Forum NewsForumsHTF Chat Hardware ReviewsSoftware Reviews HTF Events
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Live Search: 
Web Search: 
 
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum




 
Forum Jump

Forum Sponsors


Post New Thread  Reply

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-03-2003, 04:29 PM   #1 of 91
David Illingworth II
Member
 
Join Date: May 2001
Local Time: 01:05 AM
Local Date: 11-19-2008
Posts: 482

Let's Talk MST3K Box Sets


I've really been enjoying the box sets, especially #2 with the shorts disc. DDD just emailed me to say that Box Set 3 has shipped to me. Has anyone seen the cover art for this yet? Has anyone heard any plans for a 4th set? Both 2 & 3 were announced some months ago.



Have you ever heard of Vietnam, Larry?
David Illingworth II is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-03-2003, 04:58 PM   #2 of 91
Ronald Epstein
Ronald Epstein
Owner
 
Join Date: Jul 1997
Local Time: 08:05 PM
Local Date: 11-18-2008
Posts: 23,703

Funny you should bring this up.

I was just sent the 2nd Volume boxed set.

I wish these PR firms would send this stuff to
me in ADVANCE of street date. What is the sense
of reviewing these titles AFTER release date?





Ronald J Epstein
Home Theater Forum co-owner
Email me at: repstein@hometheaterforum.com
To View My Massive DVD Collection Click Here
Problems with the forum software? Email: packy@hometheaterforum.com
Ronald Epstein is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-03-2003, 05:15 PM   #3 of 91
David Illingworth II
Member
 
Join Date: May 2001
Local Time: 01:05 AM
Local Date: 11-19-2008
Posts: 482

Yeah, the 2nd one has been out since February or something. Watch the shorts though, Ron-- "A Date with Your Family" and "Cheating" are both hysterical.



Have you ever heard of Vietnam, Larry?
David Illingworth II is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-03-2003, 05:35 PM   #4 of 91
Patrick McCart
Patrick J. McCart
Member
 
Location: Decatur, GA, USA
Join Date: May 2001
Local Time: 08:05 PM
Local Date: 11-18-2008
Posts: 7,520

Send a message via AIM to Patrick McCart Send a message via Yahoo to Patrick McCart Send a message via Skype™ to Patrick McCart
IMO, Warner-Rhino made a great decision to turn to box sets...

The single-episode discs are good, but are usually $16 each. For $44.99 (amazon's price), you get each episode for roughly $11.

It also increases the value when they put the uncut movie on the disc and trailers.




Tell The Weinstein Company to release Richard Williams' animated masterpiece The Thief and the Cobbler on DVD in Panavision widescreen and uncut! See and hear what you're missing from their Bitsy Award winner of Worst Standard Edition DVD of 2006 on YouTube!
Patrick McCart is online now Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-03-2003, 08:45 PM   #5 of 91
Adam Tyner
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Local Time: 09:05 PM
Local Date: 11-18-2008
Posts: 2,280

Quote:
What is the sense of reviewing these titles AFTER release date?

Why does the release date matter from a reviewing standpoint? The content is the same a month from now as it was a month ago. I doubt Rhino is shooting for high debuts on sales charts or anything. MST3K sets probably sell a decent number of copies over a long period of time...I'd imagine the bulk of the sales don't occur in the space of a couple of weeks, especially considering that many stores are slow to stock them.
Adam Tyner is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
HTF Ads



Sponsored links



Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-03-2003, 10:49 PM   #6 of 91
Joel C
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 1999
Local Time: 01:05 AM
Local Date: 11-19-2008
Posts: 2,971

Send a message via AIM to Joel C
I have a solution, Ron. Mail it to me!



Joel
woemcats@hotmail.com
"Why I laugh?"
Joel C is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-04-2003, 12:22 AM   #7 of 91
DonMac
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Local Time: 01:05 AM
Local Date: 11-19-2008
Posts: 311

David Illingworth II wrote:
Quote:
Has anyone heard any plans for a 4th set?
All of the DVD thus far have been releases of episodes that Rhino earlier put out on VHS. And, out of these previous VHS titles, only the MST3K episode The Gunslinger and MST3K Shorts Vol. 3 have yet to be released on DVD. (Note: I'm not counting The Amazing Colossal Man, which Rhino lost the video rights to years ago.)

Of course, there are over 150 more episode of the MST3K series that Rhino hasn't released in any format, so it remains to be seem if there will be other episodes released from Rhino.

.


DonMac is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-04-2003, 12:35 AM   #8 of 91
Patrick McCart
Patrick J. McCart
Member
 
Location: Decatur, GA, USA
Join Date: May 2001
Local Time: 08:05 PM
Local Date: 11-18-2008
Posts: 7,520

Send a message via AIM to Patrick McCart Send a message via Yahoo to Patrick McCart Send a message via Skype™ to Patrick McCart
A lot of episodes (especially KTMA) will likely never show up on DVD if just for rights problems.

However...here's a short list of episodes that Rhino could easily obtain rights or not need to (public domain):

Monster A Go Go
Bride of the Monster
The Crawling Eye
Robot Monster
The Black Scorpion (owned by WB)
Lost Continent
Santa Claus
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
The Giant Gila Monster
Girls Town (owned by WB)
The Painted Hills (owned by WB)
The Brute Man
The Incredibly Strange Creatures
Jack Frost
Prince of Space
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Devil Doll
Time Chasers
Phantom Planet
Puma Man
Hobgoblins
Girl In Gold Boots
Horrors of Spider Island
Horror Of Party Beach
Track of the Moon Beast




Tell The Weinstein Company to release Richard Williams' animated masterpiece The Thief and the Cobbler on DVD in Panavision widescreen and uncut! See and hear what you're missing from their Bitsy Award winner of Worst Standard Edition DVD of 2006 on YouTube!
Patrick McCart is online now Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-04-2003, 12:51 AM   #9 of 91
Chris
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 1997
Local Time: 08:05 PM
Local Date: 11-18-2008
Posts: 20,941

Send a message via ICQ to Chris Send a message via Yahoo to Chris
Quote:
Santa Clause Conquers the Martians

If I'm not mistaken, this contains one of the most classic of all MST3k moments.. with the Crow Song "Let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas" I would buy this in a heartbeat; I have all the eps in SVHS (including KTMA) but would LOVE to have them in official DVD
Chris is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
sendpm.gif
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-04-2003, 01:37 AM   #10 of 91
Jeff Kleist
 
Join Date: Dec 1999
Local Time: 08:05 PM
Local Date: 11-18-2008
Posts: 15,037

Send a message via ICQ to Jeff Kleist Send a message via AIM to Jeff Kleist
Quote:
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians


Nope, some fool bought the rights and is determined to do a remake. As such, he will NOT allow the MSTie version to be released on video as it devalues his property (I'd say the film devalues it enough frankly)

Rhino already has rights to Bride of the Monster I believe, unless they went to image (fuzzy on that)
Jeff Kleist is offline Quote this post in a PM Send Support Ticket
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Forum
Old 04-04-2003, 02:19 AM   #11 of 91
Patrick McCart
Patrick J. McCart
Member
 
Location: Decatur, GA, USA
Join Date: May 2001
Local Time: 08:05 PM
Local Date: 11-18-2008
Posts: 7,520

Send a message via AIM to Patrick McCart Send a message via Yahoo to Patrick McCart Send a message via Skype™ to Patrick McCart
The remake might not have went through... Ben Edlund has been trying to make a remake for years, but no one will finance it. (from the now-defunct Coming Attractions website)

Heck, at least a MST3K video would make money.




Tell The Weinstein Company to release Richard Williams' animated masterpiece The Thief and the Cobbler on DVD in Panavision widescreen and uncut! See and hear what you're missing from their Bitsy Award winner of Worst Standard Edition DVD of 2006 on YouTube!
Patrick McCart is online now