Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a show that shocking not alot of people know about this is despite the fact that alot of internet movies reviewers were inspired bu the show. Yet even tho the show had been on the air since the eighties it really never introduced a female host that was until season 13 of the show which gave us an actually really funny female host and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced us to a new host with the episode in question being called simply just "Beyond Atlantis" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is with the Simulator Of Love now complete new host Emily Connor is trapped inside and is forced to watch Beyond Atlantis. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented t us un this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the plot of this episode being really light on actual plot as we don't get to see Emily try to adjust to life on the Simulator Of Love outside of the opening scene but that's kind of par the course for this show as apart from really important episodes the episodes in this show never really focus all that much on actual plot development which is the same thing with this episode as well and its something that really does work well enough in this episodes favour as well with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is this episodes co-writer Emily Marsh as Emily Connor and Kelsey Ann Brady as The Voice Of Crow T. Robot. Also starring in this episode is Conor McGiffin as The Voice Of Tom Servo , this episodes co-writer Yvonne Freese as The Voice Of GPC , Felicia Day as Kinga Forrester , Patton Oswalt as Max , Rebecca Hanson as Synthia , this episodes director Jonah Ray as Jonah Heston , this shows creator Joel Hodgson as Ardy and Ivan Askwith as Bonesy.
Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of the episodes actors turning in some really good performances which is really something that's not all that new as this show has always had some really good acting in it which is always surprising as all of the shows actors barring both Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt have never been professional actors and yet they manage to turn in some really good performances in all of the episodes that are in with the same thing also being true for the cast of this episode as well as they all manages to turn some really good performances as well with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.
As was stated at the start of this review this is episode that saw the debut of Emily Connor as the seasons second of three hosts. With Emily being a really funny host as she's kind of naive in the way that the experiments work even not knowing that she's been roped in to be the new host this is despite the fact that she helped build the Simulator Of Love but at the same time she is also pretty smart as for her first invention she builds a giant pain of mech hands all by herself which does make her alot smarter then what she appears to be and it's fun seeing her interactions with her Crow and her Tom as all three are essentially the new kids on the block and as a result of that is the fact that all three of them do kind of form this family as there all trying to work all of these things out together this is despite the fact that Crow and Tom have the memories and personalities of Jonah's Crow and Tom but what let's the Emily character down is the fact that she doesn't show signs of character development she's not written as a perfect character by any stretch of the imagination but there's not alot of care and attention given to her to give her any kind of character development whatsoever.
The film that's being featured in this episode of the show is the 1973 film Beyond Atlantis with this episode rather rightfully calling the out on how bad it is. As this is a film that does look really bad and that is something that should get called out and on top of that this is just straight up weird as it gives people really large fish eyes which is just off putting and more scary then alot of stuff scene in modern day horror films which wouldn't be a bad thing if Beyond Atlantis was aimed at a more mature audience and was a horror film but it's not it's aimed more at family's and is a family friendly horror film and yet it had this really creepy imagery in it and as a result of that is the fact that this episode gets a lot to work with just from the opening few minuets of the film itself and heck one of the recurring jokes in this episode is all about the cast of this episode trying and failing to remember which character is who because of the fact that there all so forgettable and the fact that the most memorable character in the film just so happens to really be a fairly bad person.
What was unexpected is the fact that the episode does set up something that pays off at the end of this season. With Emily giving Jonah the idea to work together to escape from the dark side of the moon and while this idea would evolve to include the third host it is something that was shocking to see set up this early on in the season and it was also shocking to se them do a call back by speaking in rhyme as the villains in this really show can't understand our hosts when they do exactly that which is something that again comes back at the end of the season of when the hosts put there plan into motion all because really of the fact that it was set up and all said in rhyme and that was a something that was shocking to see set up this early on in the season as something like that wouldn't really be set up until the episode where it happens in previous seasons and yet in alot of the Jonah seasons they would normally set things up either around the end of the season or the midway point of the season and yet here there doing it in the third episode of the season.
What would have helped this episode was if we got to see Emily and her bots get to know each other over the course of the episode. As that is something that hadn't been seen since Mike's first episode and is something that really does work and it's something that could worked in this episode given the unique reason that they host was chosen and the fact that these bots are essentially new bots and yet when they first see each other they get along like they've met each other already and had been friends for quite a while which could have happend as Emily was a part of the team that was making the Simulator Of Love and as a result of that is the fact that it is possible that her bots could have been on board already and she could have gotten to know them then but at the same time that is something that would have made the episode alot more fun to watch and it's something that would have made this episode standout from all of the others as instead of having the bots and host get along right away we'd be seeing that friendship evolve over the course the episodes host segments and you could then end the episode with all getting along as friends.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty six minuets and twenty one seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show as the show has to fit in it's own plot line and an entire feature length film which is something that this episode does well as it makes very little cuts to the movie essentially showing us the movie as it was originally seen all the while still giving us a fairly entertaining plot in it's own right and while the episode would have been better if it took the tome to develop Emily or even her own version of the bots alot more then what they already do at the same time tho that would mean taking away some of the jokes in the episode and forcing in development when it's not really needed which would make all of that character development feel forced and would really drag the episode down quite alot and would ultimately make the episode very dull and boring to watch but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With there being alot of painfully jokes made about the movie but there also being some really funny host segments as well and this is where Emily Marsh really does shine as she is a really funny person and while her jokes about Beyond Atlantis are very hit and miss that's more due to the fact that she's still getting used to making fun of a movie but when she does make a good joke it is something that does standout and is something that is really funny with her Crow and Tom also having some really funny jokes as well with there being a really funny rap about the movie at the end of episode all done because of the fact that the movie had pretty much every style of music in it except from rap which is a funny little thing to pick up on and it leads to a really funny rap song as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really painfully funny episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 as well with it also being a really funny introductory episode for host Emily Connor as well but really at the same time as well this is an episode that really could have been alot better then really what it actually was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well ladies and gentlemen I personally got all pf the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.
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