explicit footage of WW2 bombings, the latter of which apparently pissed them off enough to give the film "special" treatment.

[Atheneastro]

@AdamsSeed Or 'The Castle of Fu Manchu'.

[AdamsSeed]

@Atheneastro Haven't seen that one yet, is it a fun episode? I mean, do the bots make it fun?

[Atheneastro]

@AdamsSeed Yes, they make it incredibly funny while watching such a bad movie but it isn't long before the first break that the crew start to, well, break. It starts with poor Crow tearfully reading out an editorial about 'The Castle of Fu Manchu' when he'd already done a good job riffing on it, and it all goes downhill from there, leading to one of the most simultaneously sweet and awesome moments of the entire series. It's one of my favourite episodes.

[AdamsSeed]

@Atheneastro Wow that's quite a review. It's definitely the next episode I watch!

[brrrenna]

The Roji Panty Complex bit is seriously the most hilarious thing to ever come out of this show. Absolutely freaking brilliant.

[gweddle]

ALL GLORY TO THE ELECTRO BARRIER!

[JackKlompus13]

This episode and PRINCE OF SPACE are great, but the anti-Japanese humor is very curious by the standards of MST3K. I rarely see Mike and the bots take such a demeaning attitude towards the culture in the film. Still, great episode.

[TomtheReaper]

@JackKlompus13 actually they make equal mockery of British (Gorgo), French (any film with any french character), Maltese (Final Justice), and Canadian (Final sacrifice) culture. so pretty much every foreign culture they show.

which is all fairly equal to the mocking of the US they make.

i think they just really hated this film in particular which made them somewhat more vicious with the riffing

a bit like how their mockery of Joe don baker skyrocketed after he threatened to assault them

[JackKlompus13]

@TomtheReaper

That's a good point, I guess. I personally just don't remember the race-related humor being as prominent in those other episodes you mentioned.

[Igarappappa]

@JackKlompus13 They were especially disgusted by the film makers using actual videos of cities being bombed instead of just blowing up models.

[beencybouncyburger]

@Igarappappa The writers did think that it was actual footage, but someone else noted on the "hitler building" clip elsewhere on youtube that it's actually a model getting blown up and lifted from another movie: the model was detailed enough to duplicate a theater-front which at the time was featuring a documentary of Mein Kampf. Despite a large decoration of Hitler, that was after the war.

[Atheneastro]

@JackKlompus13 I like Japanese culture but it's so WEIRD sometimes. It can be perverted as well, and I can understand why poor Servo was bugging out over 'panties'. I'd be freaked out, too, if I was a guy and watching this movie.

[JackKlompus13]

@Atheneastro

I feel similarly. I don't have any prejudice towards the Japanese, and I definitely appreciate a lot of their artwork, but their culture is very strange. Wait, it's been a few weeks since I watched this episode. Will you remind me who said "panties" in the movie and what Servo's reaction was? I don't remember.

[Atheneastro]

@JackKlompus13 Nobody said 'Panties'; Servo heard it wrong and said 'Uh, I don't feel so good'.

[JackKlompus13]

@Atheneastro

And why did you mention it again?

[KaristaSwiss]

1:19:00 Wow Mike Left the Theater whoa this movie IS BAD :-o

[freakofevolution]

Feeling a bit under the weather...I got Roji Panty Complex!

[NoelDantes]

"He's ill?" "He should be ashamed." "Yes, very dishonorable."

lmao

[tlrledbetter]

I've seen eyelash mites in a Ripley's book and I'm with the bots on this one. They're small, but scary as all hell.

[blueelectricsmoke]

Paul is a dead man Miss him Miss him

[SpiderxBlue]

13:21 they said it best in prince of space "looking at these guys its hard to believe human beings evers have sex."

[DAVIDInitiative]

THEY TOOK OUT THE HITLER BUILDING!!!!

[scottdavis0801]

Someone beat me to the punch ! This movie is so damn lame, it makes Prince of Space look like a masterpiece !

[Daikaijuconan]

@Enlutris I did. I said "I hate Crow's new voice". Not "We hate Crow's new voice".

[PoisonInc]

@Daikaijuconan Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I mean, I prefer Mike to Joel, but some people would disagree. :)

[Daikaijuconan]

I hate Crow's new voice! -:U

[Enlutris]

@Daikaijuconan Speak for yourself, I love Bill Corbett.

[Atheneastro]

@Daikaijuconan Good for you. I think he's hilarious, no matter who's voicing him.

[Unwyze]

"Your weapons are useless against me!"

Whoops, wrong movie.

[mige131]

Those glasses....it's KAMINA!!!!!!!!!!!

[1daddy57]

Can we dare David Lynch to do a re-make?

[ChaoticYak]

You know? I think this is going to become "The Magnificent Ambersons". In fact, it IS The Magnificent Ambersons right now. It is. You see it, guys? Huh? Huh? The family riding in a sleigh. Yeah, jing jing jing. “There it is: Amberson mansion. Pride of the town. Hot and cold running water upstairs and down.” ...it's not working, guys! It's NOT The Magnificent Ambersons. I don't even LIKE The Magnificent Ambersons!

[ChaoticYak]

Run! Work! Run faster! Work harder! Abandon healthy diets! Drink a lot! Never speak to your children! Do NOT apologize for the war!

[ChaoticYak]

Mike: You know, I wish the running would never stop. I mean it. I simply can't get enough shots of these kids running. NO REALLY! Literally, there's no limit to how much I wanna see it.

Crow: Just a little sarcastic maybe, Mike?

Mike: Maybe just a touch.

[rsilkw2]

Japanese scientist: We felt we had reason...

Crow: To Invade Manchuria

[JoystixMusic]

"What time's are it?" HAHAH

[pockypurse]

I love that breakdancing task chair.

[pockypurse]

"I am so a prophet."

XD

[kakashi76767]

Whatever happened to that guy uh, Space Chef?

Chief.

Ch..Ch..Chief Chef? What?

No! Space Chef..Hurgh! Space Chief.



[TheTherabbidsrule]

though Nelson promised a quick return of the nanite forces the war for his eyelashes lasted well to December thousands were cut down defending a blasted little patch of Nelson's little t-zone known as folical hill-will you guys knock it off and hey wait a minute can't the nanite's just fix themselfs? oh sure Mike no problem!

[kingmuddythethird]

Roji Panty Complex! Roji Panty Complex? . . . Nespas? Nespas!

[electronfun]

Invasion from Neptune is bad enough. But even worse would be horrifyingly horrible horrors coming from Uranus. It would be a real stinker of a situation.

Japanese sci-fi was almost always just plain awful. Surprising considering how ridiculously good other genres of japanese cinema could be.

[SomeDumbKid1]

This is one those episodes I can watch over and over again, just like Space Mutiny and Final Sacrifice.

[PadmeKO]

Behold, the movie that inspired Jisatsu Sakuru.

[Kintoun2107]

This might have already been covered in earlier posts, but didn't Pearl explain to Observer in Ep. 816 "Prince of Space" exactly what Observer explains to her at 5:40?

[ArmorArmadillo]

@Kintoun2107 Yep. A bold faced continuity error. Unless you assume that Pearl is flakey enough to have forgotten her own point. Alternately, MST3k might not be that concerned with continuity.

[AcidTyphoon]

I love the name roji panty complex!!

[GoblinXXX]

@AcidTyphoon You can laugh, but my uncle DIED of roji panty complex! :'(

[CodeBlueHoops]

the japanese army plays freeze tag. these kids win 1st for most annoying children 2nd - Gamera kids

3rd -- kid from mitchell

4. tommy - time of the apes

5. trumpy kid - pod people

[SpiderxBlue]

@CodeBlueHoops i have to say the kid from godzilla v.s megalon is third. yea

[PersonWMA]

@CodeBlueHoops The kid from San Francisco International Airport still absorbed a massive amount of my hatred when I first saw him.

[kulgy]

NO!!!! not the Hitler building

[metropod]

Wow, Toei was not off to a great start...

[sayalovesdiva]

I don't know why....and it could just be me..... but when I first saw the "neptune men" moving towards those boys. I expected them to start singing "oompaa oompaa doopity do

[ArmorArmadillo]

So, i just realized, I think the doctor was supposed to die at 58 and they redubbed it so he just got sick. That would make a lot more dramatic sense than them tryng to pass off a character having a cold as a major sub-plot. Still a crap movie, but hey, that's something.

[theblacksheep1000]

NOH theater is also my favorite theater!, LOL servo looks freakin scary!

[Atheneastro]

@theblacksheep1000 He's got a cool mask!

[Gigrantula58]

That shiny object....

Crow: I'd like to put it in my nest!

[pretorious700]

I think the radiation in postwar japan did something horrible to the kids. They all talk in jersey accents and run around in circles constantly.

[GoblinXXX]

@pretorious700 And made them like boot blacking VERY MUCH.

[GoblinXXX]

The movie that made us appreciate PRINCE OF SPACE!

[JackKlompus13]

@GoblinXXX

I haven't seen this one in a while, and for some reason I don't remember it involving that much Deep Hurting. Maybe this time it will be more painful.

[GoblinXXX]

@JackKlompus13 You probably don't remember it because it rivals STARFIGHTERS in having nothing happening in it. The "hero" isn't in it for about 3 fourths of the movie, not even in the "climax", which is the most boring part, when the city is being attacked.

[JackKlompus13]

@GoblinXXX

No way. It can't rival STARFIGHTERS! It's called INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN, something has to happen! And isn't the climax just like twenty minutes of the same bits of footage edited together?

[GoblinXXX]

@JackKlompus13 One would think something would have to happen, but the director took the bold step of showing the same 3 shots over and over again for about 30% of the movie.

[JackKlompus13]

@GoblinXXX

Do you think PRINCE OF SPACE was the superior episode? 

[GoblinXXX]

@JackKlompus13 Marginally. Normally, the worse the movie, the better the episode, but NEPTUNE MEN is SOOOO boring, even the riffs are hard to come by, whereas PRINCE OF SPACE is funny on its own, with Krankor and the chicken men. Mike & the Bots do a fantastic job with NEPTUNE, and it's a good episode, but PRINCE is a GREAT one, IMO.

[JackKlompus13]

@GoblinXXX

I loved both. I think the riffing on INVASION was better, but I think PRINCE OF SPACE had better host segments. In the general sense, I would say INVASION, though. I'll admit to thinking the anti-Japanese humor was kinda funny.

[glovisy]

Oh I know a song about stock footage: da dat da dat dat da, EAT IT MOVIE!!!!!

[SpiderxBlue]

@glovisy I know a song about stock footage!

[glovisy]

Hitler Part: 1:14:20

[glovisy]

@glovisy Pause it before he gets blown up.

It's a billboard for わが闘争 "Mein Kampf", except they spelled it "Mine Kampf ".

[glovisy]

Where's the Hitler part?

[PsychoticLoner]

Nice Henry David Thoreau reference there, analogkid01.

[Penningtontj]

This movie is so bad it's sometimes hard to differentiate between the actually movie and the MST3K guys taking the piss.

[applebonker141]

I think the kids have this Space Chief mistaken for another, more effective Space Chief. They declare that it is 'Space Chief' and then ask him his name. Maybe his name WAS Lower Atmosphere Chief and didn't correct the kids when they called him Space Chief.

[t110722]

Came here after Netflix couldn't satisfy the hunger for more heckling

[perrottafamily1]

Subscribed.

[OrthodoxBaklava]

I think I love you Analogkid. Thanks!

[tsartodd]

Tom Servo's song (or rant, actually) about stock footage was hilarious.

[DAVIDInitiative]

FUCK VIACOM.

[TheGunboat]

At least Manos had Torgo.

At least Pod People had a somewhat coherent plot.

At least Monster A-Go-Go had THINGS happen.

This, in my opinion, is the most foul, mind-knumbing, and all around WORST film ever shown on MST3K. Onlt Mike and the bots could possibly make this enjoyable

[SlairMongrel]

I have three words for you to sum up my favorite part of this one: "Who's on first?"

[EmilyDNelson]

Admittedly I didn't get to see all of Prince of Space since parts of it are deleted, but I'm getting the feeling this is the exact same movie. Mysterious space hero shows up to defend Plucky Children against Galactic Menace, but is actually Handsome Smart Modest Hero. In this case, scientist guy.

[GoblinXXX]

@EmilyDNelson This is worse--  As stupid as the chicken men of Krankor were, at least they had personalities. Prince of Space is THERE and DOING THINGS to affect the story, unlike Space Chief, and half of PRINCE OF SPACE was not a tedious attack on a model city.

[MultiARoth]

You're my hero, @analogkid01 <3

[BeethovenVEVO]

I wish I had a Hitler building.

:(

[tas12345678100]

mike im going to grab a step_up latter so u can jump up my butt. lmfao

[SpitfireBoy86]

"A breakdancing task chair!" I lost it hard at that part.

[HonJao]

You are a wonderful person

[Bondiddley03]

As horrible and painful this movie is, it's got one thing going for it... a break dancing task chair!!!

[vampirehunter42]

I wonder if that sky battle scene counts as "Deep Hurting"?

[MyselfTheThird]

Disembodio was a Nanite? That makes a lot of sense, actually...

[KingSnarf]

If anyone claims that Season 8 had terrible host segments, please direct them to the Noh Theater sketch.

[theblacksheep1000]

thanks for uploading this one one of my favs!



[AsaiMoonsault]

Roji Panty Complex; the silent killer!

[donkwich]

Invasion of the Neptune Men: For people who thought Prince of Space didn't have enough stock footage.

[mojorisingist]

why does space chief drive a car? and is the spacechiefmobileness nessecary?

[AMReese]

Space Chief is actually Racer X, Speed's brother

[ChaoticYak]

Say, has anyone seen my record?

WHERE is my record?

You know it was a new record. I just bought it.

Come on. Where's my record? I mean it! It's not funny! I spent a lot for that record! Where'd you put it? Phil? You're a big Loggins and Messina fan. Phil? Phil!

Is THAT my record?

I WANT MY RECORD!

I found my recoooooooorrrrrrd!

(I love that running gag.

[ChaoticYak]

Though Nelson promised a quick return of the nanite forces, the war for his eyelashes lasted well into December. Thousands were cut down defending a blasted little patch of Nelson's T-zone known as Follicle Hill.

[siliconneedle]

thank you so much for uploading this. in one clip!!! amazing. thank you.



[HolyHogShit]

5:13 brain guy singing a hapy la la la song while killing himself! LOL

[HolyHogShit]

@HolyHogShit and who can say that 1:14:26 isnt a classic moment in movie madness? i am glad we won WW2, but really... what the fuck would things be like right now if there were happy hitler brand stuff and happy hitler buildings all over the world? and how long would it have taken the germans to turn on the itallians and the japanese? i really wish there was a for real "what if" machine, where we could see the alternate time line of THAT! 4th reich supersoldier cereal flakes, in squid milk.

[HolyHogShit]

@HolyHogShit and why isnt my timestamp blue for easy viewing of the hitler building being blown up? 1:14:26

[kristonio17]

PAUL IS A DEAD MAN! MISS HIM MISS HIM!

[Windclaw]

Hmmm. 0 dislikes as of my viewing? Excellent work, analogkid. Your posting of this has clearly cut down on cases of Roji Pantie Complex! I salute you!

[HecateTrioformis]

The Noh theater segment is one of my favorite segments in MST3K.

[CrimsonG]

I loved the noh bit here.

[bgsadler100]

The Rogey-Panty Complex!

Not the Hitler Building!

[EvermenEXE]

You know, the japanese should've stuck with Gojira and Gamera......and do nothing else....ever

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Space DINK!

[tencentpistol1]

Thank you analogkid. F-ing amazing!! Subscribed.

[CrossedCelt]

I don't think the Neptune Men were evil. They're just trying to blow up Hitler Buildings.

[GoldenCenturion]

Analog, you are an angel from heaven. Uploading a full episode in one clip AND it's in good quality! Brings a tear to my eye.

[1daddy57]

Hey, Analog Kid...after you're done clutching that blade of grass between your teeth...could ya pull your baseball cap up and continue to do the Lord's work you're doing with all these wonderful MSTies? Need any old MSTie tapes to copy? lol

[dlkohl1981]

"Mike, I'm gonna get a stepladder so you can jump up my but!"

LOL, that line cracks me up every time!

[JanitorAntisocial]

The cast of MST3K said they really hated this movie on levels past what they usually have to deal with. It's because its stock footage seemed to be actual WWII bombing footage. In a SCI-FI CHILDREN'S FILM, no less.

Yeah. That's pretty damn heinous.