BattleMonkey
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: On April 14th, We've Got Movie Sign
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ElectricBlanketFire
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My my my my money.Sigh....
Cheesemeister
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They're a la carte options to choose now, and are billed immediately, separately from the Kickstarter pledge. Some aren't available with pledges.
http://mst3k.com/kickstarter/addons
Ha, nvm then, those are crazy expensive on top of pledging.
Yeah, it's great. Given that most of the list of writers are guest writers who will work on an episode or two each tops, it doesn't seem like too many cooks in the kitchen by any means. I'm sure they'll be able to find a consistent voice amongst the staff writers while the guests throw something unique into the mix each time.
Same here.Sigh....
Th excitment is contagious. The promise of new songs, the encouraging writers.. even them playing one of my favorite episodes last night (Gypsy's "Are You Happy" song! Yes! ❤️❤️❤️
- they're pushing my buttons. That, and Joel is one of the very few entertainment persons on this planet whom I trust. I havent been to a movie in years, can't tell you the difference between most pop stars, don't have cable.. but this here is still right up my alley, and worth the splurge.(I might have to actually start paying some attention to pop culture if I want to catch more jokes though. I hope they still make occasional reference to classic old movies. "Don't talk about our son, Martha..")
Michael F. Assbender
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It just won't be MST3K. It'll be Joel's Hollywood pals making jokes. I think I finally get where Trace and Frank are coming from after this latest update.
I'm out.
Is it weird that I'm most excited about the creative team behind rick and morty and dana gould coming to guest write? Huge fan of both Rick and Morty and Dana Gould.
yes it will
Yeah, I can't believe Paul Haggis, JJ Abrams and David O Russell are going to be involved with the writing on this show. I'm sure it will be inside baseball all day long. What's next, a Tom Cruise cameo?
Good grief.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
You do realize that "Joel's Hollywood pals" are guest writers working on one or two episodes each, right? And the rest of the normal writing room will still be there? They're contributors.
But it just won't be MST3K without frank and trace!
Just like seasons 7-10 weren't MST3K.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Those are guest contributors.
Here are the main writers:
Joel said:
Folksy enough for you?
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I never thought I'd see the day when getting the people behind Rick and Morty to help write some new MST3K episodes would be spun as a bad thing.
Yet here we fucking are.
Yet here we fucking are.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Seriously. I could go through and compile a list of writers who worked on classic MST3K that 90% of people wouldn't be able to identify as someone who worked on the show. The writing room wasn't just the MST crew we know. There were plenty of others over the years (hell, if Trace hadn't left the show, Bill would have been one of those others). And those writers had just as much, if not more, influence on MST3K as Joel's "Hollywood pals" will.
The only difference is that Joel's pals are already well known for certain things. Does that make them bad for some reason?
Skiptastic
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Indeed. I knew who Felicia Day was but haven't really seen her in anything. Never even heard of Jonah before the intro videos (at least, not to my knowledge).
I'm perfectly fine with both.
I love their spread. What was awesome about the old MST3K is how, no matter what your interest were, there is bound to be a "nerdy" joke that only someone like you would get. I was constantly impressed by the way MST3K could transition from joking about hardcore nerd PC games one moment, then mock baseball another, then go into film history moments later.
These writers will ensure they can hit many different areas.
EDIT: In fact, that is precisely why MST3K is such a rewatchable show. It's pretty much impossible to get every joke in one sitting. You need to be very well read across a ton of subjects to get every joke in MST3K. It's made rewatching the show constantly hilarious, because every time I watch it, there's a new joke I get.
Plot twist: they all live in Hollywood!
djplaeskool
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This is a great point.
Getting back into MST3K after many years and rewatching even some of my favorite shows, I'm shocked by just how much more I "get" nowadays. They're so dense that it has just gotten funnier.
I wonder if Mary Jo Pehl is coming back, she's a long time writer for the show (since like season 3-4) and she's been open to basically every riffing project thus far, including both CT and Rifftrax. She's been really quiet about all this, unlike Mike, Kevin, Bill, Trace, and Frank. I really hope she comes back, because she's an incredibly funny woman. I was lucky enough to interview her in Austin, Tx for a project back in college.
I wonder if, with their latest update showing a new design for Professor Bobo, if that is basically confirming a Kevin Murphy guest shot.
If he does indeed come back, I hope they get him into the theater somehow, just like how Trace and Frank and Pearl all got at least one shot of riffing in the theater.
If he does indeed come back, I hope they get him into the theater somehow, just like how Trace and Frank and Pearl all got at least one shot of riffing in the theater.
Sigh....
Welcome to the big leagues.
Fire up some pizza rolls while you're waiting.
-ImaginaryInsider
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I think it's clear Dan Harmon being a "guest writer" is a ploy, he's obviously trying to do a 7th stealth season of Community using MST3K, thankfully Trace and Frank saw through all this to protect the one true MST3K franchise, not Joel's shiny new Kardasian version.
When Crow talks like Abed in the première episode, I know I'll be vindicated.
When Crow talks like Abed in the première episode, I know I'll be vindicated.
plagiarize
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What could be more Hollywood (and of course, everyone knows Hollywood is a bad thing! look at how terribly the movie turned out! it didn't feel remotely like MST3K) than Rick and Morty?
I hope the sarcasm doesn't need spelling out.
ElectricBlanketFire
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I cleaned up the writer/crew portion of the OP, which at this point reads like a fever dream, to add some clarity on the subject.
Cool. Cool, cool, cool.
ElectricBlanketFire
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YEAH! CHAMPAGNE!
with this commercial playing in the background
http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/9470/you-are-watching-the-scifi-channel-promo
plagiarize
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That sketch by Brett 2D Bean sure looks like it has Pearl in it, behind Kinga. I <3 Mary Jo, so I hope she at least cameos and interacts with Art at least one last time.
Six seasons and a MOVIE SIGN!
That's what I've thought, too. But it could also just be Kinga with her hair back...
plagiarize
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She could also just be there for reference, since Kinga is her granddaughter and all...
I think this is the reference photo used for it or close to it:
ElectricBlanketFire
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Did you...have this ready to go in the event of an emergency?
It's okay if you did.
There's interesting fine print if you look closely mentioning it as a puppet - it seems a human would wear the loader suit (hence the slightly odd proportions) with a black-backed window in the middle containing a puppet Bobo. A bit like Krang, thinking about it!
Eyes are notably different between the two (although all the skulls are giving me something of an Elmyra about it all, as well!). It may well be reference, though.
So, apparently there's one last batch of announcements tomorrow. Now, I don't want to put two and two together and make five, buuut... I must admit, I'm itching for it a little. Old cast would be a logical choice to make as the last big announcement to build enthusiasm for a final push.
superdeluxe
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Thats exactly where it needs to be..not a 'sure' thing, but if people feel like they got involved they can push the needle from possible to lock.
superdeluxe
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peace out.
plagiarize
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Nope. I just did a google image search for Mary Jo Pehl and saw that in the first few hits. Spoiler alert, that's how concept artists generally grab reference images too
ElectricBlanketFire
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Nope. I just did a google image search for Mary Jo Pehl and saw that in the first few hits. Spoiler alert, that's how concept artists generally grab reference images too
Just joshin.
I think part of it is that they're trying to show the appeal to networks to try and get this back on television not just for one season
But taking 35 or 40 days instead of 30 doesn't really change the message that much. It's already close to be the most funded movie/tv project if I remember right.
Joel said in one of the last updates that he'd made offers to everyone but they all turned it down, for now at least.
I'm guessing the final push (or least part of it) will be the lost KTMA episodes.
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