Wow.

I never thought I would type those letters in that order, at least not in reference to MST3K.

I was thinking about it earlier today and in the intervening years I've consumed Mike and Kevin's books, Cinematic Titanic, Rifftrax and all the other ancillary projects.

I went to a Master Pancake live show with Mary Jo Pehl as a guest.

I started seeking out other bad movie podcasts: How Did This Get Made, We Hate Movies, The Flop House.

I spent last Sunday riffing Super Inframan and eating pizza with friends.

My life is so much more than it was in 1999, but still at the core there's MST3K. It always has been and it always will be.

Anyway the first new episode drops for Kickstarter backers tonight, so I will post my reactions in a few hours. I mean I'm going to spoil it now and say I'm probably going to love it.

But still I thought I'd go ahead and get the glory of the first post. Sometimes it's worth waiting nearly two decades for a joke.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "I was going to make this the 'official episode discussion thread' -- but that's a Reddit thing, and this is Usenet (kinda)"

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If I don't reply to this Bart Fargo post, the terroists win.

I started seeking out other bad movie podcasts: How Did This
Get Made, We Hate Movies, The Flop House.

I would also offer up Medium Popcorn (as long as you have a decent
tolerance for the N-Word).

--
My name is Freezer and my anti-drug is porn. http://mst3kfreezer.livejournal.com/
@allhailfreezer

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Not to spoil anything, but 1101 was perfection.

Everything the old show was only this time it's in high definition.

...and there are 13 more episodes where that came from. Hot damn.

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Update: it was perfection. Everything the old show was but more ...and in high definition.

There are 13 more episodes. I'm going to have to pace myself.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard while sober."

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I will check it out, since it appears to be the -ga variation not the -er version.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "Wu tang clan ain't nothin to fudge with!"

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:20:04 -0700 (PDT), Bart Fargo
<collincannaday@gmail.com> wrote:

Update: it was perfection. Everything the old show was but more ...and in high definition.

There are 13 more episodes. I'm going to have to pace myself.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard while sober."

Does anyone know if they plan to eventually release the new MST3K
episodes on DVD or Blu-ray?

I was strongly considering signing up for Netflix just to watch the
new episodes, but then Comcast did their "Watchathon" week which
included free Netflix and I realized that 99% of their content is
either stuff I have absolutely no interest in watching or have already
seen a dozen times. I'm really annoyed that they didn't have
"Watchathon" one week later to overlap with the new MST3Ks.

Maybe once all the new MST3Ks are available, I'll sign up for the one
month Netflix trial membership, watch 'em all and then drop it. But
if the epsiodes are eventually going to come out on physical discs,
I'll buy those instead.

-- Bob

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If you go to the backerkit page, you can pre-order the blu-ray/DVD set even if you didn't donate to the original kickstarter.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "Can't wait to watch it on my PS7"

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On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 3:20:05 AM UTC-4, Bart Fargo wrote:

Update: it was perfection. Everything the old show was but more ...and in high definition.

You could tell they put a lot of work into it, and it paid off! I'm not sure if they've ever riffed "quick-cutting" as well as this. (Does anyone know if the director went on to work on DANISH MUSIC VIDEOS? :-)).

At least a couple of people from the old show are involved (PAUL CHAPLIN got a writing credit!) Does anyone have a comprehensive list?

That woman at the beginning looked familiar -- eventually I realized she was Erin Gray, and I had seen her at one of the GATEWAY CONs (St. Louis)! Perhaps she was MSTified around that time :-).

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
#IsItTooEarlyToSayREPTILICUS?

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At least a couple of people from the old show are involved (PAUL CHAPLIN got a writing credit!) Does anyone have a comprehensive list?

So until IMDB is updated:

Head writer:
Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show, The Flop House)

Written by:
Harold Buchholz (Producer)
Paul Chaplin (MST3K Vet)
Storm Diconstanzo (LearningTown, Dispicable Me 2)
Tammy Golden (Couldn't find anything, sorry Tammy)
Dan Harmon (Community, Harmontown)

Joel Hodgson (Never heard of him)
Lesley Kinzel (former editor: xojane.com)
Matt Oswalt (All That!)
Jonah Ray (Nerdist, Jonah Radio)

Mary Robinson (see Tammy Golden)
Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty)
Paul Sabourin (Learningtown, Despicable Me 2)
Baron Vaughn (Comedy Bang! Bang!, your local Tom Servo)
Hampton Yount (Eric Andre Show, Ridiculousness and Crooooow!)

So yeah, it's a mix of old and new but Elliott Kalan is a confessed MST3K superfan and host of one of the better bad movie podcasts. It goes without saying the show is in safe hands.

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-mst3k-episodes-ranked-netflix

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On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 11:07:17 AM UTC-5, Doug Elrod wrote:

At least a couple of people from the old show are involved (PAUL CHAPLIN got a writing credit!) Does anyone have a comprehensive list?

So until IMDB is updated:

Head writer:
Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show, The Flop House)

Written by:
Harold Buchholz (Producer)
Paul Chaplin (MST3K Vet)
Storm Diconstanzo (LearningTown, Dispicable Me 2)
Tammy Golden (Couldn't find anything, sorry Tammy)
Dan Harmon (Community, Harmontown)

Joel Hodgson (Never heard of him)
Lesley Kinzel (former editor: xojane.com)
Matt Oswalt (All That!)
Jonah Ray (Nerdist, Jonah Radio)

Mary Robinson (see Tammy Golden)
Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty)
Paul Sabourin (Learningtown, Despicable Me 2)
Baron Vaughn (Comedy Bang! Bang!, your local Tom Servo)
Hampton Yount (Eric Andre Show, Ridiculousness and Crooooow!)

So yeah, it's a mix of old and new but Elliott Kalan is a confessed MST3K superfan and host of one of the better bad movie podcasts. It goes without saying the show is in safe hands.

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-mst3k-episodes-ranked-netflix

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "It also explains all the singing"

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If I don't reply to this Bart Fargo <collincannaday@gmail.com>
post, the terroists win.

Update: it was perfection. Everything the old show was but
more ...and in high definition.

There are 13 more episodes. I'm going to have to pace myself.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "I can't remember the
last time I laughed that hard while sober."

Having seen it and half of Ep. 2, My one complaint is one I've had
with most post-MST3K 1.0 riffing shows: They try and cram every
riff they can think of, regardless of timing or if they flow
together or not. In the two eps so far, they only do it in the
early parts of the movie (that I've noticed) so it hasn't gone past
pet peeve status, but it's there.

Otherwise, yeah. It feels like home. If they moved "home" to the
moon, at any rate.

--
My name is Freezer and my anti-drug is porn. http://mst3kfreezer.livejournal.com/
@allhailfreezer

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I was bothered by the staccato delivery as well, then I ate most of a pizza and washed it down with a nice Belgian style tripel and now I'm cool with it. Funny how that works.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "America: It seemed like a good idea at the time..." -- Cry Wilderness

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On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 23:24:57 -0700 (PDT), Bart Fargo
<collincannaday@gmail.com> wrote:

If you go to the backerkit page, you can pre-order the blu-ray/DVD set even if you didn't donate to the original kickstarter.

Thanks. I bookmarked it:

https://mst3k.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Once I figure out how to talk the wife into letting me spend $100 on a
DVD set, I'll order it.

-- Bice

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Just one question: when Gypsy is in the theater, what is she delivering
/ picking up?

--
"All things extant in this world,
Gods of Heaven, gods of Earth,
Let everything be as it should be;
Thus shall it be!"
- Magical chant from "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"

"Drizzle, Drazzle, Drozzle, Drome,
Time for this one to come home!"
- Mr. Wizard from "Tooter Turtle"

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On Monday, April 17, 2017 at 12:51:28 PM UTC-4, Frank J. Lhota wrote:

Just one question: when Gypsy is in the theater, what is she delivering
/ picking up?

I'm guessing that's the "McGuffin". Naturally there's a big demand for it/them in Hollywood, and the Dark Side of the Moon has some natural deposits... Who knew?

Of course, I could be wrong. In which case, my second guess is, naturally, MEXICAN STOPLIGHT CANDY :-).

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
P.S. Y'know, a Tank-of-Eels makes a pretty good COMIC RELIEF detector!

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On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 10:20:35 PM UTC-4, Freezer wrote:

Having seen it and half of Ep. 2, My one complaint is one I've had
with most post-MST3K 1.0 riffing shows: They try and cram every
riff they can think of, regardless of timing or if they flow
together or not. In the two eps so far, they only do it in the
early parts of the movie (that I've noticed) so it hasn't gone past
pet peeve status, but it's there.

I didn't notice it so much in 1102 (Spoiler: Cry Wilderness). Of course, this one is more of a Burroughs-esque assemblange than the proto-music-video feel of Reptilicus. Given how *odd* "Cry Wilderness" was, I wonder if there's a story behind it. If
it were in the Doctor Strange universe, I would say it was happening in the DIORAMA DIMENSION! ;-)

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
P.S. Given the way they filmed this, I'm starting to suspect even "DRAGNET".... Maybe the Jack Webb/Harry Morgan scenes really WERE shot in two different studios! :-)

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I think the third episode may be the funniest yet of the new series. All the movies have been LAUGHABLE, but I think I laughed more at the *jokes* in this one ;-). And, who knew that John Hoyt had such a lovely decolletage? :-)

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
#IsItTooEarlyToSayTheTimeTravelers?

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The more I think about "The Time Travellers" the more I like it. Varno has an amazing Doug Exeter vibe that makes the whole episode amazing. This is highlighted by the host segment where 'Varno' stops by to talk to Jonah in one of the classic "Let's talk
to space weirdos" style sketches.

Bart Fargo -- MSTie#79650 -- Who Says: "You have to tell me if you're a cop right?"

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Doug Elrod <dre1@alum.mit.edu> writes:

I didn't notice it so much in 1102 (Spoiler: Cry Wilderness). Of
course, this one is more of a Burroughs-esque assemblange than the proto-music-video feel of Reptilicus.

No, it's 1103 that has the Burroughs-esque assemblage: http://starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=45#100

--
Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org> <http://offog.org/>

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On Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 9:00:04 AM UTC-5, Adam Sampson wrote:

Doug Elrod <dre1@alum.mit.edu> writes:

I didn't notice it so much in 1102 (Spoiler: Cry Wilderness). Of
course, this one is more of a Burroughs-esque assemblange than the proto-music-video feel of Reptilicus.

No, it's 1103 that has the Burroughs-esque assemblage: http://starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=45#100

Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org> <http://offog.org/>

Ah! I just wonder if those two B205's had the same SERIAL NUMBER! (which would be an IRONY OF TIME TRAVEL, I guess ;-)).

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)

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