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MST3K News Roundup: 04/22/12
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Chris 'Sampo' Cornell
Apr 22, 2012, 12:45:18 PM4/22/12
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These updates are posted about once a month. To get the latest news
on MST3K and its former cast members sooner, visit
http://www.mst3kinfo.com.
PLEASE NOTE: Satellite News is not financially supported by Best
Brains or any other entity. It is a labor of love, paid for out of our
own pockets. If you value this site, we would be delighted if you showed
it by making an occasional donation of any amount.
Visit http://www.mst3kinfo.com and find the "Support Us" box on the
right side of the main page. Thanks.
Hereąs the press release on Vol. 24, including street date and extras:
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: XXIV
4-DVD BOX SET FEATURING 4 EPISODES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON DVD TO BE
RELEASED BY SHOUT! FACTORY
IN STORES JULY 31
Los Angeles, CA Put on your spacesuits and get ready for a summer
vacation on the Satellite of Love! Shout! Factory has announced the
newest release in their Mystery Science Theater 3000 line, readying
Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIV for release on July 31. A must-have
for fans of cult television shows and B-movies alike, the 4-DVD set
features four episodes previously unreleased on DVD: Fugitive Alien,
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, The Sword And The Dragon and Samson Vs.
The Vampire Women. Also included are all new bonus features, including
introductions by Japanese cinema historian August Ragone, You Asked For
It: Sandy Frank Speaks!, MST Hour Wraps, Life After MST3K: Frank
Conniff, MST3K Shorts: Snow Thrills & A Date With Your Family, Lucha
Gringo: K. Gordon Murray Meets Santo, and four exclusive Mini-Posters by
artist Steve Vance.
The cult comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 has always welcomed
immigrant films with open arms. One can almost imagine a Satellite of
Liberty greeting the waves of foreign films seeking a more prosperous
life in America. Its inscription might well read, łGive me your tired
plots, your poor acting, your muddled directors yearning to be
schlock-free.˛ It is in this spirit that Volume XXIV presents four of
cinemaąs transplants ‹ from Russia, Mexico and two from Japan ‹that
simply didnąt take.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIV brings us Fugitive Alien, wherein our
hero Ken is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to
kill humans; Star Force: Fugitive Alien II continues the story of
Captain Joe, reformed interstellar marauder Ken and the rest of the crew
of the Bacchus-3 as they set off to destroy an alien raceąs
super-weapon; The Sword And The Dragon, an epic journey of a mythical
knight and his fights against a barbarian horde in an ancient land; and
Samson Vs. The Vampire Women, featuring Mexican wrestling hero Santo
saving the locals from Vampire women awakened by their leader with
orders to find him a bride.
Thankfully, Joel, Mike and their band of robot brothers (Tom Servo and
Crow T. Robot) alleviate their (and our) suffering by watching these
movies with a joyously irreverent stream of higher consciousness. You
have in your hands passports to laughter. Consider them riffed and
stamped by those tormented souls aboard the Satellite of Love.
If youąd like to pre-order Vol. 24 from Amazon, weąd appreciate it if
you used this link.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RMQ4F4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=s
atellitenews&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007RMQ4
F4
Ian Jane of rockshockpop.com has a review.
http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/content.php?2293-Mystery-Science-Theat
er-3000-Volume-XXIII
Mike Noyes at InsidePulse.com has a review.
http://insidepulse.com/2012/04/03/dvd-review-mystery-science-theater-3000
-xxiii/
Rod Lott at the Oklahoma Gazette has a review.
http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-14818-mystery-science-theater-3
000-volume-xxiii.html
Nick Lyons at DVDCorner.com reviews Vol. 23.
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/03/27/mystery-science-theater-3000-volume-xxiii
-dvd-review/
Thereąs also an unsigned review of Vol. XXIII at Schlockmania.com.
http://www.schlockmania.com/ds-mst3k-vol-xxiii/
DVDCorner.com has reviews of d the single-disc versions of łGirl In Gold
Boots˛ and łThe Wild Wild World Of Batwoman.˛
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/04/11/mystery-science-theater-3000-girl-in-gold
-boots-and-the-wild-world-of-batwoman-dvd-reviews/
RiffTrax has officially announced RiffTrax Live: łManos˛ The Hands of
Fate, which will be simulcast to theatres nationwide via Fathom Events
on Thursday, Aug. 16th. More info when we get it.
RiffTrax features:
Frankenstein Island
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
466&type=4&subid=0
Mesa of the Lost Women
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
0000072&type=4&subid=0
Curse of Bigfoot http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/curse-bigfoot
RiffTrax shorts
The Fish That Nearly Drowned
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/fish-nearly-drowned
DVDCorner.com has reviews of łRiffTrax: Hand-Crafted Artisanal Shorts˛
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/04/13/rifftrax-hand-crafted-artisanal-shorts-dv
d-review/
Nick Lyons at DVDCorner.com has a review of RiffTraxąs new łCrater Lake
Monster˛ and łGalaxy Invader˛ DVDs.
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/03/27/rifftrax-the-crater-lake-monster-and-the-
galaxy-invader-dvd-reviews/
Cinematic Titanic
Hereąs the schedule:
€ 4/27: Milwaukee, WIPabst Theater. łDoomsday Machine.˛ ON SALE.
http://pabsttheater.org/show/cinematictitanic2012
€ 4/28: Milwaukee, WIPabst Theater. łAstral Factor.˛ ON SALE.
http://pabsttheater.org/show/cinematictitanic2012
€ 7/05: Ann Arbor, MIMichigan Theater. 6 p.m. łRattlers.˛
http://tickets.a2sf.org/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=875 9 p.m. łThe Doll
Squad˛ (A world premiere riff.) $25 each show.
http://tickets.a2sf.org/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=876
€ 11/17: St. Louis, MOFamily Arena. 7:30 p.m. $50-$35. ON SALE
http://www.metrotix.com/event.php?eventId=5202&perfId=22587
Amy Kuperinsky of the Newark Star Ledger quotes Joel ‹ and me! ‹ in this
piece.
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/03/mst3k_cinematic_titanic
_newark.html
Diccon Hyatt at the Princeton Echo has a long interview with Trace and
Frank.
http://princetonecho.com/2012/03/29/master-movie-mockers-coming-to-prince
ton-in-the-not-too-distant-future/
Alex Biese of the Asbury Park Press has a nice long article and some
fresh quotes from Joel.
http//jerseyshore.metromix.com/events/article/cinematic-titanic-returns-t
o/3028365/content
The Nerd Show podcast does a phone interview with Joel. These guys are
not hardcore fans, theyąre more łIąm too young to remember the Comedy
Central era but I used to watch it on the Sci-Fi Channel sometimes/The
episode I watched on youtube the other day was the first one Iąve seen
in years˛ guys, so the interview goes over familiar ground, but Joel
gets to plug the new Shout set and Cinematic Titanic, so itąs all good.
The interview starts at about the 12 minute mark.
http://www.thenerdshowonline.com/
At KEGL-FM (97.1) The Eagle, łScafaldi & Chris˛ interview Joel. Some
questions that have been asked many many times, and some pretty good
ones. http://www.kegl.com/pages/heavy.html?article=10003534
If you live in the Philadelphia area, you might find this of interest:
This semester at Bucks County Community College, Joel has been teaching
a workshop on movie riffing.
On Friday, May 4, he and his students will present what he calls ła
recital of their movie riffing projects.˛ More info here. Admission is
free. http://www.bucks.edu/news/culture/events/eventname,15405,en.php
Bill Corbett has opened up a kickstarter page to help finance a comic
book heąs working on called łSuper Powered Revenge Christmas.˛ Heąs
working with our pal the massively talented Len Peralta. Let Bill
explain it all to you here.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1536910960/super-powered-revenge-chri
stmas
Hey, Chicago MSTies! Did you know there was an MST3K Meetup in your
area? Visit this site or the dreaded Facebook here.
NEW CANAAN, Conn. ‹ CBS newsman Mike Wallace, who helped make TVąs ł60
Minutes˛ the most successful prime-time television news program ever,
died at a care center here Saturday, April 7. He was 93.
In addition to his years as a journalist, Wallace found other gigs as
well. He was a great game show host and MSTies will recall that he
provided the narration in the English dub of the movie in episode 617
THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON. His CBS News obit is here.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57411010/60-minutes-icon-mike-walla
ce-dies-at-93/
on MST3K and its former cast members sooner, visit
http://www.mst3kinfo.com.
PLEASE NOTE: Satellite News is not financially supported by Best
Brains or any other entity. It is a labor of love, paid for out of our
own pockets. If you value this site, we would be delighted if you showed
it by making an occasional donation of any amount.
Visit http://www.mst3kinfo.com and find the "Support Us" box on the
right side of the main page. Thanks.
Hereąs the press release on Vol. 24, including street date and extras:
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: XXIV
4-DVD BOX SET FEATURING 4 EPISODES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON DVD TO BE
RELEASED BY SHOUT! FACTORY
IN STORES JULY 31
Los Angeles, CA Put on your spacesuits and get ready for a summer
vacation on the Satellite of Love! Shout! Factory has announced the
newest release in their Mystery Science Theater 3000 line, readying
Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIV for release on July 31. A must-have
for fans of cult television shows and B-movies alike, the 4-DVD set
features four episodes previously unreleased on DVD: Fugitive Alien,
Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, The Sword And The Dragon and Samson Vs.
The Vampire Women. Also included are all new bonus features, including
introductions by Japanese cinema historian August Ragone, You Asked For
It: Sandy Frank Speaks!, MST Hour Wraps, Life After MST3K: Frank
Conniff, MST3K Shorts: Snow Thrills & A Date With Your Family, Lucha
Gringo: K. Gordon Murray Meets Santo, and four exclusive Mini-Posters by
artist Steve Vance.
The cult comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 has always welcomed
immigrant films with open arms. One can almost imagine a Satellite of
Liberty greeting the waves of foreign films seeking a more prosperous
life in America. Its inscription might well read, łGive me your tired
plots, your poor acting, your muddled directors yearning to be
schlock-free.˛ It is in this spirit that Volume XXIV presents four of
cinemaąs transplants ‹ from Russia, Mexico and two from Japan ‹that
simply didnąt take.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIV brings us Fugitive Alien, wherein our
hero Ken is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to
kill humans; Star Force: Fugitive Alien II continues the story of
Captain Joe, reformed interstellar marauder Ken and the rest of the crew
of the Bacchus-3 as they set off to destroy an alien raceąs
super-weapon; The Sword And The Dragon, an epic journey of a mythical
knight and his fights against a barbarian horde in an ancient land; and
Samson Vs. The Vampire Women, featuring Mexican wrestling hero Santo
saving the locals from Vampire women awakened by their leader with
orders to find him a bride.
Thankfully, Joel, Mike and their band of robot brothers (Tom Servo and
Crow T. Robot) alleviate their (and our) suffering by watching these
movies with a joyously irreverent stream of higher consciousness. You
have in your hands passports to laughter. Consider them riffed and
stamped by those tormented souls aboard the Satellite of Love.
If youąd like to pre-order Vol. 24 from Amazon, weąd appreciate it if
you used this link.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RMQ4F4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=s
atellitenews&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007RMQ4
F4
Ian Jane of rockshockpop.com has a review.
http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/content.php?2293-Mystery-Science-Theat
er-3000-Volume-XXIII
Mike Noyes at InsidePulse.com has a review.
http://insidepulse.com/2012/04/03/dvd-review-mystery-science-theater-3000
-xxiii/
Rod Lott at the Oklahoma Gazette has a review.
http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-14818-mystery-science-theater-3
000-volume-xxiii.html
Nick Lyons at DVDCorner.com reviews Vol. 23.
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/03/27/mystery-science-theater-3000-volume-xxiii
-dvd-review/
Thereąs also an unsigned review of Vol. XXIII at Schlockmania.com.
http://www.schlockmania.com/ds-mst3k-vol-xxiii/
DVDCorner.com has reviews of d the single-disc versions of łGirl In Gold
Boots˛ and łThe Wild Wild World Of Batwoman.˛
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/04/11/mystery-science-theater-3000-girl-in-gold
-boots-and-the-wild-world-of-batwoman-dvd-reviews/
RiffTrax has officially announced RiffTrax Live: łManos˛ The Hands of
Fate, which will be simulcast to theatres nationwide via Fathom Events
on Thursday, Aug. 16th. More info when we get it.
RiffTrax features:
Frankenstein Island
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
466&type=4&subid=0
Mesa of the Lost Women
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=242375.1
0000072&type=4&subid=0
Curse of Bigfoot http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/curse-bigfoot
RiffTrax shorts
The Fish That Nearly Drowned
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/fish-nearly-drowned
DVDCorner.com has reviews of łRiffTrax: Hand-Crafted Artisanal Shorts˛
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/04/13/rifftrax-hand-crafted-artisanal-shorts-dv
d-review/
Nick Lyons at DVDCorner.com has a review of RiffTraxąs new łCrater Lake
Monster˛ and łGalaxy Invader˛ DVDs.
http://dvdcorner.net/2012/03/27/rifftrax-the-crater-lake-monster-and-the-
galaxy-invader-dvd-reviews/
Cinematic Titanic
Hereąs the schedule:
€ 4/27: Milwaukee, WIPabst Theater. łDoomsday Machine.˛ ON SALE.
http://pabsttheater.org/show/cinematictitanic2012
€ 4/28: Milwaukee, WIPabst Theater. łAstral Factor.˛ ON SALE.
http://pabsttheater.org/show/cinematictitanic2012
€ 7/05: Ann Arbor, MIMichigan Theater. 6 p.m. łRattlers.˛
http://tickets.a2sf.org/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=875 9 p.m. łThe Doll
Squad˛ (A world premiere riff.) $25 each show.
http://tickets.a2sf.org/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=876
€ 11/17: St. Louis, MOFamily Arena. 7:30 p.m. $50-$35. ON SALE
http://www.metrotix.com/event.php?eventId=5202&perfId=22587
Amy Kuperinsky of the Newark Star Ledger quotes Joel ‹ and me! ‹ in this
piece.
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/03/mst3k_cinematic_titanic
_newark.html
Diccon Hyatt at the Princeton Echo has a long interview with Trace and
Frank.
http://princetonecho.com/2012/03/29/master-movie-mockers-coming-to-prince
ton-in-the-not-too-distant-future/
Alex Biese of the Asbury Park Press has a nice long article and some
fresh quotes from Joel.
http//jerseyshore.metromix.com/events/article/cinematic-titanic-returns-t
o/3028365/content
The Nerd Show podcast does a phone interview with Joel. These guys are
not hardcore fans, theyąre more łIąm too young to remember the Comedy
Central era but I used to watch it on the Sci-Fi Channel sometimes/The
episode I watched on youtube the other day was the first one Iąve seen
in years˛ guys, so the interview goes over familiar ground, but Joel
gets to plug the new Shout set and Cinematic Titanic, so itąs all good.
The interview starts at about the 12 minute mark.
http://www.thenerdshowonline.com/
At KEGL-FM (97.1) The Eagle, łScafaldi & Chris˛ interview Joel. Some
questions that have been asked many many times, and some pretty good
ones. http://www.kegl.com/pages/heavy.html?article=10003534
If you live in the Philadelphia area, you might find this of interest:
This semester at Bucks County Community College, Joel has been teaching
a workshop on movie riffing.
On Friday, May 4, he and his students will present what he calls ła
recital of their movie riffing projects.˛ More info here. Admission is
free. http://www.bucks.edu/news/culture/events/eventname,15405,en.php
Bill Corbett has opened up a kickstarter page to help finance a comic
book heąs working on called łSuper Powered Revenge Christmas.˛ Heąs
working with our pal the massively talented Len Peralta. Let Bill
explain it all to you here.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1536910960/super-powered-revenge-chri
stmas
Hey, Chicago MSTies! Did you know there was an MST3K Meetup in your
area? Visit this site or the dreaded Facebook here.
NEW CANAAN, Conn. ‹ CBS newsman Mike Wallace, who helped make TVąs ł60
Minutes˛ the most successful prime-time television news program ever,
died at a care center here Saturday, April 7. He was 93.
In addition to his years as a journalist, Wallace found other gigs as
well. He was a great game show host and MSTies will recall that he
provided the narration in the English dub of the movie in episode 617
THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON. His CBS News obit is here.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57411010/60-minutes-icon-mike-walla
ce-dies-at-93/
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