The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
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Movie Reviews of The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
Movie Review: Horrid Movie, great riffing
Summary: 4 Stars
Wild Women of Wongo is a stupid, stupid movie. Fortunately Bill, Mike and Kevin save us with their non-stop riffs. I wasn't that fond of the final skit, I thought it was one of the worst from the film crew's tenure. However, I just stop the movie before the final segment. 4/5Movie Review: A Missing Episodes From Season 10?
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, of course it's not but that's how I like to think of the Film Crew videos. Do what I did and print up a picture of their MST3K silouttes, cut it out and adhear it to the lower-right corner of the screen and you'll almost swear 1t's 1999 again and you're watching a new Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode -- enjoy!Movie Review: Honestly, I Didn't Even Miss "The Bots"...
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, maybe just a little "bot"... But I sure as shine-ola didn't miss the rarely amusing or even tolerable "intermission" sketches with their evil captors, "Dr. Clayton Forrester" and especially his always annoying and ever putrid replacement, "Pearl"! This new format is leaner, meaner, and a whole lot funnier, (to me!), than the "Sci-fi" schtick I'd enjoyed for a little while, but which got really tired, (to me!), by the time Joel split. And a perfect example of my point made herein is on this dvd as a "bonus" feature. I dare any and every MST3k loyalist not to at least give up a chuckle at the "Crew" members individual "choreography" as they are commanded to "DANCE-DANCE-DANCE!" And so, in conclusion, "The Film Crew" was equally as much fun, (to me!), and this was a nice way to catch up with some old friends that are still "FUNNY-FUNNY-FUNNY!" - S->Movie Review: The guys haven't lost a step...
Summary: 4 Stars
This was the first "Film Crew" DVD I've seen, and I was highly satisfied. Mike, Bill and Kevin haven't lost a single step since their days on the Satellite of Love, making with the funny just as much as they did back in the day. And boy, did they have their work cut out for them... this movie was ATROCIOUS. Stupid, sexist, superficial and lots of other negative adjectives beginning with "S" all apply to this clunker. With the exception of the skinny-dipping scene (yowza) there isn't a frame of film here that would be viewable to a sentient lifeform without the Crew there cracking jokes. This was a lot of fun to watch.Movie Review: Lame movie, decent riffing, a nice treat for MST fans
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a fondness for cult cinema, but not when it is intentionally "campy" in the way "Wild Women" tries to be. Very few film makers can pull off "intentional" camp. Camp (and kitsch) are usually something that happen to a movie in spite of the earnest efforts of the creators, not something a movie can aim for, and frankly, "WWOW" stinks on ice. The least harsh adjective I could come up with for it is "genial". I wouldn't waste a moment's thought on it as a standalone film.But Mike, Kevin and Bill had chose it as the third selection in their comeback as "The Film Crew". So I was more than happy to support their new series with my hard earned dollars.
The riffing is...pretty good. Without the entire "Bad Brains" writing team to supplement their efforts, without the goofy robot personas to hide behind and the wild science fiction framing devices that made the the MST enterprise seem somehow larger than life, the Film Crew commentary just doesn't have quite the zip and freewheeling madness of MST at its peak. It's basically just a bunch of guys making dryly witty remarks off camera. Even the "bumpers" are scaled way down...instead of an intro, 4 or 5 skits and movie or pop culture parodies, the summary segment and the "stinger", we get a very mild intro, a "lunch break", a concluding segment and a "bonus extra". None of those segments look like they took more than 5 minutes to come up with and film. The net effect is like switching from a steakhouse dinner to an Arby's value meal...it's a decent product, but it's just not the same,
Still, this is Mike, Bill and Kevin doing what they do better than anyone else I can think of. It's close enough to the original to be enjoyable, and the crew does get off some good ones. I enjoyed this release a lot, and will await further releases with anticipation.