How about a Muppet LOTR remake?

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Casting could be difficult, and interrelated. For example, would Miss Piggie be Galadriel, Arwen, or Eowyn (or, for that matter, a nice cameo as Lobelia).
If she's Eowyn (great casting) then Kermit would be Aragorn, but Kermie would also be interesting as Bilbo with his little cousin as Frodo. Or Frodo and Piggie as Galadriel and Celeborn.
Of course, as Eowyn she'd have some great double takes deciding whether to chase Legolas or Aragorn. And poor Wormtongue would be tossed out of Edoras with one karate chop!

[azalea]

I think she should be Arwen. Janis (that girl from The Electric Mayhem) should be Galadriel, and Prairie Dawn should be Eowyn. Elmo and Zoe could be Tom Bombadil and Goldberry. Kermit would be Aragorn, Fozzie would be Sam, Grover and Gonzo could be Pippin and Merry. Animal could be the Balrog. Big Bird could be Gandalf. The Swedish Chef could be Butterbur. You could have live actors for Boromir, Faramir, and Denethor. Oscar could be Elrond (tee hee - that was for everyone who thought movie Elrond was too grouchy!). Rosita could play Rosie. (Can you tell I have preschoolers? I know all the names, lol!)

[Beruthiel's cat]

Originally posted by azalea
I think she should be Arwen. Janis (that girl from The Electric Mayhem) should be Galadriel, and Prairie Dawn should be Eowyn. Elmo and Zoe could be Tom Bombadil and Goldberry. Kermit would be Aragorn, Fozzie would be Sam, Grover and Gonzo could be Pippin and Merry. Animal could be the Balrog. Big Bird could be Gandalf. The Swedish Chef could be Butterbur. You could have live actors for Boromir, Faramir, and Denethor. Oscar could be Elrond (tee hee - that was for everyone who thought movie Elrond was too grouchy!). Rosita could play Rosie. (Can you tell I have preschoolers? I know all the names, lol!)

Pretty good choices, but perhaps as alternates you could have Robin (Kermit's nephew) as Pippin, Animal or Gonzo as Gollum (or use both of them for Gollum/Smeagol). I can't come up with a good Frodo, unless Kermit could play a dual role as Frodo and Aragorn (now that's wierd!) Zoot could be the Balrog. He could come after Gandalf with his saxaphone!

And, WAIT A MINUTE...this just in...Lew Zeeland could also play the part of Gollum! (Remember him? The guy with the boomerang fish act???)

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Umm. But wouldn't Gonzo be a great Gollum?

Miss Piggie would work as Arwen, but beware! There's no way you could keep her from going to Helm's Deep to help out her little Kermie ( I mean, Arry- or whatever). She'd do a great job kicking the orcs and Dunlendings off the walls as they tried to scale them. And she'd make a great entrance for the coronation/marriage scenes.

Sam would certainly stir things up in Rivendell in the rooms for reciting poetry:
"Hey, hey, hey. I'm here to tell you jokes both old and rare!"


Title:
The Muppets Take Mordor! ?

[Beruthiel's cat]

Originally posted by Tuor of Gondolin

Title:
The Muppets Take Mordor! ?

LOL!

[Jonathan]

Originally posted by azalea
The Swedish Chef could be Butterbur.

He'd make a wonderful butterbur. If Tom Bombadil was to be included in the remake, the Chef could play him as well. Some of Bombadil's songs makes as much sense as the Chef.

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo - bork! bork! bork!

[Bombadillo]

Gonzo is too good a guy to be Gollum. That should be left to Animal's jailbird-type explosive friend. And Gonzo could play Eomer. Rizzo could be Wormtongue, Fozzy could be Theoden, Kermit would proabably have to star as Frodo, with live actors for Gandalf and Sam. Legolas... ah, wouldn't have to be included. Angel Marie should be Gimli, and Sweetums would be a perfect balrog. There aren't many muppet women (muppettes?), but Miss Piggy would be best as Eowyn.

I like this idea. It should be done someday for real. (maybe... nah... such a big opportunity to mess up)

[Beruthiel's cat]

Originally posted by Bombadillo
Rizzo could be Wormtongue

Perfect casting!!!!! When he's booted out of Edoras, he could fly all the way to Isengard an slpat against the tower! (Perhaps they would have to change his name to "Rat-tongue" however!)

[azalea]

Oh, yes, I like Sweetums better as the Balrog. Maybe Animal as Gollum then. He has to be in there somewhere.

[dawningoftime]

Robin, Kermits newphew, would be Frodo and Kermit would be Aragorn. Miss Piggy would be Arwen because that way she would be able to marry Aragorn.

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Originally posted by dawningoftime
Robin, Kermits newphew, would be Frodo and Kermit would be Aragorn. Miss Piggy would be Arwen because that way she would be able to marry Aragorn.
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That works, but, of course, she'd have to be Peter Jackson's XenaArwen. Miss Piggy couldn't stay in Rivendell when her Kermie was in danger.

[dawningoftime]

Well I thought she could be Eowyn, but we all now how well she deals with rejection.

[Mrs Maggot]

The Swedish Chef could be Butterbur.

That's a great idea, but I love the Swedish chef so I'd want to give him a really big role… say, Gandalf for example? It makes me laugh cos it's so contrary to how the character of Gandalf is conceived. it'd be like having Kermit as Arwen trying to look sad and droopy in all her sad, droopy scenes… it's such a funny idea!

[Nariel]

as long as we're casting, I say we make The Hobbit too, with the Honkers and Dingers as the dwarves, Kermit as Bilbo, and Sweetums playing Beorn... Sweetums is my favorite. Robin and Kermit would also make a great Frodo and Bilbo

I say that Merry and Pippin are played by Gonzo and Rizzo. That way they could say "Who would have thought Isengard could be taken over by a mouse and a.... whatever."

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Originally posted by Nariel
as long as we're casting, I say we make The Hobbit too, with the Honkers and Dingers as the dwarves, Kermit as Bilbo, and Sweetums playing Beorn... Sweetums is my favorite. Robin and Kermit would also make a great Frodo and Bilbo
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Aren't we forgetting moi ?

In a slight movie adaptation, Kermit is falling for Arwen until Miss Piggy follows him from Hobbiton (she's a Cotton) karate chops Arwen to Lorien and then joins him on the quest (boy, are those poor wargs in for a surprise)!

Alternately (if Liv isn't available) she shows up at the Battle of Five Armies (instead of Beorn) to save her Kermy.

[Lady Ravyn]

Originally posted by Tuor of Gondolin
Aren't we forgetting moi ?

In a slight movie adaptation, Kermit is falling for Arwen until Miss Piggy follows him from Hobbiton (she's a Cotton) karate chops Arwen to Lorien and then joins him on the quest (boy, are those poor wargs in for a surprise)!

Alternately (if Liv isn't available) she shows up at the Battle of Five Armies (instead of Beorn) to save her Kermy. [/B]

but wasn't the battle of five armies in the hobbit? *ducks as ToG throws old shoe at her*

lol, i luv the muppets! that would be soooo funny to have them do version of the trilogy; can you imagine the look on peter jackson's face?

[mithrand1r]

Are we permitted to use all of the different type of muppets?

If we are, we could use some from the "Dark Crystal"

I think the Gelfling (sp?) could make a great Frodo.

You could use the crab/spider creatures (I am not really sure what they were) as orcs.

There are probably other characters from the "Dark Crystal" that can be used, but is has been many years since I have seen the film and I do not remember all of the characters.

For gollum, maybe you could use the cookie monster, since he has an overpowering desire for rings (err I mean cookies)

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[zinnite]

Originally posted by mithrand1r
Are we permitted to use all of the different type of muppets?

Well then, what about Fraggles? Or Sesame Street characters? To whom can we speak to see if this can actually happen? It's one of the best ideas I've heard in a long time.

[AL.D]

This is the funniest thing I've ever read.

How about Beaker as the Mouth of Sauron!?!

(May need subtitles.)

[mithrand1r]

Originally posted by AL.D
This is the funniest thing I've ever read.

How about Beaker as the Mouth of Sauron!?!

(May need subtitles.)

Excellent suggestion.

(Subtitles are acceptable if necessary. )