Hmm... thought all the Henson devotees among us would appreciate this. The absence of comments leads me to believe it was a) too arty, b) too creepy, c) too sad, or d) not as affecting for others as for me. Oh well. Hope it didn't trouble you all.
You forgot e. too lazy to cut and paste link from mobile device so waiting to view on laptop hooked up to monitor. :)
That said, it IS really cool -- but I did also find it creepy. I think in part it is because the Kermit-like figures did not have irises (I know that sounds odd, but it's true) and they also moved so smoothly. The premise itself -- that the creatures are trying to bring to life (or revive?) a man -- I also found sad. But perhaps that's just because they did not succeed.
Hmm... I read it more as the critters having a "wake" or final hurrah with their creator before saying goodbye, which was what I found so moving. I thought it was initially kind of weird ("Weekend at Bernie's" came to mind)... but the second time I watched it, the tenderness of the creatures toward the man was more apparent.
I'm pretty sure the no-irises thing was a "please don't sue us" maneuver. How about that eyeless Kermit in his News Reporter outfit at the end? As if to say the critters had lost their means of connecting to the world, or maybe it was even a direct slap at the post-Hensonian Muppet agenda... they've "lost their vision" since the great man passed. Whew!
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Hmm... thought all the Henson devotees among us would appreciate this. The absence of comments leads me to believe it was a) too arty, b) too creepy, c) too sad, or d) not as affecting for others as for me. Oh well. Hope it didn't trouble you all.
You forgot e. too lazy to cut and paste link from mobile device so waiting to view on laptop hooked up to monitor. :)
That said, it IS really cool -- but I did also find it creepy. I think in part it is because the Kermit-like figures did not have irises (I know that sounds odd, but it's true) and they also moved so smoothly. The premise itself -- that the creatures are trying to bring to life (or revive?) a man -- I also found sad. But perhaps that's just because they did not succeed.
Hmm... I read it more as the critters having a "wake" or final hurrah with their creator before saying goodbye, which was what I found so moving. I thought it was initially kind of weird ("Weekend at Bernie's" came to mind)... but the second time I watched it, the tenderness of the creatures toward the man was more apparent.
I'm pretty sure the no-irises thing was a "please don't sue us" maneuver. How about that eyeless Kermit in his News Reporter outfit at the end? As if to say the critters had lost their means of connecting to the world, or maybe it was even a direct slap at the post-Hensonian Muppet agenda... they've "lost their vision" since the great man passed. Whew!
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