TV/Movies Megathread

[katmai]

Busy watching my own show that we are still here working on...

[Josephus]

What's that, Kat?

[katmai]

Coast Guard Alaska on Weather Channel Highest rated show on the network....granted it is the Weather Channel 

[Josephus]

I'll have to see if we get that on our Weather Network.

[Ideologue]

Rifftrax of Plan 9 From Outer Space.  It's sort of amazing this was never on MST3K, but better late than never.

[Eddie Teach]

Why would you want to hear people talking over Ed Wood's magnum opus? 

[fhdz]

Hey, Bob Newhart just showed up as a guest star on NCIS.  Dang, he looks old.

To be fair, he looked old when he was young.

[Sophie Scholl]

The Muppets.   Very much enoyed it.  Would highly recommend to anyone who has fond memories of the show or the Muppets in general.

[Grey Fox]

I'll have to see if we get that on our Weather Network.

It's not. It doesn't air in Canada yet. I expect it's going to be on A&E but who knows.

[frunk]

The Muppets.   Very much enoyed it.  Would highly recommend to anyone who has fond memories of the show or the Muppets in general.

I have to ask, the sad mopiness that was 3/4 of the movie didn't get to you?  Yeah, when the Muppets were doing their thing it was great (the barber scene was fantastic) but most of the time the cast just mooned for the old days, or each other.

[dps]

Hey, Bob Newhart just showed up as a guest star on NCIS.  Dang, he looks old.

To be fair, he looked old when he was young.

Interestingly, he's just 4 years older than David McCallum (Ducky), but he played Ducky's predecessor, who's supposed to have been retired for 12 years.  OTOH, I don't think the character of Dr. Mallard is supposed to be as old as McCallum, plus Newhart's character is supposed to be suffering from Alzheimer's, so he may have been made up to look worse than Newhart actually looks.

[Malthus]

The Muppets.   Very much enoyed it.  Would highly recommend to anyone who has fond memories of the show or the Muppets in general.

I have to ask, the sad mopiness that was 3/4 of the movie didn't get to you?  Yeah, when the Muppets were doing their thing it was great (the barber scene was fantastic) but most of the time the cast just mooned for the old days, or each other.

What, did they have Kermit as a crack addict and Miss Piggy turning tricks to support it or something? 

[Viking]

Isn't the plot of the muppets the plot of Blues Brothers?

The Muppets is one of those movies that I am going to go to the movies to see and I'm going with a large group of people children, adults and elderly with a meal before and after the elderly take the kids home boozing in public. It's gonna be epic.

[Sophie Scholl]

The Muppets.   Very much enoyed it.  Would highly recommend to anyone who has fond memories of the show or the Muppets in general.

I have to ask, the sad mopiness that was 3/4 of the movie didn't get to you?  Yeah, when the Muppets were doing their thing it was great (the barber scene was fantastic) but most of the time the cast just mooned for the old days, or each other.

As Viking said, it reminded me of The Blues Brothers to some degree in terms of getting the band back together if you will.  I really wouldn't say it was overly drenched in the "sad mopiness" that you  think, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.  I thought it was a nice balance of reminiscing over the old days, the old characters popping back up, humor, and the occasional sad moment, all wrapped up in the traditional Muppet style of greatness.

[frunk]

***SPOILERS***




Other than the occasional musical number the characters were almost all pining, sometimes painfully so, for the first hour of the running time.  Gary pined for the return of the Muppet Show.  Mary pined for Gary.  Walter pined to find his place in the Muppets.  Kermit and Miss Piggy not so secretly pined for each other.  Fozzie pined for the better days.  Gonzo pined for his wilder days.  Except for the evil businessman every single character when they were introduced was full of longing for something or someone.  It bugged the hell out of me, felt horribly one note, killed any developing momentum and was pretty depressing.

It annoyed me because when they got to putting on the Muppet Show it really was awesome.  A lot of great bits both on and off the stage and hitting that madcap feel that was missing earlier.