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Release Date: 26 March, 2002 Retail Price: $19.95 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $9.96! Cast: Complete Cast (7 total) |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba Reviews
A Paradox on Which to Ponder
It just struck me, the ongoing verbal critique of the MST 3000 panel aside: If this movie were remade today with an identical script, but; If its locale was changed to Iraq in the year 2003; If slightly more production values were invested in it, and; If it was entered in the Sundance and Cannes film festivals as an "independent production," critics around the world would hail it for its "deeply symbolic subtext" and call it a "cautionary anti-war tale, told through a surrealist's lens."
I'll place a bet on that one, dollars to donuts!
It is just unfortunate that Coleman Francis suffered the unjust fate of making movies in an age when incompetence was called by its rightful name.
With the right PR firm and slick advertising, he'd be a pretentious multi-millionaire "auteur" these days!
"I Had to Finish Smoking Before I Could Laugh"
If you have never seen Mystery Science Theater 3000 this is the one to start with. Everything just clicks in this episode. The wonderfully bad Coleman Francis film makes perfect fodder for Mike and the bots. From the opening tones of the John Carradine sung theme, to the last Beast-of-Yucca-Flats-like helicopter rundown at the end, Red Zone Cuba is a riot. When Mike and the bots start making Curly of the 3 Stooges references at Coleman, through the inept guerilla training sequences, to the invasion of Cuba.....this is just one of the funniest episodes of the show. I know some folks get caught up in the Joel vs. Mike, or Comedy Central vs. Sci-Fi thing....who cares? This one-of-a-kind show is sorely missed in today's reality TV/King of Queens/According to Jim world, and no matter which episode you pop in you are guaranteed a good laugh with MST3K. Red Zone Cuba, for me just tops the list.
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