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[Darth Sidious]

En person tipsade mig om denna serie och jag blev lite nyfiken på den med tanke på hur varmt han rekommenderade den. Är det någon annan som sett den? Och som kanske kan ge lite mer utförligare information om vad den handlar om och så?
Finns den t.e.x. att köpa på DVD?
Alla kommentarer som rör ämnet är välkommna.

Edited by Darth Sidious, 24 July 2007 - 13:41.

[Marie Morot]

Har inte sett serien själv, men du kan hitta information om den här på imdb och här på tv.com.

[Peak]

Vissa avsnitt finns på DVD, ja. Vad jag vet så finns de dock bara på Region 1.

Mycket kul serie, imho. Vissa avsnitt är givetvis roligare än andra, men generellt så är hela serien bra, imho.

[wookiee]

Man kan väl säga att MST3K bygger på samma princip som tidiga Beavis and Butt-Head, fast i stället för B&B kommenterades musikvideor har vi en man och hans robotar som kommenterar usla gamla B-filmer.

Det finns en ramberättelse också, men jag har sett alldeles för lite av serien för att kunna uttala mig om den ... och i ärlighetens namn är det ju B-filmerna som utgör seriens verkliga kärna.

[Darth Sidious]

Vissa avsnitt finns på DVD, ja. Vad jag vet så finns de dock bara på Region 1.

Mycket kul serie, imho. Vissa avsnitt är givetvis roligare än andra, men generellt så är hela serien bra, imho.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Vet du om var man kan köpa avsnitt på Reg1 DVD? Helst en Svensk butik/postorder då jag inmte har möjlighet att handla över nätet med kreditkort.

[Darth Sidious]

Man kan väl säga att MST3K bygger på samma princip som tidiga Beavis and Butt-Head, fast i stället för B&B kommenterades musikvideor har vi en man och hans robotar som kommenterar usla gamla B-filmer.

Det finns en ramberättelse också, men jag har sett alldeles för lite av serien för att kunna uttala mig om den ... och i ärlighetens namn är det ju B-filmerna som utgör seriens verkliga kärna.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

F*n det låter riktigt coolt, blir bara mer och mer sugen på att se denna serie. Kanske inte hela eftersom jag inte vet hur den är men man kan ju alltid börja någonstans för att se vad man tycker om den. B-filmer kan ju vara hur coola som helst eller just, hur dåliga som helst.

[Cartman]

Darth Sidious. Jag hittade lite nyheter rörande serien via ett annat forum jag postar på.

Officiell hemsida för Mystery Science Theater 3000

Cinematic Titanic

Cheers, friend!
It’s been an incrediburgible seven days to say the least – wow! One week ago, we opened the doors to Cinematic Titanic's web site, with a simple message: The original cast of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 is getting together in the form of a new movie riffing delivery system called Cinematic Titanic.

We received so many positive, encouraging responses, it made all of the five writer/performers at Cinematic Titanic sit up and take notice. By "writer/performers" I, of course, mean: Trace "Crow T" Beaulieu, J. Elvis "Tom Servo" Weinstein, Mary Jo "Pearl Forrester" Pehl, Frank "TV's Frank" Conniff and myself Joel "Joel" Hodgson. The biggest lesson we've gleaned from it all was the need to provide more content for you hungry, hungry freaks-- the fans of quality movie riffing. So, now, suddenly, one week later, it's real…we officially have an audience! To quote Pink Floyd, "It's a hellofa start and could be made into a monster if we all pull together as a teaaaaaam!" We want to thank you. We will commence riffing shortly, and we will do so with great gusto, thanks to you.

This week has completely exceeded all of our expectations about Cinematic Titanic, what with watching the counter climb on the number signing up for the e-mail list, reading about how glad people are that we're coming back, and learning first hand what it's like to see your server crash because of the incredible good fortune of the "Slashdot effect"! The only thing I can compare it to is the day I was waiting for a plane at the Las Vegas airport, and I saw a man drop three quarters into slot machine, pull the handle, and watched as the machine rolled over to three of those chunky red-white-and-blue sevens that symbolize some sort of Hells-a-poppin' coin dropping cacophony! It's a lesson for all of us really. Everybody knows those slot machines at the airport don't ever pay out, yet somehow the man believed they would-- or maybe he just had a very real problem with gambling. My point is that it's been really encouraging, and hopefully not too addictive for any one of us on this side of the computer screen.

The interview that I mentioned last week will appear on Starwars.com this Saturday November 10th so "check it". The story will give you some more details about our upcoming live show and World Premiere at ILM on Friday, December 7th, as well as some little know facts about the origin of MST3K, and also some glimpses into the strange creation of Cinematic Titanic.

The first official Cinematic Titanic feature will be available for sale the Monday following our world premiere on Friday, December 7th. That makes the street date a solid, nearly firm, December 10th or as close as we can get. It's a studio version of the live show packed with cool bonus features, so save your juice money. The name of the film we'll be riffing on is a secret, but I'll try to tempt you with some vague descriptions: it's very rare, it's very strange, and it's of questionable quality. Needless to say it's going to be perfect for our experiments. Please sign up for the mailing list if you haven’t already. We just love it when you do.

Next week, our first feature article is going to be an interview with J. Elvis Weinstein (or Josh Weinstein as he appears in the MST3K credits). He created the character of Tom Servo, and was one of the first "evil sirs" along with Trace. I remember the day at KTMA, where Mystery Science Theatre was first produced, when we were talking about the robot then known as "Servo". J. Elvis (then known as Josh) told me that he felt that "Tom" would be a good name, because he pictured Servo as a sort of a top forty D.J., and that he envisioned the robot's picture on a top forty countdown flyer with the name "Tom" in quotation marks. Well sir, it was on that day the character of Tom Servo crystallized for me, and I must admit, he remained pretty much the same from that point on: A verbose, husky, baritone showbot with a face for radio. Check out Josh's unique take on being a teenage founding writer/performer of the very first movie riffing show, MST3K.

If you've already signed up for the e-mail list, thanks a million-- you can relax now. We at Cinematic Titanic will take care of the rest.

Keep circulating the URL!

Joel

===

Greetings friends,

It’s been just amazing the last few years: what with MST3K being honored as a top 25 science fiction show and top 25 “cult” show by TV Guide, and, most notably, in September being listed as one of the “Top One Hundred TV Shows Ever” by TIME – whew! Never saw it coming. Even mo-better are the really nice people that I’ve met who’ve had, and still have, great experiences watching horrendously great movies along with me and my funny friends. Thanks for mentioning it, thanks for keeping the dream alive, and thanks for buying the DVDs. It’s all been strange and mysterious and lovely, and it makes me want to do it all over again. And now, almost 20 years later, I am. I’ve decided, in collaboration with the other bold souls who “started it all,” to do a new project that is strong enough for our diehard audience, and also gentle and easy to swallow for those that are new to movie riffing. Wait for it….wait for it…. meet Cinematic Titanic!

It’s going to be powered by the original cast of MST3K! Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein and yours truly, along with some friends who came along later to make the show great: the beloved Frank Conniff and the scathingly brilliant Mary Jo Pehl.

We’re very busy writing and doing preproduction right now – so the website is tiny, but the big thing right now is to sign up for the newsletter so we can keep you informed about the fine movie riffing we’ve got planned for you. We’ve licensed our first title and are working at a brisk pace to get it delivered in time for Christmas! So you can give it as a gift to one of your sly friends or a loved one. Or you yourself can watch over the holidays to fight off that strange malaise that always seems to happen. Our first release is at this time a total secret, however – I’m willing to say it makes “Manos the Hands of Fate” look like “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” in a car wreck with “Eegah!” with notes of peach.

Also, in the news: I’ve just been interviewed by Lucasfilm online, in anticipation of Cinematic Titanic’s first live show and world premiere in San Francisco in December. We will link to that story as soon as it is released. Sorry, but this special live show is a closed event for I.L.M/Lucasfilm employees and guests only. As of this writing we are still negotiating some of the fine points, however I am pleased to mention that they’ve granted us the rights to offer this event to you, the friends of Cinematic Titanic, remotely and slightly after the fact - stay tuned.

Check in often as we intend to get the entire cast giving you their distinct takes on constructing this “lean, mean, movie-riffing machine” we call Cinematic Titanic in words, pictures and of course the moving image.

Happy Halloween,
Joel Hodgson

In case you missed it, you can sign up for the newsletter here.

[Darth Sidious]

Låter intressant och kan kanske bli till något bra. Posta gärna mer information om du kommer över någon sådan.

[Cartman]

Som utlovat, mer info när jag hittar det.

TV Guide - New DVD Release for MST3K: The Movie...at last!

Även bekräftat av The Digital Bits.

[Cartman]

Darth Sidious: Mer info finns här. Säg tack till XC som gav mig länken.

[Darth Sidious]

Tack. Till er båda.

[Garm]

Den här serien verkar göra comeback med besked. Kul!

A month ago "Mystery Science Theater 3000" creator Joel Hodgson began a Kickstarter campaign to bring back the cult favorite sci-fi property. The campaign launched with huge ambitions - hoping to raise $5.5 million in order to produce twelve new episodes of the show with a whole new cast.

Said campaign came to an end last night and the result was even better than expected. The fundraising resulted in a total of $6.3 million being raised, making it the the largest crowd-funded online video of all-time and beating the $5.7M previous record held by "Veronica Mars".

In fact it made so much that fourteen new episodes of the series will be able to be produced, including a new holiday special. Hodgson says the aim of the whole campaign isn't just to make one new season but to ultimately finding a way to "give our show a home, so that we can make a lot more seasons."

Jonah Ray plays the new human lead character with Hampton Yount and Baron Vaughn as the voices for Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot respectively. Patton Oswalt and Felicia Day are also onboard in roles. The likes of Mark Hamill, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, Joel McHale, Bill Hader and Jerry Seinfeld are all reportedly keen to have cameos in the work.

Behind-the-scenes you'll have guest writers like "Rick and Morty" creator Dan Harmon, "Ready Player One" scribe Ernest Cline, comedian Dana Gould and "Frozen" singwriter Robert Lopez.

Source: CNet, The Verge

[XC]

Jag har som vanligt noll koll på kultserierna från förr...

 

Värt att hålla ögonen på alltså?

[Garm]

Det tycker jag. Ge gärna något tidigare avsnitt en chans eller vänta och gör det när den nya serien ser dagens ljus.