Take the MST3K DVD poll...
 

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/poll.html

Vote on future titles!

Everyone please vote for Zombie Nightmare (604) for at least one of them.

I want the uncut versions of movies like they were doing the first couple of collections.

I'll vote for that if you vote for Episode 910 "Final Sacrifice". That episode MUST be released!

That's something else everyone needs to vote for. Also, subtitles wouldn't hurt.

I voted for my favorite episode, Untamed Youth.

I came to start a thread asking everyone to list some episodes for me to put in. I don't know enough of them by name and number.

I'm your puppet, let me have it!

The link in the first post has another link to a list of episodes not available on DVD yet. You should be able to use that with IMDb to find any episode you may have in mind, but don't know the name of.

I voted for <i>The Day the Earth Froze</i> (my all-time favorite episode), <i>Attack of the the Eye Creatures</i> (sic), <i>The Painted Hills</i>, <i>The Beast of Yucca Flats</i>, and even though there's no chance of it happening with the whole Sandy Frank debacle, <i>Godzilla vs. Megalon</i>.

Earth vs. the Spider (#313) is a great one.

Also the Ed Wood trilogy:
Bride of the Monster (#423)
The Violent Years (#610)
The Sinister Urge (#613)

I went with the <b>Gamera</b> flicks and a couple of <b>Godzilla</b> titles.

Thanks for the link, after 4+ years on this forum, I finally know what the heck MST3K means. :)

you could have just asked...

uncut versions of movies would start me buying again

If I may be so bold, I recommend checking for MST episode reviews and descriptions at:

http://www.mst3kreview.com/

and

http://community-2.webtv.net/Mason85/MIGHTYJACKSMST3K/

and

http://www.atorsmst3ksite.com/

Thanks for the update, I don't check the website much.

Hard to pick my five favorites but I don't think they could go wrong releasing:

904: Werewolf (He's a Wherewilf?)
903: Puma Man (...Donald Pleasance and the fortress of balditude)
703: Deathstalker and the Warriors From Hell (Potatos are what WE eat)
614: The Sinister Urge (..So they put more clothes on her than she's ever had o n in her life)
414: Tormented

Zombie Nightmare would be a great addition too, though...just barely decided not to pick that one...Adam West is pretty bad in this one;)

Michael

Some of these titles are impossible for them to release though aren't they? Dosen't MGM/Sony control movies like "Alien from LA", and a few others?

I think there are ways around everything.

For instance, they didn't use a US print of DIABOLIK for the show, which would make it easier to secure.

Yeah right. Around here, he would have been unrelentlessly mocked. :lol:

Did my part. Voted for some Sci-Fi era goodness and DVD extras.

We should probably steer away from voting on some of those though... since more than likely the rights would be impossible to get. Any of the Universal releases for example (Leech Woman, Black Lagoon II, etc.)

Anything that's already on DVD now most likely would fall into that category too. Squirm, Alien from LA, etc.

I wish there was an option to vote for "New Episodes with Existing Titles in the Rhino Library".

Interesting, I'm wondering if that is the case though. Because home video rights are completely different than the rights they would aquire to feature the movie on the show.

Something like "Squirm" which MGM/Sony ownes, I can't see that NOT being a problem.

Jack Frost, Quest of the Delta Knights, The Screaming Skull, Squirm, and Giant Spider Invasion I think I put.

Just voted on this a few days ago.
My top 5:
306 TIME OF THE APES
422 THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE with short: HERE COMES THE CIRCUS
323 THE CASTLE OF FU-MANCHU
314 MIGHTY JACK
307 DADDY-O with short: ALPHABET ANTICS

Wanted to give Mike Nelson some love, but we really need more early Comedy Central era stuff on DVD.

Are some of these impossible? Maybe, but if they get enough requests they might spend the money to get at least one of the expensive ones on a future set. Even Sandy Frank might change his mind if the money is right.

I'm sure Paramount would disagree.

DJ

That's why Wikipedia exists.

This is one of things I don't understand. They used TV sydication versions of many movies. Do they have to clear the rights with the person that owns the sydicated version and with the studio that owns the film rights?

What about the movie??

While I love the earlier Joel episodes, I have a feeling that Rhino might have a hard time getting them released. I'll go through the episode guide and vote for some of those.

In the meantime, among the later season episodes that I loved:

903 - Puma Man
910 - Final Sacrifice
911 - Devil Fish
1001 - Soultaker
1008 - Final Justice

I'm a Mike guy, and most of my favorites are from season 8:

805 - The Thing That Couldn't Die
807 - Terror From the Year 5000
809 - I Was a Teenage Werewolf
814 - Riding With Death
903 - Puma Man!

The best episodes to vote for would be the ones with known Public Domain titles, that way there are no rights issues for Rhino to have to deal with. (Something that Rhino seems to has figured out, because the last few MST3K Boxed Sets were mostly comprised of Public Domain titles.)

This is a compiled list of all episodes that featured Public Domain movies:
http://www.geocities.com/vanhagar3000/MST3K_PDlist.html

Damn I didnt even think about that. I don't think they have the rights anymore though.

That depends on what you're going to do with it. If the TV syndication and video rights are held by different parties, you'd have to clear it with the correct rights holder. You can't just get a TV broadcast license and use that to distribute a video. If you want to distribute a video, you have to go to the video rights holder.

DJ

Because I couldn't vote for Riding With Death five times, I also put in for Laserblast, The Incredible Melting Man (I love the argument during the end credits), Leech Woman... Some other one.

I don't know why they haven't released all the public domains. Gila Monster and tons of season 3/4 episodes are PD for sure.

Now I see why we got all those Hercules films last set looking at the public domain list. One I'm confused about is Gorgo. It was one that was rarely shown on TV. The rumor was because of rights issues. However, its listed as public domain. Bit confusing there unless the version they used was one of those weird syndicated cuts that someone had the rights to.

Gorgo is a real head-scratcher on this. I've seen it listed as a Public Domain title at some places, and I've seen claims that it really isn't in the Public Domain. It's hard to say which it is without a lot more research, but I think until sure about a particular title, it's best to assume that it is not in the Public Domain.

Same here. Got into MST3K in late '97/early '98, and all the episodes I've seen are from the Mike Years. Love him.

It was an incredible challenge figuring out which episodes to vote for. I want so many of them. Finally settled on the following:

• Parts: The Clonus Horror (811)
• Riding with Death (814)
• Puma Man (903)
• Werewolf (904)
• The Space Children with the short Century 21 Calling (906)

Can you go back and vote multiple times? When you return to the polling page after making your selections, it comes back up as if you haven't voted.

If the episodes shown for the poll are all potentially available for future DVD releases, I would also choose--well, I was going to list a number of them, but what I really want is everything from seasons eight, nine, and ten.

--THX

I would be so happy if I could just get Master Ninja I(322) and Master Ninja 2(324)

Aw man, am I the only one that voted for for "Secret Agent...[horn] [horn]...Super Dragon"?

You and me and probably thousands of MSTies around the planet, but because of the Sandy Frank factor, there's a good chance it will never happen.

Public domain makes it easier for Rhino to release a MSTied film but even if it isn't, it doesn't make it impossible. I do wish someone had a list of the Sandy Frank owned episodes because those will *never* be releaseable. I know that Master Ninja is one and most of the Japanese monster films are some others. FWIW, I picked:

Night of the Blood Beast
Werewolf
Laserblast
Death Stalker
Outlaw

I'm very big on the abbreviated season 7 eps. Outside of The Brute Man which was a tad weak, they're five of the best ten episodes of the series IMHO.

All the Gameras, all the Godzillas, Time of the Apes, Fugitive Alien, Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2, Mighty Jack... I don't know how the licenses work, if Sandy Frank still controls those movies, if there's another hurdle...

I wish they'd release Deathstalker III just so I could finally complete my Deathstalker DVD collection. ;)