I still adore the muppets. We watched every second of the 1st season DVDs we got and I'm dying for the next season. The original show and the movies never fail to make me smile and laugh.
But nothing post-Henson has been right. Oh, there's been stuff that's been pretty good amongst many many mediocre-to-bad attempts, but even those just weren't...right. It's reached the point where being iconic is more "important to the brand" than real creativity.
And while I desperately wish there could be a spectacular Muppet attraction done right, I have zero faith that "right" could ever happen.
Of course what would be really great would be if someone could create something new that had the Muppets sensibilities without the iconic-status weighing it down.
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