cinematic titanic (mst3k news in this thread)

[Bob]

http://www.cinematictitanic.com/

all i know about it is what's in that link, but apparently joel hodgson, trace beaulieu (crow, dr. forrester), and j. elvis weinstein (servo for like one or two seasons and i think one of the original writers) are getting back together to do...something. i dunno if it's gonna be rifftraxy thing or what, but i'm excited!

[jabumbo]

sounds like it could be something, but its hard to say right now


keep me informed, bobby

[Otis Driftwood]

A man out standing in his field, lol!

[Auton]

oh bob, this WOULD be wonderful, wouldn't it? tell me it would, bob.

[Otis Driftwood]

I just read this on the Progressive Ruin blog:

Okay, clicking on Mst3k.com for now will just forward you to the official Mystery Science Theatre 3000 fan site Satellite News, where you can read more details on this new project, but I'll sum up briefly here.

Mystery Science Theatre is being relaunched as a new online project, with new animated shorts starring the 'bots Crow, Servo, and Gypsy. Two folks from the original show are involved...Jim Mallon (president of MST3K's parent company Best Brains, and returning voice of Gypsy) and Paul Chaplin (occasional onscreen performer on the original show, and the new voice of Crow). No word on Servo's voice, but I'm guessing that'll be handled by one of the "new talents" involved in the project...but whoever it is, he (or she?) is gonna have the unenviable task of following Kevin Murphy's robust performance as the character.

Of most interest to the longtime fans (like, say, myself) is the promise of behind-the-scenes footage and "from the vault" type material from the original show, as well as "all-new merchandise."

I suppose the relative success of the MST3K-like spin-off projects by former cast members Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and the aforementioned Murphy (Rifftrax and The Film Crew) was a major factor in this MST3K relaunch. I don't know (and the fan site doesn't indicate) whether or not we'll be getting more "wisecracking robots in movie theatres" action, or just the wacky adventures of the 'bots sans film mockery. But, the 'bots themselves are appealing characters, non-working arms and all, in their own right, outside of the riffing context, so I'm willing to give this new effort a shot, even with most of the original creative staff having moved on. This is a bit more of a change than the "Crow's got a new voice?" thing from the Sci Fi Channel years, but the promise of new material under the MST3K banner has got my attention.
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A follow-up to the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 news from Tuesday...the rest of the MST3K cast not involved in other MST-like projects, including the show's creator (Joel Hodgson), and the original Mads (Trace Beaulieu and J. Elvis Weinstein) -- i.e. the original cast of the show -- are starting Cinematic Titanic, yet another MST-a-like with riffing of bad films, only with the silhouettes at the screen's side rather than at the bottom. Later additions to MST are also joining in...Mary Jo Pehl and the legendary TV's Frank, Frank Conniff.

Pretty much the entire on-screen staff from MST3K is now involved in new projects doing what MST popularized...riffing on bad movies, with the seemingly ironic exception of MST3K.com itself, planning to focus (as far as I can tell) on animated shorts.

It'd be nice if all these folks somehow got together, worked out their differences (I seem to recall some word of friction behind the scenes) and produced full-fledged Mystery Science Theatre again. Clearly there's some demand for MST-like material...a revival of actual MST would probably go great.

I know it really doesn't matter...listening to Mike, Kevin, and Bill on a Rifftrax or on a Film Crew DVD is nearly identical to watching one of the latter day MSTs. Adding robot puppets and the Satellite of Love and the Hexfield and so on are probably unnecessary extras to the actual point of these things -- the riffing on the film -- but wouldn't it be swell to have 'em back?

[Audio.]

WOOT!:D