Episode 237 - Showdown in San Riviera

Episode 237: Showdown in San Riviera

My name is Inigyo Montoya. You killed my donkey. Prepare to die

When revolution comes to the generic fictional South American nation of San Martino, the UN responds in the best way it can. That’s right, sending in a team of generic guys that nobody cares about who all promptly die horribly of their own ineptitude while attempting to fulfil some nebulously defined mission with no discernable goals. But what is the insidious plan of Baron Ironblood and his minions, Renegade Shepard, Colossus and Red Laser (who is Japanese) and why does he want this one non-existent nation? Actually, we have no idea, and the fic doesn’t give us a clue. What it does give us, however, is a strangely compelling video store clerk and the deadliest anti-personnel weapon ever devised: A donkey.

Riffers: Rebecca Bartley, Natasha Isavia, Mat Simmons and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Rick R.

Episode 236 - Blasts from the past

Episode 236: Blasts from the past

Sherry’s idea of ‘easing her in’ seems to be ‘one hammer blow after another’.

Welcome to the futuristic year of 2112, where cloning has made death a minor inconvenience, DNA works differently and the oppressive reign of the robot overlords means that mankind is brutally oppressed by their harsh Zoning laws. Bought back from the dead, Priss, Nene and the other one must struggle with the emotional hammer blows of seventy years lost and their horrific demises. Fortunately, unsexy nonagenarian Sylia is here to shamelessly manipulate them into getting revenge for her. That's right, its BGC fic only in the future some more!

Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.

Status Update

While May was an insanely busy month for MSTing, June has so far been a little slow. Real life (and by that we mean exams, assignment deadlines, work hell and so on) has been slowing us down considerably. However, all is not lost! Episode 236 is nearly finished with only the host segments to be done, and hopefully will be out in the next few days. Eps 237 and 238 are in progress as well.

In the mid-to-long term, we have solidly booked everything up until episode 241, and have plans beyond that as well. So we're not going away any time soon

Rebuilding Elmer Studios - Celena

Celena Harte was the second member of the B-Team to appear in the “classic” Elmer Studios era. While popular, her she also had her share of problems. However, in her case the issues came less from character and more from utilisation. And while the new approach to the B-team solved a lot of those problems, it was still good to take a look at the character and see what could be done with them.

It seems to have worked. So far, Celena has put in as many “modern” appearances as she did classic, with more on the way.

Episode 235 - The Legacy

Episode 235: The Legacy

If the chase scenes in Consider Phlebeas or the hospital hallway battle in Hard Boiled or even the final battle between Superman and Doomsday had stopped for people to list all the plastic toys involved, they would have been so much better for it.

What could be worse then Badfic? How about Badfic of a Badfic? If that thought doesn’t scare you off, then you might just be ready for The Legacy, a fanfic based on the ‘fantastic’ Dark Spiner series. (If it does scare you off, you might as well stop reading now. Trust me, it gets worse). Set an indeterminate and oft-fluctuating time period after the last fic, this one doesn't so much genre shift as it genre lurches drunkenly across the street and falls down in a puddle of its own vomit. What starts as a simple sports story turns into a grim and gritty war drama as armies of Plastic Robot Dinosaurs clash against each other in an epic struggle between two poorly defined powers! New characters are introduced and swiftly forgotten as the day is saved by a random nameless person! Bad guys make ineffectual plans that come to nothing! Siege gets a new origin that doesn't involve dinosaur poop! And some other stuff! I think!

Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.

Episode 234 - Green Lantern Regenisis and Spider-Girl Begins

Episode 234: Green Lantern Regenisis and Spider-Girl Begins

We can pretty much assume J. Jonah Jameson will call her a menace.

More Green Lantern Regenisis! That’s right, it’s time for Cassidy to go to school with Haley at her side. And what makes school complete? How about an ineffectual and one-dimensional bully to go with her one-dimensional friend? How about an utterly pointless cameo to justify the fic? How about the return of the killer who – wait, those aren’t Cassidy’s parents! No, they’re the parents of Vanessa Thorne, an almost identical character in an almost identical fic, just with Green Lantern scratched out and Spider-Man scrawled in crayon. But never fear, fans of Gruud; there’s more Regenisis too! In fact, it’s the bit that should have been in the last one, but is on top of this one instead. Just be sure to stick around when Green Lantern Regenisis is done, because then Spider-Girl Begins!

Riffers: Dan, Maya Gold, Celena Harte and Tsuneo Tateo
Written by: Zogster

When interests combine...

For anyone out there who's a fan of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and/or Rifftrax who also plays Megamek, I offer Rick's collection of MST3K-themed Megamek pilot Icons! If you've ever wanted to have Torgo, Ator, Blast Hardcheese, El Santo, Mustache Dad, Rex Dart Eskimo Spy or any one of a horde of other lovable (lovability not guaranteed) rouges on your team, all you need to do is click here and save the file. Then unzip it to your /megamek/data/images/portraits folder and go wild!

All images copyright their original owners and such. Just covering my butt!