Mystery Science Theater 3000

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Season 11
Season #: 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24

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  1. blair2100
    Apr 14, 2017
    10
    Just wanted to write a review for the new season that debuted on Netflix yesterday. I have watched 5 episodes so far and can say that the show is just great. If you loved the old show you will not be disappointed at all.

    There are some things to get used to though. The first is that Tom Servo and Crow have different voices obviously but also they have different personalities than    Just wanted to write a review for the new season that debuted on Netflix yesterday. I have watched 5 episodes so far and can say that the show is just great. If you loved the old show you will not be disappointed at all.

    There are some things to get used to though. The first is that Tom Servo and Crow have different voices obviously but also they have different personalities than before, because of the new comedians playing them. This took an episode or two to get used to, but they are just as funny, just different. After the fifth episode I went back and rewatched Reptilicus, the first episode and liked it better than the first time because I was used to the voices.

    Next is the pacing of the jokes, they are much faster than in the past. The jokes come out rapid fire, but they are still just as funny. You may miss so jokes but these episodes are made to be watched multiple times, so you can pick up on the things you missed the first time.

    My favorite thing is also something I was worried about the most, and that is the fact that the joke references are not all from the last 5 to 10 years. I was worried all the jokes would be about recent happenings, but not so. Although new things like Rick and Morty are referenced, 70 to 80 percent of the jokes would have made sense to viewers of the original audience from the 90's. The newer references are utterly hilarious though such as some Trip Advisor jokes at the end of Episode 4.

    Joel and the gang have really come through and I can see the show having many more seasons in the future. If you loved the old show watch a few episodes and you'll be convinced of the same I'm sure.    … Expand
  2. DAVracer
    Jan 6, 2012
    10
    Mysytery Science Theatre constantly made me cry with laughter! One of the funniest, if not THE funniest series I've ever seen! And as I have to make 150 characters for Metacritic to show this message...
  3. ThatGuyTy
    Apr 16, 2017
    10
    Best season yet! I hope to see many more seasons with this excellent cast and crew! The writing is just fantastic and they find the best "worst" films from obscurity. Keep up the great work Joel, Jonah, Elliot and everyone else involved in providing non-stop laughs and episodes with an unlimited amount of rewatchability!
  4. vonnegut
    Apr 17, 2017
    10
    MST3K Season 11 is a great tribute to the original show while, at the same time, changing things up and doing something new with the premise. It is a great show, and you would be doing yourself a disservice by not giving it a chance.
  5. allen-from-chgo
    Apr 17, 2017
    9
    The eleventh national broadcast season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (sometimes referred to by its new medium, Netflix, as "The Return") is pretty much everything I had hoped for. After an eighteen-year hiatus, new characters and improved video technology (most notably, the introduction of HDTV but also much better CGI) make a positive impression without sacrificing pre-existingThe eleventh national broadcast season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (sometimes referred to by its new medium, Netflix, as "The Return") is pretty much everything I had hoped for. After an eighteen-year hiatus, new characters and improved video technology (most notably, the introduction of HDTV but also much better CGI) make a positive impression without sacrificing pre-existing characters or the occasional legacy "riff" from earlier episodes.
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    I've seen most of the new shows, which are a good mix of big-screen failures like AVALANCHE, imported creature-features like YONGGARY and REPTILICUS, awkwardly dodgy sci-fi or fantasy like STARCRASH, or the kind of films that make viewers wonder "What were they thinking?" like CRY WILDERNESS. As for the last category, it's important to recall that in the series' prior iteration the most bafflingly inept "home movies" like MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE often inspired the most furious lampooning and became viewer favorites. .
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    Jonah Ray (here Jonah "Heston," a typical in-joke), Baron Vaughn and Hampton Yount are wonderful in the roles of botmeister at the Satellite of Love, Tom Servo, and Crow T. Robot. (I'm so glad that Vaughn, like Kevin Murphy who preceded him in the role, loves to sing!) "TV's Son of TV's Frank," Patton Oswalt, has me believing he IS the progeny of TV's Frank, Frank Conniff. Felicia Day as Dr. Clayton Forrester's daughter (and Pearl Forrester's granddaughter), Kinga, makes a strong enough appearance but she will have to get beyond her thus-far established persona as HR Department head on a power trip for her character to have legs.
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    The quality of the riffs is very, very good. Not all land as satisfyingly as others, but that happened in the first ten years as well. My "wish list" for future years (notice that I assume there WILL be future years!):

    1. As a prior reviewer said, more movies from 1990 - present;
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    2. Even so, I'd like to see the occasional black-and-white film, even if it means they are more than fifty years old;
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    3. The SOL crew can commit fewer riffs per episode, and in so doing speak a little more slowly -- they're good enough not to fear a bit of "dead air" now and again; .

    4. Please, don't abandon the short subjects! Even if they have to anchor a whole episode of their own.
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    So, while not utterly perfect, the new season is a great match for earlier years' episodes. Hopefully not just old 'Misties" like me will steam the Netflix fourteen-episode binge, but newcomers as well. I hope they like it -- I certainly do!    … Expand

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Aja Romano
    May 4, 2017
    70
    With 14 new episodes--the third of which is MST3K’s 200th overall--there are bound to be both hits and misses. And sure enough, once the initial excitement of recognizing the familiar format and bad movies we love has worn off, the differences begin to peek through.
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Scout Tafoya
    Apr 24, 2017
    75
    By the time Oswalt presses “the button” and the new orchestral version of the end-credits music plays, it's impossible not to give into the energy and love that went into recreating this strange, vital, and adorable piece of pop-culture history.
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  3. Las Vegas Weekly
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    Apr 17, 2017
    70
    Ray, Yount and Vaughn may take a little time to perfect the chemistry that the various original stars (most of whom worked together for many years) had, but they’re still consistently funny, and that’s all that really matters. The show still has the same joke-a-minute pace, so that any gags that fall flat (or references that fly over viewers’ heads) are quickly forgotten by the next laugh.
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