Mystery Science Theater 3000 2015 kickstarter

[robn1]

Don't worry about Patton he's great, I can see him stepping in for Frank.

 

[CharlesHouse]

I came to post the Patton thing. He is fantastic, and this will be wonderful.

 

[KrangPrime]

3.3 million mark past...

I wonder if joel remembered he promised something old released? I thought he might be talking about access to the KTMA episodes ;o).

 

[Solo4114]

Oh, you can get those already. And anything Joel has is probably in about the same condition as what you can find in general, unless he has access to the old masters (which, having likely been shot on videotape, probably aren't too much better).

 

[KrangPrime]

I only have one episode, million eyes, from when I bought my crow. I've never seen another episode yet elsewhere..but I havn't been looking.

the riffs are MUCH slower paced (which is nice, cause it gives you time to hear the movie abit).. it took a LONG while to get used to the original servo voice, but now I kind of like it.
I also like Dr.F's old assisant. a bit more lively than TV's frank.

 

[Solo4114]

I have all the available KTMA episodes on DVD (fan made). Check out the MST3K Digital Archive Project, and just go have a look on youtube.

Frankly, I find the slow riffing to make many of the episodes a LOT harder to get through, and I think Erhard (J.Elvis Weinstein in real life) wasn't quite ready for prime time when he did the show. He's MUCH funnier now, and does a hell of an Elvis Costello impression. One of my favorite memories from my first Cinematic Titanic show was him playing Watching the Detectives on bass, with Gruber assisting him. It was really, really good!

 

[AnubisGuard]

Oh, you can get those already. And anything Joel has is probably in about the same condition as what you can find in general, unless he has access to the old masters (which, having likely been shot on videotape, probably aren't too much better).

Not the first three episodes. There are no fan recordings of those and no one has seen them since they first aired 27 years ago. If those are what Joel is going to release, it's a pretty big deal.

 

[Solo4114]

Not the first three episodes. There are no fan recordings of those and no one has seen them since they first aired 27 years ago. If those are what Joel is going to release, it's a pretty big deal.

Oh, yeah, but I thought those were completely lost to time and nobody had those. Like, not the station, not Joel, not anyone. If that's what he's releasing, you're right. That's huge.

 

[AnubisGuard]

Word is Jim Mallon has the maser tapes for them. Given that Mallon sold out his share, it's not unreasonable to think that Shout! Factory and Joel now have them instead.

 

[Cephus]

Not the first three episodes. There are no fan recordings of those and no one has seen them since they first aired 27 years ago. If those are what Joel is going to release, it's a pretty big deal.

Those are the only ones not available and from what I understand, the originals no longer exist. Of course, we were told the original pilot didn't exist either and we eventually got Green Slime, at least the parts of it they made as a promo for KTMA, so who knows?

 

[Treadwell]

It's entirely possible the masters exist. People only started thinking they didn't because the eps don't exist in the trading world. But that's only because no one was recording the show on VHS yet in those first weeks; it has nothing to do with what broadcast masters are on the shelf.

 

[KrangPrime]

latest short update claims joel has more surprises left to try and help spur this to 5.5 million. I have no doubt they'll make 4.4 million. I DO have serious doubts they'll reach the full 5.5 thought. it's slowed down SIGNIFICANTLY since it started.

for a first time kickstarter, joel knows how to run this thing smoothly. it's almost like he planned it all out ;o).

 

[KrangPrime]

they passed 4.4 million. I knew they'd get that far at least.. I don't think they'll be a ble to make 5.5 million in time though....

Merlins shop of Mystical wonders is one of those Good movie on it's own things we talked about earlier. I kind of liked that one. looks like some care was put into it.

I don't know how I feel about all this LA talent being brought into the franchise. LA is not the center of the world, like some people like to think it is. The fact that it was in MIN gave it a bit of soul and charm and largely unknown actors and performers was part of the fun...cause you knew they'd be up for anything.

god I hope it all works out. But I hope Mark Hamil is doing a new bot ;o).

 

[Solo4114]

I donated $100. I'm not at all worried about the "LA" thing. I'm at peace with the notion that the old days have passed, and this will be something new. Familiar, but new. I'm eager to see what they put together.

 

[KrangPrime]

I donated far too much, and I bought the 87 episode turkey day deal ;o). at least i'll getmy name in the credits ;o)

actually, having just seen the live promo now.. I think jonah needs to be voicing tom and tom voice needs to be the host. maybe they should switch 'em ;o).

 

[Jeyl]

Merlins shop of Mystical wonders is one of those Good movie on it's own things we talked about earlier. I kind of liked that one. looks like some care was put into it.

Gah! I wish Shout Factory would release that episode on DVD. The Rhino DVD for some reason toned down the brightness so much that Mike and the Bots disappear during the opening title and the "I'm Tinker Bell! No, I'm Tinker Bell!". The transfer they used for the stream was perfect.

Also... I'm going for the signed poster. My name in the credits as well! Was a bit disappointed in the USB Flash Drives being 8gig so no big care there.

 

[Jeyl]

Oh my god. We're 95% with 10 hours to go.

 

[Jeyl]

Boom! 5 million!

 

[AnubisGuard]

They're doing huge numbers today. With the mst3k.com add-on purchases factored in, we're only $75k from 5.5 million.

 

[Jeyl]

5,077,156

That's it! We've got a full season! 400k more and we'll have 13!