MST3K Season 13 starts this Friday

[mst3k4ever]

https://www.gizmoplex.com/products/gizmo...-12-months

I'm sure at least one person here has the pass and and a stream recorder/downloader? 

 

[Mayonnaise1]

$40,000?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[NotRichBatman]

$40,000?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

that can't be right...then I clicked the link and it's asking for payment information. here you go Q anon, here's the real cover for human trafficking.

is this the show where people talk over movies budgeted at 690k per episode? what the fuck?

[SuspiriaTrumpsItFollowsCrap]

Sad that it doesn't seem possible to fund Emily (and her crew's) efforts w/out portions of that $$ going to support the Unfunniest Hipsterwank Extraordinaire previously seen ruining eps of @Midnight.

[entaled]

I think this is priced to prevent people buying it, not because they think people will fork over $40k. It says it's offered as a Kickstarter reward and there's a promo code box. There are pages for 3, 6, and 9 month pledge reward tiers ($85+ gets you the 12mo) as well. Maybe someone thought giving out $40,000 promo codes (to backers) would be funny? I could be wrong, hope I'm not though.

[Mayonnaise1]

here you go Q anon, here's the real cover for human trafficking.

Rifftrax's Kickstarter started today.....

[mst3knut]

Now, they've changed it to $1000, with the disclaimer,

"PLEASE NOTE: This product is not meant for purchase. Backers who pledged for this pass have been emailed digital codes to unlock this reward for free. DO NOT PAY $1000 FOR THIS PRODUCT."

With the changing amount, this feels more like catfishing.  'We're not serious, but let's go ahead and LOWER the amount- to see if someone actually WILL bite'

[efalls99]

This seems a bit overly complicated - apparently this isn't even the real premiere for the public but a "beta test"? I wish they'd just post an episode for $9.99 like Rifftrax does and then have all of the community livestream stuff for the backers separate.

[mst3k4ever]

With the changing amount, this feels more like catfishing.  'We're not serious, but let's go ahead and LOWER the amount- to see if someone actually WILL bite'

If you read around, it's because the web-store-front thingie they're using made them put an actual product in for the KS vouchers.  So, they did and put 40K in so NO sane person would do it.  But then, some people were contacting them and telling them that the fine print said they were technically authorizing the web-store-front thingie to charge them for up to that amount.  

So, really this isn't anything bad or malicious they're doing, it's just them fumbling about like they've done ever since the revival started.


Anyway, back to the main topic, I hope someone "is in" and can get us a recording of the 1301 premier. I did not KS it, but would still be interested to see the next 'evolution' of MST3K.

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This seems a bit overly complicated - apparently this isn't even the real premiere for the public but a "beta test"? I wish they'd just post an episode for $9.99 like Rifftrax does and then have all of the community livestream stuff for the backers separate.

No, this is the REAL premier of the new season with the actual ep 1301 streaming friday.  This is how effed up they are that they are releasing it as part of a 'public beta'.  My guess is that in actuality it's not a public beta, but when they wanted/promised the full premier but their streaming setup is so crap that they're afraid they can't handle anything more than a small set of users, with the bonus that the small set are all hardcore fanboys so they'll give them a pass if and when premier night is plagued with technical issues.


And, YES, total agreement, all this complication is stoopid, and they should just make a damn ep and release it one at a time like RiffTrax does, and if people like it, word will spread, more will sell, they'll make a profit, and then make more.

[mst3knut]

I think most of us would take it in stride, if the premiere were fraught with glitches & screw-ups.  I'd say, mostly, we're all confident they will [eventually] make-things-right with their backers.  It was great fun watching Mike/Kevin/Bill trying to get Zoom coordinated when Covid first struck, with Mike unable to hear Kevin/Bill and, apparently, unaware that the world could see (and hear) him.....