Mystery Science Theater 3000 season 13 trailer teases 13 all-new episodes for a full year of riff laughs. MST3K is a movie-riffing series created by prop-comedian Joel Hodgson, and features three main characters (a janitor and his robots) who are forced to watch bad movies at a deep-space base and perform for their mad scientist captors, all while plotting their escape. The "plot" is purely a secondary device for the three main characters to riff on old, cheesy movies, which has been going strong since Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on local cable TV back in 1988.
Since its debut, MST3K has grown tremendously in popularity among loyal fans and has appeared on a number of different networks, including Comedy Central, the Syfy Channel and most-recently on Netflix, who canceled the show after MST3K season 12. The show has had a steady rotation of hosts and guest throughout its run, with different hosts representing different "eras" of MST3K. Although popular among fans, the show has had a difficult time finding and sustaining a home network, but a solution has presented itself in the form of crowd-funding (for a second time), which has not only fully funded MST3K season 13, but also given it a dedicated new platform.
The trailer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 season 13 teases 13 brand-new episodes, which will feature returning characters, the Mads – Kinga Forrester (Felicia Day), Max (Patton Oswalt), and grandmother Pearl Forrester (Mary Jo Pehl), with more familiar faces returning, including Jonah Ray and creator Joel Hodgson, and more. MST3K season 13 will be self-distributed online via a new platform called Gizmoplex, which will be a streaming app that can be used on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, and Amazon FireTV. In addition to MST3K season 13, Gizmoplex visitors will be able to stream all previous episodes of the series for free (for a limited time), beginning on May 6. Gizmoplex will also host livestream premieres for brand-new MST3K episodes and shorts every two weeks until the end of 2022. Check out the trailer and cast image more details below:
Fans that want to enjoy MST3K all year long, as well as being able to access older episodes, can sign up for the Gizmoplex season pass, which gives users full access to an all-new MST3K episode or short every other week until the end of 2022. In addition, the full season pass also allows MST3K fans to join (and rewatch) over 25 livestream premieres and special events, including premieres for 13 new episodes and 12 new short riffs. The MST3K season 13 films include Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, Robot Wars, Beyond Atlantis, Muchie, Doctor Mordrid, Demon Squad, Gamera vs. Jiger, The Batwoman, The Million Eyes of Sumuru, The Shape of Things to Come, The Mask in 3D, The Bubble, and The Christmas Dragon.
If ever there was a show that displayed the power of a fanbase, it's Mystery Science Theater 3000. After two successful MST3K crowd-funding campaigns that far exceeded expectation, it's become a cult show with a following that is more than willing to fund it without any big-name platforms, which have continued to undervalue what the show has to offer. With MST3K season 13 it appears that the novelty of the show is alive and well, with all characters, hosts, and cheesy movies on deck to keep the riff-making fun going. Mystery Science Theater 3000 season 13 kicks off on May 6th exclusively through Gizmoplex.
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