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The Unexpectedly Revived Revival
Apr. 7th, 2021 08:19 pmUpdates from a few of the Kickstarter projects I put money into once upon a time still show up in my email inbox every so often. When I saw one from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival, that did get my attention (even as I could have remembered a time when wires had got crossed somewhere and I hadn’t seen any updates for a while). Reading the email was a bigger surprise.
It turns out that Joel Hodgson and company have been able to rally from Netflix not ordering any more episodes and are starting a new campaign to set up their own small streaming service. After twenty episodes of the revival, I’m a bit more confident about “cheap shots at targets for everyone but me” not amounting to the whole of the experience than when the first revival had been announced, which has some unfortunate bearing on how I still haven’t taken chances on any more than a single Rifftrax episode. I suppose I could admit to wondering whether this new project will have to “start from scratch comedy-wise” all over again, but maybe I’m as interested in “the cheesy movies” as getting big laughs from the wisecracks. There was also the promise that if enough money can be raised there could be some “shorts” along with new episodes. That, though, can get me thinking how I haven’t quite found the time for “even classic episodes” for a while now.
It turns out that Joel Hodgson and company have been able to rally from Netflix not ordering any more episodes and are starting a new campaign to set up their own small streaming service. After twenty episodes of the revival, I’m a bit more confident about “cheap shots at targets for everyone but me” not amounting to the whole of the experience than when the first revival had been announced, which has some unfortunate bearing on how I still haven’t taken chances on any more than a single Rifftrax episode. I suppose I could admit to wondering whether this new project will have to “start from scratch comedy-wise” all over again, but maybe I’m as interested in “the cheesy movies” as getting big laughs from the wisecracks. There was also the promise that if enough money can be raised there could be some “shorts” along with new episodes. That, though, can get me thinking how I haven’t quite found the time for “even classic episodes” for a while now.