So, some dude has sent in a script review of the latest Muppet movie to AICN, and its got me all hot and bothered with its positiveness. Apparently with the working title The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time, Jason Segel has written “a solid, if not spectacular script” that as a sequel to some of my favorite childhood movies looks to be shaping up nicely, bringing back all of the original, beloved characters (in fact, the only post-Henson Muppet in the film is Pepe – and he only has three lines – me likey) with a classic Muppet scenario – bring the gang back together and save The Muppet Studios in Hollywood from a greedy oil tycoon.
The reviewer says Segel’s love of the classic Henson Muppets oozes out in the script and there are plenty of great gags and cameos for us to feast on. He does admit that some of the script falls flat and some of the jokes seem outdated, but I am sure that he read and early script and there will be plenty of revisions before shooting begins. One thing I find interesting is that apparently Kermit is not running away from Miss Piggy’s pursuits, but much in love with her and acting like “a jealous boyfriend” – hmm.
There is plenty more to be read, much of it spoilerific, so read at your own risk. I’m pumped though, because you can never be too old for Kermit and the gang, and it is about time the Muppets go back to their roots.
They’ll polish up this script really nice. From what I’ve heard, Segal is really passionate about this. And if it’s one thing the Muppets have taught me, it’s that if you’re heart is in the right place, it’ll all work out in the end. Or it’ll be a big mess, but there’ll be lots of singing and dancing, so really, does anybody lose?
The answer to that is no.
As you can see, this story was not only co-opted by another film site, the original AICN story and source was intentionally obfuscated (AICN is the new Variety), and even though it seemed to have been a copy and paste block quote, Jason Segel’s was still misspelled.
Look, you can make the argument that on-line film sites don’t need an ombudsman, but there are a lot of fucking people in the world being mislead by people with poor to no professional standards, bad information, half truths, and the astonishing ability to just make shit up and present it as fact.
The only reason we haven’t all collectively lost what credibility we have is because the attention span of the majority is far shorter and more forgiving than that of the minority.
Oh, and Muppets are cool.
“co-opted”
“obfuscated”
“ombudsman”
wtf! i hate having to use the dictionary and/or context clues. speak English, doc. i’m no scientist.
anyway, Muppets are way cool. i look forward to having kids and the Muppets being popular again.
“speak English, doc. i’m no scientist.”
Dude, you’re on the Internet. Looking up words you don’t doesn’t take nearly as long as it used to. Just because you hate learning doesn’t mean I have to dumb it down in a comment on a blog.
it was a joke. and a reference to a movie.
dick.