Posted on 12/12/2015 3:10:54 AM PST by Morgana
Mystery Science Theater 3000 smashed through all known barriers Friday night to prove itself the king of geeky TV when its total on Kickstarter (including its add-on shop) soared past $6.3 million. The show, which went off the air in 1999, became the most successful crowdfunded video project of all time, surpassing the Veronica Mars movie, which previously held the title with $5.7 million.
The MST3k project’s ultimate goal had been $5.5 million to produce a new, 12-episode season of the cult series, in an attempt to prove to various networks or online streamers that there was a demand for the bad movie riffing series to return. This could not possibly have been proven more conclusively, as the minimum $2 million goal was immediately overcome. In the last 72 hours in particular, donations to the Kickstarter have been flying fast and furious, taking it well beyond any of the earlier projections. At the time of this writing, more than 47,000 people (including myself) have donated to the cause.
The current donations guarantee a bonus 13 episode season, including a new holiday special, hopefully in the same league as Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. The donations were no doubt helped by the huge number of celebrity endorsements the new version of the show has received, from people who will be cast members (Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day) to those who hope to appear in cameo roles (everyone from Jack Black to Jerry Seinfeld).
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If it’s supposed to be so good, never heard of it, why do they need funding?
Agreed. Nothing wrong with Joel but I liked Mike better.
It was a very quirky and amusing late-night program that showed old “b” through “e” rated flicks while the main characters did a running commentary on the multitudinous shortcomings and inadequacies of the writing, acting, screenplay, directing, continuity and so forth.
Irony, sarcasm, snark, it was all there. Very entertaining when up late for whatever reason. There used to be theme nights and group viewings occasionally.
You never heard of it for one of two reasons:
1 It stopped being aired in 1999 and you were sound asleep in your crib when it was on
2 You didn’t watch much late-night TV in the 1990’s. I’ll bet you never heard of Tom Snyder’s show “Tomorrow” either.
Well I hope they show ALL of the movie they are ripping up! I saw their THIS ISLAND EARTH MSTK3k version and they cut out the most dramatic parts!
I had to order the DVD of THIS ISLAND EARTH to fill in the gaps.
We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese.
ping!
Mistie BUMP!!!
Me too, but for different reasons.
I saw it but it wasn’t funny.
Those “B” through “E” movies they made fun of were far better than most of what’s on TV today.
Joel is reviving MST3K with this kickstarter. I think it will fail. Here's why:
I wish them well, but I won't be donating and likely will not watch. It's one of those things, you can't go back. Keep circulating the tapes.
It’s going to be a five pound potty!
Me too! : ),
I sort of agree with this assessment:
5 Reasons MST3K's Joel Is Better than Mike and 5 Reasons Mike Is Better than Joel*
I think Joel was droller in his delivery and Joel's lines, while I got most of the references, some of them were somewhat obscure unless you were really up on both pop culture and historical references going back way before the 1990's and as a result Tom Servo and Crow were left with the funniest jokes, as in the most accessible.
Mike's quips tended to be broader and focused more on the films and how bad they were instead of reaching for the more intellectual take on skewing pop culture and there was better banter between him and the bots.
But yes; they were both my favorites :)
"Oh no Paul! You is a warwelf!"
Um, Dalereed is a WWII vet. Don, meet Dale. Dale, meet Don.
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