The geekery article makes a good point that Space Mutiny is great episode but the host segments require about a 10-minute setup where you explain how this is actually the evil mother of the man who launched Mike into space, her albino gay friend and an ape-man professor she met time-travelling.  And they're in Roman…

Future War is remarkable because it's probably the most contemporary film ever featured on MST.  It was released in 1997.

Future War is remarkable because it's probably the most contemporary film ever featured on MST.  It was released in 1997.

@avclub-26310c700ffd1b5095454f336ae96648:disqus I believe "Visit beautiful Ground Zero!" was actually Skydivers.

@avclub-26310c700ffd1b5095454f336ae96648:disqus I believe "Visit beautiful Ground Zero!" was actually Skydivers.

I still have a start every time I put it in, when I remember, oh yeah, the lead actress has been systematically dubbed out of this movie, and had her voice replaced by a Stepford Wife.

I still have a start every time I put it in, when I remember, oh yeah, the lead actress has been systematically dubbed out of this movie, and had her voice replaced by a Stepford Wife.

The actress who played Ev, Leslie Parrish, was the senator's daughter from The Manchurian Candidate.

The actress who played Ev, Leslie Parrish, was the senator's daughter from The Manchurian Candidate.

I've got a soft spot in my heart for Teenage Strangler, only because I've worked on little low-budget films in the south before, and I know exactly what it was probably like for those guys to put that movie together, and how everyone in the town probably thought they were going to be a movie star.

I've got a soft spot in my heart for Teenage Strangler, only because I've worked on little low-budget films in the south before, and I know exactly what it was probably like for those guys to put that movie together, and how everyone in the town probably thought they were going to be a movie star.

"So my mom said to Roosevelt and Churchill, "Why couldn't you try some sort of Lend-Lease deal?'"

"So my mom said to Roosevelt and Churchill, "Why couldn't you try some sort of Lend-Lease deal?'"

That's actually the no-account brother of P. W. Botha, who's father got him the gig in exchange for giving the crew a filming permit.  True story :)

That's actually the no-account brother of P. W. Botha, who's father got him the gig in exchange for giving the crew a filming permit.  True story :)

@avclub-a00a91831315d66f08e1b91d10fe503d:disqus Cameron Mitchell was a perfectly legit actor, though he did show up in at least one other MST episode, "The Stranger."

@avclub-a00a91831315d66f08e1b91d10fe503d:disqus Cameron Mitchell was a perfectly legit actor, though he did show up in at least one other MST episode, "The Stranger."

Just remember Cameron Mitchell's daughter was the one doing the voiceover.

Just remember Cameron Mitchell's daughter was the one doing the voiceover.

@avclub-d542a3419c3ad57206a96bcc86155ebc:disqus I'm not sure David Winters swung that way.