MST3K News Roundup: 03/20/11
Chris 'Sampo' Cornell
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The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. XX is now available.
If you have not ordered it yet, we would appreciate it if you would use
this link-->
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There were a number of reviews, including these by...:
* Steve Jones of USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/dvd/2011-03-12-dvdextra-mst3k_N.htm.
* Eric Goldman at IGN http://dvd.ign.com/articles/115/1154869p1.html.
* Chris Gore had a review set on "Attack Of The Show" on G4.
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/51726/The-Next-Three-Days-Excalibur-MST-3000-V
ol-20-DVD-Review/
* Brad Cook at filmthreat.com has a review.
http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/32782/
* Thereąs an unsigned review at schlockmania.com.
http://www.schlockmania.com/mst3k-vol-20/
* C.S. Stowbridge at The-Numbers.com has a review.
http://www.the-numbers.com/interactive/newsStory.php?newsID=6014
* Nick Lyons at DVDCorner.com
http://dvdcorner.net/2011/03/07/mystery-science-theater-3000-volume-xx-dv
d-review/.
* The Wall Street Journaląs Arts and Entertainment section
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559604576176663531863994
.html.
* Erich Asperschlager at DVDVerdict.com
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mst3kxx.php.
* At DVD Talk, Jason Bailey
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/47193/mystery-science-theater-3000-vol-xx/
.
* Our pal Bruce Westbrook examines the extras
http://farsider.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/dvd-blog-review-mystery-science-
theater-3000-vol-xx-serving-up-more-servo/.
* Also, in honor of the release of Vol. XX, mania.com takes a look at
the evolution of snark.
http://www.mania.com/evolution-snark_article_128863.html
* At DVD Verdict, Michael Rubino reviews the recent Shout re-release of
łIncredibly Strange CreaturesŠ˛
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mst3kincrediblystrange.php and James
A. Stewart reviews the re-release of łBeginning of the End.˛
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mst3kbegofend.php
* At IGN.com Eric Goldman reviews both titles, łBeginning of the End˛
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/115/1151882p1.html and łIncredibly Strange
Creatures...˛ http://dvd.ign.com/articles/115/1151859p1.html
To order those two titles, please use this link--->
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RiffTrax features:
* Birdemic
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=161507.8
51&type=4&subid=0
* Highlander http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/highlander
Coming next: Karate Kid 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RRWSC1YXyeg
RiffTrax shorts:
* Basic Job Skills: Dealing with Customers
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/basic-job-skills-dealing-customers
* The ABC of Walking Wisely
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/abc-walking-wisely
RiffTrax has released a DVD version of łSanta Claus and the Ice Cream
Bunny,˛ for only $9.99.
http://www.rifftrax.com/dvds/santa-and-ice-cream-bunny
Hereąs the latest Cinematic Titanic tour schedule:
€ Friday, April 15: One show, 8 p.m. (łRattlers˛ ), Community Theatre at
the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, 100 South St., Morristown, N.J.
Tickets are $27 and $37. http://www.mayoarts.org/genre_comedy.htm
€ Saturday, April 16: One show, 8 p.m. (audience choice), 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
€ Friday, May 6: Two shows, 7 p.m. (łSamson and the 7 Miracles of the
World˛ ) & 9:30 p.m. (łRattlers˛ ), at The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro
St., San Francisco. Tickets are $35 for one show, $60 for the double
feature. General admission. Buy 7 p.m. tickets here.
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionDa
ta&eventId=3415325 Buy 9:30 p.m. tickets here.
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionDa
ta&eventId=3415335 Buy a combo ticket to both shows here.
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionDa
ta&eventId=3415365
Reviews of the recent Cinematic Titanic shows in Milwaukee are here
http://strangerinfamiliarland.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/a-night-with-cinem
atic-titanic/, here
http://www.avclub.com/milwaukee/articles/cinematic-titanic-at-pabst-theat
er,52130/ and here
http://www.uwmpost.com/2011/02/21/cinematic-titantic-a-retrospective-revi
ew/.
Frank, Mary Jo and Josh appeared on Fox TV Detroit this morning
promoting tonightąs double feature at the Royal Oak Music Theater.
Hereąs a clip.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/mornings/weekend/live-version-of-mystery-
science-theater-3k
Our pal łLazlow the MST3K Guy˛
http://laidoffproductions.com/category/lazlow-the-mst-guy/was planning
to interview Joel while Cinematic Titanic was in Arizona recently, but
Joel had to cancel at the last minute and Josh and Trace filled in.
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/cinematic-titanic-int
erview-with-josh-and-trace Lazlow also found himself unexpectedly
filming outside without a windsock on the mic, so bear with him.
Get the full story about how Mike made Rebecca Black a star here.
http://mashable.com/2011/03/16/rebecca-black-youtube/
A few days later she tweeted to Mike: łSo apparently youąre the one to
Śblameą for these past couple days. If thatąs the case Thanks so much!
:-) xoxo.˛
łIn the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000, Essays on
Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing,˛ Edited by Robert
G. Weiner and Shelley E. Barba is now available.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4532-5 More info
on whatąs in it here.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/contents-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4532-5
Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St. in Minneapolis will present łMST3k:
Salute Your Shorts,˛ a collection of MST3K shorts Wednesday, April 6, at
10 p.m. Admission is free. More info here.
http://bryantlakebowl.com/calendar/shows/mst3k-salute-your-shorts/
If you are having a public showing of an MST3K episode, or if you hear
about one, let me know at msampo at a-o-l dot com so we can let people
know.
Longtime MSTie John Scott Lewinski interviews Joel for CraveOnline.com
http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/humor/article/joel-hodgson-on-ci
nematic-titanic-mst3k-125751
The Paley Center for Media in New York City will hold a tribute to and
retrospective of the great Ernie Kovacs on Tuesday, April 12, and Joel
Hodgson (a big fan of Kovacs and winner of the Ernie Kovacs Award at the
Dallas Film Festival) will be on the panel. Keith Olbermann will
moderate the panel, which will also include Robert Smigel (the creator
of łTV Funhouse˛ and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog), George Schlatter
(executive producer of łRowan & Martinąs Laugh-In˛ ), Jolene Brand
Schlatter (a performer in Kovacs specials) and Ben Model (the curator of
the The Ernie Kovacs Collection DVD Set, see below).
More info here. http://www.paleycenter.org/2011-spring-kovacs
In the meantime, for fans of Ernie and for those who want to know more
about his work, Shout! Factory has just announced that they will release
łThe Ernie Kovacs Collection˛ in April. More info here.
http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-4189090-10768631?url=http://www.shoutfacto
rystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257356&cjsku=826663123593
Scott Wampler at Examiner.com does a long interview with Mike.
http://www.examiner.com/comedy-in-national/interview-mystery-science-thea
ter-3000-star-mike-nelson-talks-rifftrax-more
Have you wondered how they turned the six-foot tall bot into a six-inch
tall collectible figure? GKS Global Services details how it used
non-destructive 3D laser scanning technology
http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/metrology-article/scanning-bot-myster
y-science-theater-3000.html to create an exact computer image of Gypsy,
suitable for miniaturization.
We try to stay within our wheelhouse here at Satellite News, so normally
wouldnąt mention a side project by one of the non-MST3K RiffTrax guys
(much as we love Conor) but the MST3K guys can be heard on these soŠ
RiffTraxąs Conor Lastowka is highly amused by poorly written Wikipedia
entries, and has a blog ‹ entitled łCitation Needed˛
http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/ ‹ in which he mocks said entries.
He has recently begun a podcast based on the blog and has done two
installments. Mike appears in episode 1 and Bill and Kevin do a bit in
episode 2.
Enjoy. feed://feeds.feedburner.com/citation-needed
Apparently for no particular reason, a blog at łDenver Westworld˛ (is
robotic Yul Brynner the editor?) looks at some of their favorite łbest
of˛ MST3K compilation videos on YouTube.
http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/2011/02/best_of_mystery_science_the
ater_3000.php
Amazonąs new streaming service for Amazon Prime customers has a wide
selection of MST3K
titleshttp://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http://www.
amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&x=10&ref_=nb_sb_noss&y=12&field-keywords=Mystery%20S
cience%20Theater%203000&url=search-alias%3Damazontv&tag=satellitenews&lin
kCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 available for free viewing. And for
a small fee, you can view a few additional MST3K episodes, MST3K: The
Movie, a handful of RiffTrax titles and even Jim Mallonąs horror/comedy
movie łBlood Hook.˛
IGN gives its list of the Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Shows.
http://tv.ign.com/articles/114/1143800p1.html Guess which number MST3K
http://tv.ign.com/articles/114/1143800p4.html comes in at.