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Which is funny, because since then, MST3K had a wildly-successful Kickstarter, and managed to bring back 3 more seasons.
by KingMob 10mo ago
Which is funny, because since then, MST3K had a wildly-successful Kickstarter, and managed to bring back 3 more seasons.
- tstrimple 10mo agoI remember enjoying quite a bit of MST3K but also have been burned by revisiting nostalgia too many times so I tend to just leave things alone now. I know it's subjective and not a fair question, but is the newer MST3K worth following up on?
- riffnTeleviz 10mo ago[dead]
- bink 10mo agopluto.tv has the older "Joel" episodes and I've been enjoying them occasionally. The newer stuff for me has a bit too much "drama kid" energy, if that makes sense.
- JKCalhoun 10mo agoRegardless, I suspect we all agree it would be a poorer world without MST3K. (And happy "thousand" got shorted to "K" — perhaps the early USENET nerds coined that.)
- 1123581321 10mo agoI don’t like them as much, but Jonah at least feels like a legitimate third human on the satellite after Joel and Mike. Starcrash is one from that Kickstarter season to check out. At this point it sees the fans are split into people who follow whatever MST3K and Rifftrax do, “keep sharing the tapes,” and people who liked MST3K because it was funnier and scrappier than other shows and tapered off when it lost that. I lean toward the latter, but I’m friends with the former and we make it work.
- uhoh-itsmaciek 10mo agoThe vibe is not the same, but Jonah is likeable, Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt are good as the Mads, and the movie selection is fantastic: Reptilicus? Munchie? The Christmas Dragon? Every film is a magnificent slice of different B-movie territory.
- michaelbuckbee 10mo agoAbsolutely, if nothing else it's a fantastic entry point for new people to watch the show (especially kids). Note also, there's another season that's on the streaming services as individual movies post the Netflix reboot with much of the same team.
- 5555624 10mo agoThe host segments with Jonah aren't too bad. I don't care for the host segments with Felicia Day & Patton Oswalt; but, I didn't care for Pearl and Bobo, either. I don't care for the changing voices and characteristics of the bots, either. I think the riffs are more "generalized." In the original, there were riffs that were regional or more obscure (e.g. Hamdingers).
- jryan49 10mo agoThere were definitely some Philly area jokes in there :)
- JKCalhoun 10mo agoThe live stuff stands out as particularly good… I suppose because you get audience feedback and they seem to lean into it.
- mnky9800n 10mo agoI prefer the broadcast editions on YouTube. Complete with commercials!
- KingMob 10mo agoYes, it's the same MST3K as always, honestly. Some great episodes, some weak ones, etc. Everyone's good. IIRC, they might have been crowdfunding for a fourth new season, but they ran into some major issues with getting backers their rewards on the last one, and I think that made a lot of fans reluctant.
- mpalczewski 10mo agoI helped fund that kickstarter. The first season released on that kickstarter was such a disappointment. As if they forgot to be funny.