#jim henson's creature workshop

[squiddokiddo]

I love how these shots make Foxy look like he's taking selfies with the lads.

"Hi and welcome to Freddy's."

Side note: these puppets are gorgeous though, I'll probably never stop gushing about how amazing they look omg!! More animatronics and puppetry in film pls!!!

.*✩ Source ✩*.

[conkreetmonkey]

While it is really great to see practical effects in the FNAF movie (the animatronics are all puppets made by Jim Henson's Creature Workshop, if you didn't know), I can't help but find the fact these iconic monsters of video game horror, the digital equivalents of Frankenstein or Dracula or Godzilla, true pioneers in their particular genre of horror from which almost all future entries would go on to take inspiration from in some form, firsthand or through another piece of media inspired by them (which of course was for better or worse depending on who you ask, but that's neither here nor there), are being made by Jim Henson's company. I know the man was no stranger to the spooky; The Dark Crystal, anyone? This, though, feels different, probably due to a) this project being straight-up horror rather than a dark fantasy with creepy monsters in it, and b) these characters being preexisting and not an original IP. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I likely am, I'm not much of a puppethead, but I don't think the company has ever done something like this before?

Don't get me wrong, I think they're a great fit. Using puppets to portray possessed animatronics is genius, and certainly not the cheapest option. It feels like something a fan would suggest, rather than something a big media corporation would actually do, and I commend whoever made it happen. Of course, to not only spring for real puppets, but to go to one of the most prestigious puppet manufacturers on the planet drives home that there are people working on this movie who really, truly care about the artistic aspects of filmmaking and doing this iconic horror IP justice. But that's not what I'm here to talk about. Just think about this for a second:

I know nothing about how this company operates, but does this mean that work done for The Muppets and Five Nights At Freddy's could seriously take place under the same roof? Because the mental images that creates are hilarious. Imagine some guy repairing a torn Ernie, his workstation festooned with smiling Sesame Street characters, working away right next to a guy slopping chunky fake gore into Freddy Fazbear's gaping mechanical maw. Imagine Big Bird slumped over in storage right next to Foxy. Imagine Oscar the Grouch's trash can with a dilapidated animatronic monster next to it, frayed wire and mummified human flesh poking out from under a sickly-saccharine veneer of moldy synthetic fur that was once bright and fuzzy but now peels from a shell of cheap plastic and jagged steel. Imagine that in the Family Guy death pose next to Mr. I Love Trash, left to mingle while the FX artists and puppetmakers go to lunch. Imagine a guy leaned up against the wall next to those guys, wearing a lanyard and Kermit the Frog shirt, eating a 6-inch sub from Subway, nonchalantly humming while scrolling through the puppet forums with a phone in an Elmo phone case.

Peak aesthetic clashage. Peak environmental comedy.

[palettepainter]

I saw the FNAF movie yesterday and oooo it's put me right into the spooky mood to do something with that Muppet Ghost AU with Liv I mentioned a while back

Sadly there's no way I'll get anything for the AU done in time for Halloween, but oh my god I don't think I've ever been put into a spooky mood this fast. I've always been hesitant to admit this in fear of being hunted down by a mod, but Halloween has always been a whatever type of holiday. Not only do I live in the UK where I assume it's not NEARLY as widely celebrated as it is in America, but I also live down my the coast where the only thing we used to do for Halloween was a parade, now we do nothing

So yeah maybe I have low requirements to get me into the spooky mood because I've been deprived of a good spooky experience that really stuck with me. But man am I in the mood to write for the Ghost AU

[crimmzenomeiggori12]

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orientation is pansexual and I love UnderTale/DeltaRune and or The Muppet Show and or Sesame Street , I consider myself a entertainment historian.how to become famous in real life and avoid getting stalkers

[ariel-seagull-wings]

THE GREAT MUPPET SURVEY

@softlytowardthesun

1.   Who are your three favorite characters from The Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight, The Jim Henson Hour, the Muppet movies, etc. and why?

2.   Who are your three favorite characters from Sesame Street and why?

3.   Who are your three favorite characters from Fraggle Rock and why?

4.   What is your favorite television program starring any of Jim Henson’s creations (e.g. The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, Dinosaurs, etc.) and why?

5.   What is your favorite Muppet movie and why?

6.   What is your favorite Muppet/Sesame/Fraggle song and why?

 

7.   If you could have dinner with any living Muppet performer who would you choose and why?

8.   If you could tell Jim Henson one thing, what would it be?

9.   If the President called you and asked to discuss Muppet projects, what would you tell him was the “Greatest Muppet Moment of All Time”?

10.   What’s the name of that song?

11.   If a judge ruled that Grover had to be your personal assistant for a month, what jobs would you have him do?

12.   In your opinion, what is the worst Muppet production ever made?

13.   Who is one celebrity you would love to see cameo in the next Muppet movie?

14.   If you could take a picture with any Muppet, who would you choose and how would you pose?

15.   What is your favorite piece of Muppet merchandise that you own? (Feel free to include a picture!)

[timeagainreviews]

In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Scream for Your Nappy Change

Few shows have had as many pilot episodes as Doctor Who. From “An Unearthly Child,” to the 1996 TV movie, to 2005’s “Rose,” and now “Space Babies.” However, one could argue that every new Doctor is essentially a pilot episode. There are notable shifts in the show’s dynamic to such a degree that it’s practically a reset. Any major personnel shift is a renewal. The transition from William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton, the transfer of power from Russell T Davies to Steven Moffat, and again, from Moffat to Chris Chibnall, for example. Even series ten began with the cheeky title “The Pilot,” where we find the Doctor earthbound as a college professor with his student, Bill, and his wife, Nardole. But “Space Babies,” is an odd one, for so many reasons. Mostly because it’s introducing us to characters we’ve been getting to know for a couple of episodes now. Then, of course, there’s everything else.

For some, an episode called “Space Babies” was always going to be a hard sale. Back in March when they revealed the new episode titles as a series of vignettes, Space Babies looked and sounded a lot like what we got. Sometimes a very literal title can be a bit of fun. “Snakes on a Plane,” tells you everything you need to know going in. While it may have benefitted from a bit of virality, you could argue that it does more with its premise than something like “Cocaine Bear,” which was little more than its title. I’ve complained in the past that my issue with the concept of the Timeless Child was that you could figure out the story by hearing the words. If I can watch a story in my head from its title, then in the words of Amy Pond- what is the point of you? My reaction to the title “Space Babies,” was very similar. Except in this case, I would say it was closer to a “Snakes On a Plane,” than a “Cocaine Bear.”

We’re off to a great start. I got to mention cocaine and babies in the same sentence. Speaking of awkward starts, why did Russell T Davies decide to open the show with the twee episode for the kiddies? Those types of stories are usually relegated to the mid-season point, after a really good one. I guess they needed a palette cleanser to put some space between “The Giggle,” and “The Devil’s Chord,” as they’re essentially the same story twice. But that’s for the next review. Though “Rose,” has its own brand of wacky weirdness with man-eating rubbish bins and plastic boyfriend doppelgangers with pizza peels for hands. Even still, it’s an odd choice for the “pilot.”

A lot of the episode’s enjoyment is predicated on how cute you think babies are. In my case, it’s not very much. If they had called the episode “Space Kittens,” it would have hooked me. But babies come with baggage. People are weird about babies. Babies are often politicised, which this episode definitely does, but more on that later. Another reason why babies were a hard sell for me is they’re not actors. Child actors are rarely good, so filtering their performances through the vacant faces of babies is like making a bad thing worse. Sure, they animated their mouths with cutting-edge technology straight from 1995’s “Babe,” but their faces gave us no range of emotion unless you count Eric, whose facial expression was that of one constantly bricking it in his diaper. I was reminded of the Gelflings in “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” in that it takes some getting used to the look of their faces. Except in the case of the Gelflings, the Jim Henson Creature Workshop knew their limitations and used CGI where the puppets fell short. A furrowed brow would have gone a long way to sell the babies.

However, I’m not made of stone. I’m not so joyless that I can’t send my critical brain on a little vacay for 46 minutes. I also appreciate that Doctor Who still takes the time to do stories for children. It’s a family show, after all. I was even impressed that the episode was able to sell me on the concept of a booger man (or Bogeyman to be precise) when “Sleep No More,” had so utterly failed to sell me on the concept of eye booger men previously. Even more, I had never expected to feel an emotional connection to said Bogeyman. While a lot of it had to do with Ncuti Gatwa’s performance, I’ll admit I actually got a little choked up at the end of the episode. Even a snotty little freak of nature deserves a place in the world, and I identified with that. It’s nice when a Doctor Who episode ends and it was actually about something.

As mentioned before, Russell T Davies uses the baggage that comes along with babies to stoke the fire of his own story. Through the eyes of Jocylen, the ship’s reluctant nanny, we see the babies in another light- as a constant source of worry. Having never wanted the job in the first place, Jocylen’s part is one of necessity rather than vocation. No one working in the field of charity or crisis aid wants to be doing the work. Sure, it’s fulfilling, but the nature of its necessity is telling of the world at large, or in this case- star system. In a perfect star system, no child would go unhugged, unattended, or forgotten. Yet here she is, forced by circumstance and emboldened by compassion to rise to the occasion. She may not be nailing it, but seriously, who the hell else was taking care of the children they forced to exist? If “Kill the Moon,” was Doctor Who’s pro-life story, this episode stands in stark contrast as the pro-choice story.

An episode with a butt-shaped space station that farts its way to the shores of freedom seems like an odd choice to talk about refugees, but it’s also the episode that gave a booger a soul. While a lot of the tone aligns more with “Aliens of London/World War Three,” or “Love and Monsters,” the message aligns more with something like “Turn Left.” Russell T Davies is giving us a spoonful of sugar with our medicine, which seems the correct approach in a show where Christmas trees are capable of murder. Suffice it to say, seeing a Rwandan refugee playing a British icon on the BBC commenting on the conservative government’s Rwandan bill is better than anything the show could do on its own. You almost have to do it, and more than I’m glad RTD rose to the occasion, I’m glad it was Ncuti who got to do it.

Speaking of things only Ncuti Gatwa could do, I appreciate that his Doctor is emotionally available enough to offer a hug to a child while still being alien enough to scare the bejeezus out of them. I can’t really picture Tom Baker hugging anyone, though I can imagine him scaring the bejeezus out of someone. Maybe Matt Smith would do it. Jodie as well. But Gatwa’s Doctor is an interesting mixture of compassionate and completely aloof. It’s a mixture that is sometimes at odds with itself, but it works. You see it in brief moments like when Ruby’s caretaker instincts take over and she runs head-on into danger, while the Doctor takes a moment to pop around the corner and catch up to her. It’s the classic dynamic of the Doctor being reminded of human nature by his companion.

I really like this selfless defender of the people streak in Ruby’s personality. It reminds me a lot of an ‘80s companion. She’s like a mixture of Nyssa and Ace. She puts herself in harm's way to protect others. She writes songs to cheer up lovesick lesbians. She’s got a very full personality that is palpable very early on. We got this level of character development with RTD’s earlier companions, and it’s nice to see it continue. What’s less nice is how he seems to have also taken a page from Steven Moffat’s book where the companion must also be needlessly complicated. What’s more is it feels less enticing and more like retreading familiar territory. It’s giving “The Impossible Girl,” vibes with an Amy Pond pregnancy body scan to bring it full circle. This is one of my biggest issues with the RTD2 era so far- it feels like a remix of past Doctor Who. That isn’t to say he’s added nothing new to the show, but it does feel a bit Clara 2.0. I’m just saying, it doesn’t always have to be some star-crossed destiny. If you do it every time, it loses its power.  Sometimes people just meet each other. Say what you will about Yaz’s characterisation, but at least she was allowed to be a person.

The story at the heart of “Space Babies,” is ultimately a bit thin. You could argue that there was never any real threat, but that happens sometimes on Doctor Who (take “Listen,” for example). I’ve seen some people online complaining that the Bogeyman doesn’t die, but what does it really do other than scare people? Sure, you see Eric’s pram toppled and find him characteristically bricking it in his diaper, but he’s not got a scratch on him. What if Eric went missing because the Bogeyman “ate” him. They could reveal that he actually was protecting Eric from the dangers of the malfunctioning bowels of the ship. Imagine the bogey bits tearing away out of the airlock, slowly revealing Eric inside. Not only would Jocylen have almost taken an innocent life, but two innocent lives. Pair that with the Doctor's brave rescue and blammo! It could have upped the tension and implied more danger, is all I’m saying.

I was a bit confused by the ship’s computer creating the Bogeyman in the first place. That entire aspect of the plot was skimmed over and very flimsy. I thought they were doing something with the show’s new magical premise, a “superstition of the Bogeyman made him exist,” sort of angle. But no, it was just something the ship did, for reasons. I also expected that to be the reason for Ruby's transformation into the weird scaly lizard woman. I expected it to suddenly be possible through superstition that stepping on a butterfly could change the course of history. But instead, the Doctor forgot to push the butterfly compensator on the TARDIS console. Kinda weird that RTD had two moments to further his own mythology but sided on technobabble. Not bad, just odd.

One aspect that bothered me was how long it took them to reveal the Bogeyman was made of snot. When they took the time to do this whole to do with the babies blowing their noses, I immediately looked over at my wife and said “The Bogeyman is made of baby boogers,’ to which she responded “I hate that you’re right.” They telegraphed it so hard that it made the Doctor seem slow on the uptake. If you recall from my review of "The Husbands of River Song," I felt like they did the same thing to River with how long it took her to recognise the Doctor. However, I imagine it's a bit of a balancing act to know when to reveal something. The Doctor doesn't necessarily have all of the information we have as an audience.

As pilots go, “Space Babies,” could have done better at introducing a new audience to Doctor Who. Much of the expository dialogue about who the Doctor is or where he came from felt rushed and unnatural. My friend Taryn said she enjoyed this aspect of the Doctor being less cryptic and more forthcoming with information. While I agree, I feel like the execution was clumsy, a word we’re starting to see more often in my reviews of the RTD2 era. For comparison, take Fallout, a show that came out only a month earlier. Both are technically first seasons of tv shows based on pre-existing properties with dense lore. Both have eight episodes to tell their stories. And yet with Fallout, we get a trickle of information as things happen. With Doctor Who we have the Doctor stopping his companion mid-sentence to say “Oh yeah, by the way, I have two hearts.” Look, I get it, I’m neurodivergent. I appreciate a good infodump. But there’s a big reason people are calling Fallout a triumph- it respects its audience enough to reveal things over time.

RTD said recently that young people won’t watch black and white. I don’t know if this is true as I am a cusp gen x/millennial. I don’t know much about what kids get up to these days, but I also don’t go around saying what they will and won’t do. It sounds a lot like “Those damn kids with their hip hop video games,” or like “Kids don’t like anything that isn’t Tik Tok or Roblox.” It feels like it misunderstands the appeal of storytelling in the first place. Studio executives have never fully understood what is good about Doctor Who. In the ‘70s and ‘80s, it was “Why can’t it be like Star Wars?” In the Chibnall era, the goal was to compete with Netflix. And now it’s “We need to meet the same standards of Marvel.” But if Doctor Who is always being compared to something else, you curse it into always being behind the curve. When I fell in love with Doctor Who, it was because it wasn’t like anything I had ever seen before. If I want to watch Iron Man, I’ll watch Iron Man.

Not all of the expository dialogue was without merit. I’ve been continually impressed by RTD’s handling of the Timeless Child storyline. As longtime readers know, I was not a fan of that story. Hell, first-time readers probably picked up on it in this article. But I don’t think it’s fair to discount the people who did enjoy that story. And I think it is far more interesting for the show to develop the idea as opposed to sweeping it under the rug. We learned that the Time Lord genocide was cellular, which helps the whole concept of the Master achieving what millions of Daleks couldn’t do make more sense. It’s amazing how much a single line of dialogue can overcome a lot of shoddy writing. I liked the Doctor stating that it doesn’t matter where he comes from, as I’ve been saying that the whole damn time. It’s also nice that despite everything, the Doctor is still a Time Lord in his hearts of hearts. We as fans kinda need those moments so we can collectively move on from what has been a rather ugly time in the fandom.

That’s not to say we aren’t still in an ugly culture battle within the fandom. Racism is still a very real aspect to the conversation. As are ableism, sexism, transphobia. And despite RTD meeting these things head-on with the grace of a fish out of water, we’ve still got some great points of intrigue. Who is this woman played by Susan Twist we keep seeing in the background? Who is the one who waits? Is Mrs Flood the White Guardian to Susan Twist’s Black Guardian? I would love to say it’s the Rani because it’s been 20 fucking years of it not being the Rani, which is also the exact reason I won’t say it’s the Rani. But god I wish it was the Rani. They even name-drop her! Give us this one, please. My point being, despite its daftness and its expressionless babies, “Space Babies,” still gives us a lot to go off of. If you didn’t like it, do what I did and watch it twice. The emotional resonance works better when it feels less like you’re watching a car accident.

Look, if you didn’t like “Space Babies,” I get it. Maybe it’s not for you. There are weird little problems with the episode. The expository dialogue I mentioned, for example. The babies are a bit much. The Bogeyman howling like a werewolf was batshit weird. I guess it was because they compared him to a dog. Even then, why not make it bark? You could ask things like “Why didn’t the Doctor use the TARDIS to fly them to safety instead of setting their space station on a crash course with the planet’s surface?” or "Why didn't the Doctor get sucked out of the airlock? It's air pressure, not gravity." Is the humour still falling a bit flat? Sure. It’s easy to pick stuff apart. But come on, the episode is called “Space Babies,” you knew ahead of time if that concept was going to work for you or not.

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Thanks for reading! I'm sorry these articles are taking a while. Having two episodes drop simultaneously doubles my workload! I'll have the review for "The Devil's Chord," up tomorrow! Hopefully next week will be more timely.

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

Uh so this is for anyone who has seen MatPat's new FNAF theory and believes him that the FNAF Movie franchise is going to be centered around the weird human-robot-clone mainly because of this prop that was apparently on set (but only Matt could see it so ????)

When I saw this, some old memories just clicked, and I couldn't help but shake that this guy just looked so familiar.

So, where did he come from? What's this supposed to be?

Well, if I remember correctly, in late 2015- there were plenty of beta animatronic leaks for the FNAF movie (yes, it was originally announced in 2015) which gave us wonderful pictures like these to chew on

Already take note of the doll eyes and realistic teeth and gums

Not to mention that the Jim Henson company (the company in charge of the animatronics in this film) start off by making their creatures (Jim Henson Creatures-not Muppets stop saying they're Muppets) look very similar- as compared to the in-canon endoskeletons that look nothing alike.

So already we know that this guy wasn't made with the original intention to be in the movie, but that isn't the final nail in the cawthon.

Take a look at one of these leaks of the mech from 8 years ago

Do you see a familiar friend in this image? You can actually see a couple, including the eyes from before and what was assumed to be pre-Freddy or Fredbear.

Honestly I haven't seen the full clip, but either way; if this was supposed to be somewhere in the movie-it's an easter egg-if not- Matt was just walking backstage in the workshop. It's not prominent enough to really take note of, so I don't really see how our old friend here can really determine the lore.

Also I noticed something that made me make up a mini sub-theory that might be true.

So among the leaks, was this image

Which like-whatever. It's not that different from before... But if you really think about it

Same guy. It's the same guy. The Jim Henson company was likely always a part of this production. This animatronic wasn't a character- he was just a hint that the Jim Henson Creature Shop was a part of this the whole freaking time. They weren't announced to be a part of the production until a year ago- but they were likely always a part of this.

[ot3]

love of practical effects and the work of jim henson's creature workshop vs visceral distaste for the 5 nights at freddy's franchise battling it out in my heart

[cipheramnesia]

Physically I'm like one of those excessively detailed creatures out of Jim Henson's workshop that lives in a pool of mud and sometimes heaves itself effortfully into a speaking position to dispense primitive and curmudgeon yet wise advice before sink back down into its muck and folds of skin.

[abiteofhoney]

You should make up your own creatures. It's good and fun and you get the excuse to look at pretty art and read a lot of fantasy blurbs for research. ;p

(Okay okay, so like, obviously, there's DnD and Pathfinder stuff - high fantasy collective of monsters and all that. Sure, cool. Also too is the Froud family that worked with Jim Henson workshop for ages, also good and solid. You'll also have peeps like Terryl Whitlatch and Jordu Schell and Madeleine Scott-Spencer, that get a little more in the imaginative process and the latter two are sculptors of high quality - which is nice if you wanna get a bit more of an idea about what you are looking at. But I am also going to tell you that looking at the "Crazy-monster-design" tumblr is very worthwhile too - over 30 odd years of Tokusatsu shows trying to be unique, identifiable, AND functional? Treasure trove of ideas. Anyway, happy hunting. ^_^)

i LOVE creating my own creatures, bc then i don’t have to follow any preset rules of established creatures. they get to be anything i want them to be and no one can tell me anything!!!!!

i’m super excited to get into researching this stuff and seeing what all i can do with my creatures. what i can turn them into! it’s gonna be so fun! i also like using picrews tbh. mix and match features to create them!

honestly, the hardest part about creating my own species of magical creatures is ….. naming them. sigh.

[mutogamingco]

Yooo that’s so cool about puppetry. It’s amazing how a skilled puppeteer, like the ones behind the Muppets, make you forget you’re looking at a puppet and not a little living mini-being in their own right

Thank you! It was always volunteer work, so I didn't do any huge shows or anything, but it was so much fun bringing characters to life! I have always been a huge fan of the Jim Henson workshop, it has always been magic to me. I'm putting my rambling under the cut because this is one of those special interests I have that I don't get to talk much about!

My first serious puppet was named Critter, and he looked like a sloth so I didn't think he was that off putting. I had a few marionettes as well, but I did not get to practice with them as much. Sadly, not everyone around me agreed it was cool and I had to stop bringing him around because unfortunately, he creeped people out, so that was a bit discouraging. Apparently some people can't get past the mechanics part and where you need to access the mechanisms if you aren't behind a curtain or a set. I used to spend hours practicing mannerisms for them, and these days I use my skills for my shoulder puppets at the Renaissance Faire and have fooled multiple people into thinking the creature was animatronic, or even real.

My current active puppets are Quinn (Griffin) and Jasper (Cat)

This year, I attended the Thunderbolt Fantasy panel at Anime Central and got to see the puppets from the show up close, and even try out some of them. Those guys make it look so easy, and they are absolutely beautiful in person! I have a video saved on my phone showcasing my skills on a smaller traditional puppet of the same style that a fellow attendee brought, and she gave me such nice compliments: that she had never seen him look so alive before. It was a honor to try him out as well! (If I post the video I am in my Yuugi cosplay, so that's even more amusing.)

I do have a dream of being a part of a team to operate one of those multi-person puppets, I briefly got to handle one during a college workshop and it was an amazing experience and we even impressed the professionals with some of our unconscious movements. They though we planned them, but we were working as a full uni, and didn't even realize we were doing things like turning our heads all at the same time. I also have a dream to do a really ambitious full body puppet build, but I sadly do not have the time, resources, equipment, or space to do so, nor the storage space for the off season. But hey, I can dream, right?

[lauralot89]

I saw Five Nights and had a lovely time

granted i've never played any of the games, just seen clips from one and three and watched a video on the lore so I could be entirely incorrect here, but isn't The Toreador Song basically Freddy Fazbear's theme music? the whole movie I was waiting for The Toreador Song as a lead in to a jump scare and the closest I ever got was Foxy doing the Crazy Frog intro or whatever

Matthew Lillard was having a wonderful time and I endorse it

wish he had called during Peeta's first shift and left the longest voicemail ever like in the first game but seeing as how they didn't keep the battery-and-door mechanic, I get why that wasn't included

shout out to the Jim Henson Creature Workshop, those puppets were AMAZING

loved the shot of Bonnie and Chica staring into the security camera all Now you fucked up

kind of surprised there's never been a Freddy Fazbear's location opened in real life, then again I guess Child Death: The Restaurant is perhaps not the best business model

spoilers below the cut

one day I will learn that iconic horror actors showing up in a movie are not just there for a single scene cameo and will in fact be relevant to the plot

I thought Springtrap was a green bunny? Or is that just because the animatronic is all old and decayed

[monsters-conquer-the-world]

How can we trick the Jim Henson Creature Workshop into making a suitmation kaiju TV show?

[quinloki]

This is Mila. Her head is full of rocks and her heart is full of chicken treats. She's too stupid to get into mischief and despite all her model photos she is more like something out of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop in the day to day. One time we took her to the vet and while trying to give her her shots they injected into the floor instead of her

T-T awwww, being so floofy you are protected against getting the medicines.

Oh I just want to hold her and bury my face in the fur until she's either purring or biting me xD (If she bites me I would set her down very gently.) so FLOOFY.

[crossover-enthusiast]

I know!!!!

AND they were made by the Jim Henson Creature Workshop! Which is so cool!!!

Yessssss

[k1ngxd0m]

There is a lot of bitching and whining about cgi and how its bad or the devil blah blah blah

The truth comes in two parts

1 practical is fucking expensive, in our capitalist society it has to be made fast and as cheap as possible to try and make as much money as possible

Seth Rogan said it best when he was on corridor crews react series

"They just dont let you do that, they let nolan and terintino do that shit because they are nolan and terintino they will make the money back" [paraphrasing]

2 jim henson died

Before his death, jim henson was a pioneer in working with vfx to enhance his puppeteering in resonable cost effective ways.

When he died muppets inc was sold to disney, and they sure weren't going to pay that kind of money for r and d. Only now, 30 years after his death, they are coming back to perfect the craft he started in the 90s.

Just look at where the wild things are, those are practical costumes made by hensons creature workshop with cgi edited faces and it holds up!

Marvel movies have completely eliminated the concept of practical effects from the movie-watching public’s consciousness