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Post by jadenh on Sept 19, 2019 21:35:51 GMT -5
Well, that's something at least.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Sept 20, 2019 14:52:41 GMT -5
Some comments from Felicia Day: www.inverse.com/article/59342-mystery-science-theater-3000-season-13-release-date-netflixIn an interview with series star Felicia Day (currently promoting her new book Embrace Your Weird and Season 2 of the sci-fi comedy podcast Voyage to the Stars) tells Inverse the Netflix series is on a break while “The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour” takes place throughout the U.S. until March 2020. “I know they are kind of on hold,” Day says. “They’re doing a live tour that will take six months. It’s [creator] Joel Hodgson’s last tour and it’s a farewell tour. I’m hoping once they get settled a little bit they can turn their eye back to the show, because I love being on it.” Definitely an encouraging comment, that. It might just be Felicia giving an official story, but it seems positive to me.
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Post by Megalon on Sept 21, 2019 15:18:52 GMT -5
This probably means that, at the earliest, we'll get new episodes around Thanksgiving 2020, two years after the release of Season 12.
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Post by BoB3K on Sept 23, 2019 11:41:02 GMT -5
I think the encouraging-ness of the comment relies on how you read it-- Has the show been put on hold for a live tour, or are they on a live tour because the show was put on hold.
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Post by Megalon on Sept 23, 2019 15:28:43 GMT -5
I think the encouraging-ness of the comment relies on how you read it-- Has the show been put on hold for a live tour, or are they on a live tour because the show was put on hold. Well... how many TV shows do you know that have willingly suspended production for the sake of going on a live tour? For me, the answer is 0. I don't think it's something you do unless being on TV isn't an option. Of course, "TV" doesn't really exist any more, and MST3k occupies a unique cultural space that defies conventions, so this is all kind of uncharted territory.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Sept 23, 2019 19:14:30 GMT -5
I think the encouraging-ness of the comment relies on how you read it-- Has the show been put on hold for a live tour, or are they on a live tour because the show was put on hold. Well... how many TV shows do you know that have willingly suspended production for the sake of going on a live tour? For me, the answer is 0. I don't think it's something you do unless being on TV isn't an option. Of course, "TV" doesn't really exist any more, and MST3k occupies a unique cultural space that defies conventions, so this is all kind of uncharted territory. Network TV was always new shows every September. The BBC didn't have such a regular showing schedule and it was common to have to wait more than a year between series. U.S. TV outside of the networks no longer has a set schedule to launch TV show. The fact that it hasn't officially been renewed yet doesn't prove anything yet.
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Post by BoB3K on Oct 23, 2019 15:38:24 GMT -5
Just read this over on the Reboot Kickstarter comment section --
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Post by ProjectedPaul on Oct 29, 2019 13:53:49 GMT -5
There are some concerning comments from Joel in this article from The Philly Voice publication about MST3k's future on TV streaming services: phillyvoice.com/mystery-science-theater-3000-live-merriam-theater-philadelphia/"Hodgson, following the current 90-city tour, plans to work on a musical project unconnected to the show. He isn't sure if there's going to be another TV season of MST3K, the show, he said, "always jumps platforms and moves around." In fact, there are already plans for a holiday-themed tour in 2020, based on the robots' mockery of 1964's "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians."
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Post by Megalon on Oct 29, 2019 14:02:50 GMT -5
Out: Future-of-the-show speculation.
In: Postmortem analysis.
Soon, anyway. There's still a shred of hope...
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Post by Diet Kolos on Oct 29, 2019 20:42:47 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm ok without a Season 13. We got some very good episodes out of Season 11 and a good one out of Season 12 in 1201. It never quite gelled, as there was too much writing turnover between the 2 seasons for it to develop any kind of distinctive voice, but it was occasionally enjoyable. And, for a revival born of miscalculations (both monetary and talent-wise), occasionally enjoyable is about as well as could've realistically been expected.
It died as it lived: dead.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Oct 29, 2019 22:33:01 GMT -5
The thing that I don't get about season 11 and 12 is why do they have to have about 5 to 10 times more people to make it? Seasons 1 - 10 had credits that lasted for about a minute and had maybe 20 or 30 people. The credits in seasons 11 and 12 lasted longer than many of the shorts did and had 100 people or more working on the show. Every one of those hundred people need to be paid. No wonder they lost money.
The original version of the show was simple, cheap and really funny. They didn't require a lot of special effects. To me, the new version of the show felt like it spiraled out of control with too many people involved.
There's really no reason it can't wait out a year and come back. The days of one season a year starting in September are long gone.
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Post by gorncaptain on Oct 29, 2019 23:28:17 GMT -5
Because in Hollywood union people probably have to do those tasks now. There was more than one good reason Best Brains wanted to keep the original show far away from New York or L.A.
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Post by Diet Kolos on Nov 11, 2019 21:10:41 GMT -5
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Post by jadenh on Nov 11, 2019 21:27:48 GMT -5
Bruh moment Well, hopefully they find some way to keep the show going. I do feel like the Netflix episodes had some good qualities and I would hate to see the new cast stop after just two seasons.
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Post by Diet Kolos on Nov 11, 2019 21:42:39 GMT -5
Honestly, if Netflix doesn't have an onerous exclusivity period, this could be great for the show.
Take it elsewhere, start over, strip everything down, do it for cheap.
Or Hell, mothball the whole thing for awhile.
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