Time to use another Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode for this week’s Showcase.
The third movie in a trilogy (a word Rian Johnson doesn’t understand), The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy follows the failed attempts of a mad scientist to steal Aztec treasure, thwarted by a mummy each time. Yes, in this story the mummy is the hero and the robot is the villain. I wonder if this inspired Mummies Alive? Actually, it’s more like a cyborg than a villain, but the word wasn’t popular yet, so it has an excuse the “mighty robots” of the GoBots didn’t.
The show also features a first chapter, for the rocket men serial Radar Men From The Moon. Commando Cody is the replacement for Jeff King as he faces villains from the moon. It’s the 1940s. They still thought the moon was livable. The serial would be combined into a movie, like other serials of their day. He also had his own TV series for a while, but you’ll have to see the regular serial in order to find out if they got better at cliffhangers.
Enjoy.
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