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Several readers have noticed that The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 9 is no longer listed on Rhino Home Video‘s web site. Our source at Rhino confirms that it’s currently unavailable, but is hopeful that it may return. Stay tuned!
Michael Kienitz, who was the still photographer for MST3K during the course of its run, has added 19 more images to the MST3K portfolio on his web site at http://www.michaelkienitz.com. Michael extends his thanks to the over 2,000 MSTies who have visited his site so far.
It’s interesting that, eight years after it was cancelled, MST3K still gets mentioned all the time. For example, this week Trevor Snyder of 411mania.com put together a list of “Top 5 Television Sidekicks,” and of course TV’s Frank makes the list. Check it out at: http://www.411mania.com/movies/columns/53302/The-411-Top-5:-Week-57.htm And Cracked Magazine recently put together a list of “The Top Ten ’80s Robots (We Expected to Exist By Now).” A certain wise-cracking pair comes in at number 4. See the entire list at: On a sadder note, another mention comes from the press coverage of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. The Boston Globe highlights shooting victim Ross Alameddine, VT sophomore and MSTie. You can read the article at: MetroActive, a weekly in California’s Silicon Valley area, discusses the IMDb “Bottom 100” and MANOS, THE HANDS OF FATE, and includes comments from an expert on the subject, Kevin Murphy. Check it out at: Most MSTies are already familiar with the story, but The Wisconsin State Journal has a piece about Jim Mallon’s college prank partner Leon Varjian. The piece includes a few comments from Jim. You can read it here: And, several fans have alerted us to this odd MST3K connection to the Anna Nicole Smith tragedy–her last film, due out in April, was directed by David “Time Chasers” Giancola and Edgewood Studios. Read more about it here: Oakland, Calif.-based filmmaker (and longtime MSTie) Erin Gleeson has made a short film called Tina and Frank, and she managed to snag Trace Beaulieu as its narrator. You can download it, and other stuff Erin has done, here: http://www.eringleeson.org/download.html The “secret fun” link on that page is a little outtake from Trace’s recording session.  We recently heard from Bamse, a reader in Hamburg, Germany, who said that we were wrong when we wrote that the German release of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE contained only a German soundtrack. So we ordered a copy, and we’re happy to report that Bamse was correct. The German DVD *does* contain the complete, original English soundtrack recorded by Best Brains. You just need to select the “Englisch” setting in the “Sprachauswahl” menu. As an added bonus, a second disc contains the unMSTed, uncut version of THIS ISLAND EARTH, also with a selectable English soundtrack.
So if you’ve got either a Region 2 or region-free DVD player that can handle PAL format, and want an official copy of MST3K:TM for under US $40, then you might want to check out the following URL: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0008FMHIU/302-3094660-2405615?v=glance&n=284266 Our thanks as well to John Worrall, who also pointed out our error. |
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