I recently watched Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. It was a
cool idea. Take old folk tales and make them come to life. There is nothing I
love more than fairy tales. There is something different about fairy tales from
other types of stories. I can’t put my finger on it but you know when you have
seen or heard a fairy tale and I love that feeling. I also love Jim Henson. His
Creature Shop makes awesome puppets. It’s one of the reasons I love the TV show
Farscape. Jim Henson Productions produced the show and pretty much made all the
aliens for that show and I think they were stunning. I love when shows and movies
use puppets instead of CG. No matter how
realistic the CG looks I just feel like I can relate to them better than
computer generated creatures. I also love the look when they use puppetry and
CG together like in the movie Where the Wild Things Are.
Yes I completely agree, there is just something a little extra special when a practical puppet is used versus a computer generated creature. For me it is just more familiar and knowing that the actors are seeing the same thing that you are makes the characters more believable.
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