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Post by vgaddict on Oct 10, 2015 18:05:50 GMT -5
Did Trace ever give a reason why he left the show?
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Post by crowschmo on Oct 11, 2015 18:30:18 GMT -5
Not sure. He may have made plans to move on before they knew it was going to be renewed on Sci-Fi.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Oct 11, 2015 21:36:20 GMT -5
I'd always heard that he just wanted to move on to other things in his career. And, honestly, I can get that; he'd been doing that gig for over half a decade at that point. It's good to keep diversifying one's work in show biz.
Having said that, I don't know that he's ever confirmed this oft-suspected reason, so I could be way off base.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Oct 11, 2015 23:10:46 GMT -5
Not sure. He may have made plans to move on before they knew it was going to be renewed on Sci-Fi. My memory isn't perfect, but I'm certain Trace made the announcement he was leaving MST3K after it was announced Sci-Fi Channel was picking up the series. As for why Trace left, I believe it was stated that while making MST3K: The Movie, Trace had become acquainted with a few producers in LA who offered him some writing jobs. Also, it had come to light some years ago that Trace wanted Jim Mallon to help produce a a TV project, and Mallon refused, wanting to focus all the company's budget on MST3K. |
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Post by Torgo on Oct 16, 2015 0:52:13 GMT -5
He and Mike got drunk and made out at a party during season seven. It made going to work too awkward so he just bowed out.
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Post by Triple_sSs on Oct 17, 2015 12:16:37 GMT -5
He and Mike got drunk and made out at a party during season seven. It made going to work too awkward so he just bowed out. Seriously? Never heard that one before. If it's true then yikes, that's rather unfortunate. |
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Post by GodoHell on Oct 17, 2015 19:10:13 GMT -5
He and Mike got drunk and made out at a party during season seven. It made going to work too awkward so he just bowed out. Now write the slashfic. |
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Oct 17, 2015 21:38:00 GMT -5
Welp, I now have an OTP. Mike and Trace.  I honestly did hear that he left because of how MST the movie turned out. I could be wrong, though. |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Oct 20, 2015 2:09:04 GMT -5
Welp, I now have an OTP. Mike and Trace. I honestly did hear that he left because of how MST the movie turned out. I could be wrong, though. I could see that. This year at Gen-Con he described a lot of scenes that they just couldn't get in because they were told "Yeah, make it big budget" followed by "What? No, keep it simple, like the show." I love how The Movie turned out, but I can see some disappointment about not being able to make it with everything they wanted. |
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Oct 20, 2015 18:35:26 GMT -5
Welp, I now have an OTP. Mike and Trace. I honestly did hear that he left because of how MST the movie turned out. I could be wrong, though. I could see that. This year at Gen-Con he described a lot of scenes that they just couldn't get in because they were told "Yeah, make it big budget" followed by "What? No, keep it simple, like the show." I love how The Movie turned out, but I can see some disappointment about not being able to make it with everything they wanted. Watching the deleted "storm shelter" host segment is pretty damning, because it's clear The Brains put A LOT of hard work into it, only for it to be cut out by thoughtless execs. |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Oct 29, 2015 23:25:54 GMT -5
I've never seen the deleted scenes. I should search for it.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Oct 31, 2015 12:00:37 GMT -5
I've never seen the deleted scenes. I should search for it. Both deleted scenes are on YouTube. Have a look! |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Nov 1, 2015 18:11:33 GMT -5
I've never seen the deleted scenes. I should search for it. Both deleted scenes are on YouTube. Have a look! Ah, cool! You know, it's weird... after all this time, I still forget that most MST3K stuff is available on YouTube. A part of me still wants to wait to see them until I can buy a DVD or something with a special feature, but... I may just go take a look for these. |
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Post by Hey Cabot! on Nov 1, 2015 22:41:46 GMT -5
There's a lot of reasons:
1) Losing Joel, then Frank. Trace and Frank in particular are very close friends, so the show simply wasn't the same for Trace after Frank left.
2) The bickering between Joel and Jim, which caused Joel to leave the show and Jim to assume all creative credit for the show and the movie. There isn't much love between Jim and the rest of the cast, especially since Jim makes the lion's share of the royalties.
3) Trace was also just tired of movie riffing for a while. He said that the ending of The Incredible Melting Man was so depressing that he was done with the show.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Nov 1, 2015 23:32:46 GMT -5
3) Trace was also just tired of movie riffing for a while. He said that the ending of The Incredible Melting Man was so depressing that he was done with the show. I hadn't heard that, but I could understand it. The ending of that movie was grim, if I recall properly. ...also, that's gotta be a weird mark for a movie in a meta sort of way. "The movie that made Dr. Forester's experiment so successful that Dr. Forester died." |
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