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DVD Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Mystery Science Theater 3000 experienced a changing of the guard with this fifth-season episode. Departed series creator and lead Joel Hodgson was replaced by head writer Mike Nelson, playing a hapless temp named... Mike Nelson, who was sent into space to cover for Hodgson's escape. The opening credit sequence and title theme (warbled by Nelson) were also new, but the show's basic premise--poking fun at atrocious B movies--remained the same.
Nelson's debut "experiment" is the delirious 1960 head-transplant horror The Brain That Wouldn't Die. And while Nelson is occasionally stiff, particularly during the invention exchange (a longtime Hodgson staple, and soon to be excised), he and robot pals Crow and Tom Servo rise to the occasion during the film, which is filled with memorable zingers (Crow: "He's keeping her alive with Grey Poupon!"). Rhino's DVD presents the uncut, slightly gory version of Brain with and without the MST3K treatment. --Paul Gaita
Review(s): DVD Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die
A good first outing for Mike Nelson as host.
A fairly strong episode of MST3K, especially considering it's Mike Nelson's first time as the host on the Satellite of Love. The movie is a lurid and gruesome "B" grade picture about a doctor who keeps his girlfriend's head alive well past its freshness date while he seeks a body on which to transplant it. The MST3K crew provide many laughs throughout this lurid melodrama, many of them food references as during their Amazing Colossal Man episode of the show. The absurdity of the movie and these jokes really keeps you laughing throughout. Look for the hilarious host segment at the end where they interview "Jan in the Pan" played by writer Mary Jo Pehl.
Brain that Wouldn't Die is a Must Have!
Although this episode does not feature my favorite host, Joel Hodgson, Mike does a good job -- you know, for Mike. The movie plot is deliciously bad. Throw Mike and the bots into the mix, and you have an evening of twisted pleasure rife with dark humor and the very worst special effects that money can't buy. Don't miss "Jan in a Pan." Classic, essential MST3K!
Way above average
Not the best Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie. But it is still way above average!
4 of 5 stars. Nice!
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