Official Mystery Science Theater (MST3K) Appreciation Thread! - Blu-ray Forum

Deadset · 10-01-2010, 03:34 PM

Do you love MST3K as much as I do? Do you have all the episodes on VHS or have you digitized them on DVD like I have? Well you've come to the right place! This thread will discuss everything to do with MST3K, including riff trax and Cinematic Titanic.

Sites that I frequent

MST3K info - Satellite News - This site indexes all of the shows and updates you on birthdays and deaths

Official MST3k site

Cinematic Titanic - Joel and the original crew (season 1) of MST3K started Cinematic Titanic, riffing old movies live at select cities and they also offer DVD versions. I own them all so far. Highly recommended. It's good to hear TV's Frank again!

Riff Trax - Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy all started Riff Trax after a failed attempt at trying the Film Crew (they put out 4 dvd's that are all great). I have tried the Happening so far and it was great! Can't wait to try Avatar.

One episode I watch every Christmas is a Russian movie called Jack Frost. You tube has a short video for those that haven't seen it, it basically shows 9 minutes of footage that will have you rolling. Highly recommended if you want to watch something a bit off beat, but still hilarious. Youtube has all of the clips I believe.

What are your favorite episodes? Have you guys seen Cinematic Titanic or tried syncing Riff Trax with your blurays or DVDs?

My Top 5 MST3K Movies

1. The Magic Sword
2. Jack Frost
3. Laserblast
4. Space Mutiny
5. Puma Man

...with honorable mention going to: Manos Hands of Fate, Devil Doll and Santa Clause Conquers the Martians.

headcheese_bbq · 10-01-2010, 03:44 PM

Freakin Sweet!!!

Jack Frost is excellent btw...

...here's another classic...

Here's part one

Rob71 · 10-01-2010, 03:53 PM

Greatest show in the history of television. In fact I'm sure when TV was invented, this is what the inventors were envisioning.

headcheese_bbq · 10-01-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob71

Greatest show in the history of television. In fact I'm sure when TV was invented, this is what the inventors were envisioning.

I couldn't have said it better myself...

Deadset · 10-01-2010, 04:17 PM

It may be just a few old schoolers like us hanging out here, but that's ok. Not sure how many bluray fans are into this kind of thing, but like Rob said....TV was invented for this kind of stuff.

I listed my Top 5 which is extremely tough to do.

As for the best CT i've seen, it has to be: The Alien Factor

Video Link

[Show spoiler]

Rob71 · 10-01-2010, 04:50 PM

There is no way I could name favorites. The Laserblast one was good, and Soultaker with Joe Estevez also. And The Unearthly.

"Time for go to bed."

headcheese_bbq · 10-01-2010, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob71

There is no way I could name favorites. The Laserblast one was good, and Soultaker with Joe Estevez also. And The Unearthly.

"Time for go to bed."

Soultakers is BEYOND good...lmao...."sorry, I'm just gonna stay here and continue looking like John Stamos"...

And this guy's hair is amazing...

headcheese_bbq · 10-01-2010, 06:03 PM

Some of my Favs....

Soultakers
Laserblast

[Show spoiler]

Hobgoblins
The Final Sacrifice

[Show spoiler]

Parts: The Clonus Horror "I think your neat!...I Like how Keen You are!"

[Show spoiler]

The Girl In Gold Boots "I'm an Icky Elf!"

[Show spoiler]

Puma Man "with our friend Dr. Loomis (donald Pleasence)

[Show spoiler]

"HELP I'm flying at a 45 degree angle!"

Deadset · 10-01-2010, 07:49 PM

The Final Sacrifice is fantastic! Rowsdower! Rowsdower! Rowsdower!!!!

why oh why does he wear white jeans?

Psychonaut · 10-01-2010, 08:11 PM

Final Sacrifice was great! "So uh. Eh then eh!" There's a lot of this show I haven't seen yet but my Netflix queue is bulging with them. I used to catch them every now and again back in the day.

EricJ · 10-01-2010, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by headcheese_bbq

Some of my Favs....
(all Sci-Fi Channel episodes)

And despite a healthy selection of the early Joel Hodgson Comedy Central episodes on DVD/Netflix, to all viewers of interest, would all those saying "I've only seen the Sci-Fi Channel episodes in my life, and Mike is the funniest ever!" kindly line up and make themselves identified?

It usually happens in these threads, and we'd like to get the carnage out of the way early.

(Call it tough-love: There is no joy in watching a hundred posters with sheltered background gush over the "hilarity" of Soultaker and Final Sacrifice, living their lives unaware of the fact that Monster-a-Go-Go, Pod People, Eegah!, Mr. B Natural, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Cave Dwellers and Warrior of the Lost World are already archived on disk.
At these point, we'd even welcome the Nth quoting of "Manos".)

Deadset · 10-01-2010, 09:51 PM

I believe the whole Joel vs. Mike thing has been played out a billion times on other boards and it wasn't the intention of this thread to have those discussions. I love all the episodes, yes even Hamlet and thought each host brought something funny to the table.

One of my favorite Joel episodes is Mitchell. Joe Don Baker.

Psychonaut · 10-01-2010, 10:56 PM

The Joe Don Baker stuff is great. Final Justice gave me more than a few chuckles. My wife doesn't get the show, which is a pity.

EricJ · 10-01-2010, 11:00 PM

I wasn't here to start rivalries, I'm just saying that it's okay to prefer one over the other, so long as your decision between the two is INFORMED.
(And as you can see from other threads, I get just tetchy about fans of the New Doctor Who series, for the exact same historical-revisionism reason.)

Although if you DO like those school-bully high-school-retentive Happy-Madison Mike episodes, you might want to ask yourself some serious questions.

Eddie2u · 10-04-2010, 12:50 AM

MST3K is the only dvd releases that I buy these days since Blu ray. I have every MST3K dvd released with my divx files of the rest that has not been released yet.

Here is a list of the episodes that I am waiting for.

Puma Man
Squirm
The Brute Man

Lately I have been watching Red Zone Cuba, Night of the Blood Beast, squirm and the KTMA TV episodes except for the lost first 3 episodes.Too bad there are no Fan Copies.

ChuckT43 · 10-04-2010, 07:19 PM

Thanks Op for this thread. I love every one I've seen so far. This should prove to be a wealth of info.

Now get out of the way, I'm a beatnik in control of a killer shrew with Cy Roth at my side.

headcheese_bbq · 10-11-2010, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricJ

I wasn't here to start rivalries, I'm just saying that it's okay to prefer one over the other, so long as your decision between the two is INFORMED.
(And as you can see from other threads, I get just tetchy about fans of the New Doctor Who series, for the exact same historical-revisionism reason.)

Although if you DO like those school-bully high-school-retentive Happy-Madison Mike episodes, you might want to ask yourself some serious questions.

I have every episode ever released except the lost eps. I find Joel to to be hilarious, I just happen to enjoy the movie selections better during the mike era.

Deadset · 01-13-2011, 08:22 PM

I have now officially hooked my 2 year old on this show. To hell with Barney and Dinosaur Train...he asks for the "Robot Show" every morning now. Glad netflix has about 45 of them to stream...makes it easy.

I did just get the new set with the Gypsy robot figure in it. Already have the 20th set on order from Shout Factory. It comes with a MST3K stress ball with a pre-order.

Psychonaut · 01-14-2011, 02:46 AM

I still have a mountain of these queued up but haven't watched one in a while. I should get back to it!

Deadset · 01-14-2011, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

I still have a mountain of these queued up but haven't watched one in a while. I should get back to it!

Watched Final Justice last night. Mr. Joe Don Baker himself.

Classic Mike episode.

10-01-2010, 03:34 PM	#1
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	Official Mystery Science Theater (MST3K) Appreciation Thread! Do you love MST3K as much as I do? Do you have all the episodes on VHS or have you digitized them on DVD like I have? Well you've come to the right place! This thread will discuss everything to do with MST3K, including riff trax and Cinematic Titanic. Sites that I frequent MST3K info - Satellite News - This site indexes all of the shows and updates you on birthdays and deaths Official MST3k site Cinematic Titanic - Joel and the original crew (season 1) of MST3K started Cinematic Titanic, riffing old movies live at select cities and they also offer DVD versions. I own them all so far. Highly recommended. It's good to hear TV's Frank again! Riff Trax - Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy all started Riff Trax after a failed attempt at trying the Film Crew (they put out 4 dvd's that are all great). I have tried the Happening so far and it was great! Can't wait to try Avatar. One episode I watch every Christmas is a Russian movie called Jack Frost. You tube has a short video for those that haven't seen it, it basically shows 9 minutes of footage that will have you rolling. Highly recommended if you want to watch something a bit off beat, but still hilarious. Youtube has all of the clips I believe. What are your favorite episodes? Have you guys seen Cinematic Titanic or tried syncing Riff Trax with your blurays or DVDs? My Top 5 MST3K Movies 1. The Magic Sword 2. Jack Frost 3. Laserblast 4. Space Mutiny 5. Puma Man ...with honorable mention going to: Manos Hands of Fate, Devil Doll and Santa Clause Conquers the Martians. Last edited by Deadset; 10-01-2010 at 04:29 PM.

10-01-2010, 06:03 PM	#8
headcheese_bbq Senior Member Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Fresno CA Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:497 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Some of my Favs.... Soultakers Laserblast [Show spoiler] Hobgoblins The Final Sacrifice [Show spoiler] Parts: The Clonus Horror "I think your neat!...I Like how Keen You are!" [Show spoiler] The Girl In Gold Boots "I'm an Icky Elf!" [Show spoiler] Puma Man "with our friend Dr. Loomis (donald Pleasence) [Show spoiler] [Show spoiler] "HELP I'm flying at a 45 degree angle!" Last edited by headcheese_bbq; 10-01-2010 at 06:15 PM.

10-04-2010, 12:50 AM	#15
Eddie2u Member Member since:Jun 2008	MST3K is the only dvd releases that I buy these days since Blu ray. I have every MST3K dvd released with my divx files of the rest that has not been released yet. Here is a list of the episodes that I am waiting for. Puma Man Squirm The Brute Man Lately I have been watching Red Zone Cuba, Night of the Blood Beast, squirm and the KTMA TV episodes except for the lost first 3 episodes.Too bad there are no Fan Copies. Last edited by Eddie2u; 10-04-2010 at 12:52 AM.

10-01-2010, 03:44 PM	#2
headcheese_bbq Senior Member Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Fresno CA Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:497 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Freakin Sweet!!! Jack Frost is excellent btw... ...here's another classic... Here's part one

10-01-2010, 03:53 PM	#3
Rob71 Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Florida Home Theater Gallery:13 Blu-ray collection:295 Trading Score:5	Greatest show in the history of television. In fact I'm sure when TV was invented, this is what the inventors were envisioning.

10-01-2010, 04:17 PM	#5
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	It may be just a few old schoolers like us hanging out here, but that's ok. Not sure how many bluray fans are into this kind of thing, but like Rob said....TV was invented for this kind of stuff. I listed my Top 5 which is extremely tough to do. As for the best CT i've seen, it has to be: The Alien Factor Video Link [Show spoiler]

10-01-2010, 04:50 PM	#6
Rob71 Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Florida Home Theater Gallery:13 Blu-ray collection:295 Trading Score:5	There is no way I could name favorites. The Laserblast one was good, and Soultaker with Joe Estevez also. And The Unearthly. "Time for go to bed."

10-01-2010, 07:49 PM	#9
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	The Final Sacrifice is fantastic! Rowsdower! Rowsdower! Rowsdower!!!! why oh why does he wear white jeans?

10-01-2010, 08:11 PM	#10
Psychonaut Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Second left after Wal-Mart Blu-ray collection:111	Final Sacrifice was great! "So uh. Eh then eh!" There's a lot of this show I haven't seen yet but my Netflix queue is bulging with them. I used to catch them every now and again back in the day.

10-01-2010, 09:51 PM	#12
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	I believe the whole Joel vs. Mike thing has been played out a billion times on other boards and it wasn't the intention of this thread to have those discussions. I love all the episodes, yes even Hamlet and thought each host brought something funny to the table. One of my favorite Joel episodes is Mitchell. Joe Don Baker.

10-01-2010, 10:56 PM	#13
Psychonaut Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Second left after Wal-Mart Blu-ray collection:111	The Joe Don Baker stuff is great. Final Justice gave me more than a few chuckles. My wife doesn't get the show, which is a pity.

10-01-2010, 11:00 PM	#14
EricJ Banned Member since:Jul 2007 Location:The Paradise of New England Blu-ray collection:6	I wasn't here to start rivalries, I'm just saying that it's okay to prefer one over the other, so long as your decision between the two is INFORMED. (And as you can see from other threads, I get just tetchy about fans of the New Doctor Who series, for the exact same historical-revisionism reason.) Although if you DO like those school-bully high-school-retentive Happy-Madison Mike episodes, you might want to ask yourself some serious questions.

10-04-2010, 07:19 PM	#16
ChuckT43 Expert Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Gizmonic Institute, Northeast PA Blu-ray collection:272 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:7	Thanks Op for this thread. I love every one I've seen so far. This should prove to be a wealth of info. Now get out of the way, I'm a beatnik in control of a killer shrew with Cy Roth at my side.

01-13-2011, 08:22 PM	#18
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	I have now officially hooked my 2 year old on this show. To hell with Barney and Dinosaur Train...he asks for the "Robot Show" every morning now. Glad netflix has about 45 of them to stream...makes it easy. I did just get the new set with the Gypsy robot figure in it. Already have the 20th set on order from Shout Factory. It comes with a MST3K stress ball with a pre-order.

01-14-2011, 02:46 AM	#19
Psychonaut Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Second left after Wal-Mart Blu-ray collection:111	I still have a mountain of these queued up but haven't watched one in a while. I should get back to it!

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