The MST3K thread by Gizmonics
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the next 3 movies have been announced:
Ballistica
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
Battletruck
Of those three my expectations are highest for Battletruck, even if(or maybe because) it gives of VERY strong Warrior of the Lost World vibes.
Ballistica
Of those three my expectations are highest for Battletruck, even if(or maybe because) it gives of VERY strong Warrior of the Lost World vibes.
Wow.
It takes some work to make Abraxas look like the most competent film of a group.
Ballistica especially looks Birdemic level amature.
-ZacWilliam, all of them look appropriately awful.
It takes some work to make Abraxas look like the most competent film of a group.
Ballistica especially looks Birdemic level amature.
-ZacWilliam, all of them look appropriately awful.
The only one that concerns me is Ballistica, actually. Reminds me a lot of Atlantic Rim, which was probably the weakest episode in season 12(at least for me). Pretty much everything else they've announced so far looks like it has a LOT of potential.
Backed it for as much s I could afford given the holidays. Which is not a ton.
60% is rocky with this little time left. Hope it makes it.
-ZacWilliam, I love MST3k and want more, this is just a bad time of year for this.
60% is rocky with this little time left. Hope it makes it.
-ZacWilliam, I love MST3k and want more, this is just a bad time of year for this.
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Yea, I tend to agree. I think it's bad timing all around for this campaign(too close to Christmas with people still reeling from the massive inflation last year, starting during the SAG/AFTRA strike, etc). Could still pull off a miracle, but the way it's going now.... REALLY wanted to see the movies announced given the proper MST3K treatment.
Thought I had more time to back this. Visited the link this morning to see it hadn’t reached the $4 mil goal.
Yea. It failed. Part of that I feel is they didn't to a great job of making sure people knew it was happening. The last message from Joel said that they MIGHT have a way to move forward by securing funding from some mysterious partners. It's not Dr Kabahl, but hopefully it's not round 2 with Netflix.
Radical Entertainment(parent company of Shout!) has fully acquired the rights of MST3K. As much as I love Joel, I think it might be time. He's a great creative, but he tends to make poor business decisions, such as NOT using Kickstarter for season 14. Shout! has been essentially running things since the failed crowdfunding campaign anyway and I'd wager that having to negotiate any plans with Alternaversal(Joel's production company) to move forward with any projects just made doing anything other than streaming old episodes more complicated than it needed to be. If they do start releasing new content, hopefully they stick with the basic format. I like Rifftrax, but I miss the skits in-between sections of the movie(it's part of the special sauce that makes MST3K work for me).
Heck, Id settle for some proper MST3K merch outside of crowdfunding campaigns. I need some shirts and maybe a hoodie. I'd really love an official Tom Servo themed skirt, lol. Can't for the life of me understand why Alternaversal didn't really do any of that outside of licensing the characters for some Funko Pops.
Welp, this happened....
Mike and the bots return THIS YEAR!!! They've already blown past their 20k goal and production is returning to Minneapolis. Pearl , Bobo and Brain Guy will be the mads. Beez McKeever(prop diva) and Patrick Brantseg(art director and Gypsy) are also returning. Hope at least a few faces from seasons 11 - 13 show up in some form.
Mike and the bots return THIS YEAR!!! They've already blown past their 20k goal and production is returning to Minneapolis. Pearl , Bobo and Brain Guy will be the mads. Beez McKeever(prop diva) and Patrick Brantseg(art director and Gypsy) are also returning. Hope at least a few faces from seasons 11 - 13 show up in some form.
