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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)
- valuearb 9y agoThe new season is now on Netflix, yay!
- dexterdog 9y agoDisappointing that it's a typical NF dump. This is one of those shows that will do better with a weekly release.
- jonursenbach 9y agoYou know you don't have to binge it, right?
- dexterdog 9y agoBut you can't discuss these shows with people because they're all at different points. The real nuts binge it the day it comes out and very few people have seen through to the end. I hate most things about the traditional TV experience, but controlled releases are not one of those things.
- zaphar 9y agoThat's like saying. I don't enjoy getting drunk so it's disappointing that gas stations keep selling beer in 24 pack cases. It says more about someone's lack of willpower than it says about Netflix or gas stations.
- nickthegreek 9y agoEpisodes 2, Wild Wilderness is my favorite new episode so far. I think as far as running times go, this is the longest netflix original release with 14 episodes around 1.5 hrs each.
- TimJYoung 9y agoWatched it yesterday with my eldest son, and I was laughing so hard I was crying towards the end. When they started rapping Run-DMC's "Tricky" because of the kid with the large medallion...just pure comedy gold.
- slurry 9y agoMaybe the first time I've ever agreed with valuearb.
- doug1001 9y agoi wonder how many here know/like MST3K. It was big two decades ago, went dark, and now seems it's coming back. i would think that the HN crowd is as close to the perfect audience segment for MST3K as one can find. the idea is simple: an MST3K episode is a replay of some horrible D-grade science-fuction movie, usually 25 or so years old. The perspective of the viewer is someone sitting in the back of a movie theatre watching this movie. Sitting a few rows in front of you, the viewer, are three guys (technically one guy and two robots, "Crow" and "Tom Servo" in case you're curious) who frequently interject hilarious riffs while the movie is in progress. an example: in one episode, the trio are watching "Radar Men From the Moon", in the film, the hero says to the evil leader of the Moon people "why are you carrying out this campaign of destruction of planet Earth?" Before the evil leader can answer, one of the trio jumps in with "It's an election year" the OP sums it up nicely: > Watching MST3K was like hanging out with a trio of underachieving-genius best friends
- booleandilemma 9y agoI used to watch it on the Sci-Fi channel back when I had cable. That was in the good old days before they renamed it to Syfy and started airing wrestling matches.
- chadgeidel 9y agoMight want to give SyFy another chance. They've really turned it around in the past few years.
- coldpie 9y agoHonestly, having seen maybe three or four episodes, I've never liked it. The jokes just aren't good enough to make a bad movie worth two hours of my life. There are so many other things I'd rather be doing. I try an episode every few years, because everyone talks so highly of it, but I always regret the decision or just quit halfway through.
- bcook 9y agoI find MST3K (and RiffTrax) to be some of the best background noise while I'm working or relaxing.
- wyldfire 9y agoApparently we have Elton John (and/or his art team) to thank for the show's signature look. > On Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, there are illustrations in the liner notes. And for the song “I’ve Seen That Movie Too,” it’s got little silhouettes watching a movie. I remember going, “Someone should do a show like that. Run a movie and have these people in silhouettes say stuff.”
- wyldfire 9y agoI think it's great that MST3k can find new life in the next century. But it's certainly a disappointing reminder that so much funding these days goes towards nostalgia/reboots/sequels and not new, original content.
- tylermac1 9y agoI think I've spent more money on Rifftrax and MST3K than anything else in the last 9 years.
- naspinski 9y agoJust saw my first Rifftrax last week: Samurai Cop! I can't recommend it enough - I was crying.