yes.
Muppets from Space is not that good guys, gtfo
― be scientific, douchebag (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 March 2012 23:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought the new one was plenty heartwarming. I was smiling throughout
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 00:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought the new one was really good - even so (as my video store guy put it) it is the 4th best Muppet Movie
― be scientific, douchebag (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 00:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeaaaaah...I probably should've trusted my wariness. This was emo as fuck and just not at all in keeping with what Henson brought to the game (quelle surprise). It's not a bad movie, but I feel like it was mostly intended to be a nostalgia fest for people who haven't had any engagement with the Muppets in 20 years. But I'm the guy who regularly watches Henson-era stuff and has two Muppet movies very high in his 'best comedies of all time' ballot. Like, I make no bones about my Jim Henson hero worship. So despite the fact that it might appear otherwise on paper, I think I'm just about the opposite of the target audience. Aaaand so my opinion should probably be taken with a grain of salt.
― One of my faverit moive ever!!!! XD (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
But I'm the guy who regularly watches Henson-era stuff and has two Muppet movies very high in his 'best comedies of all time' ballot. Like, I make no bones about my Jim Henson hero worship. So despite the fact that it might appear otherwise on paper, I think I'm just about the opposite of the target audience.
I would think so, given that you're actually the protagonist of the movie.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the core problem is that I'm no more interested in a presentation of Jason Segel's subjective Muppets fandom than I would expect anyone else to be in mine.
― One of my faverit moive ever!!!! XD (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also, I'm a big enough fan of Henson at his prime that I would've been perfectly okay with the band getting back together at this point in time. But here's to hoping that the 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. Because continuing to invite those comparisons isn't gonna do them any favors.
― One of my faverit moive ever!!!! XD (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 25 March 2012 04:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
'okay with the band never getting back together'
― One of my faverit moive ever!!!! XD (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 25 March 2012 04:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
We recently watched The Muppets Take Manhattan and I never realized how much I dislike Ms. Piggy. She completely annoyed me through out the whole show, needy and that phony voice she puts on! I don't remember not liking her as a kid, but Kermit really made a mistake marrying that pig.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 25 March 2012 04:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha otm
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 March 2012 04:40 (1 year 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 (8 months ago) Permalink
he allegedly had an affair with miss piggy
― latebloomer, Friday, 31 August 2012 15:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=14njUwJUg1I
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 06:55 (3 months ago) Permalink
finely aged jokes
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 07:18 (3 months ago) Permalink
let's try that again:
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 07:24 (3 months ago) Permalink