The Muppets - Do you still love them?

[Ghoulish Delight]

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.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But nothing post-Henson has been right.

Oddly enough, I think the immediately post-Henson Muppet Christmas Carol is the best thing they've ever done.

The tv shows seem dated, though charming. The first movie is great stuff. The characters are what they were, and will ever remain so. That's the beauty of such "characters"* - - their timelessness ... their earlier, popularity-snaring work never quite diminshed by lesser later efforts.


I know my fondness for them will never die ... but it doesn't mean I'm going to run to see anything "new" that might be done with them. Heck, I'm not even going to see Dr. Bunson Honeydew and Beaker at DCA this weekend.





* Most timeless characters are animated. Since they are puppets, the Muppets have always amazed me for having the same effect as animated characters - - all completely without eye movement!





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