Mystery Science Theater 3000 experiment #211: First Spaceship on Venus.
Originally aired: December 29, 1990.
Part of the MST3K 20th Anniversary Collection.
Earth in the "future" (1985):
In Siberia, construction workers discover an artifact referred to a "spool", which is apparently of extraterresterial origin. An international crew of ethnically diverse scientists and other astronauts get together and determine that the "spool" is part of an alien rocket from Venus that exploded in 1908. The crew is sent to Venus in a craft called the Cosmostrator, a four-spired Mars rocket.
Venus apparently, had some kind of nuclear holocaust in its past, as the astronauts discover almost everything they see has been partially destroyed. To top it off, the shadows of Venusians are seen burned into a wall. Apparently, Venus was planning a full scale invasion of Earth, but its inhabitants destroyed themselves first. Giant machines on the planet still are in operation, and an underground power plant is triggered, creating a force field to augment the gravity of Venus. The astronauts manage to escape, minus two who died in the escape attempt, and another one who was left alive on the surface.
A good, but not great MST3K episode. Joel modifies Tom Servo's sarcasm sequencer, which proves to be an explosively bad decision by the last host segment. Later on, Tom and Crow build and show off the world's coolest robot, that only communicates in shaving cream. Meanwhile, Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank find Abe Vigoda in the bottom of their junk drawer during the invention exchange.
Recommended.
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