Disney has been involved with the Muppets for years, at least ten years, maybe more.
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jim Henson, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
― Aimless, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
ok I guess since 2004. that includes Muppet Wizard of Oz (apparently awful) and a bunch of tv specials, the last of which was pretty good (Muppets Letters to Santa)
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
This actually sounds pretty alright. The Muppet Movie was the first movie I saw in the theater.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Moopets
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
I have faith in Segel...he talks about the Muppets with total reverence, so I at least trust he wouldnt set out to drag the name thru the mud. Then again the best laid plans of mice & men etc
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm not even phobic of puppets but Muppets always had a bit of creep to them. Especially the baby version of Animal.
I never found the Muppets creepy, not even in the least. But yeah, the "Muppet Babies" was just sort of disturbing imo
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
The only disturbing thing about Muppet Babies was "Nanny"
― Number None, Friday, 20 May 2011 20:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
and "Skeeter"
no girl should be named "Skeeter"
― I HAVE ISSUES (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
glad they got some of the OG muppets guys in too.
The original-original Muppets were seriously OG:
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's so awesome. jim henson, fuck
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
the second spot outta control
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, US, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds.
I confess that it was a good long while after reading this and wondering why the role of "Walter" was not credited before I realized ... Walter is the muppet that Jason Segel created.
― rap's proud hateful history (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
What was the original title?
The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made!!!
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Saturday, 21 May 2011 00:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I totally want to get stoned with this guy and Walter and talk about the muppets.
― unmetalled world (wk), Saturday, 21 May 2011 00:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Have you all seen that rad muppets plumbing at the Letterman studio?
― unmetalled world (wk), Saturday, 21 May 2011 00:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
What happened to Skeeter from Muppet Babies? :((
― unmetalled world (wk), Saturday, 21 May 2011 00:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
are Rooney and Alan Arkin playing Statler & Waldorf?
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 May 2011 01:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'd never heard of her, but she was in a four-issue non-Langridge drawn storyline in the Roger Langridge Muppets comic last year.
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Saturday, 21 May 2011 01:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
&
― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 23 May 2011 20:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Muppets look awesome in high-def.
― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 23 May 2011 20:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow this looks great
― remy bean, Monday, 23 May 2011 20:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
I will go see all these Muppets.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 May 2011 21:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
For those of a certain (OK, my) age, getting used to the subs for Henson's voices is as difficult as getting used to the Looney Tunes subs. It's remarkable how attuned our ears are to the subtleties of Muppet speech. Just as imagine there are some who cannot hear Ms. Piggy without hearing Yoda.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 May 2011 22:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Please not the fucking New Radicals
― Radio XL1 (S-), Monday, 23 May 2011 22:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
not to be a total cornster but i must have seen Muppets Take Manhattan a million times on VHS as a kid over and over and over again until I knew every line by heart - it came out the year i was born. so i'm kinda secretly hoping baby's favorite movie as a kid is gonna be this assuming it's excellent.
― Mordy, Monday, 23 May 2011 22:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
I am always wary when the muppets are re-mastered. Saying this, muppets from space was awsome. I will hold judgement until I have seen it, I think the muppets are insanely good. Love them to bits.
― “I'm a hero with coward's legs.” (captain rosie), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 08:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
I will be VERY surprised if this is decent. Yeh, the subs for the voices annoy me - it doesn't sound like Kermit, it sounds like someone doing a Kermit impression! - and with teh odd exception and the new muppets suck ass, and not in a good way.
And that poster freaks me out too. Whenever they give muppets legs they look waaaaay creepy.
― Yossarian's sense of humour (NotEnough), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 08:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
If the film manages to capture that goofy, chaotic sense of humour the Muppets have then it shouldn't be too bad.If Disney have taken this franchise and squeezed out the last drop of goodness by making a dreadful cheesy cacophony of shite then as Fozzie Bear would say "shame on youuuuu"
Just to show that sub voices aren't always bad.
― “I'm a hero with coward's legs.” (captain rosie), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 09:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
So stoked for this. btw has anyone mentioned Muppet Treasure Island? That one is AWESOME.
― 百万个叉烧包 (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 09:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Not my favourite, but still good. Best muppet movie ever?
For me it would have to the original The Muppet Movhe ie. I am all over Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.
― “I'm a hero with coward's legs.” (captain rosie), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 10:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Movhe ie? = Movie
― “I'm a hero with coward's legs.” (captain rosie), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 10:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
I will be VERY surprised if this is decent.
Segel is great, his previous movie was great, he loves the Muppets, he pitched hard for this and won the Hensons over, he has proven enthusiasm for puppetry, director is a great match for the material with his experience on slightly off-kilter musical comedy in realistic settings. Why don't you think it will work?
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 11:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Conchords connection gives me hope, but I'm not sure if the ironic distance that works on that TV show will translate to Muppety fun. I think we'll have to agree to disagree on Segal, I've just had a look at his filmography and I find it supremely underwhelming, but ymmv I guess.
― Yossarian's sense of humour (NotEnough), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 13:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Maybe I'm being coloured by that terrible Muppets Tonight show tho, I was so disappointed by that.
― Yossarian's sense of humour (NotEnough), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 13:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
That shot in the trailer of Segal walking down the street doing that silly shoulder-shrug Muppet walk was all I needed to convince me he's paid attention to details and this thing is going to be loads of fun.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 13:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
For those of a certain (OK, my) age, getting used to the subs for Henson's voices is as difficult as getting used to the Looney Tunes subs. It's remarkable how attuned our ears are to the subtleties of Muppet speech. Just as imagine there are some who cannot hear Ms. Piggy without hearing Yoda.― Josh in Chicago, Monday, May 23, 2011 6:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, May 23, 2011 6:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Ditto. So far, I haven't heard anything monumentally off-putting in the new Muppet voices, but so much of it is about timing. The post-Mel Blanc Looney Tunes voices are fucking abominable. In Space Jam, you'd hear a voice off-screen and you couldn't tell if it was supposed to be Daffy, Bugs, or Elmer Fudd. They were practically interchangeable.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 13:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
if you haven't seen "forgetting sarah marshall" and the dracula puppet show, you can't judge segal's abilities around puppets.
― akm, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
The enthusiasm just about leaks off the screen, he loves puppets so damn much.
― mh, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
...Why don't you think it will work?― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 11:35 (3 hours ago)
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 11:35 (3 hours ago)
Disney?
― Radio XL1 (S-), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Whenever they give muppets legs they look waaaaay creepy.
they've done this since the beginning...?
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
I still can't figure out how they got Kermit to ride a bike btw
I've heard he's actually a bicycling enthusiast and brought his own bicycle.
― mh, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp yeh, they've done it since the beginning, and it's always looked creepy.
― Yossarian's sense of humour (NotEnough), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
I want these.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/bettieleetwo/cupcakes-1.jpg
― Ray the Otter. (captain rosie), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 16:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've just had a look at his filmography and I find it supremely underwhelming, but ymmv I guess.
are you going by a list of films you've not seen, or by, let's say, his acting in [a bunch of those films and] Freaks & Geeks, his writing on FSM, and the puppetry enthusiasm that saw him Muppeteer a song from his Dracula musical on Craig Ferguson?
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Thursday, 26 May 2011 00:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I missed this Craig Ferguson thing! Sounds like something I will be looking up.
― mh, Thursday, 26 May 2011 03:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Thursday, 26 May 2011 03:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
people currently working with the Muppets can make it their own thing from here on out and stop sadly living in the shadow of what came before.
like I said ^^, this film really leaves the characters in a good place to carry on straight entertaining from here, having been as unnecessary an origin story as The Muppet Movie. And with Segel out of the writing picture, that strand of hat-tipping to the past could well be removed altogether.
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
All Segel hate aside this was still great
― Number None, Sunday, 25 March 2012 08:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
DWH, you do realize that the sensibility of the 2 Muppet movies you love so much rest heavily on the concepts and style of vaudeville and pre-1950s Hollywood comedy that you seemingly have absolutely no time for?
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Morbs, you do realize that I give the impression of having absolutely no time for those things because it gets your goat?
(I was wondering how long it was going to take you to make that exact comment, btw, amidst my Muppet trumpeting in the comedy thread.)
― One of my faverit moive ever!!!! XD (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's just funnier when muppets do it
― less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
or feltier
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
feltier isn't a french director from the 30's or anything?
― less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am 100% sincere on the interwebs and expect the same of all
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
done and done
― less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
where does all this talk of Segel leaving the boat come from? What happened there?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 31 August 2012 12:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
he allegedly had an affair with miss piggy
― latebloomer, Friday, 31 August 2012 15:26 (9 months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=14njUwJUg1I
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 06:55 (4 months ago) Permalink
finely aged jokes
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 07:18 (4 months ago) Permalink
let's try that again:
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 07:24 (4 months ago) Permalink