I'll say this: not counting the KTMA-23 episodes, this might have to be my least favorite episode of the series.

That said, I'll take the worst MST3K episode over the best episode of Friends any day of the week. It still has some riffs that work well under the deluge of badness.


zerkalo: I don't know why it took me so long to watch this. I know why it will be a while before I revisit it

hamdingers: Much more so than Manos, -this- is a hard one to get through. Some you can admire/be entertained for their sheer incompetence (Monster A Go Go, for example). This ... this is the bottom for me.

It's not one that I can revisit often, and I revisit a LOT of MST3K episodes.

Both Manos and Monster A-Go-Go are cakewalks compared to Fu Manchu.


DanZero: After reading on numerous threads how painful this film was next to Hamlet and Manos, I decided to see it. IIRC, even TMLO has a hard time with this.

You recalled correctly, mammajamma.

Suffice it to say, this is NOT one to show to a MSTie in training.


This should have been the Deep Hurting feature! The crew (and the Mads!) obviously did not enjoy this, but I managed to sit through it. Just have to get through Hamlet now.

Heh, I hear that!

As long as you can get past the dreary expressionistic style of Hamlet, the episode's actually entertaining. It's far from the worst MST3K effort.


I want my "I made it through Fu Manchu" fez, dammit

You and me BOTH.


/next week on THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU
//MACGYVERRRRRRRRRRRRR

"I'm Fu Manchu."

"AND YOU'RE NOT!"

/Harry Alan...
//...TOWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRS!

*salutes*

Godspeed, Smiths.

Tom's take on the Fu Manchu theme song *is* pretty sweet, zerkalo.

It's a strong opening, but... well, you know.

DanZero: Digging a little bit more, this was the 5th in a SERIES, and apparently the rest of them are a little more respectable as this?!?!?! Wow. This was also a GERMAN film?

Considering how the film went (it's difficult to hash out the plot without a summary from somewhere else), I'm not surprised that the other films had to be more respectable than this.


Plus, recycled footage from the "Notitantic" scene and the dam breaking scene.

And I actually saw that one... I remember thinking, "A Night to Remember? Why the hell is that here?"


How could Christopher Lee take such a role?

Heh, keeping those bills paid, no doubt.

Pulled up his Wikipedia entry - dig this:

"Lee has performed roles in 275 films since 1947 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever."

Pretty impressive stuff, that.