Meet The Cinemologists

The cult television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" may have long since been cancelled. But its legacy and influence, that being the comedic riffing of films, are more than alive and well today.

Wither it be through the show's original creators going off to do worthy successors, like Riff-Trax and Cinematic Titanic, or the virtual endless succession of internet 'Comedian Reviewers', who they themselves feel like the lost children of MST3K. All with varying degrees of execution and related success.

These of course include the likes of The Nostalgia Critic, The Cinema Snob, The Angry Video Game Nerd, Spoony, Honest Trailers, How It Should Have Ended, and way too many others to properly note, regardless if they were directly influenced by The Satellite of Love, or not.

The Satellite of Love being the fictional base of operations for MST3K, of course.

And although still fresh to the scene, this too includes my friend and art client Brandon Tenold, and his series "Brandon's Cult Movies Reviews".

But as fun as riffing on famous and lesser known films can be, I also fear that there's been a backlash to this aforementioned modern age, especially across the internet. And that's a lack of respect, or even willfulness to give films a viewing chance, upon their own merits as individual films. Particularly in the overlooked fantasy and science fiction adventures decades passed.

In other words, that unfortunate mentality of 'everything is a guilty pleasure, ripe for mocking', especially if any and all films were made well before the new millennium.

Thankfully, there's still some true movie connoisseurs online who try to share and recommend movies, without resorting to the 'MST3K Methods'. Or far more insidious; the suggesting of alcohol and smoking weed to get through any and all entertainment (is that the real reason Reality Television is so popular these days?).

But the majority of these more serious-minded reviews are regulated to written articles, and not to extensive video series online.

Brandon Tenold for example, has a more straight-faced career as horror movie reviewer in written word, though it's his more humorous videos that get's the most attention. And a similar situation can even be said for the all the Comedian Reviewers mentioned earlier above(!).

ENTER THE CINEMOLOGISTS!



A small but dedicated group of film buffs, who in addition to their more extensive written reviews and articles (their official web-site found HERE), have also started a fairy straight-faced, though no less entertaining series of movie retrospectives.

And who's main focus are on the lesser known, or heavily overlooked special effects films of old. Or the 'terrifying wilderness years' before the current millennium of popular film-making, as the young (or even the miserably unfair old) might call it.

And although they don't go overboard in the comedy and skits department (despite the next video posted right below), they still have some fun and humor while revisiting said films.



Below are most of The Cinemologists YouTube-based videos, showcasing motion pictures that I also happen to love, which I too feel they deserve a second look whenever possible. Beyond their immediate camp or 'riffing' value, of course.

Give these guys and their videos a watch. And if you really like what you see, than please support them in the links posted at the bottom of this article. OR simply spread the word about these guys, with friends and acquaintances a like (family too, I suppose).



"Starcrash" (1978) Review



"The Black Hole" (1979) Review



"Danger: Diabolik" (1968) Review



"Condorman" (1981) Review



"The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (1974)



"The War of the Worlds" (1953) Review

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