MST3K 0704 The Incredible Melting Man Part 9

Synopsis

An astronaut is transformed into a murderous, gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage. His last words are celebrating the view of the sun through the rings of Saturn. Despite being several times farther from the sun than the Earth, somehow, we are led to believe, our astronaut gets exposed to solar radiation near Saturn that leaves him looking like he's been honeyroasted. Enjoy a snippet of stock footage from actual space travel during the incredibly disconnected intro.

After landing, the melting man is taken to the NASA hospital (which occupies stalls 28 through 48 at a Fresno California ministorage). Once the 'incredible' melting man comes to he goes on a rampage. Thanks to some exposition later on we find out our guy needs to replace the cells that are rapidly melting away. He gets these cells by eating people. Or, rather, parts of people.

And that's pretty much it. Also a general eats a turkey leg.

Warning: If you are allergic to the sight of spirit gum, this movie will cause a severe reaction.

Obscure References * "Edie Sedgwick, NOOOO!!!"

Edie Sedgwick, who appeared in several films directed by Andy Warhol, was severely burned in 1966 after falling asleep with a lit cigarette. * "The Russians! Hey, Giorgy!"

A reference to an SCTV sketch about a Russian sitcom called "Hey, Giorgy!". * "I just realized- I'm LeRoy Neiman!"

A reference to commercially successful artist LeRoy Neiman. * Windows 95 references

The fisherman looks like Bill Gates * "NASA's a sucker for any Very Large Array salesman!"

A reference to the Very Large Array, an installation of radio astronomy dishes located in New Mexico. * "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day / To the last syllable of recorded time..."

A line from scene 5 of Hamlet.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• MST3K
• The
• Incredible
• Melting
• Man

[sleepyhollow783]

2:31 "Well ah, I learned never to scream 'I'm Ted Nelson!' to a security guard."

3:07 Oh, we learned that some cats can open the refrigerator, get the milk, bring the milk in the middle of the kitchen, throw it up into the air, drop it on the floor, & shatter it all over the place."

4:17 "I learned that it was impossible to look good in the 70's."

[trapadoored]

@sindiva

"I never understood white people." sums up the movie perfectly.

[abmstie]

So did she ever get the crackers? There's a plot point that went nowhere.

[ChaoticYak]

I love Dr. F.'s last line: "Mother, I think I can get my whole head in here."

[ChaoticYak]

We learned that lights and lighting aren't really necessary to make a film these days.

Neither are actors.

[ChaoticYak]

So...how many monster movies end with the janitor scooping the monster into a garbage can?

[Gigrantula58]

0:25 "This is what it looks like behind Chili's".

[silvereagle2061]

I learned to never hospitalize the only survivor of a 3 manned space crew.

[Gormanizer]

@Shadowlynk She got her tits out in the actual movie, so she's only in the MST3K cut for about two seconds. She's the chick in the car when Dr. Ted Nelson shows up at the Bill Gates murder scene

[buttercremehonda]

0:14 "He was pitchin' guards last night and won three bucks"

[msxeno]

"Earth Vs. Soup" should be the name of a band.