Lengthy Misplaced ‘Thriller Science Theater 3000’ Episode Lastly Discovered

A really previous and early Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode has been discovered and uploaded to YouTube. Once we say “previous,” we imply from the present’s first run on Minnesota’s native indie station KTMA in 1988.

That movie is K03, aka Star Force: Alien Fugitive II. It was the present’s third episode (or fourth, should you rely the unaired pilot) and is a compilation film made out of a number of episodes of the Japanese sci-fi sequence Star Wolf. In response to a latest MST3K Reddit post, a fan discovered a recording at a Minneapolis storage sale and later digitized. Earlier than this, the sequence’ creators didn’t have authorized rights to all of the episodes from their KTMA days. (And in some instances, additionally they simply weren’t keen on that older materials.)

Given how early K03 got here within the present’s lifecycle, there’s certain to be some tough spots followers gained’t be capable to ignore. Even so, commenters are simply amazed they’re even getting to observe the film in any respect, and glad to finish the earliest period of Thriller Science Theater 3000. Some have additionally likened this to to the recently restored Doctor Who episodes that hadn’t been seen since 1965 and beforehand thought-about misplaced to time prior to now.

The excellent news for MST3K followers is the enjoyable doesn’t cease with K03: 4 new, fully Kickstarted episodes are coming later this 12 months courtesy of RiffTrax.

[thanks, AVClub]

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