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Volume XVII Titles!Happy Thanksgiving! Our sources at Shout! Factory have clued us in on the titles for the next box set, Volume XVII, due in March. They are: • 101- THE CRAWLING EYE • 415- THE BEATNIKS (with short: GENERAL HOSPITAL PT 2) • 910- THE FINAL SACRIFICE and • 1005- BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z The Final Sacrifice? But, but… “Yes, we realize that we said it would never be released,” says our source. “Why the change, you ask? Well, to be frank… We offered them more money.” Always a good plan. 139 Replies to “Volume XVII Titles!”Commenting at Satellite News
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Let me throw in our turkey day schedule, beginning tonight and going through the weekend –
Not sure of the order yet, but it goes like this, as time permits –
Teenage Crimewave -(a real t-day episode)
Crash of the Moons
Blood Waters of Dr Z
The Lost Continent
Mighty Jack
The Space Children
Riding With Death
Devil Doll
The Screaming Skull
Castle of Fu Manchu
Track of the Moon Beast
King Dinosaur
The Girl In Gold Boots
I could see throwing in ‘Killers from Space’ & maybe ‘Wasp Woman’ also at some point, and maybe some shorts like ‘Drugs are like this’ or ‘Act Your Age’.
“Trying to impress his fellow Paul Lynde imitators” – from ‘Act Your Age’
From comment #38:
“Don’t remember if I’ve seen Bloodwaters of Dr. Z or not…”
That’s the best way to describe this fever-dream of an episode. Sargassum, the weed of deceit. Some cute blondes and an amphibious dune-buggy. A moog synth on autopilot for the soundtrack.
Beatniks features no beatniks. Rebel Set at least opened in a beatnik bar/cafe.
Shut up, Iris.
About The Blood Waters of Dr. Z. Now, I saw the start of the movie when it played on TCM a few weeks ago. I have to admit that I found it interesting up until the point Dr. Z. transforms himself into the the fish-man. Then the movie just loses me and I see as being really goofy.
Wow, really exciting line-up. Seen all the episodes and all are definately welcome. Love Dr. Z, can’t watch the “i could be stupider but it’d be hard” moment without a few rewinds and replays.
Is it just me or is Shout Factory offering much better episode selections and combos?
And I second Droppo, I need Max Geller on DVD.
WONDERFUL!
The Beatniks and Rowsdower! I can’t believe it – what a set! This is a real good one to give as a gift, as I’ve always felt Beatniks is a great ‘this is what Mystery Science Theater is’ episode to show to someone who’s never seen it. and the songs! I love this set!
Happy Turkey Day – I’m off to finish up Wild Rebels, then, I dunno!
p.s. I love Larry Csonka!
FANTASTIC set! I’m really looking forward to this set. Some of my faves. I don’t even know why, but I loved Final Sacrafice!
To see and raise Katana, I first gasped at the fact that there was an announcement from SF to begin with – being the holiday weekend and all – but then I did a double-gasp when I saw what was to be on Volume XVII. I don’t care how you feel about Season 1, you have to admit getting 101 is a must! I’ve never seen it, along with Dr. Z, so obtaining these two alone will be worth the price!
And Final Sacrifice? How much more money did the people at Shout! offer the owner of that movie? Myabe he fell on hard times financially, SF came in with a higher offer than before, and he took it. Whatever the case, while I’m not as giddy about that ep as other fans, it is a pleasant suprise.
And the Beatniks? We all knew that was a “when not if” choice, but I’ve always had a special liking for that episode. Like someone already mentioned, it is a great movie to introduce someone who’s not familiar with MST3K.
Once again, Thanksgiving feels like a MST-style holiday again! Thank you SF for making this day perfect!
Awesome news. I’ve only seen Final Sacrifice from this list, so I’m excited. Thanks Shout!
That’s an awesome set of episodes! My VHS copy of “The Crawling Eye” was kind of rough and I never dreamed I’d ever get to see that on DVD. It’s not that those first season episdoes are that great, but it’s just cool that they are coming out on DVD, which outside of “The Crawling Hand”, I never thought would ever happen. For some odd reason, I always enjoyed “The Crawling Eye”. The movie itself is so strange that it’s actually kind of fun to watch. Also, Joel’s rendition of “Whole Lotta Love” on the electric bagpipes always made me laugh. I hope maybe someday they’ll relaease “The Slime People”. That’s another episode from season 1 that I always enjoyed, for some weird reason.
As for the other episodes, “The Beatniks” was always a favorite of mine. I remember the very first time it was show was during one of the Turkey Day marathons and they showed it as a “lost episode”. For some reason, Comedy Central skipped showing it when they were showing the episodes in sequence that season.
As for the two Sci-Fi episode, “Final Sacrifice” is probably one of the funniest episodes from that era of the show. “Blood Waters of Dr. Z” is not one of the most memorable episodes, but I remember watching my tape of that one a few years ago and thinking it was really funny.
Should be a wonderful set! I can’t wait until it comes out!
So they offered them more money for Final Sacrifice, huh? Hopefully it was Canadian Tire money… (This Canadian ref brought to you by Tim Horton’s). :lol:
All I can say is…”I KILLED THAT FAT BARKEEP!!”
Happy Turkey Day, indeed!
I just had to speak up if the people at Shout are reading this: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! These sets just keep getting better and better! :mrgreen:
YYAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSS!! I love Final Sacrifice and haven’t seen any of the other ones. I’m pumped!
Or mabye the owner of the of Final Sacrfice didn’t realize that Shout Factory was offering American money which is of higher value that Canadian money :cool: .
Man — who’d hold out to the rights for The Crawling Eye?!?
I’m going to moon you!
The beatniks is one if my favorite episodes. Crawling eye was a very good episode. Now they will have the first and last episode of the cc era. Final sacrifice is also one of my favorite episodes. Bloodwaters of dr z was an okay but it does have one of the funniest host segemnts. My friend the squiggy. I love you. ATTACK!
Maybe as a special feature, Shout! will interview Peter Breck. He’s retired and lives in Vancouver. Would love to hear his thoughts on The Beatniks and The Crawling Hand.
I’m watching “Killer Shrews” now, “Earth Vs. The Spider” up next. It appears that SF is filling out the unreleased Season 1 episodes. At this rate, “Untamed Youth,” a personal favorite, should be out in a year or two! What I’d like to see in the next set: both “Master Ninjas,” “Daddy-O” and “San Francisco International.” And “Beast Of Yucca Flats” at some point would be good.
So…’The Crawling Eye’. Film of deceit. Oh, they called me mad for wanting to watch the first ever Comedy Channel episode. But it is they who are mad!
‘The Beatniks’. Episode of mystery. Oh, I have never seen this one, but I long to swim alongside it and watch its secret riffing!
‘The Final Sacrifice’. And it will be final. My new race of MST3K fans will conquer this planet, once I show them this classic episode!
‘Blood Waters of Dr. Z’. Soon, soon those who have never seen this episode will understand the joke in my over-the-top excitement for this upcoming set! They will know why I’m thrilled that Shout Factory made this announcement! They will fear me! Fear me!!!!!
As a Canadian, I am glad the pride of the Canada (namely Final Sacrifice) is finally getting a DVD release.
Thanks SHOUT!
@ # 65 Crawling Eye was an Image/Wade Williams title- with this coming out this could more more titles owned by Wade William could come out
Other WW titles include Phantom Planet, 1st Spaceship on Venus which was released, plus they also have in their library – Rocketship XM, Lost Continent, Beast of Yucca Flats, Robot Monster
Some Image titles wound up released from Alpha Video like Beast of Yucca Flats, Horrors of Spider Island , Phantom Planet , Robot Monster ..some have wound up on MST3K DVD – others I think have a chance
I’m thrilled by this. I love The Final Sacrifice and Doctor Z is one I’ve come to really love.
‘The Beatniks’ was actually the first MST I remember seeing so this’ll be a joyous reunion. And I had a nerdgasm when I saw ‘The Final Sacrifice’ mentioned too! “Rowsdower saves us and saves all the world!”
Crawling eye is surprisingly watchable for a season 1 episode. At least for me. Great set!
ROWSDOWER! All is right with the world now.
Well, I’m happy for everyone who is so excited about Vol. XVII, but I have to say I am mightily disappointed in the lineup on this set.
I dunno, but there are so many long-time fan favorites that are getting skipped over time and time again (Daddy-O, Girls Town, Agent for H.A.R.M., Jack Frost, to name just a few that have been talked about on this website for years), and I was hopeful that we might start seeing that list reduced.
Oh well, I’ll take everyone’s word for it and look forward to XVII, with the hope that XVIII will have at least one or two of the most wanted episodes.
Announcing this on Thanksgiving just goes to show how much Shout Factory! truly cares about us… Now, if they could just put out “Track of the Moonbeast” I’ll be set!
I see they’re continuing with the three episode format. Wish they’d get back to four per set, but…….. FINAL SACRIFICE!!! Woohoo! Its my 1B favorite episode (1A is Fugitive Alien II, for all none of you who care).
Rowsdower on DVD! Awesome!!!!
Uh, Luke… the sets have always been 4 episodes, as is this one…
1. The Crawling Eye
2. The Beatniks
3. Final Sacrifice
4. The Bloodwaters of Dr. Z
@ #80,
I believe Luke is counting Season 1 episodes as not real or canon. I don’t get it either.
Another great set by Shout!! Thanks Shout! Now,if only they can get Fire Maidens,Leech Woman,Escape 2000 and Daddy-O! on one set!!! Of course,I’m leaving out a whole bunch of other episodes that I like,too..I hope this new set will have a whole bunch of cool extras! Can’t wait!!
Now,if Shout! can start getting episodes from seasons 2,3,4,5 and 6..Would be nice.
Geode,
If you love Daddy-O (just like I do) you’re gonna love The Beatniks – I promise. I’ll buy your copy if you don’t!
Geode @ #76: “…but there are so many long-time fan favorites that are getting skipped over time and time again”
I thought THE FINAL SACRIFICE was THE #1 most fan requested episode. And the first nationally aired show THE CRAWLING EYE often shows up on peoples wish lists.
In our recent Weekend Discussion of themed sets I wrote that Shout Factory would never pony up the cash to get a real fan favorite like FS or Puma-man released. It’s nice to be proven wrong…
But don’t get me wrong, Geode. I like your list of 4 (Daddy-O, Girls Town, Agent for H.A.R.M., Jack Frost) more than this official line-up. I’d rather have Mamie and Nastinka at home than Zap Rowsdower and Troy.
Awesome! Getting Final Sacrifice opens the door for any episode to be released. Bravo Shout!
Mitchell (#84) and Finnias (#85):
Thanks for the reassurances, and I’ll take them on faith. And I will certainly buy the set when it’s available.
Mitchell, I LOVED Daddy-O, and Girls Town, and all the other ones in that “teens gone wrong” genre, so I’ll be looking forward to The Beatniks and I’ll remember you when I see it.
Finnias, you are probably right about Final Sacrifice as the “most-wanted”, and after getting my most-wanted in XV (Racket Girls), I am more than happy to see others get their fave as well. It’s funny, too, that while I wasn’t intending my proposed list to be exhaustive or even a proposed set, after reading your post I started thinking about what a cool set that would make!! I guess the bottom line is that I’m just not a big fan of Final Sacrifice or, really, any of the Season 1 episodes, so I agree with you that Mamie and Nastinka would be more welcome than Zap and Troy.
Still, I agree with everyone who thinks that ANY MST3K release is cause for celebration, and I always enjoy coming to the board here to see how fans who are more knowledgeable than me react to the new announcements.
@ # 83 Seasons 2 has been hit a bit by Rhino getting the biker films & Godzilla of all titles, SF did release 211 1st Spaceship on Venus
Season 3 is hopeless with only Fu Manchu the easy picking title from that Season. It will cause us to have more 3 Mike or all Mike sets…
Season 4 is in this Volume & Rhino hit V 4 a bit too
Season 5 is the most hit upon Season – Set 16 has 2 more from the 5th
The only title I think left thats easy to get is Hercules ..maybe Sinbad
Season 6 has also had a good hit – Racket Girls , Zombie Nightmare, etc
Basically I think your comment would be better if you said Seasons 3, 8 and 9 :-)
I gotta admit, I do think it’s a little funny that everyone keeps saying, “Oh, I wish they wouldn’t put the Season One episodes in each set. I don’t really want the Season One eps, and I wish I didn’t have to buy them.”
That’s exactly why they’re putting them in. :) Shout Factory knows that the Season One episodes are in less demand, and so rather than release an all-S1 set that would probably lose money, they’re “folding them in” with the other seasons. It’s good marketing, and as long as they keep giving us good value for the money otherwise, it’s probably not going to cost them sales.
(If it makes you happy, they can’t keep doing it too much longer–there are only seven more unreleased Season One episodes.)
I, for one, enjoy whatever episodes Shout Factory manages to pull out of their bin o’ surprises. As a Canadian, my exposure to MST3K was somewhat limited to some tape trading during the Sci-Fi years, so the first 7 seasons are always a treat for me. I have several episodes on disc that I can watch on my computer, but it’s not the same. I look forward to The Crawling Eye in all it’s depressing glory… :wink:
Hmmm…I don’t know about this set. The Beatniks is ok and The Final Sacrifice is overrated. I’ll wait to get it on sale or used at a decent price.
101 is 1 I’ve been waiting to see. “Beatniks” isn’t all that great, but still, a movie directed by Paul Frees (the man who made the legendary Pillsbury Doughboy giggle) is worth seeing. I’m not hot on “Final Sacrifice” but “Blood Waters” could’ve been even more painful if Rick Baker did the make-up for it. Speaking of RB, “Squirm” is one I’d like to see on an SF set, along with “Deadly Mantis” and “Village of the Giants.” :mrgreen:
Very strange. There are almost 3 times the comments on this topic than the “official” weekend discussion topic of “Thanksgiving MST traditions”.
“Final Sacrifice” has prompted me to say this: I am a BIG McLARGE HUGE fan of “SCTV,” so I’m asking other MSTies if you’ve found any “SCTV” references in your favorite eps. Ones that I’ve found are the “Pirini Scloroso” joke in the coffessing scene in “Final Justice” and 3 in “Zombie Nightmare:” “Hey hoser, take off;” “Andrea Martin is in mourning;” and Mike humming the “SCTV” theme as they pan into the apartment building.
He blowed up ! He blowed up real good!
OMFGFINALSACRIFICE
My FAVORITE EPISODE EVARRRR
Also. Overrated? Nothing can be overrated if so many people genuinely enjoy it.
The Crawling Eye?! OMG! The 1st MST3K episode on dvd! does this mean we will get more Image Entertainment owned films on dvd? The Crawling Eye is actually the only one of these 4 that i’ve seen, and I can’t wait to watch The Final Sacrifice so I can finally understand the Rowdowser joke.
You can’t please everyone. If this set contained the top 1-4 eps that people wanted, someone would complain that #5 wasn’t on the list and it’s a crime against humanity. :roll:
Be thankful that you are getting some episodes. I know people are paying good money but everyone has different tastes. I would rather it be actual episodes and not a short compilation (not that there isn’t anything wrong with that).
And season 1 isn’t that bad. Josh actually grew on me after a few episodes. I wonder how things would have been different if he continued Tom Servo. He has some dead on delivery especially in “Black Scorpion.”
I like this box set idea and hope that it lasts past the tentative announcment. The “more money” virus is hopefully contagious and can affect whomever is the keeper of “Puma Man” and “Attack of the Eye (Eye) Creatures.” Although, I am certain that it’s the old man at the end of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” I have a hard time thinking that some of these cinamatic stinkburgers are being held hostage as they are precious commodities.
Sorry for the rambling.
In my opinion, that’s a freaking awesome collection of episodes.