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Post by Hellcat on Jul 25, 2008 23:29:42 GMT -5
I'm a little disappointed that the set has only one Joel episode. Still, I'm excited to see that Laserblast and Werewolf are included, because those are two of my favorites. Future War is a solid episode that has grown on me over time. I can't remember if I saw First Spaceship On Venus, but I'll be happy to get a Season 2 ep. I'm looking forward to getting this set.
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Post by Torgo on Jul 25, 2008 23:53:16 GMT -5
Excelent...Laserblast, Werewolf, and Future War are all stellar episodes, and I haven't seen Venus yet. Worthy of a set this special, IMO.
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Post by Diet Kolos on Jul 26, 2008 0:13:48 GMT -5
Venus is very similar to 12 to the Moon (except to Venus!) except that its VERY well made, shot beautifully in that Eastern European way. The sketches are a bit...scattershot, though. Riffing is fairly good for Season 2. I give it a B-.
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Post by Skyroniter on Jul 26, 2008 2:45:34 GMT -5
Preorder on Amazon is like $49, which includes shipping. I might wait until Deep Discount offers it. They seem to have about the lowest prices around on average.
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Post by Chuck on Jul 26, 2008 7:17:47 GMT -5
I'm underwhelmed. Only one Joel episode.
Sky, there have been many times I've preordered from Amazon, and then gotten an e-mail from them giving me refund of $5 or so because the preorder was bigger than they expected, so they got more of a discount.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jul 26, 2008 7:30:42 GMT -5
I'm gonna wait on my order as I always do.
Content wise: Werewolf is one of the greats.
Blast and War are both solid.
Venus doesn't feature the most stellar riffing, but it's enjoyable enough.
So not a bad ep in the box, a Crow figure? Awesome. Some fun sounding extras. It looks like a winner.
Playing Devil's advocate I do wish since it is the 20 anniversary that they had gone with more event type eps. The first ep, the last ep etc with each getting a little featurette with reflections as an introductory extra. Laserblast in the only one that qualifies here (The last ep for Trace etc)
But what the hey, I'm happy with what we're getting.
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Post by braindeadzombie on Jul 26, 2008 8:43:08 GMT -5
I'm underwhelmed. Only one Joel episode. What he said. While I like Werewolf and Future War, I'm not a big fan of the Sci-Fi episodes. Laserblast I haven't see since they first aired it but I do remember being bored by it. I liked the stop motion effects more than the riffage. The Joel episode is the only one I haven't seen but with so many rocket space films, it's no surprise I missed it. This set is not worth being named the 20th Anniversary of anything. Crash and burn right out of the gate...
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Post by Ratso on Jul 26, 2008 9:42:24 GMT -5
It's the 20th anniversary set and we get one Joel episode? Lame.
I'm skipping this.
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Post by dennismoore on Jul 26, 2008 9:43:36 GMT -5
huzzah - looks like a great set with 2 brill episodes - with one of them being one of the best ever, "Werewolf". Future War is good too. Have never seen Venus but since it's series 2, i doubt it will be any good. still - 3 great episodes! cheers, Shout. "Excelent...Laserblast, Werewolf, and Future War are all stellar episodes" agreed. was worried it would be full of Joel eps (most of which i've found boring) but i'm happy with the selection - as you can probably guess, i'm a Mike fan and prefer Bill as Crow. (hey - just give me the jokes, man.) more from the Sci-fi era please, Shout! if you can get Riding With Death, Agent For HARM, Invasion Of The Neptune Men, Horror Of Party Beach, The Projected Man and Pumaman on DVD, i'll MOST impressed with you and your efforts. oh and The Brute Man and The Beast Of Yucca Flats from the Comedy Central era, thanks!
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Post by GProopdog on Jul 26, 2008 9:51:58 GMT -5
I'm in the camp that is happy with this selection of episodes, having seen and enjoyed all four of them. Fun to note that this is the very first Season 7 release on DVD, and also the fact that Season 2 is nearly complete release-wise.
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Post by Gamera on Jul 26, 2008 10:03:55 GMT -5
Let's see, we have the good (Werewolf, Laserblast), the arbitrary (First Spaceship on Venus) and the okay, but expendable (Future War). Kudos to Shout on getting a Season 7 and an incredibly popular episode in 904 but shame for not including season one and leaning towards SciFi Channel. This was supposed to be the 20th anniversary... let's see a representative for all four eras of the show (Season One, Joel CC, Mike CC, SciFi). Swap Future War for Robot Monster or Robot Holocaust (maybe even Crawling Eye) and I'd be thrilled. As it stands I'll give Shout a 'B' all things considered.
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Post by CBG on Jul 26, 2008 10:36:07 GMT -5
It's the 20th anniversary set and we get one Joel episode? Lame. I'm skipping this. Whoa, that'll learn 'em.
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Post by angilasman on Jul 26, 2008 10:57:23 GMT -5
On one hand I'm a tad dissapointed on there being only one Joel episode. On the other hand those are three of the best Mike episodes. On the other hand I've already seen those three so the Joel ep is the one I'll be most looking forward to.
...but hey, great episodes finally getting released and a lot of neat extras so I won't complain. (Crow figure!)
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Post by wedestroymyths on Jul 26, 2008 11:14:49 GMT -5
I honestly can't believe people are complaining about this. No one at Shout ever said we'd get "significant" episodes, so to be disappointed is silly. Basically, we've got a standard Rhino set from an episode stand point, with extraordinary extras that Rhino wouldn't dream of in a million years.
How is this disappointing?
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Post by Gamera on Jul 26, 2008 11:33:35 GMT -5
While personally I'm fairly pleased with the contents of the set now, I can surely understand why people are disappointed.
1. The label "20th Anniversary Edition" suggests landmark episodes, like it or not, or at the very least even distribution across the eras as noted in my previous post. This is a historic occasion. Unless Shout plans on releasing a similar 25th anniversary set, there will never be an opportunity like this ever again.
2. ...and more importantly, the delay and the hype. Let's look back. Shout recieved the rights to MST3k during the winter. They tell us we won't get official word until the better part of a year has passed, and while we wait Brian Ward will feed us some exaggerated hoopla through the Shout boards. Then when they finally announce the contents of the box, they don't match some people's expectations based on the hype, the anticipation, and the situation (see #1).
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