CT005: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!!!

[RVR II]

What I like the most is I'll get to watch this before I go south to Mexico for the Holidays!!

[RoninFox]

Excellent Clip!

Changing the shadowrama again? I wish they would redo 'The oozing skull' with the new Shadowrama.

If there's something different, I'm missing it. 

Joel was sitting down in Oozing Skull, and ended up getting lost in the shadows.  The next couple episodes he was standing at a podium, now he's got a railing like Josh and Trace do on top.

[JonnyFrag]

After having seen this live in St Louis, I can say that the re-riffing is fine and nothing broke. I was a tiny bit skeptical going into it (a retread? come on!) Some jokes were in the same vein as the original ones, but there's only so much you can do since the movie is still the same movie. Mostly anyway. It has some additional footage not used in the MST episode so there is some added value if you are a 'I already bought it once' kinda person (man I hope you aren't Evil Dead fans if that's the case)
It might be heretical, but I think the CT version maybe slightly better than the original. There are many jokes that were impossible to have made in the original (since the referred thing hadn't happened yet!) so it's all good. Your mileage may vary and you can always vote with your wallet.
Don't let your first instinct swindle you out of some good laughs is all I'm saying.

[majorjoe23]

I started watching the MST3K version this morning. If I've ever seen it it's been at least 10 years. So far it's great, this will be a tough one to top.

[dignan]

Hey, CTers...you already did this one!

[RoninFox]

Hey, CTers...you already did this one!

I think they know.

[MSTJedi]

I was a little dubious about this one, but I saw the trailer on Youtube and I'm convinced it'll be at least as funny as the original. Loved the Santa themed . . . theme in the background.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Think of the positives.....

• The whole movie this time - including the songs (I hope)
• Josh and Mary Jo weren't with the show then so they'll add something new automatically.
• We could hear some of the jokes that got voted down the first time.
• Everyone has the benefit of hindsight going into it.

And other things.   

[bettertomorrowamy]

The trailer was really funny.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

The trailer was really funny.

It was.  And I think that bit where Kemar tells Santa he's never going back to Earth is part of the new footage.   

[N.E.S. TOR]

Shouldn't these PD riffs be on shelves at Wal-mart and/or Target?

[RoninFox]

Shouldn't these PD riffs be on shelves at Wal-mart and/or Target?

They're licensing things as they go, so weather it's PD or not doesn't enter into it, it's more the distribution costs.  It'd be nice if they could get it out in stores, but I think doing it in house like they're doing keeps costs down.

[N.E.S. TOR]

But they'll make a lot more money and fans this way.

[Edward J Grug III]

But they'll make a lot more money and fans this way.

If they can't afford to advertise the product, they're not likely to convince new people to pick them up.

And if they also can't afford to mass-produce or distribute them in the first place, I don't think it really matters.

[bratpop]

Has anyone actually seen the remake?