Does anyone want to talk about the huge amount of Lord of the Rings references in the actual Mystery Science Theaters themselves?
Just some example movies:
Cave Dwellers
Parts: the Clonus Horror
Quest of the Delta Knights
I'd be interested in more. I wish I'd kept better track of them all as I watched, but I'm starting to now. Any thoughts?
i probably missed a lot when it first aired
September 2 2004, 15:09:57 UTC 15 years ago
there's a pretty good section in episode 703-deathstalkers and the warriors from hell:
[Servo, handing Mike a ring] There ya go, Mike. Got a wild hare, and forged us up a ring of power. You know, one ring to rule us all, one ring to, uh, find us; one ring to bring us all, and, uh, in the darkness, um...
[Mike] Bind us.
[Servo] Yeah, bind us.
[Mike puts on the ring]
[Servo] Great, great, just don't wear it around any Nazgûl, but you probably know that. And, if you have any questions, I'll be over here forging up those seven rings for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone!
and of course, the classic from cave dwellers:
[Crow] Jeez! *Tolkien* couldn't follow this plot!
that one makes me laugh till i hurt.
i think the only thing left that is often referenced in mst3k that i'm not fairly familiar with is frank zappa and the mothers of invention.
reposted due to the fact that lj thought my screenplay format was html code
September 2 2004, 15:40:25 UTC 15 years ago
"I should be playing canasta with Saruman."
"I've got to write Radagast, he'd never believe this!"
Basically your best bet is the old sword n sorcery type movies they did, those always seem to have the most references. I know Time of the Apes had a couple at the end.
September 2 2004, 15:46:45 UTC 15 years ago
"Hey Gandalfs down there!"
September 2 2004, 21:58:15 UTC 15 years ago
I own it; I should just watch it again.
I'm also pretty sure there are some Gandalf references in quest of the delta knights.