Watched second episode of The Muppets, because hope and don't judge on scant data, etc.
Watched second episode of The Muppets, because hope and don't judge on scant data, etc. In a nutshell, this will never be for me because a) Kermit is too mean, and b) The insensitivity, it burns, and is the antithesis of "muppet".
Other observations:
1. It will find an audience, at least for a while. The same people who would watch The Office or similar, as per some of your comments.
2. It apes the form but lacks the substance. It's probably good for the people doing the show that even if vengeful spirits were a thing, Jim Henson isn't the type.
3. Yet another moment that I would have not even noticed, never mind remarked, never mind found inappropriate prior to exposure to the wider world. The set-up is using sushi as a metaphor for something being good or bad, where (I think I have this right) gas station sushi is bad, and convenience store sushi is good.
You can count the comedy beats, 1, 2, 3. The first two comments are made by band members, muppets that have sufficient regular exposure in these first two episodes that you can identify them as characters. The third comment ("We love some convenience store sushi." or basically that) takes about 2 seconds, and is tossed in by an unidentified muppet who can best be described as looking a lot like David Suzuki (it's the hair). Yes, the eyes on the gratuitous muppet are thin, sloped lines. Tossing a line about we loves us some sushi. Ide with whoever is producing this show.
The one positive thing I can say is that they have lined up the most unbelievable cameos so far - Reza Aslan, Laurence Fishburne - not to mention the people they had on the first episode. Wow. It's like they have all the pieces, they just can't put them together.
Other observations:
1. It will find an audience, at least for a while. The same people who would watch The Office or similar, as per some of your comments.
2. It apes the form but lacks the substance. It's probably good for the people doing the show that even if vengeful spirits were a thing, Jim Henson isn't the type.
3. Yet another moment that I would have not even noticed, never mind remarked, never mind found inappropriate prior to exposure to the wider world. The set-up is using sushi as a metaphor for something being good or bad, where (I think I have this right) gas station sushi is bad, and convenience store sushi is good.
You can count the comedy beats, 1, 2, 3. The first two comments are made by band members, muppets that have sufficient regular exposure in these first two episodes that you can identify them as characters. The third comment ("We love some convenience store sushi." or basically that) takes about 2 seconds, and is tossed in by an unidentified muppet who can best be described as looking a lot like David Suzuki (it's the hair). Yes, the eyes on the gratuitous muppet are thin, sloped lines. Tossing a line about we loves us some sushi. Ide with whoever is producing this show.
The one positive thing I can say is that they have lined up the most unbelievable cameos so far - Reza Aslan, Laurence Fishburne - not to mention the people they had on the first episode. Wow. It's like they have all the pieces, they just can't put them together.
It was my understanding that the second episode was supposed to be way better than the first one, but it doesn't sound like it's going to resurrect itself to the status of being worthy of shoe-horning into our DVR schedule.
ReplyDeleteTwo major plotlines in this episode:
ReplyDelete1. Kermit manipulates Piggy into a relationship with someone else because it makes it easier to run the TV show. Kermit then manipulates Piggy out of that relationship because it is a threat to Kermit's control of the show.
2. Fozzie meets his idol, is invited to his home, steals a "souvenir", feels guilty, gets invited again, offered his dream job, steals another "souvenir", gets caught, loses job offer and friendship with idol, and gets kicked out.
This is obviously a show with lots of positive life lessons for children and adults. (For the record, that's sarcasm.)