It Has RETURNED... Sort Of....

[KROW]

Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy have re-emerged from near-obscurity as The Film Crew, once again taking cheesy movies and slicing them up for our comedic pleasure.

After the sad demise of Mystery Science Theater 3000, which was first created by former prop-comic Joel Hodgson and later helmed by the aforementioned Nelson, fans around the globe were wondering what happened to the characters and stars of the hit television show which was about a jump-suited man (Joel, then later Mike) stranded in a space satellite who would be forced to watch horrible films from the past with the help of robot friends Tom Servo (Murphy) and Crow T. Robot (Corbett). Several websites offered scant clues as to their whereabouts, but nothing whetted the appetite for those whom wanted the essence of what MST3K brought to the table.

Then, lo and behold, the beloved Mike Nelson resurfaced with a project dubbed Rifftrax, in which he takes popular movies, such as Star Wars and soon 300, and adds the MST3K quips throughout. During these Rifftrax, he would surprise fans with guest appearances by Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett to spice things up. It was a close similarity, but still not quite beholding of what MST3K was: picking on badly made films of yesteryear.

But now, Mike Nelson has joined forces with his old colleagues Murphy and Corbett to form The Film Crew, once more bringing wit and whimsy to the humdrum plots and points of crappy cinema.

Rejoice, MSTies! The tapes have begun circulating once more!

http://www.filmcrewonline.com/

[Raph's Girl]

Alright!! New stuff!! Woohoo!! I think I've seen nearly every ep of MST3K via the streaming done on Winamp.

[KROW]

Well... Despite the fact that no one cares, I'm going to post this anyway.

I recently got one of their movies in the mail -- Killers From Space -- and it had just the right stuff that made MST3K such a great show. As for the premise of the entire show, I gathered that it's as follows:

A millionaire named Mr. Honcho has more money than he knows what to do with. Getting up in years, his senility has mixed with his love for old movies resulting in him buying the rights to them for DVD release. He hires three men to offer commentary (Mike, Bill, and Kevin) for the films, but has no idea that instead of insightful points and trivia facts, they ream them for their lack of anything cinematically pliable.

The guys don't do many skits like they did in MST3K, but they do have an apt intro and ending, plus a short skit during their "Lunch Break."

When watching the movie, you get the MSTie feeling and is not a far cry from the show that created such a big cult following. I do recommend giving The Film Crew a chance if you're an MST3K fan. It was a great comedic experience for me.

[ZariusTwo]

These projects always remind me of the multiple "unofficial official" products from BBV produced when Doctor Who was absent. They never said they were Doctor Who, but you could tell when it was influenced by, or was deliberatley trying to be directly related to it, and it would star talent from the series.