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Post by ds_36 on Mar 27, 2024 17:46:28 GMT -5
As much of a mstie as Jonah or anybody associated with the new show is it isn't their baby. It's Joel's baby. Mike has had the same sort of opinion towards the show. If Joel doesn't find some way to continue it with (near) complete authority I'd be very surprised if he'd be involved with any future activities.
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Post by ds_36 on Mar 27, 2024 17:40:02 GMT -5
PSA: in case you did't read any forum posts about them, I wouldn't reccommend getting them. It sounds like they tried to do something 'interesting' with the moon dust instead of just regular sparkle snow, and for many people it just looked like cloudy mud water. The water already looks quite bad on the picture on the store.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 5, 2024 19:08:34 GMT -5
Oh I agree with you. The way I read it I don't think Alex was ever very enthusiastic about getting involved. I'm very direct and like actual answers whether good or bad. But many other people (it usually feels like most) like to play these games to try to avoid upsetting others. In the end it's simply he has time to do what he wants to do and doesn't have time to do what he doesn't want to do. Short of going to his house nobody's going to be able to force any actions from him.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 5, 2024 16:30:15 GMT -5
Saying that he has nothing new to say? If he was trying to prank someone I'd expect him to actively be doing something. Like explaining how he just watched the tape and some specific part was great. Not just ignoring the whole thing. It just doesn't make sense from a scam/prank perspective. Not that that's proof of him really holding K03. I’m not saying that it’s the case, but often stringing people along is the prank, I’ve seen people do it before. But like I said, I’m not saying that’s the case. My stance is far less accusatory, and far more someone who doesn’t wanna get my hopes up. Sometimes a little cynicism is just wise. Right stringing people along is the prank. But that would usually entail talking about it or sharing some sort of details. He's shared very minimal details and only when asked. What he did privately share seems like it would be a lot of work to do in the chance that somebody finds your post and happens to ask for something. I can't even imagine him being entertained by this thread the way we're discussing his personal family life. And why would he have turned down the monetary offer?
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 5, 2024 16:06:53 GMT -5
Saying that he has nothing new to say? If he was trying to prank someone I'd expect him to actively be doing something. Like explaining how he just watched the tape and some specific part was great. Not just ignoring the whole thing. It just doesn't make sense from a scam/prank perspective. Not that that's proof of him really holding K03.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 5, 2024 15:33:18 GMT -5
At this point all we really know is this is clearly not a high priority for Alex/his cousin. He's not doing anything to string this along. If it is all a joke it's just what's the payout and the point of it? He has actually declined money for it. Maybe his cousin really is grief stricken and why communication is so lacking. Let him have his space and I'm sure we'll get some resolution eventually.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 2, 2024 17:55:30 GMT -5
Does Joel even know what he wants? His being satiated comment makes me feel like he's viewing this as a job and will continue if his bosses want him to.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 2, 2024 9:46:22 GMT -5
Just don't push too hard and scare him off.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 1, 2024 18:13:57 GMT -5
Not that I ever thought the remote filming idea was good but I think the decision was already made and planned for before the pandemic calmed down enough or Hollywood instituted its COVID plan. I do think they should have held off until they could have done the season more traditionally but I don't think faulting them for trying to make it work with what they had is fair.
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Post by ds_36 on Dec 14, 2023 15:43:23 GMT -5
Or Alex and his cousin just don't talk (about MST3K) a lot. So despite his cousin knowing K01 and K02 were released Alex didn't so Alex was still looking for them.
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Post by ds_36 on Dec 14, 2023 15:08:19 GMT -5
The way I read it, I thought that it had taken him a while to get the tape to his cousin, and then it took the cousin a while to digitize, and they hadn't seen each other in the interim so this was the first he'd heard about the results, but it is a bit vague, and your interpretation would make more sense overall. DK may have gotten more details but this is what the quote shared on page 6 says. Alex picked up the tape 5/6/19 and then held it for around 1½ years (late 2020/early 2021) before giving it to his cousin. It's not clear when it was digitized but his cousin finally told him what was on it last weekend (almost 3 years later). I'm not suggesting whether this timeline makes things more or less likely. But if Alex's cousin was holding the tape that long it is interesting we haven't heard a peep.
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Post by ds_36 on Dec 14, 2023 14:39:10 GMT -5
May or may not mean anything but from the transcript it doesn't sound like Alex was the fan but rather his cousin was and he was looking for these tapes specifically for his cousin. It makes sense that he wouldn't really look too closely at the image given how many more tapes aren't shown. Even if he saw and asked specifically about K03 that wouldn't give any indication as to if K01 and K02 were there. The box just seems haphazardly randomly organized like what someone would do if they were trying to sell a big lot of items without much knowledge. Everyone's just overthinking these random life coincidences at this point.
Nobody among Alex, his cousin, or the original boxholder have done much to push having this episode. If it was some sort of scam or prank they would be.
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Post by ds_36 on Dec 14, 2023 9:53:57 GMT -5
It just goes to show that if you buy VHS tapes as a collector, you should at least own a working VCR. This would be the most logical reason he's been holding on to this for four years without saying anything. He doesn't have a VCR so no way to see what's actually on the tape. He doesn't want to start posting about what he has because he has no real way to back it up. His cousin has a working VCR so that's the easiest way to figure this out but they don't get together for a while and the tape isn't particularly important to anyone. I'd probably want to figure out a way to view the tape immediatly but maybe Alex and his cousin used to love watching the show together. Anyway there's probably no specific reason for any of this timing and things just happened to work out now.
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Post by ds_36 on Dec 14, 2023 9:02:14 GMT -5
Plus, I've offered him hundreds for the tape or digital file at least thrice. He hasn't asked about getting paid or even acknowledged that I've offered. I think this alone makes it safe to say it's not a scam. If he doesn't at least believe this to be K03 it would be a very weird scam or practical joke on someone.
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Post by ds_36 on Dec 14, 2023 6:44:47 GMT -5
I can't wrap my head around the notion of an MST3K fan in possession of such immaculately labeled tapes for decades, yet not having any knowledge of just what it was they had, nor how badly it was wanted by the community. Nothing presented indicates that the boxholder was a fan of the show. The boxholder wasn't even aware of what episodes were there. Very likely the boxholder has some sort of connection to someone at BBI and was given an assortment of tapes as a present - or it was originally a contract to digitize materials. It is interesting that Alex's cousin, the fan, has been holding this for around 4 years without saying anything and it seems like only recently got around to digitizing it. Let's remember the pandemic may have gotten in the way of any plans he had for it. But the fact that Alex posted the reveal as an anonymous tweet, not in some fan space and not even actually stating what it was leads me to think that he at least believes this is really K03. I'm just wondering if Alex has actually seen the episode or only his cousin has.
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