Joel and Original Cast of MST3K Riding the Cinematic Titanic

AugstWest writes "Unfortunately it's in separate projects, but just after Jim Mallon (the man who owns all things MST3K) announced that he would be bringing back Tom Servo, Crow and Gypsy in animated Flash shorts on the web along with Paul Chaplin (a writer from the original MST3K), Joel Hodgson, the series creator, has announced that he will be launching a new venture called Cinematic Titanic. It will feature horrible movies riffed by the original cast of MST3K, including Josh Weinstein (the original Tom Servo), Trace Beaulieu (the original Crow), Frank Conniff (TV's Frank), Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester) and, of course, Joel himself. They've already got the rights to 12 movies, and will be releasing one a month starting in December for DVD purchase or download."

No question at all.

[pla]

Unfortunately it's in separate projects

Let's see now... Joel and the original cast, or some random schmuck who owns the rights to Joel's creation? Tough call.

I never "hated" Mike like some did, because he just filled a role. But I think we can almost all agree that Joel made the show (literally and figuratively), a fact supported by its demise once he left.

O rly?

[EveryNickIsTaken]

We can only hope that they re-review "Manos, the Hands of Fate"....

dear-god-please-no-mike

[w.p.richardson]

Screw you. There are as many good Mike episodes as Joel. I will agree that on average Joel was better, but Mike was not bad enough to warrant that description.

Re:dear-god-please-no-mike

[Davenport Spiff jr]

Yeah, Mike was OK, but having Joel AND FRANK and TRACE back - I'm looking forward to that.

Re:MST3K?

[albwus]

Then what are you doing on slashdot...

Selling DVDs? Wrong vehicle, boys.

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

They've already got the rights to 12 movies, and will be releasing one a month starting in December for DVD purchase or download.

Selling DVDs? Wrong vehicle, boys.

I used to watch MST3K, but it was only because it was ON FOR HOURS and you felt safe dropping in and out of the viewing session. (It was a basically a crappy movie, so you weren't missing anything.)

I didn't go see the MST3K movie (there was one, right?) for the same reason. The show's fun for free at my leisure, but not at $6 and the feeling that I'd be compelled to watch it for 2 hours.

So...if you can get MST3K back on TV where it can serve as the background for whatever I'm doing with my kids or my computer, I'll tune in. Otherwise...buy it? Way too much commitment.

Re:No question at all.

[Orion_]

But I think we can almost all agree that Joel made the show (literally and figuratively), a fact supported by its demise once he left.

That's a pretty absurd claim to make, given that Joel left halfway through season 5, and the show ran 10 seasons. In truth, the show went on just fine without Joel, though personally I preferred Joel's screen persona to Mike's.

Re:No question at all.

[elrous0]

The whole "Joel vs. Mike" thing always struck me as silly. First of all, the two worked just fine together for years before Joel left. Mike was the show's head writer from its second season onwards (the year they went national) and even appeared on-camera in many of the "Joel episodes." It's not like he was some "new guy" that they picked up off the street to replace Joel. He had been a major part of the show almost from day one.

So if Joel and Mike could work together just fine for all those years, why can't their fans get along too? No Joel fans had any problem with Mike BEFORE Joel left. And if any Mike fans had any problem with Joel when he was there, they'll have to partially blame Mike too--since he was the one writing most of the jokes and bits.

Re:Mike Nelson has already been doing this

[Boinger69]

Oh come on... Can't we just get beyond Thunderdome?