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The Muppets. (Spoilers.) (I loved it.)
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Re: The Muppets. (Spoilers.) (I loved it.)
Easily the most anticipated movie of the year for me, but it's apparently not showing up over here until next year sometime.
I guess I'll have to turn to less legal ways of watching it, which is too bad because this is one of those rare movies I actually would go the theater for.
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Yeah, it's not out in the UK until February 10th 
Stoopid Disney.
- Holden
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That's a real shame. This was probably my favorite movie of the year.
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I can tel you that when Grayson hits three, he will get a steady diet of The Muppet Show on DVD. Equally important is Sesame Street, which had muppett crossovers from time to time. I was that age when I started watching both, and it instantly connected. Same with my nieces and nephews.
I can't stress the importance of Jim Henson's creations on my life. I taught myself to read at age 3 by watching Sesame Street regularly. I always felt like Walt Disney was this wizard who lived to create this magical empire. It was okay that he was dead, because I had Jim Henson, who was as brilliant in my mind as Walt, and he was going to be the caretaker of my generation. I was 12 when he died, and that was the first time where I was deeply saddened by the death of someone I did not know. It really wasn't until Pixar came along that I felt like something was at least attempting to fill that gap.
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I found this quote from, iirc, the AP review in the local paper, interesting:
"The plot parallels the real-world state of the Muppets -- relics testing the waters to see if anyone will watch, if anyone still cares"
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I don't disagree with the core of what Dorkman said, Frank Oz-less Fozzie was the one voice that really jarred me a bit, but overall I think my inner Muppet fan was just to happy to see a respectful revival and not another "lets to Wizard of Oz with the star of the month and Muppets" that it completely won me over.
Not to say that I don't think some of the pacing was a just bit off in a few places, not sure if it was the editing something more in the script, and some of the DI that was done (specifically noticed as it was on a few of my shots) seemed a bit hamfisted and out of place.
As to the original question ... there is an abundance of older Henson to expose a child to if you don't want to try and throw them right into the new movie, but ... I think a lot of the original show as GREAT as it is might go past some of the kids these days. The variety show format lends itself to the option to pick and choose some of the guests that might appeal, for a "best of" that could be gone back to and expanded upon if the interest was there. But when it comes down to it, I say start with "The Muppet Movie" it truly went along with the core plotline of introducing each of the core Muppets in their own vignette and you get to see them interacting at a level that most fans will agree is hard to match.
But overall I am really happy that it is out, both as a viewer and fan of the Muppets, and as someone who got to work on it.
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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh
- Gregory Harbin
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Yeah, I think those videos basically speak for themselves.
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They need to put the new dude on a steady diet of whiskey and cigars.
- Branco
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maybeeee fozzie, but overall... meh
Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh
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