One day, the
writers of
MST3K were approached about making a
movie based on their
hit show.
Exactly why is a little beyond me, since each episode is about as long as a feature-length movie.
They were given a new set, new things to work with, and a widescreen view. The only things they weren't given were a marketing crew who had any competence at all, and a test audience worthy of watching MST3K. Imagine having the "most popular girl" in your high school test viewing MST3K, and you'll realize what went wrong.
The results, to a loyal MiSTie, were less than perfect. Some of the gags had to be watered down for a more "general" audience who hasn't seen the show before. As was later learned, an entire host segment was lost due to editing. All in all, it ended up being equivilant to an average to above average normal MST3K episode.
All in all, however, it's a good movie. "This Island Earth" was the movie under attack this time, and with such memorable moments as "Normal view", Crow trying to escape the sattelite, and Tom Servo's underwear collection being introduced, no MiSTie should be without this.