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Fuck Avengers 87. I want a Muppet remake of 12 Angry Men (startrek.website)
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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In the 2011 Muppets movie, Gonzo had moved on from the Muppets ensemble and started his own flourishing toilet company: Gonzo's Royal Flush.

He initially rejects Kermit's plea to return to the Muppets. His life as a CEO was what he wanted. His fine suit, his fine wife (a Chicken, of course), his sprawling business empire... He was living the dream.

But then, he comes to, and decides to rejoin the Muppets.

But this is the best part, from his suit, he withdraws a detonator.

He activates it, and blows up his whole industrial complex.

Like, why did he have to destroy it? Why did he decide to rig his whole operation with explosives? Was he really coming to work every day with the detonator in his breast pocket??

This is the high drama piece I want. I want to see Gonzo rise to the top while his internal struggles and duality is tearing him apart.

[–] Landbuffalo@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago

The Muppets: Fight Club

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

G/11 was an inside job

[–] the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Rocky Horror Muppet Show

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you haven’t seen Meet The Feebles, you should.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A movie that opens with a walrus fucking a cat. This is not even the slightest exaggeration.

Relatedly, Jim Henson originally wanted to name the Muppets show "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence." This was to set it apart from his kid friendly Sesame Street productions, an image he was afraid he'd be saddled and typecast with forever.

This probably inspired the tone of the Feebles. Nobody believes it was directed by Peter Jackson. Yes, that Peter Jackson.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Peter Jackson did a lot of schlock before he made it so to speak. One of his earlier movies was about fast food aliens harvesting the human race for Burger meat, in which he played one of the lead characters who had to tie his skull back together to keep his brains from oozing out while he laid waste to alien scum.

So yeah the real question isn't how is it that the man who did Lord of the Rings made this, it's how did the man who make this go on to do King Kong and Lord of the Rings

Edit: This movie is called "Bad Taste" and it's in that "So Bad It's Good" category. So I do recommend taking a look.

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[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Now you're making me want a muppets LOTR.

Of all the remakes that Hollywood could do, why not this one?!

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[–] comador@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Directed by Tim Burton.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The best Muppet movies are modern retellings of old stories, like Treasure Island or A Christmas Carol. So I say we make Muppet Fall of the House of Usher.

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Muppet Treasure Island still holds up tbh

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

I think it's the best telling of treasure Island. The other one that comes close is treasure planet, but I prefer the Muppets one.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Muppet call of cthulhu, I want to see a muppet shoggoth

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[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

So... Have you seen Meet The Feebles...

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Directed by Peter Jackson? You ever just make random ass movies, then make the biggest and most ambitious trilogy ever?

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[–] SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I want a remake the Knives Out movies with nothing but Muppets and Daniel Craig.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Whom Miss Piggy consistently suspects is actually 007, refuses to accept any proof to the contrary, and makes increasingly amorous overtures to vow to keep his secret safe? These, naturally, only end up confounding the investigation's progress rather quickly, all the way up to her faking her own death (to "flush out the real killer"), and Benoit breaks the 4th wall when he realizes he's now trapped in a series of movies with the lot of them.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

[not Muppet related]

The second Knives Out movie was inspired by the far superior 'The Last Of Shelia.' Watch it and enjoy.

[–] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still want Muppet Black Panther so that Wakawakanda can become a reality.

[–] NBJack@reddthat.com 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fozzie holds up a hand. "We don't do that here!"

He runs to the opposite end of the landing pad, away from the camera

"We do that over HERE!"

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting, because the last 25 years of Muppet productions have generated abysmally little interest.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a shame, because the first Muppets reboot movie with Jason Segel was actually really good. The music was top-notch, and IIRC Bret from Flight Of The Concords won an Oscar for one of the songs.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man or Muppet?

[–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The part with Jim Parsons is pure gold on it own.

[–] So_zetta_slowpoke@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Muppets Saving Private Ryan

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The thing about Live Action Adaptations of an Animated Work is an Obscure Hollywood loophole where you don't have to pay anybody involved in the originals any royalties.

I forget the exact Court Case but a couple decades ago the courts decided that the live action remake and the animated film it was based on were too different to warrant royalties, even in the case of 1 to 1 scene recreations.

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[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I’m still hoping for Muppets Princess Bride

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I'll never understand why movie companies don't listen to fans. We NEED a muppets cinematic universe. 12 angry men, yes. The wire remade with muppets, green light. Train spotting, promotion.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Oppenheimer with the Muppets, but it's just a lead up to Bunsen and the Swedish Chef using an exploding cake to launch Beaker into orbit.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Muppet Zootopia, but also the nudist colony scene is rated NC-17 and shows full, Muppet genitals.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

So Disney gets to ruin the Muppets, too.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I want a muppet remake of Boondock Saints.

edit: but no muppet for Willem Dafoe, he’s back to reprise his role like nothing is unusual here

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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I'd rather shit myself in a sleeping bag than watch another remake.

[–] giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would love to see how Gaston looks in this remake.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd cast him as Sam the Eagle.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"It is the American...I mean, French way!"

Personally, I'd choose Link Hogthrob.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh that's even better! I forgot about him XD

Edit: Alternative gender-swap casting: make Kermit belle, cast Miss Piggy as Gaston(ella.) Overly aggressive sexual advances and egotism have always been her thing after all.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I don't think she'd be very happy about Kermie ending up with someone else at the end of the movie. She'd have to play the Beast, too!

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Anyone down for a Muppet - Star Trek crossover?

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[–] spudwart@spudwart.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Muppet Revenge of the Sith, Muppet Order 66.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I want to see Gonzo as Sam Spade in The Maltese Chicken.

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

How about a Muppet remake of "Frankenstein"?

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Wasn't that the plot of the Twilight Zone episode with the pig faces?

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

What would be the most inappropriate Muppet remake? Off the top of my head:

  • Muppet Schindler's List
  • A Serbian Muppet Film
  • Requiem for a Muppet Dream
  • Muppet Audition
  • Old Muppet Boy
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Birth of a Muppet Nation

50 Shades of Muppets

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