My blog: MST3K, Rifftrax, and Beyond

Folks, I'm here to eat candy canes and kick ass, and I'm all out of candy canes! What I do have is a late Christmas present, a review of Santa Claus is now up at MST3K, Rifftrax, and Beyond!

Don't forget to check your stocking for a bonus DVD Retrospective of Volume XVI! It's a goodie!

Insert witty self promotion comment here. Sorry I'm not really all that inspired by this one, so here is review of Joel, Trace, and J. Elvis's commentary on The Heat at MST3K, Rifftrax, and Beyond. Yes, this is a thing that exists.

Our leads in the film look for drugs, and believe me I needed a lot to get through this particular movie. Now to kick the habit with our anti-drug BONUS SHORT Drugs Are Like That!

Also, if you haven't backed Rifftrax's Kickstarter riff yet, the time is now! One of their stretch goals is a riff of the movie Street Fighter! This NEEDS to exist!

Star Wars? Tell you what, put that Han Solo in a bikini, make it much cheaper, and shoot it in Italy! Now that's a movie that will sell! Today's review is Starcrash! What a masterstroke!

I would totally be down for a Starcrash franchise. I'd be more likely to rewatch it over the Star Wars movies.

There were actually quite a few movies on the revival that I thought were solid B-movie fun. I had already seen Land That Time Forgot before it was on the show and enjoyed it, and had a wild time with Reptilicus, The Time Travelers, and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom also. If I gave the edge to season eleven over twelve for anything it's that they had a lot more fun movies featured.

Whew boy we got a rough movie today. Get ready for today's Rifftrax review of R.O.T.O.R., the thrilling prequel to R.O.O.T.E.R!

And if a robot cop on a rampage isn't scary enough for you, check out the terrifying clown in today's BONUS SHORT Story-Telling: Can You Tell It In Order?

ICWXP is back to teach us the importance of healthy teeth and how they help you get a job in the power industry in Ohio. Thrill as Cylon films his directorial debut of "Fahrenheit Cine-A-Sorrow," which is the subject of our latest review!

And when you're done with that, join me for a little Coffeehouse Rendezvous and we'll review today's BONUS SHORT!

Netflix has been on a crusade to own their own content for a while, and it's been obvious ever since they cancelled all of their Marvel shows. Since they've significantly shortened their classic MST collection by 50% this month, it does feel as if their ramping down on the series. The one thing that could be it's saving grace is how cheap it is to produce, and with other studios such as WB starting to pull their content for their own streaming services (rumors are abound that Arrow, Flash, ect will make the jump to DC Universe), they might need to fill that void with something easy.

In retrospect, Netflix probably wasn't the best home for the show. Granted it had the widest audience, and at the time it made sense because it was content hungry and was asking just about everybody for some. But as soon as Shout made the deal, the company seemed to change it's policies. It started to cancel more and it's allegiance with the content it wanted shifted. Add in the fact that MST isn't really a "binge" show, and they tried to turn it into one because that's their formula for success, it really seems like they "don't get it."

Shout has a clause in their contract allowing to shop the series around if Netflix dicks with them (at least they did with season eleven, twelve might be different). Even if Netflix passes on a thirteenth season, Shout has great relationships with Hulu and Amazon, so I have no doubt there will be a future for the series. Those would probably be better homes for the show anyway, and Hulu would likely return the show to the once a week format it thrives upon. And even still, Shout has it's own streaming service as well. Should they start producing original content for it, MST will be a safe fallback for them.

My Twitter for my blog...just got followed by a porn star.

No seriously. Diana Prince, who now plays Darcy the Mail Girl on Joe Bob Brigg's The Last Drive-In, liked a dumb little tweet I made then followed me. I'm shocked, honored, and a little turned on.

All that money from Public Pearl bought us the correct time, space, and a castle! Let's housewarm by stripping to our undies and convincing Lembach to stay! It's The Projected Man, today's new review!

Also, new review of Volume XXX! XXX? Is it as NSFW as it sounds?

I'm going to be covering something a bit different with my next reviews. I've considered something for a little while, but didn't think it fit the criteria of my blog. Finally I said the hell with it, it's my blog and I'll do what I want.

Anyway, get ready for something fun coming up soon. Multiple reviews will be up at the same time.

Rifftrax Live is back with the first of three live shows this year! Get ready for some killer calomari, as the mutant Octaman surfaces with his delicious, cheesy taste! The bar has been set with what I feel was the most fun Live show since Samurai Cop!