When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. It's hard to believe Gonzo's story at first, but Kermit and friends soon find themselves on an epic journey into outer space filled with plenty of intergalactic misadventures.
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Sure, this one is not musical at all. But you know what it is?
a) the theatrical introduction of the great Pepe the Prawn
b) a movie that righfully promotes Bobo The Bear to main character status
c) a genuine and loving Close Encounters homage
d) so deeply "90s family film" in every way that it's beyond criticism from me
Every Muppet movie's a comfort film for me but this one's a deeeeeep pocket comfort. It just feels like home.
Pretty funny that they retconned the “I’m Going to Go Back There Someday” sequence from The Muppet Movie, changing it from a melancholy interlude of unexpected yearning and instead made it so that Gonzo is related to Parliament Funkadelic.
"way to get down with your bad selves" - kermit the frog, 1999
A Muppets deep cut that's also that deep pocket kind of comfort food for us nineties kids, Muppets from Space isn't the best of their movies, but it's probably the funniest of them all. Gonzo was always my Muppet spirit animal (don't we each have our Muppet we most identify with?) and having him as the central character just made my thirteen year old self so happy. Hell, it still does even for this semi-adult in his mid-thirties.
There's no question it struggles with the concept of itself and what it should be being the first Muppet movie to not have Jim Henson directly involved, as well as one that is not as musical and to not feature Kermit as…
This was neither as funny nor as heartfelt as it should have been, but it still has the Muppet charm that makes it entertaining. The puppetry is once again fantastic, and the celebrity cameos worked well overall(Ray Liotta was my favorite).
I prefer Gonzo’s origins being unknown because it highlights how unique and special he is. He’s relatable to those of us who may not always fit in but embrace our quirks and love ourselves. Having him be an alien kind of removes that side of him, and instead kind of further otherizes him. It’s sort of implying that if you’re different like him, it’s cause you’re here by accident rather than this being where you were meant to be. I’m definitely overthinking this, and I do like the found family angle we get at the end.
Just in case you didn't know this movie came out in '99 there are references to both the nWo and Dawson's Creek featured here.
That "A" in the logo lookin kinda
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