disney BUYS the Muppets

[EZweasel]

i dont know if anyone has heard this, but disney has just bought the muppets out. does this mean we will see more muppet movies now? and what happens to the muppet line of figures. reason i know this is because i just heard it on the news.

[That Matt Guy]

I hate the Muppets.

[Reznorite420]

I hate the Muppets...now.

[EZweasel]

do yaw think this is a desperate measure so disney wont have to be bought out. a desperate way to make some money.

[Machias Banshee]

NO... NO, it CANT be!!!


Sesame street... elmo.....Kevin Clash....Splinter's voice belongs to Mickey now!?

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

*cries*

[Gremlin]

They're doing everthing they can to stay alive (except releasing their tv-series on DVD, idiots)

[That Matt Guy]

They're doing everthing they can to stay alive (except releasing their tv-series on DVD, idiots)

And their old cartoons.

I want a good copy of Der Furher's Face on DVD, damn it!

[Mars-Chan]

NO... NO, it CANT be!!!


Sesame street... elmo.....Kevin Clash....Splinter's voice belongs to Mickey now!?

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!


*hugs* It's ok, Machi. I love Elmo as much as you do...so I give you THIS:

http://www.carfaxabbey.net/~elmocat/elmoanim/elmoan.gif

[Machias Banshee]

I cant stand elmo! I want Kevin!!! :cry: Now Disney can put in a muppet Mickey, Sesame street will never be the same... they'll even own the costumes from the turtle movies!!!!

[Mars-Chan]

Well...I wish you told me that BEFORE I sent you the PM.....


Spoot. :dead:

[Voltron]

They're doing everthing they can to stay alive (except releasing their tv-series on DVD, idiots)

And their old cartoons.

I want a good copy of Der Furher's Face on DVD, damn it!

And I want Beauty and Der Furher
The Little Furher
101 Guestapo
Polkahontas: The Polish Blitzkrieg

[That Matt Guy]

I'm serious.

http://w1.721.telia.com/~u72102004/painfulcinema/reviews/derfuehrersface/face35.jpg

[Mars-Chan]

:lol:

Poor Donald!!!

[Reznorite420]

Fat chance of that happening, Matt, considering how racist it was.

[impetus]

maybe in a special "Vault" archive? I don't really see an official release happening. I also want to see the old WWII Disney toons.

what are the chances of an unofficial release? meybe it's out there somewhere.

I hate the Muppets...now.
heh - I think I started hating them after Jim died and they went all retarded.

[Mars-Chan]

Yea....*sighs*...Jim brought a certian quality to them.... :(

[Reznorite420]

heh - I think I started hating them after Jim died and they went all retarded.What I meant was starting the moment I had said that, I hated them :D

[damnhooligan]

I lament only for Fraggle Rock.

Et tu, Boober?

[Barkworm]

Fat chance of that happening, Matt, considering how racist it was.
How was it racist? Have you even seen it? That movie is anti-Nazi!

[Taloniss]

"What is a muppet anyway?
Well, it's not quite a puppet, and not quite a mop, but maaan, hehehe...in conclusion, I don't know."

This isn't gonna save Disney, so I don't see the point.

[That Matt Guy]

Fat chance of that happening, Matt, considering how racist it was.
How was it racist? Have you even seen it? That movie is anti-Nazi!

Well there are some "Japs" in it during the begining. But the whole cartoon isn't racist at all.

[Voltron]

perhaps there is something I haven't seen. Now I'm intrigued.

Still, I would like to see 101 Guestapo

[That Matt Guy]

You can view clips of it here:
http://www.authentichistory.com/images/ww2/toons/ww2toons01.html

They also have some other WWII era cartoons. Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips is pretty good.

[impetus]

there's another funny one where Superman takes on Japanese sabotuers from "To-keee-yo". I probably have that ep on DVD....

[Voltron]

I liked the comic where Super Man fights Hitler and Stalin. The looks on their faces when he drops them off at the league of Nations is priceless.

[raphael90]

I always liked the Muppets well enough, Muppet Babies was a staple show for me in my childhood. I've kinda grown out of them and didn't catch the last movie. "Treasure Island" was kinda funny IMO. It kinda bothers me Disney owns them now, but like I said I've grown out of the Muppets so its no big issue to me. Oh well.

[That Matt Guy]

I liked the comic where Super Man fights Hitler and Stalin. The looks on their faces when he drops them off at the league of Nations is priceless.

Check out what the Nazis had to say about that comic. http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/superman.htm

[Voltron]

I love that comic

[ZariusTwo]

I always liked the Muppets well enough, Muppet Babies was a staple show for me in my childhood. I've kinda grown out of them and didn't catch the last movie. "Treasure Island" was kinda funny IMO. It kinda bothers me Disney owns them now, but like I said I've grown out of the Muppets so its no big issue to me. Oh well.

Muppet Babies RULES, it's stiill pretty damn funny when watched again.

"Treasure Island" and "Kermit's Swamp Years" are well written and very humerous, especially the ending of "Kermit's Swamp Years", I did'nt give a toss for "Muppets In Space", that was going TOO far.

[XERO]

It's not easy being green.

[Taloniss]

It's not easy being green.

Why are there so many songs about rainbows?

(<3 An Evening with Kevin Smith. That was a classic part)

[damnhooligan]

I liked the comic where Super Man fights Hitler and Stalin. The looks on their faces when he drops them off at the league of Nations is priceless.

OT, but I concur.
http://damnhooligan.com/images/hitlerstalinsuperman.gif

[Mars-Chan]

Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
....And what's on the other side? Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Here's what I think will happen. Disney bought them to save their own asses, which won't happen. Comcast is gonna clean them out, so they bought the Muppets to revive stock holder faith. One of these will happen.

1. First those a** holes at Disney will strip Seseme Street of everything that makes it what it is. They'll hire cheaper voice actors (It's PBS, and Disney is a commercial company so they'll want to cut corners), and if not that, they'll just move it to the Disnry Channel and discrace TV like never before.

2. If, and I mean IF, they make any more Muppet movies, they'll be CGI, which will be total sacreligious. Jim Henson made all of his movies without that crap, and it always gave them a realness. You knew that you cound reach out and feel them and know that they were there. Disney will kill that in all forms. Disney sucks.

3. In all likelyhood, they'll just bury them. They've wanted them since 1990, because they are compatition. It's like when Warner Bros. bought Gumby. They bought him, buried him, and promoted Bugs Bunny. Disney will most likely buy the muppets, bury them, and promote the newly CGI animated Mickey Mouse movie (which is a total insult to all animation, due to Mickey being the original animated character).


Point is......

MAY THE DISNEY CORPORATION AND MICHEAL EISNER ALL BURN IN HELL FOR DESTROYING THINGS WE LOVE, AND TAKING THE MUPPETS FROM THE WORLD!

I say we dress like Ninjas, breaking into the so called "Disney Vault" *cue chior music*, and steal the TMNT costumes. :D

[Machias Banshee]

It could get worse...

they KNOW how popular sesame street is all over the world...


:x :dead: :x they could make a muppet Mickey!!! :x :dead: :x


They'll burn Elmo at the stake, and give his world to him..


"thats, Mickey's Wooooooorrrrrrllllllld!"


:dead: Its a sad, sad day...


But in all truth, Henson was actually planning on selling his workshop to Disney a long time ago, like, the day after he Died. I'm serious! If he hadnt kicked the bucket then, who know's what could have been of Kermit by now..

[GK Punk]

Man all this talk of disney's impending doom..

SOMEONE THINK OF THE PIXIES!!! http://www.myconaut.com:8080/jk/avatars/Tinkerbell2Avatar.jpg

[Machias Banshee]

Sorry, Honey...


Tink's gonna be out on the streets, selling herself to Chip and Dale or something... :dead:


Makes you wonder what all the different characters are gonna do now... :o

[Mars-Chan]

Makes you wonder what all the different characters are gonna do now... :o
Not go to the House Of Mouse...that's for sure.... :dead:

[Drtooth]

NO... NO, it CANT be!!!


Sesame street... elmo.....Kevin Clash....Splinter's voice belongs to Mickey now!?

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

*cries*

Unless someone already stated this, Sesame Workshop (formerly the Children's telivision workshop) bought the rights to Sesame Street characters after EMTV was about to sell the Muppets (long long story)

As a life long Muppet fan (hense my user name) I feel mixed. This could be a bad or a good thing, we don't know.

All I know is they bought the rights to the characters (I think the Muppet Show and Bear in the Big Blue house... no word on Fraggles), but they don't own the Jim Henson company

[Anonymous]

I dont really like the muppets, but maybe Disney will make them better.

[ZariusTwo]

I dont really like the muppets, but maybe Disney will make them better.

BLASPHEMY

[Brodie]

Animal....Gonzo....Noooo.....

[J Legault]

Disney just wants to own everything. I'm glad that Pixar will no longer have their movies being introduced by Disney.

I like the Muppets, I was planning to buy some of the Muppet DVDs that are out in stores.

the only muppet properties Disney had from the Muppets were Muppet Treasure Island and Muppets in 3-D.

The Jim Hensen company hasn't made any big Muppet Movies in a long time.

Eisner thinks he's so smart. That guy is going down pretty soon.
I hope Walt Disney and Jim Henson haunt him for the rest of internity. :lol:

[Brodie]

What's Muppets 3D?

[impetus]

MAY THE DISNEY CORPORATION AND MICHEAL EISNER ALL BURN IN HELL FOR DESTROYING THINGS WE LOVE, AND TAKING THE MUPPETS FROM THE WORLD!

dude, get a grip, hater

[Anonymous]

I dont really like the muppets, but maybe Disney will make them better.

BLASPHEMY

Whatta mean?!

[Brodie]

He means Disney can't improve on things, especially not something as good as The Muppets.

-Long live Fozzie.-

[impetus]

Disney seems to enjoy destroying franchises. (look at almost any sequel - pure crap)

[ThirdMarioBro]

MAY THE DISNEY CORPORATION AND MICHEAL EISNER ALL BURN IN HELL FOR DESTROYING THINGS WE LOVE, AND TAKING THE MUPPETS FROM THE WORLD!

dude, get a grip, hater

I should rephrase that, I don't hate Disney...I hate what Eisner has done to Disney. He's turned one of Animations founding companies, into a pop queen company. Eisner can burn in hell, because now he wants to do that to the Muppets. It's just depressing what has happened to Disney, and now the Muppets. I'll stop ranting now.

[ZariusTwo]

I dont really like the muppets, but maybe Disney will make them better.

BLASPHEMY

Whatta mean?!

If you think the Muppets sucked, or that Disney can "save them", you need to get a clue, because you're wrong on BOTH counts.

[Savanti Romero]

What's with all the Disney hating? I loved Disney characters and still do. I don't really watch mupets, but I still watch all the Disney animation movies.

I remember back in the day going to see movies in theaters, like Lion King (The 1 1/2 is good too), Aladin, Beuty and the Beast, and tons of others. Those were the best movies ever when I was little, and they still are pretty dang good.

[Machias Banshee]

But since they FIRED all their animators this past year, and with Pixar leaving, theyre either going to be stuck doing more stuff like Mary Kate and Ashley Adventures (*cringe*) or theyre gonna REALLY have to suck up to their animators to get them back...

[Savanti Romero]

Wow... So there won't be any more animated movies?

Am I losing my mind? I thought Jarrah just posted something.

[Machias Banshee]

Animated Movies? That's up to Eisner swallowing his pride and getting his animators back.


Jarrah's post? Yes, but it was inappropriate for the subject and therefore removed.

[raphael90]

What's Muppets 3D?

I think that's the show at Disneyland and Disney World where you watch a special Muppet movie with 3-D glasses...I've done it like twice I think, it was neat, the things that jumped out at the audience were pretty realistic.

[J Legault]

What's Muppets 3D?

I think that's the show at Disneyland and Disney World where you watch a special Muppet movie with 3-D glasses...I've done it like twice I think, it was neat, the things that jumped out at the audience were pretty realistic.

That's what I was perferring to. :roll:

[Savanti Romero]

I've seen that show twice too, it was the only cool mupets thing I've ever seen. (I admit it's one of the only muppets things I've seen, other than a few episodes of muppet babies.)

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

2. If, and I mean IF, they make any more Muppet movies, they'll be CGI, which will be total sacreligious. Jim Henson made all of his movies without that crap, and it always gave them a realness. You knew that you cound reach out and feel them and know that they were there. Disney will kill that in all forms. Disney sucks.

Hate to break it to ya, but Henson used ALOT of CGI! :P

Mainly CGI backgrounds and Effects, but there was one CGI character on the "Jim Henson Hour", and this was all when he was alive!

Anyway, back-on-topic, THIS SUCKS. Mainly because it may mean the death of the Muppets. That should NEVER happen. DAMN DISNEY!

[Mars-Chan]

All I have to say about this is this:

WALT AND JIM BETTER BE SPINNING IN THIER GRAVES RIGHT NOW!!!


Why would Disney go and ruin something as perfectly good as something Jim Henson created for so many years??!

It confuses me so.... :|

[Anarky]

well the winner takes it all. and disnwy won. but i hope they don't mess it up. i mean the muppetts were fun up to now. i just hop they don't turn them into some kinda "6year-old"-entertainment...

[愛]

All I can say about this topic is...

Sigh.............oh well.

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

All I can say about this topic is...

Sigh.............oh well.For everythiiing, Turn, turn, turn. There iis a Seeeeeason, Turn, turn, turn...... :cry:

[Drtooth]

The reason that Diz bought the Muppets is they want to leech off of another company since as of late, they haven't been successful with many projects (but Teacher's Pet was a really satisfying Cinematic experiance for me) especially since Pixar dumped them.

On the plus side, I could see Muppet attractions at parks, giving me a reason to go. On the negative side... I feel I shouldn't discuss it, or even think about it!

By them purchasing, they purchased the Muppet Show characters (I.e. Kermit, Piggy, Animal, Dr. Teeth, Pepe, etc) and Bear in the Big Blue house.

Sesame Street characters (Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Oscar, etc.) are property of Sesame Workshop (formerly known as Children's television workshop)

JHC (Jim Henson Company) still retains the rights to Fraggles and other things, plus they are the employment agency of the Muppeteers.

There were talks way before this of a Diz/ JHC partnership in which they'd just release henson products, but they just seemed to want to milk money out of the characters,.