| MST3K: Star Force – Fugitive Alien II (1991) |
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| Starring: | Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, and Kevin Murphy |
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The Plot: In the not-too-distant future, Joel Robinson (Joel Hodgeson) is abducted by his boss at Gizmonic institute and shot into outer space. His boss, Dr. Forrester, then sends Joel the very worst movies that he can find in order to document his reactions. Joel, who has built two robot friends named Crow and Tom Servo, does his best to improve this bad situation by having a good time and riffing on the movies with his robot pals. In this episode, Dr. Forrester forces Joel to watch the sequel to the awful Japanese science fiction title Fugitive Alien. This film, now titled Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, picks up right where the first movie left out. The ship is still floating through space and the ultimate goal is to make it to a distant planet where they are to sabotage a powerful weapon that can destroy planets. Along the way, the “tenperature” begins to rise as they get uncomfortably close to a black hole, and then dramatic tensions onboard the ship threaten everything that ties our crew together. Can they survive these impossible odds? |
| The Review |
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Although I have seen some who argue otherwise, for my money this is an infinitely more entertaining episode of MST3K. The pace of the riffing seems to be sped up, the quality of the interaction between the crew and the movie itself seem to be much more focused, and the way that things actually seem to “happen” in this movie seems to encourage a much more memorable product. The only downside is that you have to actually sit through Fugitive Alien II in order to experience all of these funny little moments. I mean, audiences should know that the episode is going to be pretty good when the bots start to sing and make up theme songs. This is an occurrence that almost always seems to be a sign of quality. Their rendition of the Fugitive Alien theme song is a continual joke that comes back and forth during the riffing, but they also have a song called “I Love Ken” that Crow and Tom Servo sing during one of the bumper segments. This little duet turns out to be a little weak, but its funny to see Tom Servo improvise random backup lyrics while Crow tries his best to “croon.”
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| The Conclusion |
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