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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » December 17th, 2021, 4:03 pm

A fan rediscovered a reel of raw takes from Muppet Christmas Carol:



Pretty extraordinary. Seeing the planks that Michael Caine uses over the performers is so cool!

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » December 19th, 2021, 4:46 am

B-b-but why can we see all those people under the Muppets? It’s so weird, it’s like they’re holding them up or something! We need to see more of this: maybe the upcoming 4K version will be in Disney Imax and show all this stuff that was intended to be cropped out… ;)

More serishly, it’s so nice to see "proper" Muppet BTS again. I used to love visiting the sets, where pretty much everything was built up on supports and the humans would have to tread carefully between the scaffold boards! It’s also cool to see how the excellent choreography here always manages to cover them up with Muppets entering and leaving frame at specific points…seamlessly done!

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » December 19th, 2021, 3:38 pm

You kid, but a "When Illusion is Gone" edition would be pretty fascinating! ;)

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » December 19th, 2021, 7:38 pm

Nooooooo……! Don’t break the illusion! :)

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » December 20th, 2021, 1:20 pm

That reminds, the soundtrack recently received a new vinyl release. Completely remastered tracks. Gorgeous art.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » December 20th, 2021, 1:28 pm

Hmmm…that means they’ve gone back to the stems, which means they’re probably..working on an Atmos track for a remastered version (especially if When Love Is Gone is included). Great news!

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Randall » December 20th, 2021, 9:14 pm

That is so mine. Glad I never picked up another CD or vinyl release.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » December 21st, 2021, 4:49 am

Did you manage to get one? Looks sold out already. I’d have probably gone for the red version. More Christmassy.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Randall » December 21st, 2021, 8:08 am

I was hoping to see it locally, if that's possible.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » December 22nd, 2021, 3:25 pm

The blue one is their exclusive. Distribution partners and retailers are suppose to have red and green vinyl variants. Haven't heard it being spotted in the wild yet. Hopefully you find one.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Randall » December 23rd, 2021, 12:42 am

Thanks, Daniel! I'll keep an eye out for it.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » March 1st, 2022, 1:10 pm

Recent commercial:



Such a surprise the first time, knew instantly it was Kermit! And more precisely, Jim's! Such an underrated song.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » March 1st, 2022, 8:08 pm

Aww…lovely. The opening of that has always been pure magic.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » March 7th, 2022, 12:25 pm

Electric Mayhem series coming to Disney+! Yay!

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Re: The Muppets

Post by Ben » March 7th, 2022, 5:57 pm

Like, fer shuuuure! :)

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