Forgot to address this: No, nobody -said- it was amazing, but the actions surrounding it point to acknowledgement of that fact. Remember, it was a critical point in the show where the cash flow had started running down. A stunning act was needed to 'save the day' as it were. Kermit and crew were turning down other acts that obviously would not have been as good. And let's not forget the 'victory hoist' of Walter just outside the Muppet Theater. You'd think Kermit would have gotten that, right? Nope, all for some Muppet that nobody had ever seen until that night.artanis_neravar said:There was some slight emphasis on Segal and his girl, but almost always in a manner that helped move forward the muppet plot. The original songs were all amazing, bar none. They never said that it was more amazing, just that his act was a surprise to everyone, no one had seen his act and they were all pleasantly surprised by how it turned out.Daria.Morgendorffer said:Lies?
Dispute the following:
1. Too much emphasis on humans.
2. The original songs ranged anywhere between mediocre to downright painful ("Man or Muppet" had me wanting to bash my head into things, and "Me Party" felt like it was from an entirely different, worse movie).
3. Walter was a bit of Gary Stu wish-fulfillment on the part of Segel (really, an original and unproven Muppet is given all the credit (and waaaay too much screen time), and has a more 'amazing' act than The Rainbow Connection to close the show with?)
I'm not a hater. I have a Muppets marathon at least once a year. I wished this movie was going to be better, but frankly, I don't know why people refuse to admit this movie had some egregious flaws.
So you may argue that nobody said it was amazing, but the staging of it in that part of the movie seemed to say it was.