Is Meet the Feebles worth seeing?

karamazov80

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Are any of you are familiar with the early Peter Jackson (the Lord of the Rings trilogy's director) film "Meet the Feebles," which is supposedly a kind of lewd take-off on the Muppets? If so, I have a question. I have not see it thus far b/c I never really wanted to see the Muppets portrayed that way. . .however, I don't want to be closed minded necessarily, so I thought that I would check and see if anyone here who has seen it (I don't know anyone personally that has) would recommend it or not. I'm not necessarily averse to mature-themed material, so if it is a good movie despite the subject matter being fairly undesirable, I might consider checking it out.

(as a side note: I wasn't sure where to post this thread, so a moderator can move this if it fits better elsewhere.)
 

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its only worth watching if you wanted to be grossed out. there are many scenes of bodily fluids and other nauseating things
 

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Here are some description of the characters if it answers your question.

Heidi (hippo) - A singer and dancer, she is the big star of the show. She is in a relationship with Bletch. She is severely bipolar and when upset, she overeacts.

Bletch (walrus) - The boss. He acts as producer for the Feebles troupe, runs porn and drug businesses on the side, and is mean as well. He's in a long-term relationship with Heidi (or possibly married to her, but this is not elaborated on) while in an adulterous relationship with Samantha.

Samantha (cat) - A prostitute and Bletch's mistress, who gets killed towards the end of the film.

Harry (rabbit) - Satyristic MC who contracts "the big one", a fatal STD. It is apparently myxomatosis but Harry later finds out it's just "bunny pox."

Trevor (rat) - Bletch's enforcer. Directs pornography and manages the drug business on the side. he also attempts to Rape Lucile

Arthur (worm) - Stage manager. His appearance resembles a book worm. Is an avid cigar smoker.

Sidney (Sid) (elephant) - Animal trainer. A manic depressive who thinks that he has terrible luck. Though he initially denies being Seymour's father, when Seymour is threatened with death in the slaughter which closes the film, Sid acknowledges him and runs to his rescue.

Sandy (chicken) - Has Sid's child out of wedlock. He denies it is his and for this, she is bringing a paternity suit against him.

Seymour (hybrid) - The baby of Sidney and Sandy. He is a half elephant and half chicken hybrid.

Robert (Wobert) (hedgehog) - A new member of the troupe. He has no vices. He falls in love with Lucile. Has a minor speech disorder: He pronounces the letter 'R' as sounding similar to the letter 'W'.

Fly-in-the-sky (fly) - Stereotypical paparazzo bent on breaking Harry's story. After he publishes it, Bletch and Trevor track him down, rip his wings off and flush him down a toilet.

Sebastian (fox) - The homosexual stage director with a penchant for sodomy - including an entire song about it. It is presumed he lost an eye during the film's events since the epilogue for the surviving characters shows him with an eye patch.

Wynyard (frog) - Addicted to "every barbiturate known to man". He is a Vietnam veteran who gets flashbacks about the war and throws knives for the show. He accidentally kills himself during his knife throwing performance.

Lucile (poodle) - Chorus girl who falls in love with Robert after he courts her. At one point, Trevor drugs and attempts to rape her.

Barry (bulldog) - Bletch's driver and enforcer. After raiding the docks with Bletch and Trevor to gain drugs, a large spider bites his head off.

Cedric (wild boar) - A Scottish boar who is part of a large gang, a golfer and tries to double cross Bletch in a drug deal. He is killed when Barry stabs him with a knife.

Louie (dog) - Cedric's side-kick who is a stereotypical "mangy mutt". He is killed by being force fed borax by Bletch after finding out the drug trade was a scam.

Mr. Big (whale) - Cedric and Louie's boss. Bletch orders Trevor to drive his car through Mr. Big's mouth and they exit out of his "you know what". It presumably kills him.

Madam Bovine (cow) - Heavily pierced and large-uddered cow who stars in Trevor's porn. She is never seen again after the filming of the porn with Dennis.

"The Masked Masochist" (cockroach) - Actor in Trevor's porn. Dies after Madam Bovine unknowingly sits on his face and suffocates him. Trevor feeds his body to a monstruous whale-like creature.

Dennis (aardvark) After "The Masked Masochist" dies, he is convinced by Trevor to take a part in the porn movie. It looks like semen drips from his nose and he has a penchant for sniffing panties. He dies after sniffing up borax.

Abi (human) - The only human character, an Indian snake-charmer and contortionist who physically appears to be a parody of Gandhi. he gets his body stuck like a ball. when he gets free, a bed of nails crushes him.

Daisy (dog) - One of the few minor characters of the theater troupe that is given a name. Her name is mentioned by Heidi before the show's debut.

Dr. Quack (duck) - Harry's doctor who told Harry about his illness but later told him the truth when he found out what it really was.

Any Questions?
 

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I remember seeing it years ago and was pretty disgusted at the way certain Muppet and Sesame favourites had been so obviously parodied in such a vile manner. Explicit language, drug abuse, sexual acts and extreme violence may be all well and good in the right movie but not when they are tearing apart and stamping on something that I remember so fondly from my childhood. I wonder what Jim Henson made of it or if he considered filing a law suite? I wouldn't have minded so much if the puppetry had been any good. You wouldn't believe that the guy behind it went on to direct the Lord Of The Rings trilogy!

By the way, if you do watch it and enjoy it, you will probably relish in his first movie entitled "Bad Taste". Definitely not a movie highlight of the 80s.
 

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The Feebles is for sale at my local Video-Ezy on ex-rental video and I wasn't sure whether to get it or not. I didn't because I didn't think my Mum would want her teenage daughter to meet the feebles, lol!

The only part I've seen is the bit where Sebastian sings... his song. 'Nuff said!
 

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Just watch the movie if you're curious. I don't think it's that bad. As a muppet fan, i'm not in any way offended by it. I would like to think that Jim Henson is cool enough not to have attempted to file a lawsuit. Seeing as the muppets used alot of sencondary sources in sketches when they do songs like Born to Add etc. I dont find the humour insulting to the muppet show,and for the most part, the plot and characters are quite removed from the muppets. Family guy has been more insulting in a way i could understand people getting offended, but even still, family guy is hilarious.
 

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Wow, someone posted this thread about the movie before I did. He-he. I never saw "Meet the Feebles", but I really want to see it, since it is very Jim Henson like. I know it is full of graphic violence, but it being a gross out comedy, a musical, and a parody of "the Muppet Show" make it all the more interesting. I ordered the movie on Netflix, so I am waiting impatiently to see it. I will see it someday!
 

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Eeesh, if there's one movie that I hope the original copy of gets burned and is never heard of again, it's this one. Saw it years ago and it disturbed the crap out of me. That's all I can say. :smirk: :embarrassed:
 

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Wow, someone posted this thread about the movie before I did. He-he. I never saw "Meet the Feebles", but I really want to see it, since it is very Jim Henson like. I know it is full of graphic violence, but it being a gross out comedy, a musical, and a parody of "the Muppet Show" make it all the more interesting. I ordered the movie on Netflix, so I am waiting impatiently to see it. I will see it someday!
:search: If you are planning on seeing it, I suggest watching it with a group of people with "out there" tastes and make a small gathering of it. Feebles is very much a cult film and better suited for that sort of setting. It has problems and I can't report to really liking it outright, but it does have moments and through all of the hideous behavior I see Jackson's adoration for the Muppets. Think of it along the lines of Trey Parker and Matt Stone saluting the work of Walt Disney...and then magnify that times a thousand. I still stand by my view of this being the most offensive film ever made! On that alone it deserves inspection. But for the more tender of Muppet fans...I'd say skip the Feebles as you will see in very bad taste. :scary:
 
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