{"id":5757,"date":"2017-05-11T20:13:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T01:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2017-11-09T20:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T01:39:22","slug":"mst3k-kickstarter-swag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/","title":{"rendered":"MST3K Kickstarter swag"},"content":{"rendered":"

This arrived today: my swag from the “new” Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter. I am debating whether to keep them or sell them on Ebay. I am leaning toward selling them: they are a painful reminder of what could have been. “What could have been”, of course, is a new Mystery Science Theater that is actually good. Or at least, not utterly dreadful, which is what it is.<\/p>\n

Utterly dreadful.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It needn’t have been dreadful. It could have been great<\/strong>. If they’d not<\/em> edited the movies for time or content (they are actually shorter<\/em> than the Comedy Central episodes!). If they’d not<\/em> taken the lazy way out with the invention exchanges (I mean, seriously, why did they even bother). If the riffs were not<\/em> being recited at double-speed like old-timey auctioneers. If the voice actors for Tom Servo and Crow didn’t<\/em> sound indistinguishable from each other. If the lyrics of the opening theme didn’t<\/em> jar egregiously with the melody, and if it didn’t<\/em> pause inexplicably for ten seconds for no apparent reason (why? why??<\/em>). If the three-person puppeteering of Tom and Crow wasn’t<\/em> worse than the worst that Josh, Trace, Kevin, or Bill ever did. If the interior of the Satellite Of Love didn’t<\/em> look like a cheap painted backdrop. If the Hexfield Viewscreen (TM) hadn’t<\/em> been replaced with a simple screen that drops from the ceiling. If Gypsy hadn’t<\/em> been attached to the ceiling for no apparent reason, limiting her movement and interactivity. If they hadn’t<\/em> made Tom Servo’s arms stiff and even less articulate. And don’t get me started on the dysfunctional in-theater performances (flying stiff-armed Tom Servo, random Gypsy luggage-handling, lip-synced riffing… again: why??<\/em>).<\/p>\n

I could go on, and on, and on. Did I mention the completely unnecessary<\/strong> editing of the films? That, by itself, is enough reason to eschew this travesty.<\/p>\n

And yet, I am glad I supported the Kickstarter. Because it might<\/em> have been great — or at least good. It might<\/em> have been worth what I — and hundreds of other people — spent money on. It might<\/em> have been….<\/p>\n

sigh<\/em><\/p>\n

Update: I sold some, gave away the rest. It has been a relief not to have those reminders around. I sincerely hope that this is the last I hear of this fetid imitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This arrived today: my swag from the “new” Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter. I am debating whether to keep them or sell them on Ebay. I am leaning toward selling them: they are a painful reminder of what could have been. “What could have been”, of course, is a new Mystery Science Theater that is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-television"],"yoast_head":"\nMST3K Kickstarter swag - Blackmoor Vituperative<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MST3K Kickstarter swag - Blackmoor Vituperative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This arrived today: my swag from the “new” Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter. I am debating whether to keep them or sell them on Ebay. I am leaning toward selling them: they are a painful reminder of what could have been. “What could have been”, of course, is a new Mystery Science Theater that is […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blackmoor Vituperative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bblackmoor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bblackmoor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-12T01:13:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-11-10T01:39:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-11-16.43.21-300x169.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bblackmoor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/bblackmoor_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bblackmoor_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bblackmoor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bblackmoor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f\"},\"headline\":\"MST3K Kickstarter swag\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-12T01:13:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-10T01:39:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":396,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/2017-05-11-16.43.21-300x169.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Movies\",\"Television\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/\",\"name\":\"MST3K Kickstarter swag - Blackmoor Vituperative\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/2017-05-11-16.43.21-300x169.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-12T01:13:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-10T01:39:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/2017-05-11-16.43.21.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/2017-05-11-16.43.21.jpg\",\"width\":3840,\"height\":2160},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MST3K Kickstarter swag\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blackmoor Vituperative\",\"description\":\"But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f\",\"name\":\"bblackmoor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/bg_sigil_lg.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/bg_sigil_lg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/bg_sigil_lg.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"bblackmoor\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/bg_sigil_lg.png\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/bblackmoor\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/bsblackmoor\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/bblackmoor_\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackgate.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/bblackmoor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MST3K Kickstarter swag - Blackmoor Vituperative","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MST3K Kickstarter swag - Blackmoor Vituperative","og_description":"This arrived today: my swag from the “new” Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter. I am debating whether to keep them or sell them on Ebay. I am leaning toward selling them: they are a painful reminder of what could have been. “What could have been”, of course, is a new Mystery Science Theater that is […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/","og_site_name":"Blackmoor Vituperative","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bblackmoor","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bblackmoor","article_published_time":"2017-05-12T01:13:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-11-10T01:39:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-11-16.43.21-300x169.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"bblackmoor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/bblackmoor_","twitter_site":"@bblackmoor_","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bblackmoor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/"},"author":{"name":"bblackmoor","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f"},"headline":"MST3K Kickstarter swag","datePublished":"2017-05-12T01:13:01+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-10T01:39:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/"},"wordCount":396,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-11-16.43.21-300x169.jpg","articleSection":["Movies","Television"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/","url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/","name":"MST3K Kickstarter swag - Blackmoor Vituperative","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-11-16.43.21-300x169.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-12T01:13:01+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-10T01:39:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-11-16.43.21.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-11-16.43.21.jpg","width":3840,"height":2160},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/mst3k-kickstarter-swag\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MST3K Kickstarter swag"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/","name":"Blackmoor Vituperative","description":"But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bb04cdbf863652f366c64e81805d6c4f","name":"bblackmoor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bg_sigil_lg.png","url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bg_sigil_lg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bg_sigil_lg.png","width":900,"height":900,"caption":"bblackmoor"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bg_sigil_lg.png"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bblackmoor","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bsblackmoor\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/bblackmoor_"],"url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/author\/bblackmoor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5757"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5998,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5757\/revisions\/5998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}