Best of the Worst: Blindfold Picks!

For the very first and last time, the guys pick VHS tapes while blindfolded. What horrors await... ah whatever.
Movies watched: The Incredible Melting Man, Starship, and Lady Avenger

[@HesterLeveret]

Sure. Blindfolded hostages feels like a natural progression of this series.

[@Besat]

"DIDI MAO!" Picks a crappy movie.

[@gabbyprincip1575]

Mike finally dropped the pretenses

[@benbrazaski8470]

At some point along the line it will just digress to Mike just holding people at gunpoint screaming at them to pick a movie.

[@chalibard3826]

It always was a staple of Plinkett's entertainment value.

[@woozertoo]

Firing Squad Flicks is next.

[@lucash741]

It's so impressive that Rich Evans still does his own stunts at his age

[@JeonardShadby505]

Rich actually got 7 concussions filming that stunt with the tapes. Don't worry though, his neurological damage won't make him too different from regular Rich Evans.

[@ApesAmongUs]

With all his hip replacements, he's basically a terminator now. He'll be fine.

[@dickheadrecs]

mission impossible 46: birthdayboy protocol

[@TonyAurum]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that was actually his stunt double Evans Rich. It's very hard to notice due to the seamless visual effects implemented within the scene. Also, the set is actually completely green screen.

[@dickheadrecs]

@@TonyAurum Dick “Birthday” Boy - stunt double extraordinaire

[@Madhouse_Media]

Fun fact: If you watch The Incredible Melting Man backwards, it's an uplifting tale of discarded tomato sauce that morphs into a man and becomes an astronaut.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

LMFAO

[@s0denone]

no its a red repper

[@NorthshireGaming]

Follow your dreams.

[@zackzack5313]

Movie was ahead of his time. Subverting our expectations.

[@solanceDarkMOW]

@@zackzack5313 but only in reverse

[@mortcrimpjr]

Rick Baker, when approached by the studio to do the FX for The Incredible Melting Man, saw the script and felt it would harm his career as it could potentially be seen as a step backwards from all the work he'd done up to that point. He asked the producers for an absurd amount of money as he assumed they would've balked at the number and gone with someone else. Instead, the studio agreed to the amount and he had to work on the project anyway.

[@poiuytrewq11422]

Suffering from success moment.

[@tinyturnip7676]

You never know when you might inherit a million dollars worth of schlock

[@Eisenwulf666]

yeah, one would think the opposite, but apparently it's exactly what happened. I've also heard that Baker, being a perfectionist and a true professional, had numerous stages of melting prepared, with different props and masks and make-up, but the actor playing the melting man was very difficult to work with and refused to change into the different costumes and have the make-up applied(which tbf takes hours and requires you to stay still and wasn't very pleasant), basically sabotaging Baker's work.

[@PerkolatorTheTerminator]

Well, he didn’t HAVE to, but money is nice. Plus, what better precedent is there to set that, even for bargain bin schlock, you still get paid out the ass and do great work? Win/win.

[@psykomancer4420]

@@PerkolatorTheTerminatorGetting overpaid as an artist is so rare that I completely understand his decision.

[@nopenoperson8964]

Jay picks the disgusting body horror, Rich picks a cheap Star Wars knockoff, and Jack picks a David DeCoteau film. Perfect.

[@franciscobrisolladeoliveir9596]

It's like poetry, it rhymes

[@GHDEFIANT]

A most appropriate lineup

[@Moony1568]

Maybe a bit too perfect 🤔

[@fitz394]

Perfectly predictable

[@SenisterDenister]

Yeah that sounds about right.

[@peteh4355]

Fun fact, Rich wasn't actually wearing a blindfold while knocking all the tapes down, that's just him trying to select a tape normally. They added the blindfold in digitally after.

[@iCABALi]

those damn special editions added too much crap on my screen, I want the original, unedited version.

[@JordanManfrey]

the entire premise of the episode was devised as a way to cover for Rich's mistake

[@jonathonrobinson6081]

So that's why it looked like Henry Cavill's moustache. It all makes sense now

[@AltimeterAlligator]

Rich Evans had a unibrow at time of filming. It's unfortunate. But I think the RLM crew did a fantastic job making him look almost normal.

[@creopictures]

They hadn't yet decided on what the blindfold should look like, so they said "Fuck it, we're doing it in post."

[@disky01]

Next game: Best of the Wurst. Each contestant chooses a container and it either has a movie in it or a tube meat. If it's a tape, you watch the tape and talk about it. If it's tube meat, the contestant must immediately consume the entire tube meat on-camera and the entire sequence is shown unedited. This continues until at least three tapes are viewed.

[@thomascollins5622]

I 100% endorse this gimmick

[@sunnysurfer101MA]

it's already becoming saw at this point

[@GreenVikeenArt]

I thought you were gonna say that everyone has to do a bad Australian accent the entire video

[@theprooblem]

But the wursts must also come in a bin included in a nerd box, have grey in them and smell really bad.

[@PyrokineticFire1]

good premise, but to sell the idea to the RLM crew... make it all a practical joke to see how many phallic foods they can get Rich to eat on camera. maybe add a rule: only finding a tape will pass to the next player. have Jay go first & he picks the only container with a video then Rich's turn will never end since all remaining containers have the "tube meat" optional surprise twist, actually watch black spines selected by which & how many containers Rich opens before realizing the whole game is bullshit.

[@talonhammer]

The best line, to me, in the MST3k episode with Melting Man: when the kids are smoking, someone does an impression of a kid saying "Cmon, we gotta get cracking on this script!"

[@FamiliarFacesChannel]

"We've strapped a bunch of VHS' to a pig and you got to catch it. I call it 'Squeal of the Worst'!"

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

There is a vhs tape comically suspended inside each of these batches of jello. Whoever eats all of their jello first wins and doesn’t have to watch the films or be on the panel. It’s the meal of the worst.

[@dantesimoni39]

Best of the wurst

[@klemmteastwood]

Mike is two steps away from becoming a Jigsaw apprentice

[@pseudotasuki]

Why hasn't this happened yet?

[@TheNidies]

They've done the 'Rich / someone knocks a bunch of tapes over' bit before (and they're great), but that cut to Rich putting them back up while the movie's playing was beautiful.

[@PinothyJ]

As soon as I saw him doing that I had the thought "isn't Rich the one who maintains the library? Oh Rich…"

[@Detective_Bonghits]

Rich systematically fucking up every movie on the shelf gets me every time

[@BrianNIL]

Rich is gonna have a heart attack from these madcap wacky hijinks. Can we PLEASE get a stuntwoman?

[@captured_agent5714]

Subverted my expectations

[@LowCountryMatt]

Okay but Rich seeing a movie still on the shelf and knocking it over on purpose was perfect

[@mikev9586]

I saw the Incredible Melting Man in the theater when I was 4 or 5 (parenting was different back then), and had nightmares about it for a week. I've thought about it occasionally throughout the years wondering if the movie was really terrifying or not. I clearly remembered the melting effects, but not the story at all. After watching this best of the worst, I find out there really wasn't much story to remember. As a 49 year old man now, I'm kind of hoping for a melting man nightmare tonight.

[@fartquaviasdingle7876]

Poetic comment

[@FaceJP24]

I think deep down we're all hoping for a little melting man.

[@dr.professor5229]

Less terrifying, more moist.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

How do you feel about the news that Disney is rebooting the Melting™ franchise, starting with this film?

[@bobpike8050]

Whoah! I only saw the ad on TV and it messed me up.

[@ChookaaFindlebean]

"The Incredible Melting Man" is actually an incredibly interesting movie to me. It was originally written and shot as a comedy, but was changed in post to be a straight forward horror film. William Sachs, the writer and director himself, dislikes it. Special effects legend Rob Bottin says it inspired the famous nuclear man from "RoboCop". Matt Maiellaro, co-creator of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" says it inspired him to create films. Jonathan Demme, famous director of "The Silence of the Lambs", has a supporting acting role in it!!

[@crakhaed]

It originated so much for the culture

[@Titantitan001]

Any idea how they got access to that plant?

[@steveharvey2102]

And it got riffed by the best of the best ;)

[@davistoa]

@@steveharvey2102 Accidentally.

[@4n68er6]

Damn very cool! There is an aqua teen episode where shake is all irradiated by nuclear waste and is 😢melting ❤

[@gregoryfriedman2866]

The genius of Rich Evans is that his flailing boobery is the only way he can pick a tape at random since he's the one that organizes them.

[@fadeproof777]

@@216trixie Because that's Rich Evans' name.

[@player0additem0noif]

@@216trixie Because they are not on his level. Rich Evans is up there with the greatest actors like Samuel L. Jackson or Jackie Chan. :P

[@audiosurfarchive]

@@216trixie Either this is a genius-level new troll or you havent seen a lotta Rich Evans' masterworks.

[@roach9397]

@@216trixie I don't think you understand. This is not "Just Rich", this is Rich Evans!

[@Moony1568]

@@216trixie Rich Evans is a god amongst men. To address him like some plebeian is an affront to mankind. Show some respect!

[@66trigun]

I’m glad that 8 years of acting school has paid off for Rich Evans. I was fully immersed and invested in his character “Blindfolded man searched for cassette tape”

[@davidpalay361]

You’re kidding right, 8 years? I would have guessed 20!

[@kingfred.9333]

@@davidpalay361 dude he was born into a family of actors.

[@d3nza482]

His stunt-work in this episode puts Jack's clown school diploma to shame.

[@turnerlarson12]

It was good but nothing tops his performance as "man without balloon" in Never Been Kissed

[@GGPiani]

As an Australian watching Mike's accent slip from Aussie to Kiwi to South African was very endearing. Keep trying Mike you'll get there one day.

[@aarondavis8943]

I'm just so proud that our American imperial overlords liked our big trucks.

[@LordEptar]

I'm sorry to break it to you, but the absolute disgusting abuse Mike put his liver through actually killed him about a year ago- Rich and Jay hired the Canadian boys full time to do their special effects work to make it seem like Mike is still with us. Let it be a lesson to everyone to not drink 4 bottles of vodka in a two hour period every other day, like that dead fucker Mike Stoklasa.

[@kennypitts4829]

If you get past all the differences, they are basically the exact same in every way.

[@cgdimension]

Id forgotten the Toecutter/immorten Joe was in lorca and the outlaws (starship), the knightrider is funny in body melt, which is melty like the incredible melting man which should have starred Uncle Milty Milton Berle, Melty Milty man;)

[@pdlagasse]

I think he veered into a Brooklyn accent for a couple moments there too…

[@slaytanicsabbath]

Ha wow that lady avenger cover actually meets the criteria Rich had for the BOTW episode where the cover had to include a woman getting raped and holding a gun, the rape was on the back but still pretty damn close

[@Guyote_]

I thought the rape scene went well

[@solanceDarkMOW]

It MIGHT have been the post apocalypse

[@saltech3444]

"I'm trading in rape."

[@slaytanicsabbath]

@@Guyote_ it was until I dropped my GoPro

[@beefcountry4304]

@@Guyote_ I am at here, guyote.

[@JonVonBraun]

Jay: "Lets get this gimmick over with" Jack: takes it very seriously and selectively Rich: wreaks revenge for another gimmick episode

[@Khazuki_]

revenge on himself. He's the one who's gotta put them back

[@MrCecil]

Jay: (disinterestedly drinks from coffee cup)

[@Invertedblueroses]

I figured they needed to make those VHS tapes on that shelf like all the rest now, where they’re not at an angle

[@surprisedchar2458]

@@Khazuki_ it’s not revenge on himself if he doesn’t have to watch the terrible films. It’s a genius move.

[@rockerdude725973]

They’re like the 3 protagonists from GTA V

[@willelmore58]

Can't remember where I heard it, but the theory is that "The Incredible Melting Man" was originally meant to be a comedy, making fun of all sorts of ridiculous monster movies. However, the the studio thought the director was making an actual horror movie. When they heard what was happening, they forced him to make script changes necessary to make it a horror film. When the film got spoofed by MST3K, the director supposedly sent a letter to the show, applauding their riffs on a movie he never really wanted to make.

[@Mekboy_ComputerMonster]

I actually heard this before, I think I saw this either on the wiki or the comment section. Its also funny that the movie with studio interference was coincidently featured in the same episode, which parodied the behind the scenes on what happened with the MST3K Movie.

[@medes5597]

It's not a theory, the director confirms it on the blu Ray commentary and in multiple interviews. They went back and reshot huge parts to be serious or cut out scenes that were funny. His commentary is basically him saying how much it sucks.

[@medes5597]

@@gsesquire3441 yup, season 7.

[@pronkb000]

That was also the movie that sped along the departure of Trace Beaulieu from the cast. There were multiple reasons why he left, but seeing a guy get scraped up and thrown into the trash at the end sort of led him to think, "What am I doing with my life?" Trace wanted Best Brains to be a real production company working on multiple projects, while most of the others were content to keep on keeping on with MST.

[@92brunod]

@@medes5597 So it is a theory, it's not just a hypothesis.

[@malloid]

The guy who holds up the Polaroids in Starship is actually (the late) Hugh Keays-Byrne, the actor who played Immortan Joe in Fury Road, and Toecutter in Mad Max, which makes Rich's Mad Max joke even funnier. I doubt he realised, though. PS. I'm not going to read through all two and half thousand comments here to see if anyone else noticed...

[@KingThrillgore]

I was shocked to learn that Hugh was an alumni of the Royal Shakespeare Company and his career is mostly made up of art films and schlock. Follow your bliss, I guess. And there's nothing more blissful than wearing a mask made of horse teeth in the desert.

[@justmrsimon]

I came here to post the same thing. You're doing god's work

[@anthonypoehlman1371]

First time I saw this episode, I wondered that. Didn't actually look it up until now. Glad to see I wasn't crazy.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

Now I understand why they read the back of the tapes. The author of those blurbs is more talented than the actual movie writers and probably had a bigger budget too.

[@tjlpancake]

I didn't bat an eye when Rich knocked all of the tapes on the floor but felt extremely upset when Jack removed the plastic wrap from that unopened tape. Something must be wrong with me.

[@Benuetzernaeme]

Same

[@maxhay9098]

I loved the "Rich Evans knocks off everything" bit, because the real joke is that he's the one who has to put them all back up on the shelf after they're done shooting

[@CaptainPancakes]

@@reviewer6471 "We're committed to the preservation of art."

[@steveharvey2102]

Totally agree. Was that the name of the film he opened or the company that made it? Is it a movie worth checking out? Please lmk Cheers from Canada

[@Iukini]

I can't believe no one commented on the tag line "the only thing she couldn't remember... was how to forget!!!" Absolutely awful lol

[@Crusader820]

It’s so nonsensical! I laughed my ass off for a good ten minutes.

[@Dustemikkel_Rev]

"The only thing wetter than water ... is wet water!"

[@lachlanmclennan2188]

It makes totally sense to me It's a little bit cheesy, but kind of clever, at least for a tagline.

[@fervalencia30]

31:37 The perfect coordination between Jay’s and Mike’s head movements is amazing.

[@Gosub315]

Synchronized head tilt for the win!!

[@PANDAProductions22]

RIch Evans says he'll never pick a winner. And yet, he picked Don Beveradge in the first black spine.

[@newflesh666]

I can't believe Rich Evans fell over, his cat-like agility must have been impacted by the blindfold

[@justincoleman3805]

Because Rich Evans.

[@Jan_von_S]

Or his AAAAAAAIDS

[@VikingTeddy]

I can't believe they didn't milk that lemon stealing at least a *bit*. How often do you get jokes that write themselves *and* are that low hanging?!

[@lguinancio]

What really impacted it was his type 5 ultrabetes

[@Moony1568]

@@216trixie Rich Evans is a god amongst men. To address him like some plebeian is an affront to mankind. Show some respect

[@immortaluglyfish2724]

"The melting man needs to eat his own baby to return to normal" sounds like a 100x more fucked up yet 100x more entertaining film.

[@link343]

Sounds like something Bruno Matei or Joe D'Amato would make. Like Anthropophagus with a sci-fi twist.

[@LeortisBooks]

I’m stealing it

[@williamwomble3148]

Kinda the plot of Cronenberg's The Fly remake

[@scottmccoppin3]

There is a film like this, and Jay recommended it during the "Synchronic" review. I won't give away whether it is "The Endless" or "Spring" by the same director. It is a plot point in one of them. He may have recommended both, they're both good.

[@josephschultz3301]

Such is the realm of shitty films not going shitty enough to actually avoid being shitty. It's an _actual_ form of irony, as opposed to every time you hear someone call something ironic. Especially if you hear the word "ironic" online. At that point, it's usually a 20-something who has no idea what "coincidence" means.

[@FranckyFox2468]

Jay: Straight to the point Jack: Is a bit more selective Rich: Being himself

[@fartquaviasdingle7876]

Mike: hanging on riches every word waiting to swoop in like a crow

[@JordanStar7]

As it should be

[@InfamoussDBZ]

Umm you know it is just an act, right? They don't pick on Rich in real life.

[@J4hk2]

I read selective as seductive and it completely changed the context of the comment.

[@control_the_pet_population]

@@InfamoussDBZ Of course they aren't mean to Rich IRL, they know who brings in the viewers. Rich is the straw that stirs the RLM drink.

[@okami6399]

When I was very young, maybe like six, my grandparents me a book called something like “The Movie Monster Spotters Guide”, it was full of all sorts of monsters from Shrek to Pinhead. It talked a bit about their abilities, weaknesses, origins, and was super sarcastic. I remember one page being about the Incredible Melting Man, the picture it showed always terrified me and I never wanted to see the movie it was from. When I saw the cover on the thumbnail I thought “wait… That’s not the one in that book I have, is it?” Then they mentioned the melting man being affected by Saturn. That book was one of my favorites as a kid, it’s in absolutely terrible condition now thanks to all the use it got, and is still on my bookshelf. I wasn’t expecting to be reminded of such a specific memory of my childhood but I’m all for it.

[@natalienussbaum1155]

I remember that book!

[@slugcult-10_years_and]

Okami When you were younger? I pictured a time long ago, but then "Shrek" was mentioned, and realized how young you really are! "Years ago" to me is like the eighties, 😆 Young whippersnappers, with your rock and roll, your Zima and your hula hoops.

[@janeeyre1990]

@@natalienussbaum1155 , I was born in 1990, and some of the VHS covers of movies that they have reviewed or simply have on their shelves have triggered memories of browsing the video rental store shelves, staring at the different covers and imagining what the movies were about.

[@natalienussbaum1155]

@@janeeyre1990 What were some of the craziest guesses you made?

[@steveharvey2102]

Hell yeah! It's one of the best parts of the show. For me at least. Cheers

[@pyingst]

Rich Evans ‘Zaat’ impression is spot on. He is even wearing tennis shoes.

[@JeonardShadby505]

Fun fact: according to MELTING MAN's credits, the guy opening the door for his lady at 25:38 is the late great director Jonathan Demme of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, STOP MAKING SENSE, to name a couple.

[@4thedoops]

Wait the talking heads concert film???

[@JeonardShadby505]

@@4thedoops The one and the same, yes. I think he did one for Justin Timberlake too before he died.

[@killergoose7643]

Probably the most random cameo in film history.

[@DvsLee]

Makes sense. Demme came up through the Roger Corman school and it is an AIP film.

[@NicholasBarthesJohnstontheIII]

Incredible Melting Man came out the same year as Demme’s Citizen Band. Which was only seen by Peter Falk and President Jimmy Carter.

[@montecristo1845]

I remember watching the MST3K episode of The Incredible Melting Man and howling with laughter when self-proclaimed Dr. Ted Nelson won’t stop shouting who he is at the guards, gets blown away, and while they and the melting man stare at each other, Tom Servo (or Mike) calls out, “Nope! No relation to Ted Nelson! Don’t shoot!”

[@diracsea4590]

How many monster movies end with a janitor scooping the monster into a garbage can?

[@TerrenceNowicki]

Don't, d-d-don't, d-don't d-don't!

[@keefriff99]

So the director of Starship, Roger Christian, won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Star Wars, and was nominated for the same for Alien. He also directed BATTLEFIELD EARTH, in addition to Starship. As Clint Eastwood said, "A man has got to know his limitations."

[@KingThrillgore]

Interestingly, Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds turned down the role of James Bond on the principle it should be played by a brit.

[@DantheManIamIam]

I unironically love that despite being blindfolded Jay, Rich and Jack still found movies basically up their alley. Gross effects horror for Jay, Spaceship sci-fi movie for Rich, Action lady exploitation movie for Jack. That’s just heartwarming. Edit: And Mike won too because all 3 were unwatchable.

[@jasonscarborough94]

To be fair, the shelves are organized by genre, and I'm sure they all have a pretty good idea of the room's layout, well not Mike but, he is an alcoholic

[@BlueSkyBS]

Mike does the best South African living in Australia accent I've ever heard.

[@vashstarwind36]

That intro was great!!!! 😆🤘🎭🔥🎭

[@catacombboy]

censoring Rich saying "onions" at 15:53 was definitely just a Mike edit to try to make it seem like Rich was saying something absolutely horrendous. Keep doing God's work, Mike.

[@madmanpecos]

what was it meant to seem like he was saying?

[@thea.m.p.co.467]

@@madmanpecos Cumions?

[@tadpolegaming4510]

I thought it was Aspirin

[@XenRiddle]

​@@madmanpecosIt was probably "sh*t."

[@ForzaNinetails]

Me when I was first seeing RLM BOTW episodes years ago: "Gawd that guys laugh is annoying af..." Me years later: "I would take a bullet for Rich Evans... nothing will befall this precious man."

[@Hewbroc]

My family occasionally comments on his laugh if they're nearby and I just think to myself, "If you only knew the treasure that is Rich Evans..."

[@blatty7237]

this is the same journey everyone has with Stav too

[@WildBluntHickok]

I tried adding his laugh to my alarm clock. I managed to sleep through it, dreaming about sleeping in clouds with that angelic voice. My neighbors however didn't appreciate 3 hours of it.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Chef's kiss

[@andrewmartin9649]

@@blatty7237 absolutely true

[@powersofdestruction5694]

Seeing the shelf knocked over, it only just hit me that that’s the same room they watch them in. For some reason I always assumed it was a separate room, their shitty movies closet or whatever.

[@fatandsassy1510]

SAME

[@frenchbassguy]

Wow same!

[@virajdeshpande3701]

Yup same

[@d3nza482]

It's the magic of the movies...

[@zigotina]

its because of the intros where they mimick 'going to watch the movie'

[@darkroastordeath]

Mike and Jay make a synchronized head movement at 31:35 and I can only assume that after watching millions of minutes of garbage together, their exasperation is in perfect sync down to a physical level. God, I love this stupid show.

[@ttdila]

I saw that too, effing hilarious

[@spankingbrand]

After constant exposure to these horrific movies, Mike and Jay have become a hivemind.

[@lopenash]

And Jack too

[@Nehelenia3000]

Jack as well. Only rich is the outlier

[@boiboi7717]

@@ttdila frickin funny bro

[@jeffoff7795]

As a child of the 70s I feel compelled to say that the smoking, cussing, playboy perusing children scene is quite accurate. We had a fort in the woods for those specific activities. We probably started stealing liquor when we were a mature 12.

[@graphicsgod]

Been there, done that. Except we did our smoking at school.

[@bpizzle420]

90s kid, same thing, we were always outside just literally being "naughty kids" it was fun!

[@JJAB91]

It was a better time.

[@control_the_pet_population]

I was born in the mid 70s, grew up in the 80s and now have two teenage boys... and I give them shit all the time... "Stop talking to all your friends over internet headsets... get outside and accidentally burn down a strip mall after an illegal fireworks accident... or go knock up the neighbors daughter... do something interesting dammit!!!"

[@janeeyre1990]

I mean, I have friends who did that in my generation (Millennials), but it's because they're parents divorced and they got ignored. Or because they were sent to live in a group home and needed to be drunk/high to cope. As long as there is abuse and neglect, children will always steal and get wasted. It just isn't always a positive experience or fond memory for them, because they might never stop. Sorry to rain on your parade, but my mom is from your generation and was abused by her parents and she doesn't have fond memories of drinking or smoking as a child and teenage. She did it to survive, not because it was fun.

[@TeatroGrotesco]

I like how these guys spitball an idea for 30 seconds and come up with better plots than the movie makers.

[@SebastianMikulec]

"Starship is proof that I will never pick a winner." Oh Rich, you are so wrong. You picked Turtle Dreams on Wheel of the Worst. You cannot possibly win any more than Turtle Dreams.

[@sestrenger7015]

And Second chance VS Magnum force!

[@zEropoint68]

i went to the store store store store ... YAP!

[@jeffreviews4620]

Also Starship was literally the winner

[@shallendor]

The only way to win, is to not watch!

[@voltairethegoldflame9280]

So trueee!!!!

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

I imagine Mike awake at 2 AM frantically thinking of new ways to torture his friends with stupidest possible methods of selecting movies for the next BOTW

[@larrylaffer3246]

I like to believe Mike was a member of the Gizmonic Institute's AV Dept who was fired not due to gross incompetence but rather he picked even worse films than the other scientists.

[@haleymist09]

@@larrylaffer3246 Joel insists they need some come kind of plot and Mike complains the movie wasn't gross enough

[@larrylaffer3246]

@@haleymist09 Something like that.

[@janeeyre1990]

"You wondered why you got that package, and you wondered who it came from. You wondered who sent you a box of dung. Well, it was me, Rich! It was me!" 🎶

[@1BlessEdYou]

I'm amazed they were able to convince whoever owned that gargantuan dump truck to let them use it for "Starship". That thing probably cost orders of magnitude more than the budgets of all 3 of these movies combined.

[@heinrichvonwicker168]

Just what it costs to fuel it alone... wow

[@a.a.l.3236]

9:25 I know everyone talks about Mike and Rich bickering like an old married couple but the "do you need your peepers?" jab is definitely one of my favorite examples

[@zerocool5395]

If you watch "The Incredible Melting Man" backwards, it's about a questionable pile of leftovers behind a Chili's that slowly materializes into a human male and, after getting into a hiking accident involving a nurse, he inspiringly becomes an astronaut and goes into space. Also, Ted Nelson.

[@CalamityCain]

Man. That's oddly beautiful.

[@YenPeregrine]

isn't that the plot of the original Hellraiser movie before the script edits?

[@steveharvey2102]

...where he meets Ted Nelson's brother Mike and a couple of robots named AC & DC...

[@blaisefinnegan6793]

Nice comment, nice as it is on the MST3K posts of The Incredible Melting Man.

[@NothingIsKnown00]

So Melting Man backwards is just like Man Of Steel?

[@drebbmebben5322]

Three things Lady Avenger has on the cover: Lady holding a gun Might take place in the post apocalypse Depiction of rape If only Rich had found Lady Avenger during the Scavenger Hunt episode. He would've saved a dollar.

[@kiddiedeathpool]

Was looking for this comment! It was my first thought

[@TheColbyPflueger]

I agree that Lady Avenger is worth $1

[@peterzeller5736]

I appreciate that RLM never asks for us to like and subscribe. I feel like they deserve to do so at this point since they have been hovering below 1.5M for awhile now

[@Actiondanny]

I just want to say that I really like the phrase "why are all the robots at the discotheque?" It's such a simply sentence by construction, but it evokes such a powerfully bizarre image. It feels like a sample sentence in a "quirky" English textbook.

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

Who would have predicted blindfolding Rich Evans would lead to a giant pile of tapes being knocked onto the floor?

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

"How does this keep getting worse?"

[@jaysupernova3451]

@@216trixie Because he is Rich Evans

[@fuckgoogle2554]

That he then had to tidy up becausd it’s his job?

[@Moony1568]

@@216trixie Rich Evans is a god amongst men. To address him like some plebeian is an affront to mankind. Show some respect

[@BovineDesigns]

31:37 Jay and Mike are in sync

[@f1shze4lot]

Like father like son

[@f1shze4lot]

They even dressed alike

[@banquo3873]

Always happy to see Jack. He’s great. So is Josh for that matter. I just enjoy the whole damn gang.

[@dogshake]

I’m a proud member of Tim Gang.

[@Eisenwulf666]

Jack has a spontaneous quality to him, which in actuality i think is more of an honed skill. His movements and expressions are always on point, his timing is pretty good, while seemingly passing for the less comedic of the group. Mike lets us peek into the mind of the comic sometimes, lets us take a look behind the curtain with his exaggerated delivery, Jack is more deadpan and gonzo but, like i said, i think it's intentional. Josh is great too, maybe the nerdier of the group in a way, he has that " music store owner" persona, really enjoyable. You just know he knows his stuff

[@TheTuttle99]

Josh the lame annoying one who goes by "Wizard"?

[@banquo3873]

@@TheTuttle99 I said what I said, captain bad attitude

[@thecrazycapn]

I wish Rich had come out of his blind flop with a copy of Nukie.

[@larrylaffer3246]

Mike probably would've slammed it out of his hands ala a scene from Half in The Bag. Much like if Rich picked up a copy of It's Pat in his clumsy little escapade.

[@WomenRespecter9000]

Nukie is the Lupus of RLM

[@robertsager3356]

Some fun facts about Starship: Directed by Roger Christian who did production design for Star Wars: A New Hope, second unit for Return of the Jedi, second unit for The Phantom Menace, and he directed Battlefield Earth. This film was also co-written by Matthew Jacobs , who wrote the Doctor Who TV movie.

[@Frenchnostalgique]

Doctor Who TV movie which stars Eric Roberts, who was the big name of Big Foot vs DB Cooper directed by David DeCoteau.

[@JasonBMasters]

"If I forget to say action or cut just jump in and say action or cut."

[@TheMic609]

Might as well also throw in that Tony banks of Genesis composed to score for Starship as well.

[@aarondavis8943]

It the film's defence, no one would have believed back in 1965 that the US military would still be issued with M16s 50+ years later. It's pretty amazing when you think about it. So I'm giving them a pass on the guns.

[@andrelacombe2822]

a few of the actors in the melting man were regulars on 70's tv, they bounced around as guest stars on detective shows, westerns and the like

[@flanneljetpack]

Genuinely glad to hear Rich describe Reacher the literal exact same way I've described it when recommending it to my friends: "It's just high-quality action schlock."

[@TheUndergroundificat]

i love how each person picking resumes their personality in a nutshell. jack is picky and delicate and takes forever jay just gets it over with and rich evans is a complete and beautiful mess

[@kyrroti9921]

Jay took the shortest time because he’s short.

[@GalactcusSpartan]

The horror host vibe associated with blank VHS and other gimmicks is fun.

[@TheCJRhodes]

I heard hints of Palpatine in there for some reason.

[@ccjuju]

Choosing a bad movie completely at random drastically increases the chance of landing on an MST3K episode.😁

[@DirtyFrigginHarry]

"And that turkey leg was disgusting too, that was like a 70s turkey leg. I don't even know what that means, but ya look at it and ya know" I don't know why this makes me laugh so hard but its definitely up there for Jay quotes.

[@olookslike0]

I always love how they demonstrate how cheap and poorly made a scene in a movie is by comparing it directly to something that they themselves have made.

[@ChargerBulldogs19]

It’s kinda the perfect way to do it. Because either way the movie studio loses. Either it is cheap and poorly made like what RLM does, or the only other option is that is wasn’t cheap and they spent a lot of money of something that looks about as good as 3 middle-aged slobs from Wisconsin can make as a joke. Either way it doesn’t look good for whoever made the movie

[@mikek27x37]

Mike has finally reached peak contrarian by contradicting his own BotW pick

[@GregieBoi28]

As a major Dune fan, "and the confusion of Dune" really got me laughing

[@RawkingHawk]

As a librarian and collector, seeing Rich fall step on tapes and throw them around with reckless abandon is a deep pain. As a fan of comedy, it's one of the greatest parts of my day.

[@DOSdaze]

How does Rich's shtick never get old? He's a true master of the craft.

[@Ddvw123abc0]

His whole persona will only get funnier and funnier as he ages, watching Rich Evans in a walker fall and break his hip will be the funniest thing in our lives in 10 years

[@MrBeastsHiddenWorld]

That's the magic of boobery.

[@NothingIsKnown00]

Mike withholds his diabetes medicine. It’s a matter of life or death for him.

[@thismeinteil]

Rich Evans ability to not only predict these B movies, but also to come up with ways that would improve them exponentially, never ceases to amaze me.

[@ShadowsAndScience]

When listing Deep Roy's acting credits, the fact that Mike didn't immediately jump to Scotty's little alien friend in the Kelvin Star Trek movies is genuinely shocking.

[@IvoJim]

Jack ripping off that plastic wrap without even watching it haunts me to this day

[@mesosaIpinx]

Finally a RedLetterMedia show with randomly chosen movies!

[@casedorsette9136]

Rich Evans has Bill Murry plausible deniability by now. He could walk into your house, drink your soda, eat every snack cake present and then whisper "No one will ever believe you." He'd be right.

[@FelipeJaquez]

Implying I would stop him in the first place

[@conorjohn490]

@@gsofficial Double except: I'd then question what's the problem?

[@lordvlygar2963]

"I don't like the dirty clamshells."

[@nada-sparrowsstones874]

I love to see them get excited about the giant truck. They sounded just like my toddler does when he watches Mighty Machines.

[@dopeswitch957]

Nothing gets my blood pumping like a new gimmick

[@chuckwilliams3003]

I believe Rich’s destruction is a purposeful art form. He knows exactly what he’s doing. He falls for Mike’s amusement, but his real goal is to destroy all the tapes so he won’t have to watch them.

[@krlosz1996]

criminal mastermind Rich Evans strikes again!

[@lilwyvern4]

Boobery is the only defense against trash B-movies.

[@master_frown]

Plot twist: RLM is getting ready to make a Zaat remake and Rich is practicing for the lab trashing scene.

[@NothingIsKnown00]

It’s a good effort but the tapes seem to arrive faster than he can destroy them…

[@Reds994]

31:37 I love how Mike and Jay both do the same exasperated head bob in sync.

[@random__joe]

Very cool

[@johnsullivan937]

It brings a tear to my eye, the amazing care and effort rich evans in particular puts into maintaining your vhs archive to preserve history for future generations. He truly has a passion for his work the likes of which most of us could only dream of.

[@Frizzlsnirs]

I don't know how you guys keep doing this to yourselves but I appreciate it.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

They can’t escape it

[@NeonNijahn]

They can't stop! This is my reason for living.

[@petewerehere]

Making Rich blind seems to have increased his spatial awareness

[@janeeyre1990]

Didn't notice with Rich, but I was legitimately thinking that Jack would adapt well to blindness because of his attention to tactile details

[@deadNightwatchman]

Rich Evans, Daredevil

[@andrefiremaster]

36:18 "Starship is proof that I'll never pick a winner" and then months later Rich Evans picked Slaughter Day

[@evilkadeebles]

For anyone like me that was wondering.. That absolute banger at 10:34 is 1-800-DIRTY by Fasion

[@voltijuice8576]

The reviews are in! _"A '70s turkey leg!"_ - Jay Bauman, Red Letter Media

[@RyanReenBattikh]

I don't even know what that means, but you know it when you see it

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I immediately thought of James Lileks’ “Gallery of Regrettable Food”.

[@MarleyCarl]

“OWw MY BACK!” Mike immediately points to Rich. That’s true friendship

[@Venti470]

Fun fact. Starship director Roger Christian was a set dresser on the original Star Wars. He even served as a second unit on Alien, Return Of The Jedi, Phantom Menace. He got to work on two Sci Fi turds the ultra cheap Starship and the expensive Battlefield Earth.

[@jg7708]

I’ve been having a pretty terrible time recently with things. But I just wanted you guys to know that these videos really help me escape that for a while and it helps a lot. I’ve been following your guys’ channel for years and it’s always given me good laughs and memories. Hopefully these videos never stopping coming. Thanks.

[@cq2320]

Well said. And best wishes.

[@DrFaustisDead]

I appreciate how hard Rich goes for a bit knowing full well that he's going to be the one restocking those shelves.

[@K_Rob]

Rich is like the Tom Cruise of geriatrics, letting countless tapes fall on his withered bald spot knowing instant death awaits for the sake of art. A true legend.

[@stitchgroover]

The irony that Tom Cruise is years older than Dick the Birthday Boy...

[@Dustemikkel_Rev]

Tom Cruise never faceplanted into a VHS shelve blindfolded. Do THAT in a Mission Impossible movie, and I'll tip my hat.

[@f.d.3289]

Oh I'd love to watch "Rich Evans -- Scientologist"...

[@VultureClone]

Rich walking out in 4 degree weather instead of talking anymore about those movies is totally understandable.

[@crystalrowan]

The identical and synchronized head tilts from Jay and Mike at 31:36 were kind of adorable.

[@Kolbatsu]

Ah Space Wars classics. Who can forget the amazing story of Mark Cloudjumper as he goes from grass farmer to Space Samuzard along with lovable scoundrel Sal Co-op, the lovely princess Lina Oregano, and who can forget the funny bots S3-E3 and D-4OP. As they join the Rebel Squad and fight the evil Kingdom and the evil Lowitt.

[@pdlagasse]

AP-FT’s! AP-FT’s!

[@lookingtobuyarichevansbody7276]

This is a sham. There are more tapes of Nukie than any other, so statistically 3 people picking a tape at random would give us the best chance at seeing a review of Nukie. But it's possible we needed to just send in a few more tapes of Nukie.

[@hacooray525]

nukie has it's own shelf. well, the solution is still not enough nukie to force the tape into other shelf

[@bball767]

@@stewiegriffin4828 what do you mean

[@lukemacducci]

They did it all for the Nukie

[@qiff6667]

@@bball767 answer the question.

[@syko2164]

@@qiff6667 it's a meme that all the fans of RLM want to watch them suffer.

[@FWP572]

"too good for this show" is such an underrated line

[@Gumsley86]

Mike is slowly turning permanently into Palpatine

[@Liberty_or_Ded]

Jay: Jack: Rich:

[@SirFilmore]

I love how RLM genuinely enjoys and recognizes moments of competent filmmaking/effects when watching BotW.

[@jamesamaral8185]

No matter how many times I see it happen, I will always laugh at Rich Evans clumsily running into things.

[@welcomestranger]

I appreciate Rich's level of commitment to trashing the tape display knowing full well that he'll be the one cleaning it all up.

[@bloodrunsclear]

I love how Mike doing a host voice basically turns into a Palpatine impression

[@TerrenceNowicki]

he's letting the hate flow through himself

[@307accountant8]

Rich is a master of physical comedy. It’s kind of weird to think that I have been watching RLM videos for like 10 years now. Here’s to 10 more!

[@doctorbrown5957]

Crazy to think it's been 4 years since Rich Evans died. Thank god for digital facial reconstruction.

[@davechan8613]

The Lady Avenger actress is credited as Gary Busey’s hair and makeup artist on Quigly.

[@blankadams3120]

All I could think with that old couple in Incredible Melting Man was, "Honey, hasn't it been about five minutes since we last looked at our lemon tree?"

[@Masterantula]

The whole gang praising the old couple in Melting Man must've been a real difficult moment for Mike considering his hatred for the elderly combined with his utter silence during said part of the conversation.