*sigh* somehow... mst3k has returned>mst3k fan-funded seasons 11 and 12, which aired on netfilx>mst3k fan-funded season 13 which aired on some direct-to-consumer platform>mst3k tried to fan-fund season 14 but didn't raise enough money>mst3k hired the rifftrax crew to make more episodes, they are currently shooting under the "rifftrax: the mst3k experiments" banner, they raised 2.7m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjJuwp8VpWsmst3k joel crew is now attempting another fundraiser for season 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96ttIy58sM, the goals are:>3.7m - 6 new episodes, 18 remastered episodes>5.6m - 9 new episodes, 27 remastered episodes>7.4m - 12 new episodes, 36 remastered episodesthe previous fundraiser from the team joel in 2023 was:>4.8m - 6 new episodes >6.1m - 9 new episodes>7.4m - 12 new episodeswhich failed to reach its goalare (you) backing? will they get there by november?
>>220524352Who is this little elf guy holding a plate of pâté en croûte
>>220524352didn't this shit start as a public access show? why do you need millions?
>>220524352Joel’s got nothing left to offer but the stupidly overproduced “Noah’s Arcade Presents: Mystery Science Theater 3000”, with a hyper-cringe cast of unlikable “nerd celebrities” and theater fags.Mike’s version is basically going to just be Rifftrax (which I know I generally like anyway), but with the OG MST3K aesthetic with sets even designed by Trace, and returning OG crew like Patrick Brantseg (which means real Gypsy is back) and Beez (the cute blonde chick who shows up in a lot of Sci-Fi era episodes).
>>220525735Haha shut up
>>220525735Licenses for movies to yap over don't come cheap
>>220525735The show didn’t become THE MST3K that people love until like the third season, and by then they were rolling fat in that Comedy Channel money.The KTMA shit was basically just them working their material out, and putting together a demo reel to pitch the idea to a network.You can’t build props and sets, and pay a full-time staff of crew and performers witg pluckiness and can-do attitude.Also, they didn’t start the campaign asking for millions, that’s just what they ended up getting because fans are begging Mike to save the brand from Joel’s bungling.
>7.4m - 12 new episodesThat's somehow both extremely cheap for a TV show but way overpriced for a web show at the same time.
>>220526119Especially if they re just going to cheap out again and greenscreen the whole time.
>>220526119600k per episode3 hosts, writers, producer, editor, union crew and set(they brag about paying sag-aftra/WGA rates)it really sounds like they planned for minimum costs to be covered via this gay fundraising and then actually make money on their shitty subscription website and licensing the content out later to other streaming websites
>>220526541They should ask youtuber film students to borrow their basements
>>220524352what are you talking about? this happened in 2025.
Patton, camel, femcrow, and gpc were all unforgivable choices. I did back the rifftrax crew. They're the only entertainers I kickstart.
>>220528649Black Servo basically smothered it in its crib for me. >I'm gonna have soul now!Fuck off, nu-Servo was basically interchangeable with nu-Crow, Kevin IS Tom Servo. Josh sucked too, but he was like 19, so I'll give him a pass.
mike still winning, as usual
>>220529388I Like Mike! Rifftrax has proven to be the more viable route for listening to Boomers make jokes over bad movies. Puppets are fun, but expensive salaries for wife-killers and ghoulish hags drag everything down.
>>220525748If Trace is back, why isn't he doing Crow?
