MST3K Breaks Kickstarter Record 31
the_Bionic_lemming writes: Raising over 6.3 million dollars in just one month MST3K fans helped push the new 14 episode series past the Official Kickstarter Veronica Mars total of $5,702,153 by raising $5,764,229 On Kickstarter. $600,000 + Was added to the total from the Add on store at MST3K.com . And what's more, they did it with only 48,270 backers compared to 91,585 Veronica Mars backers.
What is MST3K? (Score:4)
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Mystery Science Theater 3000.
But I suspect that doesn't tell you much either. Have you heard of RiffTrax?
Re: What is MST3K? (Score:4, Interesting)
Three people record themselves watching garbage movies, most of which are very old. They make fun of them. Two of them are puppets. It makes bad movies a lot more tolerable.
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Manos is one of the best MST3K episodes. Normally the skits they do around commercial breaks are painful, but Torgo delivering pizza was hilarious.
Fun fact: Manos is Quentin Tarantino's favorite comedy.
Re: What is MST3K? (Score:4, Interesting)
I disagree. Manos is probably the very best MST3K episode ever made, precisely because Manos was not only an outrageously bad film, but a rather disturbing film as well.
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Let me guess... you like Seth Macfarlane shows.
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If they were trying to do everything the same as before with the same people, for nostalgia's sake, it'd be shit. But with a new cast, new characters and new writers it looks likely to be sufficiently original.
Re:real winner: Kickstarter (Score:4, Informative)
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For the US 8% to 10% comes off the top. It pays to be a middle man. Especially a middle man with a good reputation who brings in eyeballs.
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