this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2024
184 points (99.5% liked)

MST3K

953 readers
29 users here now

Rules/guidelines/info

You know you want links, baby!

This community is hosted at https://lemmy.world/c/mst3k and moderated by:

If you were a mod on /r/MST3K give me a shout.

Confused about Lemmy/Fediverse? Here's a useful infographic

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
184
Look who I met at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta! (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

They seemed nice.

…at first.

Then Servo took it too far!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's funny because of how unexpressive they are as puppets. I imagine people who are into puppetry enough to run a museum would want all kinds of eyebrows and cheeks and wings and bells and whistles, but these guys are basically bricks. Like, their mouths open and close, but that's about it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, their heads also move and Crow's eyes move, but yeah, they are not all that articulated.

And yet somehow the multiple people who have played them really bring them to life.

If you haven't seen what Conor does with Servo during the Mothercrabber rap in Season 13, it's some really impressive puppetry work. Especially since Servo was apparently not on a rod during the segment, meaning what he was doing was pure arm muscle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And yet somehow the multiple people who have played them really bring them to life.

This is a very good point. I hope the display had some video. Apart from just being well known puppets, it's kind of a 'look at what you can do with so little' thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I wish it did, but unfortunately there was no video. I was also the only person who even stopped to look at them for very long. I wish there was at least a little more to tell people about the show.