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Up the Greek without a paddle

Posted by Kenneth Morgan on 6/20/2009, 11:08 pm, in reply to "The Outside Stuff: Week 33"

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: And this week's selection is...
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: "The Film Crew: The Giant of
: Marathon"

This one pretty much runs according to the template set by most of the Hercules movies seen on MST3K. There's the gallant hero (Phillipides, played by a clean-shaven Steve Reeves), a villainous traitor (Teocritus), a good girl in love with the hero (Andromeda) and a bad girl in love with the hero (Karis). There are the usual wrestling matches, spear throwing, sword fighting and such like. There's a sort-of reference to the inspiration of the modern marathon. But, basically, we've seen it all before. Reeves is OK, but here he's playing a mere mortal rather than a demi-god, so he's not as interesting.

The Film Crew does fine, though, with great riffing and a lunchtime skit regarding the movie's depiction of the Battle of Marathon. Funny stuff, with an extra apology from Mike and a special guest commentator. I wish they'd done more of these releases.

Good experience this week.

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--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : And this week's selection is... : : "The Film Crew: The Giant of : Marathon" : : This one pretty much runs according to the : template set by most of the Hercules movies : seen on MST3K. There's the gallant hero : (Phillipides, played by a clean-shaven Steve : Reeves), a villainous traitor (Teocritus), a : good girl in love with the hero (Andromeda) : and a bad girl in love with the hero : (Karis). There are the usual wrestling : matches, spear throwing, sword fighting and : such like. There's a sort-of reference to : the inspiration of the modern marathon. : But, basically, we've seen it all before. : Reeves is OK, but here he's playing a mere : mortal rather than a demi-god, so he's not : as interesting. : : The Film Crew does fine, though, with great : riffing and a lunchtime skit regarding the : movie's depiction of the Battle of Marathon. : Funny stuff, with an extra apology from : Mike and a special guest commentator. I : wish they'd done more of these releases. : : Good experience this week. : :

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