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Exactly. The Muppets have had a huge upswing with Disney once the idea of a theatrical movie came about. But Sesame Street doesn't need that bump. The Muppets haven't had a steady show since The Muppet Show (JHH and MT were canned all too quickly)... and they only really popped up as TV...

I can't pretend to know what's going on... but I'd wager that they were waiting for a more strategic time in parts of Europe to release the film. I'd guess that Chipmunks, Sherlock Holmes and MI4 were released about the same time internationally... I think they got TinTin sometime in...

I think Outsourced was dealt a terrible card. It was at least more genuine than that horrid Whitney show they replaced it with. The characters felt genuine, and it dealt with a growing concern about the subject matter... all the while not making Indians look like stupid versions of Apu from...

I actually DON'T want my CGI to be realistic. At least when it comes to fully CGI animated movies. As much as I dig Shrek, I honestly never cared for the look, where as I think Dreamworks found a good blend of cartoonish stylization starting with Madagascar. Pixar never felt like they had to...

The problem is getting that seriousness to work organically. I could see a Super Grover movie being a Naked Gun type deal that doesn't need those tender moments, and if it did, they'd be sarcastic... but the Scary Movie and spinoff franchise totally ruined that kind of film for everyone...

Disney's ownership of Sesame Street characters soured the deal when Henson was trying to sell them. SS's characters NEED to be the soul property of a non-profit organization like Sesame Workshop. I'd swear if Disney did own them, they'd be ripped from PBS and put on Playhouse Disney where we'd...

REALLY?!?! You didn't see this coming ABC? Somehow, I don't buy the fact that the GBLT community had a problem with it... it's just a BAD show and a ripoff of Busom Buddies and Tootsie. And those were at least GOOD. Still, I'm surprised Last Man Standing hasn't been canceled yet. That's...

Some how, I'd rather no movie than a cheapo DTV release. DTV movies have such varying quality... animated ones look like 90's Saturday morning cartoons... live action ones tend to look like TV shows... unless they have a huge budget. An FR movie demands a theatrical budget. The puppet...

I see what you mean. Honestly, I don't compare the new film to the first three because, like I said, there's no comparison. But I do compare it to every Post-Henson Muppet project. I have problems with, but enjoyed most of them. My two favorites before the film were VMX and LTS. They both...

Just adding in the scene where Tex explains his hate for the Muppets would do it for me. And quite honestly, this really SHOULD have been 2 hours long.

Langridge has slowly become one of my favorite comic book artists... and not even for the Muppet Show either. I strongly recommend Snarked. It has a wonderful old school Thimble Theater (the Popeye comics when they were GOOD) quality to them, but somehow more modern. I also thumbed through...

I always felt the healthy habits bit was damage control for having McDonalds as a sponsor. Aside from that, I completely agree... some things are for young children to know, others aren't. Breastfeeding seems like something adult parents could talk about, and I kinda have a feeling that if...

Muppet Wizard of Oz and Letters to Santa were both extended when they were released on DVD... That song was added back into Muppet Christmas Carol. Unless they took the digital transfer of the film directly after the final edit, off to the theaters sources (which I'm assuming happens with every...

Skeletor's the reason I watch He-Man. The rivalry he has with Hordak is pretty funny. Though I almost bought a Hordak figure at a CW Price for cheap, but I saw a Transformers Puzzle with a small Optimus Prime figure, and it was the only one left...

Plus, part two... that'd probably be about 20 bucks... so... there's that end too. I've never in my life paid more than almost 20 bucks for a plush. I almost broke down and bought like a 30 dollar imported Freiza at a convention, and I had second thoughts about it.

Might as well add: Hordak: If for no other reason, I'm a Skellitor Man. Starscream: Let's face it... he's like the Dwight Schrute of the Decepticons... always trying to usurp Megatron... he's a funny character and all, but he's a FUNNIER character when he fails.

I was able to find a few... Dinosaurs Classics, Muppet Babies: Where's the Bear, Muppet Manners, and Case of the Missing Mother.

I don't know if the Little Big Planet costumes counted or not... But The Muppets never had any really good video games. It is strange there's no tie in... even Up got a game, and that was a very under-merchandised movie. There's rumblings that one's going to happen on the horizon, even though...

Heh... yeah, there's always that. I mean, it shows you how disposable the tweenpop idols are. I'm sure more people care about Ashley Tinsdale as Candice in Phineas and Ferb (frankly, the best work she's ever done) than whatever she was in whatever else there was.

I came to understand that too. Disney hit the market first with products the nostalgia crazed general public would buy. The kid's stuff had to come out closer to the movie's release. The toy companies would rather jump on some throwaway CGI film than something that has a stable presence...