tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post3143937991719181535..comments2024-01-04T21:21:02.068-06:00Comments on The Muppet Mindset: Jim Henson Biopic Screenplay ReviewRyan Dosierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18128434357825986817noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-19642649707704413482013-04-07T22:30:21.282-05:002013-04-07T22:30:21.282-05:00Is there any chance anyone knows a current place t...Is there any chance anyone knows a current place to find the screenplay? I'd love to read it, and help is appreciated thanks!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-43362808938794936212010-03-14T22:55:34.866-05:002010-03-14T22:55:34.866-05:00I have read the script, I didn't like it but w...I have read the script, I didn't like it but what I'd hate even more was that Jim truly felt how the script portrays him. Now I relise that Jim was human, and I know that human beings are exactly that and that we all have our dark moments.<br />As for the script portraying the beauty of his creations perhaps someone would care to explain to me the beauty of a drunk Kermit, an obese Fozzie cause that's a bit lost on me.<br />If Anonymous is as I suspect Mr Weekes, or some close to him, after all what person would read a review of a script about Jim Henson and react so strongly to a bad review unless they had a vested interest in it, then i have only this to say that rather than picking up the script as The Henson company have done, which in my humble opinion they probably will have done so to prevent some other company producing this as it is, I would have sued for every inaccuracy that exsists in it. Now I don't claim to know how Jim was feeling, but the estate taxes the Henson children had to pay suggest that he wasn't as financially ruined as some people would have us belive, after all governments cannot tax what you do not have. They can try but it is usually fruitless. <br />It is also intrigung that whilst claiming that Jim was in such a state of mind financially troubled etc Anonymous fails to address the script inaccuracies that we know about, ie Tenderly being sung in the Muppet Movie, The timing of Jim's proposal to Jane. Jane being responsible for inventing Miss Piggy's Karate Chop. Now I'm not suggessting that you have to know every single thing about everything that occurred whilst Jim was working but at least try for accuracy.<br />I have read the script twice have counted many factual inaccuracies and as such hope and pray that this piece of fiction is consigned to the nearest dustbin it can be thrown intoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-84385898678189947472010-03-12T21:22:50.511-06:002010-03-12T21:22:50.511-06:00There's a lot in that script that is true. And...There's a lot in that script that is true. And why should it be deleted or sugar-coated? Jim was in bad shape - financially, mentally and physically - the last years of his life. Take it from someone who knows...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-52205560840306014182009-10-26T21:44:11.588-05:002009-10-26T21:44:11.588-05:00Agreed, Justin. I don't believe that some of t...Agreed, Justin. I don't believe that some of this information is fact. That's what a biopic should be, nothing but fact. Plus some of the information scares me. The great Jim Henson losing his mind?! Come on, people! There's no way he would have lost it! As of now, I highly doubt this script is fit for the big screen.Reneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-7231404549496091912009-10-22T16:38:26.324-05:002009-10-22T16:38:26.324-05:00The fact of the matter is is that there are sooooo...The fact of the matter is is that there are sooooo many errors in this script that it's hard to accept any of it. How can one believe that the bad really happened to Jim when the good isn't even accurate? For instance, Jim did not use his first paycheck proposing to Jane. They didn't start dating until after Sam and Friends was on the air for a while. Jim himself said that they were both engaged to other people for a while during Sam and Friends. The script states that "Tenderly" is a song from The Muppet Movie. It isn't. I didn't read the whole script, but from what mistakes I read in the first few pages, and the ones listed in this review, I don't believe any of the information contained should be trusted.Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-5314739726307514762009-10-13T10:57:06.540-05:002009-10-13T10:57:06.540-05:00Excuse me, Anonymous, but though Jim himself might...Excuse me, Anonymous, but though Jim himself might have had his troubles, do we really--as Henson fans, who've grown up accepting the "escape artist realities" Jim created to counter-act his own--want to see the bleak veil behind the Muppet mastery? I doubt it. Tbere's a reason why Jim and Walt have their legacies and leaving their darker side shrouded in darkness is a part of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-71701283816584552072009-10-05T16:32:59.506-05:002009-10-05T16:32:59.506-05:00Clearly you only want the fantasy version of Jim H...Clearly you only want the fantasy version of Jim Henson's life. Do you not understand that this is a BIOPIC? Biopic meaing, it portrays someone's life, the good and bad. This script contains things that most people don't know about Jim Henson -- and also captures the beauty of his life and his creations. If you want the fantasy version you'll love the movie Jason Segel is doing with Disney. It's all muppets and fun. Nothing real, don't worry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-84665185772586433182009-10-05T09:11:16.724-05:002009-10-05T09:11:16.724-05:00Wow...I feel depressed having not even read the sc...Wow...I feel depressed having not even read the script. I'm glad to have read this review though, I was curious about it and it answered alot of questions for me!Bethhttp://bethandnate.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388731228923289276.post-68815801432754554982009-10-02T21:36:51.079-05:002009-10-02T21:36:51.079-05:00You know since that screenplay has been leaked the...You know since that screenplay has been leaked there's a very good chance this film is not going to happened.<br /><br />"Older Muppets, picking on some great Muppet performers,. Hon believable, okay! Jou sure Topo Sticky didn't write this to get even wit' me cutting on his fund and Kermin firing him?"Nic Kramernoreply@blogger.com