I remember enjoying quite a bit of MST3K but also have been burned by revisiting nostalgia too many times so I tend to just leave things alone now. I know it's subjective and not a fair question, but is the newer MST3K worth following up on?

The host segments with Jonah aren't too bad. I don't care for the host segments with Felicia Day & Patton Oswalt; but, I didn't care for Pearl and Bobo, either. I don't care for the changing voices and characteristics of the bots, either.

I think the riffs are more "generalized." In the original, there were riffs that were regional or more obscure (e.g. Hamdingers).

I don’t like them as much, but Jonah at least feels like a legitimate third human on the satellite after Joel and Mike. Starcrash is one from that Kickstarter season to check out.

At this point it sees the fans are split into people who follow whatever MST3K and Rifftrax do, “keep sharing the tapes,” and people who liked MST3K because it was funnier and scrappier than other shows and tapered off when it lost that. I lean toward the latter, but I’m friends with the former and we make it work.

I prefer the broadcast editions on YouTube. Complete with commercials!

The vibe is not the same, but Jonah is likeable, Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt are good as the Mads, and the movie selection is fantastic: Reptilicus? Munchie? The Christmas Dragon? Every film is a magnificent slice of different B-movie territory.

pluto.tv has the older "Joel" episodes and I've been enjoying them occasionally. The newer stuff for me has a bit too much "drama kid" energy, if that makes sense.

Absolutely, if nothing else it's a fantastic entry point for new people to watch the show (especially kids).

Note also, there's another season that's on the streaming services as individual movies post the Netflix reboot with much of the same team.

The live stuff stands out as particularly good… I suppose because you get audience feedback and they seem to lean into it.

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