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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by coldpie »

doug1001 wrote: post #4

i 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 w…

Honestly, 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.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by bcook »

coldpie wrote: post #11
doug1001 wrote: post #4

i 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 w…

Honestly, 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.

I find MST3K (and RiffTrax) to be some of the best background noise while I'm working or relaxing.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by 0xfeba »

coldpie wrote: post #11
doug1001 wrote: post #4

i 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 w…

Honestly, 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.

There are only a handful of episodes I enjoy--but I really do enjoy them. Try from the top-ten list they have out there.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by MichaelGG »

coldpie wrote: post #11
doug1001 wrote: post #4

i 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 w…

Honestly, 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.

That's sometimes true for the old ones. On the plus side, I've found that I can watch some newer movies that I would never otherwise be able to see. Never know when having seen Twilight might come in handy...

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by zaphar »

dexterdog wrote: post #3
valuearb wrote: post #2

The new season is now on Netflix, yay!

Disappointing that it's a typical NF dump. This is one of those shows that will do better with a weekly release.

That'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.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by castratikron »

doug1001 wrote: post #4

i 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 w…

Lots of good times watching MST back in the late 90s

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by cgriswald »

coldpie wrote: post #11
doug1001 wrote: post #4

i 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 w…

Honestly, 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.

It definitely helps if you would otherwise watch a bad movie. The Gamera episode is my all-time favorite; and when these shows were first airing I was watching every Japanese monster movie I could on my own (they're so bad they're often hilarious even without the MST3K crew).

The appeal for me is also that I'm from Minnesota like those guys; some of the jokes are inside jokes. It was also on late night during the 90s when not much else was on; some of the appeal now is nostalgic.

Re: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Oral History (2014)

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Post by chadgeidel »

booleandilemma wrote: post #5
doug1001 wrote: post #4

i 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 w…

I 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.

Might want to give SyFy another chance. They've really turned it around in the past few years.
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