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Iâve told this story elsewhere in the forums, but I might as well add it to the official topic for the episode:
I saw this movie as a child. My parents used to go over to their friendsâ house for weekend movie nights, and the movies were really an odd assortment. This movie and Laserblast are among the ones I remember. But for years â nay decades â after I saw it, I had vague memories of a movie with a little dancing alien, a glowing pyramid, giant monsters fighting each other, and spaceships. I never could find a clip or synopsis of the movie, and I eventually convinced myself that I must have misremembered what had really been several different movies, because who would put all of those random things into a single film? And then came MST3K: The Gauntlet, and lo and behold, thereâs The Day Time Ended, JUST LIKE I REMEMBERED IT.
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This one is a lot of fun. Fair to say itâs throws a lot at you!
At first viewing, I was incredibly confused by all the constant plot changes, but then I started to get really interested by the parade of concepts. Itâs like âWhat are you going to show me next, movie?â and âWhat new wrinkle will you suddenly bring on board?â. Itâs quite a ride!
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The Day Time Ended was 1980? I swear, it felt like I could carbon date it on sight to Aug. 7th, 1977
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Varying dates are attached to this. 1979, 1980. 1980 is the most consistent. So I went with that.
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I liked this episode. The movie didnât make any sense but it was still fun to watch Jonah and the bots riff it.
There was one thing that really didnât make any sense - where was that futuristic house getting water?
Seriously, they are out in the Mojave Desert and deserts are DRY. Plus it seems to be remote so itâs not likely they are connected to any municipal water system. And whatâs more - when we see exterior shots of the house, thereâs no sign of a pumping system or windmill for water.
I wasnât the first to notice this as Million Monkey Theater pointed it out in their take on the movie: The Day Time Ended (1979) â Full Movie Review! (millionmonkeytheater.com)
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I had a friend with a house out in the desert and they had a truck deliver water and put it in a below-ground tank.
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The earliest listed screening is at the Paris Festival of Fantastic Films in November 1979.
Though itâs been fixed now, for a while some dickweed had the role of the father listed as Chistopher Mitchumâs son Bentley. Since he would have been 12 at the time, it would have only been plausible if he had hit puberty really early.
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I assume that name is ironic.
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Yes⌠âoneâ thingâŚ
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Really good season 12 episode from Charles Band, the man that brought us 706-Laserblast! Starring William Shatnerâs long time wife Marcy Lafferty, this wasnât a horribly bad movie. Itâs biggest crime being that it was cheapy made. Decent plot with cheesy special effects, it made for a riffable episode.
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Care to take a shot at explaining what that plot was?
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Family moves to the middle of nowhere just as The Space Time Continuum implodes. And the subplot? The father of the younger group drives back to them as reality crumbles around him. Best I could do.
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Are we sure it wasnât âhey, weâve got some leftover special effects. What should we do with them?â
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That too! Itâs Charles Band after all! His movies are like Thanksgiving Leftovers!!!
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Nothing ever stays in my mind about this movie after itâs over except the wall art. I wouldâve preferred a documentary of the wall-artist(s) at work.
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Are we talking the stairway macrame, the framed box of Reeseâs Puffs, or the painting where all the ink fell out?
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All of it⌠
hinted at a fascinating inner life which is more than you can say for any of the characters.
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The final shot of the 70s Album Covers invading our world is stuck in my head. Too many trips to the record store I guess.
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