K05 - Gamera

Obsevation: About 40 minutes in, Joel is eating something in the theater. Wonder what it was.

Movie: Ah Gamera. He's not Godzilla. He's no Mothra. Heck, he's not even Rodan, the painter or the pteranodon, but none the less, I love this kind of movie. Give me a giant monster destroying Toyko while a bunch of scientists sit around pontificating any day. You can take your torture porn or fantasy epics, give me a turtle that breathes fire and I'm a happy, happy lad. That being said this is an incredibly mediocre example of the genre... But it's still in the genre so I'm mildly satisfied.
6/10

Sketches: Once again, all but the first and last sketches involve voice mail messages, and unlike the last time, no annoying Crow rants. Not great, but better than K04. I particularly liked Joel and Gypsy singing 'Oh Tannenbot' over Crow's frozen body that's been dressed up like a Christmas tree. Nobody could ever accuse this show of not working within its budget eh?
3/10

Riffing: Well, with only Joel and a particularly low energy Joel in the theater the riffing well, stunk. 70% of the riffs were on the level of "Hey, he's doing that thing." In other words, Joel just describing what's already going on on screen, not very funny. The last half or so brings some funny jokes about Kenny's Gamera obsession, but that's about it. I imagine it can't get worse than this.
Best riff: "The Piper cub is Gamera's natural enemy."
1/10

Overall: In the third sketch, they let the 'S' word get through on one of the voice mails, but on screen say it's 'ship.' Makes me pine for those lazier TV days of yore. Thank god the movie was alright because if it was one of the later, more boring type movies I'd probably be waking up from my coma about now. Joel alone was just out-matched, especially for never seeing the movie before. The sketches, though good spirited just couldn't bring this out of the doldrums. Good thing I know its pretty much nothing but upwards from here.
2/10

What I learned:
Gamera has certain organs that function like a hydro-electric plant.