Meet The Feebles

It's the debut night for a variety hour TV show that hopes to hit it big, The Feebles. Made up of a collection of characters (all Muppet-style puppets and suits, from dogs and cats to walruses and weasels), the movie follows what goes on as the night progresses.

These stories include but are not limited to: the star Hippo, bipolar, mentally unstable, and overweight, trying to keep her relationship with the managing walrus aflame (while he's sleeping with the Siamese kitty costar). A newcoming porcupine falls head over heels in love with a singing poodle, who's being staked out as a possible 'new star' for the stage-managing weasel's porno flicks. A knife-throwing, Vietnam vet frog with a drug addiction. A bunny host who, after too much free sex, catches "the big one", and tries to hide it from the paparazzi fly. And a slightly-fruity fox director who's just trying to get the show going the way it should.

And that's just skimming things.

It's a wildly bizarre, outrageously dirty puppet movie, and one of my favorite movies. It's one of the earlier works from Peter Jackson (yes, Lord of the Rings and (soon) Tintin Peter Jackson), back when he did low-budget, crazy-humor cult movies. And for the record, I miss those, so I think it's a bit of a shame he got as big as he did.

The puppetry of this movie is really cool stuff. Like I said, the players are all Muppet-like things, with the occasional full-body suit (like that big guy from Muppet Treasure Island, or just a very cool fursuit. In fact if someone ever made a Bletch suit I would be forever impressed). They all move fluidly and without and hiccups, but still have the little charm of visible sticks holding the arms up. The general color scheme is bright and neon, though slightly faded, giving the whole thing an appropriate end-run, late-night movie feel.

Plus (and at this point it should go without saying), this is a very adult movie. Flashes of nudity are laid out between gratuitous swearing, a general fountain of bodily fluids, and a hefty amount of violence (the ending shoot-out especially. Oh, did I mention there's an ending shoot-out?). Definitely not a movie for the kids (or the easily-offended).

The movie is hilarious, outrageous, and just plain ridiculous. Someday I'll get this playing as a panel at a convention (late some Saturday night probably :P). Definitely one for a crowded room, and considering all the adult anthro activity going on, it's practically a must-see for all Furries.

Plus, it's got a pretty catchy theme song (I know I hum it to myself quite a lot).