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Mystery Science Theater 3000

Lost Continent

Season 2, Episode 8, Aired Nov 24, 1990

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Movie Plot: Lost Continent While searching for a lost rocket, Air Force personnel get attacked by dinosaurs. Intro: Joel gives the 'bots a pep talk. Segment One: Frank invents a moving treadmill, so that you can exercise outside. Segment Two: One of the horsemen of the apocalypse visit the SOL. Segment Three: The SOL crew presents Quinn Martin's "The Explorers". Segment Four: The SOL crew observes space. Segment Five: The crew gives us the hidden "facts" of the movie.moreless

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Jim Mallon

Gypsy [1-8]
Joel Hodgson

Joel Robinson [0-5]
Kevin Murphy

Tom Servo [2-10], Professor Bobo [8-10] & Cambot
Trace Beaulieu

Crow T. Robot [0-7] & Dr. Clayton Forrester [0-7]
Alexandra Carr

Magic Voice [2-3]
Frank Conniff

TV's Frank [2-6]

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"You ever crashed one of these things?"

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By Lazlo25, May 12, 2009

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When the Lost Continent hit the cinema, it attempted to tell audiences that somewhere dinosaurs still exist! A rocket ship's blast off -which was really shameless stock footage from Rocketship X-M- sends it off course and missing in action. A team of rescue explorers goes searching for the rocket on a mysterious island. But throughout most of the film, they just go rock climbing.

Honestly I wasn't looking forward to this episode. Heck I wasn't looking forward to seeing the movie in the first place. Rock climbing is all you need to know. But, I felt as if I had to see it. The movie had too much rock climbing in it. After seeing those pesky explorers rock climb allot, I got tired of it and felt I was turned to stone. Thank goodness for Joel & the 'Bots or I wouldn't have survived this junk. Now the riffing for the beginning of the flick was funny, especially the plan crash part! But, the rock climbing parts took all of their wills to get through them, they were even complaining about them, so I just got giggles 'n' gins. At least there're some stabs at the dinos. Host segments were good and they were a nice break from this dry movie. My favorite bit is with the mads and Frank's bad inventions. Bottom line, this episode is above average, but not one I'll be revisiting any time soon.

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Rock climbing, Joel. Rock climbing.

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By jamoon2006, Feb 25, 2008

Cesar Romero, Hugh Beaumont and Sid Melton headline this catastrophe, "Lost Continent." When the army loses an experimental rocket, they send a team of pilots and scientists to recover it. What they find involves dinosaurs, a land that time forgot, and rock climbing. Lots and lots and lots of rock climbing.

That's the bulk of this movie...Romero and Co. trudging up several mountains. With each additional minute of rock climbing "action" it becomes more and more evident that nothing is going to happen in this movie. The characters stop long enough to toss off some inane one-liners, before they get back to the rock climbing. It made such a memorable impression on the writers that "rock climbing" became a riff that would pop up from time to time in subsequent episodes.

It's early MST3K (Season 2), so the silhouettes are a little rougher around the edges, but the riffs are still fantastic.moreless
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- At the beginning of the episode, Joel says that the movie one week before "Wild Rebels" was "Rocket Attack USA." In reality, the shows aired three weeks apart. At the time, the writers would not have known The Comedy Channel's scheduling, but since "Ring of Terror" was produced to air in between "Rocket Attack USA" and "Wild Rebels," this is clearly a mistake or purposeful omission by the writers.
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- Joel: (sees title - "Lost Continent") I lost my car keys once, but this is ridiculous!
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- Frank: You...are all...going...to die!
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- Dr. Forester twists Frank's arm. Frank: (gasp) Maurice! (gasp) Rock climbing! Rock climbing. Dr. Forester: Oh, yes. Frank: Rock climbing. Dr. Forester: Rock climbing. Frank: Rock climbing, Jerry. Dr. Forrester: Rock climbing. Frank: Rock climbing, Sylvia. Dr. Forrester: In all the excitement I forgot.
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- This episode is on Disc One of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 XVIII DVD set. Included is an special introduction by Frank Conniff and the film's original theatrical trailer.
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- This episode will be referred to in Hercules Against the Moon Men due to the rock climbing segment.
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- During the shot where the comic relief is being pulled up the rocks by his behind, Hugh Beaumont can be seen laughing. He can't stop himself, and hides his face from the camera. (Joel and the 'Bots don't comment on it, and this is noted by Mike Nelson in the official MST3K Amazing Colossal Episode Guide.)
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- The Mads force Joel into the theater before he can give his Invention Exchange.
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- TV's Frank refers to the Gizmonic Institute/Deep 13 camerapeople as Jerry and Sylvia. These are the mole people that are seen off and on in the first two or three seasons.
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