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 In the not-too-distant future, there will be even more MST3K. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/makemoremst3k/ Joel Hodgson has started another Kickstarter program to bring the show back, this time as an independent entity. They're already going to be able to make at least 3 new episodes, but with more dollars, they'll be able to add - still more episodes - an app (just a reskinned Vimeo, iirc) - a year's worth of live streaming events (in addition to the episodes) - shorts Depending on the tier pledged, there are subscriptions to the app, tickets to the live shows, t-shirts, posters, a loving snow globe for some reason, etc. They're teaching some classes (puppetry, riffing, magic) as add-ons, too. Everybody from the reboot cast is back on board, so there won't be that breathless quality of the first Netflix season. I'm not affiliated, but I thought I'd spread the word, and also Aardvark! said it was OK. EDIT: Some other post-MST3K projects that are  :Rifftrax: Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett (and only slightly less often Bridget Nelson and Mary Jo Pehl) have for years been making fun of movies. They've got an app that will sync their commentary to a movie you're watching, so they don't even have to get the rights to make fun of movies (but they do a lot of that, too). Guests have included Weird Al, Paul F Tompkins, and that piece of poo poo guy who used to be here, but that's not their fault. When times are not so pandemicky, they do shows that are broadcast to movie theaters across the country. They've got a subscription service that includes a lot of their popular stuff. https://rifftrax.com The Mads: Frank Conniff Jr and Trace Beaulieu make fun of movies, but I don't know as much about it! They're currently doing monthly shows for  :https://www.themadsareback.com/ Empty Sandwich fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Was the reboot even any good?
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Apr 15, 2021 20:23
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I’m sorry OP but I can’t support anything that employs wife-murderer and Minecraft Protagonist Patton Oswalt
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Apr 15, 2021 20:26
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the reboot is good. better than a lot of rifftrax.
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Apr 15, 2021 20:28
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Who What Now posted:Was the reboot even any good? I liked it. Cry Wilderness was an instant classic.
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Mega64 posted:I’m sorry OP but I can’t support anything that employs wife-murderer and Minecraft Protagonist Patton Oswalt I can certainly understand this position. Mulaney Power Move posted:the reboot is good. better than a lot of rifftrax. agreed. there's something about the conceit and structure that I like better than Rifftrax (though I also have a subscription to their Friends thing, and when they're on, they're really loving good) my favorite of the old run is Cave Dwellers and my favorite of the new run is Ator, which CD is a sequel to
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Apr 15, 2021 20:49
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Linux Pirate posted:I liked it. Cry Wilderness was an instant classic. 
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Apr 15, 2021 21:14
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I thought it got reincarnated as Riffrax? Alas. Also The Castle Of Fu Manchu one is really really loving good.
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EorayMel posted:I thought it got reincarnated as Riffrax? Alas. originally, Joel (the guy who came up with MST3K and original host) left the show after some disputes with Jim over creative direction. Mike became the head writer of the show and the new host you may remember Trace and Frank, they were the original evil doctor and sidekick. (well, a guy named J. Elvis was the very first sidekick). Trace left the show and then Frank left not long after, their work on screen was replaced by Bill, Kevin, and Mary Jo (all writers moving in front of the camera) in 1999, the show got canceled. no more MST3K. at this point, Jim owns the show and nobody else can make any MST3K not too long after that, Mike came up with the idea of Rifftrax. same concept, different execution. Bill and Kevin work with Mike on this Joel also moved into this vacuum and created Cinematic Titanic, which is more stage and live event oriented, but still making fun of bad movies. he was joined by Trace, Frank, Mary Jo, and J. Elvis both Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic are very good, but the nature of CT is such that it doesn't have as much longevity, where Rifftrax has been going for a long time now at some point, Jim made some official MST3K cartoon shorts. they were very bad and had nothing to do with making fun of movies eventually, Joel was able to get the rights to MST3K back from Jim. this lead to a kickstarter, which lead to MST3K getting picked up for distribution by Netflix. this is pretty much Joel's thing, everyone else is busy with other stuff but sometimes they come around to MST3K Netflix paid for two seasons and canceled the show. lame now this kickstarter is for another crop of MST3K stuff, and the creation of a bespoke streaming service to release episodes and live events. since Joel has already navigated kickstarting new seasons, this is very likely to succeed Who What Now posted:Was the reboot even any good? yeah it was really good. the main reason people don't like it is just because it is new, no nostalgia factor. the riffs are a bit fast paced and its just a little weird to hear MST3K jokes about ready player one and internet memes instead of old television shows or obscure political figures. but aside from that the quality of the episodes makes it worth a watch. Cry Wilderness is a classic episode and Carnival Magic is mind baffling Mr. Fall Down Terror fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Apr 15, 2021 21:38
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I saw the live show in Brooklyn back in the before times and it was hilarious. I also got pretty drunk and then went to the taco bell across the street after the show. P solid evening overall.
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Apr 15, 2021 21:43
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The remake was all right imo, didn't know that Netflix canned it
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a good summary... I updated the OP with the current post-MST3K projects
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Colonel Cancer posted:The remake was all right imo, didn't know that Netflix canned it the problem i think is that MST3K is not a binge watch show, and netflix really loves when people binge the first netflix season was more traditional, 14 mostly standalone episodes. the second season had 6 episodes, i think as an experiment to see if it would become bingable? definitely it didn't work but the episodes are pretty good anyway oh well, gently caress netflix. MST3K has a large enough fanbase to exist independently of distributors
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Mr. Fall Down Terror posted:originally, Joel (the guy who came up with MST3K and original host) left the show after some disputes with Jim over creative direction. Mike became the head writer of the show and the new host Just a correction, Mike was the head writer since the second season of the show, i.e. the first season it aired on Comedy Channel. Yes, I'm a pedant.
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Apr 15, 2021 22:27
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Who What Now posted:Was the reboot even any good? The movie selection was good. The jokes and skits were bad. It's fan fiction MST3k because that's what it literally is.
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There is a “MST3k” channel on Roku that just plays back to back episodes of the old show all day long. It’s pretty great and totally free if you have a Roku device (my cheapo TCL tv came with it hardwired). It’s in the “live tv” section or whatever
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Apr 15, 2021 22:57
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Jonah is an excellent host... maybe even my favorite host. I was prepared to hate the reboot but loved it almost instantly and was super bummed when netflix cancelled.
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Apr 15, 2021 23:08
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i always wanted to see reptilicus anyway so i was sold immediately despite being a curmudgeon who doesn't like new things
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Mary Jo and Bridgette Riff Trax are lowkey some of the best MST-like content bar none.
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Captain Lavender posted:Mary Jo and Bridgette Riff Trax are lowkey some of the best MST-like content bar none. I cosign this statement
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Jose Oquendo posted:The movie selection was good. The jokes and skits were bad. It's fan fiction MST3k because that's what it literally is. I just remember they tried to rapid fire jokes the entire time, none of which were funny.
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Apr 16, 2021 00:08
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Soo just like the original MST3k amirite
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Jonah is a schlub.
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I donated last weekend with some of Grandpa Joe's cash. Linux Pirate posted:I liked it. Cry Wilderness was an instant classic. Avalanche, Yongary, and Reptilicus are also great.
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a peck of pickled peckers posted:I saw the live show in Brooklyn back in the before times and it was hilarious. I also got pretty drunk and then went to the taco bell across the street after the show. P solid evening overall. Same except high instead of drunk. First weed I had smoked in like 10 years and I laughed my rear end off.
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Hazo posted:Avalanche, Yongary, and Reptilicus are also great. Avalanche is also good, but I love both Reptilicus and Yongary. it turns out kaiju from places that aren't Japan or the US can be charming
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I just couldn't get into the new MST3K. The movies were nuts sure but the riffs were far too rapid fire and the new host/bots just didn't have the same quality of delivery or chemistry as Joel/Trace/Kevin or Mike/Bill/Kevin.
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in defense of the Netflix MST3K; season 1 of the original run is bad, and season 2 isn't much better. that's completely ignoring what's generally called season 0. season 3 is loving great, though. I'm hoping it'll be similar with the current batch... season 11 wasn't the worst, even if you disliked it, and season 12 fixed a lot of the problems. now that everybody is seasoned, I think it'll be much more like what we remember. but different.
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Empty Sandwich posted:in defense of the Netflix MST3K; I disagree. Season 1 was fine. Season 2 is great. They were also still learning poo poo back then. Seasons 11 and 12 were made by veteran comedy writers. Hell, the lead writer was the lead writer of the Daily Show and he runs a weekly podcast where they talk about bad movies. No excuse for the bad stuff in those seasons. Also as mentioned above, the skits were bad. I can't remember a single skit from season 12 but season 11 was nothing but skits based around pieces of laser-cut wood.
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I've heard Netflix has this thing about giving shows 3 seasons- like it's hard for any show to get picked up past that unless it's a big success. Which doesn't make sense for a show like this because they should really just be pumping these out for minimal cost.
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Pontificating rear end posted:I've heard Netflix has this thing about giving shows 3 seasons- like it's hard for any show to get picked up past that unless it's a big success. Which doesn't make sense for a show like this because they should really just be pumping these out for minimal cost. Netflix seems to bank on the "splash" factor where new releases drive new subscriptions because that's one of their chief metrics to sell to shareholders and investors, so after 2-3 seasons it seems "Another run of Daredevil" or "Now even more Santa Clarita Diet" just doesn't have the same splash they want. MST3k was no different. Empty Sandwich posted:in defense of the Netflix MST3K; If Joel is making more-- OG crew or Netflix crew-- I say bring it the gently caress on. mind the walrus fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Apr 16, 2021 |
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nuketulsa posted:Jonah is an excellent host... maybe even my favorite host. I was prepared to hate the reboot but loved it almost instantly and was super bummed when netflix cancelled. This is pretty much how I feel about it. I can't say Jonah is my favorite host, but he fits with Mike and Joel. I really don't have a favorite.
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Can anyone share or reccomend something from mst3k? I see it mentioned a lot but any time I've tried to watch a bit, of which there is too much to know what's good, it's been pretty ropey. That rifftrax meet mrs swenson preview they are pushing is rough.
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cubicle gangster posted:Can anyone share or reccomend something from mst3k? Manos: the Hands of Fate is one of the more "famous" ones but I don't think it's very good as a start. Space Mutiny is probably a good one. So is the episode on Gamera.
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They're all generally the same thing. Some of my favorites are Parts: The Clonus Horror, Boggy Creek 2, Pumaman, Pod People, and Space Mutiny.
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"What should I watch first" is such a loaded question that's guaranteed to start a fight. Don't watch Manos to start off, despite what MST3K nerds say about it being the "best" episode. It's brutal. Honestly the new season might be a good starting spot. Cry Wilderness and Avalanche are good. For older episodes, Eeegah! and Pumaman are pretty accessible. But overall yeah, Space Mutiny is an absolute classic. If there's a litmus test of whether MST3K is for you, that's probably the one. My wife generally hates the show, but she loves that I love it so we went to the Rifftrax Live Space Mutiny and she laughed her rear end off.
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cubicle gangster posted:Can anyone share or reccomend something from mst3k? IMO, Prince of Space. The writing at that point was down to a science and the movie itself is a treat if you like goofy old Japanese sci-fi with questionable translations.
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cubicle gangster posted:Can anyone share or reccomend something from mst3k? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naix-f6KSIg
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Discovered MST3K and rifftrax streams on twitch like a week and a half ago and have just been watching the gently caress out of it.
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Pumaman, Escape 2000 and Mitchell might be my favorites. But that one with the Santa and the devil is insanity and I love every second of it.
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