Mystery Science Theater 3000: POD PEOPLE Rewatch

June 18, 2020 4:09 AM - Season 3, Episode 3

Re-rewatch! Four different subplots kind of meander into orbit with each other in this dubbed French/Spanish movie. Movie A: poachers in the woods encounter and break the eggs of an unworldly creature. Movie B: singers on a trip in the woods have a deadly run-in with that creature. Movie C: a lonely young boy befriends another creature of the same species. Movie D: the boy's father noisily conflicts with the lead singer from Movie B. It's another episode from a time in the show's history when almost every episode became a classic. But as for the movie itself... (O.K. sign) It stinks! It's as disjointed as it was because originally it was supposed to just be a horror movie, but then when ET came out a hasty story adjustment was made to try to get some of those cute alien movie dollars. Previously and also previously
posted by JHarris (7 comments total)

This is the first episode I ever saw.
posted by Chrysostom at 9:12 AM on June 18, 2020 [1 favorite]

Pod People got no reason to live.
posted by praemunire at 10:01 AM on June 18, 2020 [1 favorite]

La la, la la la, la la la, la la, pod people.
posted by StarkRoads at 11:51 AM on June 18, 2020

Huzzah!
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 12:05 PM on June 18, 2020 [1 favorite]

This would be immortal even if it had given us nothing but the line, "Trumpy, you can do stupid things!"
posted by Naberius at 4:52 PM on June 18, 2020 [3 favorites]

And Smuckers' real fruit filling!
posted by Scattercat at 1:55 AM on June 19, 2020 [1 favorite]

This is one of my absolute favorites, if not my all time number one. I had a dvd that contained this and Cave Dwellers (AKA Ator 2), and watched it with alarming frequency with my roommates some 15-20 years ago. To this day, whenever any situation is dragging on way too long, myself or my friend will mutter "We *paid* for the van, we're gonna *film* the van!"
posted by FatherDagon at 12:22 AM on June 20, 2020 [1 favorite]