The Muppet movies do confuse people. Due to 'The Muppets take Manhattan' lots of people think that Kermit and Piggy are married. On talk shows, Kermit has been very clear that the marriage was part of a movie and they weren't really married. On the other hand, Piggy argued the opposite view for awhile.
All three of the Henson related movies show different origins for the Muppet group. The original movie purports to show a dramatized version of what 'really' happened to bring the group together. 'The Great Muppet Caper' shows Kermit and Fozzie as brothers. 'The Muppets take Manhattan' shows the gang in school together, as well as footage of the main gang together as Babies.
Which draws extra confusion as the footage of the Babies led to a cartoon of Muppet Babies for seven years. 'A Muppet Family Christmas', a tv special in the late eighties, also shows footage of the Babies, just like 'Manhattan'. As the television footage tends to feel more like 'canon', this throws a wrench in the works.
Nuts, I've confused myself now.
06 June 2009
05 June 2009
A Few Thoughts on Comics from this week
Ultimate Spider-Man #133 and Ultimatum #4 both came out this week. There's a lot going on, a little 'cya' happening, and a ton of extra super crazy violence. It does feel like a down and dirty, last ditch chance at saving the world sort of thing. It's also reminding me more and more of the big shakeup that altered the world of 2099 a decade or so ago. The declared point of all this is to make the Ultimate Universe that much more different from the mainstream Marvel Universe. That they are doing. If everything goes back to normal at the end of this? Then I'm done.
Amazing Spider-Man #596 had a fill-in artist. Not bad but disappointing. Story is still good.
Dark Avengers #5 has a neat twist in it. I'm not sure if it's going somewhere or if it'll lead to a character twist. Eitherway will work just fine.
The Muppet Show #3 tells Gonzo's Story. The insurance on the theatre is being updated and the regular performers need to be listed. The insurance company wants to know what Gonzo is and Scooter tries to find out. "That's easy," I hear you say, "Gonzo's an alien. They said so in 'Muppets from Space'." Is he? Do we know that? The Muppet movies feature the Muppet performers as actors, playing roles. This fact is made clear in the first movie as the bulk of the movie is a movie that the Muppets are watching that they performed in. The post-Henson films made this point even more clear as the Muppets take on roles from books (A Christmas Carol and Treasure Island) so why should we expect that the events of 'Muppets from Space' are suddenly accurate or 'count'? Luckily, while the comic does answer some questions, it doesn't contradict the events of 'Muppets from Space' so, you know, it could count. The book is funny too.
Amazing Spider-Man #596 had a fill-in artist. Not bad but disappointing. Story is still good.
Dark Avengers #5 has a neat twist in it. I'm not sure if it's going somewhere or if it'll lead to a character twist. Eitherway will work just fine.
The Muppet Show #3 tells Gonzo's Story. The insurance on the theatre is being updated and the regular performers need to be listed. The insurance company wants to know what Gonzo is and Scooter tries to find out. "That's easy," I hear you say, "Gonzo's an alien. They said so in 'Muppets from Space'." Is he? Do we know that? The Muppet movies feature the Muppet performers as actors, playing roles. This fact is made clear in the first movie as the bulk of the movie is a movie that the Muppets are watching that they performed in. The post-Henson films made this point even more clear as the Muppets take on roles from books (A Christmas Carol and Treasure Island) so why should we expect that the events of 'Muppets from Space' are suddenly accurate or 'count'? Luckily, while the comic does answer some questions, it doesn't contradict the events of 'Muppets from Space' so, you know, it could count. The book is funny too.
03 June 2009
Wax Paper Makes Me Think of Mel Brooks
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
Once upon a time, two peanuts were walking down the street and one walked into a bar.
(Wait, that can't be right.)
Did you hear about the chicken that crossed the road? You did, huh?
(Oh, no. This is not going well.)
Do you know what's yellow and doesn't breathe? A dead school bus! Aaaaaaah?!?
(Now we're getting some place!)
What's black and white and read nowhere? A newspaper!
Thank you! Wocka-wocka!
Once upon a time, two peanuts were walking down the street and one walked into a bar.
(Wait, that can't be right.)
Did you hear about the chicken that crossed the road? You did, huh?
(Oh, no. This is not going well.)
Do you know what's yellow and doesn't breathe? A dead school bus! Aaaaaaah?!?
(Now we're getting some place!)
What's black and white and read nowhere? A newspaper!
Thank you! Wocka-wocka!
01 June 2009
Missed a Couple Days, Ramble to Catch Up
Last week was a weird week that seemed to drag more than most. Wednesday I realized it was because I'd gone too long without seeing the bulk of my friends. I was expecting a 'booster shot' my going to the comic book store, only to suddenly recall that new books didn't get released until Thursday due to Memorial Day. Ugh, that ended up being no fun. Thursday had the Edge crew mostly gathered, Friday was baseball with Moppy, Saturday night was on at the Compound as normal, and Sunday was more baseball with Moppy and a cast of others. In that regard, I'm feeling much better now.
Speaking of feeling much better, the Brewers seem to be feeling better as well. Last week they were on a bit of a skid as well. Thursday was their day off. Between that, I noted, and them getting to see me on Friday, they'd so be bad to their winning ways. And what happened? Three game winning streak and a sweep of the Reds. My streak lives as well.
Saturday night we watched 'Fanboys'. I'm not sure which version got released on DVD as there were rumors of three different cuts of the film. The basic premise is that a group of Star Wars fans head to Skywalker Ranch in 1998 in order to get a copy of the upcoming 'Episode One' for their terminally ill friend can see it. They don't dwell much on the illness of that character but it does pop up now and then as a plot point. Even as the non-fan of Star Wars that I am, I found the movie entertainingly funny. While it does mock many things, fandom as a whole is not mocked. Fandom is often about the friendships you make as a part of that fandom and that theme is center to the film. It's worth seeing, even if the idea of Kristen Bell in a black wig wearing a Slave Leia bikini doesn't get your heart a-racing. Woo-hoo!
Speaking of feeling much better, the Brewers seem to be feeling better as well. Last week they were on a bit of a skid as well. Thursday was their day off. Between that, I noted, and them getting to see me on Friday, they'd so be bad to their winning ways. And what happened? Three game winning streak and a sweep of the Reds. My streak lives as well.
Saturday night we watched 'Fanboys'. I'm not sure which version got released on DVD as there were rumors of three different cuts of the film. The basic premise is that a group of Star Wars fans head to Skywalker Ranch in 1998 in order to get a copy of the upcoming 'Episode One' for their terminally ill friend can see it. They don't dwell much on the illness of that character but it does pop up now and then as a plot point. Even as the non-fan of Star Wars that I am, I found the movie entertainingly funny. While it does mock many things, fandom as a whole is not mocked. Fandom is often about the friendships you make as a part of that fandom and that theme is center to the film. It's worth seeing, even if the idea of Kristen Bell in a black wig wearing a Slave Leia bikini doesn't get your heart a-racing. Woo-hoo!
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