MST3K News Roundup: 08/15/10
Chris "Sampo" Cornell
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The episodes that will be included in MST3K Volume XIX from
Shout!Factory will be:
€ episode 107- ROBOT MONSTER (with shorts: COMMANDO CODY Parts 4 and 5)
€ episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER (with short: HIRED!, Part 1)
€ episode 818- DEVIL DOLL, and
€ episode 911- DEVIL FISHYes, itąs monsters and devils. Also, a special
edition of this release will include a Gypsy figurine that will be in
proportion to the Servo and Crow figurines. (Awesome.)
The planned street date for the special edition is Nov. 9.
And check out this awesomeness:
http://www.mst3kinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mst3k-bots.jpg
Thatąs the Gypsy figurine that will be included in the special edition
version, along side the Servo and Crow figurines, so you can see that
they are proportional łas mandated by Jim and Joel,˛ according to our
pal Brian Ward, the setąs producer (whose desktop that apparently is).
The suggested retail price of the special edition is $69.97 but Amazon
is currently pricing it at $48.99.
Finally, Amazon has put up a preorder page. If you would like to
preorder, we would appreciate it if you would use this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XL6EJO?ie=UTF8&tag=satellitenews&lin
kCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003XL6EJO
The next RiffTrax Live show will be Thursday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m.
Eastern/7 p.m. Central/6 p.m. Mountain/8 p.m. Pacific (tape delayed).
The movie will be łReefer Madness,˛ and there will also be three new
shorts. As in the past, audiences will receive free digital goodies
after the event including a downloadable short, avatars (those big blue
guys?) and other stuff. There will be a rebroadcast of this show at most
of the same theaters on Tuesday, Aug. 24.
http://www.fathomevents.com/comedy/event/rifftraxreeferlive.aspx?
Press coverage leading up to the show has included:
€ Jessica Moen of Gamertell interviews Mike, Kevin and Bill.
http://www.gamertell.com/gaming/comment/rifftrax-interview-with-mike-nels
on-kevin-murphy-and-bill-corbett/
€ James Rolfe of Cinemassacre interviews Mike.
http://www.cinemassacre.com/2010/08/12/mike-nelson-interview/
€ Michael Hinman of Airlock Alpha interviews Mike.
http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7724/michael-j-nelson-says-he-can-riff-m
ovies-forever.html He also interviewed Mike on the Alpha Waves Radio
podcast. Itąs part of a large Comic-Con wrap up. Mikeąs interview starts
about 31 minutes in. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/alphawaves
€ łImpalerGeneral˛ at whedonopolis.com previews the upcoming RiffTrax
show. http://www.whedonopolis.com/article.php?story=20100805193144659
€ MondoCelluloid.com reports on a recent group phone interview with the
RiffTrax guys. http://www.mondocelluloid.com/reviews.php?p=891
€ Alex Riviello at CHUD.com talks about how thankful he is for both
RiffTrax and Cinematic Titanic.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/24697/1/WHAT-I039M-THANKFUL-FOR-80610/P
age1.html
€ Bob Kostanczuk of the Post Tribune in Gary Indiana had done a short
writeup of the upcoming live show.
http://www.post-trib.com/entertainment/kostanczuk/2545402,nu-skinnnnn.art
icle
€ Chad Dukes interviews Mike for a podcast that you can listen to here.
http://www.thefukerton.com/tv/chad-dukes-interview-with-rifftrax-creator-
and-mst3k-legend-michael-j-nelson/
€ Slant magazine has interviewed the Mike, Kevin and Bill.
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/feature/interview-rifftrax/230
RiffTrax releases:
Features:
€ The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=161507.7
45&type=4&subid=0
Shorts:
€ Library World http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/library-world
€ Decisions, Decisions http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/decisions-decisions
€ William's Doll http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/williams-doll
€ Things Are Different Now
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/things-are-different-now
Hereąs a list of the upcoming Cinematic Titanicąs shows that have been
announced:
€ Friday, Sept. 24: Two shows, 7:30 p.m.
http://www.clubnokia.com/eventdetail.php?id=2765 7 and 10:30 p.m.
http://www.clubnokia.com/eventdetail.php?id=27658 at Club Nokia, 800
West Olympic Blvd., in Los Angeles. Looks like assigned seating. Tickets
are $25 and $36.50.
€ Saturday, Sept. 25: Two shows, 7 p.m.
http://www.grove-of-anaheim.com/events/event_details.asp?id=1848 and
9:30 p.m.,
http://www.grove-of-anaheim.com/events/event_details.asp?id=1849 at the
Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave. Looks like assigned seating.
Tickets are $25 and $35.
€ Friday, Oct. 15: One show at George Washington Universityąs Lisner
Auditorium, 730 21st St., NW, Washington, D.C. at 8 p.m. Ticket info
coming soon.
€ Saturday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. at the Edwards Auditorium on the
University of Rhode Islandąs Kingston Campus (about 30 miles south of
Providence). Reserved seating. Tickets are $35; $15 with a valid
University of Rhode Island ID. Get tickets on campus and at
ticketmaster.com.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Edwards-Auditorium-URI-Kingston-Campus-ticket
s-Kingston/venue/8757
€ Friday, Oct. 29: One show, 7:30 p.m. at the Wilbur Theater,
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010044B5CE45BE9B 246 Tremont St.,
Boston. Looks like assigned seating. Tickets are $40.
€ Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, in St.
Charles, Mo. More info when we have it.
€ Saturday, Nov. 27 (thatąs Thanksgiving weekend) two shows, 6:30 and
9:30 p.m. at the Victoria Theater of the New Jersey Performing Arts
Center,
http://www.njpac.org/all_events.asp?viewcode=0&startDate=2010-11-27&Date=
2010-11-27 One Center Street, Newark. Tickets are $33 and $36. Looks
like general admission.
Also coming up: Feb. 18-19, 2011, at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee,
April 15, 2011 at the Community Theatre in Morristown, N.J. and April
16, 2011 a the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J. More info on these
dates when we have them.
€ Also, the Titans will also be attending Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Sept.
3-6.
Our buddy Len Peralta at Jawbone Radio is currently working on an art
project called łGeek A Week˛ in which every week he turns an influential
łgeek˛ into a trading card. This week, itąs Cinematic Titanic.
http://geekaweek.net/post/888876997/cinematic-titanic
Rupert at Valley Loogie, er, Lodge tells us that Dug Pinnick,
http://www.dugpinnick.com/ lead singer and bassist from alternative band
Kingąs X, has joined the cast, suggesting that there may be truth to the
rumors that there will be musical elements to the movie. In addition,
Helene Udy http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879891/ (łMy Bloody Valentine,˛
łStar Trek DS9,˛ łDr. Quinn Medicine Woman˛) has joined the cast.
On the production side, Marvel Comicsą Michael Ryan
http://www.comicvine.com/michael-ryan/26-4265/ (Runaways, X-Men:
Manifest Destiny, Iron Man, Magic: The Gathering trading cards) is on
board to do storyboards. Also, David C. Hayes
http://www.davidhayesonline.com/will helm the screenplay. PB&J
http://pbjdungeon.com/(whoąve contributed music to łAmerican Idol,˛
łKeeping Up With The Kardashians,˛ łSo You Think You Can Dance?,˛
łAmericaąs Got Talent,˛ łThe Real World˛ and more) will produce/compose
the original soundtrack/songs.
As he has done for several years, Rupert roamed the aisles of Comic-Con
as ToRgO, this year accompanied by łThe Master.˛ This year they spent
some time searching for new wives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3M0SzpbRE4
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune listed MST3Kąs first KTMA episode as number
14 in a listing of Minnesotaąs Top 50 cultural moments.
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/99246154.html?page=3&c=y
Maury Chaykin, RIP
TORONTO ‹ Veteran character actor Maury Chaykin died here Tuesday, July
27, his 61st birthday. The award-winning performer, who had dual
citizenship in Canada and the U.S., was noted for his roles in łDances
with Wolves,˛ łThe Sweet Hereafter,˛ łBlindness,˛ łA Life Less Ordinary˛
and many other films. No cause of death was confirmed, but Chaykin had
been battling kidney problems. MSTies will recall him as sinister
Novacorp executive Gondol in episode 822- OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK.
A full obituary is here.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/07/27/maury-chaykin-obit.html