MST3K question: Why was the Satellite of Love shaped like a dog bone?
12-28-06, 02:43 PM
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MST3K question: Why was the Satellite of Love shaped like a dog bone?
I got MST3K Vol. 10 on DVD for Xmas and while watching it, a question occured to me:
Did they ever explain in any episode why the Satellite of Love (which seems to be more ship than satellite) is shaped like a dog bone? Is there some significance to that shape, or was it done just for wackiness' sake? Was Dr. Forrester planning on building another ship shaped like a dog?
Did they ever explain in any episode why the Satellite of Love (which seems to be more ship than satellite) is shaped like a dog bone? Is there some significance to that shape, or was it done just for wackiness' sake? Was Dr. Forrester planning on building another ship shaped like a dog?
12-28-06, 02:44 PM
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I figured it was a reference to the celebrated graphic edit in 2001:A Space Odyssey, where a shot of thrown-in-the-air bone cuts to a shot of a spaceship.
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12-28-06, 03:08 PM
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Hmm... hadn't thought of the bone/weapon connection. Could be!
By the way, in 2001 the bone doesn't cut to a spaceship--according to Kubrick himself it's an orbiting nuclear platform, which he said was the ultimate weapon.
By the way, in 2001 the bone doesn't cut to a spaceship--according to Kubrick himself it's an orbiting nuclear platform, which he said was the ultimate weapon.
12-28-06, 04:21 PM
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It's just a show, you should really just relax.
What a blatant
However, this should probably be somewhere else besides DVDTalk. Is there a forum for general discussion of TV shows?
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12-28-06, 04:24 PM
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Jesus Christ man, the dude was just asking a question! If somebody wants to know why a spaceship was designed a certain way, or what a TV character's street address is supposed to be, or whatever, just let them enjoy the damn show!
What a blatant
What a blatant
12-28-06, 07:23 PM
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Did they ever explain in any episode why the Satellite of Love (which seems to be more ship than satellite) is shaped like a dog bone?
12-28-06, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Adams
However, this should probably be somewhere else besides DVDTalk. Is there a forum for general discussion of TV shows?
12-28-06, 08:00 PM
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^ I'm not aware of an album called Satellite of Love, but the song is one of my favorite Lou Reed songs!
I have every single episode of MST3K on either DVD, VHS or VCD, so I'm going to try to find the episode where the SOL is changed into a bone shape. When I watched it on KTMA (the local station it was on in my home state of Minnesota), it had a much different shape.
Anyhow, the reason it was bone shaped was to trick some demon dogs back in the first Comedy Central season. I need to look into which episode it was.
I have every single episode of MST3K on either DVD, VHS or VCD, so I'm going to try to find the episode where the SOL is changed into a bone shape. When I watched it on KTMA (the local station it was on in my home state of Minnesota), it had a much different shape.
Anyhow, the reason it was bone shaped was to trick some demon dogs back in the first Comedy Central season. I need to look into which episode it was.
12-28-06, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by caiman
It's just a show, you should really just relax.
12-29-06, 07:55 PM
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It's bone shaped because there's a round shaped room at one end, where the skits take place, a looong hallway that they go down when it's movie sign, and a big movie theatre at the other end. Bone shaped. 
12-31-06, 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by redskull
Hmm... hadn't thought of the bone/weapon connection. Could be!
By the way, in 2001 the bone doesn't cut to a spaceship--according to Kubrick himself it's an orbiting nuclear platform, which he said was the ultimate weapon.
By the way, in 2001 the bone doesn't cut to a spaceship--according to Kubrick himself it's an orbiting nuclear platform, which he said was the ultimate weapon.
Sorry, but if he has to explain it outside of the film, it either isn't that important or it's shoddy filmmaking.
