MST3K Revival/Reboot

Joel's said no in the past, on the grounds that badly animated characters tend to have fewer funny facial expressions than physical actors preforming badly. It's harder to misinterpret what an animated character is thinking for comic effect.

Edited by Wackd on Oct 15th 2018 at 2:25:22 PM

I also still want them to do an actual slasher film. My idea would be the 1971 flick Blood Shack. It's got zero budget (most of the film is set in the desert and similar sparse locations) and has endless padding scenes involving a rodeo, basically it's the "Manos" of slasher films. Only problem is the length (71 minutes) which means they'd have to either put in a couple of shorts or do longer than usual host segments.

Edited by J79 on Oct 23rd 2018 at 2:12:16 AM

I've not seen it so I dunno how gory it gets, but that could also potentially be a problem. The show's generally operating at, like, Animaniacs level of kid-friendliness.

It's not even that gory, so that's no problem.

New trailer!

We've got Ator, the Fighting Eagle, the prequel to Cave Dwellers on the docket. Did we know that? I can't remember.

Mac and Me? Nice.

Atlantic Rim will be... interesting. A modern mockbuster will be... yeah. Seems like fish in a barrel, but I'd watch it on its own anyway (Transmorphers is amazing, by the way).

Anyone watching the Turkey Day marathon?

Well, I am now.

I had to work today. Will there be any encores?

I'm watching it on You Tube, and they usually cycle through it another time or two.

I checked Netflix to see if the new season is up yet, and of course it isn't, but the branding has already changed from The Return to The Gauntlet. I clicked on "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet", and was confused when Reptilicus started playing.

Edited by TParadox on Nov 21st 2018 at 11:25:08 AM

And Season 12 is UP! Let the riffing commence!

WE'VE GOT MOVIE SIGN!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!

On the first one now. No, the terrible Chroma Key bleeding in the opening scene isn't a problem with the Shadowrama; it was really like that in the film.

Edited by alanh on Nov 22nd 2018 at 1:39:46 PM

Dr. Erhardt, yes! So that's what happened to him!

So I can't see the new episodes. It says they're up, and the first one to play is Mac And Me, but the only episodes listed are S1 for some reason.

They put The Gauntlet up as season one and bumped The Return to Season 2 for stupid reasons.

Except I can't access S2 so... Yeah. I can watch Mac and Me, but it won't save my progress so it's quite annoying. Normally there's a drop down to switch between seasons, but no dice.

Edited by Larkmarn on Nov 23rd 2018 at 2:53:32 PM

I have F.Lux warming my monitor's color temperature at night, but it deactivates when something is full screen. The color palettes of Atlantic Rim are more interesting when F.Lux is warming it.

Alright, 2 more to go for the Marathon. Let's do this!

I hope they dont pull anything else from Asylum in the future.

Why not?

If they do, it has to be their Sherlock Holmes Movie. Its their crown jewel

Loved the season. The Day Time Ended was probably the one I struggled the most with during the marathon. I was getting pretty tired and the movie's plot is... non existent.

CONCEPTS

I can't believe the new season dropped on Thursday and I only have one more episode left already. I've watched at least one episode every day and I had Saturday off and no obligations so I watched two that day.

Gonna be busy tomorrow night, so I will probably not cap it off then.

The problem with the Asylum is that they're more or less "in" on the joke. They know they're making schlock and are fine with it.

I'm ambivalent on that. Stuff like Sharknado and Birdemic was funny to see riffed by Rifftrax, even if the films were deliberately invoking So Bad, It's Good.

But there's also something to say for films where they Took the Bad Film Seriously. The earnest effort at making Great Art is something to behold when it goes totally wrong.