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nine-frames · 8 months

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"That's what they do in Hollywood..."

Muppets Most Wanted, 2012.

Dir. James Bobin | Writ. James Bobin & Nicholas Stoller | DOP Don Burgess

#muppets most wanted #muppets #james bobin #musical comedy #heist film #muppet movies #us film #2010s #10 frames

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hamburgerbox · 6 months

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Jim Henson

#art #painting #puppeteer #tv #movies #animator #actor #cartoonist #film maker #inventor #muppets #sesame street #fraggle rock #dark crystal #labyrinth #muppet show #muppet movies #jim henson

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world-of-puppets · 1 year

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samskaterguy · 10 months

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I know we have the book of the Muppets Phantom of The Opera but I want that as a movie so bad

#the muppets #phantom of the opera #the muppets phantom of the opera #the muppets meet the classics #muppet movies #muppet movie #kermit the frog #miss piggy

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hoardingpuffin · 1 year

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A Word on Muppet Media and Music

[this post is about the Muppet Show and Muppet Movie Media, not all Muppets, so it excludes Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, Emmett Otter and pre-Sesame Muppets]

The Muppet films [excluding the 2011 one plus its sequel, I'll explain why below] have no fricking business having songs that are this good.

The original Muppet Movie's "Rainbow Connection" is obviously iconic but it's also a really beautiful song if you take it out if the Muppet context. Same with it's reprise "The Magic Store" - I mean, c'mon!

Life's like a movie

Write your own ending

Keep believing, keep pretending -

We've done just what we've set out to do.

Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

Then, in the same movie, we get "I'm going to go back there some day", Gonzo's song, and oh my goodness, it's got unironically one of the most beautiful lyrics I've ever heard.

There's not a word yet

For old friends who've just met.

Part heaven, part space

Or have I found my place?

You can just visit, but I plan to stay -

I'm going to go back there some day.

And it's not just the Muppet Movies either - think about "Muppets Treasure Island" and "Muppets Christmas Carol" - yes the songs are sung by Muppets mostly, but you wouldn't know so if you took the lyrics out of context. Treasure Islands "Shiver my Timbers" is a great pirate-y pseudo shanty, "Something more" is a perfect I-want-song; Christmas Carol's songs overall set the mood for each scene - "Scrooge" has a looming undertone, "One more Sleep" is longing, "It feels like Christmas" perfectly encompasses Present's personality, "Bless us all" has happy words but a sad undertone (also the fact that Present is the only spirit to sing, and the fact that all the musical numbers cut pff after Yet to Come shows up, amd then the next song happening only after Scrooge returned to Christmas Day... aaargh so good).

Which brings me to the 2011 Muppet Movie by Disney. Where other Muppet songs did have a muppet-y tone, the actual lyrics were pretty deep, with interesting and clever plays on words, and you could easily take the lyrics out of context and the wouldn't read as particularily muppet-y or at least like they aren't in their own way little lyrical works of art. None of them seem childish or shy away from big words.

Disney's Muppet Movie's songs meanwhile gave us

Am I a man or am I a muppet -

if I'm a muppet I'm a very manly muppet.

Am I a muppet or am I a man?

If I'm a man then I am a muppet of a man!

and

Everything is great, everything is grand -

I have the whole world right here in my hand.

The lyrics seem so empty in comparison. They aren't clever, they aren't deep and meaningful, they just exist to be funny and to maybe give minimal storytelling on the very surface. The melodies also aren't very inventive and all the songs kinda just... sound the same? Meanwhile the original Muppet films had lyrics with layers that fleshed out the characters, songs of different genres and styles and meanings.

I swear I am just time and time again disappointed by the Disney-ification of The Muppets. You can tell that whoever wrote 2011's songs did not try to make good songs that happened to be in a Muppet Movie, they tried to Just Make A Few Very Muppet-y Songs and ooooh my did that backfire...

#personal rant #jim henson #special interest #muppets #muppet show #muppet movies #muppet music #muppet movie #muppet treasure island #muppet christmas carol

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animalstablets · 1 year

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I'm curious, what's your least favorite Muppet movie and why?

Mine is Muppet Treasure Island. The characterizations didn't sit right with me. Only Gonzo and Rizzo were enjoyable. It felt more like a Treasure Island adaptation with puppets than a Muppet version of Treasure Island.

#the muppets #muppets #muppet movies #muppet treasure island

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laurenfoxmakesthings · 1 year

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I was watching Muppet Christmas Carol on the background while my family and I put up the Christmas tree (I was going to watch it anyway this month, along with the Muppets Christmas special, the MST3K Christmas movies, and Avengers' Too Many Christmas Trees), and a thought occurred to me.

Has there ever been fanfics about the behind the scenes of the muppet movies? I don't mean the puppeteers. I mean how we've seen the backstage of the Muppet Show on the Muppet Show, and hints of the movies being movies in-universe.

But we don't see the 'backstage' of the Muppet movies often, apart from the few bloopers. From the muppets' writing room to on-set production. So has anyone done fanfiction of that concept? I just think it would be hilarious and interesting.

#muppets #muppet movies #the muppet show #muppet christmas carol #behind the scenes #fanfiction #fanfic writing #fanfic

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jennifergarlen · 1 year

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In which I’m the special podcast guest and get to talk about the Ghost of Christmas Past as a non-binary character who embodies both masculine and feminine aspects.

#the muppets #jim henson #muppet christmas carol #christmas movies #charles dickens #christmas carol #muppet movies

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ilovemesomevincentprice · 7 months

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Vincent Price guest stars on The Muppet Show (1977)

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yubriamakesart · 4 months

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"Scrooge said that he would see him—yes, indeed he did. He went the whole length of the expression, and said that he would see him in that extremity first." - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

#i was rereading Christmas Carol and this part got me #love how Mr Dickens censors it but also makes sure we know pretty much exactly what what Scrooge says anyways #the muppet christmas carol #a christmas carol #ebenezer scrooge #kermit the frog #merry christmas everyone i'm gonna go watch this movie again

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millionmovieproject · 8 months

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