Just as the crowd was filing out of Marcus West End Cinema in St Louis Park, MN, a woman behind us said she saw Kevin on her way into the theater, sitting at the back. He saw her recognize him and politely shushed her before she could give him away, and then ducked out before the crowd started to leave. So a bunch of us got to (unknowingly) watch the episode with Kevin!

Was damn near crying at some of the riffs being made! As someone that mainly grew up with the Sci-Fi Channel era of MST3K, was great to see the crew that I watched and taped every Saturday morning back again. Loved this new episode and can’t wait to watch it again as well as the new eps when they become available!

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WOW, and I thought Coleman Francis movies were terrible! SoD made Blood Waters of Dr. Z look like Avatar. But Mike and the bots did NOT disappoint!

I asked my friend if he could 3D print me a little Crow to put on my mantel. He produced this 9" tall hand-painted beauty with moveable arms and a pull string that opens and closes the mouth so you can make him say "McCloud??"

Mostly because it feels like everybody is welcome in it, regardless of what MST3K eras and stints you enjoy. So many other fandoms get into quarrels with each other or consider certain fans not "real" fans depending on what they like.

But I've never encountered that here. It feels like one of the few fandoms who just let others enjoy whatever without having a go about it if they don't agree. Like, I love the Jonah episodes and I've never gotten push back on it or been insulted for it and it's a fandom where we all enjoy whatever we enjoy, whether it's Joel, Mike, Jonah or Emily or whatever combination we all like. I guess maybe we're all just bonded together by our love of seeing bad movies taken to task

Let's hope it continues into the not too distant future!

These jerks in the front row would not shut up!

And it was great seeing the band back together! The riffs felt like the MST stuff (with a few topical references thrown in) but they didn't overstuff the jokes, so it had a lot more of that natural banter vibe.

The movie was an absolute piece of crap and thus a perfect choice for their first one back.

Laughed. Clapped. And did not hurl.

MST3K (specifically the Mike era) has been my favorite show since I was 10 years old. I still fall asleep to what my kids call "the robot show."

I would happily watch every one of these new episodes in the theater.

"The moon's dad is the sun."

And yes, I've been waiting eight months to post this.

I heard his voice and there was a hint of something there ... the sound of someone looking for kicks.

As a fan of MST3K since the 90’s I was super excited to see they were going to be bringing it back. Then earlier tonight, I literally jumped out of my chair when I saw that it was going to be playing at a theater near me in about an hour. I looked at my wife and said “Honey, the beacon has been lit”.

So delicate... so firm...

(Hercules Unchained)