Best of the Worst: High Voltage, Death Spa, and Space Mutiny
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- It's Best of the Worst's very first "Battle of the Genres!" In this episode, the group takes an action movie, a horror movie, and a sci-fi movie and pits them against each other to see which shitty movie gets it done the closest to what its genre should be.
That "I'm Beta, you're VHS" line is extra great seeing as he dies not long after.
Unintended irony is pretty great.
He’s a typical beta male
CrazyPangolinLady - ah yes, both possibilities of that joke covered nicely! Lol.
Your comment was more clever than the line was.
"No thanks....I'm My Space, you're Facebook!"
Interesting trivia, Reb Brown and his love interest in Space Mutiney were married before the made Space Mutiney together and are still married to this day.
If your marriage can survive making that film, then what you've got is the purest of love
mommy issues, anyone?
@@atom_gray Actually, hes the one who is older. :)
@@davidhobson2807 what happened to her faaaace?
I'm sure they would say that this was the best thing about that movie.
Fun Fact: The Director of Space Mutiny was the choreographer of the star wars holiday special
That lines up remarkably well.
“...and completely botched by David Winters”
That’s not fun :(
It's weird: Dave Winters, two years before making the horrendous, piss-poor Space Mutiny
made "Thrashin'" (1986) - which is an epic, ton of fun 80s skateboard gang B-movie, which is a straight up fantastic cheez-fest, well worth a watch!
(A good bit like the BMX movie "Rad" from the same time)
He also was a choreographer of the T.A.M.I. Show... weird career :)
100 bucks says Mike edited this video. I can only see him looping that scene exactly 20 times just because Rich made an off-handed comment about it.
Rabid Rabbit Rabbi it was actually only 19, i counted twice... sigh Someone help
Rabid Rabbit Rabbi 50:24
Te4RHyP3 I win! Where's my hundred bucks? I will also accept dogecoins.
Rabid Rabbit Rabbi Yeah that sounds about right
Rabid Rabbit Rabbi When they showed the first clip after Rich said that I thought, "Man, it would be funny if they actually played it 20 times in a row." And then they did. And it was glorious.
Geez, I guess it's a good thing Rich didn't say "I'd use that shot 100 times!"
Mike being so quick with the Bozo the Clown reference makes so much more sense now.
"I think it's very nice of you to give that dead woman another chance." -Crow T. Robot
Wizard was "borrowing" jokes from MST3K.
They say if you're going to take. Take from the best.
Cheers from Canada
This is one of the best Mst3ks I'm surprised they destroyed it, I've always thought it was a hilarious bad movie
Dave Ryder (Reb Browne) is known by many names in this movie thanks to MST3l:
Slab Bulkhead, Fridge Largemeat, Punt Speedchunk, Butch Deadlift,
Bolt Bigplank Splint Chesthair, Flint Ironstag, Bolt Vanderhuge, Thick McRunfast, Blast Hardcheese, Buff Drinklots, Trunk Slamchest, Fist Rockbone, Stump Beefgnaw, Smash Lampjaw, Punch Rockgroin, Buck Plankchest, Stump Chunkman, Dirk Hardpeck, Rip Steakface, Slate Slabrock,
Crud Bonemeal, Brick Hardmeat, Rip Sidecheek, Punch Sideiron,
Gristle McThornBody, Slake Fistcrunch, Buff Hardback, Bob Johnson,
Blast Thickneck, Crunch Buttsteak, Slab Squatthrust, Lump Beefrock,
Touch Rustrod, Reef Blastbody, Big McLargeHuge, Smoke Manmuscle,
Beat Punchbeef, Pack Blowfist, Roll Fizzlebeef.
+Van Garnett I was so disappointed they didn't mention MST3K even once during Space Mutiny. They're the godfathers of all.
Hikeeba!
Agreed. But equally I was surprised MST3K didn't mention the Galactica hand-me-down footage in the Space Mutiny episode.
Now I never have to worry about a name for my DnD characters ever again, thanks ☺
I feel like Josh knew. He seemed to be waiting to point out the dead girl returning at her desk in the next scene.
"I think its really nice of you to give that dead woman another chance"
Josh is in this episode presenting a very strong case for the existence of beards.
Exactly the reason I've got a beard myself.
@@Horzuhammer :/
Cameron Mitchell putting in a strong argument for eradication of beards
@@MrHendrix17 You heathen.
You leave Phil Myassup alone!
I love that a clip from 'Ghostbusters' is used as a definitive retort to Jay's skepticism about electricity being used to defeat ghosts.
I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams, she said its lack of sets that's bringing me down.
Anyone else think Mike and Rich are like Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble?
Okay, crazy person with anger issues.
That's fucking beautiful. I want to see them acknowledge this revelation at some point.
that works for me
...Not until I read this. Now it's all I see!
God damn it. Now I have to clear the graymatter of my screen because you blew my fucking mind!!!
I'm on a serious binge. These are great.
Oh, Space Mutiny...I have watched the MST3K version, and the version completely free of riffing. My sides hurt from laughing at this cinematic wonder every damn time.
Love this show, too--y'all are timeless. x
Agreed. It actually hurt a bit watching them rip it apart :( but I know there should be no limits to riffing, or comedy.
It's in my top 5 best of the worst films and the live RIFFTRAX version is awesome too! Be sure to check it out if you're a fan.
I do agree that Cameron Mitchell is disappointing in this one but Reb Brown, the terrible sets and dialogue more than make up for it imho.
Cheers from Canada
@@steveharvey2102 yeah, i was a little sad too they didnt enjoy it more. its one of my favorite MST3K episodes to rewatch
31:15 Freeze frame when the head explodes. You'll see sausages fly out.
Suss Jaj oh my god it's beautiful
nice find
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You da real MVP!
I watched this part at 0.25x speed and Rich Evans' laugh afterwards becomes haunting.
Rich, your laughter makes my world go round.
"All right everybody, look alive! Oh, sorry Susan."
I was hoping someone else remembered that. Best MST3k episode
And who could forget Slab McLargeHuge.
Blast Hardcheese
Grunt Squatthrust
She's got an armadillo down her trousers.
I didn't think he was actually gonna replay it 20 times
+Absolute Grime was it 19 or 20?
He didn't. It was 19.
@@pitthepwner It was 20
you must be new here.
Chelsea Field is the "beta/vhs" girl in Death Spa at around 5 mins. She is, of course, married to Scott Bakula, a.k.a. Jonathan Archer, captain of Earth's first Warp 5 starship, Enterprise. (I had to look up that last part.)
I'm sure the 6 people who watched the series appreciated your effort.
Red letter Media is always is the highlight of my day. When I see a new vid happear, I scream in delight like a little girl.
Why would I be depress when we have RED LETTER MEDIA!
I just realized that Josh's shirt is Officer Willard from ROTOR.
"I'm beta, you're VHS."
Amazing. That's going on my gravestone.
tveye363 I’m HD-DVD your Blu-Ray
I'm Netflix bitches
I'm DVD, you're Laser-Disk?
I'm Rob
Matt Damon
Space Mutiny via Mystery Science 3000 is well worth the watch.
Best post-Joel MST episode.
@@fantom5894 It's great, but it's hard to beat Pumaman, in my opinion.
Ah, Big McLargehuge.
Or was it Beef Slabchest?
Buff Drinklots
My favorite Mike episode is The Final Sacrifice but Space Mutiny is a close second.
Can we all just appreciate that Amy Smart has been in 2 movies called High Voltage
@@Pocketrocket-pj1usare you a card holding member of the IBTC?
@@Pocketrocket-pj1usHer ovaries?
David A. Prior directed all of the Dance of Birth Lady segments in Space Mutiny. Things make so much sense now.
It's 2:40am and I laughed out loud when Mike put the action figure in his mouth.
Fun fact: Antonio Sabato Jr, the incredibly awkward actor in the first movie, would go on to complain about his inability to get a job in Hollywood, comparing it to the treatment of Jews in the Holocaust.
Wikipedia says he's made a movie company geared towards conservatives. A politically motived movie with Antonio Sabato Jr at the helm. It's gonna be a train wreck.
HIs tattoos are the Batman logo and a yin-yang symbol. He's also a Trump supporter and thinks Obama is a Muslim.
His acting is comparable to the Holocaust
What's even more messed up about that is that his maternal grandmother was a Holocaust survivor.
Holy shit, he was in one of the Gods Not Dead movies
"Besides, I'm Beta, you're VHS." That... That didn't work out in the long run, did it?
VHS is still around, Beta isn't. He wasn't wrong; he just had no idea why he'd end up being right.
RIP in pepperoni.
He might have known why he'd be right. He could have been really depressed.
Well he did die immediately after, so there ya go.
Um. Beta max was used well after VHS. Not consumer wise, but for professionals.@@Gryffilion
"Besides, I'm Beta. You're VHS."
Niccccce.
What a NiceGuy!
Lochlyn Munro from that High Voltage movie has been in about five million movies and TV shows. Every single one a bit part. What a thankless career.
He was pretty good in this one Syfy original movie about Jules Verne.
At least he gets fairly steady work-- there's something to be said for that much.
+Monox PLays Don't forget Night at the Roxbury. He played their gym rat buddy.
Dead Man on Campus too. He played the crazy ass friend.
Better career than any I've ever had.
Fun fact: If you go frame by frame when the mirror lady explodes, there are totally hotdogs among the gore that flies out of her.
Those aren't hotdogs, those are Rich Evans
Just like Olivia Munn
@13:30 Isaac Florentine directed High Voltage during his experimental days also directing various Power Rangers episodes, when that franchise suddenly started getting a lot better action sequences. Good chance the stunt actors were from that series as well.
And then a few years later he started making really good Scott Adkins movies
Fuck my life. Watching Rich Evans Max Payne his way through the ending is the best thing I'll ever see.
Missed their chance to call them "Mockuza."
Interesting how everyone now looks so much better and younger now than 6 years ago, except for Mike, he still looks the same.
I love how general the "Asian Mafia" is. I bet they don't even specify if they're Yakuza or Triads (Japanese or Chinese respectively). They're just...Asian. That's it. That's all you need to know. Did this inspire the "Asians" from Pineapple Express?
"Can't you be more specific!? Technically Indians are Asian!"
The Dreaded Uzbek Mafia
Middle East is technically Asia too aren't they?
@@doombine2012 yes actually!
And it will lead to big trouble. Presumably in Little Asia.
Don't fuck with the Armenian Mob (an actual thing).
Love that Rich has his own corner throne in these old videos
One day Rich (Evans) will go postal on Mike. And we’ll all nod knowingly because we knew it was coming.
RIP Antonio Sabato Sr., who passed on Jan. 10th 2021 from Covid
wow Rich Evans does his own stunts. That's really impressive. He's bringing the hack fraud ratio of RLM way down.
Out of all the places to see you not on Twitter, how was it here of all places?
Rich makes a pretty damn good action hero in terms of one liners and gravelly voiced-ness
I don't know what's weirder. Amy Smart being in High Voltage or Antonio Sabato Jr playing the first live action Deathstroke on Lois and Clark.
Wait, he was?!?
@@charlottecorday8494 According to IMDB, yes.
For some reason, those lasers and go-karts in Space mutiny remind me of Takeshi's Castle
I thought the exact same thing
i agree, and i think the big helmets also factor into that.
It's called MXC. We live in 'Merica.
taytaysplay
Nah I live in 'Urope.
Dammit! ... Well, MXC rolls off the tongue far better than "Takeshi's Castle"
Sadly, David's actor in Death Spa actually died of AIDS several months before the film was actually released. Death Spa was his last film
Don't you mean AIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS
@@PhildoBaggins No, because only Rich is allowed to say it like that
Always leave 'em laughing.
I think the computer in Death Spa is a red herring. Not for us, but for the characters. Ghost posses computer so it looks like it's the computer's fault when people die...even when not related to the computer. But it was in the age of 'COMPUTER DO ALL THINGS!" film making.
As MANY have pointed out:
The entire "Belarian" sub-plot has no connection to the actual movie, this is likely because these sections were filmed for part of a (you guessed it) different movie entirely. They never interact with any of the main characters besides Santa Claus, and that scene is particularly suspect as he is wearing an entirely different costume for it than anywhere else in the movie. The Belarians never had anything to do with anything and the scenes they shot with them were probably thrown in by the editor(s) in order to lengthen a running time that was clearly too short for a full-length film. Also they really did steal footage from Battlestar Galactica and were somehow not sued to my knowledge.
The film is such a mess of editing that its a wonder it even made it to theatres.
It made to fucking THEATERS?!
Since you mention the editing, there was also the murdered character who turns up alive in the next scene!
Do you mean a showing for the friends and family of the filmmakers, or something the public could buy tickets for?
Any idea how many days it showed for? If you know, please lmk.
Cheers from Canada
Whenever these guys do a movie from MST3K I always wonder if they've seen it or not there first. Space Mutiny and Santa Claus comes to mind.
They must have. They're both from Wisconsin.
these guys grew up on MST3K, no question...
i noticed they show a fair number of space mutiny scenes that don't appear in the MST edit.
You guys need to do a Cameron Mitchell Best of the Worst episode and dig up the rest of the shitty movies he's been.
BOTW is like watching a gameshow, in Hell... Where the contestants are always the same and no one ever wins. I love gameshows!
One of the Asian maffia guys is Jin-Soo Kwon from Lost.
I watched Lost 2.3 hours ago, what a COINCIDENCE
gum ball You mean you watched it 4815162342 hours ago....
I'm kind of shocked you guys didn't have that much to say about Space Mutiny. That movie is absolutely hilarious.
MST3K make it hilarious. On its own, it's pure garbage.
VidarOdinson79 I think they just don't like to mention MST3K for some reason. There was another pretty popular MST3K movie in HITB or BOTW and they didn't mention it then either. It was a movie about a swamp creature or something.
eliasmurray It was The Blood Waters of Doctor Z. Yeah, it seems like they are unaware that MST3K watched some of their movie picks. It's probably better that way, because they are genuinely blindsided by hilarious moments like Reb Brown's scream-into-calmly-jumping-from-vehicle moment. They might also not mention because they don't want people to think they are stepping on MST3K's toes.
Craig Williams Yeah. I don't think there's actually anything to say apart from 'MST3K riffed this', or referencing MST3K jokes, and from their opinion on McFarlane, they're not big on reference 'humour'.
VidarOdinson79 Maybe none of the RLM people present watch MST3K?
"Oh my pantyhose are itchy, pantyhose are itchy. Itchy itchy itchy,,,,"
I am surprised the High Voltage "Box Crash and Fall" clip didn't make it into the 100 episode montage.
I've binged these for like two days and I quess these guys are big and dont answer to any puny youtube comments like mine. But thanks for endless hours of entertainment. My life is much better now!
I almost died laughing when Jack said "Like a battles."
13:20 - Fun Fact! The "Scanty" guy is Cameron Mitchell's son. Proving that acting ability isn't passed down genetically.
Rich Evans is the greatest man to have ever lived.
All hail Dick the birthay boy!
They should do Space-Mutiny style nicknames for him. 😁
Da Vinci, Newton, Shakespeare and Beethoven are no-marks, in comparison to the magnificence that is Rich Evans.
@@shugaroony Napoleon Bonaparte all things considered is the greatest. Rich Evans is up there though. And they both kinda look alike.
Question: are we seriously expected to believe that the blind woman in Death Spa is just bumbling her way through life while her eyes heal like nothing's wrong? Like, how did she even GET to her locker in the first place? Did she just stagger through the parking lot while groping at stuff and hope she reaches the front door of the gym?
Generally speaking, there's a reason why people in this condition remain in hospital while they're waiting for their eyes to heal. Just saying.
The main character brought her there and left to do something. She spent the rest of the film at his place.
It was like that scene from _Robot In The Family_ where the semi-blind white Rasta screams into the grille of that kei truck before getting run over.
@@DistractedGlobeGuyWell he had his vision cured at that point
Caught Space Mutiny on Mystery Science Theatre. That final toy golf cart chase scene was . . . amazing.
Roll Fizzlebeef!
I couldn't stop laughing at the 20 takes part. OMFG.
Daniel Crowley hahahah
The best part is the feelgood 80s synth playing in the background the whole time.
The first ad that played on this was "best of the best" sale at a furniture store. Best of the best ad on a best of the worst episode.
I just watched Space Mutiny and it was the first film that actually made me feel physically sick. It's just so incredibly BAD at every level that even the hilarious cardboard car chase becomes painful, but I got the impression that everyone involved actually believed they were doing something really good. It's like a Neil Breen movie where EVERYONE is delusional. I think this is what made me feel sick. I would still recommend it, if just for its weird effect it had.
Watch the MST3K version. It's amazing.
Well, it's pretty amazing that film made me sick just being so bad technically. Lots of films make me sick because of their content, cf. the Hobbot III, but this one did it despite the content being just enjoyably stupid trash.
Or rifftrax live! I won't spoil it but there is some Space Mutiny cosplay!
Cheers from Canada
Josh's remark about immobilising a lady is seriously underrated.
Amazingly, real-life creepy guys seem to have that instinct to this day.
*Edit: I just realized someone could misunderstand that as me calling Josh creepy 😅
It's the DFGA
4:36 I think Jay meant to say "a Vat of Saved by the Dumbbell".
Ok, we need a 10 hr video of the dude falling on the box from the roof.
"They don't want to pay for the 4K transfer..."
If it was shot on 16mm film instead of Hollywood standard 32mm than 2K actually would be the transfer quality. Even the Criterion Collection caps their remasters of 16mm films at 2K (while every 32mm film they remaster is done in 4K).
It’s 35mm though ;-)
@@linusfotograf isnt the image size 32mm because the audio is recorded in the optical strip down the side of the film?
@@Eamonshort1 No, most films use 36mm x 24mm size frames. 35mm is the size of the film strip from edge to edge.
Another top-notch sneeze, Mike. Keep up the good work.
Lets all mourn for Anthony Sabato Jr.'s acting career as he is now blacklisted from Hollywood for daring to speak his mind. I mean, 'cuz he's definitely a quality actor, and everyone should be begging to feature him in their next project.
Uh...no...:)
I came to two realizations during this video.
1. Mike says "ironically" all the time and it is almost never actually irony.
2. Rich's laugh sounds like Patrice O'neal.
Both of those things make RLM better.
after almost a decades worth of rewatches i just noticed the amazinng rotor t-shirt on josh
Mike doesn't cover his mouth when he sneezes, unsubscribed
That buildup was brilliant
This joke takes on a whole new life in 2020 lol
@@RetroDrew I was gonna say the same thing hahahha
@@geronimovallejos7232 yep yep
@@loke72 Nah, that was the Canadians.
The gunshot sounds in High Voltage are so distractingly heavy.
Like, it sounds like every single gun is a magnum no matter what.
i find it distracting in a good way
That's because, as Jay so astutely observed, the sound effects for the gunfire sound like they were taken directly from the Indiana Jones movies. To be specific, to my ears they sound like they might be the exact gunshot sounds lifted from the brawl at Marion's Tavern in Nepal!
The punches also sound "borrowed" from Raiders! They do sound larger than life, but also help showcase why Ben Burtt is The Man!!
Amazing how that stuntman landed on his head twice in one fall.
"I think MST3K is just obscure enough they think they can get away with it"
ehh its legit, no one can own riffing, but MST3k did the divo joke hah RLM prob watched the MST3k one to prep
That's all I can picture with the way Josh calls out the continuity error where the dead woman shows up again.
Or how the ending bit of the episode was their favorite part
"Scream" *pause* jump
Just letting everyone know... the art on the Death Spa Blu-Ray is the same same cover art that was on the original VHS release and probably the one-sheet if there was one. Love that artwork. Love that ridiculous movie.
Plot Twist: Chris Evans is actually a dolphin.
Captain America?
@@bigbauerboss You apparently haven't read the comics.
Is that a rape allegation?
Space Mutiny,
it's basically the 80's INNNN SPAAAAAAAAAACCE!
37:53 Dune, which is from the 60s, iirc, has precognition and sort-of-reincarnation. The Foundation series has an unexplained branch of mathematics which also acts basically as prophetic abilities. Yeah, sci fi does have a history of mystical elements, sometimes hidden under pseudoscientific jargon, other times not.
So Mike did you see the new DUUUUUUUUUUNE? The Denis Veilleneuvo DUUUUUUUUUUUNE?
Super shocked that no one on BOTW has seen the MST3K episode of Space Mutiny. ROLL FIZZLEBEEF!
Maggie Taylor Big McLargeHuge
The Vault Master They might not have wanted to just quote that entire episode.
Dirk Hardpec. Blast Hardcheese. Smoke ManMuscle. Bob Johnson.
"The many names of David Ryder" is one of the best ever MST3K riffs
Funniest thing ever: 44:17 I was pissing myself.
I get the feeling that Reb didn't think the camera was going to be zoomed right on his face there lol
I think I've watched it 10 times and still can't get enough of it hahaha.
The Atheosis I also love the reaction from Rich and the others. :D
I always thought that was a hilarious moment, but watching those guys erupt into gales of uncontrollable laughter pushed it to a whole new level.
Kleavers Actor- "You'll fix this up in post, right?"
Crew -"What the fuck is post?"
46:56 "Are ya-are youuuuuuu-are you talkin? This isn't a discussion part...yeah, why donchu ja, why dont chjew ja shutthheffuckup?" Mike Stoklasa 2014
I have never laughed so hard over a sequence of the same shot being repeated over and over again. Genius.
So wait, what does a bunch of Fank robbers robbing the Fakuza have to do with High Voltage? There was nothing electrical about that movie.
Did you guys see the part where the stuntman fell into the box? it looked like it hurt.
+Rafa de alba
Shit, I blinked and missed it!
i rewatched it like 20 times...
They met up at a fautel . All these years and I thought of a joke
19:58 The epic showdown: the Fakuzas versus the Fank Robbers in an action shootout at the Fauxtel.
Can you please confirm whether Rich Evans does his stunts himself?
Oh
@@fearlessjoebanzai wow, Macauley Coke-can is such a great guy.
Mr. McCulkin
Rich does six stunts!
that`s neat that Amy Smart was in two movies called High Voltage
Odd coincidences, Antonio Sabato Jr. did a better Woo-like film later in The Big Hit, and Amy Smart managed to do two movies with the words High Voltage in the title.
The death spa cover is the original artwork, used to see it all the time back in the video store when i was too young to rent it 😂
00:25 Shouldn't Jay be arrested for that pour while living in Wisconsin??
The head is for contrast. How dare you they’re professional alcoholics.
@@janesmith1840 You know. I'm something of a beer alcoholic myself.
17:30 Very subtle product placement by Mike there for the Red Letter Media Rich Evans Plush toy.
Rich Evans laugh upsets my dog.
Hey Its Cubey you might need a new dog if it can't appreciate the majesty of Rich Evans
Nah nah nah its hilarious watching her bark at the tv
Mike Stoklasa is a mean drunk
Also a mean sober.
nothing like wearing the same shirt as rich while watching, to increase my viewing pleasure
its funny coming back to this video after the years and seeing the boys all young and clean shaven
Best VHS destruction segment of the series lol
The birth of Space Cop