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A Good Idea for a Dying Hollywood: Remake Classic Films Starring the Muppets
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:29 am
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:29 am
This has gold written all over it and seems difficult to frick up or make it Woke. Just remake movies almost verbatim from the past, just replace most of the cast with Muppets, get members of the original films to reprise their roles if possible (and get a celebrity look alike if you can’t especially since many are dead or too old), and add in some Muppet puns and musical numbers. Plus it will introduce a new generation to classic movies and make them go back and watch those.
Maybe have the online backstory that Kermit is looking to move onto more serious cinema and actually win the Oscars, but his crew still manages to make the movies as ridiculous as possible.
Here are some of my suggestions (and some will be deceased so go with the closest thing):
Titanic: Keep Billy Zane and Kathy Bates
The Patriot: Keep Jason Issacs and Tom Wilkinson
The Shawshank Redemption: Keep Morgan Freeman and Clancy Brown
Saving Private Ryan: Keep Tom Hanks
Apocalypse Now: Keep Marlon Brando
Full Metal Jacket: Keep R Lee Emery
Lawrence of Arabia: Keep Omar Sharif
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Keep Louis Fletcher
Casablanca: Keep Humphrey Bogart
Jaws: Keep Robert Shaw
These movies would be absolutely hilarious starring Muppets and I think people would go to the theaters to see them.
Maybe have the online backstory that Kermit is looking to move onto more serious cinema and actually win the Oscars, but his crew still manages to make the movies as ridiculous as possible.
Here are some of my suggestions (and some will be deceased so go with the closest thing):
Titanic: Keep Billy Zane and Kathy Bates
The Patriot: Keep Jason Issacs and Tom Wilkinson
The Shawshank Redemption: Keep Morgan Freeman and Clancy Brown
Saving Private Ryan: Keep Tom Hanks
Apocalypse Now: Keep Marlon Brando
Full Metal Jacket: Keep R Lee Emery
Lawrence of Arabia: Keep Omar Sharif
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Keep Louis Fletcher
Casablanca: Keep Humphrey Bogart
Jaws: Keep Robert Shaw
These movies would be absolutely hilarious starring Muppets and I think people would go to the theaters to see them.
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Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:30 am to OMLandshark
Current Hollywood shouldn't remake anything
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:30 am to OMLandshark
How about reading the transcript of H. Biden's current problems starring Kermit and Miss Piggy?
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:32 am to real turf fan
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How about reading the transcript of H. Biden's current problems starring Kermit and Miss Piggy?
That would also be hilarious, but I’d pick Fozzie Bear to read them out.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:33 am to OMLandshark
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Full Metal Jacket: Keep R Lee Emery
I'm now picturing Sam Eagle bellowing out "Hell, I like you. You can come over to my house and frick my sister." and then punching Kermit in the stomach.
It's certainly more entertaining than watching another DEI in a cape flick.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:34 am to OMLandshark
For the 8 of us that watched Furiosa, this is incredibly accurate.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 11:23 am to OMLandshark
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Plus it will introduce a new generation to classic movies and make them go back and watch those.
There should not be a soul on this planet that hasn't watched at least The Muppet Movie.
Steve Martin's cameo still kills me.
"One of the finest wines of Idaho"
"Don't you want to smell the bottle cap"
quote:
Titanic: Keep Billy Zane and Kathy Bates
The Patriot: Keep Jason Issacs and Tom Wilkinson
The Shawshank Redemption: Keep Morgan Freeman and Clancy Brown
Saving Private Ryan: Keep Tom Hanks
Apocalypse Now: Keep Marlon Brando
Full Metal Jacket: Keep R Lee Emery
Lawrence of Arabia: Keep Omar Sharif
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Keep Louis Fletcher
Casablanca: Keep Humphrey Bogart
Jaws: Keep Robert Shaw
I think it would be cool as well but I don't like those at all. Way too serious. Don't want to see Muppets at war killing people
They still need to be classics on the light hearted side, not turning the Muppets into something their not. Part of what makes the Muppets the Muppets is the light heartedness to it.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 11:48 am to OMLandshark
Wolf of Wall Street and keep Margot Robbie.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 11:55 am to A Menace to Sobriety
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Wolf of Wall Street and keep Margot Robbie.
Great choice right there.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 12:05 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:21 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Full Metal Jacket: Keep R Lee Emery
let me see your war face!
Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:40 pm to OMLandshark
Disney owns the Muppets.
Pass.
Pass.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:44 pm to OMLandshark
quote:I'd like to add No Country For Old Men, keep Josh Brolin. Cookie monster would make an absolutely chilling Chigurh.
This has gold written all over it and seems difficult to frick up or make it Woke. Just remake movies almost verbatim from the past, just replace most of the cast with Muppets, get members of the original films to reprise their roles if possible (and get a celebrity look alike if you can’t especially since many are dead or too old), and add in some Muppet puns and musical numbers. Plus it will introduce a new generation to classic movies and make them go back and watch those.
Maybe have the online backstory that Kermit is looking to move onto more serious cinema and actually win the Oscars, but his crew still manages to make the movies as ridiculous as possible.
Here are some of my suggestions (and some will be deceased so go with the closest thing):
Titanic: Keep Billy Zane and Kathy Bates
The Patriot: Keep Jason Issacs and Tom Wilkinson
The Shawshank Redemption: Keep Morgan Freeman and Clancy Brown
Saving Private Ryan: Keep Tom Hanks
Apocalypse Now: Keep Marlon Brando
Full Metal Jacket: Keep R Lee Emery
Lawrence of Arabia: Keep Omar Sharif
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Keep Louis Fletcher
Casablanca: Keep Humphrey Bogart
Jaws: Keep Robert Shaw
These movies would be absolutely hilarious starring Muppets and I think people would go to the theaters to see them.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:05 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
This has gold written all over it and seems difficult to frick up or make it Woke.
They’d go out of their way to do so. Watch.
A Muppet Remake of Casablanca would have Kermit in a torrid romance with Fozzie Bear, and the Nazis would all sound like Donald Trump.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:11 pm to The Dude Abides
A few more coming to mind:
Inglourious Basterds: Keep Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Michael Fassbender, and the High Command
Pulp Fiction: Keep Samuel L Jackson and Ving Rhames
The Truman Show: Keep Jim Carrey and Ed Harris
Die Hard: Keep Bruce Willis
The Matrix: Keep Hugo Weaving and the Agents
The Big Lebowski: Keep John Goodman and Julianne Moore
Goodfellas: Keep Joe Pesci
Inglourious Basterds: Keep Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Michael Fassbender, and the High Command
Pulp Fiction: Keep Samuel L Jackson and Ving Rhames
The Truman Show: Keep Jim Carrey and Ed Harris
Die Hard: Keep Bruce Willis
The Matrix: Keep Hugo Weaving and the Agents
The Big Lebowski: Keep John Goodman and Julianne Moore
Goodfellas: Keep Joe Pesci
This post was edited on 6/6/24 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:45 pm to OMLandshark
I want My Cousin Vinny where all of the people from New Jersey are humans, but every other character is a muppet.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:57 pm to OMLandshark
Hot Take: Muppets from Space is a solid movie that I will happily watch any time it’s on.
Hotter take: Muppets Christmas Carol is the best version of the Scrooge story.
Hotter take: Muppets Christmas Carol is the best version of the Scrooge story.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:00 pm to OMLandshark
Gladiator. Only the Emperors are human.
A Knight’s Tale, the only humans are the villain (Rufus Sewell) and Paul Bettany.
Con-Air with Nicholas Cage and his family as the only humans.
Star Wars prequels: Temura Morrison, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, and Christopher Lee are humans.
Oceans 11. Benedict is the only human.
Knives Out: Chris Evans and Ana de Armas are the only humans.
A Knight’s Tale, the only humans are the villain (Rufus Sewell) and Paul Bettany.
Con-Air with Nicholas Cage and his family as the only humans.
Star Wars prequels: Temura Morrison, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, and Christopher Lee are humans.
Oceans 11. Benedict is the only human.
Knives Out: Chris Evans and Ana de Armas are the only humans.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 3:32 pm to OMLandshark
Resurrecting this thread after having this same discussion with my co-workers this morning. Of course the list included:
Gladiator
Die Hard
The Shawshank Redemption
Goodwill Hunting
But some others that came up today...
The Blindside (imagine Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher blasting Muppets)
No Country for Old Men (Tommy Lee Jones with Muppets)
The Truman Show
but my favorites...
Rocky
Slingblade
Gladiator
Die Hard
The Shawshank Redemption
Goodwill Hunting
But some others that came up today...
The Blindside (imagine Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher blasting Muppets)
No Country for Old Men (Tommy Lee Jones with Muppets)
The Truman Show
but my favorites...
Rocky
Slingblade
Posted on 12/19/25 at 9:05 pm to OMLandshark
Remake Terror in a Tiny Town. 
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