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Old 01-23-08, 08:49 PM
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MST3K Library Changing Hands

Apparently Shout! Factory is taking over Mystery Science Theater 3000 on DVD.

The series lasted 11 seasons and includes 198 episodes, all of which are ultimately bound for both DVD and digital distribution through Shout! Factory.
Given the fate of set 10, I'm a little skeptical that we'll see every episode on DVD, but if they make an effort to put out more, faster, I'll be happy.
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could be great news, but they still have to secure all of the movies for distribution
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WOW. Shout! puts out great products. This could be very good news for fans like myself. Huge news...
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Oh god. If Shout! Factory makes good on putting every movie on DVD I can die a happy death.
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I'm hoping that they see a demand for re-releasing the previous sets in the near future. I just never got around to buying the previous sets and by the time I was ready it was hard to find a number of the ones that had been put out.
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This is great news. Shout factory puts a lot more effort into their releases.
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Hmmm... interesting...

All sorts of MST3K news has been popping up as of late... and I'm intrigued.

I didn't realize until just now (from reading Shout! Factory's wikipedia entry) that so many former Rhino executives now work there.

Seems like a good fit... I guess time will tell.
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The weird thing is Best Brains killed Mike Nelson's deal with Rhino to do the Film Crew DVDs and he had to take the project to Shout Factory two years later to get them released. Now they are moving to Shout Factory as well. Weird.
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Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Oh god. If Shout! Factory makes good on putting every movie on DVD I can die a happy death.
You never know, they COULD work wonders in the "rights" department. After all, they managed to keep the musical acts in the SCTV episodes...
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I have every official DVD release so far, and I hope Shout! keeps folks like me in mind and doesn't force us to buy a bunch of double dips.
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I'm very happy about this. I've been wanting to buy these sets for a while now. I hope there are more episodes per set and a lower price, that's all I ask for.
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Fantastic.
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Originally Posted by milo bloom
I have every official DVD release so far, and I hope Shout! keeps folks like me in mind and doesn't force us to buy a bunch of double dips.
Yeah, I'm not sure how to feel about this until they give us some idea of what they're going to do.
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I only have a few of the original sets and a bunch of the singles, but I wouldn't mind double dipping if they came in something closer to season sets.
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Season sets would be mightly costly...but still worth it. Like mentioned above, I have every official release aswell.
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This will hopefully be good news for MST3K fans, many of whom were displeased with the Rhino releases. There are still a lot of releases they could put out that are public domain or could be easily acquired. One fan put out an extensive list of which episodes could be released that can be seen here (http://forrestcrow.proboards47.com/i...ad=1152828151), though it was designed with some thought for Rhino's contacts.
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Originally Posted by Ms. M
This will hopefully be good news for MST3K fans, many of whom were displeased with the Rhino releases. There are still a lot of releases they could put out that are public domain or could be easily acquired. One fan put out an extensive list of which episodes could be released that can be seen here (http://forrestcrow.proboards47.com/i...ad=1152828151), though it was designed with some thought for Rhino's contacts.
The thread you requested does not exist! Where has this list gone?
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Just because some movies are public domain doesn't mean they have the rights to use them. Music could have copyrighted or they may have used a different version of the film, like a tv version, which might not be public domain.
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My hope is that Shout! continues to release sets -- but for a cheaper price. And perhaps releases them more frequently/consistently than Rhino did. It's kind of scary to think about all the possible types of releases they could do. I certainly don't want to re-buy anything.
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It's already bad enough that I have to re-buy set 10.2 for the extra episode.
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You don't have to rebuy 10.2, Rhino announced they would be selling it seperately through their website. Of course, that was before this was announced. Who knows if it changes anything.

EDIT: It's still on, with a release date of Feb. 5 through Rhino's website.

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Yep, you don't have to buy Vol 10.2 just to get The Giant Gila Monster. Although I will be buying the whole set because I sold my Vol 10 on e-bay for $180 last year. I sure am glad I did that now.
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Yeah, I'm not sure how to feel about this until they give us some idea of what they're going to do.
Same here. Could be good. Could be bad. Could be more of the same.

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The thread you requested does not exist! Where has this list gone?
Was it this post?

http://forrestcrow.proboards47.com/i...ead=1152828151
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Hopefully, Shout continues the 4 movie sets, preferably in similar looking packaging (although I wouldn't mind a switch to individual slim cases).
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Has anyone seen The Giant Gila Monster solo disc up for preorder anywhere?


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