The future of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 looked fairly precarious in the spring of 1996. The beloved (if cult) show s home network, Comedy Central, had just decided that seven seasons and 149 episodes of riffing on long-forgotten, terrible movies were more than enough. (The Sci-Fi Network would eventually save the day.) On top of that, some fans still seemed unconvinced that Michael J. Nelson was fit to lick the spaceship floor original host Joel Hodgson walked on, resulting in the biggest sci-fi flame war since Kirk vs. Picard. Perhaps not the most ideal time, then, to make that giant leap from the small to the big screen.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie: The oral history
Robot (and mad scientist and test subject) roll call: Crow T. Robot, Trace Beaulieu as Dr. Clayton Forrester, Michael J. Nelson as Mike Nelson, and Tom Servo in
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
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The entertainment landscape of the 1990s was compartmentalized: Film was meant to be seen on the big screen, television was for home viewing, and the two rarely commingled. This seems archaic today, when the lines between pop culture media are blurred daily, but it was once a fact of life. Only TV shows with the most dedicated cults
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Oceanator, the moniker of New York City-based multi-instrumentalist Elise Okusami, released one of 2020’s best punk records with their LP,
Things I Never Said. Okusami is teaming up with fellow New York artist Maneka for a week-long “virtual tour,” with performances occurring in a variety of different time zones.