MST3K 0704 The Incredible Melting Man Part 2

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

[NorwichTeenwolf]

Who would eat soup with crackers anyway? Unless it's some odd American tradition?

[TorgoRisen]

@NorwichTeenwolf I eat my tomato soup with crumbled crackers in it. And shredded cheese. Unless this is another one of those words split by the Atlantic like jumper/sweater or trainer/sneaker. IDK, I'm not up on the trans-Atlantic parlance in regard to crackers. When I think crackers, I think Saltines. Or maybe Ritz.

[sleepyhollow783]

3:20 General: "How are you doctor?"

Ted Nelson: "Not too good." (Servo: "There's a black guy in my office!")

:-))

[FerraTiKarinaNeil]

*sigh* You gotta wonder sometimes what was going through the director's head when he was making this "movie"?

I mean, what made him think it would be a good idea to have a fat nurse in an extremely tight outfit running and screaming down a hallway in slow motion with nobody behind her the whole time?

Answer: the same numbskull who thought it would make sense for said nurse to be so scared she would plow right through a glass door and risk severing a few arteries than to simply open it! ~XD

[NorwichTeenwolf]

@TorgoRisen In the UK, 'crackers' refer to cream crackers, which are like matzos, only thicker and drier. In a bowl of soup, they'd float as awkwardly as a nerd's head in a stream.

[Glitcher2000]

"We can repair her. She'll be better, faster, stronger."

Ha ha! Love the reference. XD

[mikejg2550]

"Who knows about it?"

"Just me and half a nurse."

Love it!!!

[ChaoticYak]

They made a mistake and they just went home with the actors!

"Steve?"

STEVE had crackers!

[tdickensheets]

Tom: I never put on that much make up on!

[SpiderxBlue]

these new 70 movies are quit possibly funny but they make me squeamish

[guilmon182]

AATCH-KAH!!

[mxzplx78]

@FerraTiKarinaNeil Actually, I'm pretty sure they always use sugar glass. Which is extremely brittle and doesn't cut you.