Often overlooked by horror fans Mystery Science Theatre 3000 was an excellent source for forgotten and obscure horror fans. With the release MST3K Xv horror fans are treated to two gems of horror/ sci-fi magic.
For those of you who may have blocked out the early 90’s, MST3K was a show with a premise so simple many of us kicked ourselves for not thinking of it first. Joel Robinson (Joel Hodgson) is a man stranded on a satellite in space with two robots, Crow T. Robot (Trace Beaulieu) and Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy) whose only task is to watch and berate the worst movies ever made. The show began its humble days on Ktma-tv in Hopkins, Minnesota but was quickly picked up by a fledgling Comedy Central, where it ran for 7 season then finally ended its days on the Sci-Fi Channel giving us a total of eleven incredible seasons. Part...
For those of you who may have blocked out the early 90’s, MST3K was a show with a premise so simple many of us kicked ourselves for not thinking of it first. Joel Robinson (Joel Hodgson) is a man stranded on a satellite in space with two robots, Crow T. Robot (Trace Beaulieu) and Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy) whose only task is to watch and berate the worst movies ever made. The show began its humble days on Ktma-tv in Hopkins, Minnesota but was quickly picked up by a fledgling Comedy Central, where it ran for 7 season then finally ended its days on the Sci-Fi Channel giving us a total of eleven incredible seasons. Part...
- 7/28/2009
- by [email protected] (David McKendry)
- Fangoria
In this incarnation of our Videolog column (which began in 1982 with VHS and Betamax), Starlog now posts information Tuesdays on selected genre titles being released (or re-released) on DVD and Blu-ray. Prices listed are Msrp, though the clickable links lead to Amazon where the savings is significant. Here’s what’s out this week (mostly today):
DVD Releases for July 7, 2009
Doctor Who: Attack Of The Cybermen (BBC Warner, $24.98): Episode 138 of the cult British TV series involves a distress call that lures the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) into London’s sewer system, dragging them into an interplanetary plot involving diamond thieves and the Cybermen.
Doctor Who: The Rescue/The Romans (BBC Warner, $34.98): A pairing of episodes 10 & 11. In “The Rescue,” the First Doctor (the late William Hartnell) and friends help out two survivors of an attack by the Didonians. In the “The Romans,...
DVD Releases for July 7, 2009
Doctor Who: Attack Of The Cybermen (BBC Warner, $24.98): Episode 138 of the cult British TV series involves a distress call that lures the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) into London’s sewer system, dragging them into an interplanetary plot involving diamond thieves and the Cybermen.
Doctor Who: The Rescue/The Romans (BBC Warner, $34.98): A pairing of episodes 10 & 11. In “The Rescue,” the First Doctor (the late William Hartnell) and friends help out two survivors of an attack by the Didonians. In the “The Romans,...
- 7/7/2009
- by [email protected] (ALLAN DART)
- Starlog
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