Sci-fidelity

No matter when or where people go to see movies, there will always be snarky audience members calling attention to themselves with loud, annoying comments. From 1988 to 1999, the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 took this concept and asked: What if these people were actually funny? The results proved hilarious, leading to a feature film in 1996 that achieved cult status, despite an abysmal lack of promotion, distribution and press.Witness movie-critic magic tonight at a screening of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie at the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library’s Main Branch (625 Minnesota). The movie stars a human and his two robot comrades as they mock the old-school sci-fi film This Island Earth.The PG-13–rated film begins at 6 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 913-551-3280 or see kckpl.lib.ks.us /calendar.htm.

Tue., Aug. 19, 6 p.m., 2008