Meet the Feebles is Secretly Brilliant
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2020
- Peter Jackson (yes, THAT Perter Jackson) made Avenue Q before Avenue Q was a thing, and sadly, it's often overlooked by audiences. Let's take a look at what makes this raunchy tragic comedy work so well.
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I felt bad for Harry. Dude genuinely loved his job entertaining people and then got sick and believed he was going to die. Got harassed by a TMZ reporter posing as a fly puppet and still went on stage because he didn't want to disappoint his fans. Then right when he discovered he was going to live he got gunned down.
I think he was one of the more likable characters.
Gonna add the fact that Heidi was 16 when she met bletch she was groomed and made to believe she was gonna be famous and have good connections if she went with this man, this went on for years
Honestly this is also something that was kind of missed on here too, bletch has an underground porn production going on and wants daisy replaced with someone young and petite 😕 because she's not making any money for him anymore, but this is such a contrast when he is replacing someone who is the reason the show is getting a syndicated series with someone nobody even knows about because she's young and petite
This is literally what Hollywood does to their actors
She did become famous.
Of course Hollywood would hate MTFs - it's basically representative of that whole town.
Oh! Burn!!!! 😂
Mtf? Like trans ppl lol
@@PuddleBooks Meet the feebles
You know it’s sad that this film has more interesting storytelling than “Happytime Murders” a movie made by the Henson studio
That movie was horrible oh god…
@@lilshinobu The Happytime Murders could have worked if it had the right writing team involved.
"When you think of Peter Jackson, what do you think of?"
Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, Braindead, The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures...
king kong as well
This movie is what Happy Time Murders aimed for but missed by a huge huge margin.
Yes they both have raunchy and shock humor with both kinda doing the concept of "what if the JH muppets were like this off screen." But MtF and even avenue Q are better at understanding that the puppets are just a medium of telling any type of story (hell JH muppets do just that) vs the idea that puppets are a medium attached solely to kids entertainment so they have to constantly stop to remind you that they are puppets cleverly subverting that misconception. They don't believe the audience is smart enough to get that and just enjoy them be it a serious story or parody. This is an issue with a lot of adult animation... Well at least one of the issues.
You can't win them all
You are one of the two reviews that saw this film’s unique beauty
I’m glad more people love this movie. I have been developing a sequel series to continue the original and so far I have gotten it mostly written and am gathering a voice cast together to make it into an audiobook. It will be starting soon and if you guys want to see it when it comes out, here’s the channel link where it will be uploaded: ruclips.net/channel/UCDOIkqHEYKkSuCvT0MPeu1Q
@@KleinhesselinkProductions can u please finish it up and upload it?
@@cellblocknine5385 the first few chapters have been almost done, I’ve just had to leave it to the remaining parties which have been my audio mixer and my music composer
@@KleinhesselinkProductions any updates?
@@KaiZurus Yes, if youd like to see some exclusive footage, I got discord, whats yours if you have it
I weirdly love this movie and it's one of my guilt pleasure movies. I remember seeing an article a few years ago of Peter Jackson saying that he was planning release his early films on 4k so hopefully we'll get a higher quality version of this film in the future! I love the themes in this movie as someone who enjoys movies about the entertainment industry and did theatre in high school and the conflict of what happens to someone's passion and career in a constantly changing industry.
I love this movie too... can’t wait for a 4K remastered version as Peter Jackson has the rights to his old movies back!
I’m glad more people love this movie. I have been developing a sequel series to continue the original and so far I have gotten it mostly written and am gathering a voice cast together to make it into an audiobook. It will be starting soon and if you guys want to see it when it comes out, here’s the channel link where it will be uploaded: ruclips.net/channel/UCDOIkqHEYKkSuCvT0MPeu1Q
all pleasure, no guilt
Nooo, 4k ruins so much. When you make things so clear, it takes away from mysterious.
I watched it on my projector and that's perfect for how to watch this movie. I have such an appreciation for older quality as I am so picky about how things don't feel natural with such high quality movies/shows. When their skin looks off putting.
I LOVE this movie. The Muppets and Fraggle Rock, I still watch for my burn out days.. I am Neurodivergent and they are shows I grew up with. So I keep Disney + just for Muppets whenever I want to see an episode.
The Feebles are technically canon to the Muppets now according to The Muppets Mayhem. Now all we need is Avenue Q and the MCU (Muppets Cinematic Universe), would be complete.
That honestly scares me.
Meet the Feebles is like a strange mix of The Muppets,The Deer Hunter,The Exorcist,The Sing movies and Avenue Q all in a blender.
I also see a bit of John Waters in there with all the shock and gross out stuff.
Just remember, this movie was filmed in New Zealand (somewhere between the 80's and 90s).
As a New Zealander, I even have difficulty to find some of my own nation's movies in good quality of that era.
Has anyone seen Sir Peter Jackson's "Bad Taste"?
Yeh I love it!!
Meet The Feebles is my go to Peter Jackson film. I paid a hefty VHS price back in the day for this. It was worth it. If you do go in knowing something about this movie, you still walk away feeling shock. Thank you for not spoiling The Guppy Audition. Nor did you show Heidi ripping off HER BLOUSE. I loaned this movie to a Mexican guy and I told him he would have problems understanding some of the accents. I was correct. The doctor sounds like Paul Lynde and the drug addict sounds like Christopher Lloyd.
Makes sense
I´m not ashamed when I said that Meet the feebles is Peter Jackson´s movie I´ve seen more times in my life.
An adult puppet movie about jerks... That's FULLY AWARE that the characters are jerks?!
Wow. WOW! That's pretty much unheard of in Modern Hollywood or Modern Western Adult Animation/Puppetry! I need to watch this movie one day because it sounds like a breath of fresh air compared to what western Hollywood gives us in the present.
I am a huge sucker for grotesque, crude stuff involving furry characters for some reason, so this movie really hit the mark for me.
Peter Jackson has said before that he wants to do a proper set for all of his old movies. Like make a big box set with all 3 movies that would include this one, Bad Taste & Braindead.
And having them in the best quality possible(maybe 4K even, but I doubt that) and with loads of extras(since he loves doing big extra packs for his movies).
I hope this will be done in the future, cause I'd pre-order that shit in a flash!!!!
So will I! I love those movies!
Theres a 4k of frighteners being hinted at by Arrow Video, along with a box set coded as EJ, possibly Early Jackson
Yeah I would love some outtakes and behind the scenes of this movie.
hopefully peter jackson can one day find the original film reel and restore it to it's original glory. he has proven himself to be a master at film restoration if "they shall not grow old" or "the beatles get back" are anything to go by.
Peter Jackson has talked about releasing 4k version of Meet the Feebles, Braindead/Dead Alive and Bad Taste in 2018, but the last time he talked about it was in 2021 so we never know when/if that ever happens.
The sodomy scene is so beautiful from a writer’s perspective and in general,
The way the fox sings it beautifully while Heidi guns down everyone which syncs to said song. And the song’s lyrics fit tremendously with the film’s theming making it a perfect climax to Heidi’s deranged arc
And also because even after Sodomy is over the melody of the rest of the massacre still follows it. And I'm not sure if that's to keep the flow going or if because the Feebles are being well "sodomied" themselves.
I kid you not i thought the cigarette burns were to give the movie a grindhouse feel, and legit thought it was an artistic choice
The characters in this movie seem like anti-muppets
That is EXACTLY what they are.
That's a huge simplification
Love this movie
OMG i’m so glad I’m not the only one that knew about this film!
Malena Kaloustian hey I see you have heard of this film, if you have enjoyed it as some others have including myself, I can send you a book I’ve been working on that acts as a sequel story to the movie 😊
I’m also a big fan of this movie!!! 😄😄😄
Kai Porter Crafton would you like me to send you the link to the sequel story I made?
Ok
I think of this film as the Muppet Show if it was made by John Waters. It’s shocking, outrageous, and insulting, but depending on who you ask, they may or may not love every minute of it.
5:52 - 5:55 Robert and Lucille are like Anthony and Joanna from Sweeney Todd.
Dude: I'd LOVE to see a remaster!
Me knowing what Hollywood will do to this: 🎵He's got your number now, he knows just what you've done! You've got no place to hiiide, you have nowhere to run!🎵
He knows your life of criiiiiiiiiimmmmeee. I think it’s supper time! (Hoo Hoo oh!)
At least this isn’t happy time murders
I began a marathon of Peter Jackson's movies a few days ago and I almost ignored this one. I was like: "ahn, I don't know, a parody of Muppets? It looks very cheap and amateur"
Boy, was I wrong! Meet The Feebles is probably my favorite movie of him after LOTR and The Hobbit.
This is, by far, my favorite Peter Jackson movie 💕
Dark and gritty social commentary: the _other_ thing Peter Jackson and Ralph Bakshi have in common.
I just love the heck out of this Muppet spoof. Peter Jackson is a legend. His recent Get Back Beatles Doc is amazing too.
Me and my friend watch this once a year while getting drunk. We enjoy it purely because of its idiot humor and pointless bullshittery, and every year, this movie delivers.
The elephant and the chicken being "a pair" and spawning a hybrid abomination is probably a reference to Gonzo and Camilla.
0:40 More like "sex, drugs, and show tunes."
5:01 "Ravage," not "ravish."
7:01 Basically similar to Jabba the Hutt.
10:45 An M-60, aka "the gun of Rambo."
20:23 Or Street Trash, Bad Channels, Freaked, Nothing but Trouble, and Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
I learned about this movie from a screaming soup video.i got interested about it.i then went and looked it up and found the fan restoration on youtube.i didn't know there was a DVD release.
6:42 - 6:49 I'd have less difficulty believing *Barry* started out as a good critter. He's the least nefarious member of Bletch's inner circle!
A lot of it reminded me of Conker's Bad Fur Day. Even the rabbit sounds like Conker plus the war scenes. I wonder if it was a direct inspiration
Dark industry of the 80s with enough adult grit and humour to laugh and be shocked over.
best part - "my apologies hector" after Blech vomits while hes trying to putt
I still watch Parts of this Film, and I can still see how and why it is brilliant............and somehow know how oddly bizarre it is
I noticed that Bletch considered Arthur to be his friend. But that’s about itl
Describing this movie as an ant farm full of fire ants is so schizo but perfect lol I love it
Meet the Feebles was originally funded by japanese to be part of some comedy tv show. It explains why the plot is how it is and why there's so many subplots.
Aren’t two of the Feebles in witness protection?
If you know, ya know.
I wanna do puppetry
You do realize puppetry isn’t easy right?
I know that
It’s stressful
@@Imaginamisuperfun please don't even try. Leave it to the professionals.
@@cellblocknine5385
Can you stop trying to crush this kid’s dreams?
@@Imaginamisuperfun go for it man! Don't let anyone stop you because if you trully wanna do it I say you should go for it, don't this to these comments because there just assholes behind a screen.
Don't get me wrong puppetry is difficult but that doesn't mean ypu shouldn't try, and If it's not for you that's fine ^^
I legit had no idea this existed. Thanks
"So, you wanna join the feebles?"
Yeah no.
I like the cinematography of MTF. It's like a puppet show that actually takes place in those dusty and ugly places behind the scenes of a theater, instead of on the stage. If you go to old theaters, they're creepy and dark.
Bletch is a fanstastic villain
My brother Jadon has seen this film on some on demand service. Tubi perhaps.
This films could be seen as a commentary on show business,
Another thing that makes this film even more disturbingly relevant today is that Bletch had been with Heidi since she was 16. So he's a groomer too.
I normally despise gross-out humor because it's just so...Pointless. It's cheap and just there for shock. But this movie spends an inordinate amount of time building up to a rabbit vomiting in front of a live audience, it makes it the climax of one long joke. I think that kind of gross-out humor can be good if there's a proper lead-in to it.
Weirdly enough, I like the porno scenes because for one, it shows more of the darker side of Bletch's operations, and two...It just appeals to my sick sense of humor, I can't help it. I just can't help but laugh at puppets making a bondage porno. Though my absolute favorite thing in the movie is the Vietnam flashbacks and just everything involving Wynyard, the voice actor has fantastic comedic delivery.
The complete soundtrack is avaible here on RUclips
"Sodomy...you think it's very odd of meeeee, bum bum bum" :-)
I make no secret of my love for this movie. I have a poster up in my house.
Im sorry but me and my friends all want to punt "w-wobewrt" across the room like a football
In the genre of filthy puppet movies, only this and Team America exists.
I'm so happy I found someone talk about this movie 😭😭
I always thought that the point of the drug dealing in the movie was to insinuate that drug addiction could be used to tie talent to their company and may even supply the drugs.
I just finished watching it after hearing about the mention in the new muppets tv series on disney plus. I hope we get a rerelease of it at some point because I loved it.
Im interested because the puppet character designs are very interesting to me. Its like theyre creepy in a good way
“Secretly”. No. It is a humanizing look at people society deems irredeemable, such as Robert with his social awkwardness, drug addiction, homosexuality, rape survivors, and the biggest one out of the bunch, mass shooters. You sympathize with each of the characters, and get insight into what real people in real life feel and are motivated by.
I have very strong opinions about this movie, honestly it is a masterpiece of film.
Yes and nobody ever seems to give it the credit it deserves. All reviews seem to talk about is “EWWWWW IT’S GROSS.” Such a shame really.
@@mediamementosofficial yes! This film is ultimately more relevant today with the demonization of mental illnesses and trauma that leads to mass shootings
@@mediamementosofficial also it is a gross movie. I watched it at midnight one night as my first viewing and it hit different 🤣
I don't have a DVD player now to check, but I seem to remember that the R2 copy I have is better quality, probably a Laserdisc transfer. And according to Discogs there's a 1991 release of the soundtrack on CD, don't know about the quality of it though. In 2018 Peter Jackson was talking about releasing his earlier films on 4k Blu-Ray, but there hasn't been a word about it since 2021.
About three months ago there was (and probably still is of this comment) a high quality (4k) upload of this movie and my curiosity got the best out of me. Safe to say I don’t think I want to see it again, it’s not a bad thing but it does feel like something that is best seen once in my view.
I honestly feel really awful for Heidi, it really shows how manipulation and toxic relationships in general can destroy someone. The fact that she nearly tried to end her own life and even start a massacre is actually really heartbreaking.
This is a pretty solid movie, but I doubt I want to see it again like I said. It’s really not for me, but it does have an interesting and really real story to tell. I’m certain people will be just as shocked as I was to know this is the same director behind Lord of the Rings.
I’ve been telling people the title of this video for so long.
I felt like this movie was overly vulgar but I still enjoyed it.
It's no secret.
Nothing secret about it 👍
Not related to the movie (I watched and liked, then hated and then LIKED the movie, pretty interesting watch!) but what's the name of the background song in 11:03? I DESPERATELY need to know the name of this song!!! Its so beautiful.
A random fact about this movie is that it's banned in Ireland.
I definitely see the value of this, but for me, it seems like one of those movies I take ideas from rather than watch for its own sake.
Ain't no secret buddy
I think bletch was always a bad person and the position he was in just brought it closer to the surface with his behavior
big doubts you'll respond, but what's the music at 11:04?
Not gonna lie...
...Heidi's pretty damn hot...
I think you might be a furry, my guy
@@OdenqueenVulpes Oh no!
...Anyway,...
Cheers to that, my guy. Heidi an absolute snack.
_> I agree.
its a literal hippo puppet... how...
It's Beastars but less magical and even more adult stuff
Unlike Beastars (that's just kinda adult, focused and grounded),
Feebles is straight up mean-spirited, grossout/shocking, and nothing else... like filmed on crack
Sectretly?
I watched it on RUclips and it’s a great film. I think my favourite characters are Arthur and Heidi. I might be missing something but there’s still something so wholesome about Arthur with him helping Robert and Lucille get together. And I’m not saying that Heidi’s actions in the ending are morally correct (not spoiling) but honestly you go girl!!!!! Stand up for yourself!!!!!
Can you do conker
It's not a secret
Secretly?
The genius of the Feebles is written on its sleeve.
are you ben in vr?
is this from that reddit post?
If you mean inspired by a Reddit post, then no
@@mediamementosofficial wydm
Yeah it is. The guy that posted it is a real dick, but its good to see hes taking accountability
@@mediamementosofficial that guy that was in the VG community made a longpost about what happened, taking accountability etc.
@@lefusilterribles8847 VG community?
Clara from Drawn Together??? Innocent?!?!
Sure you don't mean Wooldoor?
I don’t.
this movie was dark.
dark af and it was messed up.
pretty f-ed up we coudn't just have the muppets without someone making a twisted joke on it...
but here we are..
but that's just imo
"Secretly"?!
Meet the Feebles is the worst of Peter Jackson's first 3 films. It's incredibly crude, which they all were, but it has the least amount of creativity. There's nothing like Derek from Bad Taste going nuts as he loses more and more of his brain, and nothing like the pile of guts that come to life in Dead Alive. It's just "crude thing but puppets." Look the rabbit has AIDS, that's funny because he's a puppet. Look the hippo is committing mass murder, that's funny because she's a puppet. Look the fox is singing about anal sex, that's funny because he's a puppet. Look the frog is in Vietnam, that's funny because he's a puppet. Once you look beyond the puppets, there's just a bunch of shallow show business clichés. I don't really understand how you can watch a man in a hippo costume with huge tits gunning down other cutesy puppets with comical violence while a goofy song about sodomy plays and think "damn... so tragic what showbiz can do to people." In a way, taking the movie seriously turns it into a mockery of the issues, not an analysis of them. It's a comedy, it's nothing more, and it's not a very good one.
Is this why you were mad in the other comment? I personally liked the movie. Doesn’t mean it aged well at ALL. I’m not here to defend any problematic content in the movie though.
Although I think this was supposed to be mocking of stereotypes at the time especially the AIDS epidemic, gay people and how they are typically portrayed, and mass shootings.
I get the criticism but this simply had never been done before. Muppets from hell was a brilliant concept that the film could lean on pretty well. The fly inspecting shit in the toilet as a sewer journalist was genius. The voices and puppetry were done very well on such a low budget. And I found this much funnier than the annoying Happy Tree Friends. The sodomy odd of me song's lyrics are just hilarious. The execution of the whole as well shows Jackson's passion and talent. Meet The Feebles is Jackson's most important film IMO. It completely takes a dump on everything the big studios are about, it is the work of an independent rather than a cash cow.
@@FlorisDVijfde Who gives a shit if it takes a dump on something big? It's not hard to be a contrarian.
It’s disgusting. Why they die so realistic I don’t see anything good
I can tell you don’t understand it’s brilliance
I feel like you can only put so much vulgarity in a movie before it loses its impact.
I am just realizing I am a Peter Jackson fan, even if I am not a fan of LOTR.. the story is fantasy, not my thing. Blech reminds me of Trump.
And I thought The Garbage Pail Kids Movie was hideous, gross and disgusting 🤢🤮🤢
Meet The Feebles looks much better than that one.