I won't get to make it, but I hope that they post the show online for those who can't attend and not as a streamed video for a fee. I'd like to check it out!
The Official and Very Rifftastic Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread
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Had to look up where it was. In case anyone else needs the info...
It is a Fathom event http://fathomevents.com/#event/the-mst3k-reunion-show at participating theaters tomorrow then re-broadcast on Tuesday, July 12. But check your theater for rebroadcast info, not happening everywhere.
It is a Fathom event http://fathomevents.com/#event/the-mst3k-reunion-show at participating theaters tomorrow then re-broadcast on Tuesday, July 12. But check your theater for rebroadcast info, not happening everywhere.
The reunion show was pretty great.
Mary Jo and Bridget had a solo riff for an old '50s house-wife short that was just fantastic. Frank and Trace killed it on an old B&W dating short. Joel and Jonah came out together; Joel was in fine form, but Jonah was obviously very nervous and, as an unfortunate result, his riffing skills suffered.
They had everyone out for two riff-a-paloozas at the end and that was marvelous to behold. One was for a George Reeves Superman episode and it was hilarious. The second riff-a-palooza was that old Rifftrax favorite, At Your Fingertips: Grasses, which they treated like an encore at a concert. If only I had a lighter...
The whole show ran long and everyone seemed to be really enjoying themselves. Fittingly, the audience in attendance there gave more than a few standing ovations. I don't think I could've asked for a better reunion show.
Mary Jo and Bridget had a solo riff for an old '50s house-wife short that was just fantastic. Frank and Trace killed it on an old B&W dating short. Joel and Jonah came out together; Joel was in fine form, but Jonah was obviously very nervous and, as an unfortunate result, his riffing skills suffered.
They had everyone out for two riff-a-paloozas at the end and that was marvelous to behold. One was for a George Reeves Superman episode and it was hilarious. The second riff-a-palooza was that old Rifftrax favorite, At Your Fingertips: Grasses, which they treated like an encore at a concert. If only I had a lighter...
The whole show ran long and everyone seemed to be really enjoying themselves. Fittingly, the audience in attendance there gave more than a few standing ovations. I don't think I could've asked for a better reunion show.
I can't wait for the new series to begin! This is the greatest and most exciting time to be an MST3K fan in almost twenty years! 
The reunion show was pretty great.
Mary Jo and Bridget had a solo riff for an old '50s house-wife short that was just fantastic. Frank and Trace killed it on an old B&W dating short. Joel and Jonah came out together; Joel was in fine form, but Jonah was obviously very nervous and, as an unfortunate result, his riffing skills suffered.
They had everyone out for two riff-a-paloozas at the end and that was marvelous to behold. One was for a George Reeves Superman episode and it was hilarious. The second riff-a-palooza was that old Rifftrax favorite, At Your Fingertips: Grasses, which they treated like an encore at a concert. If only I had a lighter...
The whole show ran long and everyone seemed to be really enjoying themselves. Fittingly, the audience in attendance there gave more than a few standing ovations. I don't think I could've asked for a better reunion show.
Frank and Trace hardly needed to put out an effort - More Dates for Kay, as they mentioned, seemed to be writing its own riffs at times. It was worth it just to have them there. Mary Jo & Bridget were vicious with A Word to the Wives, another RT encore. The New Kid was nervous with Barbers & Beauticians, true, but still some decent chops there. I could tolerate watching him on TV. His most telling blow landed on Joel's (lack of) hair.
The Talking Car... I almost broke a rib laughing. 
You forgot to mention a certain other Rifftrax encore in there, one I found a cute remix of yesterday...
The guys still have it after all these years.
I know I'm late to the party, but I loved Rocketship XM.
"Let's run quickly towards the danger!"
"Dear diary, we're all going to die, but I still got my health. Knock on wood."
Then I think the movie was "Ator."
"So how much keefe is in this movie?"
"Miles O'Keefe"
"Let's run quickly towards the danger!"
"Dear diary, we're all going to die, but I still got my health. Knock on wood."
Then I think the movie was "Ator."
"So how much keefe is in this movie?"
"Miles O'Keefe"
Rocketship X-M was also the very first appearance of TV's Frank! The beginning of the greatest and funniest era of the series.
Official: The MST3K revival is landing at Netflix!
I'm so glad they went this route. Rather than having yet another separate streaming service subscription, it's just going to be added to one I already have.
I'm so glad they went this route. Rather than having yet another separate streaming service subscription, it's just going to be added to one I already have.
Bullet points from a Crave interview with Joel and the new cast (via io9):
Also, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will reprise their roles of Tom Servo & Crow T. Robot for at least the first episode, but either we're meeting a new generation of Bots or the two will get damaged and require new voices because Hampton Yount and Baron Vaughn will also be providing Bot voices in this series. Mary Jo Pehl will also appear as Pearl Forrester (to tutor new Mads Felicia Day & Patton Oswalt?)
- The show will air in early 2017.
- The movies will be entirely from the 60's, 70's and 80's, and one from the 90's. We can expect standard MST3K fare, but because of the way people watch television now, they have gone for movies that have widescreen prints and are in somewhat better condition. (so not as many scratches, bad sound, etc.) The widescreen-only thing probably also means no more made-for-TV movies and stitched together TV episodes.
- Continuity-wise, the show will continue on as season 11. It’s not a reboot or going to pretend the other previous seasons didn’t happen, or that there have been 3 other hosts we didn’t see between Mike and Jonah, in case anyone was worried about that sort of thing.
- The Invention Exchange will be back.
- Jonah will work for Gizmonic Institute.
- Jonah will have a slightly different dynamic with the bots than Mike and Joel did. According to Jonah, the bots have decided they don’t like him and are just going to wait until they send up the next guy.
- Tom Servo will still sing.
- There will be classic callbacks. (As Jonah says, sometimes you see a karate chop, and you just have to say “Hi-keeba!”)
Also, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will reprise their roles of Tom Servo & Crow T. Robot for at least the first episode, but either we're meeting a new generation of Bots or the two will get damaged and require new voices because Hampton Yount and Baron Vaughn will also be providing Bot voices in this series. Mary Jo Pehl will also appear as Pearl Forrester (to tutor new Mads Felicia Day & Patton Oswalt?)
Yeah, I'm glad it's not a cold reboot of the franchise taking things back to the very beginning. From the earliest rumors that a new series was happening I was hoping it'd be a continuation of the existing continuity and that any new host aboard the Satellite of Love would be the linear successor to both Joel Robinson and Mike Nelson. Once it was announced that Felicia Day would be playing a Forrester and that Patton Oswalt was going to be "TV's Son of TV's Frank" I knew this wasn't a reboot but a continuation of the series with new actors.
How am I just now finding this thread?
I rented "This Island Earth" in the late 90s. Not sure I remember why--you see kids, back in the 20th century mankind would have to put on pants and flip-flops and drive to the video store if we wanted to watch anything other than Sam Waterston "Law & Order" reruns for 14 consecutive hours on A&E--maybe the video store had already rented out both copies of The English Patient so I had to browse. I enjoyed it, but didn't get into the show until Saturday morning reruns in the early 2000s.
I love the S8/9/10 cast. They just kept getting better and better at what they were doing.
The overall best run was the end of season 8 - Space Mutiny, Time Chasers and Overdrawn at the Memory Bank back to back to back. That's better than a phone sex threesome with Tea Leoni and Angie Harmon.
A few favs:
"He comes from a long line of Greidanuses."
The handles are magnetized.
And if your hands were made of metal, that would mean something.
"This is my winter tank top."
"I think it's very nice of you to give that dead woman another chance!"
"I have my doubts this movie is 'starring' anyone."
"This scene was lit by an Itty Bitty Book Light."
Good to have you in the thread, ThankQ! Glad you found it!
Actually, I just noticed it, too. I backed the Kickstarter and I just got my free stuff a couple of weeks ago. 
I really love this whole crowd-funding concept. It really has the potential to change the nature of popular culture.
I really love this whole crowd-funding concept. It really has the potential to change the nature of popular culture.
It was an odd choice to have the captain look like Santa Claus.
