If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes and other science facts, then repeat to yourself “It’s just a show, I should really just relax…” These are the last lyrics of the theme song to Mystery Science Theater 3000. This caveat exists because the premise of the show isn’t about the setting or characters or universe. It’s about making fun of bad movies. You don’t need an aesthetic for that (and in fact, RiffTrax and Cinematic Titanic have proven you don’t). It’s just some pleasant decoration around the content. A wrapper. It’s not meant to be thought about. And yet people do. There are countless fan fictions, fandoms, cosplay, puppet…
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4 Ways I Get Ideas
1. Movies Mostly bad movies. Sometimes mediocre movies, and rarely good movies. It’s because I see a movie like Dragonslayer or Westworld and think, “This is such a great concept, but it’s executed so poorly. There’s no story here. And I think it should go like this…” This happened with “In a Dragon’s Age”. In Dragonslayer, there was this old man who I thought was going to be a cool character, but he dies in the beginning. I wished he was in the entire movie, playing mentor to the bumbling magician. And that idea evolved into a crochety old man ranting to young whipper-snappers about the days of dragon-killing. “Z…
