I finally got around to this just this week. cuocodusku
Full disclosure, I have been a MST3K fan since the old Comedy Channel days, that was before the Comedy Channel and Ha combined to become Comedy Central.
I adore the Joel era on CC, while honestly not feeling the Mike era on Syfy, even while liking a lot of the Mike shows from CC. Hearing about the re-boot even with Joel Hodgson's participation I still was wary. I am sorry but I find Jonah Ray to be a pretty flop sweaty comedian. Also... Felicia Day's participation is a huge WTF? to me. So I took my sweet time getting around to it. Also... I honestly have heard next to nothing about the show anywhere else. Having finally cracked it a few days ago... They pretty much nailed it.
Sure, I think the "host" segments are on the weak side, and indeed Day seems to have zero comic timing, still, the most important part, the in theater riffing is ****ing aces! And no one is more surprised than I. Ray and the other performers do a great job, the film selections are perfect for the show and they did exactly what I was hoping for... Keeping the general DIY aesthetic that the old show was known for only with a slightly higher budget. So far of the ones I watched the stand outs are THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, AT THE EARTH'S CORE, THE CHRISTMAS THAT ALMOST WASN'T and STARCRASH.
I hope this was successful enough to warrant another season. A tweak here and there (sacking Day, making Patton the main Mad I think would improve those Isegments) and I and it would be near perfect. Color me wonderfully surprised.
