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The Sony Metreon in San Francisco has a new kiosk with a Muppet plush selection. There are so many properties represented that it's cool they thought to include the Muppets, but these guys? They're so ugly they're cute! The assortment includes: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, Swedish...

Dave Goelz remarked that the power of the Muppets vs classic Disney animated characters is that Kermit and the gang can interact -live and in real form- with the public and connect in a special way that costumed or super-imposed characters cannot. This, I believe, is where the mobile Muppet Lab...

That is so terrible it's funny.

Many showbiz parents would be better off breeding show dogs than raising children. And I thought the younger Spears was the smart one. Showbiz moms seem more like vampires than nurturers. It's just a very sad situation. And the press is treating the story like an episode of Desperate Housewives...

:eek: Your mom walked in? Oh, dang! I have encouraged my partner not to see it. It definitely provokes a reaction. The project has some funny moments, but mostly serves to satisfy morbid curiosity of just how grotesque puppets can be. That project is my definition of over-the-line. I've only...

I just don't buy into the doom and gloom, now or never talk. It's always around and serves little purpose. I am excited about the prospects of a new project, but we'll have to wait and see. The very fact that the Muppets are still out there and growing in the public's consciousness (albeit in...

You know, on the budget they had there are a good moments and the shot composition is nice. It's challenging to compose puppet shots. I got the drift that Jackson somehow admired the Muppets and made his crude version of them as a parody/indie art film. It all ends like a Scorsese picture. Not...

I think Turner eventually zeroed-in on what he grew to understand was a niche market for classic preserved films. Maybe the colorization backlash helped. It's funny that the man has had a very long career (CNN, cable entertainment, Jane Fonda etc) that continues to this day, but I best remember...

Meet the Feebles is a shoestring budgeted film that is very much in bad taste. Peter Jackson directed a film called Bad Taste. Feebles was made in an experimental phase. It is a part of my cult film collection - kept faaaaar away from the Muppets. I think in some ways it's actually homage to the...

On another note... I remember an old late night television interview with Ted Turner (the man responsible for colorizing so many classic black and white movies). Arsenio Hall (remember him) asked why he was colorizing classic films? Ted's reply was that black and white "isn't cool anymore" as...

Of course, again, that is false. I believe your misunderstanding of formatting is now intentional as the facts of the process have already been provided in just about every potential situation. I'm going to stop taking the bait here. :mad:

I really like this list compilation. I think it could work. :excited:

Yes, in the cropped full-frame formats they do reformat against the director's wishes to fit the television cube, hence the disclaimer. It's a statement that did not always appear until directors demanded it. It is a studio decision to release perfectly good-looking movies in the modified way...

:attitude: Again, that is technically untrue. The Muppet Show's closing caused a bit of a stir in the entertainment community because it ended at the height of its popularity. Maybe it is perceived differently outside of the US and UK, but that's really what happened. I also see that Sesame and...

What? I'm a gym-goer? He he. ;) Well, my partner absolutely loved the film. He picked up the classic Chipmunks Christmas CD afterward at the Virgin Megastore down the street from the theater. So old and new tonight. He's going to be seeing it multiple times. He enjoyed it even more than I did...

Going to see Chipmunks again with friends and my partner tonight. Leaving for it in a few. My guy still wants to see it! :) My pseudo-rant before (he he) was directed to our culture becoming more and more socially handicapped. So many people are isolating themselves by plugging in earphones...

Oh, wow! This is probably why the accessory packs were cut. I like it. A great idea here. I know that Palisades kind of tried to do such "Muppet Moments" with the PVCs. They are beautiful sculptures but didn't quite reach that goal. Sideshow reported the moments concept in a newsletter years...

So, what you are saying is that a film's director, director of photography, production designer, art director, essentially all the creators and artisans of the picture are wrong and their work should be altered from the way they chose to shoot it in order to suit your television screen? I don't...

Here is an excerpt. "A popular transfer technique sometimes used involves removing the widescreen matting of a film that is shot on a larger scale (like Super35). Many motion pictures are shot in a large format to later be masked in the widescreen format. This method can be cheaper to shoot...

Did you read any of the article link I provided? It explains some of that. Those "full frame" portions that you are seeing that appear to be chipped away in the widescreen video version were - not seen in theaters and - not intended by the director. There's actually a picture that demonstrates...