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   Doug Elrod to Bice   
   Re: Episode 1107 (very small spoilers)   
   01 Jun 17 11:48:05   
   
   From: dre1@alum.mit.edu   
      
   On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 3:45:12 PM UTC-4, Bice wrote:   
   > On Fri, 26 May 2017 09:16:33 -0700 (PDT), Doug Elrod   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >I didn't laugh as much at this one, probably because I was too   
   > >distracted by the not-so-badness of the film :-).  This occasionally   
   > >happens.  I almost even *cared* about the death of the "redshirts".   
   > >Perhaps if I saw it again... hmmmm.   
   >   
   >   
   > That used to happen to me a lot back in the Comedy Central and Sci-Fi   
   > days.  For many of the movies, on the first viewing I'd actually be   
   > "distracted" by following the movie itself, and then on second or   
   > third viewing I'd really start to get the MST3K crew's jokes.   
   >   
   > Still haven't seen any of the new episodes yet, since I don't have   
   > Netflix.   
   >   
   >   -- Bob   
      
   Perhaps you need to acquire a friend who has Netflix.  I mean, the revival of   
   MST3K is just THAT GOOD! ;-)   
      
   -Doug Elrod (dre@cornell.edu)   
     So, a WWII-era German submarine has machinery to refine crude oil into fuel,   
   but can't filter/distill scary-looking protozoa from fresh water?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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