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The MST3K Crew Reunites For Live Webcast

Posted by timothy on from the no-one-has-detonated-a-nuclear-bomb-tonight dept.

csn writes "On Wednesday, January 28th at 6:00 PM PST and 9:00 PM EST, the stars of the cult television hit 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' will reunite to do what they do best — heckle bad movies. Join Mike Nelson, Kevin 'Tom Servo' Murphy and Bill 'Crow T. Robot' Corbett as they make fun of the 1950 short film, 'Overcoming Fear,' live over the internet.

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  1. Wonderful! by solder_fox · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They always pick movies that are enhanced by their commentary, and yet which contain their own wonderful comic moments. The deadpan acting of a man who talks about what happened "while I was... green," for example.

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  2. Not really a "reunion" by rizzo5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is just a production by Rifftrax, which has been doing this for a while now. The other half of the crew are doing a similar thing called Cinema Titanic I believe. From the headline, I thought both groups had reconciled and were doing something together.

    1. Re:Not really a "reunion" by aredubya74 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Jim Mallon of Best Brains (the producer of the show from day 1) owns the trademark. Some schism between the camps of Rifftrax (Mike/Kevin/Bill) and Cinematic Titanic (Joel/Trace et al.) has yet to be explained, but it likely precludes any further collective work between the bunch of funny folks.

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  3. _Some_ of "the stars" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I love the Rifftrax guys, but to call them "the stars" does a disservice to the many other major MST3K cast members (most of whom are now in the competing project Cinematic Titanic, including MST's founder Joel Hodgson. I'm just sayin'.

  4. It's just a show, I should really just relax by MisterMikeyG · · Score: 5, Funny

    The date is misrepresented. It should read 'in the not too distant future - next Wednesday, A.D.'

  5. Cinematic Titanic hits the road in Feb/Mar!! by ZipK · · Score: 4, Informative

    Anyone know if they're planning anymore live shows?

    Joel, Trace, Frank, Mary Jo and J. Elvis hit the road in February and March: http://cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/121/