The Matrix - Muppet Version

September 18, 2006 1:57 PM

The Matrix - Muppet Version. (youtube)
posted by triv (33 comments total)

Original trailer here.
posted by triv at 1:59 PM on September 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

I always knew Beaker was a nasty piece of work.

It's a faithful reproduction, but you could say that about an art class for 13 year olds. Sure, there's an apple and a pear and a wine bottle in the frame, but is the result any good?
posted by NinjaTadpole at 2:03 PM on September 18, 2006

Not enough Swedish Chef.
posted by randomination at 2:05 PM on September 18, 2006

C for Cookie.
posted by Iridic at 2:06 PM on September 18, 2006

For three students in an intro to 3D modeling course at ITT Tech, I'd say it's pretty good. They probably went far beyond what was required for a class project.
posted by Roger Dodger at 2:09 PM on September 18, 2006

South Park Reloaded. (Just one artist working in TrueSpace)
posted by justkevin at 2:11 PM on September 18, 2006

Hm....Wasn't too crazy about the rendering but the concept is interesting.
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 2:20 PM on September 18, 2006

casting Rizzo as Cypher was pretty funny. But "woah" coming from Kermit's mouth? Save me. please.
posted by jepler at 2:34 PM on September 18, 2006

It's cute and pretty well done, but sadly I cannot appreciate yet another Matrix parody/homage/whatever. I guess I maxed out years ago.
posted by brain_drain at 2:42 PM on September 18, 2006

True story: I was at a bar the other night that for some reason was projecting "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" on the wall, and I remembered that the scene in that movie they showed in the trailer over and over again where the guy fights a CG-animated cow shooting milk from its teats in bullet time was the official moment Matrix parodies stopped being funny.
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 3:12 PM on September 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

This thread was worth it for the C for Cookie trailer.
posted by Mikey-San at 3:28 PM on September 18, 2006

It's cute and pretty well done, but sadly I cannot appreciate yet another Matrix parody/homage/whatever.

Yeah. The original was parody enough.
posted by tkchrist at 3:43 PM on September 18, 2006

Needs more Grover.
posted by zerokey at 3:53 PM on September 18, 2006

Sad. It reminds of of how much I love it and how the original trailer gave me chills... but then came 2 and 3, ack.
posted by tomplus2 at 3:53 PM on September 18, 2006

So say we all.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 4:15 PM on September 18, 2006

How dare they besmirch the Muppets in this way!?
posted by brundlefly at 4:30 PM on September 18, 2006

I'm with brundlefly, amusing, but geeze the muppets?
posted by edgeways at 4:42 PM on September 18, 2006

I'm waiting for Bert and Ernie to star in Brokeback Mountain.
posted by Nquire at 4:46 PM on September 18, 2006

Agent Gonzo victoriae.
posted by sparkletone at 5:38 PM on September 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

Take your pick, Nquire.
posted by Iridic at 5:44 PM on September 18, 2006

I, for one, welcome our Muppet overlords.
posted by Vindaloo at 7:01 PM on September 18, 2006

very cool
posted by tonygarcia at 7:18 PM on September 18, 2006

We need a Fraggle Rock Matrix parody.
No we don't.
Teletubbies?
posted by longsleeves at 7:25 PM on September 18, 2006

It woulda have been better if they used the muppet voices, too.
posted by Balisong at 7:43 PM on September 18, 2006

Jim Henson is not around to imagine the muppets anymore.
That is why they fail.
posted by longsleeves at 8:02 PM on September 18, 2006

Gonzo as Agent Smith? No fucking way. Wouldn't Sam The Eagle have been the more logical choice? C'mon!
posted by Effigy2000 at 8:11 PM on September 18, 2006

Gonzo as Agent Smith? No fucking way. Wouldn't Sam The Eagle have been the more logical choice? C'mon!

Hell, yes.
posted by longsleeves at 8:38 PM on September 18, 2006

We need a Fraggle Rock Matrix parody

When need a fraggle rock something, there is not enough fraggle rock in my life... But the matrix parody thing has been done, I saw this video on metafilter today...
posted by jrb223 at 9:11 PM on September 18, 2006

I saw this video on MetaFilter today too! Small world.
posted by brain_drain at 9:38 PM on September 18, 2006

"So say we all," says NinjaTadpole, and yeppers, says I. And plus one for the Battlestar reference.
posted by cgc373 at 9:58 PM on September 18, 2006

If you want to see some real Muppets, you can always watch Statler and Waldorf From The Balcony.
posted by MythMaker at 11:25 PM on September 18, 2006

Tomplus2 -

They made sequels?
posted by Samizdata at 2:13 AM on September 19, 2006

Beaker made a better agent, and should have been Agent Smith. He's much more frightening for the disparity with Beaker's harmless original character.
posted by jb at 3:00 AM on September 20, 2006