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I tend to do both or make my own abbreviations like saying Caper instead of GMC or the Great Muppet Caper. Acronyms in general are a staple on this and other forums. We all have abbreviated something. Why change things now? Actually there's no way to really change things now. ;) You see it...

There was reportedly a lot of interest at the Comic Con last year. The prototype they have needs to appear in view of collectors again. I can wait another year for Fozzie, but they should certainly bring him back to Comic Con and other such conventions. I think the tide would turn enough to...

I couldn't really find the plot. The only thing I could relate to is that "I don't want to be a waiter" either. I really felt it was a bad, but beautiful-looking film. It meandered past the point of caring and I really try to give movies every chance. You are not alone. I have met one more...

Acronyms make sense and have always been a staple on MC forums. I admit some of them are confusing, but we should all at least know the 6 Muppet films, the Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock and the Dark Crystal abbreviations (TMM, GMC, MTM, MCC, MTI, MFS, TMS, MT, SS, FR...

Neil Gaiman has been on this frogboy's angry list since MirrorMask. I really feel that film helped strangle the funding for other Henson ventures. All that will likely be forgotten with next year's Coraline. I have MirrorMask on DVD already. I'll only pick up the Blu-ray once all of the...

Studio DC is really just a commercial and nothing much more. The second “special” didn't merely stuff the Muppets between all of those quick jarring cuts; they actually got some breathing room to be Muppets (albeit not that funny, it’s like watching the Muppets make a sandwich or go to the...

I agree with prawncracker. As much as I like to see the gangs intersect, there's a delicate branding going on with Disney and the Muppets. They are trying to solidify Kermit, Piggy and the gang as their own troupe of characters instead of a Sesame Street sort of spin-off that many people today...

You are so lucky. I see a Scooter way back behind one of you guy's heads! ;) And Carl is in this thing? That makes us other fans lucky too. :)

Congratulations! Just remember that he looks rather freaky right out of the box. It takes a while and a little bit of fussing over him to settle into the Animal we know and love. But once he does, he is beautiful. These MR items set the bar for Muppet product.

Oooh. Thank you! I'm excited that most everybody appears to be going with purple for Gonzo's nose. He's actually the strongest sculpt this time out so that's kind of odd. And even though Piggy's not perfect she's likely second here. I am not certain if there's enough accuracy in the character...

I just caught the entire broadcast and it was pretty good. The premise for these shows appears to be like the network fall season promotional programs that introduce new shows coming that year. It's not really about the Muppets or the Disney kids; it's about product and programming promotion = a...

I agree. And just a trip over to Tough Pigs' main page show just how "special" this movie appears to be and how much "heart" it has that was sorely lacking in the last Christmas special. ;)

It all seems pretty classic to me these days. I just don't really see it. Inflicting a film like what MFS turned out to be on the public - that is what I consider to be jaded, obvious and immature. There is not Muppet project that offends me more than that particular dumbed-down movie ripe with...

Say No to Canned Muppets It's just such a fine line from these "concerns" to inflicting the PC police on the Muppets. On one hand most fans want the characters to be their same classic selves. On the other they want the humor pasteurized but only in particular ways. To me it's all picking of...

From what I saw the show went remarkably better than the other special. I guess these are the B-list Disney kids and they seem to work harder in this context than the more established contractually obligated stars. ;) I still didn’t like Miss Piggy’s singing voice or Cheetah performance, but...

I really don't think so. Kermit and the gang have said some rather brutal things to the pig in the Muppet Show and Jim Henson era. It is my belief that Frank cheered that on. It is my position that the humor in that respect hasn't changed as much as some viewers' perceptions about it. I mean the...

When have they ever? It's always been part of the mix like Fozzie's bad jokes, Gonzo's strangeness and Rizzo's shifty ways. I would write letters if they tried to make any character more politically correct. We don't need any Veggie Monsters in the Muppet Show and I don’t think that will ever...

Many Oscar contenders receive a re-release in the theaters around Oscar time to generate more buzz. This film was both commercially and critically acclaimed. That's what makes it special. I do not really understand your last few posts because there's nothing out of the ordinary with how this...

Why? That is how the home video market has been in general since Tim Burton's summer Batman film hit VHS in time for that very Christmas in 1989. If there were anything problematic about the practice it would have presented itself in the last 19 years. Movies used to take years to hit home...

No offense to Kathy Griffin, Hulk Hogan, Andy McDowell or Ray Liotta, but the Muppets used to attract mostly hot, timeless or higher esteemed personalities in their films. After Tim Curry's brilliant performance in MTI the casting seemed to go downhill far and fast! That's what makes me glad to...