MST3K Returns!

[Specium Ray]

[H-Man]

[O.Supreme]

^ I wonder if...as in the old days, they could procure a print of the AIPTV G vs Monster X?

[lhb412]

[Benjamin Haines]

[lhb412]

^That is my biggest question for the new series. Without commercials, what reason is there for the host segments?

I love the idea of old commercials or another conceit, but maybe it can have a mechanical reason, like the air has to be flushed out of the theater every twenty minutes or so.

[Reaper G]

There were host segments in "MST3K: The Movie" and on the Film Crew releases. I'm sure they'll be worked in.

[lhb412]

^In The Movie the two host segments were caused by a break in the film and an escape attempt (and, in a deleted host segment - which would've been the best scene in the movie - a meteor shower).

[O.Supreme]

Also, "This Island Earth" was pretty heavily edited, I *think* almost 20 minutes were cut...not sure why. Again, hopefully the Netflix format will lend itself to showing the films in their entirety.

[lhb412]

^The studio was responsible. They wanted the movie shorter and wanted less obscure references. The deleted scenes are on the Blu-Ray (sadly only on VHS quality), and the deleted scenes from This Island Earth are there and riffed - including the beginning of a running gag that makes no sense in the completed film (the joke that Cal always breaks things).

[GFan]

GREAT list of movies! Seven films on that list I own and are classic cheese ripe for the MST3k treatment!

One film on the list I've known about after chatting with Joel Hodgson at a meet-and-greet last year (I had the pleasure of finding/suggesting movies for Cinematic Titanic years back). So I'd say the list is very likely accurate.

Between the new season of MST3k coming soon and SHIN GODZILLA I'm about as happy as a fanboy can be.

[Henry88]

just passing along the info,a cache of the list.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=au

[lhb412]

Turkey Day coming up, and I've been watching some classic episodes. Watching Hercules and the Captive Women right now and there's a scene at a beach that was immediately familiar to me: it's where they filmed the Talos sequence in Jason and the Argonauts!

[O.Supreme]

I was happy to see the MST3K reunion show will be released on DVD by Rifftrax this coming Friday. I had several friends who were unable to go. I'm glad I'll be able to enjoy this many more times. Also Lists of December releases are starting to be published for Netflix, no MST Was hoping to watch in December.

[Specium Ray]

[lhb412]

BTW: last kickstarter update says episodes are now in post and will probably be complete by the end of January.

I wonder if they'll hold off on the Christmas special until next November or so?

[lhb412]

Turkey Day has started (well, it's a pre-show of DVD extras right now, but soon...) !

[lhb412]

Joel's Black Friday surprise: the long lost first two KTMA episodes!

They've been automatically bundled with the bonus episodes gotten when you made a Kickstarter pledge.

[O.Supreme]

I guess I'm a bit unconventional. None of those I would consider even in my personal top 10, well maybe Pumaman & Pod People but... Manos...I dont get all the love, and would Mitchell be all that popular if it weren't Joel's last episode? Just watched Final Sacrifice a couple of weeks ago. i still don't get whats so hilarious about its riffing? I guess I am partial in that it is easier for me to find the humor in movies I am familiar with, but if I've never heard of them prior to MST, then my interest isn't as great. Giant Monsters, aliens etc... are all preferred to me over just "bad movies" in general, that's why I was relieved when seeing the presumed lineup of the new season.

[Reaper G]

Your mileage may vary. "Manos" I wouldn't rate among my favorites riff-wise, but it's such a weird, poorly-made, no-budget film that they can claim to having discovered. "Final Sacrifice" though, is an ep where I think they were so spot-on with the riffing on a movie that gave them so much to work with, primarily the cast (Troy, Rowsdower, Pipper, Garth Vader) and a chance to goof on Canada in general. And while "Mitchell" is most famous as Joel's farewell, the riffing is excellent on that one, too, much to Joe Don Baker's chagrin.

[lhb412]

^Yeah, Final Sacrifice is an all-time classic, Manos is iconic for the film itself, and Pod People... well, it strikes a cord with people. It may not even be in the top-five riffing wise for that season, but Trumpy the character and the terrific (musical!) host segments make for a great package.

As for what kind of movies I like to be riffed: I think they all provide interesting stuff. I dig the '40s-'60s "juvenile delinquent" films, for example. I hope we can get more '60s Bond rip-offs and Italian sword-and-sandal movies in further seasons. The Russian fantasy/fairy tale films I think are legitimately awesome and if someone put out a Blu-Ray set of the movies un-riffed I'd scoop it up.

I think these cheesy movies often give us a better window into the eras they were made, which is fascinating. Just sticking to the 'classics' provides a perhaps over-curated window to the past.

[O.Supreme]

My favorites have been pretty much all the Sandy Frank films from season 3, The two Godzilla films which concluded Season 2 (of course), Pretty much all of season 7, though it was short, it had some pretty epic films, and anything from Universal in the Sci-Fi Channel era, as well as Prince of Space & Invasion of the Neptune Men (see I am partial to Japanese films and anything with Monsters or Aliens) . Oh and the Colossal Man/Beast duology. If the list posted earlier turns out to be true, I will be thrilled, and these new episodes cannot come fast enough. I'm thinking especially with the holiday themed episodes the goal was originally to have them out in December. I hope there are no issues in post-production that will delay them for very much longer. *hoping* in about a months time to hear news about a early 2017 release.

[Specium Ray]

[Reaper G]

I think part of the "Manos" mythos lies in Forrester and Frank actually sympathizing with Joel & the Bots for the movie they inflicted on them.

[O.Supreme]

A friend just brought to my attention Amazon Prime added a few new Rifftrax. Enjoy!