Written by Scott EdwardsI don’t know about you, but I am very particular about the movies that I watch and when they are pretty bad, I like to make fun of them as they play on. Thank goodness I was not the only one that liked to do this as Mystery Science Theater 3000 graced my television set back in the 90’s with a janitor and two snarky robots who liked to do the same thing. While some of the jokes that they told were beyond me, I really enjoyed what the group had embraced while being trapped on the dark side of the moon when it comes to B movies and what it takes to make them watchable. I will admit as the series moved on and the cast of the show changed, I started to lose interest and when it faded away into nothingness, I was saddened and would try to find repeats to watch on occasion, but it was just not the same. In the not too distant past, last Friday, at twelve a.m. (la-la-la), Netflix blessed us all with the gift of bringing back a great show, by way of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return. With the great names of Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt being attached, I knew that I would give it a go, but had no idea who Jonah Ray or Baron Vaughn or Hampton Yount were. I could only hope that this new threesome of critics could be able to embrace what made the original series with Joel Hodgson and his friends Tom Servo and Crow so enjoyable and I am happy to say, that yes, they have brought life back to the series that we have all missed so much. Even though it seemed to take a couple episodes for me to really get back into the series, Cry Wilderness seemed to be the favorite episodes of my friends, since it provided a ton of laughs, but it did not feel like the original series until StarCrash came on my screen, because something finally started to click between me and the crew of The Satellite of Love. I don’t know what it really was, but after watching them roast that film, I cannot seem to stop watching it. The Land That Time Forgot kept me rolling throughout and there does not seem to be an end to the joy that the show is bringing to the screen. The little skits during the movies, and the invention exchanges are great, but I am dying with the commercial breaks, because we are on Netflix and there are no commercials. I am always first and loudest when calling out Netflix for their mistakes, as they will continue to make them, but when I need to shut my mouth and congratulate them for doing something right, I will do that as well. Almost twenty years have gone by since Mystery Science Theater 3000 gave us something new and while people have been trying to duplicate it, it has never been the same. The Return has delivered just that, what we have been waiting for, for so long to see once again. This has proven to be one of the best decisions that Netflix has ever made and I genuinely hope that they will continue to renew this show until all of the B movies from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s have been torn to shreds, because it is very enjoyable.
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