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Opening Night at the Gizmoplex
On the whole, it was a pleasant surprise to see Joel Hodgson and company were starting over once more and crowdfunding money again to make more Mystery Science Theater 3000 and stream it themselves to boot. This time around, I was quicker to contribute. I was conscious at then and after, though, that for a while now I haven’t found the time in a week to watch any of the many instalments of the series I already have available to view. Keeping up in a general way with the production updates did keep that certain detachment in mind even as I wondered about public health constraints to the new production.
At last, though, the streaming premiere was nigh. A thought or two came to mind of how I’d once tried to watch a particular episode right around when I understood it was the last re-run on the “Sci-Fi Channel,” although I was also thinking a bit of how this time around chances to “blame the executives” seemed as if they’d be more elusive and the show would depend on its own efforts. I set up my account with the “Gizmoplex” streaming site and redeemed my backer codes, happening to check back and see it had been less than a year since the first announcement. With an Apple TV application installed, I even managed to watch one of my standout old shorts less than an hour before the live-streaming premiere just to see things were working. After Joel’s introduction, though, there were some technical difficulties getting the video playing. I did come close to backing out for the night and telling myself I’d try and catch up later, but some plaintive corner-of-the-screen updates and a video update from Joel did keep me streaming until the moment the new episode started.
Almost at once, the new and simpler opening and green-screened backgrounds had a certain odd charm to them. Maybe I’m intent on distinguishing “stuff done in-camera” from “genuine constraints” these days. As the “riffing” itself has always been done with green-screening or its “chromakey” precursor, things became more familiar yet on getting to the movie, and that movie was both entertainingly peculiar and a call back to one bit of the series’ past. I wondered to start with if the “riffs” were spaced out a bit, then recalled certain comments they’d been relentless at the beginning of the reboot. The amiability of this whole experience was welcome for me in any case. Although it meant a late night for me, I wound up sticking around for the after-show and a preview of the more elaborate “Gizmoplex” environment still to come. I’m at least able now to suppose I can find the time to watch the new presentations and episodes coming up.
At last, though, the streaming premiere was nigh. A thought or two came to mind of how I’d once tried to watch a particular episode right around when I understood it was the last re-run on the “Sci-Fi Channel,” although I was also thinking a bit of how this time around chances to “blame the executives” seemed as if they’d be more elusive and the show would depend on its own efforts. I set up my account with the “Gizmoplex” streaming site and redeemed my backer codes, happening to check back and see it had been less than a year since the first announcement. With an Apple TV application installed, I even managed to watch one of my standout old shorts less than an hour before the live-streaming premiere just to see things were working. After Joel’s introduction, though, there were some technical difficulties getting the video playing. I did come close to backing out for the night and telling myself I’d try and catch up later, but some plaintive corner-of-the-screen updates and a video update from Joel did keep me streaming until the moment the new episode started.
Almost at once, the new and simpler opening and green-screened backgrounds had a certain odd charm to them. Maybe I’m intent on distinguishing “stuff done in-camera” from “genuine constraints” these days. As the “riffing” itself has always been done with green-screening or its “chromakey” precursor, things became more familiar yet on getting to the movie, and that movie was both entertainingly peculiar and a call back to one bit of the series’ past. I wondered to start with if the “riffs” were spaced out a bit, then recalled certain comments they’d been relentless at the beginning of the reboot. The amiability of this whole experience was welcome for me in any case. Although it meant a late night for me, I wound up sticking around for the after-show and a preview of the more elaborate “Gizmoplex” environment still to come. I’m at least able now to suppose I can find the time to watch the new presentations and episodes coming up.