Obi-Wanma

During the live show, they also said that it will include riffs for movies still in theaters, and strongly hinted that there would be one for The Force Awakens.

That's a cool idea, but I'm just imagining someone sitting in a theater watching a movie and listening to rifftrax, and laughing throughout the film at jokes no one else can hear.

DJLinus

Thanks! I couldn't make it last night, but will be going to the reairing.

I remember Kevin Smith was set to release an mp3 commentary for one of his films - Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back or Clerks II, I think - while it was still in theaters, but I believe the studio nixed that idea. That would've been interesting.

majorjoe23

It was for Clerks 2

Jay G.

Director Rian Johnson did this for both The Brothers Bloom and Looper:
http://www.wired.com/2012/10/looper-...le-commentary/
http://www.slashfilm.com/rian-johnso...rothers-bloom/

Both are unique commentaries different from what's on the DVD/Blu-ray.


It'd be interesting if for Rifftrax a group outing could be done; like, rent a theater for a screening of the film, then use a boombox or speakers for the commentary track.

Jay G.

As part of the Kickstarter promotion, MST3K double-features are live-streaming every night this week 7PM ET/4PM PT, with new intros from Joel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB09ZefcMCw
Edit: Apparently the above link is a saved video of the stream from Monday, just go to the main Youtube Channel to view the live link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/mst3kofficial

Friday, the double feature streams early at 5PM ET/2PM ET, followed by a live stream of the countdown to the end of the Kickstarter.

Lord Zarak

While it hasn't been officially announced, nine new episodes of MST3K has been mathematically achieved! It will be a rough climb to the full twelve.

coyoteblue

You don't even have to join the kickstarter; buy an add-on reward instead. Twelve episodes may not guarantee multiple seasons but it makes it more likely, so contribute however you can.

majorjoe23

Joel just announced the writing staff, which includes all the on-screen performers for the relaunch, Dan Harmon of Community, Dana Gould from The Simpsons and a bunch of others, including original writer Paul Chaplin.

There's also an EGOT winner working on the music, Robert Lopez.

Plus, original writer Paul Chaplin will be part of the staff.

Jay G.

Keep in mind that they recommend you pledge at least a dollar on Kickstarter to get the kickstarter backer-only updates:

http://mst3k.com/kickstarter/faq/addons

majorjoe23

Plus, for the $1 pledge you'll also get the Rifftrax short. That's at least a $2 value!

Lord Zarak

Joel updated with a list of very impressive potential guest cameos including: Jack Black, Joel McHale, Bill Hader, Neil Patrick Harris, Jerry Seinfeld and Luke Skywalker himself: Mark Hamill!

Jay G.

Less than 11 hours left on the MST3K Kickstarter. It's very close to getting a full 12 episode season, and now there's the chance they'll do a 13th episode, a Holiday Special spoofing a Christmas movie, if they get enough funding.

bunkaroo

I just bumped my pledge from $100 to $200. Would love to see a holiday special and I'm sure I'll want discs so seemed like a no-brainer.

DGibFen

As of this moment, it's at 5.5 million (including the add-on money), so it looks like 12 episodes is a go.

ViewAskewbian

Telethon is a bit of a trainwreck but still really fun .

They just hit 5,900,000 so we're getting at least 12 eps and the number keeps raising...

bunkaroo

5,900,000 means the 13th holiday episode too.

sb5

Finished! $5,764,229 through Kickstarter alone, beating Veronica Mars to be the highest video/film Kickstarter ever. The additional Add-On money brought the total over $6.3 million, which means there's going to be 14 episodes.

Jay G.

Here's the archived video of the MST3K Kicskstarter telethon from last night to watch in all it's video-glitchy glory (it actually starts about 9m 17s in):

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XWg86LhybXo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
https://youtu.be/XWg86LhybXo?t=9m17s

If you wonder about the story Ashley Holtgraver (of Freezpop) tries to tell at the 3:22:00 mark, it's the same as the one she told in this clip during the Turkey Day Marathon:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YnNVb65WyTI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
https://youtu.be/YnNVb65WyTI?t=2m48s



Felicia Day also live-streamed the event on Facebook via her phone for about an hour, that's available here:
https://www.facebook.com/FeliciaDay/..._video&theater

milo bloom

I am pleasantly surprised. I didn't think it'd get this far, though I figured the attention would catch the eye of some network that would give it funding. Very nice to see a fandom come together like this.

majorjoe23

There were three Cinematic Titanic riffs that were only ever done live, never recorded: The Astral Factor, The Doll Squad and Sampson and the Seven Miracles of the World.

But someone did record the audio for an Astral Factor live show and today someone sent me a Dropbox of it synced up with a copy of the film. It's not perfect, but the end result is a bootleg "lost" Cinematic Titanic episode.

It was never commercially released, so would it be out of line for me to share it via Dropbox with anyone interested? I figure it fits the "Keep Circulating the Tapes" ethos of MST3K.

If you're interested, pm me your email. If this isn't cool, I'm sorry.

Jay G.

Rifftrax just released their auto-sync app, that automatically syncs their commentary tracks with the movie. For a limited time, they're offering the rifftrax for the first 6 Star Wars movies on it for free. Android only at the moment, the iOS one is pending approval into the App Store.:
http://www.rifftrax.com/app

Trevor

This makes me happy. While I love Rifftrax, I've only listened to their live events or public domain dvds, as syncing sounded like a pain in the ass.

rocket1312

Really? I always just played the Rifftrax mp3 on my computer while I watched the movie on my tv. It couldn't have been more simple.

Jay G.

The syncing was pretty straightforward, start the mp3, wait for the sync point, start the movie. Pausing could be an issue though, as you have to time pausing and unpausing both devices.

They also have had the Riffplayer for a while, for syncing playback of both on a PC, but I'm not sure how popular it is:
http://www.rifftrax.com/riffplayer


It looks like the app is currently in beta, so it only syncs the 6 free Star Wars tracks at the moment.

Trevor

Computer and TV are in different rooms. I guess I could do it on my tablets... But anyway, I'm glad I waited. Free app, six free riffs!