As renewed interest in MST3K has grown over the past couple of years–and then increased exponentially in the last couple of weeks–we’ve heard from a few fans who’ve said various things to the effect of: “Dudes, your site is a Web 1.0 relic.”

To which we’ve always responded with a hearty: “Um, well, yeah.” See, that was sorta the point. When we were the official site of the show, we never really felt any pressure to upgrade, because we felt a low-tech site reflected the low-tech feel of the show.

And, let’s face it, for a few years there we were pretty much a museum to a long-cancelled show whose fans were draining away to zero. We didn’t really mind it…it was quiet and peaceful and Fred the nightwatchman used to tell such funny stories…but I digress. The point is that when you run a dusty museum, there’s not much pressure to be up-to-date.

Plus, we both have full-time jobs and re-doing a site takes time, dude.

Well, now there’s no longer any impetus to reflect the show so literally. And with all the new sources of MST3K-alumni funny coming our way, Erhardt and I quickly realized that we were going to need a news page that was going to allow us to respond more deftly, if we’re going to remain your No. 1 source for MST3K-related news. And we are, don’t worry.

So, with that, welcome to the new Satellite News news blog. RSS feed ‘n’ evrathang. The rest of the site is pretty much the same old stuff right now, but improvements are planned. As always, stay tuned.

Big ol’ kudos to Erhardt, who labored long and hard to bring this forth.

Oh, and we have turned comments on, for now. If people behave themselves, it’ll stay turned on, so play nice. :-)