They're giving it another go.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/makemoremst3k
I will be quite surprised if this matches the support of the first Kickstarter...I will also be quite surprised if this retains the same cast of the Netflix seasons.
They've already got enough for three episodes.
I believe it's been announced that the Netflix era cast will be fully retained. A good thing too. I have nothing against Emily Marsh et al. But having a complete cast overhaul after just two season of a completely different cast from the original would have been a bit much.
They're at slightly over $4.8M with just under two days to go. Considering how Kickstarters often have surges near the end, a full twelve episodes looks probable.
Two of the movies that will be featured have been announced. Robot Wars was produced by our old pal Charles Band, who gave us Robot Holocaust, Laserblast, and The Day Time Ended. The other is Demon Squad, which looks to be an indy-produced urban fantasy flick
Ah, Laserblast, a classic of classics
Considering how Kickstarters often have surges near the end
Went to the site and watched the numbers go up at least three times in less than a minute. :-)
Though the banner graphic is yet to be updated at the time I write this, the $5.5M goal has been passed. Let's see if they can beat the original Kickstarter total.
The final total was a hair over $6.5M, which I believe is slightly better than the original MST3K Kickstarter.
Third film announced, which will probably be the first to be shown: Gamera vs Jiger
Yay!!!! Bad Japanese monster movies!!!
And the triumphant return of Kon "Cornjob" Omura. Though this time he's sporting some unfortunate facial hair.
Through some deduction, a guy on the MST3K forum has determined that one of the movies to be screened in the upcoming season is the 1973 flick Beyond Atlantis. This was determined thanks to a recent post on the Kickstarter page which featured photos of some of the props, which is linked below (AFAIK it's not a Backers Only post). The third photo includes a SAT Prep Guide: 70s Dirtbag Edition.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/makemoremst3k/posts/3317634
Now here is the IMDB photo gallery for Beyond Atlantis (apparently multiple links in a single post isn't allowed).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069783/mediaindex
During the Turkey Day marathon (which starts at 0900 EST November 25), they'll be announcing the entire slate of movies for Season 13.
Ooh, cool. If anybody gets the list, can you post it here and I'll start setting up the topics ready for when the series airs?
(They might also list them in one of their regular emails to supporters, so I might get them through that instead.)
Hi Callie! Long time, no see!
Just so you'll know, I've got the nishta ready!
This is still going? I thought it died years ago.
The tradition was restarted by Shout Factory back in 2013 and has been going strong since.
*waves at Scott*
(Or is the the RepliCallie waving at him ...?)
Thanks for the info, Gordon.
Here's a collection of the bumpers used for the Turkey Day revival in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju1OnuKUtkk
We now have a complete list of movies that will be used for Season 13. In production code order, they are:
1301 Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
1302 Robot Wars
1303 Beyond Atlantis
1304 Munchie
1305 Dr. Mordrid
1306 Demon Squad
1307 Gamera vs Jiger
1308 The Batwoman
1309 The Million Eyes of Sumuru
1310 The Shape of Things to Come
1311 The Mask 3D
1312 The Bubble
1313 The Christmas Dragon
And I think I speak for all of us when I say that I'm pleased that we'll be getting another Santo movie.
Here's the confirming link BTW:
https://kickstarter.mst3k.com/season13
Yay!!!! More Gamera!!!
As I understand it, Dr. Mordrid was supposed to be an actual Dr. Strange movie, but the rights situation didn't work out, so they... changed it to be less of a copyright violation.
But in Mexico, they clearly don't care about copyright violations. Though their Batwoman is comelier than the one seen during the fifth season.
First episode of the new season comes out this Friday at 2000 EST.
Here are the upload dates for the experiments and specials (the latter will include shorts).
3/4: Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
3/18: A Tribute to Manos
4/1: Robot Wars
4/15: Special Event #2
4/29: Beyond Atlantis
5/13: Special Event #3
5/27: Munchie
6/10: Doctor Mordrid
6/24: Demon Squad
7/8: Special Event #4
7/22: Gamera vs. Jiger
8/5: Special Event #5
8/19: The Batwoman
9/2: The Million Eyes of Sumuru
9/16: Special Event #6
9/30: H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come
10/14: Special Event #7
10/28: The Mask 3D
11/11: The Bubble
12/13: Special Event #8
12/14: Special Event #9
12/15: Special Event #10
12/16: The Christmas Dragon
1/6: Special Event #11
1/20: Special Event #12
2/3: Special Event #13
2/17: Special Event #14
I still haven't received a code or link to join the Gizmoplex. So currently I can't watch any of the episodes :0(
I can't say that I'm heartbroken, but I am a bit peeved. I've got Level 35 'membership' which I thought included automatic ability to watch.
Have you checked your spam folder? It's one of those possibilities that's easy to overlook. If it's not there, you could always try contacting them about it.
Yeah, there's been nothing in spam. I'll get round to contacting them eventually.
It's sad that I'm not more eager to see these episodes. I was a bit disappointed with Season 12 - as, it seems, was everyone judging by the lack of comments here - and I only watched each episode once. But seeing your best lines for the first episode of this season got me a little more excited again.
Letter reading will be featured in future special events. You can send your missives and scanned crayon drawings to mailbag@mst3k.com
It's just been announced that Season 13 episodes will be available to watch on the free with ads streaming platform Pluto starting on March 1.
Coming to Neptune next
Quaoar and Sedna are upset that Neptune outbid them.
Sneaky Neptunians.
Yay! Better late than never.
Yup.
Tonight is Tom and Crow's Unsupervised Year-End Review Revue. This will hopefully provide us with details of a possible Season 14.