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Here's the most amazing moment from Italian superhero film The Puma Man. It's already been featured on MST3K, but we had to pay tribute to it ourselves. More »
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Just how much does the Russian TV show Project Popcorn ape Mystery Science Theater 3000? Check out the theme song. Something tells me nobody from the original MST3K was consulted on this. More »
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Poor Natalie. First she's seriously injured and left brain-dead in a car-crash. Then when her soul gets loose from her body, a gothy "Soultaker" (Joe Estevez!) impersonates her mom, and watches her take a bath. Death would be way better. More »
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When it comes to cheesy science-fiction films, The Green Slime may be the greatest of all. It's so iconic, it featured in the never-aired Mystery Science Theatre 3000 pilot, and now it's coming to DVD. Here's an exclusive monster-rampage clip. More »
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The real Mystery Science Theater 3000 could never afford to tackle big-budget disasters like Star Trek V, but that didn't stop an intrepid group of fans. The fan MST3K of The Final Frontier is a thing of beauty. More »
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Even if you're a massive science fiction fan, there are probably still some great shows you've yet to discover. But for massively long-running shows, where to begin? Here's our guide to how to start watching twenty classic science fiction shows. More »
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Even though the films Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot razzed were famously unwatchable, the advertising for these Z-grade flicks wasn't half bad. In fact, a few of these posters are downright sublime — we mean you, Deathstalker III. More »
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What's the best part about living in the distant future? There's so much more past for you to explore! We take a look at some of science fiction's most illustrious antiquarians. More »
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Planet Earth might be home sweet home, but is it really humanity's birthplace? We explore science fiction stories where humans come from everywhere but Earth, be it by colonization, alien experiments, or good old-fashioned panspermia. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5143698&view=rss&microfeed=true MST3K is coming to MIT — well, at least Trace Beaulieu (Crow T. Robot (KTMA season through season 7) and Joel Hodgson (Joel, natch) are going to be appearing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this Saturday from 7 PM to 10 PM and will spend the night "Talking Mystery Science Theater 3000." Don't live in the Massachusetts area? Well, tune in tonight to Rifftrax's live-cast of Mike Nelson (Mike) , Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow seasons 8 through 10) at 6:00 PM PST. They'll be screening and teasing 1951 short “Self-Conscious Guy” and following up with a live question and answer session. You can submit questions early via Rifftrax, facebookery. [Wired, and Rifftrax] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5131745&view=rss&microfeed=true The MST3K kids are back with a four episode DVD set and oodles of extras out right now. The included episodes are the First Spaceship on Venus, Laserblast, Werewolf and Future War (eek). The DVD set will also include the panel from this years Comic Con and a complete history of the crew. Only 50 bucks online, kind of a huge deal. [Amazon] More »
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Earlier today we told you about a new short film called Waiting for Gorgo, coming out soon in the UK. While you wait for that tale of crazy British bureaucrats hunting a giant monster, we've got the original Waiting for Gorgo for you to enjoy. Of course, it comes to you by way of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (with just a tiny bit of help from Samuel Beckett). More »
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Now's your chance to become part of the movie-watching people (or robots) over at Mystery Science Theater 3000. The MST3K bunch have launched an iRiffs channel on their site, allowing you to submit your own commentary over terrible movies for the gang to judge. If they think your commentary track is funny enough, you could make the big bucks. Already, the RiffTrax site has been working with the MST3K folks for some time now creating some hilarious commentaries. Below, our favorite comentaries for Alien and Star Wars Episode II, with special guest Chad Vader. More »
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Have you watched your copy of MST3K's "Mitchel" or "Cave Dwellers" so many times that the DVD has become worn through, like me? Never fear Utter Nerd is here to quench your sci-fi comedy needs. Hang out with Crow and Servo every minute of the day with a ginormous collection of MST3K episodes at your disposal. Check out the glorious selection from "Leech Woman" to (my personal favorite) "Hobgoblin". But if you're feeling extra frisky, check out "The Magic Voyage of Sinbad". It's worth every minute of the download. Hurry before it's inevitably taken down by the mad scientists. [Utter Nerd] More »
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If you've been missing Mystery Science Theater 3000 ever since it went off the air, you're in luck. Longtime fans of the movie-riffing series know that its original star Joel Hodgson left the show in 1993, when it was at the height of popularity. Mike Nelson, the head writer for the series, took over and it lasted another six years before finally going off the air in 1999. Almost ten years later, Joel and most of the original crew including Trace Beaulieu (Crow), J. Elvis Weinstein (Tom Servo), Frank Conniff (TV's Frank) and Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester) have returned in the form of Cinematic Titanic, and it's awesome. More »
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Audiences have been laughing at science fiction since it was conceived, but usually for all the wrong reasons. It wasn't until television became popular that producers decided to get in on the joke and start making comedies about science fiction — and those early shows gave birth to everything from films like The Three Stooges in Orbit to countless episodes of 3rd Rock From The Sun. There have been a lot of comedy scifi misses, but check our list of hits after the jump. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=336593&view=rss&microfeed=true Although it's been more than a decade since TV's Frank (Frank Conniff) appeared on Mystery Science Theater 3000, it's hard to mistake his white hair and baritone voice in this parody video showing us the other side of the Writer's Guild Strike: the poor, suffering studio executives. Besides playing what looks like a chubbier version of Producer Robert Evans, where has one of the best second bananas to a mad scientist been? More »
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