I wish they’d redo Blade (1996) but with the Muppets. I think it would be so much better. You could keep it kid-friendly by having the vampires turn into bats instead of ash, but the thought of Kermit saying “some motherfuckers always trying to ice-skate uphill” would be so funny.
Apparently it has to be kid friendly if it includes the Muppets. Remember the Muppets sitcom, where Piggy has a TV show and all the parents sent letters into the studio complaining that the show wasn't for kids or something stupid.
I loved that show. The Muppets is for adults now, it was for us as kids with Sesame Street, The Muppet Show and all the Saturday morning cartoons. And the adult sitcom was a great addition until stupid parents happened.
Imagine. Dune. But instead of a worm, an giant elongated Cookie Monster. Or the Matrix, when Kermit meets the Architect for the first time and instead is the Big Yellow Bird. Also every Machine should have Gonzos face.
I am only watching if they get Keith David back. I am not sure who else could deliver the line "Baby, I know it's pretty, but I didn't take it out for air."
Skins alone aren't enough to capture the way Muppets move differently than humans. The only way to get it right with today's technology is motion capture, which I've never seen in a mod.
As soon as The Muppets and Lucasfilm were both owned by Disney, my friends and I spent a lot of time taking about how a Muppet Star Wars just makes sense.
Now, it's a bit of a crowded space, with Blue Harvest and Space Balls already doing a lot of parody work in this area, but I think there's still room. The only problem is that I think the normal formula would have Luke be played by a human and everyone else be Muppets, but Kermit feels like he'd be a great Luke. So you'd need one of the other key roles to be human to balance it out.
Heck I just hope they do restart the Muppet Show. The soft pilot was pretty good, actually got me to watch a Sabrina Carpenter performance, and Seth Rogen's punchability is at an all-time low. Come on Disney. (I hate saying those words)
I rarely see the Muppets but they were a cultural cornerstone for the 90s-00s. My older sisters can name everyone while I can name Kermit, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie, and cookie monster (use to be my favorite Friendly's sundae). Wait is Elmo and yellow bird also muppets?
Do we not separate Muppets muppets from Sesame Street muppets? The only Muppets muppets you mentioned were Kermit and Miss Piggy. Also the yellow bird from Sesame Street is Big Bird.
The Muppets muppets were more of an 80s thing, and then they spawned movies. Kermit, Miss Piggy, swedish chef, fozzie bear, animal and so on are Muppets muppets.
They're all one thing. Kermit used to show up on Sesame Street as a newscaster. And Big Bird shows up in the Muppet Movie from the 70s. Jim Henson and Frank Oz did both.
Yep, they're all Jim Henson. And they show up on each other's stuff--Kermit was occasionally a newscaster on Sesame Street, and Big Bird was in the original Muppet Movie from the 70s.
The Muppets were created by Jim Henson in yhe 1950s, and made various appearances in commercials for the next 15 years.
Independently, Jim Henson was hired as a contractor to build puppets for Sesame Street. During the 70s the Muppets began to make appearances on the show.
Then in the mid-70s Henson made his own show, for British television, featuring a large cast of Muppets. This rocketed them to fame and spawned a series of feature films and spinoff shows that continues today.
Personally, I think they're good. Obviously it's subjective, but I think there's a good reason that they've withstood the test of time.
The brand of humor is timeless. The absurdity of a world where a pig and a frog can take on human roles without comment is just as funny now as it was 40 years ago. The overall style of humor is somewhat dry but still accessible.
It's not for everyone, but it's for a lot of people.
The Muppets are good. Very entertaining for all ages. But these remakes are nothing but a money grab. No new story line, a few rewrites, toss in a few jokes, get nostalgic movie goers to buy tickets and make a bunch of money.
The Muppets are more than good enough to deserve their own new stories and not just rehashed garbage.
I posit we could remake some (not all) of the Muppet movies and still get good movies. Not the one with Tim Curry, that one had Tim Curry in it. Can't be improved upon.
Muppet Treasure Island has been in my top five movies of all time for as long as I can remember. In addition to Tim Curry, it has one of my favorite exchanges in all of cinematic history:
"It just feels weird."
"What? That Captain Smollet is dead?"
"Yeah, that... and my pants are filled with starfish."
117 Comments
TheRtRevKaiser@sh.itjust.works · 95 pts · 28d
I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
xkbx@startrek.website · 60 pts · 28d
I wish they’d redo Blade (1996) but with the Muppets. I think it would be so much better. You could keep it kid-friendly by having the vampires turn into bats instead of ash, but the thought of Kermit saying “some motherfuckers always trying to ice-skate uphill” would be so funny.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 28d
The blood rave scene with Muppets lmao
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 28d
Oh fuck yes
Agent641@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 27d
Red fluff everywhere
fartographer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 27d
Just regular polyfill
otter@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 28d
Even
JetpackJackson@feddit.org · 3 pts · 28d
Lmao yes
Janx@piefed.social · 3 pts · 28d
What do you mean by "keep it kid-friendly"?
PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 26d
Apparently it has to be kid friendly if it includes the Muppets. Remember the Muppets sitcom, where Piggy has a TV show and all the parents sent letters into the studio complaining that the show wasn't for kids or something stupid.
I loved that show. The Muppets is for adults now, it was for us as kids with Sesame Street, The Muppet Show and all the Saturday morning cartoons. And the adult sitcom was a great addition until stupid parents happened.
PineRune@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 28d
The Lord of the Rings, but Gandalf is the only human actor and everyone else are Muppets.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 28d
The inspiration for the chart was actually another thread about exactly this. Here's the roster I suggested:
Another commenter noted that Janice would be too good as Galadriel to cast her as Legolas. Which is a very valid point.
PineRune@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 28d
Swedish Chef as Tom Bombadil is perfect!
Hoimo@ani.social · 6 pts · 28d
Elijah Wood muppified, but he turns more and more human as the Ring corrupts him. Gollum is fully human, nude, slimy.
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 27d
Golem:
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 27d
Nah, Gollum is played by Animal.
Murse@slrpnk.net · 46 pts · 28d
They should do a remake of Groundhog Day. Make a bunch of fancy trailers with over the top cinematic effects. Whole 9.
Then play the original Groundhog Day, completely unedited.
theedqueen@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 28d
All I want is Muppet Princess Bride, but no one will make it
Aneb@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 28d
This actually sounds genius. Be the change you want to see in the world!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 27d
Stop suggesting good uses for AI!
youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 27d
Beauty and the Beast but the Beast is the only Real person and he turns into a muppet at the end
Tingle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 27d
Is he a beast or a muppet?
youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 27d
It’s like belle (miss piggy) saying “what a hideous beast” and it’s just a guy
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 27d
No it's Hugh Jackman
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 27d
That reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode with the woman getting facial surgery. "The eye of the beholder" or something along those lines
Tingle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 27d
I was going for a play on the song am I a man or a muppet, but replacing man for beast, was maybe a bit obscure
youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 27d
Woosh straight over my head
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 27d
I would pay good money to see this film.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 27d
Muppet. Fury. Road.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 27d
Fuzzy Road
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 27d
Mad Max: Furry R0w0d
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 27d
Moving right along.
Footloose and WITNESS ME!
mctoasterson@reddthat.com · 19 pts · 28d
Muppet Apocalypse Now.
Muppet Gangs of New York.
Muppet Fight Club.
There Will Be (Muppet) Blood.
Muppet American History X.
Muppet Eyes Wide Shut.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
You forgot Muppet Taxi Driver.
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 28d
I'd see Muppet Fight Club in theaters. That and Muppet Bridesmaids.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 27d
No Country for Old Muppets
Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 27d
The Muppet Merchant Of Venice
artifex@piefed.social · 18 pts · 28d
The Matrix. John Wick. Dune. Get the original directors on board for the remakes. The possibilities are endless.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 28d
Miss Piggy has the range to star in all 3. And with Keanu's blessing, I bet.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 28d
“There are fields, Gonzo, where people are no longer born. They are sewn.”
RST987@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 28d
Imagine. Dune. But instead of a worm, an giant elongated Cookie Monster. Or the Matrix, when Kermit meets the Architect for the first time and instead is the Big Yellow Bird. Also every Machine should have Gonzos face.
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 28d
Dune but Shai-hulud is a long furby
mikenurre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 28d
Gonzo Watney, left behind & thought to be dead, needs to science the shit out some stuff as he survives alone in 'The Muppets go to Mars'
mikenurre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 28d
'Animal, you're a chemist, can you make us a bomb?'
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d
My Muppet Dinner with Andre
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 28d
Muppet Requiem for a Dream.
gibmiser@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 28d
Gonzo going ass to ass might be too much
EbenezerScrew@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
I am only watching if they get Keith David back. I am not sure who else could deliver the line "Baby, I know it's pretty, but I didn't take it out for air."
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 6 pts · 28d
You mean "meet the feebles"?
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 28d
Plugging "The Muppets Christmas Carol" as the most accurate version of the book. Hands-down, the Muppets actually make some quality content.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 27d
It's the second-best version of A Christmas Carol, after the Blackadder version.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
A cozy Christmas evening ended with Christmas Carol Gone Wrong
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 26d
I thought the most accurate version was the Patrick Stewart one
::: spoiler Tap for casting spolier It even has McNutty in it from The Wire! :::
AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 28d
For a moment I thought this was a gaming community for some unholy reason, and I immediately imagined a Skyrim remake with Muppets
jackal@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 28d
I feel like you could reskin characters in so many games and make them muppets. That’d be a great mod.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 27d
Skins alone aren't enough to capture the way Muppets move differently than humans. The only way to get it right with today's technology is motion capture, which I've never seen in a mod.
AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 27d
RUSSIANBADGER, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 28d
What is better - to be born not wanting cookie, or to overcome your cookie eating nature through great effort?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
A! No, B!
db2@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 28d
Makes me glad they wrapped up Farscape even if it was rushed and they screwed up Pilot's voice.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d
The thing is, it's the same voice actor, but they didn't use the usual filter.
db2@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d
They lost the settings, which happens I guess, but it's like they didn't even compare to get it close. It sounds like Pilot is part Kermit.
But it's a minor gripe really, I'm glad we got something.. even if it had John yelling at Rygel for something he literally never said.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 28d
This needs to be widely distributed in Hollywood immediately.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 28d
Another option is throw a director/team that is as close to opposite as possible for the remake, lion king? why not see what tarantino would do
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 28d
Closeups of lion feet.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 27d
Get the furries to the theatre
psycotica0@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 27d
As soon as The Muppets and Lucasfilm were both owned by Disney, my friends and I spent a lot of time taking about how a Muppet Star Wars just makes sense.
Now, it's a bit of a crowded space, with Blue Harvest and Space Balls already doing a lot of parody work in this area, but I think there's still room. The only problem is that I think the normal formula would have Luke be played by a human and everyone else be Muppets, but Kermit feels like he'd be a great Luke. So you'd need one of the other key roles to be human to balance it out.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 27d
I think we'd need a human Yoda too. Just an any guy.
NotBillMurray@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 27d
Danny DeVito would make a good yoda.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
Danny Devito would be a great Chewie
Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 27d
Muppet Interstellar.
"It's not possible... "
No, it's necessary.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 28d
What's wrong with Muppet remakes of Muppet movies? What if the Muppets puppeteered their own little Muppets? Muppetroyshka.
Xerxos@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 27d
Sounds like Inception.
Oh yes, Inception would be a great Muppet film: at every level they go deeper, it switches between real humans and Muppets.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d
Instead of little tokens everyone is constantly checking their butt for hands
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 28d
No Country for Old Muppets
UpAndAtThem@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d
Fozzie: Hello friend-o...
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 28d
I'll take one Muppet Amadeus, one Muppet Lawrence of Arabia, and one Muppet Yojimbo please.
UpAndAtThem@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 27d
Muppet Training Day with Kermit and Fozzie
Tiral@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d
I'd actually go to the movies for this. I never go to the movies.
hOrni@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 27d
Muppet centipede? Human centimuppet?
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 26d
That's much more wholesome. It's just all the puppeteers holding hands while wearing Muppet gloves.
JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 28d
The best adult film (clip; I’m not a millionaire) that I’ve seen in a while featured a muppet. I wouldn’t cry over a remake.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 28d
why stop at just a 'clip'?
debbiemiss piggy does dallasunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 28d
Can muppets consent? This only gets worse if you keep interrogating
JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 28d
Talk to the hand?
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 28d
Absolutely. They're constantly getting fisted.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 27d
Heck I just hope they do restart the Muppet Show. The soft pilot was pretty good, actually got me to watch a Sabrina Carpenter performance, and Seth Rogen's punchability is at an all-time low. Come on Disney. (I hate saying those words)
mr_satan@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 28d
Are Muppets good or is this more of a nostalgia thing for people?
I've never seen Muppets. I don't remember it airing on our national TV when I was a child. It's not much of a thing in my social circles either.
Aneb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
I rarely see the Muppets but they were a cultural cornerstone for the 90s-00s. My older sisters can name everyone while I can name Kermit, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie, and cookie monster (use to be my favorite Friendly's sundae). Wait is Elmo and yellow bird also muppets?
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 27d
Do we not separate Muppets muppets from Sesame Street muppets? The only Muppets muppets you mentioned were Kermit and Miss Piggy. Also the yellow bird from Sesame Street is Big Bird.
The Muppets muppets were more of an 80s thing, and then they spawned movies. Kermit, Miss Piggy, swedish chef, fozzie bear, animal and so on are Muppets muppets.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 27d
They're all one thing. Kermit used to show up on Sesame Street as a newscaster. And Big Bird shows up in the Muppet Movie from the 70s. Jim Henson and Frank Oz did both.
mr_satan@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 27d
No clue, I know of Sesame Street only from occasional memes. I always thought it all one and the same, since it's all puppets.
architectonas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
Wait, does Sesame Street belong to the Muppets?
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 27d
Yep, they're all Jim Henson. And they show up on each other's stuff--Kermit was occasionally a newscaster on Sesame Street, and Big Bird was in the original Muppet Movie from the 70s.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 27d
The Muppets were created by Jim Henson in yhe 1950s, and made various appearances in commercials for the next 15 years.
Independently, Jim Henson was hired as a contractor to build puppets for Sesame Street. During the 70s the Muppets began to make appearances on the show.
Then in the mid-70s Henson made his own show, for British television, featuring a large cast of Muppets. This rocketed them to fame and spawned a series of feature films and spinoff shows that continues today.
i_love_FFT@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 27d
I like the chaotic energy they bring on screen.
Also not officially Muppets shows, but look at Farscape and Labyrinth. Chef d'oeuvre!
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 27d
Personally, I think they're good. Obviously it's subjective, but I think there's a good reason that they've withstood the test of time.
The brand of humor is timeless. The absurdity of a world where a pig and a frog can take on human roles without comment is just as funny now as it was 40 years ago. The overall style of humor is somewhat dry but still accessible.
It's not for everyone, but it's for a lot of people.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 27d
The Muppets are good. Very entertaining for all ages. But these remakes are nothing but a money grab. No new story line, a few rewrites, toss in a few jokes, get nostalgic movie goers to buy tickets and make a bunch of money.
The Muppets are more than good enough to deserve their own new stories and not just rehashed garbage.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 28d
Got my vote.
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 27d
Muppet Hudson Hawk. Everyone BUT the Hawk is a Muppet.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d
The musical bits! You genius!
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 27d
Starfox 64
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 26d
Well they keep making Godzilla movies. I think I could watch a Muppet Godzilla movie.
Dymonika@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 27d
Why is there a second "No" after the first "Yes?"
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 27d
Yeson the first question andNoon the second question both lead to the end nodeDon't botherHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 27d
I posit we could remake some (not all) of the Muppet movies and still get good movies. Not the one with Tim Curry, that one had Tim Curry in it. Can't be improved upon.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 27d
Muppet Treasure Island has been in my top five movies of all time for as long as I can remember. In addition to Tim Curry, it has one of my favorite exchanges in all of cinematic history:
"It just feels weird."
"What? That Captain Smollet is dead?"
"Yeah, that... and my pants are filled with starfish."
"...you and your hobbies!"
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d
I knew they couldn't have thought of this in they own
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 26d
Putting things in pants that aren't ordinarily in pants, especially while wearing said pants, it a time-honored trope.
Inucune@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d
Muppet Fear and loathing in Las Vegas
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 26d
I liked the remake of midway but much else. If it’s not featuring muppets and newer then 50 years old, probably doesn’t need a remake
Snapz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 28d
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https://media.giphy.com/media/bathroompixouqrzko2ywc6jdi/giphy.gif
rounding_error@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 26d
Muppets Hamilton
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 26d
But what about all the gender or race swap possibilities?
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
How do we read this chart if we've been told we're a muppet?
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 26d
Will you feature in the remake? Then yes.
Snapz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d
Mikey