# Joel Hodgson wants to bring back Mystery Science Theater 3000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219 "2015-11-10T19:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/201 "2017-05-06T17:38:04Z")
Finished the season last night. Very good, up to the standard of the old show. It reminded me that while the show is great, it does have slow/boring episodes sometimes. I found a few of the movies not fun enough for them to have a fun time riffing. Still, I recommend: Cry Wilderness Starcrash Avalanche Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1, but 2 was fun too) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/202 "2017-05-10T04:21:20Z")
I just finished the Christmas that Almost Wasn’t. I found my name in the second column. It’s funny. I had seen that movie on TV when I was little, and didn’t think it was that bad. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/203 "2017-05-10T13:00:12Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I just finished the Christmas that Almost Wasn’t. I found my name in the second column. > > It’s funny. I had seen that movie on TV when I was little, and didn’t think it was that bad. The best ‘bad’ movies are just cheesy. It’s definitely cheesy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/204 "2017-05-10T14:50:10Z")
Yes. Yes, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/205 "2017-05-10T16:19:28Z")
Any news yet on a renewal for another season? Please??? ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/206 "2017-05-10T17:51:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Any news yet on a renewal for another season? Please??? Nothing official, but Joel had this to say yesterday in an update to backers: [QUOTE=Joel Hodgson] And now, thanks to you believing in the next MST3K, even more interesting things starting to happen. I’m excited to start revealing some of those developments as we go, because we’ve actually been busier than ever this month, getting to work on the next big chapter in the return of MST3K. [/QUOTE] Seems promising… ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/207 "2017-05-10T18:13:57Z")
There were a lot of great films well… you know what I mean. I think my favorite single riff sequence was in Yongary. They show the astronaut in the rocket but he’s upside down. Riff: “You put me in upside down.” Cuts to launch director/wife’s father. Riff: “I sure hope we didn’t put him in upside down.” Cuts to wife. Riff: “I’m sure glad he’s not in there upside down.” \ **Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/208 "2017-05-10T20:12:44Z") > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Finished the season last night. > > Very good, up to the standard of the old show. It reminded me that while the show is great, it does have slow/boring episodes sometimes. I found a few of the movies not fun enough for them to have a fun time riffing. > > Still, I recommend: > > Cry Wilderness > Starcrash > Avalanche > Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1, but 2 was fun too) The Loves of Hercules was outstanding too. “I must have missed the day in Ancient Mythology when they covered Sasquatch.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/209 "2017-05-11T05:28:34Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > The Loves of Hercules was outstanding too. > > “I must have missed the day in Ancient Mythology when they covered Sasquatch.” My favorite quip from that episode was two solid minutes of tuneless wailing. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/210 "2017-05-11T13:04:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > My favorite quip from that episode was two solid minutes of tuneless wailing. Oh, god, that just hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/211 "2017-05-11T16:33:48Z")
The song at the end of the Cry Wilderness was hilarious. “Just when I thought my soul had been completely crushed by this movie, this song comes along and squeezes out the last little bit.” That was the worst possible song to include in a family/kids movie. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/212 "2017-05-11T19:04:54Z")
[Crow and Tom Servo pitch new show ideas to Netflix CCO.](https://youtu.be/Obv_0VpimPc) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/213 "2017-05-11T23:45:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I think the real question on everyone’s minds is: When will **CandidGamera** revive his MST3K megathread? > > Or am I the only person who remembers that? I will not resurrect a 6 year dead zombie thread, but I am starting a new one for the purpose of reviewing new episodes. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20200868#post20200868). ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/214 "2017-05-12T18:36:39Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > The Loves of Hercules was outstanding too. > > “I must have missed the day in Ancient Mythology when they covered Sasquatch.” I loved the Amazon scene, where they were tending to Hercules’ wounds: “Water on the face, salt scrub, these are some of the services offered by the Chicken Spa. B’KAAAAK!” And: “Hippolyta! There’s a wounded man in the village. He killed the Hydra by chopping off his head! He says he’s Hercules, Son of Jupiter!” “Thank you, Expositiona.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/215 "2017-05-12T18:45:41Z")
Son of _Jupiter?_ ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/216 "2017-05-12T20:09:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Son of _Jupiter?_ That was the one time they managed to use the Roman names instead of the Greek Heracles and Zeus. Of course everything else in the movie was the Greek stuff - Hippolyta, Deianira, Philoctetes, Eurystheus, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/217 "2017-05-13T22:35:01Z")
Why do I find “moon 13, the moon” funny? I chuckle every time they say it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/218 "2017-05-14T01:35:52Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Why do I find “moon 13, the moon” funny? I chuckle every time they say it. Actually, I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/219 "2017-05-14T01:39:46Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Actually, I don’t get it. It’s like their address. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219/220 "2017-05-14T02:28:49Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Actually, I don’t get it. It’s a station identification. Like, "News 2, Nashville. " [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-hodgson-wants-to-bring-back-mystery-science-theater-3000/737219.md?page=12)