I have to say, this documentary was absolutely amazing! Sure, they did seem to skim over some of Jim’s later work, but I still enjoyed the documentary through and through! Heck, I even teared up towards the end of the film when Big Bird started singing Bein’ Green at Henson’s memorial despite the fact that I was born nearly eleven years after Jim had passed away!
I also liked the emphasis on Jane Henson and the new Frank Oz interviews. I find the Disney+ indexing and selectiions very frustrating, perhaps now more than before with the hulu programs crowding the page.
I think this is good companion doc to Defunctland's amazing 5 part Henson documentary from a few years ago. That one does focus a lot on the 80s... the sucess of Fraggle Rock and Muppet Babies, the stress from the failure of The Jim Henson Hour, and the "god damned (Disney) deal" (Jim"s words).
It was ok but I didn't think it really told any new facts or stories. It could have been a four hour 3 part documentary similar to what Netflix does with its true crime docs. Not only that but they didn't really talk about how Disney doesn't know what to do with The Muppets but they're not good at shining a light on their own mistakes.
I watched the documentary twice, and I loved it, I loved it even more the second time. I agree with all of the “nit picks” too, but I still felt that it had a ton of heart. I recently read the Richard Hunt biography and I was a little sad that little was mentioned of him, because he did a lot of work for Jim too…it’s almost as if they should have made it into a docu-series…but still I really loved it.
I don’t agree with all of your criticisms but I definitely agree with the bypassing of Henson’s career post-“The Muppet Movie.” “Fraggle Rock” and “The Storyteller” were some of the greatest, if not the greatest, projects Henson ever did and that’s saying a lot. You can’t do justice to his career by ignoring such artistic triumphs.
They objectively aren't. Jim Henson was very innovative in the field of puppetry and a lot of the stuff they did on the show was very impressive from a technical standpoint even to this day. You don't really get puppet shows like Sesame Street or the Muppets from anywhere else ofter than Henson and Sesame Workshop.
i just saw this Yesterday on my DVR.
I have to say, this documentary was absolutely amazing! Sure, they did seem to skim over some of Jim’s later work, but I still enjoyed the documentary through and through! Heck, I even teared up towards the end of the film when Big Bird started singing Bein’ Green at Henson’s memorial despite the fact that I was born nearly eleven years after Jim had passed away!
I also liked the emphasis on Jane Henson and the new Frank Oz interviews. I find the Disney+ indexing and selectiions very frustrating, perhaps now more than before with the hulu programs crowding the page.
I think this is good companion doc to Defunctland's amazing 5 part Henson documentary from a few years ago. That one does focus a lot on the 80s... the sucess of Fraggle Rock and Muppet Babies, the stress from the failure of The Jim Henson Hour, and the "god damned (Disney) deal" (Jim"s words).
It was ok but I didn't think it really told any new facts or stories. It could have been a four hour 3 part documentary similar to what Netflix does with its true crime docs. Not only that but they didn't really talk about how Disney doesn't know what to do with The Muppets but they're not good at shining a light on their own mistakes.
I watched the documentary twice, and I loved it, I loved it even more the second time. I agree with all of the “nit picks” too, but I still felt that it had a ton of heart. I recently read the Richard Hunt biography and I was a little sad that little was mentioned of him, because he did a lot of work for Jim too…it’s almost as if they should have made it into a docu-series…but still I really loved it.
I don’t agree with all of your criticisms but I definitely agree with the bypassing of Henson’s career post-“The Muppet Movie.” “Fraggle Rock” and “The Storyteller” were some of the greatest, if not the greatest, projects Henson ever did and that’s saying a lot. You can’t do justice to his career by ignoring such artistic triumphs.
it was absolutely amazing Chris!
Personally, I think the Muppets are overrated.
They objectively aren't. Jim Henson was very innovative in the field of puppetry and a lot of the stuff they did on the show was very impressive from a technical standpoint even to this day. You don't really get puppet shows like Sesame Street or the Muppets from anywhere else ofter than Henson and Sesame Workshop.