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MST3K Breaks Kickstarter Record

Posted by timothy on from the but-nothing-can-top-the-werewolf dept.

the_Bionic_lemming writes: Raising over 6.3 million dollars in just one month MST3K fans helped push the new 14 episode series past the Official Kickstarter Veronica Mars total of $5,702,153 by raising $5,764,229 On Kickstarter. $600,000 + Was added to the total from the Add on store at MST3K.com . And what's more, they did it with only 48,270 backers compared to 91,585 Veronica Mars backers.

31 comments

  1. What is MST3K? by Cassini2 · · Score: 3

    For the readers not in the loop, please ...

    1. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Mystery Science Theater 3000.

      But I suspect that doesn't tell you much either. Have you heard of RiffTrax?

    2. Re: What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Three people record themselves watching garbage movies, most of which are very old. They make fun of them. Two of them are puppets. It makes bad movies a lot more tolerable.

    3. Re: What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It usually makes bad movies a lot more tolerable. Their puns, wry comments, and inserted lines are usually very funny. But some movies are so bad, even that can't save them. E.G. "Manos, the Hands of Fate".

    4. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      For the readers not in the loop, please ...

      Seriously? Not that you don't know what it is but that you can't fucking try googling it. Let Me Google That For You.

    5. Re: What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Manos is one of the best MST3K episodes. Normally the skits they do around commercial breaks are painful, but Torgo delivering pizza was hilarious.

      Fun fact: Manos is Quentin Tarantino's favorite comedy.

    6. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      A very silly show in which some "spectators" make relentlessly silly and unfunny comments about old and cheesy sci-fi movies. Worthless, for the most part, and therefore amazing that so many are contributing to it. But, then again, the turd that is The Hunger Games series is also a hit with many.

    7. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      It's a terrible show that a few people liked for some reason. You watch some really old movie and they make fun of it. Not worth the price of admission.

    8. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dear gods, do you ever just let yourself laugh at something silly for the sake of enjoying the moment?

    9. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      The show was a steaming pile of shit. If it were funny, that would be a worthwhile feature. It wasn't funny though, it was just stupid.

    10. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Pod People
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCl2ZNkfnS8

      Space Mutiny
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa42pxJyq64

      Prince of Space
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrexEsjnaUE

      Those are, IMHO, some of the best ones.

    11. Re: What is MST3K? by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I disagree. Manos is probably the very best MST3K episode ever made, precisely because Manos was not only an outrageously bad film, but a rather disturbing film as well.

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    12. Re:What is MST3K? by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2

      Let me guess... you like Seth Macfarlane shows.

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    13. Re: What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You forgot final sacrifice. That one had me laughing so much I got laughed out half way through.

    14. Re: What is MST3K? by tusseyd · · Score: 1

      I thought it was their best. And it is a disturbing movie. Exactly.

    15. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. stop liking stuff I don't like!

    16. Re:What is MST3K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He's just waiting for the Ted 3 kickstarter.

  2. Hope it isn't shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Fond memories are just that. I can go back and watch an old show and appreciate it for what it was and how I enjoyed it when watching it long ago.

    1. Re:Hope it isn't shit by Gavagai80 · · Score: 2

      If they were trying to do everything the same as before with the same people, for nostalgia's sake, it'd be shit. But with a new cast, new characters and new writers it looks likely to be sufficiently original.

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  3. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    OP makes no sense whats so ever.

  4. real winner: Kickstarter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How much does kickstarter get for being the middleman?

    1. Re:real winner: Kickstarter by RichMan · · Score: 3, Informative

      Fees can vary by country: https://www.kickstarter.com/he...

      For the US 8% to 10% comes off the top. It pays to be a middle man. Especially a middle man with a good reputation who brings in eyeballs.

      If your project is successfully funded, the following fees will be collected from your funding total: Kickstarter's 5% fee, and payment processing fees (between 3% and 5%). If funding isn't successful, there are no fees.

    2. Re:real winner: Kickstarter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thanks, Captain Obvious. Who would have thought that they don't just let anyone do it for free?

  5. Real Losers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Don't forget that this garbage creates a revenue stream for copyright holders, and none of the donors who are paying to produce this fun drivel will see a penny of it.

    The fact there's -0- socially redeeming value to this cable fodder highlights just the ridiculousness of the 'project'.

    1. Re:Real Losers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What a bitter old bitch.

  6. Oh the irony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    First movie they should riff: Veronica Mars

  7. mod uP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    OS don't feaR the one Here but now

    1. Re:mod uP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OS don't feaR the one Here but now

      Did ANYBODY understand what that was about?

  8. Get off our lawns! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Pffft, get off our lawns... two or three days until 100 million is achieved.

    https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals

    [Yes, somewhat off-topic and not comparable, but this still belongs in a record-crowd-funding thread in a more general context]

    1. Re:Get off our lawns! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No Linux version. :(

  9. Don't forget inflation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=5702153&year1=2007&year2=2015

    $5,702,153 in 2007 is $6,540,829.48 in 2015.

    Not the same A.C. you replied to which you replied.