One of the better MST3k episodes - of course it helps that the movie is a 2 1/2 star movie
Because MST3k is sort of a show within a show within a movie, I think you need to look at the individual parts in order to rate the episode.
The movie: Poor Billy. Neglected by his mom - harassed by the local deep South Cops (even though he lives in CA) - forced to drive a 70's van that doesn't even have cool air brushed paintings - hated by all - picked on by all (even that guy who played the nerd in every late 70's movies). But Billy will get his revenge with his.... Laserblast!!! Basically this movie is a story of a picked on kid who finds a weapon and then blows stuff up. And that is just about as deep as this movie gets. The only really great part is the stop motion turtle-like aliens that have been sent to retrieve the laserblast gun; they are actually rather cute and I did like their weird language. But the rest of the movie is not very good. OK, maybe it is one of the better MST3k reviewed movies - but only a person with no knowledge of movies would ever...
Ready for some FOOTBAAAAAAALLLL....
Bow your heads, people -- "Laserblast" is the very strange end of an era in MST3K era, shifting from one deranged villain to another.
But even as their lives change forever, the Satellite of Love dudes must watch a devastatingly bad movie that somehow got two-and-a-half stars from Leonard Maltin, and even inexplicably got a cameo from Roddy friggin' McDowall. And in the meantime, they are confronted by disasters from classic science fiction!
Crow, Mike and Tom are horrified when Dr. F suddenly disconnects the umbilicus from the Satellite, meaning that they are adrift in space without air or supplies. Turns out Dr. F has lost his funding and is now moving in with his mother Pearl. But there's a not-so-bright-side: he's giving the guys a film to watch!
That film is "Laserblast," in which stop-motion turtle aliens lose an arm cannon in the desert. It's found by a sullen slacker that everybody picks on, and who has a terrifying-looking mom who is...
looks like somebody isnt ready for some FOOTBALL!
One my all time favorite movies. Maybe not worth 2-1/2 stars, as Leonard Maltin suggests. But Mike and the Bots push it into criterion collection territory.
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