Posted by Brandon
Anyone over the age of 15 can probably remember those beautiful, bygone days called The Nineties. They were a magical time of slap bracelets, torn jeans, and great cartoons. Why, who among us does not recall fondly our first FPS (which was either DOOM or Quake) or our first Block Buster Action movie? Yes, the Nineties were indeed a fantastic age of 2D graphics, cartoon violence, good music and school shootings. It was a great time to be alive.
This was made moreso by a show that is very dear to my heart. It was a very simple show. You didn’t come here to watch flashy graphics or great plots, no sir. In fact, there was hardly a plot at all. To the casual observer, it probably wouldn’t have made much sense at all. This show, my friends, was MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000.
In a not too distant future…
Mystery Science Theatere 3000 (MST3K) was a show about a man trapped in space with a bunch of robots who was forced to watch terrible movie after terrible movie. The only thing keeping those poor fellows sane was their sense of humor. Using rapiers made from their razor sharp intellects, they would mercilessly tear to shreads each and every film they observed, and without fail, it was hilarious.
Well, until it got cancelled.
Yes, like all good things MST3K was eventually cancelled (after being picked up by several networks and then run into the ground). Luckily, however, it lives on in DVDs and the glorious internet. A great list of them can be found here:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=MST3K
For those of you who have never seen an MST, I suggest episode 820, SPACE MUTINY.
Many of us fans, though, have long awaited the triumphant return of our favorite series. Well, my friends, your prayers have been answered.
Kind of. http://www.rifftrax.com/
Rifftrax is the creation of Mike Nelson, star and head writer of MST3K. It’s one part Wizard People, one part MST. You rent a movie (through a service such as Netflix) and you buy the track, then download it. Then, while watching the movie, you play the downloaded track over the audio, just like MST3K. For two dollars a track, it seems like quite a bargain! And for people who love MST3K, this definately seems like a deal that should not be passed up.
