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 Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:09 am
I have a recently realized yen for a new Muppet Movie. I think we are all versed in the styles of all the characters so that even though we have lost Jim Henson's genius (& therefore new characters), there should be enough other talent around to pull something off.
What do you think? Or what reprises would seem dearest to you?
(I'm so excited to pick up my copy of Indiana Jones 4 this week ~ but then I caught a nasty cold and just couldn't get out to the store. Probably tomorrow (that is later today technically)!) biggrin whee
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:06 pm
I just watched the new Indiana Jones last night. It was pretty corny, but then I wouldn't expect anything else from Indy. xD
A new Muppet Movie...I dunno. I grew up with the Muppets, and love them dearly, so I guess I'm a little nervous about the idea of a new movie possibly being terrible. Though, if it's Muppets, could it possibly be terrible? I dunno. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to get people to do the voices, but Jim just had that special something that I don't know could be duplicated now that he's gone. sad
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:20 pm
Yeah! I know what you mean re: both points. I went to see Indy in the theater the first weekend it played. And I had so much fun!!! biggrin Indy movies were never about likelihood of happening in real life ~ they are all about let's-pretend. I usually love corny. biggrin Pretending is the best. How would you know it is play-time without escapism?!? lol
And, I agree, I have the same concerns about Muppet-Quality Control without Jim. I know that "Muppet Babies" was not for me! Even though I adore Fozzie
But for some reason the writing was just not "magic". Yet Jim was involved in that show also. Well anyway, lost-magic is what I thought at the time, but looking back now, I wonder if I was just missing the frenzy & harrassment to poor Scooter?
Right now, given recent "real life" events, I sincerely long for some comments & insights from Statler and Waldorf. To me the seem like the perfect blend of salty, outrageously unfair recriminations with complete and utter just-for-pretends absurdity. I would love a bit of that these days!!! biggrin
Maybe this will work for a fix: I can just buy the disks of The Muppet Show (Complete Seasons) for Dad for Christmas this year and hope it takes a while to get saturated with them from long distance. My folks live about 500 miles away from me. I've been rolling around on the floor repeating "Pigs In SPAAAACCCCCEEEEE-E-E-E-E" for about 20 minutes now. good times . . .
Ok. Just so the readers don't feel like they are left-out-of-the-loop, I am Sharnie1's mule account. redface (Not two people with the same ideas and style of writing wink )
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:21 am
Oh god, Muppet Babies. gonk is all I have to say about that. (But I did like Tiny Toons for some reason o.O )
ANIMAAAALLL!! He's the awesomesauce. =D
See, now you've awakened a Muppet craving in me too. GREAT.
-off to find Muppet vids-
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:09 am
I actually liked some of the Muppet Babies episodes, because they would run wild with in-jokes in all kinds of stuff--Star Trek, Star Wars, you name it! The really horrible one is Baby Looney Tunes, which completely fails to capture that crazy childlike inventiveness.
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