1/28/2024 0 Comments Beaker from the muppetsAlongside meek to lukewarm reviews, Muppets From Space essentially killed off the Muppets for a while, with Frank Oz saying to IGN in 2000: "I think in certain areas that struggling. When the movie hit theaters just before the new millennium, it bombed hard and didn't earn back its budget. Even the smaller things like the wipe transitions from scene to scene come with Star Trek's bridge door air pocket sound effects. The baddies' hideout is a beat-for-beat Area 51 stand-in. Gonzo is wrapped in tin foil and intercepts a television transmission thinking it's his alien brethren. In a throwback to their 60s origins with Sesame Street, Muppets From Space is a movie that embraces its own squinted googly eyes when looking for UFOs. Related: The Muppets: How the Original Movie is Still One of the Most Charming of All Time It's a paper thin plot that doesn't risk any bigger questions, but does give a conduit for the expected Muppet mayhem. ![]() ![]() Odd visions begin coming to lonesome Gonzo, with a promise that there might actually be more of his kind out there. Released in 1999 and directed by Tim Hill, Muppets From Space is a reverse play on E.T: The Extra Terrestrial, as Gonzo feels like he lacks a people of his own. Following the sad passing of creator Jim Henson in 1990, there was a golden age for Muppet feature films Muppets From Space finished off the 1990s following now December staple Muppets Christmas Carol in '92 and Treasure Island in 1996.
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