majorjoe23

Cool, I was wondering when we might get some more. I wish Boy in the Bubble would get a disc release.

manicsounds

Now here's a surprise, the UK is getting "The Movie" in Hi-Def!

big e

I hope it's region-free. Any word on extras?

Adam Tyner

Not that I can find. Hopefully "Humdinger Edition" means...something. It's not on the label's site at http://www.mediumrare.uk.com/ yet.

milo bloom

Weren't there murmurings when The Movie was re-released on DVD last time (with the 16x9 transfer), about somebody from Best Brains saying how they wished Universal had asked them for extras because they had a tape with the original, longer cut on it they would have provided? I would gladly rebuy this on Blu if it included a copy of the longer cut, even if it were standard def only.

Preterite

If it has extras, I'm buying it regardless of region coding. I'll pick up a region-free player somewhere.

But I'm not really expecting extras.

manicsounds

But being called "The Humdinger Edition", there must be some reason for that...

I emailed them about what extras will be available, but no reply yet.

Living Deadpan

I wish they'd put Laser Mission on DVD. Unfortunately Rifftrax and/or Legend Films has this self-defeating policy about which public domain riffs they release on DVD: the ones that have sold the most as VODs. Which leads to people being frustrated over double dipping, or holding off on the VOD to wait for a DVD that is never released because Rifftrax is waiting for a certain number of single dips.

Unfortunately, I don't think Plastic Bubble was one of their bestsellers. Too bad, I thought it was one of their best that year.

Wouldn't hold my breath. Sometimes they just come up with silly names for new discs without significant upgrades. Universal UK has released a fair amount of featureless R0 NTSC Blu-rays, haven't they? I can only think of The Game offhand. I wasn't aware MST3K had a particularly huge fanbase in the UK. They should call it the "Universal International" edition.

"Humdinger, noun, \ˈhəm-ˈdiŋ-ər\: a striking or extraordinary person or thing." We'll see.

OT: Siskel & Ebert's 2-Thumbs-Up review of MST3K: The Movie was recently uploaded to this S&E video archive. The MST3K review starts around 3:45.

Meglos

Pretty sure it's a veeeeery tenuous refernce to the box o' Hamdingers Joel escaped in.

Probably.

Tommy Bunz

Just a heads up for people who missed out on the long OOP 20th Anniversary tin with the Crow figurine, apparently Shout Factory found a box of them in storage and are selling them on the website again. $60 and comes with a disclaimer "Shout! Factory endeavors to ship pristine tins to every customer. Since these tins are from the last box recovered from being lost in storage, some of these boxes may have a bit of torn shrink wrap or a mark on the barcode, and as such are being sold as is."
Just got shipping notice on my order.

They also still have Vol. XVI with the Tom Servo figurine for sale on their website as well.

milo bloom

This isn't the first time they've done this. Makes me wonder if they're really "lost"
/tinfoil hat.

BSTNFAN

Did I suddenly get transferred to the Full Moon thread?

Spottedfeather

I wish they'd release more single episodes. That's why I've held off on the box sets. It's very frustrating to have to spend upwards of 40 or 50 dollars for a set with 4 episodes when I abhor 3 of the 4 shows on it. Or even worse, having to spend 40 to 50 dollars on a set with 4 episodes where 3 of the show have Joel as the host just to get one good episode with Mike. Ewwww.

milo bloom

Maybe it's because I started with Mike, but I've never understood this attitude.

They have different styles, but the show is the same.

I buy every official release, and I'm just glad to get more MST3K on DVD.

Living Deadpan

The only episodes I find jarring, I must confess, are the Season 1 Eps. The first eps I ever watched were Sci-Fi era Mike, too, but I've grown to appreciate Joel a lot more over the years. But I just can never get adjusted to a non-Kevin Tom Servo. In a way, I think he sort of became the heart of MST3K. Despite any changeovers, Kevin was still Kevin. I'm sure I'd be more used to Weinstein if I'd been with the show since the KTMA days, but I guess it's sort of equivalent to a Roger Waters-era Pink Floyd fan who can't get used to Syd's influence on Piper (except I love all eras of Floyd).

manicsounds

I say bring on the boxsets with extra features. I don't like the single-disc versions with no extras. Although I'm excited to get the next boxset coming out next week, I still have only watched 1 episode from the previous set released...

Spottedfeather

I don't really care about extras for the movie (it's not like we need a commentary. that's what the whole movie is), but just as long as it's region free, I'll be happy. It is region free, isn't it ?

And the show ISN'T the same with Joel. Joel's just not funny. He reminds me of a only slightly more active Ben Stein. He's flat and emotionless most of the time. Mike is just far funnier.

Trout

I do agree with this to a point. I like the Mike episodes better, but the Joel ones do have a different style of humor that you have to get used to. As for Joel being emotionless, I always thought he was stoned.
I missed most of the Sci-fi episodes so I hope Shout! releases more in the future.

Living Deadpan

Joel made a rightwing anti-Darwinist creationism documentary equating evolutionists with Nazis?

Win Joel Hodgson's Money

Joel Hodgson starring as Jim Carrey's shrink in The Mask.

Joel Hodgson as financial analyst.

Ben Stein to Torgo: "DO something!"

Nah, this bizarro world doesn't really work.

I guess you must really hate Stephen Wright.

majorjoe23

Shout has announced the movies for the next set. No release date:


310- FUGITIVE ALIEN — forklifts and all…
318- STAR FORCE – FUGITIVE ALIEN II — yes, the entire Bacchus III saga…
617- THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON — another of the Russo-Finnish trilogy comes to DVD…
624- SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN — featuring Frank’s departure.

DJLinus

In other news, Rifftrax will be doing Manos, beamed into theaters on August 16. I guess if Cinematic Titanic can go back to the well, so can they. (Note: I'm not complaining.)

Jay G.

It'd be cool if they could use this restored HD transfer of Manos (currently in production):
http://www.manosinhd.com/

Edit: Maybe they are:
http://twitter.com/#!/RiffTrax/statu...05328389165057

Living Deadpan

I dunno, I think this reeks of desperation. When Rifftrax/CT redo MST'ed movies it's like a solo musician performing live tracks created by their former bands. It's like hearing David Gilmour & Roger Waters perform their solo versions of "Comfortably Numb." Yeah they sound all right in their own way, albeit missing a voice, but rather than listen to a new "former glory version" I'd rather simply listen to The Wall again.

In other Rifftrax news:


http://www.rifftrax.com/dvds/artisanal-shorts

milo bloom

Am I the only person that cares not one whit for Rifftrax or Cinematic Titanic? I have every commercially released title (even the Godzilla vs. Megalon box) (and the box that just came out, haven't ordered that yet) but I have absolutely zero interest in these other projects.

Maybe it's the lack of puppets, I've always graded anything with puppets on a curve, so perhaps that clouds my judgement, but Living Deadpan's analogy regarding redoing a MST'd movie to a solo artist doing their former band's work just seems to apply to the whole thing.

starman9000

Are you under the impression that these are popular?