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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Revival Set at Netflix
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The Technomancer
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This is the same as the one they Kickstarted right? Didn't know Netflix picked it up
This is what was just announced.
brainchild
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Well this is a pleasant surprise!
The Technomancer
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Oh I misread the title as being about a literal "set", like a look at the stage area
Deft Beck
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I had a feeling this is what was going to happen. I think it has the biggest chance for exposure on this platform, though I wonder if new viewers will "get it" right away.
Like, it'll be great for people who have been fans for 20 years, but I wonder what the reaction of people who aren't acclimated to the format will think.
Like, it'll be great for people who have been fans for 20 years, but I wonder what the reaction of people who aren't acclimated to the format will think.
I shared some of the MST3K shorts to my friends, most of whom had never watched or heard of the series, & they seemed to like it well enough.
Michael F. Assbender
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Wait, Kevin and Bill are involved?
Deft Beck
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Which shorts?
BattleMonkey
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To be clear, Bill, Kevin, and Mary are back as Bobbo, Brain Guy, and Pearl. They are not returnin as the bots
Did they confirm they are coming back as these characters?
Deft Beck
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For the best. Give the new cast a chance.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Excellent news.
If we could get some back catalogue to come onto NF as part of various deals that would be amazing. Obviously there will be licensing issues but some of the classics plus the low hanging fruit would be amazing.
If we could get some back catalogue to come onto NF as part of various deals that would be amazing. Obviously there will be licensing issues but some of the classics plus the low hanging fruit would be amazing.
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Isn't that supposed to be Joel McHale?
I imagine they would. The active licensed episodes have been pretty fluid in movement from service to service the last several years.
BattleMonkey
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Yep. The new bot voices were at sdcc and the official FB posted they are returning as those characters
But were they directly confirmed as Bobbo, Brain Guy, and Pearl? Didn't catch it on the FB.
sssstententen
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I do like that they're giving the new guys a chance, it will still be a bit jarring after loving those voices for so long.
I still miss and prefer Trace's Crow to this day, even though Corbett does a great job, recasts/new VA's are always a little jarring.
Great to see the revival in such good hands though.
Now all Netflix needs to do is re-add all the originals to celebrate
That doesn't really answer his question, as all it says is that they will reprise their roles. For all we know it could be them doing Old Crow/Servo for 2 seconds, or "reprise" as in return to the series in general.
I still miss and prefer Trace's Crow to this day, even though Corbett does a great job, recasts/new VA's are always a little jarring.
Great to see the revival in such good hands though.
Now all Netflix needs to do is re-add all the originals to celebrate
That doesn't really answer his question, as all it says is that they will reprise their roles. For all we know it could be them doing Old Crow/Servo for 2 seconds, or "reprise" as in return to the series in general.
BattleMonkey
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It's the first post on their page. Also in comments they confirm these are guest star stints.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Actually super stoked for Joel's return.
I think the jokes were better on average during the Mike era but I preferred the delivery of Joel.
I think the jokes were better on average during the Mike era but I preferred the delivery of Joel.
So if this works out for them and Netflix I'd love to see an option added to specific movies, maybe Netflix users can vote on which, that let's you watch a movie but can overlay the silhouettes of the theater and the bots and such and then add their color commentary over the movie. Not sure if this is making sense but I think it would be pretty cool. You can MST3K a movie
First post on Facebook just shows the Netflix announcement. The link TedHub provided has this,
"- Original creator Joel Hodgson will be joined by comedian Jonah Ray (Jonah Heston) as the new host and Felicia Day (Geek & Sundry) as Kinga Forrester. Joel McHale and Dan Harmon have attached as writers. Additionally, Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester), Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot) and Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) from the original cast will reprise their roles in the new series."
"- Original creator Joel Hodgson will be joined by comedian Jonah Ray (Jonah Heston) as the new host and Felicia Day (Geek & Sundry) as Kinga Forrester. Joel McHale and Dan Harmon have attached as writers. Additionally, Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester), Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot) and Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) from the original cast will reprise their roles in the new series."
Really glad this is happening for Joel and the rest and I hope it's a huge success. To be honest I'd personally be much more excited for this if it were Frank and Forrester returning instead of the others. I'll probably give it a chance some day though (not normally a Netflix subscriber).
ElectricBlanketFire
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Perfect home for it. I still can't believe this is happening.
BattleMonkey
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The official FB page for MST3K says otherwise, not sure where you are looking. It also links to this article that specifies it too http://www.avclub.com/article/myste...-deb-240027?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds
Joel stated at the panel they were reprising their roles as Brain Guy and Bobo to help bridge the gap into the new series. No mention if they will be doing bot voices at any point.
Awesome! Thanks.
wesleyshark
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Awesome. God bless Netflix
cj_iwakura
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How far along is production?
Michael F. Assbender
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CrunchyFrog
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Thing is NF HAD a pretty solid selection of MST3K eps at one point in the past but they let the deal expire. Hulu now seems to have picked it up. Not sure how well they could ink out a deal on those, but at least they're there. Missing some of the real classics (Santa Claus versus the Martians god dammit), but at least they have the platinum tier space mutiny
BattleMonkey
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They haven't started filming I believe, they have been writing and designing so far.
As someone who came into the show on the Mike era, this is probably my biggest concern of the show, tbh. Joel always felt like he was being too nice; he'd call them cheesy movies, while Mike would call them bad/crappy movies. I liked the more caustic tone of Mike's episodes. But given the amount of writers on board, I imagine it'll still end up feeling different enough from Joel's run anyway.
yeah, I think they said they start filming August/September. Which I guess rules out a 2016 release.
We had a mini marathon of the educational & instructional shorts in this playlist. The ones that they howled at the most were 'Speech: Platform Posture & Apperance', 'The Chicken of Tomorrow', 'Days Of Our Years', & 'Last Clear Chance'. The only one they despised was 'Catching Trouble', which I can't blame them.
VendettaRed07
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And god said, "I'll allow one good thing to happen this year"
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