Welcome, welcome! We're starting this new blog out right as we open to the public once again with a new web address and bringing it all under one roof. Planet Virtua, Bloodpool Catacombs, and now Red Tom's Riff Review will now be updated and archived right next to one another. While we're attempting to make new horror posts in the Catacombs, the powers that be decided to move all of the riffing wonderment for all to behold. Mystery Science Theater 3000 has gone through so many ups and downs and ins and outs that it got rather dizzying, as well as rather depressing. The fanbase grew toxic with people who only acted like fans, but were only there to protest the use of the name "Gypsy". Yeah, this is created by a fan for all of the fans, so there will be no censorship of that type here.
Red Tom's Riff Review will catalogue everything, from MST3K to Rifftrax all the way down the line to Cinematic Titanic. Though, it's mostly MST3K and Rifftrax, as well as the brand new MST3K created by Mike and the Bots once again! That's right, we've got a successful rerevival and Red Tom has shown all of the support! We'll be reviewing that first episode shortly and keeping up with the other three in short order afterward. With how awesome the first episode turned out, one can only hope for a great four! Awesome work all around!
We'll be steering into the classic episodes for the time being, while sprinkling in the new episodes here and there. Rifftrax will also be put into the cycle, and there is a very large library to choose from. Red Tom has been supporting Rifftrax since 2010, when there was actual money to spend, and that is not going to be changing anytime soon. Mike and the Bots shined once again and we are only hoping and praying that they intend to keep going with it as a full series.
What happened with MST3K is a bit of a mystery while also being rather obvious. While it was going fairly strong with Netflix, the cracks truly began to show upon their cancellation. Yes, they should have never been cancelled, but no, constantly asking the fans to turn out their pockets every single time you want to create a new season was not the way to go. Obviously, Joel found that out too late, especially when he probably turned around to see how his series had changed and not for the better.
No, no one is blaming Emily Marsh. Her episodes weren't very good, for the most part, but she was also just a product of a very questionable decision to dilute the show with not two, but three hosts all at once. Emily was not a good actress, their voice actors were pretty terrible and their choice in movies was rocky at best. Season 13 was a pretty terrible disappointment, once the theme of the show imploded in its own chaotic creativity, a lot of people saw the writing on the wall.
Obviously, they weren't sustaining themselves properly, and Joel had to fold upon the failure of Season 14 and its crowd funding. It wasn't even close to reaching its goal and the last bunch of episodes really show why. That is not, however, what this site will be focusing on. We're here to celebrate what makes us laugh with the funniest show in TV history. Mystery Science Theater 3000 gave us a voice to make terrible movies funny, and we have a lot of legendary riffers to lead the way. Here's to circulatiing the tapes!
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