Erin BurrellNov 28, 2022
Jay Blanc
What I'm saying is that there's only one creative team that has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to produce adaptations of literary classics. And that's why The Muppets should have been allowed to make the Dune movie.
Nov 28, 2022 at 12:48amWeb
Show thread䷰ Xīn Jīn Mèng 新金梦Nov 28, 2022

@JayBlanc

That is the best idea that I've ever heard. 💙

Show threadSkyler! ❄️ 🦊Nov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc What about a Lego Dune Movie? 🤔
Show threadグレェ「grey」Nov 28, 2022

@skyler I think if we got Jodorowsky's Dune (rather than the documentary about the movie we didn't get) both would be acceptable, as well as a lot of other things.

As it is, Jodorowsky's Dune (the documentary) is my favorite Dune film, by FAR. @JayBlanc

Show threadJenn DolariNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc
Show threadJennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊Nov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc
<Statler> The sleeper must awaken?
<Waldorf> Well, it's certainly putting ME to sleep!
<Both> Do-ho-ho-ho!
Show threadDerek Caelin is writing a bookNov 29, 2022
@theogrin @JayBlanc
<Statler> They say 'fear is the mind killer'.
<Waldorf> If they wanted a mind killer they should have watched this movie!
<Both> DO-ho-ho-ho-ho!
Show threadCeteris ParrafinNov 29, 2022
@JayBlanc @derek @theogrin I heart you both immeasurably for this.
Show threadPseudo NymNov 29, 2022
@theogrin @JayBlanc Perfect. Chef's kiss.
Show threadPseudo NymNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc OMG the casting practically writes itself. Kermit as Paul. Miss Piggy as the Bennie Gesserit witch. Beaker as the Mentat...
Show threadAntipope SuperstarNov 28, 2022
@pseudonym @JayBlanc Sam the Eagle as the emperor
Show threadPseudo NymNov 29, 2022
@julieofthespirits @JayBlanc Yes!
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022
@pseudonym @julieofthespirits @JayBlanc one problem is that there's too few prominent female muppet characters
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022
@pseudonym @julieofthespirits @JayBlanc there's Miss Piggy, Janice, Yolanda the Rat and Camilla the Chicken and that's kinda it when it comes to major recurring ones
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022
@pseudonym @julieofthespirits @JayBlanc for any more you'd need to dig up some more obscure ones
Show threadAntipope SuperstarNov 29, 2022
@ausir @pseudonym @JayBlanc there's honestly a lot more minor female pigs out there because Kermit is a fickle frog
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022

@julieofthespirits @JayBlanc @pseudonym I’d make Chani and Irulan Piggy and Denise, but not sure which is which yet

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Denise

Denise

Denise is a pig who features in the 2015 ABC series The Muppets. She serves as the network's Head of Marketing on Up Late with Miss Piggy. Some time before "Pig Girls Don't Cry", she met Up Late’s Executive Producer, Kermit the Frog at a cross-promotional synergy meeting. Shortly after, they began dating. In an interview with Extra, Kermit says that she was one of the people who had the idea for the Muppets to do a new show, and they hit it off. (VIDEO) He later admitted to Entertainment Tonight

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Show threadPseudo NymNov 29, 2022

@ausir @julieofthespirits @JayBlanc I'm loving this thoughtful exploration of the depths of Dune and Muppet character interactions.

To touch on a serious topic in relation, could Muppets pull off a respectful use of characters in drag?

I'm sure I recall (but perhaps imagining it) Fozzie in a dress and wig. In its day, transvestite "jokes" were played for laughs.

They way modern drag queens can be celebrated, could a cross-dressing Muppet Dune "work?"

Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022
@JayBlanc @pseudonym @julieofthespirits even actual major female characters are usually voiced by men for laughs, problematic especially with characters like Piggy
Show threadAntipope SuperstarNov 29, 2022
@ausir @pseudonym @JayBlanc I think that Janice would be Chani
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022
@julieofthespirits @pseudonym @JayBlanc I’d make Piggy Chani and Denise (Kermit’s younger pig girlfriend from 2015 Muppets) Irulan or the other way around
Show threadAntipope SuperstarNov 29, 2022
@ausir @pseudonym @JayBlanc I think it would be funny to watch Janice explain to Kermit how to ride worms though :(
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022
@JayBlanc @julieofthespirits @pseudonym Animal as Beast Rabban
Show threadSteve GisselbrechtNov 29, 2022
@ausir @pseudonym @julieofthespirits @JayBlanc Miss Piggy playing all the female characters Peter Sellers-style.
Show threadAntipope SuperstarNov 29, 2022
@stevegis_ssg @ausir @pseudonym @JayBlanc I think they could make Miss Piggy Jessica and then all the other Bene Gesserit are just generic pigs
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022

@julieofthespirits @stevegis_ssg @pseudonym @JayBlanc Miss Poogy as Reverend Mother

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Miss_Poogy

Miss Poogy

Miss Poogy is Miss Piggy's gruff counterpart that appears in The Muppets. She is a member of Fozzie's tribute band, The Moopets. Miss Poogy later appeared in Muppets Most Wanted as a gulag prisoner and at The Muppets Take the O2 (as a participant in the "Obscure Muppets" parade and appearing briefly in the Muppet Labs sketch). She also appeared in the "Lifesty(le)" segment of the Muppets Now episode "Sleep Mode." Miss Poogy was also described in a ComingSoon.net article: The puppet used for Miss

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Show threadFredrik SarlinNov 29, 2022
@pseudonym @JayBlanc Jessica is Paul's mother 
Show threadPseudo NymNov 29, 2022
@Hulter @JayBlanc no, I was thinking the one who tests him with the box
Show threadFredrik SarlinNov 30, 2022
@pseudonym @JayBlanc oh haha. I hold at your neck the gom jabar!
Show threadAusirNov 29, 2022
@pseudonym @JayBlanc shouldn't Miss Piggy be Chani, since she's generally Kermit's love interest?
Show threadPseudo NymNov 29, 2022
@ausir @JayBlanc Ooh, good point.
Show threadAdrian MoralesNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc Agreed!👍
Show threadRandom_cNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc every character a muppet except Duke Leto? (yeah I just really want to see Oscar Isaac work with muppets)
Show threadKemptonNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc OMG. Thanks for putting a needed smile on my face. I agree there is no reason why The Muppets should NOT have been allowed to make a Low Budget Dune movie! A Big Budget one, I still think my fellow Canadian #DenisVilleneuve is a better man for it!
Can't wait to watch D2 in IMAX (yes, another #Canadian invention)! 💞🇨🇦💞
Show threadChristopher FailleNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc Gonzo of the House of Atreides.
Show threadAmelia MeyerNov 28, 2022

@JayBlanc while I agree wholeheartedly, consider:

Wishbone

Show threadPoor 'PossumNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc I'm with @agmlego here. As much as I love the Muppets, this is Wishbone slander
Show threadWayofCatsNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc Authoritarians don't understand how things work. That's why they beat on them.
Show threadZalasur 🐸🇺🇦Nov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc Paul Atreides is the only human character. Everyone else is a muppet. Yes, his mother, too.
Show threadZalasur 🐸🇺🇦Nov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc Ms Piggy: "Place your hand in the box."
Show threadInternet Dad 🐀Nov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc As is tradition, the only human is Duncan Idaho.
Gonzo is of course Paul, and Camilla the Reverend Mother. ;)
Show threadSpeakerToManagersFeb 1, 2023
@SordidEuphemism @JayBlanc
And Miss Piggy is Princess Irulan.
Show threadJustin MaxwellNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc thank you for helping make mastodon more like the twitter I was missing
Show threadQcreatorNov 28, 2022
@303 @JayBlanc Yes I second that every day it’s getting better and bird shite is getting worse have you seen the ads?
Show threaddolly parton holding a giant rNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc *kermit voice* fear is the mind killer
Show threadFoodNetwork.TV OfficialNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc I'm just imagining Sam the Eagle as Piter like "It is by foreign intervention alone I set my mind in motion"
Show threadStephen K 🔑☢️⚛️🇺🇦 Nov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc "Its not easy being Muad'dib"
Show threadchristopher carfiNov 29, 2022
@CommieGIR @JayBlanc perfect.
Show threadPseudo NymNov 29, 2022
@CommieGIR @JayBlanc this wins the Internet today.
Show threadTerrafied Kestrel Nov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc OMG I want Muppet Dune SO BAD!!!!
Show threadAlistair DavidsonNov 28, 2022

@JayBlanc

I've got a lot of this planned out.

Spice: cookies
Sand worm: cookie monster
Jessica: Miss Piggy
The Voice: Miss Piggy shouting "keeermiiieee"

Show threadtisbruceNov 29, 2022
@moh_kohn @JayBlanc Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker as mentats, obviously. Beaker alone would be fine.
Show threadFredrik SarlinNov 29, 2022
@moh_kohn @JayBlanc but the worms don't eat spice. they create the spice during their reproduction!
Show threadPseudo NymNov 29, 2022
@moh_kohn @JayBlanc instead of the box being some mystical thing, it's just Missed Piggy slapping him going "Hiiiii-YAH!"
Show threadMatthew SkalaNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc Cosgrove Hall did pretty well with The Wind in the Willows, and claymation would lend itself well to the worms and so on. But there's room for both.
Show threadscottNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc nominating this for most insightful toot of 2022.
Show threadKiNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc I would also like to nominate Wishbone.
Show threadMatt EricksonNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc
Show threadchristopher carfiNov 29, 2022
@TheMattErickson @JayBlanc bork! bork! bork!
Show threadChris MahanNov 28, 2022
@JayBlanc Will the cookie monster play the Baron, the Worm, the Emperor, or Paul?