#muppet christmas carol...kinda?

[juliavaccina-art]

A singing Rowlf stealing the scene ft. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Donder, and Blitzen

First Muppet xmassy art. More on the way ;))

[mylifeiscomics]

Part 44 - College AU Happy Christmas Eve!! Sorry, I won't post till after Christmas now but please enjoy this little Christmas Eve treat.

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[mylittleredgirl]

inspired by @daincrediblegg’s very important post on how to access the full brian henson version of the muppet christmas carol on disney+ including the cut song i’m compelled to ask the MOST divisive holiday question:

[obi-wann-cannoli]

Look I like the Muppet Christmas Carol but I do think it was a mistake to lean into the bleakness of Scrooge’s childhood and leave out the joy.

In the book we see his sister, being so excited to have her beloved brother home for Christmas. We see him as an apprentice at Fezziwig’s, just as excited and caught up in the holiday spirit as the others. We see a Scrooge who knows familial love and platonic affection (in addition to the romantic love of Belle).

That’s what the Ghost of Christmas Past is for- not to show the audience a lonely childhood but to remind Scrooge that he did know Christmas joy and how to give and receive love. (And that he knows what it is to be the powerless child or a grateful employee).

This what the Ghost of Christmas Present builds on by showing the kindly moments between strangers, the love at the Cratchett’s meager feast and the joy he could be partaking in at his nephew’s home. His nephew, his only living relative, child of his beloved sister, who states that he will always offer Scrooge an invitation to Christmas Dinner, who sees that Scrooge’s behavior and unwillingness to connect hurts Scrooge himself as much as those around him. (Another part that got cut from the movie).

This is what makes the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come most impactful. Showing Scrooge his death first would’ve done little except remind him of his own mortality (and possibly convince him to spend more money on his own health). Showing him his death, showing him people celebrating his death after being reminded of the joy of living and of loving, of family and friends, of all the goodness he rejects in favor of adding more misery to the world and to himself - that’s what causes him to change.

[kamenwriter]

[rexscanonwife]

BRIEEE!!!! OMG! happy holidays!!!! i am so glad we started talking more last year because you are so epic! absolutely the sweetest and talented and just awesome! i hope you're able to rest this season and that your new year is full of hope and blessings! you are well loved! have a good rest of your day! 💖

KITTY!!! 💖💖💖

You are SUCH a sweetheart, thank you so much for taking the time to send this (and I'm sorry we kinda fell off, I'm SO bad at keeping up with convos lately 😭😭😭) never forget how loved you are too, even if we're not talking I do think about you and I'll try to reach out more, you have a lovely day and stay warm!!

[uglymelon]

So there’s this alright miniseries on HBO, “The Head,” which is set in an Antarctic research station. I had a few complaints about it but the main one was that it never looked cold despite supposedly being at deadly sub-zero temperatures.

So now that’s a thing I notice in media—the successful illusion of cold.

[mistfallengw2]

❄️⛄️ Merry Wintersday and Merry Crisis to all! ⛄️❄️

I'm quite in "exhausted hermit" mode lately, but I'm happy y'all seem to find the toypoc post useful ;v;

[theheadlessgroom]

I guess we all just have to make peace with the fact that the best Haunted Mansion film adaptation we're ever going to get is the Muppets version.

((…yeah? Yeah. I can believe that, sad as it may be!))

[delicatefury]

Yet another reason why The Muppet Christmas Carol is the superior adaptation.

While they do not say His name directly, there is no doubt who Tiny Tim wishes to remind the people of at church, and whose blessing the Cratchits ask for.

I hate when A Christmas Carol type stories pretend that the "Christmas spirit" Scrooge needs to develop is "liking Christmas" and not "being kind and generous and caring about the welfare of other people".

This is a subset of my annoyance toward the Christmas movies that pretend Christmas is a magic time of year where we love each other and come together as family because....reasons...that mostly involve snow and trees and presents. But it's a particularly annoying one because even when adapting a mostly secularized plot, people still manage to miss the point of the Christmas message.

[candyheartedchy]

Here's a silly imagine!

Coraline cleaning something, either a wall, window, whatever! just some kind of surface but she doesn't have anything big enough to clean with.

She picks Spongebob up and starts rubbing him against the wall cus.. he's a sponge fghj He'd probably find it amusing and start giggling away! Kinda like that bit in A Muppet's Christmas Carol where Gonzo uses Rizzo to wipe a window and he says "Thank you for making me a part of this" (only in the goofy, happy Spongebob voice)

Just something silly : >

~ @berryshipbasket

THIS IS SO FUNNY LOL

[charactersmashorpass-2]

"kinda hot. smash"

[monsterblogging]

Stuff to check out instead of Harry Potter, based on extremely specific criteria (and assuming you like movies and television series)

"I want something with a morally ambiguous educational figure with a thing for the protagonist's mom."

Trollhunters

"I want something with a funky market selling dangerous, yet exciting merchandise."

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Pacific Rim

"I want a story where the main characters hang out in the wackiest place you can imagine with an extremely eccentric grandfather figure."

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Gravity Falls

"I want a story where the main character waves around a doodad that does whatever the plot requires, and sometimes spaces are bigger on the inside."

Doctor Who

"I want an old wizard who seems kinda gay but it's never confirmed."

Lord of the Rings

Wizards (Tales of Arcadia)

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

"I want an old-fashioned, aged aesthetic with lots of visual complexity."

Knives Out

Hellboy (2004)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Pan's Labyrinth

The Shape of Water

Pacific Rim

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

The Muppet Christmas Carol

"I want a story that fulfills my fantasies of an upper class teenager with an asshole father being redeemed through the power of friendship."

Avatar: The Last Airbender

"I want dark humor in a kid-friendly fantasy setting."

Adventure Time

"I want something with four guys who get up to hijinks on the regular."

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

[the-halfling-prince]

IF YOU LIKED MORE THAN ONE JUST PUT THE ONE YOU LIKED MOST OKAY

Now for the thing no one cares about: My personal ranking of all of these!

Frankenstein. Mary Shelley really just invented science fiction and I think that's so iconic. The tale of a dude who wanted to play God but didn't want to play father.

A Christmas Carol. If you're a mean jerk near ghosts will come to your house and take you to cool places or whatever it is Cory Matthews in BMW said. Anyway i remember reading this in seventh grade and ever since then my favorite Christmas movie is Muppet Christmas Carol

Hamlet. This is my second favorite Shakespeare play and i think it's great (I did get to read for Hamlet when our class was reading it. Not to brag or anything. When we read it in theatre class a few years earlier, however, I was Polonius. Also very fun)

The Outsiders. I liked this one when I read it in eighth grade, but that might have just been because I was an edgy eighth grader. I remember watching the movie and when it got to the end I was like 'wheres the rest of it?' I was so confused lmao

To Kill a Mockingbird. Honestly I don't remember much about this book but I do remember genuinely liking it and buying my own copy.

Fahrenheit 451. I mean it's got a good message but I was kinda bored throughout it. Maybe if I read it again now I'd appreciate it more

The Great Gatsby. Nice symbolism I guess. I can't stop thinking about that Tumblr post "Wait. Was Nick in love with Gatsby????" I remember the project I did for it where I painted a new book cover and I'm quite proud of it. "Old money vs new money" bro I got no money shut up

Romeo and Juliet. I did not appreciate the story for what it was in highschool, but I get it now. I did get to read for Romeo though, and the cute girl in front of me was Juliet so I did have that going for me. I really participated so much in my English classes in highschool that any time we read a play the teacher never hesitated to make me the male lead if I asked. I put my entire heart into that shit.

Animal Farm. I was forced to read this one twice, once in seventh grade and once in tenth. I appreciated it more in middle school, honestly, probably because I didn't already know what was going to happen lol

The Crucible. NGL I don't remember most of this. But I remember when we watched the movie.

Of Mice and Men. I actually Did Not read this one. I didn't even try looking at Wikipedia or sparknotes or anything. I just. Have no idea what happened in that book. I bullshitted the test and got a C so whatever.

[kamenwriter]

[i-am-trans-gwender]

The Muppets should make more movies based on classic literature like they used. Despite the humor they took themselves seriously and were usually the best adaptation of the story.

Examples: Muppets Christmas Carol, Muppets Treasure Island and Muppets Wizard of Oz (the last was kinda mid)

Hear me out: Muppets Paradise Lost