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Post by BoB3K on Feb 12, 2022 12:13:42 GMT -5
It occurs to me that we're 3 weeks out from the launch and premiere. Doesn't seem like it. Well just wait until they don't promote it because no one outside of the core audience / KS backers can actually watch it. It'll really feel like a party then.
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Post by kracker on Feb 12, 2022 16:28:54 GMT -5
They're excited elsewhere i assure you. But i prefer the cyncial swamp of misery that is this forum.
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Post by monkeypretzel on Feb 12, 2022 17:29:55 GMT -5
The stuff I've seen "elsewhere" is considerably less enthusiastic, in comparison, to what I saw for Season 11 and even Season 12. There's some chatter, sure, but aside from the official forum run by the Alternaversal people? Not all that much. Seems to be a general "I'm looking forward to it" attitude, but not excitement, and there's plenty of "Let's see what they can do" cautious optimism. Maybe that's what excitement looks like now.
I'll make one other quick, personal, anecdotal observation: I miss seeing a lot of the names I saw five, six years ago. There's a lot of people who were super enthusiastic for Season 11 and posted a ton on social media about it, and they just aren't there this time around. I don't know why, and I'm not going to speculate here. I just know that I miss their enthusiasm and insights.
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Post by jadenh on Feb 12, 2022 17:50:40 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, I'm trying to be as optimistic as I can with this show. I love MST3K (obviously). It's a show that completely changed my life when I first got into it, and I want season 13 to be as good as it can be. I hope it can reach that same peak that Avalanche and Yongary did for me. However, with the quality considerably going down in season 12, and with a brand new streaming platform that isn't even going to be public when the new season comes out, I think it's understandable for people to be skeptical. There's a good chance that this could be a success and we'll get even more great seasons after this. There's also a good chance that this could be the worst season of the entire series and the Gizmoplex will crumble. There's no knowing what will happen when the new season comes out.
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Post by dudehitscar on Feb 12, 2022 18:47:11 GMT -5
They're excited elsewhere i assure you. But i prefer the cyncial swamp of misery that is this forum. hahahahaha.
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Post by dudehitscar on Feb 12, 2022 19:01:04 GMT -5
I remember the kickstarter campaign being a complete success and did feel like a party while many on this forum predicted doom and despair the entire time.. so I have no doubt that no matter how well the gizmoplex does this forum will be here to tell me how they aren't doing as well as they should and messing it all up.
One thing I have learned is the fan forum communities don't represent the fanbase. I saw it with the last kickstarter and I saw it at the new live show with the new crew which even I was predicting wouldn't do well.. but the crowd loved it.
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Post by intonyeon on Feb 12, 2022 20:54:34 GMT -5
The gizmoplex is the worst thing ever made in the history of television on the internet
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Post by jadenh on Feb 12, 2022 20:58:21 GMT -5
Woah, let's not get hasty here.
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Post by demoniclambertobava on Feb 12, 2022 21:57:27 GMT -5
People seem pretty fine with it outside of here to me, aside from the typical contemporary fandom divide where the new iteration of Franchise X is inherently inferior - a gatekeeping craze which in this fandom is often driven by people who largely only started watching in the Sci-Fi years but love to tell you what MST3K really is or allowed to be, a thrilling phenomenon I never get tired of.
But as for the excitement level you're never going to replicate the fanfare of the original KS after almost 20 years, no matter what the property is. If we did that each time it'd just become obnoxious. To me the return of MST3K becoming less of a blowout bash is a good thing, because it allows it to become institutionalized again as a property which is simply alive, kicking and producing new content.
Things will pick up plenty once the show begins re-airing, same as the last two seasons.
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Post by kracker on Feb 13, 2022 0:22:40 GMT -5
Yeah people are definitely not going to be as enthusiastic as they were with Season 11, are you kidding me. Season 11 the show was coming back after EIGHTEEN freakin' years and everything was NEW again. Not to mention we were getting FOURTEEN NEW EPISODES all at once as opposed to waiting around for just one now. Nothing is ever coming close to that. And everyone was holding their breath to find out if the new show was going to be GOOD. The only thing new now really is the idea of the MST3K having its own streaming service to keep the show going indefinitely. This time around everyone knows what they are getting and it will be awhile until we are assured that yes, the Gizmoplex will be doing just fine for the foreseeable future.
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Post by Udvarnoky on Feb 13, 2022 13:56:27 GMT -5
People seem pretty fine with it outside of here to me, aside from the typical contemporary fandom divide where the new iteration of Franchise X is inherently inferior - a gatekeeping craze which in this fandom is often driven by people who largely only started watching in the Sci-Fi years but love to tell you what MST3K really is or allowed to be, a thrilling phenomenon I never get tired of.. The Projection Man!
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Post by demoniclambertobava on Feb 13, 2022 15:37:43 GMT -5
Projected!*
But yes, that's my whole point: People who came in within any certain era themselves saying a show can only belong to them or is only valid under certain conditions (you know, like Dogme 95!) is a bit rich.
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Post by dudehitscar on Feb 14, 2022 13:29:53 GMT -5
the only good host in the show's history is Eddie Nelson.
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Post by jadenh on Feb 14, 2022 13:34:30 GMT -5
Bruh, the show doesn't even need a host. K17 - Time of the Apes is the best episode.
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Post by intonyeon on Feb 14, 2022 19:30:16 GMT -5
MST3K the HOME GAME! Make your own theater set up, and record with yourself and your own puppets!
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