MST3K News Roundup: 02/20/11
Chris 'Sampo' Cornell
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Shout Factory has released some more info about their next set of MST3K
titles, Vol. XX, including news on extras:
* The PROJECT MOON BASE disk will include łExploring The Look Of MST3K
with Director of Photography Jeff Stonehouse,˛ and the original trailer.
* The MASTER NINJA I disk will include a new interview with Master Ninja
star Bill McKinney (who played evil Sheriff Kyle).
* The MASTER NINJA II disk will feature the łTom Servo Vs. Tom Servo˛
panel that was held at Dragon*Con 2010.
* The ŚMAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD˛ disk features a new introduction by Trace
Beaulieu, and łMystery Science Theater Hour˛ wraps.
By the way, for those planning to buy the upcoming re-releases of łThe
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up
Zombies˛ and łBeginning Of The End,˛ available now for $19.99 if you
visit here http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-4189090-10863285 you can get a
$5 discount when you purchase both, together using the coupon code
MST3K5OFF.
Shout! Factory has set up an official MST3K page on Facebook where
theyąll be providing łfun content and updates on upcoming DVD releases.˛
http://www.facebook.com/MysteryScienceTheater3000
RiffTrax features:
* Inception
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=161507.1
0000012&type=4&subid=0
*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=1PcHV9C0huo&offerid=161507.1
0000021&type=4&subid=0
According to this video -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-na2hVhNelw --
The next titles are "Birdemic" (Feb. 22), łHighlander˛ and łKarate Kid
3.?
RiffTrax shorts:
* Courtesy Counts a Lot
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/courtesy-counts-a-lot
* Remember Me http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/remember-me
* Walking to School http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/walking-school
* Improve Your Pronounciation
http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/improve-your-pronunciation
As foretold by the pooping monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgF3I0tKg4g, two new shorts collections
were released by RiffTrax today: łOrder in the Shorts˛
http://www.rifftrax.com/dvds/order-shorts and łShortstoberfest.˛
http://www.rifftrax.com/dvds/shortstoberfest Theyąre $9.95 each.
Nick Lyons at DVD Corner has a mostly positive review of the two new
RiffTrax shorts DVDs.
http://dvdcorner.net/2011/02/12/rifftrax-order-in-the-shorts-and-shortsto
berfest-dvd-reviews/
RiffTrax says http://www.rifftrax.com/announcement/53850l it has
apparently been trying to convince NetFlix to add its pre-synched
video-on-demand titles, such as łVoodoo Man,˛ łPlan 9 From Outer Space,˛
łManiac˛ and the Shorts collections, onto its popular Watch Instantly
service and having no luck.
For reasons that pass understanding, considering that MST3K episodes are
pretty popular selections on Watch Instantly, the NetFlix honchos say
they doubt the VOD titles have łthey donąt think our DVDs have enough
łqueue demand.˛
The RiffTrax folks are asking NetFlix members who want to be able to
stream those titles to show your interest by going here
http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=rifftrax and adding some or all of
RiffTraxąs titles to your DVD rental queue. On Twitter, you can send a
nice message to @Netflix and @Netflixhelps to let them know youąd love
to have them add RiffTrax titles to Watch Instantly.
Hereąs the latest Cinematic Titanic tour schedule:
€ Saturday, Feb. 26: Two shows, 7 p.m. (łLegacy of Blood˛ ) and 10:30
p.m. (movie TBA), 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
€ Saturday, March 12: Two shows, 4 p.m. (łRattlers˛ ) and 8:30 p.m.
(łWar of the Insects˛ ) 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
€ 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
Julia Ann Weekes of the New Hampshire Union Leader previewed the recent
Cinematic Titanic show in Concord. N.H.
http://www.newhampshire.com/article.aspx?headline=Stage+show+aims+to+help
+sink+already+floundering+films&articleid=3954
MORRO BAY, Calif.Jack LaLanne, the seemingly eternal master of health
and fitness who first popularized the idea that Americans should work
out and eat right to retain youthfulness and vigor, died at his home
here Sunday, Jan. 23, of respiratory failure due to pneumonia. He was 96.
MSTies will remember that he can be seen and heard on a monitor at the
TV station shown in the movie in episode K16- CITY ON FIRE.
His New York Times obit is here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/sports/24lalanne.html?_r=1
Josh Jackson at Paste.com has a list of the 40 Best Robots of All Time
(Fictional or Real). And coming in at #13Š
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/01/the-40-best-robots-of-al
l-time-fictional-or-real.html
A Russian MST3K? Yup! watch a full episode here.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2988947153633950316# Alert
commenter Amelik has provided us with a translation of the theme song:
In a science institute, thereąs an experiment,
Theyąre testing the effect of movie reels on people.
How will consciousness be affected by a movie.
Of questionable quality and made long ago
A nice guy, Stephen is in need of some money
He got a job as a test subject, threw caution to the wind
He didnąt know that the process is supervised by
Professor Zamishlavkin, a bad guy [something]
Stephen watches movies, heąs now imprisoned
If itąs wasnąt for his friends, heąd be miserable
Mutants, saboteurs: a dog and a penguin
Rescue his psychie and watch along with him
:::Fidel::: [penguin's name]
:::Ketchup::: [dog's name]
:::the greatest achievement of national defense!:::
When the friends are all together, they donąt fear the bad guy
They make comments on everything, so that itąs more fun
In the face of scientific theories,
They giggle and laugh, as they watch Project Popcorn
LAS VEGASRubber-faced comedian Charlie Callas died at a care center
here Thursday, Jan. 27. He was 86.
In addition to being mentioned in riffs a number of times, MSTies will
remember that his trademark jerky stage persona was put to good use in
the łCharlie Callas massager,˛ an invention exchange in episode 320- THE
UNEARTHLY.
It's not a real product, unfortuntely, but Frank was among the actors
who did a commercial for "My4squarealibi."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpTSxLugZpw
Have you ever wanted to crochet your own chibi Tom Servo? Hereąs how.
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=302884.0
Return of the Killer Shrews? Really?
http://roberthood.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/31/return-of-the-killer-shre
ws/
Think nobody remembers MST3K? In the 24 hours following the end of the
Super Bowl, this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iqLhdInGrk was
the number one shared video on the internet.
Eric Whitman of łThe Daily Blam˛ interviews Mike.
http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2011/02/08/eric-talks-with-mike-j-nelson-ab
out-mst3k-rifftrax-tommy-wiseau
MST3K popped up on the Web sites of two unlikely publications today:
Forbes
http://blogs.forbes.com/davidewalt/2011/02/10/the-men-behind-the-mst3k-ro
bots/ (where, as youąll see in the comments, I helped straighten out
some confusion) and Out (not that thereąs anything wrong with it!).
http://www.out.com/slideshows/?slideshow_title=The-Gayest-Robots&theID=11
#Top
Our pal Aaron, aka łLazlow˛ at laidoffproductions.com, has scored an
interview with Joel when Cinematic Titanic comes to his town of Mesa,
Ariz., in March, and heąs asking for suggestions for questions he could
ask Joel.
For more information, see his vlog entry here.
http://blip.tv/file/4750307
And by the way, thereąs lots of wacky video on the site, including his
video MST3K episode commentary (heąs just about through the KTMA
season). Check it out.