MSTie Moment

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Went to Haroon’s today to stare at a couple of AWESOME HATS—and also on the off-chance that my friend the MSTie salesgirl would be there.

Unfortunately for the other customers, she was, so what ensued was an extremely squeaky fangirl session wherein we discussed the best way to see episodes that aren’t commercially available,* best host segments, how our friends and family members are concerned for us, etc..

I also invited her along to this. And it’s just occurred to me—ain’t the future great?—that, since this is a nice nationwide event, I can invite all you nerds in the US along, too!

So! August 20th—that’s a Thursday—anyone else up for a rousing theatrical production of Plan 9 From Outer Space, now with special Mike, Crow, and Servo Bill, and Kevin commentary? You bet you are. You bet I am, because I have never actually seen Plan 9, which makes me a terrible bad movie lover. It could be fun!

Or it could be, y’know, a really bad movie. But that’s the whole point, innit?

PS: There will be a short. God damn, I love me some shorts.


*MSTies have a particularly weird attitude toward copyrights. We like the show, so a lot of us want to give the Brains money for it. However, due to the complicated copyright laws involved in producing a show that consists of a bunch of other people’s movies, many of the episodes aren’t available in either syndication or on DVD. This is unacceptable, because dammit, we want to watch—and we also know that, without piracy, the show wouldn’t have gotten anywhere. So we still circulate the tapes.

Comments

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

Um, I might know someone who might know where there might be a complete download of all ten seasons including all but the first three eps of the KTMA years.

Maybe.

All hypothetical of course.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... I would be intrigued to follow up on this hypothesis! I have my own working hypothesis WRT unavailable episodes, as well.

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

As I understand a site which may or may not be named mininova.org might have the entire series divided up into 35 chunks if you search it for the show in question.

But its all heresay and I can confirm or deny nothing.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Rumors are the darndest things, aren't they?

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

Oh indeed.

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

torrents are kind to msties. when I get a terabyte drive I plan on making all of them my squishy.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Indeed, they are great fun!

... SO I'VE HEARD, of course.

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

I want to get a 2 Terabyte drive myself. I believe that if I were to copy all the blank CD's and DVD's I've made over the years, plus floppies and Iomegas, I could in fact, fill a 2 Terabyte drive up.

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

There might also be a website called http://www.castleforrester.com/ but I can neither confirm nor deny it.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Argh! Why's it gotta be the 20th? D:

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Wait, it's not like you're gonna be in Japan THIS month, right?

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

No, but I do have kendo practice on Thursdays. Actually, the way things are going these days, it's surprising if an event happens on a night when I don't have anything going on.

Ah well. I've actually seen them do Plan 9 live (for real, not simulcast). It was funny, but I don't feel like I'll be missing too much not seeing it a second time.

BTW, are you familiar with the band Man...Or Astro-Man?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Oh, fine, lord your Comic Con access over me, why don't you. ;)

And yes, I am familiar with the band. I have considered making their music my personal soundtrack. ("This is the love theme to ... Matlock!")

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Hehehe! Someday you're going to have to go. It's crazy.

Someday you're also going to have to post about what music you listen to, or link a Last.FM profile or something.

In place of RiffTrax, I suppose I'll have to watch one of the horrendous movies I've had sitting around since WonderCon. Ghost Ninja is calling out to me...

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I keep shelving awful B, C, and Z movies and being tempted to check them out for myself. Of course, trying to explain to my coworkers that I love awful movies is a little complicated.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

It's too bad you live a zillion miles away. We could totally have a Bad Movie Nite.

Turns out RiffTrax Plan 9 isn't even actually live on the West Coast. Blah.