Mystery Science Theater 3000: C/D, S/D.

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https://twitter.com/tpt/status/583626368677646337

Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link

(for Twin Cities ilxors only, I imagine)

Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link

Oh man...

Evan, Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link

Oh. Well ...

https://twitter.com/tpt/status/583632923049332738

Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link

Was practically gearing up for it to be new episodes from the tone.

Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link

Yeah. I guess hanging out with the guy would be HUGE NEWS for me too, but not so much anyone else.

Evan, Thursday, 2 April 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link

I saw him twice at Parkway already, and interviewed him there too, so that's off the bucket list.

Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link

so weird that they haven't brokered a vimeo deal for a new season yet; seems like a slamdunk

Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 April 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Let's watch the kids go to their fates
They'll disappear in-to the woods
It will be days be-fore they're found
Cornjob will be blamed.

Doctor Casino, Monday, 18 May 2015 05:24 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBibhv7Q_8

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 13 July 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link

I don't care

Most Scientifically Beautiful Face (President Keyes), Monday, 13 July 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link

LOL

Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 13 July 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link

Haha

Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 July 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link

Why doesn't PK care?

How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 July 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link

I still love that this exists. Can't wait for October.

https://www.facebook.com/synapsefilms/photos/a.223878337640179.72639.193094600718553/1075839579110713/?type=1&fref=nf

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 July 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link

This is as it should be

https://twitter.com/FrankConniff/status/626524488323190784

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link

Needs more "Time Chasers!"

I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Meanwhile, a new story on Manos, with all the weird up to date details around the restoration. And bonus TV's Frank.

http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-battle-over-the-worst-movie-ever

Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link

Quote of the year in any article, BTW:

“J.R.R. Tolkien’s kid catches shit,” Joe Warren says, “but he just wants to protect his father’s work. Same thing.”

Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:53 (nine years ago) link

"Hi, I'm Max Keller."
"I'm a seagull."

Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 27 September 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Yeah...I dunno. I'm terribly mixed on this idea.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link

Remind me again who is and who is not involved in this effort?

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link

Exactly! I'd love to know more about all this, BTW:

Even though I've always wanted to bring MST3K back, it wasn't that easy. Thanks to the Last Will and Testament of one eccentric old heiress, the rights were tied up for years. It took time to work those issues out, but with the help of my friends at Shout Factory, a special chokehold I perfected in WuDang that I like to call “The Persuader,” and a night I had to spend in a haunted house as a term of the the old lady’s will, we succeeded.

But this summer, we finally got all of the rights cleared up… and like Orpheus, we can now descend into hell to hang out with a couple of wisecracking robots.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link

Somehow this is making me think of that weird series of cartoons they did a decade back where it just the bots and only (I think) Jim Mallon and Paul Chaplin doing the voices. Did anyone see those? (Probably says as much upthread...)

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link

When did that go up? Having trouble gauging whether it's doing really well or really not well.

Evan, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link

In the short term, I'd love to know if another Turkey day marathon will be happening.

Evan, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link

It just went up today.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link

No way Nelson, Murphy or Corbett get involved, right? Rifftrax is kind of a gravy train for them right now. (And Bridgett and Mary Jo have been involved with it of late as well.)

Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link

Then it looks like it's doing pretty well.

By the way, why do you feel mixed about this idea? I'm not sure they'd tarnish the series with a well meaning reboot, even if it turns out not quite as good.

I feel like this would be a perfect thing to pitch to Netflix, similar to others that have done the same.

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Yeah, they'd have to get the original cast in on this or I would feel pretty unsure about the whole idea.

Evan, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link

Original cast as far as the puppets go, I can see another new host working.

Evan, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link

The core Rifftrax trio already indicated last year when rumors went around that this wasn't for them, precisely because they're doing so well with their own project as noted. (Two to one says they fully appreciate the simplicity of the setup.) They already did their own kinda-MST3K revival with The Film Crew and that didn't last.

As for why feeling mixed, even if (as I half assume) that Trace, Josh and Frank are all on board (and even then I'm not sure about Frank, they'd really need only Trace and Josh to completely start from ground zero) and all, I kinda feel the same way as I am about the Twin Peaks revival. I'm curious but I'm not gung-ho. Joel's a quietly remarkable fellow for sure and I only wish him the best, though.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link

So awesome. What a coincidence, I watched "The Lost Continent" last night.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link

Bluh. Yeah, I dunno. Even if it was Joel, Trace Crow and Kevin Servo in the theater - which seems unlikely but sort of necessary for this to not feel 'off' or indistinguishable from the other post-MST3K "sort of like MST3K" side projects - it's betting a lot on everybody still being as funny and on-point as they once were. All comes down to the writing team and sometimes you can't get a group dynamic to gel again. Especially if there are accumulated ill feelings about old slights and ongoing compensation inequities. It is true that there are tons more MST-type movies and shorts awaiting the treatment, and I would be more likely to watch this on Netflix, say, than to purchase individual RiffTrax episodes. I guess even if it was only as funny as a middling Sci-Fi-era episode, that'd still be nice, but the risk is that it's just totally lacking the magic and becomes the Star Wars Prequels of MST.

Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link

It wouldn't be Kevin, it would be Josh. Kevin's already ruled himself out as noted.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link

Ive been to lots of Rifftrax events and Cinematic Titanic events and I can say that there is way more magic when the CT crew are doing their thing. I'd be super happy if they were working together again under the official brand.

kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link

If anything it looks like this campaign will succeed to some degree, they're nearly one-tenth of the way to the initial goal already.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link

Okay we have some more info and he's basically wanting to do MST3K: The Next Generation here. Hopefully not season two.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/10/mystery-science-theater-3000-reboot

Those who he hopes to get involved include past cast members and writers, as well as a brand new cast that includes a fresh host as well as a new mad scientist and new voices for famous wise-cracking robots Tom Servo and Crow. “Basically, I’m trying to blend the old with the new,” says Hodgson. “Mystery Science Theater has already refreshed itself once with a completely new cast, so I think it deserves to do that again. The original cast is going to be invited back to write, produce, and do cameos as their mad science characters, and then there’s a new cast with new talent.”

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link

Meantime, Mike on it all, understandably:

https://www.facebook.com/mikeatrifftrax/posts/1167399969942922

I loved my time at MST, but I was in essence a hired gun. The brand does not belong to me, and I make and have made (almost) zero dollars off it since it stopped production in 1999.
But HAPPILY -- I've spent nine years putting all my energies into RiffTrax (we now have created more tracks than we did in our time at MST!) and we have tons of exciting stuff coming up, including more live shows, more feature length stuff (including one of the finest films to ever feature an NES Power Glove), shorts, etc., etc.
As a fan of riffing of all kinds I'm glad there's going to be more out there, but just wanted to give a fuller picture of why I'm not involved.
Let me just close by saying how enormously grateful I am to be able to continue to work at something I love. So, thank you, all.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link

<3

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 02:37 (eight years ago) link

Truly Hodgson-Nelson are the Lennon-McCartney of our time.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link

IMO the cast is just as important as the concept. I'm not sure why they can't or won't be involved?

Evan, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link

I agree with that statement. As much as I've liked Cinematic Titanic's efforts (and have, largely, not liked Rifftrax's), there was a special kind of alchemy at work with the Best Brains lineup.

Still gonna kick over a few bucks, no doubt.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link

Already up to just under a million. So five million is looking pretty likely.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link

And yeah re: cast being as important as concept -- I said this over on FB after Joel's general goal became clearer: "I still think the fact that the original show just agglomerated over time with its key figures all being from a local scene generally off the radar, especially in a pre-widespread Internet age, is part of its genius, combined with how they owned being FROM Minnesota in turn. I can't see that happening again here now."

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link

Also there's something a hair odd about Joel's statement yesterday, I realize -- "Mystery Science Theater has already refreshed itself once with a completely new cast." Ye-es, but not all at once. When the first major change occurred before season two and the last before season eight, that's a lot of time for people to adjust and for a slew of different approaches and dynamics to emerge.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:58 (eight years ago) link

LOL, someone on the Deep 13 FB group just expressed relief that Joel wasn't going to be a "Yoko" to the Rifftrax crew.

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link

Roffle.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link

I just noticed that a large number of the absolute high end rewards for the campaigns are gone or mostly gone already. I shouldn't be surprised!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link


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