From: jtj0012@134.139.2.10   
      
   The silhouette is back.   
      
   The Oozing Skull (a condensed/edited version of Brain of Blood run time   
   1:20:56) by Al Adamson is the first installment of MST3K-2007 now called   
   Cinematic Titanic by Joel Hodgson and company.  While this is not official,   
   since BBI still exists, for all practical purposes that is what it is.  And   
   the verdict is--on a par with the SciFi's seasons of the old show.  The   
   premise...well there isn't any premise, is five people enter a sound stage   
   and either sit or stand on scaffolding to the sides of the screen and make   
   comments about the movie showing.  The movie is shown straight through--no   
   "commercial sign" or retreat to the lunch room, with an occasional freeze   
   frame of the picture for detailed skewering.  On hand are Trace Beaulieu   
   standing far right, below and seated are Frank Connif on the right and Mary   
   Jo Pehl on the left.  J. Elvis Weinstein (formerly Josh) is standing far   
   left and below him and also seated is Joel Hodgson--all seen in silhouette.   
      
   The Oozing Skull (another name for Brain of Blood), for those of you who   
   haven't seen this early 1970's cow flop, is your basic mad scientist does a   
   brain transplant that goes horribly wrong cheapie.  A middle eastern   
   dictator is dying and his one hope is to get his brain transplanted into a   
   young, healthy body.  The doctor (Kent Taylor, who played a NASA researcher   
   in the Crawling Hand--the one with the widow's peak) is assisted by a dwarf   
   (Angelo Rossitto--"Master" of Master/Blaster in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)   
   who loves to torment the female "blood donors" chained up in the basement.   
   The doctor sends Gor (John Bloom--and NO not Joe Bob Briggs) out to secure a   
   body--which he destroys beyond use, so needing a body fast the doctor uses   
   Gor for the transplant.  When Emir wakes up in Gor's body he is a little   
   disappointed in the choice of new abode for his brain and goes on an   
   expected rampage.  The doctor has taken out some insurance in the form of an   
   implant in the brain and a 1955 Ford Fairlane taillight gun to control his   
   new creation.  Our hero (Grant Williams--the Incredible Shrinking Man)   
   basically gets his ass kicked multiple times and in a twist ending...NO, I   
   won't spoil it for you.   
      
   The comments come at a fast pace and there are a few of the old prop   
   gags--well sort of prop gags we fondly remember from the old show.  The   
   Stephen Hawking in a wheelchair, complete with "computer voice", is   
   priceless.  During one of the freeze frame segments, Trace goes out on a   
   cherry-picker with a paint roller and mop to offer the female lead some   
   makeup tips.  I must say I love hearing Tom Servo's old voice via J. Elvis   
   again.  Ahhh, Season 1, but I digress.  Some of the more memorable lines I   
   liked were:   
      
   "Either those drapes go or I do."   
   "His make a wish was to meet Tammy Wynette."   
   "Hemisphere Pictures--we've got half a mind to make a movie."   
   "Close Encounters of a turd kind."   
   "Reynolds wrap--keeps dead dictators fresh for days."   
   "Shave and a haircut--two feet...'cause he's small."   
   "Amy Weinhouse returns from a drunken night of tattooing."   
   "I dreamed I was in a bad movie in my Maidenform bra."   
   "I think the whole chase is going to screw up Mohammed's nap."   
   "It's kind of like the Dukes of Hazzard, just dumbed down a little."   
   "Nothing but Asses--that was on Cinemax last night."   
   "JC Penny presents the Fantasy Island collection."   
   "I should have worn my hiking pumps."   
   ______________________________   
      
   Tom Carberry (#45505, and I'm looking forward to the next movie)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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