“Unfortunately some of the ripest potential ‘MST3K’ targets have always been beyond the show’s reach,” Peter Keepnews wrote in The New York Times in 1999. “The mind reels at the prospect of Mike and the robots sinking their teeth into ‘Waterworld’ or even ‘Titanic.’ And think what they could have done with ‘Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace,’ which beneath all the special effects is an old-fashioned B movie at heart.”
What Mr. Nelson would have unleashed on “Star Wars: Episode I” is no longer a matter of conjecture: he and his fellow “Mystery Science” veteran Kevin Murphy (the voice of the robot Tom Servo) skewer the film in a RiffTrax commentary.
Rising Hegemon
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