Earlier today, Joel Hodgson announced that he's now got all the t's crossed and such and can start a Kickstarter campaign to revive the first great cable TV show that didn't include sports highlights or Pat Buchanan complaining, Mystery Science Theater 3000!!!
In his Kickstarter page, he explains why now is the time to revive this classic show. The obvious reason is we miss the show, and so does Joel. That's why we had Cinematic Titanic and Incognito Cinema Warriors XP, and have Rifftrax (now with selected MST3K episodes). The legal tangles have been straightened out, and the project lives.
The plan is to raise at least two million dollars for three episodes, but if five and a half million dollars are raised, we'll have 12 episodes, or the same length of the first season.
There's lots of rewards, of course, named after classic phrases from the show, like "We've Got Movie Sign", "Poster-a-Go-Go", "Mr. Blu-Natural", and "The Big McLargeHuge". Specifically, people can get a free download of the first episode or the whole season, shirts, coffee cups, a producer's credit (for those in the one percent, and not necessarily in income) and even seeing the show in a theater,
So, if you think you can take over the world through bad movies, despite the fact Sharknado didn't make humanity burn itself down (and neither did Jem and the Holograms aka Two and Out), just give cash to the return of MST3K. You can always claim you're responsible.
The real hope is that a cable outlet or Netflix/Amazon Prime picks up the show. A lot has changed in 15 years, and it just might happen.
For more info, head to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k
UPDATE: Joel Hodgson had an "Ask Me Anything" event on Reddit, and revealed some interesting things:
The new episodes will likely center on movies made in the 1970's and 80's but later releases are possible
They've already chosen a new host, who will be revealed soon
The new show will be "quaint", compared to, say, Guardians of the Galaxy
His choice for a "Desert Isle Flick" would be A Hard's Day Night
The show will be filmed in Los Angeles, although the talent and staff will be from several places around the country.
The new targets, er, movies will be excellent prints. Too bad the script and acting won't be.
He compares the show to Doctor Who, in that it has a chance to reboot and reinvent itself. That's why the new episodes will include (we're not sure how) Dr. Forrester's offspring. Maybe cloned or something, but that's what he'll be. The old MST continuity will be part of the new show, just like Doctor Who, actually,. Oh, and Joel's favorite Doctor is Tom Baker.
It's also possible the old crew, from Joel to Trace and Mike, could make cameos in the new episodes. Again, nothing is certain.
He also compares the show to going to a haunted house on the edge of town with your funny friends. It works best if you don't know what's in there."
The next DVD set is coming December first.
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