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Post by StageFiyero on May 20, 2005 18:44:30 GMT -5
The Muppet's Wonderful Wizard of Oz premieres tonight, Friday, May 20, at 8 on ABC! Miss Piggy is playing all four witches - West, North, South, and East. Ashanti is Dorothy, Queen Latifah is Aunt Em, Kermit the Frog is the Scarecrow, Gonzo is the Tin Thing, Fozzie Bear is the Lion, Pepe the Prawn is Toto, and there's a whole lot more! It's gonna be really cool, be sure to check it out.  |
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Post by defygravity13 on May 20, 2005 22:19:14 GMT -5
That was a good movie,too!
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Post by stars in the sky on May 21, 2005 8:21:09 GMT -5
I missed it (prom), but the idea of a shrimp as Toto cracks me up to no end.
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Post by StageFiyero on May 21, 2005 10:12:49 GMT -5
He's not a shrimp - he's a King Prawn. (We were reminded of that fact several times in the movie ) I really liked it, except for Ashanti. She just wasn't very good. |
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Post by DisneyFanatic on May 21, 2005 11:29:12 GMT -5
I thought she was decent, I suppose she could have been better but the muppets did an amazing job adapting the Wizard of Oz. I really liked how they kept a lot of the original material like the silver slippers, four witches, mice helping them out of the poppy feild and most of all how all 4 main characters saw the wizard individually. It was interesting how they went to every extreme to avoid making parallels to the 1939 movie. I was expecting them to say follow the yellow brick road since its such a generic term, but no it was "follow that road of yellow brick". One moment I particularily enjoyed was "The twister warning has changed from left root white to right foot green"
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Post by StageFiyero on May 21, 2005 11:39:17 GMT -5
Yes, I really liked the "Twister" reference too, as well as the faithfulness to the book, plot-wise. Ashanti just didn't react very well - she seemed too over-the-top, too scripted, and unnatural.
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Post by defygravity13 on May 21, 2005 15:03:19 GMT -5
yeah,you're right....didn't they advertise that this was gonna be on DVD or somethin'?
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Post by ElphieatShiz on May 21, 2005 18:29:38 GMT -5
Yes, you can buy it. Not sure where, but probably on the muppet website.
I was in Disneyworld when they showed it, so my favorite part was when Pepe said something like "What crazy land will we visit today? Tomorrowland, Adventureland, Fantasyland?" Soo funny, especially since I had seen Muppet Vision 3D that day so I was definitely into the Muppet jokes.
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Post by FaeAtShiz on May 21, 2005 19:29:57 GMT -5
At the end of the movie they advertised you could buy the dvd and the cd on the muppets website (muppets.com, go figure). This movie was so funny! Especially all the little Muppet jokes and puns.
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nessabritt
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Post by nessabritt on May 21, 2005 19:48:58 GMT -5
yeah,I enjoyed the movie,too.
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Post by Twisted on May 21, 2005 20:13:15 GMT -5
For what it was, it was cute. I love the Muppets...and the Flying Monkeys were the best. Slight nod to The Wiz, but mostly that they were controlled by a "magical biker hat" made me laugh. I like the book faithfulness, but not Ashanti. Queen Latifah, however, made me laugh during most of her screen-time.
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Post by karatekid on May 28, 2005 7:26:02 GMT -5
I didn't see it...but it sounds like they had and...erm...INTERESTING cast!
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Post by popularinpink on Jun 4, 2005 16:59:16 GMT -5
YEAH!!!!!!!!! GO KERMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well he does sing the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" for all you Elphier fans out there. I missed it but I love the Wizard of Oz..... I'll hopefully buy it.... ;D
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Post by I Mourn the Wicked on Jun 18, 2005 8:56:28 GMT -5
You better let me borrow it...
Grr. I'm now very annoyed that I missed it...it sounded funny.
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Post by ElphieatShiz on Jun 19, 2005 21:10:26 GMT -5
I'm still laughing about the bran-new brains. I was reading The Tin Woodman of Oz and they mentioned that the Scarecrow has bran for brains, lol. Maybe that's why I'm still laughing about it.
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