Next Muppet Movie

[Marky]

I'm not trashing Muppet Babies, it's fine for what it was.
I'm just realistic on what it isn't.

 

[travellingpat]

All Howies doing is Deal or No Deal...what else? he would have time!

 

[Marky]

I can't see how or why Muppet Babies would ever be revised... and if it did, why on earth wouldn't they use Steve W., Eric J. etc for it?

 

[Teheheman]

Well, look at all the 80's shows that they are making movies of now. You have Miami Vice, Dallas is in pre-production, Magnum PI is being talked about, among others, you'd be stupid not to at least think about it. I mean, what about an adventure where Nanny gets kidnapped or something. They could even do the CGI version of it. Where the Muppets are in CGI, but everybody else isn't. Kinda like a Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Besides, it's all about money, and how much it'll cost to shoot. You have a lot of muppet kids runnin around it might cost more to do that than CGI. I dunno, it sounds good though.

Daniel

 

[Marky]

You have a lot of muppet kids runnin around it might cost more to do that than CGI. I dunno, it sounds good though.

Daniel

... YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND. Cost of filming puppets vs cg - cg being cheaper???

Yes, eighties hit shows are remade, ad nauseum. But Muppet Babies was just a spin-off series of a musical number from the least successful Muppet film of Jim's run. It was a sub-product, not unlike the Yellow Submarine film - it wasn't really the Beatles.

Muppet Babies weren't puppets, and the voices weren't the real cast. It was just a simple cartoon based on the Muppets. I'm not knocking it, but that's all it was.

 

[unclematt]

Muppet Babies was not spun off from MTM. That scene was added to build a little hype for Muppet Babies. Secondly The fact they werent pupets is not an arguement. It was a cartoon series and it was supposed to be a cartoon series. The voices were done by new talent because tehy needed new voices. Nobody sounds the same at the age of three as they do at the age of 20.

Lets see a Muppet babies Movie!!!

 

[beaker]

1) I never want to see a cgi muppets movie or show, unless its just a character or helping with backgrounds for a movie or special

2) While Muppet Babies is NOT canon, I consider it the finest American animated show of all time. To this day, those episodes to me are simply extrordinary and rife with fostering "imag-in-ay-sheeun"...too bad they aint on dvd

3) MTM is my fave muppet film of all time

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Muppet Babies was not spun off from MTM. That scene was added to build a little hype for Muppet Babies. Secondly The fact they werent pupets is not an arguement. It was a cartoon series and it was supposed to be a cartoon series. The voices were done by new talent because tehy needed new voices. Nobody sounds the same at the age of three as they do at the age of 20.

Lets see a Muppet babies Movie!!!

Is that chronology correct? I need to find my Jim Henson the Works book! (it's my Hensonology Bible).

I didn't love Muppet Babies cartoon at all--but, I did find where I taped it and it was a cute film. As far as it not being canon to the Muppets' history, it still isnt; but, I figured a way to fit it into things: It's a continuation of Miss Piggy's fantasy! So, it works. For me, that is.

 

[TheJimHensonHour]

Is that chronology correct? I need to find my Jim Henson the Works book! (it's my Hensonology Bible).

I didn't love Muppet Babies cartoon at all--but, I did find where I taped it and it was a cute film. As far as it not being canon to the Muppets' history, it still isnt; but, I figured a way to fit it into things: It's a continuation of Miss Piggy's fantasy! So, it works. For me, that is.

well I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't like the muppet babies lol I also really hate when I talk about the muppets or muppet show people go OHHHH THE MUPPETS BABIES I LOVE THEM...and I go noooo not the stupid muppet babies ugh! lol

 

[Marky]

1) Canon in the Muppet's storyline? I assumed that with so many variations, we're not suppoesd to even worry (or care) about this!

2) Muppet Babies the best animated series of all time? Is it possible that you feel this way solely on the fact that it's based on the Muppets? It was just another Saturday morning licence toy-selling tie-in with cheap animation and second-rate imitators. It helped fund Fraggle Rock production when CBC funding was nixed. I mean, it was fine for what it was, but that's all it was.

3) Outside of the hardcore fanbase, Average Joe & Jane eithernever heard of it, or likely share the opinion that is was just an 80's cartoon show. Like Duck Tales.