The Representative MST3K Set (noticed at last)
When the latest official Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD set started shipping I was among those people checking Satellite News every so often for the titles to be included in the set to follow, but they weren't quick to show up. Then, instead, we got an "announcement of no announcement," which prompted a few comments that as the number of episodes left to be released on DVD shrinks it gets harder for Shout! Factory to negotiate the rights to the movies in them.
After receiving the latest set in the mail but not quite having the time to get around to starting to watch it, I might have let my own thoughts on the subject slip from my mind. When I thought to check Satellite News today, It was just with the thought of seeing what the "weekend discussion" topic was. Instead, though, part of the way down the page I saw an announcement at last of the titles to come, with quite a bit of excited discussion about them already; a few more movies grouped by rights-holder ought to be available in the future. For the set just ahead, we're going to get " Daddy-O", the point where the third season's "American episodes" shifted from fairly recent "Film Ventures International" re-packagings to old black and white movies, although this particular movie was an " attempting to create a singing star" outing instead of the more traditional "mystery science" to follow. An example of that, though, just happens to be included too with " Earth vs. the Spider". Heading from the "Joel episodes" to the "Mike episodes," we'll get " Teenage Crime Wave", a " juvenile delinquency exploitation" film which may be a bit more of an acquired taste for some as an episode but one which I do seem to have acquired, and " Agent For H.A.R.M.", which rounds out the " James Bond ripoffs" in cheap close-to-the-studio style. With all those examples of notable subgenres in the Mystery Science Theater canon, it should be an interesting set.
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After receiving the latest set in the mail but not quite having the time to get around to starting to watch it, I might have let my own thoughts on the subject slip from my mind. When I thought to check Satellite News today, It was just with the thought of seeing what the "weekend discussion" topic was. Instead, though, part of the way down the page I saw an announcement at last of the titles to come, with quite a bit of excited discussion about them already; a few more movies grouped by rights-holder ought to be available in the future. For the set just ahead, we're going to get " Daddy-O", the point where the third season's "American episodes" shifted from fairly recent "Film Ventures International" re-packagings to old black and white movies, although this particular movie was an " attempting to create a singing star" outing instead of the more traditional "mystery science" to follow. An example of that, though, just happens to be included too with " Earth vs. the Spider". Heading from the "Joel episodes" to the "Mike episodes," we'll get " Teenage Crime Wave", a " juvenile delinquency exploitation" film which may be a bit more of an acquired taste for some as an episode but one which I do seem to have acquired, and " Agent For H.A.R.M.", which rounds out the " James Bond ripoffs" in cheap close-to-the-studio style. With all those examples of notable subgenres in the Mystery Science Theater canon, it should be an interesting set.
This entry was originally posted at http://krpalmer.dreamwidth.org/233566.html. Comment here or there (using OpenID) as you please.