minor muppetz
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It's often said that The Muppet Movie was a huge risk because there hadn't been a movie like that before. I assume they meant there hadn't been a puppet movie like that before (I know there was an H.R. Puffenstuff movie, but is that counted more as a puppet show or a walk-around costumes show?). But even after The Muppet Movie was a hit, there haven't really been a lot of Muppet-style puppet movies, unless they were made from The Jim Henson Company. The Kroft's didn't try to cash in on the success of the Muppet movies (again, is their work considered more "puppets" or "costumes"?). The only non-Muppet/non-Henson puppet movie I know of that exists is Meet the Feebles, and that was a Muppet parody.
But the majority of movies featuring puppets are the kind of movies that the Creature Shop would do (or did), stuff with more realistic-looking puppets and costumes. I wonder if Chucky would count more as a "Muppet-style puppet" or a "Creature Shop-style puppet" (it's a toy that's alive, but the toy kinda does look a little realistic).
It would have been cool if Greg the Bunny had become popular enough to warrant a Greg the Bunny movie, or if Fred Rogers made a "Land of Make-Believe" movie. Of if there'd been more movies made with puppets as main characters (whether they be Muppet style, or traditional puppets, or a completely original style, or anything but Creature Shop-level realistic), co-existing with humans.
But the majority of movies featuring puppets are the kind of movies that the Creature Shop would do (or did), stuff with more realistic-looking puppets and costumes. I wonder if Chucky would count more as a "Muppet-style puppet" or a "Creature Shop-style puppet" (it's a toy that's alive, but the toy kinda does look a little realistic).
It would have been cool if Greg the Bunny had become popular enough to warrant a Greg the Bunny movie, or if Fred Rogers made a "Land of Make-Believe" movie. Of if there'd been more movies made with puppets as main characters (whether they be Muppet style, or traditional puppets, or a completely original style, or anything but Creature Shop-level realistic), co-existing with humans.