MST3K Is Kickstarting Back To Life

New submitter kevin lyda writes: The creator of MST3K wants to bring it back. Anywhere from just three episodes up to a full season. Joel is also including options to make it DRM-free. Wired reports: "Hodgson officially launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund new episodes of the series. The initial goal of $2 million would fund only three episodes, but if the campaign does well enough, the project could make as many as 12 episodes (that maximum order would require $5.5 million). The rewards run the gamut from the typical t-shirt all the way up to fans contributing riffs to the episodes or hosting live installments of the show. But the real fun begins if MST3K finds an angel investor willing to splash some serious cash: 'Finally, if we raise $1 BILLION—stay with me on this one—we’re going to adopt a real live teenage boy and "Truman Show" him into believing he is the Pumaman!'"

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Acronym

[fph il quozientatore]

In case you are also wondering, MST3k stands for Mystery Science Theater 3000, an American comedy science fiction television series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000).

It would have been good to see the acronym expanded at least once in TFS...

Re:$2 Million for 3 episodes???

[mythosaz]

It scales down per episode after the first three.

1.3M for three more episodes (430k ea for episodes 4-6)
1.1M for each three episodes after that (366k ea for episodes 7-9 and 10-12)

Since you can do an episode for about 370k, there's *apparently* 1M in new rampup costs.

Missing: Why they can finally do it now

[Nova Express]

Basically, Shout Factory, the people who are doing the DVDs, bought all the shows rights from Jim Mallon/Best Brains, " including all brand assets and global intellectual property."