walletboyniac

Rifftrax is coming to the National Geographic channel:

link

edit: It's going to be titled "Total Riff Off".

shadokitty

Sweet, can't wait.

Jay G.

I think that Screenrant link makes an incorrect assumption that Murphy and Corbett will be reprising their robot roles. The original zap2it article only mentions those roles as reference to who they played in the original series:
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2014/0...eographic.html

National Geographic has a page up now with some more details:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...otal-riff-off/
Edit: It looks like the three episodes are airing back-to-back starting at 8PM ET on April 1.

walletboyniac

Yeah, I noticed in the comments section of the Screenrant article that there was erroneous info about the 'bots. I wonder if this is going to be a one-off April Fools Day thing, or if they're going to do more?

The 3 episodes are in my cable guide and set to record!

Jay G.

The NatGeo is promoting it as an April Fools Day special thing, so it's likely one-off for now, with the possibility of more in the future depending on its success. They could end up doing this every April Fools Day as an annual tradition, or it could possibly transition to a series.

I remember that Mythbusters started out as a handful of specials as well.

majorjoe23

Here are the titles for vol. 30:

113- The Black Scorpion
519- Outlaw (Of Gor)
901-The Projected Man
1010- It Lives By Night

sb5

for Outlaw. One of my favorites.

milo bloom

I feel funny, I missed most of this show during it's original run so almost every set is something new. I'm pretty sure I've seen way more episodes via DVD than I ever did "live".

man*machine

Anyone know if the DVD of Riff Trax CRATER LAKE MONSTER is OOP?

Trevor

If it is, I think that's the one I have doubles of.

Living Deadpan

It appears to be that way. Most retailers don't carry it anymore, and the DVD's no longer even sold though Rifftrax.com. They're only selling it as a streaming video download.

Jay G.

Wired has a new article with an oral history of MST3K, with most (all?) participants in the show interviewed:
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/mst3k-oral-history/

Right at the end of the article is this little tidbit:

Jay G.

Also, slightly older news, but TV channel RetroTV is going to start running MST3K reruns starting in July:
http://www.myretrotv.com/2/post/2014...ater-3000.html
I read elsewhere that they have the rights to 22 episodes.

Trevor

Some sets and singles on sale as part of Shout's new weekly sale.

Pizza

Amazon's deal of the week includes some of the MST3K sets at $25.

Jay G.

Link

They're all about 50% off.

I don't think any of the Shout Factory releases have gone OOP. I guess they licensed the rights to the films in perpetuity, instead of for a limited time like with the Rhino releases.

majorjoe23

I just purchased Manos The Hands of Fate for the third time. And Rifftrax just put it on DVD as well, so I might end up with a fourth copy. I may have a problem.

milo bloom

Shout! is selling the slipcover for the DVDs that were in the 25th anniversary tin, it's free but $5.99 shipping.

I bought one.




http://www.shoutfactory.com/product/...collectors-tin

Just click on the link for the slipcover and don't add anything else to your cart.

coyoteblue

Thanks for the update. I went ahead and added a couple of dvds (Martial Arts Movie Marathon, Lady Whirlwind / Hapkido) since it didn't affect the shipping charge. And I'll be able to put the set in its proper place with the rest of the boxes.

Living Deadpan

Use Coupon Code MEMORIAL14 during Checkout

http://www.rifftrax.com/heroes?coupon=memorial14

HellTrack

I know that Shout Factory mixes the hosts up in the sets so that fans can see both. But I DON'T see why they don't also put out individual episodes so that you could pick and choose. They have the rights for the episodes, but are they only for sets?

Obi-Wanma

Because they don't want you to pick and choose. They want you to buy everything.

Jay G.

There's also probably rights costs to consider. When negotiating movie rights, it's likely that some cost more than others. With the box sets, they can even out the costs by mixing together a few cheaper episodes with a really pricey one; if they were released solo, they'd have to be priced differently or charge a higher overall price per disc.

Shout has released a few solo titles. I'm guessing they don't sell as well though since only people wanting specifically that title will get that disc. And while I personally want to collect every episode, I tend to lean towards buying the sets as they seem a better value.

majorjoe23

The individual releases are re-releases of titles from box sets that Rhino put out. Usually those went out of print due to one problematic title, so Shout started putting out the ones they could.

But they didn't sell well, so they stopped.

Hasn't Shout made individual episodes available for release on iTunes? I know they had been, but it's been a while since I checked.

HellTrack

The sets aren't a good value if you only want one host or the other. I only want Mike episodes. So 40 or 50 dollars for a set that has, at best, only two watchable episodes is a waste of money for me.