Space Mutiny is one of my favorite episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and not because they borrow footage from the original Battlestar Galactica, which we’d all rather be watching honestly. It’s probably the running gag of different action hero names for the hero of the story, played by Reb Brown. The 1988 movie takes place on a colony ship where the military commander named after bubble bath is plotting a mutiny, space witches decide to tag along but never leave their ship, and our hero pursues his girlfriend (played by Brown’s wife, Cisse Cameron) and the baddies. Also people have a habit of not being dead without fanfare but I’m sure those totally aren’t editing mistakes. Nobody would be that inattentive. Of course the real question is how this will affect Sherri’s birthday party. You’ll find other trivia at the MST3k fandom wiki page on the episode.
This episode comes from the Sci-Fi Channel years of MST3k as the Satellite Of Love becomes mobile, blows up a lot of planets accidentally, and is chased by Pearl Forrester, mother of Clayton Forrester (established during the Comedy Central years), and her minions Bobo from a planet of apes that used to be Earth, and Brain Guy, the last of a race of people with great psionic powers who keep their brains in plates they carry around. At this point they were also trapped orbiting ancient Rome as Pearl deals with a snobby woman trying to prove they aren’t gods. It didn’t go well, and now our villains are in a dungeon. Sadly this won’t benefit our heroes since they have to sit through…Space Mutiny! Enjoy, won’t you?
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