The Future of MST3K Begins Tomorrow...?!

[ArdeduDadala]

Wish folks would give a million dollars to new riffing groups. We'd probably get hundreds of riffs with the top 50 or so substantially better quality than the new mst. Personally I think its just time for new blood.

[SuperLake]

I'm sorry but this is asinine. $666,666 budget per episode, why? Remove the CG, identify what's making the show expensive and remove it and focus purely on public domain content.

I have to wonder what the Rifftrax budget is per episode. Sure they don't do puppetting but come on, a streaming platform, fail on entry

[just a guy]

Well, it's obviously not just production costs and movie rights this time. They're also hoping to build their own platform for streaming episodes both old and new. Personally, I'm excited. And since they're nearly three quarters to their initial goal already, I'm not the only one.

[JusSonic]

Folks, I'm excited that they are doing something like this and hope they'll succeed.

I don't care what some critics say. I thought they did a bang-up job on the Netflix seasons and hope to see what they got in store for their Gizmoplex thing. 

[ClockworkApocalypse]

Is anyone else just . . . not very excited by this news?  It doesn't even seem like Jonah or Joel feel the same passion anymore.

jonah has the charisma of a wet dishrag and joel just kinda makes me sad

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[JusSonic]

Woo-hoo! We hit the first mark and got the funding! 

Maybe we can hit the next one and get more episodes! Who knows? We got until the 7th of next month!

[mst3k4ever]

Man, I'm glad to see a few other dissenting views here.  I've been on a few MST3K sites and their mostly blubbering all over this.  I mean, I'm all for some more MST3K eps.  I thought Season 11 was okay and 12 was crap, but I'll give some more a chance.  But a whole streaming platform for one show?  That's EFing stoopid.  And, after all the bloat in the first kickstarter, I really can't get past this feeling like Joel just milking the sh|t out of his core audience.  

Just make some damn eps and release them for sale.  It's what RiffTrax has been doing for what, 15 years?  Or look at what The Mads are doing for essentially no budget.

[JusSonic]

Man, I'm glad to see a few other dissenting views here.  I've been on a few MST3K sites and their mostly blubbering all over this.  I mean, I'm all for some more MST3K eps.  I thought Season 11 was okay and 12 was crap, but I'll give some more a chance.  But a whole streaming platform for one show?  That's EFing stoopid.  And, after all the bloat in the first kickstarter, I really can't get past this feeling like Joel just milking the sh|t out of his core audience.  

Just make some damn eps and release them for sale.  It's what RiffTrax has been doing for what, 15 years?  Or look at what The Mads are doing for essentially no budget.

Come on, give Joel another chance. He is always awesome since the good old days and he hasn't lost his touch since!

[ArdeduDadala]

Really? Do you realize how many secod chances Joel has been given? I hope I get that many in my career. Why not give new voices a chance? Seriously, not just the Mads, I'd rather get three or 30 new episodes from Quiptracks, Drawback, Cinester Theater, HorRiffIc, or Riffraff Theater. If you haven't tried them, I suggest doing so and then considering who deserves our riffing cash.

[JusSonic]

Really? Do you realize how many secod chances Joel has been given? I hope I get that many in my career. Why not give new voices a chance? Seriously,  not just the Mads, I'd rather get three or 30 new episodes from Quiptracks, Drawback, Cinester Theater, HorRiffIc, or Riffraff Theater. If you haven't tried them, I suggest doing so and then considering who deserves our riffing cash.

I did tried them. And on my top 10 riffing list, MST3K and Rifftrax are my top two.