tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post2971602490219365593..comments2023-04-06T22:01:07.239+10:00Comments on YOA's Blog Of The Unusally Pointless: If *Ron Mallet* Had Written The Twin Dilemma...Youth of Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-77524388766604505162008-03-22T23:17:00.000+11:002008-03-22T23:17:00.000+11:00... see, this is the bit where I have no idea what...<I>... see, this is the bit where I have no idea what to say. Because... god. How can anyone be that talentless?</I><BR/>I dunno. Even if I had to write a story around illustrations, I think I could do better (like, say, maybe the TARDIS is the alt-Doctor's from an unbound version of Claws of Axos where they died in part three and the Master took over the job).<BR/><BR/><I>No, but you're not too far off. It started off as Public Access television</I><BR/>Ahh *nods solemnly at this news*<BR/><BR/>I must say, well, it'd be pretty hard for kids to keep up with the movie comentary...<BR/><BR/><I>Well, I guess technically it's an Ed Kavalee quote I've adapted for my own, sporadic personal use...</I><BR/>Cunning. What was it originally?Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-17319281530310814192008-03-22T23:00:00.000+11:002008-03-22T23:00:00.000+11:00So, he has a photo of the Master in a business sui...<I>So, he has a photo of the Master in a business suit dragging Peri out of a police box. And so we have an alt-Master kidnapping Peri in his shaped-like-a-police-box-for-absolutel-no-reason TARDIS.</I><BR/><BR/>... see, this is the bit where I have no idea what to say. Because... god. How can anyone be that talentless?<BR/><BR/><I>... but the whole "plot" and "acting" away from watching movies is out and out retarded... Was this a Saturday Morning Kid show or something?</I><BR/><BR/>No, but you're not too far off. It started off as Public Access television ("Ahh," he says, nodding solemnly at this news) and when it became professional it kept the same style, cast, writers, sets, and budget. That episode was actually from their budgetary hey-day, when they were, believe it or not, commissioned by The Sci-Fi Channel. Of course, most of their budget went on getting the rights to films to show in their entirety and take the piss out of, and they had to deal with the bugbear of the SFC wanting a 'story arc' running through the season. They didn't take the idea very seriously, hence aforementioned retardation.<BR/><BR/>In the earlier seasons (and in the final one when Sci-Fi just gave up) there was no attempt at plots, the bookmarks to the film simply being used as skits, often mimicking scenes from the film. I might have to give you the episode <I>Double 007</I> because that one, from memory, has my favourite sketches.<BR/><BR/>Of course, once I found MST3K what I found charming was the incredibly convoluted setup for such a simple premise. It could just as easily be a group of friends in an apartment with nothing better to do than watch terrible movies...<BR/><BR/><I>I thought it was a movie quote? My mistake. Hansen be praised!</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I guess technically it's an Ed Kavalee quote I've adapted for my own, sporadic personal use...Jared "No Nickname" Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825668092428993308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-55885175397022673112008-03-22T17:34:00.000+11:002008-03-22T17:34:00.000+11:00The thing is, and I probably haven't mentioned it,...The thing is, and I probably haven't mentioned it, the version of this story I saved was illustrated with photos - and, for some reason, RM seems to have written the story AROUND the photos he has.<BR/><BR/>For example, since the story is set before Peri changes her clothes, the only decent photo he has of her in her pink outfit is one where Kamelion is dragging her out of the TARDIS.<BR/><BR/>So, he has a photo of the Master in a business suit dragging Peri out of a police box. And so we have an alt-Master kidnapping Peri in his shaped-like-a-police-box-for-absolutel-no-reason TARDIS.<BR/><BR/>So it's complete fluke the "Master working for UNIT" idea, simply to justify the photos, rather than coming up with even a vaguely decent idea like "reformed Daleks".<BR/><BR/><I>I'm so glad you do these MST'ings, though. Completely defuses the shittiness of the fic and thus makes it humanly possible to read.</I><BR/>I have to say this last one took a hell of a lot to do. Even blogger being uncooperative was nothing compared to the slog of reading it.<BR/><BR/>I even tried to spark myself up by watching MST3K: Space Mutiny... some of the jokes are funny... but the whole "plot" and "acting" away from watching movies is out and out retarded... Was this a Saturday Morning Kid show or something?<BR/><BR/><I>Heh, and 'bloke in car' got referenced. My most famous and beloved creation of all!</I><BR/>I thought it was a movie quote? My mistake. Hansen be praised!Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-45726891392985598202008-03-22T15:51:00.000+11:002008-03-22T15:51:00.000+11:00To be fair, in spite of the "Been done" stigma, th...To be fair, in spite of the "Been done" stigma, the Master as UNIT's scientific advisor is still a cool idea. Like good Daleks. It's just the fact that Mallet is an unbelievable hack and is unable to write anything around the ideas he has for a story and rushes us into them without any tangible build-up that utterly destroys everything and leaves us feeling filthy and abused.<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad you do these MST'ings, though. Completely defuses the shittiness of the fic and thus makes it humanly possible to read.<BR/><BR/>Heh, and 'bloke in car' got referenced. My most famous and beloved creation of all!Jared "No Nickname" Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825668092428993308noreply@blogger.com