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

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@Ned - it was from a couple who got to know each other because of MST in 2014, have had an MST wedding... like the show has really been part of the rhythm or the story of their relationship.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 November 2020 04:22 (three years ago) link

Nice — they’ve had a number of those kind of personal stories today. Really lovely.

As mentioned have had to step away — what’s the movie now?

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2020 04:27 (three years ago) link

Cry Wilderness, that really weird Bigfoot-befriends-kid movie from the Netflix era.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 November 2020 04:37 (three years ago) link

I still am amazed that one exists.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2020 05:39 (three years ago) link

Apparently I won something. I wonder what?

Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Friday, 27 November 2020 07:56 (three years ago) link

one month passes...

Crist Ballas really did some great work for the original run of the series -- if you can help out, please consider it!

This is Crist Ballas, who did detailed makeup work on #MST3K (Mike Nelson's Jack Perkins, for example) and for Trace's DVD project "The Frank." He has heart failure and could use some help with medical bills.

Crist's Big Heart Could Use Some Help https://t.co/IBa15q1z6E

— Melody "3564.3212 Potrzebies" Fohr (@MonkeyPretzel) January 26, 2021

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

Re-reboot

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/makemoremst3k

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link

I'll gladly help fund a reunion of the Hodgson/Beaulieu/Chaplin/Murphy/Nelson/Pehl/Coniff team. Short of that, I've had my fill.

avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link

yeah, i still haven't made it through all the Netflix episodes, and at this point i doubt i ever will. :-/ i've tried popping it on to unwind at night but the overstimulated fear-of-silence riffing just doesn't mesh with the kind of chill i'm looking for.

this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link

The best spirit-of-MST these days has easily been The Mads Are Back livestreams that started up last summer. One a month and they've all been delights.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link

The best spirit-of-MST these days has easily been The Mads Are Back livestreams that started up last summer. One a month and they've all been delights.


Yeah Trace and Frank are such a delight, and even their swearing is funny/endearing.

I don’t know if you are much into Rifftrax, Ned, but the chemistry between Bridget and Mary Jo is similar, very loose and sometimes more personally revealing.

In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link

I do follow Rifftrax and yeah, that's a partnership that's been pretty great. (That said, per upthread comments when Mike's more questionable choices blew up again last summer, sometimes you gotta wonder about that family.)

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link

Hmmm.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link

having their own app seems pointless, why not just put it on Shout Factory's thing or even just their Youtube channel?

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link

Yeah the fact that Shout Factory coowns MST3K with Joel is my big sticking point here.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link

I mean, I have multiple sticking points at this point of sticking.

avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link

Well, that too!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link

I suspect I'll do exactly what I did with the last one -- contribute $1 and see what the updates say.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link

The first time around, I definitely gave good.

avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link

the Pluto TV app for Roku has a channel that shows MST3k 24 hours a day year round

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link

My go to when firing that up for background noise while working but I’ve noticed they do seem to be rerunning some of them much more frequently than others. Especially the coiley short.

avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:44 (three years ago) link

Anyway, up and running. Now, who has a spare $25,000?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/makemoremst3k

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link

I’ll take a servo @ 7.5K (i do not have that money)

Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link

You've got kids, make them earn their keep

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link

I do not!

Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link

smh at Ned's .xls error

Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link

Corrupted data. I blame society.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link

Anyway I do appreciate the cost breakdown

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link

Also they're already up to about half a million so I suspect they'll hit their 6.6 million ultimate stretch goal with ease.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link

$25k doesnt include shipping on the various merch rewards, so really its like $25,012.50 - nice try, Joel

nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link

I’m sitting this one out.

In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link

am I blind or is there no confirmation of any of the cast for this?

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link

Well per the video it's the returning SoL Netflix crew at least, and presumably the photo of Oswalt and Day in the promo image confirm them.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link

just seems weird that they want money for a TV show but won't state clearly who is going to be in the TV show. wiggle room I guess.

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link

starring... Shane Gillis and Michael Richards

Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link

Which makes me think of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN84P7OISmc

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link

lost it starting with "Thomas Aquinas!"

sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link

I hope they learn from their mistakes and listen to viewer feedback this time.

wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link

maybe the viewers can feedback via little talking heads at the bottom of the screen

Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link

Interview with Joel here:

https://tv.avclub.com/exclusive-joel-hodgson-says-it-s-time-to-makemoremst3-1846634073

Also they're approaching $1.5 million and it's not even been twelve hours -- for the first time around the day one total was $850,000. This might all be more of a big blowout than we realize!

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 01:39 (three years ago) link

Interesting vibes there. The comment about not having to pitch it to a suit .... I wonder, has anyone from the Netflix era ever indicated anything about the show that was in any way pushed from the Netflix end? Or did the nature of the deal give them creative freedom?

sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 8 April 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link

MST will be an NFT.

In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 8 April 2021 02:07 (three years ago) link

Just what we needed.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link

In terms of the vibe -- Netflix is clearly in a position of not having to answer to anyone about their choices, so no, to my knowledge nothing has surfaced, probably only a bland statement or two. It's worth remembering that the previous Kickstarter got the show filmed and the Netflix deal happened after the season itself was in the can, so it can't have been that Netflix thought they spent too much money on the production straight up, though presumably there was some further deal. I'm sure Shout Factory and Joel were more than a little miffed at the opacity in the end.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 02:18 (three years ago) link

It’s been reported that Netflix finds that seasons beyond the 2nd of their original series generally don’t have a measurable effect on subscriptions iirc

Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 8 April 2021 02:23 (three years ago) link

I thought it was three rather than two? Seems to be a magic number.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link

it is crazy to me that anything at all has any effect on their subscriptions. everyone i know, whatever else they do with their lives, also has netflix. to my knowledge no one ever cancels it or subscribes to it. like the fact that they shovel out content at the pace they do blows my mind because surely they could halve it and experience no measurable drop in income.

sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 8 April 2021 02:55 (three years ago) link

Fun detail -- Jonah is responding to a number of the comments on the Kickstarter page.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 03:12 (three years ago) link

Anyway initial funding goal reached in a little over a day, so I'm guessing $5.5 million will happen when all is said and done.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link


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