Ah, this is one of those Roger Corman edit specials where he bought Soviet movies, re-edited and dubbed them with English voices! The disconnect between the voices and original actors is just as great as it is for most Godzilla/Gamera/other-Japanese-monster English dubs...
MORE MOVIE TRIVIA!It's not really fair to pass judgment on "The Sword & the Dragon." After all, Roger Corman got his hands on it & re-edited it in the early 1960s for US release, changing many names: Nightingale the Robber being changed to Wind Demon, Svyatogor being changed to Invincor, Gorynych the Serpent being changed to Zuma the Fire Dragon, Dobrynya becoming Durbar, and the Khan becoming Khalin. This version featured narration by Mike Wallace ( I KNEW that voice was familiar!) and the voice of the Khan was dubbed by well-known voice actor Paul Frees (also as the voice of Boris Badenov!) on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show). Furthermore, it was RUSSIAN production & the first Soviet movie filmed in CinemaScope with a 4-track Stereo sound mix. Might not have been a bad movie in Russian.
For those of you wondering, the Schlitz brewing company had a logo back when that went "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer." You're welcome.
I remember seeing this movie in the theater as a kid. The scene of the "mountain" of men, with him riding his horse across them, I thought, was fantastic. Glad to relive the movie. Thanks for posting.
It is true, this and Jack Frost both hold up much better than most movies that get riffed. Probably because they're not no-budget indie movies. They're big-budget epics that just happen to be old as fuck haha 🤷♂️
20:47 - Gotta love how Ilya talks to the supernatural creature that just tried to murder him as if it were a five-year-old he'd caught stealing from the candy jar.
While I admire Tom Servo's dedication and effort, you really can't just send two rookies into the deep end of the pool like that. Start 'em off in a tavern, give them context, let them immerse themselves by letting them play out their characters. You can pick two out of the Middle Earth Chrestomathy, sure, but at least let them look at their character sheets. Also, a Balrog at level 4? Did he suck down a potion of delusion so he thought he was a rabid Halfling? Oh, and this is one of my favorite MST3k episodes, fun movie.
As someone who's then-fiancé, now spouse has played years (and has introduced me) in the playing of D&D and other styled RPGs, I concur. Always better to start out small and slow with a new RPG or story of an existing game to get a feel for it. I have experienced more trying games where I wasn't eased into the play or briefed on the worldbuilding (including games where my spouse's brother was DM/GM) and those are always fun...to see if you survive the first round or two!! 😅😂
"The whole point of having a Dragon is to tell the world you have a Dragon! WHY DID YOU KEEP IT A SECRET?!?!?!" I laughed so hard at that line that I fell out of my chair!
So I'm an older person who started watching mst3k in my later adult hood.. Alot of people I talk to that are older say they used to watch it as a kid alot.. Now iv watched hundreds of em and the more I think about. The more I'm glad I started as an adult.. Cause I feel like I understand so much more of their comments. Anyone else start watching as an adult?
Well i watched as a kid and still watches it now. So i get more of the references now than when young. The only difference really is the nostalgia factor. It brings me back to the good ol days. Glad you found mst3k and enjoy it!
Frank Coniff once stated that these Russo-Finnish fantasy movies directed by Aleksander Ptushko were about the best and most unique movies they ever riffed on MST3K.
Ya know...when you consider what these guys had to work with,and what a hugh lavish movie they made,it is pretty impressive...and if it wasnt for "a guy with two robot puppets",I'd never seen or even heard of it. Thanks MST3K.
The acting (hammy as it is), costuming, and sets aren't half bad for an MST3k movie. The story is wild but it's to be expected with folklore, especially from another country. But that editing! Was the editor drunk when he put this together. Scenes are intercut, chopped to pieces, or end abruptly more times than I can count. There's zero indication of where anyone is standing in relation to anyone else, people jump from inside to outside. It's madness! Madness!!
I just saw the "restored" version of this at a local art-house cinema. While it was certainly goofy in places, you can really see what they were going for. I imagine the dubbed one from the 60s got hacked up a bit and we might have to blame Corman. :D Also charming to think about the "defense of Kiev" in the era of the Russian invasion. ;)
Out of slits, was the funniest thing I've ever seen my entire life, 22.39 into it. I can't believe how they were able to capture the true essence with the robots movements eyes and pauses. Genius absolutely Genius!
Actually not a bad movie, and the special effects were nice, specially the "giant warrior turning into a mountain" part, which was awesome. The problem is that the cinematography and colors are so muted and dull they make the movie depressing to watch (like many of these eastern European movies of that era).
This movie is quite enjoyable: The effects are refreshingly non-Cgi yet still convincing, there’s Zero politics, and the score has a nice Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky feel to it. Also a general Eastern Exoticism adds to the interest
My friend started laughing uncontrollably during the theme song. I asked her why. She said she thought the lyrics were going to be "so they conked him on the noggin and they shot him IN THE FACE". Now I can't listen to this song without hearing that.
"Why are you older than me son?" - HAHAHAHA, Yeah, I am surprised no one else noticed how weird the casting was, when first watching this, I thought he was going to be the sage wise one usually found in these sword and sorcery movies that provide sage advice (i.e exposition) to the young adventurer. But I didn't realize he was going to be the young hero that quote en quote "Saves the kingdom from evil." as is typical in these plots. Though, on the other hand, I like how it does challenge the cliche and trope assumptions in this movie.
Ilya Muromec canonically couldn't move his legs until he was 30, so considering the times he could've looked like that..maybe. He also needed to be huge and have a great beard. If you search for illustrations of him, he always kinda looks like this. Time in these traditional russian epics is VERY subordinate to the plot needs. I remember reading one where Ilya and his fellow knights went away to fight the Tatar hordes for 25 years, and then returned to a still young and fresh Prince Vladimir and his beautiful young wife. Time is just a number
I was scratching my head for the first half of the movie wondering why they kept saying Mongols were in Finland (I'm dumb but not THAT dumb), especially when they said they were WALKING from China to Finland, so I had to look the movie up... and started laughing even harder.... good one MST3K!
I know this comment was made almost a decade ago, but for the sake of anyone who's curious and reading now: This movie is based (loosely) off of actual historical events regarding Russia reclaiming independence against the Mongol empire (Ilya Muromets was indeed a real person who was a key player in Russia's revolt against the Golden Horde. Just that the giants, dragons, and enchanted apple-producing tablecloths are likely either legends or fables tied to the actual events by poets after the fact or the studio just really went off the rails with creative liberties for the sake of pizazz), BUT, fun fact, if I'm not mistaken Scandinavia during the viking days traveled far and wide, from the Americas to North Africa and indeed Central Asia, so at one point Scandinavia and Mongolia did have ties and it's theorized that Iceland's horses are descended from Mongolia's. So they didn't walk from China to Finland but they did walk from Finland to just north of China.
@@alecfoster6653 that's just ridiculous! Pearl didn't even have the role of either of them on the show! That's like saying Slash doesn't even compare to Prince or MJ.
I actually have a DVD of the original Russian version of this film, without the edits. It's also widescreen, and in it's original form it's actually a pretty entertaining (if slightly goofy) movie. This is still one of my favorite MST3K episodes, though. The Bergman joke skit is one of the best they ever did.
This is one of the few movies featured on MST3K that’s actually good, or at the very least one of the least bad. This and Jack Frost are actually not bad. But they are quirky enough to be great MST3K fodder. This in particular is one of my favorite episodes and never gets old.
*So funny that you picked Jack Frost. That's one of the two my MST3k watching companion said were so terrible she couldn't get through them. (the other was Prince Of Space...ugh!)* 😖
@@TheBonkleFox same i remembered watching it in high school and being a little freaked out because they looked especially like puppets plus also i had no clue what they were referencing
@Kevin McDougall And the dark haired hottie was recast as the Roman chick who taunts pearl in space mutiny. EDIT: I too miss Dr.F and T.V.'s Frank as well.😢
I actually straight up enjoy this movie. it's still great to have the mst3k crew riff throughout it, but this movie is genuininely entertaining on it's own. It's not perfect or anything but it's fun in a classic mythology kinda way
The Dr. Strangelove reference had me laughing so hard! Fun fact, the guy who did the dubbing of Khalin is Paul Frees, he also played the voice of Boris Badenov. I wonder if they actually new this when making the jokes. The guy doing the dubbing for Durbar sounds familiar but I can't find any information. Durbar is the guy with the beard that is part of his trio.
I love thee authentic clothes, armour, sets, etc. This film was made with passion and not over glorified with special effects as today's tales of fairy tales.
I love how Ilya is sentenced to three years' banishment in the dungeon, yet over the same time period his son goes from "not even born yet" to "Peter Frampton look-alike". They must be on Soap Opera Time.
I hadn’t paid attention to that slits-pier bit before, and I hadn’t realized the characters are named Sven and Ole, which just further reinforces how midwestern the people behind this show are. Idk if it goes back to Scandinavia, or it started among the Scandinavian immigrants who settled in the Midwest, but Sven and Ole are like the canonical two characters of a ton of jokes. Lots of cultures have duos like that, but seeing a Sven and Ole joke combined into an Ingmar Bergman parody is awesome.
"No one, not even a Tugar shall order off the menu!" Murphy's Morumetz is my favorite "Hexfield visitor who has an angry outburst", just ahead of Corbett's Da Vinci in 'Quest of the Delta Knights'
When the wind beast fell out of the tree he took a shot to the side of the head that looked really bad.I wonder how bad he was hurt?If not at all,he should have been a prize fighter
The Soviet Union ... home of great movies like "Battleship Pontemkin" and "Solaris". All that can be explained by the fact that you can make a film with 100,000 extras, 11,000 horsed with only hundreds of thousands of rubles! It's actually a good movie and the opisode has amazing Bergmanian joke!
@@JK-xt7ro Oh ... I see ... well ... a lot of people consider it the most important film in cinema history because of the editing technique used - the famous Odessa Stairway scene.
i ve seen all of Joels episodes and for the past week im watching all of Mike Nelsons til the end. bravo hes great my favorite is Crow and Tom Servo and Gypsy are great too.
I looked up info about this movie after this and I feel a lot more forgiving knowing that it's a live action folktale. It explains why everything feels so disconnected and abstract. Just like a folktale, it does not focus on the details but teaches a lesson.
downloader said-100,000 extras, 11,000 horses, hundreds of thousands of rubles spent, diligent care taken to accurately re-create the costumes of the period...all to be ridiculed by a guy and two robot puppets. MosFilm 0, The Bots 1. but if it werent for Mike and the bots I prob never would have seen it- and its great!! I always like these cause their clean and it feels like I'm watchin it w/someone else
1:37:01 I can’t believe that what Crow said “It’s Ghidorah!” Which means I would like the idea about what if another Godzilla flick will be riffed on MST3K project if it is featuring King Ghidorah in what cheesy Godzilla movie in Mystery Science Theater 3000 project is known as Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster, or Godzilla vs. Monster Zero, or Godzilla vs. Gigan, or Destroy All Monsters!. Perhaps I can go by not one, but two or three Godzilla flicks had featured Ghidorah, plus I can’t do four of them otherwise it would be CRAZY!!!.
I love this episode, and this movie is easy to watch and easy to mock, but I have to admit that Ilya Muromets' patriotic speech at 1:01:33 gave me an inspired feeling
Oh my gosh, this is one of the few times where I've actually seen one of the movies they riff before they actually riffed it. And by golly, did it need riffing. The version I saw was dubbed over in English by what I can only assume were two Russian robots realizing the bleakness of their existence.
crazyfvck the combination of fairy tale stuff, stupidity, and violence can be difficult for the rational, civilized mind to make heads or tails of. This movie is like a Klingon fairy story. Why did the king have the hero Elyah locked in a dungeon for 10 or 15 years? I totally missed that, but I wasn't paying close attention. You are right though about the movie.
FYI, and those who want to know -- this is a Russian film, made in 1956. It was a major production, as you can see by the sets, costumes, and number of extras.
Funny that they made quite a few Boris Badenov jokes about the villain in this movie, cuz a couple sources I read said that Paul Frees did the villain's voice in the dub.
This paired with “The Magic Voyage of Sinbad,” and “The Day the Earth Froze” makes for the perfect MST3K Russo/Finnish fantasy triple feature.
Jack Frost was another Rus-Fin they did.
There were some great parts of Jack Frost ;)
3:07 was just so hilarious for me.
"Servo, you’ve entered a… a deep level of (elite rapper skills)."
@@scotshabalam2432 With Jack Frost, it's a Double Double MST3K Russo-Finnish Feature! 😂
@@GrizDrummer25 jack frost is definitely my favorite mst3k episode
Ah, this is one of those Roger Corman edit specials where he bought Soviet movies, re-edited and dubbed them with English voices!
The disconnect between the voices and original actors is just as great as it is for most Godzilla/Gamera/other-Japanese-monster English dubs...
That black and white segment about the pier was one of the best skits they've done lol.
When you’re out of Schlitz you’re out of Beer!
A film by Ingmar Bergman.
@@scooterpinball I really wonder how many people remember the slogan even today - and in twenty or thirty years, will it be completely obscure?
The best sven and Ole joke delivery I've ever witnessed
I think about that skit at least once a week.
MORE MOVIE TRIVIA!It's not really fair to pass judgment on "The Sword & the Dragon." After all, Roger Corman got his hands on it & re-edited it in the early 1960s for US release, changing many names: Nightingale the Robber being changed to Wind Demon, Svyatogor being changed to Invincor, Gorynych the Serpent being changed to Zuma the Fire Dragon, Dobrynya becoming Durbar, and the Khan becoming Khalin. This version featured narration by Mike Wallace ( I KNEW that voice was familiar!) and the voice of the Khan was dubbed by well-known voice actor Paul Frees (also as the voice of Boris Badenov!) on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show). Furthermore, it was RUSSIAN production & the first Soviet movie filmed in CinemaScope with a 4-track Stereo sound mix. Might not have been a bad movie in Russian.
For those of you wondering, the Schlitz brewing company had a logo back when that went "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer."
You're welcome.
Thanks!
That was the best part, shouting out the punch line when I hadn't seen this before!
I thought it was funny before this reference. Guess I'm easily entertained.
Ohhhhh. Thank you!
Yes! Very clever thing they did. “When you’re out of slits, you’re out of pier.”
Who else made it through the Covid with MST3K? Edit; Still making through Covid with MST3000 Stay safe, fellow Misties!
😷We're getting close to it being a memory.
MST3K makes life right now more tolerable. We never say "No"to this show.📺
Update: COVID not over and this is my third time through the films
Aye
Yup yup, in fact I'm on my second trip through the series 🤷♂️. Also watched a shit ton of Rifftrax as well.
Just beat a round of covid even after vaccination. Mst made the coughing easier
I remember seeing this movie in the theater as a kid. The scene of the "mountain" of men, with him riding his horse across them, I thought, was fantastic. Glad to relive the movie. Thanks for posting.
When you grow up watching MST3k, and the sudden shock when you rewatch it and realize that Mike looks way younger than you do now :(
I hate to break it to you but time is linear.
😆@@RettMikhal
Go look at him now and feel better?
It's when Dr Forrester looks younger than you that you need to feel old!
I always binge watch MST3K during the holidays. It's not even on purpose. I feel Compelled!
stryder619 it always adds some cheer to my life
It’s an easy way to get cozy.
THE POWER OF BOTS COMPELS YOU!
Same. Christmas tradition.
I like these old Eastern European films. This and Jack Frost are both really cute and quirky.
Don't forget "Sinbad"!
I seem to like these ones more than the rest. I watch Jack Frost at least once a year, it's so good. I'd like to find more of these kinds of movies.
It is true, this and Jack Frost both hold up much better than most movies that get riffed. Probably because they're not no-budget indie movies. They're big-budget epics that just happen to be old as fuck haha 🤷♂️
Not technically eastern European - they're Russo-Finnish productions mostly.
@@Jesse__H Really, even more than being old, they're just really over the top. The whole thing is in for a penny, in for a pound
"This baby can handle everything but a three-headed dra...oh, son of a..."
these old movies are so comfy
Watch the one they do for Jack Frost, equally comfy-ass foreign movie, this time from hardy Russians!
Agent Bill Wilson For you
All the actors were killed by the Russian mob.
@@Knifegash Funny how the MST3K cast thought it was Finnish.
Knifegash jack frost was a russofinish production.
20:47 - Gotta love how Ilya talks to the supernatural creature that just tried to murder him as if it were a five-year-old he'd caught stealing from the candy jar.
Really enjoy these strange little folklore films.
ha.
your name, your picture.
I feel the same about 'Jack Frost'
While I admire Tom Servo's dedication and effort, you really can't just send two rookies into the deep end of the pool like that. Start 'em off in a tavern, give them context, let them immerse themselves by letting them play out their characters. You can pick two out of the Middle Earth Chrestomathy, sure, but at least let them look at their character sheets. Also, a Balrog at level 4? Did he suck down a potion of delusion so he thought he was a rabid Halfling?
Oh, and this is one of my favorite MST3k episodes, fun movie.
*ahem*
WITH MY SPEAR AND MAGIC HEEELMEEET...!
Can I be Sephiroth?
As someone who's then-fiancé, now spouse has played years (and has introduced me) in the playing of D&D and other styled RPGs, I concur. Always better to start out small and slow with a new RPG or story of an existing game to get a feel for it.
I have experienced more trying games where I wasn't eased into the play or briefed on the worldbuilding (including games where my spouse's brother was DM/GM) and those are always fun...to see if you survive the first round or two!! 😅😂
Servo: Withdraw your lies lies I tell you!
"The whole point of having a Dragon is to tell the world you have a Dragon! WHY DID YOU KEEP IT A SECRET?!?!?!"
I laughed so hard at that line that I fell out of my chair!
Maybe the Dragon's supposed to be a secret weapon so the enemy can't prepare for it.
I loved the Dr. Strangelove reference.
So I'm an older person who started watching mst3k in my later adult hood.. Alot of people I talk to that are older say they used to watch it as a kid alot.. Now iv watched hundreds of em and the more I think about. The more I'm glad I started as an adult.. Cause I feel like I understand so much more of their comments. Anyone else start watching as an adult?
Same here!
Well i watched as a kid and still watches it now. So i get more of the references now than when young. The only difference really is the nostalgia factor. It brings me back to the good ol days. Glad you found mst3k and enjoy it!
I was 30-40 during the show run. I’m the age of the people in the show, which felt perfect. They were my cool friends
Servo: Withdraw your lies lies I tell you!
Crow: Servo, he said he liked you.
Servo: oh. Well. Carry on.
Sorta. I started watching in my late teens. 35 now.
I would kill to play DnD with the crew of MST3K
as would i
And I would kill just to watch that, MMMGrower!
I'd play DnD with Mike and the Robots.
NERD!!! i'm a nerd too, so i'm allowed to say it lol
ok millenial
The blank VHS span at the end of this really makes it.
I lose it at "Let us the nasty do!" evrytime.
Frank Coniff once stated that these Russo-Finnish fantasy movies directed by Aleksander Ptushko were about the best and most unique movies they ever riffed on MST3K.
I think the thing that ruins them is the dub. They're classics where they come from
@@elafimilo8199 As someone who doesn't know Finnish, whats the best option? Subtitles? Or is there a better dub?
@@MinecraftMartin I did find a Ptushko movie on RUclips with subs. I'm not Finnish or Russian either, so it was helpful to me.
Apparently this was actually a Soviet movie and has nothing to do with Finland.
@@elafimilo8199 Yeah I recognize this as a folktale about the bogatyrs, they even look like the painting and everything, really cool.
Ya know...when you consider what these guys had to work with,and what a hugh lavish movie they made,it is pretty impressive...and if it wasnt for "a guy with two robot puppets",I'd never seen or even heard of it. Thanks MST3K.
The acting (hammy as it is), costuming, and sets aren't half bad for an MST3k movie. The story is wild but it's to be expected with folklore, especially from another country. But that editing! Was the editor drunk when he put this together. Scenes are intercut, chopped to pieces, or end abruptly more times than I can count. There's zero indication of where anyone is standing in relation to anyone else, people jump from inside to outside. It's madness! Madness!!
". . . It's just a show"
The effects were actually amazing. The extras in their thousands. I must admit I was impressed.
I just saw the "restored" version of this at a local art-house cinema. While it was certainly goofy in places, you can really see what they were going for. I imagine the dubbed one from the 60s got hacked up a bit and we might have to blame Corman. :D
Also charming to think about the "defense of Kiev" in the era of the Russian invasion. ;)
Joke by Ingmar Bergman. Brilliant! I love these guys
I remember when this aired. I about died laughing.
Ya.
Out of slits, was the funniest thing I've ever seen my entire life, 22.39 into it. I can't believe how they were able to capture the true essence with the robots movements eyes and pauses. Genius absolutely Genius!
Actually not a bad movie, and the special effects were nice, specially the "giant warrior turning into a mountain" part, which was awesome.
The problem is that the cinematography and colors are so muted and dull they make the movie depressing to watch (like many of these eastern European movies of that era).
Ah I saw this movie before and I'd say this copy had a very dull bad colors for some reason. Try serching Ilya Muromets if you're intrested
I've seen the end
Ah I see. Thanks!
This movie is quite enjoyable: The effects are refreshingly non-Cgi yet still convincing, there’s Zero politics, and the score has a nice Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky feel to it. Also a general Eastern Exoticism adds to the interest
For a youtube video of a VHS cassette of a television broadcast of a Soviet film on sub-par film stock... it looks great!
only saw the mst3k version haven't seen the uncut version
My friend started laughing uncontrollably during the theme song. I asked her why. She said she thought the lyrics were going to be "so they conked him on the noggin and they shot him IN THE FACE". Now I can't listen to this song without hearing that.
I know it's 8 yrs ago but,
I thought the same thing. The Joel episodes too.
Good humor never dies.
🙃 🤪 😂 🤩 😁 🤣 😝
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@@faithfulgrl "her"
LET! ME! DOOOWN!
they referenced that in one of the episodes by noting that crow and tom shot off all of the SOL's flare guns and fire extinguishers in Mike's face.
Servo: Withdraw your lies lies I tell you!
"Why are you older than me son?" - HAHAHAHA, Yeah, I am surprised no one else noticed how weird the casting was, when first watching this, I thought he was going to be the sage wise one usually found in these sword and sorcery movies that provide sage advice (i.e exposition) to the young adventurer. But I didn't realize he was going to be the young hero that quote en quote "Saves the kingdom from evil." as is typical in these plots.
Though, on the other hand, I like how it does challenge the cliche and trope assumptions in this movie.
I think they had a regular acting pool they drew from. The one young blond guy played Ivan in Jack Frost.
Monkey the great sage
Ilya Muromec canonically couldn't move his legs until he was 30, so considering the times he could've looked like that..maybe. He also needed to be huge and have a great beard. If you search for illustrations of him, he always kinda looks like this. Time in these traditional russian epics is VERY subordinate to the plot needs. I remember reading one where Ilya and his fellow knights went away to fight the Tatar hordes for 25 years, and then returned to a still young and fresh Prince Vladimir and his beautiful young wife. Time is just a number
Man that first skit on the Pier is so fucking amazing.
The musical at the beginning was great! Lmao
I'm the crime bill *(BANGbang!)*
I was scratching my head for the first half of the movie wondering why they kept saying Mongols were in Finland (I'm dumb but not THAT dumb), especially when they said they were WALKING from China to Finland, so I had to look the movie up... and started laughing even harder.... good one MST3K!
I know this comment was made almost a decade ago, but for the sake of anyone who's curious and reading now:
This movie is based (loosely) off of actual historical events regarding Russia reclaiming independence against the Mongol empire (Ilya Muromets was indeed a real person who was a key player in Russia's revolt against the Golden Horde. Just that the giants, dragons, and enchanted apple-producing tablecloths are likely either legends or fables tied to the actual events by poets after the fact or the studio just really went off the rails with creative liberties for the sake of pizazz), BUT, fun fact, if I'm not mistaken Scandinavia during the viking days traveled far and wide, from the Americas to North Africa and indeed Central Asia, so at one point Scandinavia and Mongolia did have ties and it's theorized that Iceland's horses are descended from Mongolia's. So they didn't walk from China to Finland but they did walk from Finland to just north of China.
It's amazing how people to this day argue over Joel vs. Mike. "It's just a show you should really just relax"
Both are bad ass in their own ways.
Mike has the screen presence of a potato.
@@justinakard4434 They are both better than Pearl.
@@alecfoster6653 that's just ridiculous! Pearl didn't even have the role of either of them on the show! That's like saying Slash doesn't even compare to Prince or MJ.
Mike is the best, anyone who disagrees should just go eat a machine gun.
The chick with the bow sort of reminds me of Carrie Fisher.
I actually have a DVD of the original Russian version of this film, without the edits. It's also widescreen, and in it's original form it's actually a pretty entertaining (if slightly goofy) movie.
This is still one of my favorite MST3K episodes, though. The Bergman joke skit is one of the best they ever did.
Gypsy: ".... You guys are so weird!"
Haha, I just love her.
These skits are getting more ludicrous and I love it.
This is one of the few movies featured on MST3K that’s actually good, or at the very least one of the least bad. This and Jack Frost are actually not bad. But they are quirky enough to be great MST3K fodder. This in particular is one of my favorite episodes and never gets old.
*So funny that you picked Jack Frost. That's one of the two my MST3k watching companion said were so terrible she couldn't get through them. (the other was Prince Of Space...ugh!)* 😖
I just saw the original last night and I can't wait to watch this version :) The English dubs seem totally weiiird.
Uncanny X-Men #354 wasn't out when this ep. was released. Annnnnnnd I'm a complete nerd.
Ha! I was about to make the same comment!
Well, duh. When does this all take place?
"In the not-too-distant future..."
Mind. Blown.
I never saw this one until just now. I think it's one of the funniest of the series. A lot of laugh-out-loud moments.
Hunter Kemp
22:44 - 27:00 This movie has the greatest joke in the history of mankind.
But fuck those quick cuts...
"Hey, Rivendale and Mordor are calling..."
Ironic how topical that joke is today?
josh tagge Touche'
2:12 - Hey...Tom's arm is functioning! He pointed the staff! It's a MIRACLE!!!
when youre out of slits... youre out of pier...
I'm so glad I waited for that punchline
not gonna lie that whole sketch actually made me freak out because of how unnerving it was.
You count the slits
@@TheBonkleFox same i remembered watching it in high school and being a little freaked out because they looked especially like puppets plus also i had no clue what they were referencing
That was a LONG walk for that joke. Boys must have needed some filler.
A shame we didn't see more of the ladies from Deep 12.
@Kevin McDougall And the dark haired hottie was recast as the Roman chick who taunts pearl in space mutiny. EDIT: I too miss Dr.F and T.V.'s Frank as well.😢
"I must warn you - I'm only a torso!"
I actually straight up enjoy this movie. it's still great to have the mst3k crew riff throughout it, but this movie is genuininely entertaining on it's own. It's not perfect or anything but it's fun in a classic mythology kinda way
The Dr. Strangelove reference had me laughing so hard!
Fun fact, the guy who did the dubbing of Khalin is Paul Frees, he also played the voice of Boris Badenov. I wonder if they actually new this when making the jokes.
The guy doing the dubbing for Durbar sounds familiar but I can't find any information. Durbar is the guy with the beard that is part of his trio.
bitfreakazoid I think they do have a riff for that.
As in kill moose and squirrel?
That along with the doors reference makes me want a best of for this episode.
I love thee authentic clothes, armour, sets, etc. This film was made with passion and not over glorified with special effects as today's tales of fairy tales.
*Shitty sinister band music*
Tom: "Sounds like the strippers on next..."
I lost it...
I reply to say I admire your Aquabats avatar. Great band, that. Now I must listen to Thing on the Bass Amp, again...
TheHotFalafel me too!
The Stripper's on next. A reference to this classic chart: ruclips.net/video/ttewgVpU8PE/видео.html
I love how Ilya is sentenced to three years' banishment in the dungeon, yet over the same time period his son goes from "not even born yet" to "Peter Frampton look-alike".
They must be on Soap Opera Time.
😂
The kid must have one hell of a pituitary gland!
That was what I noticed too
Soap Operatime is no joke. From pregnancy to working as a spy & cheating with your best friend inside of 4 years.
It was a mistranslation. It was suppose to be TEN years in the dungeon...which...still isn't long enough for his son to age that much
I hadn’t paid attention to that slits-pier bit before, and I hadn’t realized the characters are named Sven and Ole, which just further reinforces how midwestern the people behind this show are. Idk if it goes back to Scandinavia, or it started among the Scandinavian immigrants who settled in the Midwest, but Sven and Ole are like the canonical two characters of a ton of jokes. Lots of cultures have duos like that, but seeing a Sven and Ole joke combined into an Ingmar Bergman parody is awesome.
Sven and Ole was in a epidsode of the Flintstone
"No one, not even a Tugar shall order off the menu!"
Murphy's Morumetz is my favorite "Hexfield visitor who has an angry outburst", just ahead of Corbett's Da Vinci in 'Quest of the Delta Knights'
Pfff everyone knows that the Zortan spell was removed by the time the 3.5 rules came out.
I know huh
Actually, Crow and Mike are more World of Darkness guys.
Clearly, these guys were still playing 2ed. THAC0 all day long!
@@bchin4005 I was going to make a THACO joke, but saw your comment and decided to tell you so. Yeah, so... roll initiative!
@@murrfeeling Tom would definitely get himself a trenchcoat and a katana.
That second of AOL commercial made me age roughly 50 years at once.
Nostalgic for the shrill noise of dial-up.
"Ha! Fooled them into thinking tea was ready." Man I love this show. And them singing nonsense along with that lady.
When the wind beast fell out of the tree he took a shot to the side of the head that looked really bad.I wonder how bad he was hurt?If not at all,he should have been a prize fighter
"I have lots of comic books... I keep them in plastic bags."
TheKingofThessaly Perfect avatar for this quote... Best. Avatar. Ever.
Heavy Metal is still around but i don't know if it's still as good.
I'm going to marry the woman that's actually impressed with that.
Me too!
From the writers of The Big Bang Theory
Holy shit the Ingmar Bergman bit had me cryinggg 😂 I love this show for all it's absurdity
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…ja
Omg, I thought they were saying the horse's name was Chestnut Greg at first. I was gonna get that shit tattooed on me if I was right.
Incorrect as it is, if I should ever come to own a horse I know what I’m naming it now.
Also who cares if it’s right? Get the tat!
I'm so glad this show is getting a new community of yt viewers
Crow: It's Ghidrah!
It's true, Zmey Gorynych actually was the inspiration for King Ghidorah.
I didn’t know that! Cool!
Say what you want about the rest of the film, I think that dragon effect was pretty impressive for the time.
My name's not Baby, its Janet. Ms. Jackson if you're nasty.
Wow, you totally missed that reference. Dude this is really lame.
And, not that it matters, my name is actually Anastasia.
I'm not playing.
Get a life.
Strangely, this entire movie took place on Rowsdowers back
"He traded the sword for a lid and got high in the palace."
Funniest. Line. Ever. :D
Pretty funny intro for this episode. Plus, It's PEARL!
It's the actress who plays pearl
Yeah
That intro was gold
If you encounter a 4th-level Balrog as a first-level character, you do what Gandalf advises and run!
Why would you use a fireball against a Balrog?
No, you’re supposed to fly, you fools.
RUN,YOU FOOL'S!⚔️🔥😋
But what do you do if your a 10th level Mage?
“I’m attacking the darkness. Not the flame, though.”
"Statutory woo"...god, I love this show.
I've lost count of how many times I watched this episode.
Relatively okay movie, unforgettable skit, always-welcome cameos of Mary Jo and the gorgeous Bridget... This is a top-tier episode for sure!
This has my favorite host segment in it--the joke by Ingmar Bergman. Thank you for uploading!
Kat
Gawd, i miss those Comedy Central days! And Dr. Katz!
And don’t forget your toothbrush
Is this another Russian folklore film? These are so weird I love them. They're so creative.
Richard "Cheech" Marin as the Wind Demon!
Hahahahaha
I just love it whenever Peter Frampton makes an appearance in these films.
So a guy captures a wind demon and he's suddenly the most important dude in the world?
Dude, that’s alternative energy anywhere.
It's implied throughout the film that most of the nobles are incompetent, squabbling buffoons
He captured a legendary Pokémon.
Then the second he isn't guarding some furs and stomps on a coat the king immediately hates him.
The Soviet Union ... home of great movies like "Battleship Pontemkin" and "Solaris". All that can be explained by the fact that you can make a film with 100,000 extras, 11,000 horsed with only hundreds of thousands of rubles!
It's actually a good movie and the opisode has amazing Bergmanian joke!
Omg they made us watch Battleship Potemkin in screenwriting college. I want to puke when i think about that horrible movie..
@@JK-xt7ro Oh ... I see ... well ... a lot of people consider it the most important film in cinema history because of the editing technique used - the famous Odessa Stairway scene.
"A man like you jousts with the milkmaids behind the barn!"
"I'm Not Gay!"
I pissed myself laughing XD
*"Jousting with the milkmaids"* sounds like a pretty hetero activity to me!
(Not that there's anything wrong with that either way)
I died when he threw his club and knocked the wind demon on the ground! I fuckin lost it.
"The Duluth Chamber Of Commerce bids you adieu". lol
i ve seen all of Joels episodes and for the past week im watching all of Mike Nelsons til the end. bravo hes great my favorite is Crow and Tom Servo and Gypsy are great too.
Awesome !!
That Sound of Music gag kills me every time
When I was younger I used to hate the skit with the pier joke. As an adult I really appreciate the effort they put into it.
... But why would you use Fireballs on a Balrog?
clearly, chain lightning is the correct spell.
+aesp51 Energy is contagious...enthusiasm spreads...
+aesp51 I would think Cone of Cold would be more effective
+Matt Mangus why not a prismatice spray?
D&D doesn't even have the rights to use the term Balrog and Balors are immune to fire. This DM is crap.
I looked up info about this movie after this and I feel a lot more forgiving knowing that it's a live action folktale. It explains why everything feels so disconnected and abstract. Just like a folktale, it does not focus on the details but teaches a lesson.
"Clean up is a breeze thanks to wind demon" I had a really bad day and really needed that laugh
downloader said-100,000 extras, 11,000 horses, hundreds of thousands of rubles spent, diligent care taken to accurately re-create the costumes of the period...all to be ridiculed by a guy and two robot puppets. MosFilm 0, The Bots 1.
but if it werent for Mike and the bots I prob never would have seen it- and its great!!
I always like these cause their clean and it feels like I'm watchin it w/someone else
That wind guy looks like he got hurt after the limb broke, he really smashed back into the tree hard....
Crow FTW!
1:37:01 I can’t believe that what Crow said “It’s Ghidorah!” Which means I would like the idea about what if another Godzilla flick will be riffed on MST3K project if it is featuring King Ghidorah in what cheesy Godzilla movie in Mystery Science Theater 3000 project is known as Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster, or Godzilla vs. Monster Zero, or Godzilla vs. Gigan, or Destroy All Monsters!. Perhaps I can go by not one, but two or three Godzilla flicks had featured Ghidorah, plus I can’t do four of them otherwise it would be CRAZY!!!.
I might not get to death tonight, I may spend the night at serious injury, and head on over to permanent disability in the morning."
I love this episode, and this movie is easy to watch and easy to mock, but I have to admit that Ilya Muromets' patriotic speech at 1:01:33 gave me an inspired feeling
The end of that videotaped Dream On promo... I was back in the '90s for a few seconds.
I just love it when ilya knocks the wind demon out of that tree... the way he falls just kills me...and then I feel so much better...
Oh my gosh, this is one of the few times where I've actually seen one of the movies they riff before they actually riffed it.
And by golly, did it need riffing. The version I saw was dubbed over in English by what I can only assume were two Russian robots realizing the bleakness of their existence.
I can hear that in my mind.
Can you believe that Sven and Oleg were the two most electrifying comedy duo in Swedish entertainment history?
No matter how many times I watch this, I still have no idea what the fuck happens in this movie.
Your brain would melt after trying to watch the MST3K's riff of Manos: The Hands of Fate.
*****
Oh no, I understand Manos perfectly. But this is just beyond me.
SBSW Huh? Main character (the hero) helps his country overcome struggles to defeat a mighty enemy. How is that difficult to understand...
crazyfvck the combination of fairy tale stuff, stupidity, and violence can be difficult for the rational, civilized mind to make heads or tails of. This movie is like a Klingon fairy story. Why did the king have the hero Elyah locked in a dungeon for 10 or 15 years? I totally missed that, but I wasn't paying close attention. You are right though about the movie.
SBSW
That's how i feel regarding First Spaceship to Venus...MAN is that one boring!
FYI, and those who want to know -- this is a Russian film, made in 1956.
It was a major production, as you can see by the sets, costumes, and number of extras.
just about spewed my drink when Mike popped up in a pink bunny suit…. lol
Funny that they made quite a few Boris Badenov jokes about the villain in this movie, cuz a couple sources I read said that Paul Frees did the villain's voice in the dub.
Geez, I must have missed the day in Home Ec when they taught us to make food-generating tablecloths...
5:22
If you watch AtopTheFourthWall, you become VERY familiar with this bit.
"50 thousand Maria von Trapps face off..." Lol I died