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On September 1st, 2015, experience the adventures of Joel, Mike and their robot sidekicks Tom Servo and Crow on board The Satellite of Love, as they riff their way into your hearts again for the very first time. Fans can pre-order their copy now from ShoutFactory.com. (http://www.shoutfactory.com)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 1 brings us Catalina Caper (aka Never Steal Anything Wet) a cinematic party full of fun, sun, bikinis and boats in this 1967 tale of a Southern California island and the teens who party all over it; The Creeping Terror, a 1964 low budget movie about aliens coming to Earth to eat people, analyze their chemistry and send the results to the home planet; Bloodlust, wherein pleasure boating teens land on the island of Dr. Balleau in this powerfully limp re-imagining of The Most Dangerous Game; and The Skydivers, a this tale of murder, infidelity and coffee at an airfield in a small desert town.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 1 Bonus Features
NEW The Crown Jewels featurette
NEW The Creeping Terror trailer
NEW Extended trailer for The Creep Behind the Camera
NEW The Creep Behind the Camera Q&A with Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu at Screamfest 2014
Theatrical trailers for Catalina Caper, Bloodlust and The Skydivers
Enjoyed these productions. However, anyone here like me that also wanted to just watch the film as is? ;D
Quote from: Bogey on June 03, 2015, 07:31:08 AM
Enjoyed these productions. However, anyone here like me that also wanted to just watch the film as is? ;D
Rhino did that with some of the releases for which they own the distribution rights to the original films. I don't think Shout! Factory has done it, but that might just be a rights issue.
I never liked MST3K, I too would rather have just the movies.
Quote from: Joeynines on June 11, 2015, 07:27:32 PM
I never liked MST3K, I too would rather have just the movies.
Not sure how many of these titles are available on their own. Stuff like "Overdrawn At the Memory Bank" and "Merlin's Mystical Shop of Wonders" are pretty obscure.
I did watch the show. Mainly to see some of the titles that I had never seen before. To say I was a fan of it - would be stretching the truth way too far.
Hopefully there will be two versions of each film. One with the crew, and one without. I remember buying The Wild World of Bat Woman with Katherine Victor. That DVD had two versions of the film. One with the crew, and one without. I found that it got pretty annoying to look at three shadows at the bottom of the screen throughout the entire film.
To those of you who are fans of the show --- I'm happy for you.
Quote from: Anthony Caranci on August 28, 2015, 09:35:12 AM
I remember buying The Wild World of Bat Woman with Katherine Victor. That DVD had two versions of the film. One with the crew, and one without.
Again, I believe that was only an option on the films that Rhino owned the distribution rights to. Not sure which of these titles Shout! Factory might be able to license that way, or might own distribution to themselves.
We're still looking at certain titles that, sadly, may never be released. Both "Godzilla vs. Megalon" and "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster" remain unavailable because of rights issues with Toho. The rights to "The Amazing Colossal Man" are still all tied up, too. Considering roughly 134 films have been released between Rhino and Shout, out of I believe 196 episodes, that's pretty amazing. Sadly, Year Zero, the KTMA episodes, also remain unavailable. Joel Hodgson says they're so bad, he doesn't want them out there. (Sort of like George Lucas' attitude regarding the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special.")
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I liked MST3K. Although some of the jokes were crap. it was still fun. :angel:
I have an old DVD of "Night of the Living Dead" that had the option to watch it with or without the jokes. That's how they should all be.
Quote from: Gory Glenn on August 28, 2015, 10:29:25 AM
I have an old DVD of "Night of the Living Dead" that had the option to watch it with or without the jokes. That's how they should all be.
MST3K never did "Night of the Living Dead." I think you're confusing it with RiffTrax, Michael J. Nelson's downloadable DVD commentary tracks. He was later joined by Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. They released some DVDs early on, including NOTLD, "House on Haunted Hill," and even "Plan 9 from Outer Space." All could be played with or without the commentary tracks. They still do MP3 versions for current releases, too.
http://www.RiffTrax.com (http://www.rifftrax.com)
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Quote from: Count_Zirock on August 28, 2015, 02:28:55 PM
MST3K never did "Night of the Living Dead." I think you're confusing it with RiffTrax, Michael J. Nelson's downloadable DVD commentary tracks. He was later joined by Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. They released some DVDs early on, including NOTLD, "House on Haunted Hill," and even "Plan 9 from Outer Space." All could be played with or without the commentary tracks. They still do MP3 versions for current releases, too.
http://www.RiffTrax.com (http://www.rifftrax.com)
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You're right but why not include the standard version of the film on the MST3K releases. They'd probably sell more. This is the disc I was referring to. Even though it says it's colorized the B&W version is on there too. It's a lousy print and I don't recommend this version but it was a good way for my son to enjoy the film as the Mike Nelson track is funny and doesn't really interfere with the movie too much.
QuoteThere is also a Rifftrax® commentary from former Mystery Science Theater 3000 alum, Mike Nelson. OK you aren't going to get a lot of inside information or a film theory lesson, but the track is quite funny, and even die hard fans of the film will get some chuckles and some handy Zombie cocktail recipes during the slow spots.
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Quote from: Gory Glenn on August 28, 2015, 02:41:59 PM
You're right but why not include the standard version of the film on the MST3K releases. They'd probably sell more.
Licensing, that's why. The versions they are getting are edited to fit in MST3K's runtime (90-94 minutes, depending upon the season). Also, some of the prints MST used were pretty bad (which is why they don't release the episodes on Blu-Ray). Rhino only offered a handful of episodes that includes the complete, unaltered films. Since these are sold in sets, they already know they are pretty much limited to people who are fans of the show, not necessarily the films themselves. If there were enough demand for the unaltered films to be included, I think they'd do it. Shout! Factory released all of the Gamera movies, and opted to put out the remastered films separately from the MST3K Gamera tin set.
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