Were there any details about the 14th, is it special in any way like 13?
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: On April 14th, We've Got Movie Sign
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Were there any details about the 14th, is it special in any way like 13?
DrForester
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No. It came off as a totally spur of the moment thing when Joel announced it.
ElectricBlanketFire
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I can't believe how calm he was during the technical difficulties aka the entire telethon.
I would have had a panic attack.
DrForester
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The internet rolling with it, combined with Oswalt pretty much salvaging the whole thing until most the bugs got worked out helped a lot.
stolen from twitter:
Is this part on Youtube somewhere? The telethon link only goes up to the ape doing standup
superdeluxe
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Man if you look at the kicktraq the last 24 hours was insane. I thought they had zero shot at the 5.7 Veronica Mars KS record (without add ins)
But they added more than a thousand backers in the final hour and 15 minutes
But they added more than a thousand backers in the final hour and 15 minutes
DrForester
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Skiptastic
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Gamera vs. Guiron.
Best answer. There's some others with movies geared towards kids. Jack Frost maybe? Fairy tale stuff like that.
In that spirit, Jet Jaguar and the Godzilla ones would be good too.
DrForester
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Jack Frost would probably be excellent as it does have a bit of a Disney Fairy Tale vibe to it.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The dubbing if a little off and some of the cultural stuff doesn't translate, but Jack Frost is probably one of the best movies they riffed.
The riff is top tier, too.
The riff is top tier, too.
bigwinnerx
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I started at $0, went to $75, then $200, then sobered up and ended at $100. What a rollercoaster of emotions!
Felicia's stream is also watchable here
Trying to figure out if I can rip it, I think I need that Dana Gould as Gaius as Shatner singing Santa Claus is Coming To Town in convenient video form and I think that was something where the official stream skipped stuff.
I think the $100 - $200 tiers have become a great value with the addition of the 2 new episodes, I was all in on the Blu-Ray set as soon as 9 episodes seemed to be a sure thing so I'm over the moon right now. It'll be nice to have a new MST3K t-shirt to bum around the house in on the weekends too.
I was near day one backer at $200 as I'm a sucker for physical media. I did consider rolling back if it looked like we were only going to hit 6 episodes, but I ended up bumping to $300 for that signed poster and threw the coffee table book on top of it all. My roommate considered the Chicago movie tickets one, but it was out of both our price ranges.
That would have been a blast to go to.
Damn, I missed that. I love Dana Gould. I need to track that bit down.
Here you go
On a night full of surreal performances, his was probably the most.
Edit: In a later chat with Joel, he mentioned that it was a sort-of followup to a skit he did a little while back in which he played Gaius playing Mark Twain. I'm fairly sure this is that.
That is what happened for Season Six.
BattleMonkey
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Eh the funds were given by fans to make the new MST3K, thats where the money belongs
ElectricBlanketFire
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Seriously. I need a new episode right now.
There are no words. Totally brilliant.
Fair enough. I'm just desperate for a release of Riding with Death because of the smoldering sexiness that is Ben Murphy.
ElectricBlanketFire
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If a mod could kindly change the thread title to:
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter Breaks Records: We like it very much!
Thank you!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter Breaks Records: We like it very much!
Thank you!
No need for that, Shout has still been negotiating rights for classic episodes and still consistently release 12 episodes per year.
After Vol. 35 comes out in the spring, there will only be 26 unreleased episodes, and I'm sure we'll see at least 20 of them eventually.
Whatever happens after Vol. 36 in the summer will be interesting - I could see Shout start doing sets that are half classic and half season 11 to buy extra time for negotiating rights to the last handful of classic episodes (and forcing a double dip of season 11 for a lot of people in the process)
BattleMonkey
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They also got to keep putting out the old volume repacks that are now OOP. Only done Vol 1 so far.
Alternate suggestion: Internet, you can do magic things!
You're so stupid.
ElectricBlanketFire
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I considered it but couldn't fit the title in.
plagiarize
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So long as they deliver on the promised 14 episodes and rewards, they can do whatever else they want with any extra money, including throwing a giant cocaine party. This is how kickstarter works.
...although probably the smart thing to do is to keep the excess as a backup fund for anything unforseen. When the episodes are done, of course, then the floodgates can open
...But cocaine party!
Now my actual comment. The past month has been so exciting, and I spent so much time compulsively checking the Kickstarter total that I don't really know what to do with myself now that it's over. I was hoping to tear into the classic package that I purchased, but it looks like that won't be ready for another few days at least. :/
Hella Lugosi
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My earliest memories of MST3K were seeing it on Sunday mornings whenever I got to skip church due to being sick. I was too young to understand most of the humor but the image of the old movies and the silhouette of the characters was familiar and comforting.
crackhead_bob
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Any chance Shout Factory will do full season box sets or individual episodes? It seems so arbitrary that they pack 3 or 4 episodes into each volume? It's so 1980's, similar to what Time Life would do when they would release individual episodes of Star Trek for $19.99 a piece.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I like to think they ran the ship like Frank Zappa ran the Mothers.
1) Most seasons have over 20 episodes. How much would you be willing to pay for a collection of 20 episodes?
2) It would be hard, to the point of practically impossible, to negotiate all the rights to the movies featured in a season at the same time. And some movies they will probably never, ever get the rights to.
I imagine they would have... The MST brand of comedy calls for much care.
It may be theoretically possible, but its very unlikely that they'll be able to obtain the rights to every episode, so that means certain seasons will always be incomplete. Season 2 comes to mind in particular with Godzilla. Shout has been great at cutting through red tape but I think that is one episode that we'll never see an official release of.
The rights costs make it prohibitively expensive, the consumer is essentially paying for the movie AND the episode, probably one of the most expensive TV series to collect on DVD. Even if they somehow make prices more reasonable I'd think the larger seasons would still be $150-$200 msrp and most of the people who would want the series on physical media already have a sizable collection, making it a very expensive and unrealistic double dip for many.
ElectricBlanketFire
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UPDATE
Nothing new really other than they are now figuring out where MST3K will call home.
Joel also confirmed we will see new MST3K next year.
Another update expected tomorrow or Wednesday.
Nothing new really other than they are now figuring out where MST3K will call home.
Joel also confirmed we will see new MST3K next year.
Joel said:
Another update expected tomorrow or Wednesday.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Denvers dinosaur hotel gives $40k to Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot
Still no update from Joel. I think he's fled the country.
Denver Post said:
Still no update from Joel. I think he's fled the country.
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