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The Revival Revives
After watching my way through all the episodes of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival, I settled down to hear if more of them would be made. Some of the people commenting on Satellite News seemed to show an undercurrent of pessimism towards that possibility, though. As the summer went by and the people making the series put on a travelling live show but didn't have any news of more episodes on Netflix or anywhere else, I at least got to wondering myself. The American Thanksgiving and the traditional "Turkey Day" marathon of the show at last felt like a final chance. Then, it just so turned out that an email showed up from the Kickstarter mailing list announcing there would be more episodes right where they'd been before.
In contemplating all possibilities, though, I have to admit that no more episodes would at least mean I wouldn't be worrying what the more personally controversial people on the series might get up to. I'd even wondered a bit about resolving the small cliffhanger at the end of the new series should it have been left unfulfilled through a new MSTing; the only problem there was how little fanfiction I read these days and how long it took me to write MSTings. It was even tempting to resort to an entirely personal solution and add new "host segments" to what few revisions I'd thought of in the years since finishing my first MSTing...
Still, the beginning of the new series was a much more solid foundation for me than some that had come to mind beforehand. As much as it personally outclassed the first cable season itself, if this new series can also build on what it's already accomplished that just might be enough for me.
In contemplating all possibilities, though, I have to admit that no more episodes would at least mean I wouldn't be worrying what the more personally controversial people on the series might get up to. I'd even wondered a bit about resolving the small cliffhanger at the end of the new series should it have been left unfulfilled through a new MSTing; the only problem there was how little fanfiction I read these days and how long it took me to write MSTings. It was even tempting to resort to an entirely personal solution and add new "host segments" to what few revisions I'd thought of in the years since finishing my first MSTing...
Still, the beginning of the new series was a much more solid foundation for me than some that had come to mind beforehand. As much as it personally outclassed the first cable season itself, if this new series can also build on what it's already accomplished that just might be enough for me.