This might be of interest to MST3K fans.
Excellent news!
The first Film Crew DVDs are available for pre-order from Amazon (and probably other sites).
The site that Keith mentioned above made it sound like they're supposed to be spoof DVD commentaries; however, listening to the extracts on the site they do sound just like MSTings and are very similar to MST3K episodes.
Sadly for me the DVDs are NTSC format and I don't think my DVD player will handle them. I might be forced to buy an all-regions one! I have been tempted ever since some of the MST3K episodes came out on Region 1 DVD which hadn't been released on video. Please send all donations to CallieNeedsAMultiRegionDVDPlayer@Once. Thank you kindly. ;-)
The Best Brains guys are also doing this! which is cheaper than the Film Crew DVDs.
WARNING! Watch out for the Penguin Goa'uld!!
Thanks to all your kind donations (don't I wish!), I am now the proud owner of a multi-region DVD. I am also not the proud owner of much money as I keep buying American DVDs!
I bought one of The Film Crew's offerings (Hollywood after Dark). They are very much like MST episodes - although they call them commentaries, they're exactly the same kind of riffing they did in MST episodes, and consequently are good fun! However, I hope I can persuade myself not to buy any more!
I also paid waaay too much money for the MST3K Volume 10 DVD boxset . That's the one that was quietly withdrawn shortly after being issued - something to do with copyright, apparently - but I managed to get it on eBay. I've not had a chance to watch all of it yet but the first two movies are Godzilla Vs Megalon and Swamp Diamonds, both of which were great fun. On one of the latter two is also Poopie part 2, more outtakes, which I'm particularly looking forward to.
If that's the one with Teenage Strangler, you're in for some good times.
It is, and I watched that episode last night together with Poopie 2!
Happy Anniversary, MST3K!
Today is the 20th anniversary of the first airing of the show.
Party!!!!!
A few episodes of MS3TK are available on Hulu.com
http://www.hulu.com/mystery-science-theater-3000
So far they have The Giant Gila Monster, The Rebel Set, Monster A-Go-Go, Secret Agent Super Dragon & The Starfighters