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scionofgrace from the depths of my brain Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#226: Apr 2nd 2017 at 1:56:11 PM

[up] I'm with ya. I watched them haphazardly back in the day - we didn't get Sci Fi or Comedy Central and would just borrow tapes from my aunt & uncle. So the host segments always felt random.

I'm wondering if they'll bother explaining what the bots have been up to all this time, why they're not with Mike, etc... though, knowing the show, I'm imagining Crow & Servo each telling some long, rambling story that doesn't actually explain anything.

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#227: Apr 2nd 2017 at 2:05:44 PM

The show didn't end, it just stopped, right?

I watched Time Chasers today. Now that's an episode that I should've heard good things about long ago.

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#228: Apr 2nd 2017 at 2:07:39 PM

Really? I thought it was well-known as a pretty damn good episode.

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#229: Apr 2nd 2017 at 2:12:07 PM

I mean, most of the episodes in that collection are there because they're fan favorites, but it's not one people tend to go on forever about, like Manos, Space Mutiny, Pod People, and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#230: Apr 2nd 2017 at 2:14:15 PM

Eh, fair enough.

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#231: Apr 2nd 2017 at 5:48:19 PM

I did like Space Mutiny, but I think the others in the list I gave are overexposed.

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Wackd Since: May, 2009
#232: Apr 2nd 2017 at 8:54:47 PM

The show didn't end, it just stopped, right?
Production-wise? Yes, it ended, season ten was completed with no further episodes ordered.

Plot-wise? Yes, it ended, Pearl broke the controls to the Satellite of Love, sending it back to Earth; Mike, Crow, and Servo thereafter got an apartment in Wisconsin together and Gypsy started a major corporation.

I wrote a timeline page in case anyone's curious about how the show's plot (or lack thereof) has developed thus far. It's pretty short. Season 8 is the only one where things actually happen.

I'm wondering if they'll bother explaining what the bots have been up to all this time, why they're not with Mike, etc.
Someone who was at the live theater event for Experiment 1101 noted that not only did the new episode not explain why Crow, Servo, and Gypsy are on the Satellite of Love again, but that Joel told someone in the Q&A after the MST3K Mantra when they asked about it.

That doesn't mean this won't get addressed at any point during the season, obviously—but somehow I doubt it. Which is fine with me. It's prooobably better left to interpretation, and we never found out why Mike, Servo, et al had to stop being beings of pure thought when season 8 started either.

edited 2nd Apr '17 8:56:27 PM by Wackd

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#233: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:57:02 PM

The first episode streamed early for Kickstarter backers.

During the Q&A session immediately afterwards, Baron Vaughn and Hampton Yount jokingly suggested an explanation for why Crow, Tom Servo, and Gypsy are back on the SOL: They built a ladder to climb back up to the SOL, just to get all the stuff they left behind when they evacuated. And then they decided to just move back in, because it was a pretty nice place.

scionofgrace from the depths of my brain Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#236: Apr 17th 2017 at 7:45:10 AM

Holy shit this revival is good.

DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#237: Apr 18th 2017 at 3:07:06 PM

Just finished "The Time Travelers". Honestly, the movie itself wasn't that bad. Boring with some major padding, but honestly, a pretty good space-age sci-fi flick (and from what I heard, even better with the original ending, which the show cut off for some reason?)

That said, the riffing was still hilarious, and I've noticed that, with the Carvel ice cream cakes being mentioned in "Reptilicus", and used as the invention exchange in the second episode. Then, said second episode featured a riff about "Afterlife Alert", which was Kinga's invention in the third episode. Is this just a running gag, or is it foreshadowing for something?

Also, I'm not one of those people who goes gaga over Felicia Day (nothing wrong with those who do, of course), but for some reason, I can't get over how cute she is as Kinga Forrester. SO CUTE.

BigMadDraco Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#238: Apr 18th 2017 at 8:29:24 PM

Kinga comes across as very much a mix of Pearl and Clayton though much more profit driven than either, Johnny Long Torso not withstanding.

I love the Dino Ranch bit, it's easily on of my favorite bits in the series.

It's still weird hearing Gypsy voiced by a woman.

edited 18th Apr '17 8:30:58 PM by BigMadDraco

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#239: Apr 18th 2017 at 8:40:31 PM

To me it's weirder that she has enough computing power to converse (and riff) as a peer.

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Dezmo Since: Jan, 2011
#240: Apr 21st 2017 at 9:44:17 PM

Please tell me we're getting more seasons of this revival. Please. It's everything I could have asked for.

scionofgrace from the depths of my brain Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#241: Apr 24th 2017 at 7:30:50 AM

I'm quite enjoying it. Feels like it never left!

Quibble: There are a few places where the riffs get a little thick and our hosts sound kinda frantic. Could be just me, and maybe it gets better further on (I've only seen the first three episodes), but I want to tell the screen, "Guys, relax!"

Jonah's doing very well as host, and Felicia makes a great Forrester: just the right balance of menacing & pathetic.

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#242: Apr 24th 2017 at 7:47:30 AM

I love how Gypsy's two snarks per episode are always highlights of the whole thing.

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#243: Apr 24th 2017 at 8:11:48 AM

Makes me sit up and pay attention to who's speaking. I always just let the riffs happen and ignore the silhouettes, and then a female voice chimes in.

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#244: Apr 24th 2017 at 8:13:22 AM

Tom's hovering pantomiming is also a really fun addition to the show.

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#245: Apr 25th 2017 at 5:47:58 PM

Re: Quibble: There are a few places where the riffs get a little thick and our hosts sound kinda frantic. Could be just me, and maybe it gets better further on (I've only seen the first three episodes), but I want to tell the screen, "Guys, relax!"

Oh, you're far from the first person to complain about that. it's practically the number 1 criticism at the official MST 3 K discussion board.

From what I understand, this new style of what they call "rapid-fire" riffing is something that was pushed by the newer, younger cast. Joel Hodgson discreetly said in an interview he wasn't too okay with this.

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#246: Apr 25th 2017 at 6:45:17 PM

I'm someone finding the show more accessible with this pace.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#247: Apr 25th 2017 at 8:15:32 PM

Ditto. I find the new pace better as there's less time between jokes. Which means less time between good jokes. The old show's slower pace meant that if jokes didn't hit, it could be a while without anything.

I hope they don't dial back just to please the grognards. It's much better this way.

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#248: Apr 25th 2017 at 8:34:03 PM

I have no problem with the new pace, and it's actually a little jarring whenever they go for a long while without snarking.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#249: Apr 26th 2017 at 6:43:21 AM

The only real issue I have (being someone who could never get into the original show) is that you can tell they're not actually watching while riffing because the occasional riff happens before the thing they're riffing.

scionofgrace from the depths of my brain Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#250: Apr 26th 2017 at 6:57:57 AM

I don't mind the speed of the riffs, per se. If, for instance, they were building on each other's riffs, it would feel collaborative & natural. This feels competitive. And kinda shouty.


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