The 'Bots Are Back

[filkertom]

Heads up, MST3K fans! Life just keeps getting better and better. We've got RiffTrax, we've got The Film Crew, and now -- well, just read:

THE 'BOTS ARE BACK!
We are excited to announce some very big news for MST3K fans.

But first, some housekeeping: For reasons that will become apparent, we need to ask those of you who reach our site using the URL MST3K.com to update your bookmarks, and please use the URL MST3Kinfo.com. Many of you use this URL already, but if you get to us via MST3K.com, starting next week you won't be able to anymore.

The reason is that, next week, MST3K.com will become a new destination for a brand new site, created by a reconstituted, relaunched Best Brains Inc.

Or, as they put it when they contacted us about this: The 'Bots are Back!

Beginning November 5th, BBI will be launching its very own website at MST3K.com. The site will feature brand-new animated adventures of Crow, Tom Servo and Gypsy. We're told the goal is to have one new adventure each week (though "some settling may occur with shipping," they added). The Web site will also feature work from the original series (which BBI is now calling "the legacy series"), behind-the-scenes footage and other material culled from the BBI vault.

Also on the site will be BBI's first online store, featuring all new merchandise. (This means that the BBI merchandise section of our site will be taken down. )

The new adventures of the 'bots are being produced by BBI President, MST3K series writer and the returning voice of Gypsy, Jim Mallon. He will be joined on this new experiment by veteran MST3K series writer and performer Paul Chaplin (who will be on the writing team and will be providing the voice of Crow) along with new writing and performing talent.

We know this is going generate a lot of buzz among the fan base and you all probably have a zillion questions. So do we. Many will be answered on Nov. 5th. More will be answered soon after. Jim told us that the site and project "are going to grow in a very organic fashion and we're going to let the characters and the story take us in the direction they want to take us."...

Just yesterday, huskiebear and I were lamenting that vixyish has apparently never seen "The Day The Earth Froze"....

Comments

[vulpine137.livejournal.com]

Woohoo :) Thanks for the good news.

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

Adventures featuring the 'bots? Hmmmm...where have MSTies heard this before?

Oh yeah, Right here! (http://www.djparticle.com/mstadventures/) ;)

Though I have a feeling BBI will execute the idea far better *heh*

[dlobok.livejournal.com]

Best news I've heard all day.

[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

There is no reason to lament. At Dragon*Con there was a guy in the dealer room selling "fan-to-fan" DVD's of all the episodes. Look around at the next big con you do and you'll undoubtedly run across him, or maybe he's a fan of yours.

Also, I was surprised to see on Winamp, in the video section, there's somebody running ShoutCast video of MST3K episodes. I don't know how this is legally done, but what the hey, it's free...

[moquif.livejournal.com]

Wow! Awesome news! Thanks! There are SO MANY films made since MST3K ended that deserve the treatment. The Island for one. Star Wars Phantom Menace. Any movie with Chris Rock.

[bathtubnz.livejournal.com]

I seriously doubt this has much if anything to do with Riffing Movies. It's a weekly animated web show. But we shall see in a week I guess. Also Mike and Kevin (with Bill for number 3) have finished the Star Wars prequels.