# I Lost My VHS Copy of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060 "2008-01-03T00:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/1 "2008-01-03T00:17:00Z")
…and I tried to buy it on DVD. Easy, right? On Amazon, a _used_ copy is $170! New starts at $200! Seems to be similar on eBay, too. Why? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/2 "2008-01-03T00:19:13Z")
Out of production is my guess. I’m holding onto my dvd copy of the movie [Barfly](http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000696I5/ref=dp_olp_2/002-6818158-9910416) like crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/3 "2008-01-03T01:20:57Z")
Long out of production. It was available on DVD in a bare bones release very briefly around 1998. Now they don’t have the rights to distribute This Island Earth on DVD so that cuts off any immediate chance to re-release MST3k: The Movie. It may get redone someday but don’t expect it any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/4 "2008-01-03T05:02:22Z")
Check around. There is a legal German-language version that has the original English soundtrack as an option. Not sure what region it is, but at worst, you could watch it on your computer. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/5 "2008-01-24T23:32:42Z")
[QUOTE=Just Some Guy] Long out of production. It was available on DVD in a bare bones release very briefly around 1998. Now they don’t have the rights to distribute This Island Earth on DVD so that cuts off any immediate chance to re-release MST3k: The Movie. It may get redone someday but don’t expect it any time soon. [/QUOTE] Shows what I know. Less than a month after this thread and an new release of the film is announced. It’s currently planned for a release on May 6th and I for one won’t let it slip away from me again. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/6 "2008-01-25T00:17:06Z")
Well, your timing is [excellent](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080124/tv_nm/mysteryscience_dc). (Hopefully.) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/7 "2008-01-25T00:59:05Z")
Yaay, We’ve got Movie Sign! Send them the movie, Frank… ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/8 "2008-01-25T01:03:55Z")
Gee, and I was just going to tell you to make me an offer on the one I bought from Netflix for $5 in 2000! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/9 "2008-01-25T03:07:41Z")
So what should I do with my VHS copy? Give it to the guy I gave my VCR to? Hold an auction? Walk the streets chanting “Mike broke the Hubble. Mike broke the Hubble”? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/10 "2008-01-25T03:25:58Z")
[QUOTE=Fritz] …and I tried to buy it on DVD. Easy, right? On Amazon, a _used_ copy is $170! New starts at $200! Seems to be similar on eBay, too. Why? [/QUOTE] I’ll give you mine… if you hand over the SAMPO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Strangelove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-vhs-copy-of-mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie/432060/11 "2008-01-25T04:44:48Z")
Oh thank Og. I’ve been watching my dvd copy sparingly since the two-year-old has learned to open the dvd player. My dvd’s have been getting mysterious smudges and scratches when I’m not looking and I was afraid the MST3K dvd would suffer the same fate. I can breathe easy knowing it’s possible to replace it now.