#Moon Zero Two

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Moon Zero Two, 1969

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Moon Zero Two, Italian Lobby Card (Fotobusta). 1969

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Moon Zero Two, 1970.

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MST3Knitathon:

83. Episode 111 Moon Zero Two

Summary: It’s the swinging sixties - on the moon! The credits play over a fun little cartoon (with an equally fun song) in which a tiny US astronaut and a tiny Soviet cosmonaut fight over who gets to plant their flag, but get so distracted that they miss the international community showing up with their own space programs and have to sheepishly petition to join the international moon base (managed by the UN) as just two among many members. Wouldn’t it be nice if that’s how the space race had ended!

In the movie proper, American pilot Bill Kemp used to be an explorer and was the first pilot on Mars, but he quit working for the big companies when they stopped expanding because he refuses to be be a passenger pilot. Now he’s an independent contractor doing mostly space salvage with his Soviet(? - they never say, but I think that’s the accent he’s doing) engineer partner. A young woman from Earth tries to hire him to take her to her brother’s mining claim on the far side of the moon because her brother failed to meet her at the port as planned, but Kemp convinces her to wait at Moon City for the next miners’ convoy to arrive in case the he’s just been delayed. Meanwhile, an eccentric billionaire hires him to do an illegal job: intentionally crash a valuable asteroid into the far side of the moon so that it can be mined without the expense of getting the equipment to and from deep space. Despite misgivings, Kemp takes the job and when he returns, two convoys have come and gone without the young woman’s brother. He takes her to find out what happened, only to find the brother murdered so someone could jump his claim - possibly because an asteroid made of pure sapphire is about to land on it. Can they survive the billionaire’s goons long enough to get justice? Or will this Moon Heist spell Moon Death for our Moon Heroes?

MST3K lore or notable moments: I don’t remember them doing any other movies that start with a fun cartoon? Anyway, here it is:

Also, this episode was re-riffed in 2020 as part of a social distanced riff along live show.

What do I think about its place on the list? Back in season 1, they used to do a bit where Joel would ask the bots to name a good thing and a bad thing about the day’s movie, rewarding them with a ram chip. Crow’s good thing and bad thing are both, “It was groovy.” which really tells you all you need to know about this movie. It’s another one that’s borderline too good for this series - not a classic, but colorful and fun. The costumes in particular look like a precursor to The Fifth Element. But the movie’s a bit too invested in imagining how late 60’s/early 70’s cool living on the moon is going to be, lingering a bit too long over any scene where the actors are pretending to be in zero gravity just because the movie thinks being in zero gravity would be cool. Like Crow said, groovy. In terms of the episode, this is a strong riff for season one (I especially like the bit where the bots affect to believe that the film’s surprising score means that a jazz combo is trapped somewhere in the movie and being imperiled by the gunfire and explosions), and the sketch about putting on a play of the actual moon landing was very cute. Definitely a top 100 episode, but not so much so that I’d argue for higher placement.

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Living In The Equinox

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Moon Zero Two / Original Theatrical Trailer (1969)

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On January 20, 1990, Moon Zero Two was riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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Six years before appearing on Space 1999 as Maya, Catherine Schell went to outer space in Moon Zero Two (1969). The movie was not well received. The Guardian newspaper called it "dreadfully made from start to finish”. And Variety said it "never makes up its mind whether it is a spoof or a straightforward adventure yarn”.

James Olson played the main character but I think he was mis-cast. He was average looking and balding. And had very little charisma.

The suitsuits used in the movie look like they were made of hard plastic and rubber. One actor described the moonsuits as "sheer hell" and he received blisters from chafing and back problems from the air conditioner installed to keep him cool. Meanwhile Schell lost 13 pounds from sweat wearing the suit on the hot soundstage.

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Moon Zero Two, 1969

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Moon Zero Two, Italian Lobby Card (Fotobusta). 1969

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Moon Zero Two, 1970

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The whole werewolf concept is basically izuku gets attacked (sometime between first getting ofa and a little bit after the dorms were put in place) and doesn’t fully remember what happened but shortly afterwards, his senses are amplified and he’s faster/stronger. He chalks it up to training and ofa, but what he’s oblivious to is the fact that during the nights surrounding the full moon, he transforms into a bloodthirsty wolf-man

Meanwhile, Aizawa and some other underground heroes have been tracking down a “villain” with what they think is a wolf quirk. At some point, Aizawa finally subdues the villain and hands him over to the police. With a job well done he gets some much needed rest

The next morning, his students are panicking because they can’t find midoriya. While looking for his missing student, he gets a call from the precinct telling him something strange happened with the villain he arrested; the wolf turned back into a human and it’s a kid. A kid who is looking for Aizawa specifically. A kid with green hair and freckles.