#mst3k netflix

[ragingbullmode]

what the hell is this damn movie lmfaooooo

[cornsword]

This is the year TV’s Frank would have gotten his $20, here’s hoping that Max imherited this treasured heirloom and that cashing fourth party savings bonds is uh at all legal.

[worldshardestfinder]

[fleetn-crab85]

Even More MST3K Textposts as I start watching the Netflix series and continually wish I could work at the Gizmonic Institute

[pandavalkyrie]

No nuance, no hosts from the Netflix run, just a regular 90s MST3K forum beef. Mike or Joel, pick one.

[gladismajor]

wip folder game! in a new post, list the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! then, tag as many people as you have wips.

mst3k:

stop threatening jonah's oxygen, kinga, he already has nightmares

joel gets a phone call (understatement) [posted!]

mike nelson and the world's worst road trip

cambot vs divine purpose

gizmonics 2: jonah's netflix boogaloo

cohesive fucking timeline

gpc tells the truth

giant spider invasion night

mike dies v2

mike in his feels in a sylvan glen

does it count as fan mail if you created the series

mcyt:

war of the fish

isn't it lovely (when we all fall asleep ch3)

you should see me in a crown (when we all fall asleep ch4)

copycat (when we all fall asleep ch5)

the ballad of mona lisa (high hopes ch1)

victorious (high hopes ch2)

this is gospel (high hopes ch3)

epilogue (high hopes ch4)

good lord that's 19 ppl. okay. sorry if anyone has just done it but 19 ppl is a lot

tags: @personalzombie-tv @leopardmask-ao3 @varteeny1234 @rose-tries-to-write @im-illegal @th3-dark-abyss @thatapolloguy @the-spaced-out-ace @arcadecarpetgay @un-common-dreams @thefrostedmain @severevoiddragon @harley-the-pancake uhhhhh that's. all the people i can think of

[always-just-down-the-street]

A Random Thought About MST3K

(We will resume your regularly scheduled Inanimate Insanity angst soon after our breaking news.)

So I'm watching Season 13 of MST3K, or at least the part of it currently showing on the MST3K Forever-a-thon, and I finally realized something that always made the reboot seasons feel off in comparison to the originals- and it's not the hosts, Jonah and Emily and Joel all do great, it's not less funny, it's not the Mads, it's not the multiple versions of the bots or the fact that it's on the moon.

It's the host segments...but not the part you think.

A thing with MST3K is that the host segments all kinda tend to follow different patterns, at least what from what I've seen watching a ton of it. Now, each Host Tenure? Hosts Tenure for the latest, but each division lets say tends to have a higher focus on a certain type- not saying the other types don't exist, but each section tends to focus on one more.

Joel's tenure as host includes a lot of guest characters- characters that'll appear in that little window up in the Satellite of Love, generally from the movie they're riffing but there are exceptions depending on the circumstance.

Mike's tenure instead utilizes a lot of unique plots, especially once we get to the Sci-Fi era- these can be one-off like Crow biting Mike in Werewolf, the time travel plot in Time Chasers, the mirror universe from Last of the Wild Horses, or they can be larger overall plots- the Ancient Greece Arc, Deep Ape, the Observers, or the space children for a smaller example.

Jonah/Emily's* tenure has a lot of songs- famously there's Every Country Has a Monster, but there's also Concepts, Sing a Song for Jiger, Monster RSVP, a host segment entirely dedicated to some song that some or all characters on the SoL sing.

(*I didn't include Joel because I wanted to focus on the hosts exclusive to the reboot.)

Now, again, I'm not saying these are mutually exclusive- The Gauntlet is practically a season-long arc for Jonah, Mike encounters plenty of guest characters, and who could forgot that classic Joel-era song Idiot Control Now? But looking over the general vibe of the reboot-era host segments, I realized something that lead to a bigger realization.

Guest characters are now no longer shown through the Satellite of Love, instead being shown through transmissions, they're in other spacecraft- befitting of the more sci-fi elements of the reboot literally being on the moon, but...

...you ever notice that the reboot-era host segments have a less physical feeling than the classic episodes? It doesn't really feel like anyone's on a set anymore, like actual physical locations. Sure, there can still be depth but...it's hard to put into exact words but the locations shown in host segments now feel 2.5D instead of 3D. Most action happens in a straight line, all camera angles are straightforward. It feels less like a location and more like a big, long table with a background. Hell, it's something I noticed occurring more and more- up until Season 13 Moon 13 was a 3D location, but in the Gizmoplex era...now they're also on a 2D plane.

Now let's not get it twisted- I'm not saying they're bad, they're still funny and by all means that's the main requirement, I like the return of the invention exchanges that vanished early-ish into the Mike era, hell I like that S11 actually made a small arc that you have to pay attention to out of them to know it's even there- if you haven't watched it yet, I'm not gonna spoil it, it's free if you have Netflix. But it's just a small thing I noticed in the reboot era that I felt like I had to get down somewhere.

Anyway, back to Experiment 1310- H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come.

[emilysidhe]

Cast on a new project for MST3Knitathon

81: Episode 201 Rocketship X-M

Summary: In this 50s black and white movie, five astronauts take off in a rocket for the first moon landing. When their engine mysteriously stops midway through the journey, they decide that something is wrong with their fuel supply and calculate a new mixture mid-flight. The new fuel is so powerful that they careen out of control all the way to Mars, where they find evidence of a once advanced civilization destroyed by nuclear war. Martians reverted to cave men show up and throw rocks at our heroes, and the survivors return to Earth without enough fuel for a safe landing. They radio back a the formula for their new fuel and a dire warning about the dangers of nuclear weapons before they explode in a fiery crash.

This sounds like a rollicking time to as I’m writing it, but actually the movie lingers ponderously on long scenes of the astronauts having philosophical conversations as they look back at Earth through the window (because the rocketship set is cheap to film in) and zipping its way through anything that actually happens as quickly as possible (because filming action is expensive). Also, both the head scientist and lead pilot find time to be patronizing and chauvinistic towards the one female scientist aboard, but she still reveres one as a beloved mentor and falls in love with the other. Blech.

MST3K lore or notable moments: Joel updates Tom Servo’s voice box, and suddenly he speaks in the voice of Kevin Murphy, who will remain Tom Servo’s voice actor through the final episode of the original. When they call down to Deep 13, some new guy with a trainee badge answers and both Joel and the viewers are introduced for the first time to (not yet called TV’s) Frank, whom Dr. F is training as an assistant. They immediately start what will become a running gag of trying to trick Frank into pushing the button that will bring the satellite down to Earth. Both Kevin Murphy and Frank Conniff were brought on to replace J. Elvis Weinstein, who played mad scientist Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original voice of Tom Servo in the KTMA and first Comedy Central seasons, but left the show between seasons 1 and 2. While he doesn’t get the send-off episode other departing characters will, J. Elvis will be back to reprise both roles in special guest appearances on the Netflix and Gizmoplex seasons (not on this list).

Secondarily noteworthy is a visit from Valeria from last season’s Robot Holocaust (86 on the list), here played by Mike Nelson in drag. Content warning, Joel goes for a cheap joke about how ugly Valeria is (as a man in a dress). Fun warning, the hexfield viewscreen fails to close when “Valeria” leaves and Mike just stands there fully visible as the camera awkwardly pans sideways trying to cut him out of the shot.

Also, this is apparently the first episode for mole people Gerry and Sylvia, but they’re never formally introduced. They just show up helping out.

What do I think about it’s place on the list? After four episodes in a row of movies almost too good for MST3K, it’s a treat to watch them tear into a real stinker. A lot of memorable jokes in this riff (“Let’s all run like fools towards the danger”) and Tom’s new voice has immediate chemistry with the others in the theater. In the sketches, it’s great to see Frank learning the ropes while still coming in with his character immediately established. Great episode, and it feels about right to be approaching the top 75.

[osaka-lilac]

top five movies! for the ask game 🥰

OOOOOO YEYESYEYSYEYS

1. mystery science theatre 3000: the movie

(ok so this is solely bc my brother know this movie inside and out practically. if you don’t know what the mst3k series is i highly recommend checking it out it’s a lovely series of midwest puppet comedy and a cool look into outsider b-movie sci-fi and thrillers)

2. the secret of kells

(this movie is what got me so interested in art and animation as a young person. genuinely changed my life seeing it on netflix for the wii)

3. cars

(wow the f1 american gen z’er likes cars. no way. but fr coming from a small rural american town it hits home more and it is one of the most visually appealing movies ever to me)

4. inglorious bastards

(i will allow myself one tarantino movie to glaze for the rest of my life and its this one)

5. whisper of the heart

(another hitting home one ab finding your path n stuff in life and maybe that the standard way isn’t for you. my favorite ghibli movie and that’s a hot take)

honorable mentions: run lola run, the kingdom of dreams and madness (a ghibli documentary), steven universe: the movie (solely a guilty pleasure), and ratatouille (so close to making it on the list but i chose cars as my pixar rep)

[captainsparklefingers]

people I want to get to know better 💌

I got tagged by @mareastrorum, and I'm never good at remembering to do these, but this time I got it.

LAST SONG? Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat.

FAVORITE COLOR? Yellow and purple, with pink close behind. I like pastels :)

CURRENTLY WATCHING? Dimension 20 Misfits and Magic, so I know what's going on in the new season. Also, Kaos on Netflix.

LAST MOVIE? I don't know if it counts since it was in an MST3K episode, but Gamera vs Guiron. The NEXT movie is gonna be Beetlejuice Beetlejuice though.

SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY? Hard to say. Probably sweet, then savory, then spicy. But salty should be in there somewhere too, I think.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS? Single! Mostly happy with that, though sometimes I think it'd be nice to have somebody to snuggle and smooch and do nothing else with. Ah, being ace without being aro. It's not a struggle, but it is something.

CURRENT OBSESSIONS? Ignoring fandom stuff for the moment, I'd say outlining and taking notes/researching for Unhappy Families. Aka, avoiding actual writing because I keep hitting walls and don't have a person to talk through them with, so I'm trying to force myself through them, and it's tricky. XD sorry, I'm talking too much again. I've been talking a lot for every question, actually, sorry. Next question.

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED? Priapus. It came up in a YouTube video I was watching and I got curious, so.

Uhm...I guess I'll tag @grayintogreen, @thehobbitwithstickyuppyhair, and @dent-de-leon? If you wanna? I'm never good at these things, especially this part.

[rinayeas]

Must watch list for every single christmas by me:

The 31 minutos christmas special (this one is full on youtube with subtitles i beg you go watch it it has bodoque singing jesus christ superstar)

Nightmare before christmas (ive been doing this since i was 8)

A muppet christmas carol (a recent addition but nevertheless a good one)

Any weird romantic christmas movie on netflix with mom so we can riff it like mst3k(this year we watched the christmas prince trilogy)

Ive been notified of the existence of muppets its a wonderful life and now i need to watch it. Will update.

[cglenwilliams]

“People didn’t binge your last season, so we’re ordering fewer episodes.”

“…Each episode of our series is centered on around 90 minutes of the cheesiest movies we can find. They aren’t meant to—“

“BINGE WATCH OR GTFO!”

— What actually happened to MST3k between their two Netflix seasons

[elliot-amy]

fucked up that netflix has a 4k version of mac and me and it’s trapped in an mst3k episode

[littlewalken]

aug 8

Definitely not talking about The Umbrella Academy because my $1 a day internet does not include streaming. And Netflix is so fucked up I wouldn't pay for that shit anyway. My cheap ass made by Samsung but not a Samsung TV gives me free MST3K and Rifftrax if I need all night noise to block out other peoples' noise.

The last time I watched local TV news that didn't involve a car chase or road closing was in the hotel for that week while we waited for the contract to get settled for this place. Before that it was the same hotel while we looked for a place to live that became the shit shack.

While I had to keep the TV or something else going constantly at the shit shack so I could have a noise I controlled it only got free WiFi channels and I got tired of how long it took the shitty remote to respond to things like wanting the local affiliate not the one next ot it on the channel listings that's across the country.

So now if the TV stays on one of two neighboring free channels and I go to change it in the middle of the night when I'm half asleep there's no chance of hitting something that wants me to log in, give it money, and find out it doesn't have anything I want to watch.

I don't know if it's the depression or what but the 30th anniversary of the brain injury is approaching and some times it feels the 'I can't brain today' times are getting longer and longer.

Today's mental goal is to sort out the collage and similar crafting stuff. If the tiny heart shaped brads don't turn up in there, so I can make jointed paper Husbands, then they are gone with the rest of that themed stationary set and I know exactly when and where. So I'll have to order new ones on line because regular paper fasteners are too big and I don't need several hundred.

Saw some of the not mine Barbie stuff that now is mine so I'll have to sort it eventually and wow, so many things that actually were mine to begin with. I fucking told you all those years ago that while I was at school and the Life Ruiner wasn't, she was "homeschooled" because of her pwecious immune system narcissism, she'd go in my room and steal things.

~insert story about how I never got my bottom front teeth fixed because the crooked tooth is all that stood between me and the Life Ruiner's attempts as saying I bit her when she would bite herself but the tooth marks never matched~

[matt0044]

Bumping into Writer’s Strike discourse on Twitter (Musk can take his ”X” and shove it down his d-) will get the sort of reactionaries that talk smack about “maybe they deserve to be poorly paid for their poorly written scripts” as if the working conditions exposed are good for ironing out the kinks.

Seriously, I may stan Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop but I recognize that it would’ve been more polished without whatever Netflix left them with.

Even when pointed out, many will retort in their attempt to keep their comfy scapegoats and claim that blaming the executives isn’t always factual. That sometimes “bad writing” comes from the writing themselves under total creative control and none of the talent.

But nobody is denying that. I mean, The Room, Plan Nine From Outer Space, a lot of the Star Wars Prequels among others. There are indeed movies and shows would hardly get a note outside of what’s inappropriate for their demographic, letting them just be within the parameters.

However, THOSE movies at least come from the heart. Call it cheesy (and I own that shit) but bad movies like those and others are enjoyable because there was a spark of creativity and passion even amongst production problem. It’s why RiffTrax is a thing and MST3K before them as they riff but also have fun with movie that aren’t exactly aiming for accolades.

This is difficult for TV shows since episodes will vary from writer to writer. There’s also displeasure when a show, let’s say, goes off the rails into something that may be chaotic fun but betray what you initial got into the show for.

That said, you do have the likes of Riverdale and Netflix Bebop that might inspire YouTube rage but also some enjoyment from how the writers were clearly, well, enjoying themselves. Sadly, what keeps them down is both their source material as well as executives giving them shit working conditions to at least less loose at times.

The strike isn’t just about potential writing quality. It’s about having the right to be bad or good on a writing team’s own terms.

Look at this point if something in a TV show feels off, my first, immediate response is, "who in the corporate office fucked them over?"

Wonky writing? Something feels rushed? Animation errors? First question should be, "Who was fucking over the production team? What were the censorship notes? Was this what the team actually wanted to do, or were they strong-armed?"

I think a lot of y'all are way too fast to blame the writers and animators for issues that wouldn't exist if the studio executives and the censors weren't fucking it up for everyone.

Pay the writers. Pay the actors. Pay the animators. And for god's sake, stop blaming them for industry-wide issues that the unions are actively trying to fight against.

[starbeambully]

A  PEAK  AT  WHAT’S  INSIDE  THEIR  .    .    .

02.     bag   /   purse.

09.     “junk” drawer.

30.     netflix watch history. 

Dolph always keeps a journal, a handful of pens, his wallet, and a spare pair of socks in his bag.

His junk drawer is full of take out menus, envelops, weird little trinkets given to him, an unnecessary amount of loose change and three address books.

He's not too interested in watching shows and movies, if he does put something on it's usually for friends or something he doesn't need to pay attention to, but his netflix watch history is MST3K and like... comedy specials