MST3K News Roundup: 12/17/10
Chris 'Sampo' Cornell
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RiffTrax features:
* The Last Airbender
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=161507.7
96&type=4&subid=0
* łTwilight: Eclipse˛
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=161507.8
16&type=4&subid=0.
RiffTrax shorts:
* The Calendar and How to Use It
Watch a free sample and download it here.
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/calendar-how-use-it
* Unto the Least of These is now available.
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/unto-least-these
RiffTrax has cancelled the scheduled łlive online˛ show. Their riff of
łSanta Claus and the Christmas Bunny˛ will be released Dec. 17 as a
video download (VOD and download-to-burn). More info on the movie here:
http://www.rifftrax.com/ondemand/santa-and-ice-cream-bunny
Hereąs the latest Cinematic Titanic tour schedule:
€ January 29: two shows, 7 and 9:30 p.m., at The Capitol Center for the
Arts, http://www.ccanh.com/event/cinematic-titanic 44 South Main St.,
in Concord, N.H. Tickets range from $25 (the cheap seats for one show)
to $67.50 (for great seats for both shows). The box office can be
reached at (603) 225-1111.
€ Feb. 18-19: One show each night, 8 p.m., at the Pabst Theater in
Milwaukee.
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?orgid=3823&group_id=353389
Tickets are $24.50 or $40 for both shows. General admission seating.
€ Feb. 26: Two shows, 6 and 9:30 p.m., at the Royal Oak Theater, 318 W.
Fourth St., Royal Oak, Mich. Tickets are $35; $50 for both shows.
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21986
€ March 12: Two shows, 3 and 7:30 p.m., in the Piper Repertory Theater,
Mesa Arts Center, 1 East Main St., Mesa, Ariz. Tickets are $40.
http://www.mesaartscenter.com/index.php/performances/special/cinematictit
anic
€ April 15: One show, 8 p.m., Community Theatre at the Mayo Center for
the Performing Arts, 100 South St., Morristown, N.J. Tickets are $27 and
$37.
https://online.mayoarts.org/Onlinemayoarts/seatSelect.asp?WSadmissions::a
dmission::performance_id=0D32FE4D-D5D1-4E7B-8859-2907C4E206AF
€ April 16: One show, 8 p.m., in the Matthews Theater of the McCarter
Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, N.J. Tickets are $28-$38.
http://ticketing.mccarter.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceN
umber=6208
Our friends at tvshowsondvd.com tell us that Amazon is listing a release
date of March 8, 2011 and a retail price of $41.99 for the MYSTERY
SCIENCE THEATER 3000: VOLUME XX DVD set. Amazon has also posted the
following cover art:
Thereąs still no word on what extras will be included, but weąll let
you know as soon as we find out. If youąd like to pre-order the set,
weąd appreciate it if you used THIS LINK:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004G7XCS0?ie=UTF8&tag=satellitenews&lin
kCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004G7XCS0
Another holiday gift option for the MSTie on your list:
Our pal Daniel Griffith of Ballyhoo Pictures, the guy who made several
of those awesome extras on the recent Shout! Factory sets, has set up an
ebay store to sell holiday gift sets heąs assembled, including
collections aimed specifically at MST3K fans. Take a look.
http://stores.ebay.com/Ballyhoo-Motion-Pictures-Store
Frank Conniff made another appearance on łCountdown With Keith
Olbermann˛ last night, this time as Countdownąs łWar on Christmas
Correspondent.˛
You can watch it here.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbe
rmann/#40650504
ShoutFactory.com is now carrying Darkstar products: the video game, the
2-CD soundtrack, a PDF of the official game guide, and a special bundle
that includes all that and more. Check it out here.
http://www.shoutfactory.com/browse/370/darkstar.aspx
On his blog, astronomer Phil Plait, host of the Discovery Channeląs łBad
Astronomy˛ has a list books that are good gifts for science geeks.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/13/science-geek-ho
liday-gifts-books/
Not sure how Traceąs łSilly Rhymes for Belligerent Children˛ fits the
category, but, hey, a plugąs a plug!
The Sketchfest SF schedule is out and RiffTrax is on it.
Kevin and Bill will host a night of shorts at the Castro Theater
Thursday, Jan. 20, at 9:30 p.m. with special guests Paul F. Tompkins,
Maria Bamford and frequent RiffTrax Presents team Cole Stratton and
Janet Varney. More info here.
http://www.sfsketchfest.com/performers/index_autoselect.php?performer=rif
ftraxshorts.jpg
Our pal Rupert łToRgO˛ Munch has checked in with some news about łManos:
The Search for Valley Lodge,˛ his sequel to łŚManosą The Hands of Fate.˛
Topping the news is that heąs making available the first teaser poster
for the movie, which you can download for free.
Also some pretty astounding casting news: 75-year-old TOM NEYMAN, who
played The MASTER in the original, (thought by some to be dead, he is in
fact alive and well) has come out of semi-seclusion to reprise his role.
See the poster and get all the news at Torgolives.com.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. ‹ Leslie Nielsen, the handsome leading man of the
1950s who, in the 1980s and ą90s discovered a new career as a comic
actor, died of complications from pneumonia Sunday, Nov. 28, at a
hospital near his home here. He was 84. MSTies will remember his
performance as the corrupt mayor in episode K16 CITY ON FIRE.
Read his L.A. Times obituary here.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-leslie-nielsen-20101129,0,27
87062.story
Frank Conniff is quoted in a piece about Syfy Channeląs original movies.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/26/syfy.campy.movies/
Two bit of news from our pals at Shout! Factory:
1. Early next year Shout will re-release two standalone episodes under
the łShout! Factory Select˛ label: episode 812- THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE
CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES and 517- THE
BEGINNING OF THE END. Both are expected to have additional bonus
material not seen on the previous releases, though thatąs not confirmed.
They should be available beginning in February, so preorders will likely
go up around mid January.
Oh, andŠthereąs thisŠ [brace yourself, but it won't do any good]
2. Shout officials tell us they have completely cleared ALL FIVE GAMERA
MOVIES for MST3K release, and plan to put out a five-disc deluxe box
set. Thatąs episodes 302- GAMERA, 304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON, 308- GAMERA
VS. GAOS, 312- GAMERA VS. GUIRON and 316- GAMERA VS. ZIGRA. No word on
when yet. Weąll let you know when we know.
Breathe.