The cruellest scientific experiment in television history has recommenced after a hiatus of nearly two decades. Spank The Monkey puts on his lab coat to revisit Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Tag Archives: sci fi
Cocoon at 30
It’s 1986 week here at MF Towers, where sometimes the present day is too grim to contemplate and we allow ourselves a period of reverie in the past. The fun kicks off with Indy Datta on today’s anniversary re-release of Cocoon.
Extant
The Back Page – March 16 2012
Welcome to our new-look Friday column!

Big release this week? Well, probably We Bought a Zoo, but fuck me, look at the trailer:
Man quits job in dramatic fashion! Tousle-haired moppet jumps up and down and goes ‘Yay!’ Hoppípolla! ScarJo in a Christmas jumper! Matt Damon had better be playing an amnesiac assassin who accidentally buys a zoo, that’s all I’m saying.
In lieu of a MostlyFilm post, why not read this excellent treatise on the correct order in which to watch the Star Wars Films? No reason, I just happen to agree.
Or you could read a MostlyFilm post. There were four this week:
Yesterday’s Men, on Hugo and the Artist.
If My Calculations Are Correct pt IV, the culmination of an epic sci fi viewing project.
Mostly Pop, the month in popular music.
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, our review of the film.
Join us next week for screenwriting, man-pies, art and British Noir.