Two bit of news from our pals at Shout! Factory:
1. Early next year Shout will re-release two standalone episodes under the “Shout! Factory Select” label: episode 812- THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES and 517- THE BEGINNING OF THE END. Both are expected to have additional bonus material not seen on the previous releases, though that’s not confirmed. They should be available beginning in February, so preorders will likely go up around mid January.
Oh, and…there’s this… [brace yourself, but it won’t do any good]
2. Shout officials tell us they have completely cleared ALL FIVE GAMERA MOVIES for MST3K release, and plan to put out a five-disc deluxe box set. That’s episodes 302- GAMERA, 304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON, 308- GAMERA VS. GAOS, 312- GAMERA VS. GUIRON and 316- GAMERA VS. ZIGRA. No word on when yet. We’ll let you know when we know.
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Yeah, but let’s see them get out the Godzillas. huh, shoutie, let’s see you do that!
Kidding.
Much reason to rejoice.
This is AMAZING !! Im speechless
Im never ordering from Skyroniter again :) theres too much chance Shout will get what we want – holy cow
I will pick up Beginning of the End as long as its an upgrade..
Im totally shocked – I think sales for the non mst versions that shout did earlier didnt so well so enter the mst3k versions…
OMG never thought this would happen..
OMG!!! Thank you Shout Factory!! Holy crap….this is awesome…
Thank you Shout! Factory and Happy Thanksgiving!
This is truly happy Thanksgiving news. With the GAMERA release news it seems like the sky’s the limit. Maybe, just maybe thanks to our friends at Shout! Factory we may see all the episodes one day.
I know. Wishful thinking. If you asked me yesterday if GAMERA would be released on disc I would never of said sometime in 2011.
I also will say Happy Thanksgiving Shout Factory and hope this set comes in a Clamshell case shaped like Gamera’s back
Make it special guys !
Throw in a Gamera toy too
I swear to God I thought this would never happen but part of me suspected when they tapped into the Gamera series last year there was some hope & I guess they tried harder and pushed..
If they do re-release more I nominate Atomic Brain with the stinger included
I nominate the Amazing Colossal Man for rerelease, it only got a VHS release years ago
Oh, and let me just say that Shout Factory is OFFICIALLY more dedicated to pleasing fans, than WARNER HOME VIDEO!!!!
Guess I better ask for money this Christmas!
Oh, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone!
My jaw just dropped! ALL of the Gameras?! Never thought I’d see it.
Shout = AWESOME
I just can’t ger over this… announcements for the Master Ninjas, then ALL the Gameras!!! Shout Factory is awesome and I have to agree with Creepygirl…it definitley seems like the sky is the limit. Shout is treating us fans very, very well. Thank you so much and Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
Beautiful news, Sampo.
Happy Thanksgiving to you.
Someone has heard my prayers! I knew if I asked enough deities for intervention one would answer.
This gives me hope that they can get other, hard to get titles. Maybe more Godzilla movies and Universal films.
As my fellow wrestling fans would say:
THIS IS AWESOME! *clap clap clap clap clap* THIS IS AWESOME! *clap clap clap clap clap*
While I’ve never seen the Gamera’s, it gives me hope that almost anything is possible.
Wow, getting the rights to all the Gamera episodes is mind blowingly amazing news for MST3K fans, talk about something we never, ever, ever thought would happen. As a kaiju fan with a sense of humor who knows how incredibly stubborn companies like Daiei and Toho can be, this is an accomplishment of epic proportions. Huge thanks to Shout for their incredible negotiation skills and to Daiei for allowing them to do this. Bring on Time of the Apes and Fugitive Alien! Oh and yes, new stand alone releases for Beginning of the End and TISCWBMUZ is exciting too of course. But nowhere near as epic as Gamera.
So happy, head go ‘splodey! Thank you, Shout! May your smart decision(s) be repaid many times over. :D
Sandy Frank Is Really Neat
Sandy Frank Is Filled With Meat
We’ve Been Eating Sandy Frank!
Hey, gang– Happy Turkey Day! It was brought to my attention that I should come by to answer a couple questions and was absolutely thrilled to see the overwhelmingly positive responses to the announcements.
First off… The license owners didn’t soften up, per se. They actually handed over the rights to a company in the U.S. That company happened to be the same company that brokered the deal for us to license the original GAMERA titles. So, yeah… We didn’t win over the Japanese. We didn’t win over Mr. Frank. We simply saw an opportunity where we didn’t have to deal with either. And we took it.
Second… This set, tentatively titled “GAMERA VS. MST3K”, will be XXI. After all, the numbers really correspond to the sets, not to the themes. After all, wasn’t the 20th Anniversary set officially XIII? Or was it XII? Can’t remember…
No figurines. That would still require the permission of the Japanese owners. Don’t wanna go there. We can’t make “GAMERA toys.”
That’s about as far as we’ve gotten thus far. Still working on bonus material, etc.
Thanks again, guys and gals!
Brian Ward
Wow, that’s a fantastic Announcement, great work Shout!Factory.
Very cool, thanks for clarification Brian!
Keep up the great work!
Incredible, just incredible 100% love…I dont need the toy that bad, just so happy that all 5 are getting released at last
*falls over dead, revives as a zombie and then falls over dead again*
This is officially the best Turkey Day ever!!! Gamera vs. Guiron is my favorite episode.
We’re gonna ride our bicycles. We’re going to go and have some fun…
I love the title, Gamera vs MST3K! Can’t wait for this set.
We all owe Shout Factory our undying gratitude. I was beginning to think someone would have to dress up as a Geisha girl to appease the Kadokawa executives. Or give Sandy Frank a lap dance!
Hopefully this bodes well for Fugitive Alien I & II, Time of The Apes, and Mighty Jack!
Never seen a one of these episodes. It’ll be a neat meat-filled treat.
Randy
I hope they’ll release The Dead Talk Back single, too.
@68 Hey Brian..Here’s a few suggestions for bonus material for XXI: Since all 5 eps have Joel in them,why not include-if you can-THE TV WHEEL and STATICAL PLANETS? Also,if you can,how about some of Joel’s stand-up act from the 80’s? But I doubt that could happen because wouldn’t you have to get the rights from HBO,right? Just thought I’d ask anyway.Thanks!
Love the tentative title “Gamera vs. MST3K”. Hope they keep it.
Thanks Brian for all you and the folks @ Shout are doing.
And these announcements on holidays like today-Thanksgiving-really
make it extra-special.
#45…there is a non-Rhino dvd of Beginning of the End if you want that
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-End-Peter-Graves/dp/B00358MG8S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290717603&sr=8-1
I believe I will be purchasing these.
Brian Ward and Shout Factory do it AGAIN. Astonishing! These are the episodes we were promised we would NEVER get, and here they are, FIVE IN ALL, in an upcoming set. (Can we switch to 5 eps per set as the new standard? No? Well, okay.)
This really is amazing. I’m starting to believe in PUMA MAN again. If anyone can figure out who and how to deal with that problem it’s SHOUT FACTORY! A million hoorays!
To Brian Ward:
Thanks for the additional info you posted here. I’ve already posted the news on a couple of the game forums I frequent in the off-topic areas and let all my MSTie friends know about this. Now I can maybe have some hope that Fugitive Alien I & II and Time Of The Apes and maybe even Mighty Jack might be available one day. Then there are the rest of the Lippert movies from Season Two…
Shout! Factory is really treating MST3K and its fans with respect and for that we thank you. Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanks Brian & SHOUT Factory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Thanksgiving news EVER!
WOW!
Wow, Gamera, didn’t see that coming. Awesome news! And ISCWSLABMUZ, well, Steckler is dead. He hated the MST version, but just like Gamera, when it’s out of your hands, the MSTies get it. Corman, look out! But seriously, I don’t understand why some of these film owners hate MST so much. We wouldn’t even be watching your movies otherwise, most likely! Good job Shout Factory!
And this is a little off topic, but I hope Vol. 20 includes the Jack Perkins MST Hour wraparounds for Magic Voyage Of Sinbad, as those haven’t surfaced yet.
PondosCP:
Well, people have their own opinions, and there are SOME film owners/rights holders who think these movies are pure gold, despite recieving low ratings.
I don’t consider these movies pure gold, but some I can definetly watch on its own, too. Like: Bloodlust!, Bride of the Monster, The Amazing Colossal Man/War of the Colossal Beast, Earth Vs the Spider, all the Gamera movies, the two Godzilla films, and so fourth.
Movies used that I CANNOT watch on its own are: Eegah! (obviously), Manos: The Hands of Fate (again, obviously), The Robot Vs the Aztec Mummy (I’ve never seen it on its own, but it looks pretty dull and boring. Maybe I’ll give it a shot), Time of the Apes, and a couple others.
Oh, and I’m sure they’ll include the MST Hour wraparounds. Shout has been doing that for each episode containing them, so most likely that will definetly be included. ;)
Three-fisted, hot-buttered Bob! Wow!
Five episodes? That’s like epic. GAMERA VS ZIGRA wasn’t too bad a movie either. Had some good looking women, too.
Speaking of good looking women…
The Horrors of Spider Island is right up there
(although there weren’t very many horrors or spiders).
:shock:
Wow, great news. Incredibly Strange Creatures, etc, etc, is gonna be a must own. I’m crossing my fingers for an Atlas King interview.
I need to re-watch the Gamera season 3 eps. The first time around they really didn’t do it for me, and recently after watching the KTMA eps, I found the movies themselves to be rather dull.
Still, every new DVD release for MST gets me excited. I own Vol. 1-4, plus the Essentials Collection, but I stopped buying the sets after that, I was broke, busy going to college, etc, etc… Now I’m 16 Volumes behind and I’ve got some serious catching up to do. It’s good to have goals. . . . . . .
As for Gamera bonus features, I would love a feature on Mr. Sandy Frank himself, information on his life and the films he was involved in, plus I’d like to know how he became a walking skeleton with skin casually draped over it.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER, the show that keeps giving and giving, even after the plug has been pulled.
Happy Turkey Day, indeed.
!
This is fantastic news, a dream come true. I’ve always felt that you don’t really “know” MST3K until you’ve enjoyed (or endured, depending on your point of view) the weird and wacky Gamera films. I watched Devil Fish today, and Brian Ward, I give a Euro-girl-unintelligible-mumbling of warmth in your direction.
I’m not surprised Shout Factory was able to release the Gamera episodes. Shout Factory is a great company. In the past they have collected all the “Freaks & Geeks” episodes, as well as SCTV. I expected nothing less from them.
Just got back from a long day of Turkey festivities at my Mom’s house with the whole family only to find this announcement. Wow…just wow! Thanks so much Shout! Factory. This made a great day even better.
This is FRICKIN AMAZING!!!!
Cantt wait for the Gameras. It would take some hefty extras for shout to convince me to buy beginning of the end and Incredibly strange creatures all over.
I always hoped one of the Gamera or any of the Gamera movies would come out. But all of the movies in one set is a dream come true. Now if SHOUT would put it in a Gamera shaped box set I would die a happy man. This box set is really neat, jam-packed with Gamera meat. All us kids love SHOUT FACTORY.
That’s some mind-blowing news, that’s for sure! I’d say that with them getting the rights to the Gamera movies, the sky’s the limit for what other episodes we may see in the future. I’m sure hoping this leads to “Time of the Apes” at some point because that was one of the very first MST3K episodes I ever saw back in ’91 or ’92 and was one of the episodes that got me hooked on the show to begin with. I wouldn’t mind seeing the “Fugitive Alien” movies on DVD either….”Mighty Jack”…um, well, I would buy it but I can’t say that was ever one of my favorites.
Is it April 1 already? I guess not, in which case, I’m very happy to hear this. Does this mean an official KTMA release as well? How did they manage this? I thought this when I saw Shout! releasing unriffed Gameras but I never thought I’d see the day. So, name your price Shout!; I’ll probably pay it.
Very nice news to conclude my Thanksgiving. I’m in agreement with other posters about Gamera vs Guiron – it is absolutely one of my favorite episodes!
Thanks, Shout!
Stunningly great news. SHOUT! really gets us fans. Keep releasing more episodes cuz I’ll be buying em!
I want to be the 100th comment :)
Fugitive Alien 1,2, Mighty Jack & Time of the Apes – it all depends on who owns them…It certainly is possible at this point, hell almost anything is possible save for
Godzilla vs the Sea Monster, Diabolik, Season 3 AIP titles, Season 8 Universal titles , Squirm , It Lives By Night
This is all subject to change and I think and expect Shout to really get out as much as they can, if not every single episode all in time…