MylesRyden, Further proof that "AI" is not really a thing (as if such proof is necessary)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is streaming on YouTube, it's a legit stream from Shout! Factory.
YT drops ads into the stream, essentially at random, in the middle of scenes. Which is stupid and makes the stream fairly unwatchable.
MST3K was originally a cable TV show and has commercial breaks built into it -- the original bumpers are still in the show. The show also features a flashing light signal that the characters in the show recognize as "commercial sign." It literally signals some of the commercial breaks.
A twelve year old could identify the commercial break points in all 10 seasons of the show in an afternoon.
Instead, YT dropped three random commercial breaks in the middle of scenes in a half hour. As much as I love MST3K, I can't watch that. Total #enshittification. Doesn't help YT, the advertisers or Shout!
If Google had an actual AI that worked, you would think they would apply it here. Seems pretty simple, and surely other old TV shows are streaming on YT as well.
Cowthulu, Don’t know if there is much interest in costuming on Mastodon yet, but these are our costumes from the recent Costume Con 42. Tom Servo and Pearl Forrester from #mst3k.
Tom Servo was over 9 feet tall, and I was using a camera and virtual glasses to see where I was going. #costuming #cosplay
CactuarJoe, Folks in a little under an hour your dash will be overtaken by a flood of movie-related commentary that we like to call #MONSTERDON, your weekly monster movie watch-along party. If that sounds irritating I suggest setting up a block for the hashtag in your Preferences page.
But if you'd like to join us, we're watching IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953), which you can find on Tubi or over on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/it-came-from-outer-space-1953-colorized
See you there! :D
CactuarJoe, I like to think all the movies that start with IT! belong to the same storyline. It Came From Space is obviously followed by It's in the Air, then It's in the Bag, and then, lastly, It's in the Water. #Monsterdon #MST3k
CactuarJoe, "And sometimes you think the wind gets in the wires"
And sometimes when we touch the honesty is too much #Monsterdon
CactuarJoe, OKAY I LET THE EVENING GET AWAY FROM ME but it is --yeesh- FIFTEEN MINUTES until #MONSTERDON which this week is PROJECT MOON BASE (1953) WHY AM I YELLING I DON'T KNOW JUST GO WITH IT
You can find it on Tubi (I think) or in Wide Wide Screen over on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/ProjectMoonBase1953_201809
Now I gotta go run and get a snack or something or Imma start chewing on the throw pillows during the movie
CactuarJoe,
CactuarJoe, Like, I've been watching bad movies most of my life. I've seen bad endings and I've seen weird endings. I've seen endings that made no sense and I've seen endings that were just stupid. But I can't remember seeing an ending that was that creepy, misogynistic, and dismissive all in one go.
Like, that wasn't just a turd of an ending. They built up to that ending. They left it there for a week to mature before they threw it at us. #Monsterdon
CactuarJoe, This week on #MONSTERDON, your weekly monster movie watch party, we've got PROJECT MOON BASE (1953), a sci fi epic set in the distant future of 1970, where a woman is president! Wacky.
Incidentally this was on #MST3k S1, Kevin Murphy described it as "openly and condescendingly hostile toward women as a gender" So, y'know, fair warning.
It's available on Archive.org in Weirdly Stretched Vision: https://archive.org/details/ProjectMoonBase1953_201809
See you Sunday at 9pm eastern!
zdl, @CactuarJoe About the only way to survive this is with the MST3K crowd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v6pas4LE0Y
You're welcome.
seaks,
Redrua, TFW you realize it’s Raul Julia’s birthday #MST3k
neonbubble, Reposted from https://trekkies.social/@bluebeetle/112033677974682530 with #AltText
bluebeetle,
CoolerPseudonym, “Her hair looks like something you’d pound meat with”
otheorange_tag, @CoolerPseudonym ...or to... #OscarGetsAredCard #MST3K
mrcompletely, Incredible. I mentioned #MST3K in passing in a discussion thread and within moments I got a seemingly unrelated boost from "Tom Servo". The writers in this timeline don't miss a beat
JoshuaACNewman, I’ve been going through old drawings and photos with my parents.
Somehow, somewhere around 1980, when I’d be about 7, I drew this picture of Gamera. I remember watching afternoon monster movies with my friends Jason and Mikey up the street. I can’t imagine where else I’d know him from. It would be over a decade before #MST3K.
JoshuaACNewman, @rivetgeek Yeah, those things would sometimes emerge from the static (I grew up on an island and cable TV was first unavailable, then expensive for my family's artist budget) and it must have been Channel 64 from Providence or 56 from Boston that ran monster movies. They had all the forbidden pleasures of cartoons and monsters and could only be seen if the weather was right and one of you (but not the other) was touching the antenna.
rivetgeek, @JoshuaACNewman I have so many memories of watching oddball monster movies on our Channel 56 (KDOC). I remember one with Dirk Benedict turning into a snake. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sssssss
CactuarJoe, Rubber monsters take over Mastodon in a watch party known as #MONSTERDON!
This week's movie is 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957), a Harryhausen classic in which a spacecraft crash-lands in the Mediterranean sea bearing a space lizard! Can the terror be stopped!? Or are Earth's crickets DOOMED?
We start at 9pm EST on Sunday! The movie's available on various streaming services, or you can download on archive.org here: https://archive.org/details/20-million-miles-to-earth
See you there!
DavidMHarlan, You'll never believe how much fuss can be made over a hat from Texas
angelus_04,
CactuarJoe, It is approximately 1 hour until #MONSTERDON, the Sunday night watch party featuring goofy monster movies! This week, a classic of Rubber Lizard Cinema, GORGO! It's time to watch the British try their hands at iguanas who hate major metropolitan areas!
It's available on most streaming services, or you can watch it ad-free over on Archive.Org: https://archive.org/details/PhantasmagoriaTheater-Gorgo1961992
The monster starts stomping brits at 9pm eastern! Be there or the Queen may scowl!
CactuarJoe, I remember one criticism of the American Godzilla was that the US military actually hurt Godzilla in that film. Like Americans can't imagine their military LOSING an engagement. I feel like this movie is showing the English can't imagine not being able to put something in a circus. #Monsterdon
trixter, @CactuarJoe ouch but yes
Vorsos, My partner, five seconds into any #MST3K movie: "This looks terrible."
CactuarJoe, This Sunday, on #Monsterdon, the weekly monster movie watch party where we overwhelm your feed with bad jokes about rubber lizards! It's GORGO (1961), a blatant ripoff of Godzilla by the brits. Gorgo was featured on #MST3k, so the big challenge this week is gonna be not accidentally replicating half of their riffs :P
It's available just about everywhere, including on archive.org if you'd like to download in advance: https://archive.org/details/PhantasmagoriaTheater-Gorgo1961992
glassdelusion, Bespoke Mads toy via instagram #mst3k
Rose_On_Mars,
MylesRyden, Nice interview with Trace from #MST3K and The Mads are Back. One of the important things he says is that the riffers actually enjoy (most) of the movies they do. Bill Corbett, in another interview on the same show says they "look for weird" movies.
I think this is the biggest misunderstanding of the show. Yes, many of the movies are objectively bad, but that is not the point. The movies are raw material for the riffing, it certainly helps if the vision of the movie is out of focus. But movie riffing not just pointing out the flaws in a film.
Unless that is funny, of course.
Trace Beaulieu with Matt – Holiday Shows 2023-24 – AM 950
https://www.am950radio.com/trace-beaulieu-with-matt-holiday-shows-2023-24/
glaist, Enjoying the endless #MST3K -a-thon on Youtube..
https://www.youtube.com/live/V7MyOyeb6eo
molotovcockatiel, If you haven't heard, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 New Years Marathon has turned into an infinite live stream. That's right, 24/7 MST3K.
CactuarJoe, This Sunday on #Monsterdon, your weekly monster movie watchalong party! We'll be viewing War Between the Planets (1966)! It's a sci fi flick about scientists attempting to stop a planet from colliding with Earth, and it looks about as cheesy as can be. Should be good fun :D
You can find it on various streaming services, or consider downloading it ahead of time from archive.org, right over here: https://archive.org/details/WarBetweenThePlanets1966
See you then! :D
moira, @CactuarJoe Thank you <3
angelus_04, 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 25 - MST3K Part 2 The Mike Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAQM_SFFS9M&ab_channel=GoodBadFlicks
#GoodBadFlicks #MST3K
angelus_04, I am sure everyone knows I love #MST3K I mean look at my name. Fun fact my name really is Tom sadly my last name isn't Servo though
willaful, @angelus_04 I have a friend who legally changed his name to Ford Prefect. Go nuts! 😁
mrfusion, @angelus_04 Same.