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Some of that stuff is really cool - the Sesame figure sculpts especially! I haven't seen some of those around. The Kermit one, however, I do have. I'm not crazy about that particular sculpt. It's been around for a while (pre-Palisades) and I now compare it to the Palisades Kermit log mini-pvc of...

It's funny, that's something Dave Goelz touched on when he (along with Gonzo) :concern: was in San Francisco this year. What makes the Muppets special is that they can have live interaction and are quite good at it. No computers, lasers animatronics or green screen compositing - just Muppets...

I very much disagree with your pessimistic statement - and especially the claim that it is somehow a pragmatic point of view. It reminds me of the doomsday signs carried by rather colorful people in Union Square. I'm not ready to don a tinfoil hat, make some Jell-O and wait for Xenu just yet. ;)...

:excited: Thanks. I do know that there will be a holiday menu up from now through the first day or so of the New Year. We celebrate a variety of Muppet artists and performers on their birthdays or alternative days of his or her choosing. Caroll Spinney and Richard Hunt will have their annual...

Early projections show Compass underperforming, but still at number one. It will likely fall just short of the 30M domestic mark. Box office receipts don't reflect a film's quality, but it is a predictor for sequels. The mostly mild reviews don't help either. Those marketing and promoting the...

Oh, that's what you meant. Sorry about the misunderstanding. It is said that in the third book [spoiler ahead] a decrepit-looking imposter masquerading as god is killed in a way that illustrates his frailty. I think that the author is posing two questions. The first: is there a God? The second...

I know Karen Prell (Red Fraggle, of course) eventually got started in Muppets and Fraggles by sending in an audition tape with her self-made puppets. Don't know how the company works today post-Jim, but more power to you and good luck! :excited:

Just a Hellboy 2 update I used to have an unfavorable view of the Hellboy comics before seeing the film. I hadn't really gone through them and seen how mostly fantasy it is - not really pertaining to any particular theology. Even my missionary brother (yes, that's right) admitted to enjoying...

Thanks. Yeah, it's been a fun discussion. The thing about mean people is that they come in all varieties and finger-wagging is easier than introspection. City living makes that both harder and easier. I see all sorts of people everyday – but how many do I actually see? I try to be aware of that...

Just a few off the cuff thoughts in general... On Passion I felt the film focused on the wrong part of the subject’s life. I admit the title informs the public of that so there is no dishonesty in the crushingly violent centerpiece. After a while the horror had a reverse affect and numbed me...

The "What I Heard" Issue... I keep hearing from those who've heard from this person that that person read a snippet in some unknown publication that he said "this and that". I would very much like to hear and see in an interview the author's response. Otherwise it's just a game of "telephone"...

Part of the Jim Henson "magic triangle" of making Muppets is pupil placement. There is a specific measurement for them, but ultimately the pupils are individually placed and "eyeballed" by the puppet builder as to what is correct. Jim himself said that the Muppets eyes were to be "slightly...

I get you. I do know that one person walked out in the first twenty minutes of the film and never came back. It could have been for many reasons. I do know it was in a particular scene when Nicole Kidman's character gets irritated when the girl questions the workings of the Majesterium. She...

I had wondered! They look fantastic and I like them hanging actually. :halo:

The Golden Compass: An Actual Review! :zany: "The Golden Compass" :zany: There have been many recent debates about the controversial His Dark Materials books by author Phillip Pullman that the films were based. The first book of the trilogy has been around for well over a decade, but nobody...

:zany: Emmet Otter’s Jugband Menu :) The red Muppet Central logo (with green drop shadow) replaces an image of Ma and Emmet in their boat in the center of the page. The text changes to Merry Christmas! It is snowing rather thick across the menuscape. The four members of the otter jug...

:crazy: I'm usually wary of the personality type that writes things off either as "perfection" or "crap" because everything has strengths and weaknesses. In those circumstances it is usually the case that a person is magnifying one or two factors out of proportion. It can be irritating to hear...

I'm very glad to hear that. Companies as large and diverse as Disney can take a while to get around to looking at a specific product for approval. This means some things can get "rubber-stamped" without enough review and others just get stalled in the bureaucracy. That can be frustrating and...

My Thoughts on Design and Materials: For these pieces to be true replicas they would be built with materials that would eventually degrade and require much more individual attention that isn't possible with this number of units. That means changes must be made. Disney surely wouldn't allow...