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Summary: BRAVO!
Review: If Mr. Mike Nelson were here now, I would shake his hand, buy him a brew, and say well done old chap, well done! In a world filled with people who nominate George "Dubya" Bush for President with a straight face, it's nice to read an author who has little more going on under his hat than just his hair. Mike Nelson's take on the movie biz is the pure, uncut cure for the Hollywood pap machine that spews cocaine-fueled dreck straight into our weary and withered faces. Reading this book is like the scene in the movie: "They Live" where the characters put on the 'special' sunglasses and see the world for what it really is; a godless, alien society that wants to control your mind. This book is better than "They Live" however because of the conspicuous absence of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Keep up the good work Mr. Nelson. You do the world a great service with your quips and jibes. Everyone should read this book!
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Summary: The spirit of MST lives!
Review: Mike Nelson is the god of movies. If you are tired of the prententious garbage that passes for movie reviews these days then read this book, it'll put them all in perspective. Mike Nelson has a way with words and analogies that is unmatched. Not only will you find yourself laughing out loud while reading this book, you'll also find yourself telling your friends many of the things Mike says in this book, only to have your friends look at you as if you are nuts...Fans of MST 3000 should definitely read this too, you can imagine Tom Servo and Crow were sitting there next to Mike while he wrote this.
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Summary: Slightly disappointing
Review: When I think back on this book, I think of the word "curmudgeon". Mike and the rest of the MST writers took a good number of swipes at Andy Rooney (rightly so) for his mindless blather and smug conclusions. So it's strange to see Mike Nelson write a book that is every bit as curmudgeon-y as the bushy "60 Minutes" correspondent.The book has many flashes of brillance and great humor, but the overall tone is very negative. Yes, I know that the whole idea behind MST3K was to be negative and "rip" on the movies. But MST3K had a fizzy and good-natured air about it, like your goofy bachelor uncle. "Megacheese" makes me think about what that goofy uncle would be like if he had taken a dark and sobering turn in his life. He still would be witty and funny, but also grumpy and uncomfortably sneerish. Despite my misgivings, I would still recommend the book. Just be aware that this book is a lot more of the "laughing at" than MST3K's "laughing with".
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Summary: megafunny-
Review: if you are a movie hound, you have to read this book.
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Summary: Well Worth The Effort
Review: It took me forever to find this book at a bookstore- everywhere i went, the store had only ordered one copy, and had sold it already. I was about to buy it online, but i finally found it in a city i was vacationing at. This is my point: I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO BUY THE BOOK ONLINE. That copy should have already have been bought, read, and recommended to a friend by the time i got there. This is my quest- to make the entire population of the world read this book. It's not just for MiSTies, either. Anyone who has ever had to sit through "My Best Friend's Wedding" or "Volcano" will benifit from this book. *Example* I pried myself away from my copy of "Movie Megacheese" to hand it to my friend, an anti-MiSTie, to read a passage. I didn't get the book back for 45 minutes becuase she didn't want to stop reading. At that point i told her to get her own copy and let me read in peace. As should you. So go out, buy Mike's new book, and read 'till your eyes fall out. Then by some prosthetic eyes and read some more.
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Summary: Recommended for MST3K fans only
Review: This is a collection of short movie reviews. I would guess that these particular reviews probably originally appeared in a local Minn. newspaper. As a fanatical MSTK viewer, this book was a mild disappointment to me. Although Nelson is a very good and funny writer, in this format the reviews appear quite repetitive and the selection of movies is certainly random. For MST3K fans, a much better book is the hilarious, chaotic, and colorful "The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide". ....
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Summary: Might be THE FUNNIEST thing I EVER read!
Review: From page 1 until the end I could not stop laughing! The chapter about the Meg Ryan "romantic comedy trilogy" was, by far, my favorite part in this book. The things Mike Nelson talks about and the things he makes fun of are the same kinds of things my friends and I are always joking about. I tried to give this book 10 stars, but it only lets me give 5!
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Summary: Funniest book I have ever read
Review: That qualification would mean something if I had read more than 10 books in my lifetime. And unfortunately, of those 10 books, eight were medical journals (my mother is a hypochondriac) and the 9th one was something by Barbara Cartland (a sexy senior citizen if ever there was one...ugh!). Mike Nelson digs and hits literary gold in this verbal send up of bad movies. Actually, he is smart to pick mostly mainstream movies to slander, so the general public can catch most of the references. I too am convinced that Adam Sandler has befriended the Man-Goat. Witty, reverant, and silly, this book is a great way to break up the Harry Potter phenomenon. You can't go wrong with it. If there is a God in heaven, two things should happen in my lifetime...I should win the Lottery, and Michael J. Nelson should write a follow-up book to this one. GREAT BOOK!
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Summary: Mike keeps the magic alive...or something to that effect
Review: When MST3K was cancelled by the Sci Fi channel last year, I was heartbroken. I have a nasty habit of loving all the tv shows that go underappreciated by the masses. My particular brand of humor lends itself to shows such as this, and they come very few and far between. When I first saw the show, I was aware of this vague concept of the Best Brains being "funny". But it was as time passed, I became a huge fan of the show, and I began to see aspects of their writing outside of the show (such as on the old MST web page, the new Timmy Big Hands web page, the episode guide) that I began to really appreciate the comic style that Mike, and everyone involved had. Mike's book is such an example. I heard about it long before it was released; I waited for it anxiously and was quite thrilled to see it show up on my doorstep two days ago. I read it through with lightning-quick speed, and was far from disappointed. Mike's writing style is superb. Even though dealing with the most horrible, shameful movies and actors ever produced, talking about movies whose scripts consist mostly of "Over here. Run. Move. Watch out! DUCK!", Mike analyzes them and criticizes them, with what could be described somewhere between well-spoken contempt, and elbow-to-the-midsection-with-a-grin-and-an-"Eh? Eh?"-type playfulness. His ability to combine a remarkably well-worded and intelligent review of a remarkably poorly-worded and idiotic movie with the phrase "sparking up a doob", is a comic style that I, ever since my first pleasant discovery, have modeled my own after. And aside from that....it's really really funny, too. By the way, I happen to feel that Keanu Reeves is the spawn of Satan himself. And I'm more than glad to see that Mike Nelson seems to agree with me.
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Summary: Oh, good -- now I won't waste my time
Review: This book made me laugh so hard that I probably annoyed the people in the next apartment. I haven't seen most of the films and TV shows skewered in this book. Now I know I haven't missed much. Best of all, I've been warned away from some megacheese I WAS thinking of watching. Thank you, Mr. Nelson. Random comments: A friend of mine who deeply hates Scrappy-Doo loved Mike Nelson's comment about the little nuisance. I'm a woman and I don't hate "The Three Stooges." I remember them fondly from my childhood. P.282, third line from the bottom: "woman," not "women." P.288, line two: "off", not "of". (If there were any other typos, I was laughing too hard to notice.) SEQUEL! SEQUEL!
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