Let’s say that Shout!Factory holds a fan contest. The winner gets to select 4 episodes for the next volume. Which do you select?
To help you pick, here’s a handy list of episodes that have not yet received a DVD release. Excluded from the list are the KTMAs and Godzilla vs. Megalon, and the 4 titles announced for Vol. 28.
Season One
112 – Untamed Youth
113 – The Black Scorpion
Season Two
201 – Rocketship X-M
203 – Jungle Goddess
213 – Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
Season Three
305 – Stranded in Space
307 – Daddy-O
309 – The Amazing Colossal Man
311 – It Conquered the World
313 – Earth vs. The Spider
315 – Teenage Caveman
317 – Viking Women vs. The Sea Serpent
319 – War of the Colossal Beast
Season Four
401 – Space Travelers
403 – City Limits
405 – Being from Another Planet
412 – Hercules and the Captive Women
416 – Fire Maidens of Outer Space
418 – Attack of the The Eye Creatures
420 – The Human Duplicators
Season Five
502 – Hercules
510 – The Painted Hills
519 – Outlaw
520 – Radar Secret Service
522 – Teenage Crime Wave
524 – 12 to the Moon
Season Six
601 – Girls Town
602 – Invasion USA
605 – Colossus and the Headhunters
614 – San Francisco International
618 – High School Big Shot
623 – The Amazing Transparent Man
Season Seven
703 – Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
704 – The Incredible Melting Man
705 – Escape 2000
Season Eight
805 – The Thing that Couldn’t Die
806 – The Undead
807 – Terror from the Year 5000
808 – The She Creature
809 – I Was a Teenage Werewolf
814 – Riding with Death
815 – Agent for H.A.R.M
817 – Horror of Party Beach
819 – Invasion of the Neptune Men
Season Nine
901 – The Projected Man
903 – Puma Man
905 – The Deadly Bees
906 – The Space Children
912 – The Screaming Skull
913 – Quest of the Delta Knights
Season Ten
1007 – Track of the Moon Beast
1010 – It Lives By Night
1012 – Squirm
1013 – Diabolik
Me, I’m gonna go with:
112 – Untamed Youth
307 – Daddy-O
601 – Girls Town
903 – Puma Man
Your pick?
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Just picking my favorites that aren’t out yet:
307 – Daddy-O
311 – It Conquered The World
403 – City Limits
614 – San Francisco International
Let’s go with an Observer Set, featuring The Thing that Couldn’t Die, The Undead, Terror from the Year 5000, and The She Creature.
BTW what’s the deal with the question marks?
403 – City Limits
814 – Riding with Death
903 – Puma Man
912 – The Screaming Skull
I’m sticking with what I said last time, assembling four of my favorite underrated classics. I don’t hear people talk about these four very much, but they all make me laugh like hell :D
420 The Human Duplicators
510 The Painted Hills
605 Colossus and the Headhunters
704 The Incredible Melting Man
416 – Fire Maidens of Outer Space (Timmy!)
705 – Escape 2000 (LEAVE THE BRONX!)
905 – The Deadly Bees (The dog’s meat, have you seen it?)
1007 – Track of the Moon Beast (California Lady)
Any one of my themed dream sets:
A Volume full of pecs
412 Hercules and the Captive Women
502 Hercules
519 Outlaw (of Gor)
605 Colossus and the Headhunters
with bonus out-of-print 301 Cave Dwellers
B The Alien Invasion Collection
405 Being from Another Planet
418 Attack of the the Eye Creatures
701 Night of the Blood Beast
807 Terror from the Year 5000
with bonus out-of-print 606 The Creeping Terror
C B&W is alright with me
201 Rocketship X-M
307 Daddy-O
313 Earth vs. The Spider
317 Viking Women
with bonus out-of-print 406 Attack of the Giant Leeches
We’d go with Sampo’s list but substitute Horror of Party Beach for Puma Man. This way you get a what-passed-for-teenagers/young people set.
113-Untamed Youth
213-Godzilla vs The Sea Monster
601-Girls Town
809-I Was A Teenage Werewolf
I still hope to see Godzilla movies on a set with the Shorts Vol. 1-3.
309 – The Amazing Colossal Man
403 – City Limits
815 – Agent for H.A.R.M
817 – Horror of Party Beach
These are all essential MST episodes that have not been released to dvd. These are the kinds of movies that you think of when you think of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
412 – Hercules and the Captive Women—Combine this with the other Herc movies and the Film Crew The Giant of Marathon and you’ve got a sweating, gladiator type theme.
418 – Attack of the Eye Creatures—for the bright daylight during night scenes and unfinished costumes of the terrifying Eye Creatures
819 – Invasion of the Neptune Men—Lots of kennys running around, the Hitler Building, Krankor visits the SoL, Ha, ha ha!
912 – The Screaming Skull—Apparently the Klingon Lady in the short Is This Love? had a relative who married into the clergy, and for Crow’s effort to scare Mike as a Screaming Skull
The Amazing Colossal Man
Daddy-O
The Thing That Couldn’t Die
Horror Of Party Beach
For the Mike fans it looks like the day will come when all that’s left will be Mike Eps.
I counted 21 eps with Joel and 33 with Mike.
0305 – Daddy-O (simply a classic)
0705 – Escape 2000 (LEAVE THE BRONX!!)
0805 – The Thing That Couldn’t Die (1st Observer episode)
1013 – Diabolik (Grand Finale)
(plus, this mix would be 2 Joel / 2 Mike)
Hmm – One could throw darts and come up with a great package (is that how Shout! does it?) Spanning seasons, hosts and Forresters seems to make sense, so let’s go with:
The Amazing Colossal Man
Fire Maidens from Outer Space
Riding with Death
Track of the Moon Beast
This way you’re also bookending the set with basically the same plot: girl loves guy with hard-to-ignore medical issues (1. diaper-wearing giagantism 2. demon-lizard-monster tendencies).
I never thought a DVD release of Riding with Death would have proven to be as elusive as Robert Denby.
#7 (K&J Goon)
Or replace “Puma Man” with “I was a Teenage Werewolf”. Pretty much the same effect.
Hey gang! Here is my original list of films not yet released which includes the names of the current rights’ holders. This will give you a better idea of which films on your wish list might actually be included sometime soon. Keep in mind that Shout! has already established relationships with CBS, MGM, Warner Brothers, Universal, and Kit Parker. The Public Domain titles should not be a problem except for The Screaming Skull. Good luck!
Season One
112 – Untamed Youth (Warner Brothers)
113 – The Black Scorpion (Warner Brothers)
Season Two
201 – Rocketship X-M (Wade Williams)
203 – Jungle Goddess (Kit Parker)
213 – Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (Toho)
Season Three
305 – Stranded in Space (CBS)
307 – Daddy-O (Arkoff Estate)
309 – The Amazing Colossal Man (Susan Hart)
311 – It Conquered the World (Susan Hart)
313 – Earth vs. The Spider (LionsGate)
315 – Teenage Caveman (LionsGate)
317 – Viking Women vs. The Sea Serpent (LionsGate)
319 – War of the Colossal Beast (LionsGate)
Season Four
401 – Space Travelers (Columbia/Sony)
403 – City Limits (LionsGate)
405 – Being from Another Planet (Roger Corman)
412 – Hercules and the Captive Women (Public Domain)
416 – Fire Maidens of Outer Space (Olive Films)
418 – Attack of the The Eye Creatures (MGM)
420 – The Human Duplicators (Owner Unclear)
Season Five
502 – Hercules (Public Domain)
510 – The Painted Hills (Warner Brothers)
519 – Outlaw (MGM)
520 – Radar Secret Service (Kit Parker)
522 – Teenage Crime Wave (Columbia/Sony)
524 – 12 to the Moon (Columbia/Sony)
Season Six
601 – Girls Town (LionsGate)
602 – Invasion USA (Public Domain)
605 – Colossus and the Headhunters (Public Domain)
614 – San Francisco International (Universal)
618 – High School Big Shot (Public Domain)
623 – The Amazing Transparent Man (Public Domain)
Season Seven
703 – Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (Roger Corman)
704 – The Incredible Melting Man (MGM)
705 – Escape 2000 (MGM)
Season Eight
805 – The Thing that Couldn’t Die (Universal)
806 – The Undead (Arkoff Estate)
807 – Terror from the Year 5000 (Susan Hart)
808 – The She Creature (LionsGate)
809 – I Was a Teenage Werewolf (Susan Hart)
814 – Riding with Death (Universal)
815 – Agent for H.A.R.M (Universal)
817 – Horror of Party Beach (Dark Sky)
819 – Invasion of the Neptune Men (Dark Sky)
Season Nine
901 – The Projected Man (Universal)
903 – Puma Man (Even God Doesn’t Know)
905 – The Deadly Bees (Legend Films/Paramount)
906 – The Space Children (Olive Films/Paramount)
912 – The Screaming Skull (Public Domain; Gumby Music Unclear)
913 – Quest of the Delta Knights (Owner Unclear)
Season Ten
1007 – Track of the Moon Beast (Public Domain)
1010 – It Lives By Night (MGM)
1012 – Squirm (MGM)
1013 – Diabolik (Paramount)
Great topic!
Stranded in Space
Being From Another Planet
San Francisco International
High School Bigshot
Don’t need a themed set, would just like my favorite unreleased episodes:
809 – I Was a Teenage Werewolf
814 – Riding with Death
815 – Agent for H.A.R.M
905 – The Deadly Bees
And yes, I do think Season 8 is fantastic and is underrepresented so far in releases. If I Was a Teenage Werewolf couldn’t be released for copyrights reasons, then I’d vote for 819 – Invasion of the Neptune Men.
Just seeing how many more movies are out there put me in a stay in and watch MST all day kind of mood.
I’m sick anyway and it isn’t like the local weather people here in Boston area are saying today is going to be
a great day to get out and do anything. Oh wait they are saying that, oh well.
I’m gonna kick it down Mamma-Jamma with 3 of my personal favorites.
1. 202-The Sidehackers- And with the way I feel, I will be spitting out of the side of my mouth.
2. 207-Wild Rebels- Got my oil can full of milk and a big bowl of Wild Rebels cereal ready to go.
3. 209-The Hellcats- My wife said she wants me to get out of the house, I said “You’ll have to drag me out!”
She said that can be arranged and when she says drag she means scrape. And when I looked at her she had on an eye patch, and a dirty old jacket with a round 13 patch on it.
Gotta go and remember “DON’T FINK ON SOUL BROTHER!”
#14 I did throw darts and when my wife gets home and sees the screen she’s gonna have a s–t fit.
War of the Colossal Beast(Mister B, you’re hot!)
Attack of the The Eye Creatures(Couldn’t have picked a nicer day to film a night sequence)
The Human Duplicators(Hugh Beaumont!)
The Amazing Transparent Man(It’s time for the “local color!”).
Well, since I posted all the titles and owners, I may as well add my wish list:
Rocketship XM
The Painted Hills
Girls Town
It Lives By Night
Choice One:
Untamed Youth
Girls Town
Being from Another Planet
Riding with Death
Choice Two:
Jungle Goddess
City Limits
Deathstalker
Quest of the Delta Knights
Choice Three:
Stranded in Space
Space Travelers
High School Big Shot
I was a Teenage Werewolf
Choice Four:
Rocketship XM
Fire Maidens from Outer Space
12 to the Moon
The Thing that wouldn’t die
Choice five:
The Amazing Colossal Man
War of the Colossal Beast
The Incredible Melting Man
Squirm
Choice six:
It Conquered the World
Attack of the Eye Creatures
Escape 2000
Horror of Party Beach
Choice seven:
Teenage Caveman
The Painted Hills
Teenage Crimewave
San Francisco International
Choice eight:
The Black Scorpion
Earth vs. Spider
Puma Man
The Deadly Bees
Choice nine:
The Human Duplicators
Hercules
Colossus and the Headhunters
Diabolik
Choice Ten:
Daddy-O
Hercules and The Captive Women
Agent from HARM
The Screaming Skull
Choice eleven:
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
Viking Women vs. The Sea Serpent
Track of the Moon Beast
It Lives by Night
As for the rest:
Not sure right now.
213 – Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
311 – It Conquered the World
703 – Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
903 – Puma Man or 705 – Escape 2000 (I’d take either, or better – both!)
We need these episodes on DVD before we learn too late that Godzilla is a feeling creature, and because of it the greatest in the universe. We may learn too late that potatoes are what we eat, that apparently pumas can fly… or maybe we should just leave the Bronx.
How about a Roger Corman Box set:
It Conquered the World,
Teenage Caveman,
Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent,
Being from Another Planet
The Undead
Yeah, I know that’s five but they are all Corman.
Also, even though I know it would reissue some episodes, I have always wanted to see a “Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds” box set.
The Deadly Mantis,
The She Creature,
Riding with Death
Agent for HARM.
That would be my dream box set!
Rocketship X-M (big because of I HATE TOM SERVO’S NEW VOICE!!!!!)
The Amazing Colossal Man (big because of… well, Glenn Manning)
War Of The Colossal Beast (big because of… well, again…)
Diabolik (big because it’s the finale)
Is it commonly assumed that Diabolik will be held until the final set? That’s how I’d do it.
Just Joel
#113-last of Larry
#213-sorry the whole Godzilla on the toilet riff while the bird attacks kills me
#416- Fire Maidens, nuff said
#510 i love the Cholester-do-all bit so sue me.
Mighty Mike
#519-for obvious reasons
#524-Nuveeeeena!
#1013
623-don’t give Mikey no matches!
MST3k Milestones
#113-goodbye Dr. Ernhardt
#201- Hello Frank
#319- Mr. B!
#1013- The end…
#28 Well, I think they’ll release it after managing to nab the rights from Paramount. Even when there’s a final set, there will still be some episodes left behind.
My picks are:
Being from Another Planet
Outlaw
The Screaming Skull
It Lives By Night
The rest of season 7 (LEAVE THE BRONX FOR THE LOVE OF GOD) and 814 Riding W Death.
I’m surprised this hasn’t come up yet:
WHAT ABOUT THE KTMAS! BLAAAAAAAAAARRRGGHHH! THEY SHOULD GET THOSE ON A SET IT’S BEEN 30 YEARS NO ONE WILL CARE GET THEM ON A SET I NEVER SEEN THEM COME ON ALREADY GIMEE GIMEE GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW11111111111!!!!
;-)
@32- I would not mind a KTMA set, but that likely will not happen. I would be happy if all 176 network episodes would eventually have a release.
1007 – Track of the Moon Beast
?412 – Hercules and the Captive Women
?912 – The Screaming Skull
502 – Hercules
Two reasons behind my selections: 1. Complete the Hercules genre, 2. The other two are personal favorites.
I’m happy to see such a short list! The possibility of having a complete collection in my lifetime is closer than ever!
So many awesome choices left but I feel we couldn’t go wrong sweeping the rest of season 10:
1007 – Track of the Moon Beast (Public Domain)
1010 – It Lives By Night (MGM)
1012 – Squirm (MGM)
1013 – Diabolik (Paramount)
309- The Amazing Colossal Man
420- The Human Duplicators
614- San Francisco International
705- Escape 2000
War of the Colossal Beast.
Hercules.
Teenage Crime Wave.
Diabolik.
Daddy-O
Fire Maidens from Outer Space
Riding with Death
Diabolik
So many episodes I love that are still to be released. I’ll go with these today:
201 – Rocketship X-M
601 – Girls Town
817 – Horror of Party Beach
1007 – Track of the Moon Beast
203 – Jungle Goddess
420 – Human Duplicators
815 – Agent From H.A.R.M.
1007 – Track Of The Moon Beast
The short list;
Thing that couldn’t Die- Oh please! Oh please! My desert island ep.
The Undead- More Corman fun!
Horror of Party Beach- How could this NOT be out yet.
The Screaming Skull- And one great Gumby short.
If these seem a little Sci-fi heavy its because that’s when I started watching the show. No disrespect to Joel and Trace.
I call this the “Wait, These Aren’t On DVD Yet?!” Collection, in that I thought these were already available.
Attack of The The Eye Creatures
Escape 2000
Agent for H.A.R.M.
The Puma Man
Now that’s a set I’d spend ~$50 on, so long as they had an interview with the guy who played Vadinho.
Quest of The Delta Knights
Squirm
The Incredible Melting Man
Diabolik
Fire Maidens From Outer Space
Attack of the The Eye Creatures
The Human Duplicators
Horror of Party Beach
1013-diabolik
516-outlaw
Mst3k on dvd and YouTube has kept me sane for the past 6 years!!
Thanks Mst3k!!
Okay, let’s go with the ones we desperately want released:
?311 – It Conquered the World
?315 – Teenage Caveman
805 – The Thing that Couldn’t Die
?903 – Puma Man
There, fair and balanced: two Cormans, two WTFs (can’t really describe the last two, so we’ll live with that)
Maybe all the combinations have been chosen, but how about this one to honor tampering in God’s domain:
It Conquered the World
Amazing Transparent Man
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
The Projected Man
or bad teens gone worse:
Untamed Youth
Girls Town
Teenage Crime Wave
High School Big Shot
or race for space
Rocketship XM
Space Travelers
Fire Maidens of Outer Space
12 to the Moon
213 – Godzilla Vs. The Sea Monster
416 – Fire Maidens Of Outer Space
815 – Agent For H.A.R.M. (605 – Colossus and the Headhunters works, too, though I like 815 waaay more)
817 – Horror Of Party Beach
OR, if by doing things a little less balanced between the Joel & Mike eras (well, in this case, completely slanted towards Mike, but whatever):
807 – Terror from the Year 5000
815 – Agent For H.A.R.M.
817 – Horror Of Party Beach
912 – The Screaming Skull
Either one of those sets would make my head explode with joy. BTW, how is The Screaming Skull NOT out on DVD yet? The movie’s public domain, so is the Gumby short holding things up, or is it one they just haven’t gotten to yet?
Speaking of public domain, I’m surprised to read here that Track Of The Moon Beast is PD. I always thought that one was under some kind of copyright and that’s why it hasn’t been released yet. (not that it matters, since Shout! continues to perform miracles). That’s another longtime favorite I’d love to see on DVD.
Also, perhaps needless to say, a reissue of Godzilla Vs. Megalon would be quite welcome.
522 – Teenage Crimewave
601 – Girls Town
805 – The Thing that Couldn’t Die
1012 – Squirm
I would be very happy with this whole set. I feel like many times there will be one episode in a set that I am kind of “meh” about, but this one would have me preordering the soonest I could. I also realize these are all Mike episodes so I’m sure this set wouldnt be for everyone (and don’t get me wrong, I love Joel too!).
311 – It Conquered the World
809 – I Was a Teenage Werewolf
815 – Agent for H.A.R.M
817 – Horror of Party Beach
For what I would want the most.
201 – Rocketship X-M
213 – Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
805 – The Thing that Couldn’t Die
1013 – Diabolik
For most important episodes left.