Correct me if I'm writing something dumb that everyone else knows already(I'm new here), but I think SF may have a pattern with their MST3K dvd releases. Volume 14 had all odd number episodes, vol.15 had all evens, and the new vol.16 will have all odds again (20 AE had 1 odd,3 evens). It might just be a coincidence, but I have a feeling vol. 17. will have all evens. Might just make guessing a bit easier. Anyway, here are my guesses.
There is a Vol XVII thread a little further down already, but no biggie.
Vol XIV was three odd, one even (1008 - Final Justice being the lone even). XV had three evens and one odd (0509 - The Girl in Lovers' Lane the one odd ep). XVI does have all odds, but that may be more coincidence than anything.
Regardless, your set would be a good one. I'd love to have Squirm on a set. And The Painted Hills would get us closer to finishing out Season 5 (though that truly may never happen).
I think its just getting popular titles and not too popular titles so the set is balanced...
im sticking with 108 Slime People
502 Hercules
817 Horror of Party Beach
913 Quest of the Delta Knights DMS
As long as Horror of Party Beach is on it, I'll be the most thrilled gent ever. The other three eps would be great to have too. I hope SF does get the remaining Hercules movies on disc eventually.
I will stick to my guns as well though:
0110 - Robot Holocaust
0323 - The Castle of Fu Manchu
0702 - The Brute Man
0817 - Horror of Party Beach
Since this is a discussion about Volume XVII, I would just like to say to B Ward and Jordan Fields that having Trace and Bill at ComicCon discussing all things Crow is a great extra! The posts on the SN website are all positive on this news, and it's the sort of "going the extra mile" effort that fans of this show appreciate and never really got from Rhino. Nice job!
I seriously doubt we will see Gamera anytime soon...Being from Another Planet is a possibility but not really counting on it
The other 2 would be welcome in my book if my guesses are wrong
I kind of question myself if SF would do a 4th set in a row with Season 1
I start to think Rocket Attack USA could be the one for an early Joel on V. 17 DMS
I can tell you to take Gamera out of any foreseeable lists. We've tried and tried, but the Japanese really take their man-in-suit pictures seriously. It doesn't look they want anyone poking fun and, sadly, that means that episode may never see the light of DVD laser.
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by B Ward at 10/8/2009 10:39:01 AM
I can tell you to take Gamera out of any foreseeable lists. We've tried and tried, but the Japanese really take their man-in-suit pictures seriously. It doesn't look they want anyone poking fun and, sadly, that means that episode may never see the light of DVD laser.
Well I kind of already knew that..the entire Gamera series is lost & I would suppose the same things go for Time of the Apes, Fugitive Alien 1, & 2 and Mighty Jack ?
Correct ?
And furthermore the Arkoff AIP titles are probably close to impossible to get...
The only Season 3 title that has a chance is Castle of Fu Manchu
Stranded in Space, Master Ninja 1 & 2 probably are also going to be a challenge to get as well.. DMS
In honor of our good friends from Japan, I’m going to have an MST/Gamera/Sandy Frank marathon this weekend.They haven’t stopped me (or anyone else for that matter) from poking fun.They might as well capitalize on the loyal MST fanbase and get revenge by taking our money from us, because that’s the only way I’ll ever pay to watch a Gamera film.
In all honesty, it’s a shame that you folks at Shout won’t be able to release those episodes.You’ve done a spectacular job so far!I’m a thoroughly satisfied customer.Not to mention that with the Gamera/Sandy Frank episodes you might have been able to work in the corresponding KTMA eps as the greatest extras ever included on a dvd.
It's also a shame that we won't ever get to see any Steve Vance artwork for the Gamera eps. Being the obsessive completists that we are, maybe us MSTies should try to scrape up the money to pay him for lobby cards anyway. Unless, of course, we could all get sued into oblivion for that.
No Gamera? That sure blows. Oh well, that's life. At least Shout! did the right thing to go straight to the real studio that owns the rights to these films instead of making the same mistake Rhino did with "Godzilla vs. Megalon"'s rights on Volume 10.
I can at least divert my attention towards some other MST classics. I'm glad another Roger Corman episode is coming out soon (Is that the last one left to be released or are there still more?), but I'm still wondering about the Ed Wood films. I mean I know "The Violent Years" still has a chance, but what about "Bride of The Monster", one of Wood's "best" films? PD or Wade Williams, nobody knows just yet.
Otherwise, you guys are still doing an amazing job with these DVDs. I look forward to see what else you guys can pull off.
Don't you mean "Hercules and The Captive Women" or Season 5's "Hercules"? 'Cuz "Unchained" is already out on Vol. 7.
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by Sean at 10/8/2009 1:51:27 PM
Hope HERCULES UNCHAINED isn't the same story.
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by B Ward at 10/8/2009 10:39:01 AM
I can tell you to take Gamera out of any foreseeable lists. We've tried and tried, but the Japanese really take their man-in-suit pictures seriously. It doesn't look they want anyone poking fun and, sadly, that means that episode may never see the light of DVD laser.
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by butchazoid at 10/18/2009 9:20:41 AM
Don't you mean "Hercules and The Captive Women" or Season 5's "Hercules"? 'Cuz "Unchained" is already out on Vol. 7.
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by Sean at 10/8/2009 1:51:27 PM
Hope HERCULES UNCHAINED isn't the same story.
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by B Ward at 10/8/2009 10:39:01 AM
I can tell you to take Gamera out of any foreseeable lists. We've tried and tried, but the Japanese really take their man-in-suit pictures seriously. It doesn't look they want anyone poking fun and, sadly, that means that episode may never see the light of DVD laser.
There are plenty more Roger Corman titles that are in Season 3 ..It Conquered the World, Teenage Caveman, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent as well as Bert I Gordon movies such as the Amazing Colossal Man, War of the Colossal Beast, Earth vs the Spider which have ZERO chance of getting released unless something changes ..these are all in Season 3 along with the Gamera titles, which means that Season will be untouchable for years to come ,save for Castle of Fu Manchu and possibly Stranded in Space as well as the Master Ninja's 1 & 2,,,
Still worse is the Robert Lippert titles from Season 2 + Radar Secret Service & Last of the Wild Horses are all going to be hard to get..and some if not all Wade Williams titles are looking pretty hopeless as well..However those movies if they do come out will be before anything from Season 3's Gamera and AIP titles.
I think Violent Years has a very good chance of winding up on a Future SF set, maybe Bride of the Monster (but it is a Wade Williams title) DMS
Since the release of MST3k to dvd i have been eagerly awaiting Jack Frost to be in one of these sets. do you know if there has been any difficulty in obtaining the rights to this? is this one that will never see the light of day on dvd? anyways, thanks for making the best dvd sets around....
Not a single Russian title has come out yet - Jack Frost, Day the Earth Froze, Sword and the Dragon and Sinbad ..when one comes out the others will follow
Time is flying...6 more weeks until the release date and then shortly after that Volume 17 will be announced (hopefully) DMS
Hmmm... Not sure how to answer that question. All I can say is keep an eye out.
We have, most likely, just secured our fourth title for XVII. Waiting for the deal to be signed. And have a handful of other deals pending and about to go through, so it looks like we'll have some good collections down the road. As always, things can change in a New York minute, so keep your fingers crossed.
And again, keep an eye out for an announcement closer to the release of XVI later this year. Until then, we'll get started on the bonus material and menus for XVII and we'll see ya' soon.
Now that's some new and exciting news B Ward! Not only are we close to a confirmed final title for XVII, but more deals in the works. You and Jordan are making us some very happy MSTies! I think we all keep our fingers crossed, because we know that what comes out is not entirely in your hands unfortunately.
I know you won't reveal what episodes just yet, but can we expect the even Joel and Mike split for XVII? I really hope so. I'm a big fan of the set when their split up like that.
Though, in total, Mike had more episodes than Joel, we'd still like to keep the even split as much as we can on our sets. We don't belong to either camp. We just love MST3K and want to show the best we possibly can from both hosts.
Sounds like a 2 Joel and 2 Mike set
Actually if you count the KTMA season Joel did more episodes than Mike...I think Mike has more DVD episodes that are more obtainable. Someday a set will contain 3 or 4 Mike's again. I prefer Joel overall but any episode on DVD will do
That means more Season 1- Im sure to keep the even split of 2 and 2 alive
DMS
That's too bad, but thank you for the info! Does this include the Japanese TV show-episodes like TIME OF THE APES, MIGHTY JACK, and FUGITIVE ALIEN?
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by B Ward at 10/8/2009 10:39:01 AM
I can tell you to take Gamera out of any foreseeable lists. We've tried and tried, but the Japanese really take their man-in-suit pictures seriously. It doesn't look they want anyone poking fun and, sadly, that means that episode may never see the light of DVD laser.
I can't answer for B Ward, but I have a bad feeling that they do. It's a shame, because they aren't my personal faves, but I know they are popular within the MSTie community.
Leave it to the Japanese....they think that game shows that glorify abuse are hysterical, but make afew comments about guys in rubber suits, and they treat it as though you've just insulted their mothers! I'll never figure them out.
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