The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 3 [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Wired: Underwire (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The guys at Rifftrax are offering up their second nationwide simulcast show to celebrate the Christmas season. Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett keep the Mystery Science Theater 3000 spirit alive with funny movie commentaries (like Planet of the Dinosaurs above). On December 16, they’ll partner with live event specialist Fathom to bring a [...]
Live Science (Free subscription) | yesterday
Interactive TV could someday allow viewers to take part in the on-screen action, a Sony patent filing suggests.
Wired: Underwire (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
< previous image | next image >> When we beamed our lists of favorite science fiction movies onto the pages of Wired.com, we knew some of our readers would think we were goofier than Jar Jar Binks. Little did we know that Wired.com readers would fire back with such vehemence, vitriol and — most importantly — sincere [...]
PlayStation LifeStyle (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sony has been on the scene of cutting-edge technology for years now. Their 3D holographic display was shown publicly in Tokyo only weeks ago, and several other interesting futuristic technologies have also been demonstrated. Judging by a recent patent, Sony has plans for an upcoming technology which allows consumers to not only watch movies, but [...]
PS3Blog.net (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Yet another unique patent from Sony. This time it’s an overlay on top of a “media presentation” like a TV show or movie which you can interact with. “For example, avatars displayed to a user, in response to user gestures in the real world, e.g. in response to manipulation of a game controller or other such [...]
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
"Interactive movie technology," you may find yourself asking, "isn't that just another word for video games ?" Well, grandpa , yes and no. While this recently filed patent from Sony Computer Entertainment America will likely be implemented in some form of game -- our guess is PlayStation Home -- it doesn't really resemble anything we've ever seen from a ludological offering. Basically,...
Press The Buttons (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Sony PlayStation 3 has a lot to offer in terms of entertainment, but if a patent dug up by Siliconera is to be believed, then there are plans in the works to let you talk back at that entertainment. In what has to be inspired by the beloved television sensation Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sony has interest in allowing players to watch media content and then fire back at that content through on-screen...
Eurogamer (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Throw tomatoes at Hollywood greats. Sony America has patented a bizarre idea that would allow you to hurl virtual rotten tomatoes at actors while watching films on your television, a bit like Mystery Science Theater 3000. Accompanying example illustrations show viewers kicking characters' bottoms and squashing spiders climbing up characters' backs, earning points depending on their success. "For...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Your PlayStation 3 may become a reasonably priced, earthbound Satellite of Love, if Sony Computer Entertainment America's patent application for a Mystery Science Theater 3000-like interactive...
[PlayRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Siliconera s happened upon a new-ish (it was filed back in April) Sony patent that commandeers the rights to an interactive television interface not unlike that of Mystery Science Theater 3000. So...
Hctor.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Your PlayStation 3 may become a reasonably priced, earthbound Satellite of Love, if Sony Computer Entertainment America's patent application for a Mystery Science Theater 3000-like interactive television becomes a real-life product.
Epicenter (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Viral marketing — the technique of wrangling word-of-mouth to create a buzz around your product or idea — has been a powerful tool ever since the first caveman started the first rumor. Spreading the word person to person is the stuff of Avon dreams — and Bernie Madoff nightmares. And it requires the confidence to [...]
Wired: Underwire (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
You have to figure the short, educational films of decades long past must be easy comedy pickings for the Rifftrax crew. Sugary sweet, corny and clumsy, the eerily preachy warnings against syphilis, premarital sex and nonconformity are so mindlessly innocent in intention, but inadvertently insidious, that Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett pick them [...]
Something Old, Nothing New (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Some good comments in my previous post, both in terms of correcting me (it was wrong to talk as if Hitchcock was more leery of location shooting than most directors) and in terms of raising an important issue: should an obviously fake special effect or process shot in an old movie always be considered a flaw? One commenter pointed me to this article by Chris Fujiwara , where he criticizes Mystery Science...
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