I’m commenting again mostly to say thanks again for the new season; my wife and I really like it and after watching some episodes for a second time I’m totally digging the new stuff even more. Any hesitance or nit picks I had with the new cast or pacing have disappeared in fits of my own laughter.

Please put this out on some kind of physical media. I’d love a BD set of the whole shebang. Also a season 12 wouldn’t be unappreciated either. But at the very least let this season be preserved the way the initial run is currently being preserved: on some kind of plastic disc I can place in a machine and play on my television.

It’s like it never left us, in the best possible way. Season 12, please!!! I can already tell we will be in withdrawal after we finish Season 11…

First off… I’m SUPER happy that MST3K has returned! I’ve been forcing myself not to rush through the new season so I don’t suffer from binge withdraw. I’m absolutely loving it!

And now, for my one minor gripe (and no, it’s not Servo’s voice). I know I’m not the only one to say this, but I feel the need to echo it regardless. The riffs can feel a bit rushed… thus making them feel less organic. In my opinion, not every tiny gap in movie dialogue needs to be filled with a riff. Sometimes… as in the days of old… it’s okay to let portions of a movie actually play out here and there before throwing in a zinger. I loved those moments in classic MST3K where the riffs stopped long enough to where I started paying more attention to the movie, and then BAM, I’m blindsided by a brilliant riff. Those occasional pauses in riffing were important (again, my opinion). I’m only half way through the season, so I don’t know if this changes toward the end… but at this point, it seems as though if there’s a 2.3 second gap in movie dialogue, that there’s a mandate to fill it with a 2.2 second riff. I say relax things just a bit.

That said, I’m still LOVING it! Long Live MST3K!

Wow, ok just finally finished the season. They really nailed it with this last one. A fairly good film (neeto effects) paired with some of the best jokes. Another Dune reference for the win Man, I really hope and pray for another season.

By the by, the joke that just about killed me…

“What is this? The Sid and Marty Croft death march?”

HA!!

Haven’t commented in a while, but I was just watching an “Early Joel”. I’m finally certain of the answer to a question I’ve been struggling with since my first time watching through S11. To begin, yes, it was readily clear that there was a large focus on making sure the new crew never talked over the actors in the movie. However, I didn’t consider this as the major factor in whatever it was that made season 11 seem much more scripted than past seasons. I just thought it was mostly because I now understand that there is a script; something I didn’t know this when I first began watching almost 25 years ago. So, I reluctantly and sadly accepted that MST simply lost its “Santa Clause” factor as I got older, eventually discovering there is a script (don’t get me wrong… I really enjoyed the new season). But, as I just watched through a classic on Netflix, Manos: The Hands of Fate, even though I KNEW there was a script, the riffs were all delivered in a way that never revealed it. Even more, the riffs are so dedicated to retain an impression of pure improvisation, I was easily able to convince myself that it was not scripted. I was so excited to learn I haven’t lost my appreciation for the magic of MST and that I could still believe, like Mr. Anderson and his spoon, there is no script. So, my two cents: S11’s riffs are actually TOO perfectly timed. Many riffs are so forced to fit between spoken lines of the movie they sound suspiciously rushed or, even worse, begin well before the corresponding scene begins. This also happens when a riff’s punchline must land so specifically that the setup for the riff begins before its “target” even appears on screen. It’s just like taking scissors to a single puzzle piece to make it fit; not only is the intrigue of working the puzzle lost, you’ve likely ruined the entire puzzle. To wrap up,
I must opine that ANY riff which grossly exposes the fact there is a pre-written script, greatly minimizes the soul of MST. I fell in love with MST3K so many years ago in great measure by its impression of lightning-wit spontaneity that, number one, never made blatantly obvious any attempt to coordinated with the movie or its script and, number two, there had to be a willingness to let go of even a hilarious riff if it noticeably broke one of MSTs paramount forth walls: the existence of a pre-written script.

Oh it was so good. SO GOOD. * SOOOOO * GOOOD *
SSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

Please more. Please. Please some more. Please.
Everyone was good and should come back but I would also like to see Joel and the Mike. Also please bring back TV’s Frank – there was TV-shaped hole in the series.

Love it. Period.

The new episodes are simply terrific. The “commercial sign” episodes are much better than previous. So GREAT to be back on the Satellite of Love! Bless all those producers and directors who just couldn’t say “no” and went ahead and produced so, so many ghastly films. We owe them a great deal of gratitude. Without your incompetence, there would be no MST3K or the reboot. I’m personally extremely proud to be one of the backers on Kickstarter. Something that you can tell your grandchildren!

I loved this season. Seriously funny. I laughed so hard I threw out my back. I second the wants for a Season 12. Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12Season 12

All the nay-sayers are picky pessimists! The new season is great! I love the fast-paced riffs, love Jonah (perfect for the part) and the new voice actors for the bots, love the updated theme song and the new interior of the satellite of love. Kinga and Max crack me up. I love everything about the new season. Please let there be a season 12. SEASON 12! SEASON 12! SEASON 12!

I don’t normally post on message boards. I have read a lot of people’s comments and there are many things I agree with some of you on.

I feel torn on this whole reboot. I wanted so much to love everything about the new show and I like many aspects of it, but I really don’t like the new bots or host (I’m sure they’re great guys, but for me I just don’t care for their performances).

I love the way the new show looks, I love the Mads, I love the movies they’ve chosen. But I can’t get over the 3 in the theater. I went back to watch some old MST to see if I just had a different memory and that I would get used to the new guys. Then watched some rifftrax, and it confirmed for me that I just couldn’t get on board with the new guys. I loved Felicia and Patton. I thought they were stellar and I was wishing as the episodes rolled on that they were in the theater as the new test subjects instead.

Also, I agree with people who say the pacing of the jokes is too quick. It tries to cram stuff in and doesn’t let the absurdity of the movies hit the viewers. Fewer comments would have made it better since the movies chosen were just excellently ridiculous.

I hate doing this because the internet is full of hate and nonsense. I know this show was made with love and care and done the right way, but it just didn’t do it for me. This is only and opinion and I know most of you will disagree with me. And I get that, but I am just disappointed about how this reboot didn’t meet my expectations. Which I know were probably too high to start. I watched all 14 episodes hoping things would change for me and they just didn’t.

Signed,
A lifelong Mistie in conflict.

Side Note for future stuff: I don’t know if this is addressed later since I’m only on episode 6, but will we, for continuity, see what all happened with Joel, and Mike, and what I’m assuming are the original Servo And Crow that were left on earth with mike? For my own brain, I’m just assuming that the two currently on the station with Jonah are duplicates.

I had an Idea for a way to at least partialy bring Mike/Joel back for a quick guest spot inspired by Pearls clone. Check it: Something goes wrong with the SOL, Kinga needs the originals knowledge to fix it, can’t find them, and clones them instead from DNA leaving left around the station, but she can’t get a pure sample, so she ends up with a JOELMIKE (ala Thing With Two Heads, or the old two people in one shared jumpsuit/clothes color divided down the middle in a zigzag pattern), Red on one side for Joel, dark green on the other side for mike.

The MIKEJOEL lumbers on to the set, both heads are just braindead, each one slurring through old show quotes… “yyyyyyyyougotmatchesssssssformikeeeeeey…” and “waaaaaaaaaaaafles… uhhhhhhhhrrrrgggg!”

Kinga declares it a broken abomination after 90 secs of that, and flushes it into space. Cameos done!

I really love every episode I’ve seen so far! The new/old direction is great, and I only have two gripes:

1) Tom Servo sounds way to alike to Jonah. It’s really problematic. His voice is just not really distinguishable. I thought I would need to give it 3 or 4 eps to get used to it, so I could start to tell them apart more, but it’s just not happening, at least to my ears.

2) The mads “shaky cam” effect when it cuts to them is just kind of annoying.

That’s it, I love love LOVE everything else about the new series.

P.S. – If you have no plans to sell on-demand versions of all the little 3D lasercut wood props w/stands you use in eahc episode, you’re crazy! People would buy those in a sec. They could be shipped flat and assembled at home, very cheap to mail! He’ll, I’d buy the entire “Every Monster Has A Country” collection of woodburn figures in a heartbeat.

Ok. I’ve made it through the first 6 episodes, and I’d like to chime in with my opinions. I haven’t been too active in community discussions beyond 2 dozen posts to the Kickstarter campaign, so please be patient with a wordy review (though I’m trying to keep this short). First the stuff I like – and it surpasses the other kind:

• There’s great chemistry in the cast
• Great job with keeping the show musical in general. Brand new songs from the cast, covers/spoofs of existing songs, the new theme is growing on me, the actors behind the instruments in the transition/commercial scenes all seem to know how to play, and the fact that the music sounds live. And holy crap, Jonah plays the drums! Glad to see him in action!
• The riff writing is as funny (and occasionally funnier) as the writing of the original show
• Lots of references for people my age (ie. the age of the folks who loved the original show) as well as stuff more recent.
• Love love love the movies chosen to riff. I nearly lost my **** when I heard that Reptilicus was going to be the first. The film quality (color, clear picture / sound) really helps make this feel like a brand new MST3K
• I’d had minimal / no exposure to the cast before this show (sorry folks), and it took me a little time warm up to them. However, I’m now a full convert.
• The guests/cameos are just awesome. The old cast, famous actors & actresses, etc. Love it. The Dr. Evil reunion was off-the-shelf.
• The skits / interludes are great

Here’s the critical stuff. While I feel strongly about it, I reiterate that I’m a convert, and will continue watching (on Netflix!) regardless of the following.

• There are times when the pace of the jokes feels too fast/dense/forced. Reptilicus was the worst for this (so far, I’m only 6 episodes in). I think I can feel it getting less frenetic, but I wont know for sure until I’m finished with the new season. The movies themselves are entertainingly bad, and I think the jokes occasionally take away from this.
• I don’t mind more active Gypsie (and I think she’ll grow on me), but I don’t like floating Tom, or leggy Crow. It’s funny, but in a show which intentionally has a relatively low budget for special effects, you’d think I’d be tolerant of a green-screen Tom – but it takes something away from him (in my opinion); leggy crow somehow makes him seem less real.

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I think that’s it for now. Thanks for listening/reading, but more importantly:

Thanks for letting me help to bring one of my favorite shows of all time back to the screen!

I love the new season!! We’re watching it for a second time and it’s even funnier. Why hasn’t Netflix announced another season yet?

I can’t get enough of this show!
I definitely wiill back future seasons and hopefully you’ll do a episode on The Video Dead its bad really bad.

I laughed so hard and consistently during Wizards of the Lost Kingdom Part 1 it was almost unpleasant. (I mean that in a good way!)

Overall, some eps. are stronger than others, but this was true of eps in the first 10 seasons, too. Even lesser eps pack in more laughs than most TV “comedies”. Looking forward to seeing what you have to offer in Season 12, but in the meantime I’m going through all the S11 eps in order again.

A homerun season, its back and better then ever. More episodes can’t get here fast enough. I’m officially backing another season and hopefully many more to follow. Keep up the awesome work everyone.

This is my favorite season! I laughed SO HARD. Great work everyone! Thank you so much! Please keep it going.

Two words and an exclamation:
BIONICLE REFERENCE WOOOOOOOOOO

There have been several comments about a perceived increase in quality as the new season progressed and everyone “hit their stride,” but I cannot imagine that the episodes would have been written (host segments and riffs) and/or filmed in the same order they were presented. I’m guessing it has more to do with the viewers becoming more comfortable after watching more episodes. Interesting bit of psychology at play.

This made my whole year. I had my doubts at first but by the end of the first episode I was very impressed. MST3K IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!!!

More please!

Only halfway though the Christmas special, but had to stop to mention…

Dune reference for the win!!

Just binged watch new season on Netflix. Loved it!!!! Please let there be more seasons!!!! Now I’m going back to watch classic episodes. Can’t get enough of MST3K!

Overall, I loved it. They really hit their groove around Episode 5 (the first few are… uncomfortable). But what’s with the ending? Does Netflix mandate season-ending cliffhangers for all of their shows?

Please, please, give us another season. I was overjoyed when I saw this was coming to netflix. Can’t wait to see moar.

It’s amazing I love the cast the cheesiness the music and movies I hope you’ll do another season

Oh! One more thing!

I don’t know why you’re having ad breaks on a Netflix show, but if you’re gonna have ‘em, then the skits on the bridge of the sattelite should be the boarders on most of the breaks like on the old show. It’s kinda awkward having them take a break from the movie only to immediately be sent back into the theater.

The riffs and even the movie selection has been great so far. My main gripes have been with some of the production choices and aesthetics of the show itself.

First off, it’s not so bad in the latter episodes, but in the beginning of the season, Jonah and the bots are rolling out their riffs like they’re all on cocaine. You guys realize that it’s okay for you to talk over the movie, right? That’s the whole premise of the show. Stop trying to fire out jokes at high speed. Just let them flow naturally.

Secondly, there’s something wrong with the crow puppet. Most of the time his jaw just veers to the right when he talks and it looks awkward as all Hell. Do whatever you have to do and fix it. Otherwise, I’m happy with Crow’s new articulation and mobility. My favorite bit in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom is where he climbs the grapevine to see if there’s treasure above the screen. And Tom Servo, holy cow! It’s amazing how free and limber he is now!

My 3rd biggest gripe is the lack of continuity. Even when the show transitioned from Comedy Central to Sci-Fi, they remembered how season 7 ended. When we last saw the gang in season 10, they made it to Earth, Cros and Tom were roomates with Mike and Gypsy had a multi-million dollar company. How did Kinga get a hold of them? What happened to Gypsy’s company? Is Mike okay? Did he ever take the job at Joel’s hot fish shop?

4, why did Pearl send Kinga a simple-minded clone of herself? What is the point of that? Especially with the clone being in the background most of the time. Mary Jo Pehl was one f the key players that kept MST3K afloat through most of its life back in the day! Either have her be funny or leave her alone.

Putting those complaints aside, I have no regrets supporting the kickstarter and my heart sings with the return of MST3K. Here’s hoping you get renewed for season 12 and that you resolve at least a couple of the problems the show has in its new form.

Oh, and don’t ever have Wil Wheaton on the show again. He’s a grave standing scum bag.

Wow. So just watched Carnival Magic. I still have two to go, but I am calling this one for the most movie pain. Cry Wilderness is still the WORST dialog I have ever heard (and the laughing, the LAUGHING) but this is the dullest. By far. Though P.T. Mindslap was great. Not the funniest, but great performance. If it wasn’t for the riffing, this film would be to snore inducing to be watchable. Feels like a vanity project for Markov the Magnificent. I was surprised to he didn’t ascend after saving all the carnies. Especially after he kept just being wherever he was needed to give wholesome advice.

But yeah, saving it for later worked since the riffing was so much more spot on. Great, great work. Man we better get another season.