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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.

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  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: 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.

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

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

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

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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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