319 - WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST with short: MR. B NATURAL

Synopsis:  In the following feature, which is the sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man (ep #309), we find out that colossal Glenn didn’t die in the fall from Hoover Dam.  Instead, he was badly scarred by the fall (so much so that, not only did he lose an eye, he now looks like an entirely different actor!) and apparently swam – unseen – down the Colorado River to Mexico.  Anyway, his fiancée from that film has apparently moved on (probably to the scientist she met in the first film) and isn’t in this movie.  Instead, as the movie starts out this time, Glenn’s over-acting sister is worried about him (she was nowhere to be seen in the first film, I guess she didn’t care then) and, although everyone says he is dead, she’s busy looking for him because she thinks he’s still alive.  She hears reports of a 60-foot-tall man in Mexico and guesses that it may, just may, be her brother.  In Mexico, she finally finds Glenn, still colossal but now completely mad.  So the Army captures Glenn and bring him back to the U.S. for more study.  The cure discovered in the first film is completely forgotten, so they just tie Glenn down in a hanger at LAX.  He soon escapes and terrorizes the airport for a few minutes but is caught again and so securely chained down the second time that it takes him at least fifteen minutes to escape again and start to terrorize ’50s Los Angeles.  The Army then surrounds Glenn at Griffith Park and his sister finally gets through to him there, which brings out his suicidal tendencies. (I guess he didn’t want to suffer through another sequel like the rest of us.)

Don’s Review:  More deep hurting as, like the first film, I watched the unMSTed version before watching the MSTed version – especially deep this time since this film was so much worst than the first one.  (Although this film is shorter, it actually feels longer than the original!)  But, by seeing the unMSTed version, I was able to see a sequence that was cut out by BBI: While in captivity, Glenn has a dream in which he flashes back to the first film and we then see about ten minutes of recycled footage from that movie. (Talk about low budget!)  As for the riffing, it’s not quite as great as heard in the original (ep #309), but is still at a pretty high level overall.  And the host segments also aren’t quite on the same level as the ones in the original, but are still very good and again feature the “original” Amazing Colossal Man – played by Mike – in a very funny visit to the SOL.  So great riffing with very good host segments and one of the best shorts ever seen on the show add up to a classic episode that all Misties should own.

Don’s Rating:     [ S: F: ]

Related Link:
   (1) Mighty Jack’s MST3K Review (Episode Review)