To be totally honest, I haven't seen too many things from "Fraggle Rock." I've seen clips on YouTube and an episode or two of the show, but I never watched this show like I watched other Muppet projects.
From what I did see, however, I like what I saw. Jim Henson and his team really outdid themselves with the advanced puppets in this show. As I mentioned in my review of "The Muppet Show," there's an episode of "The Jim Henson Hour" that talked about the secret of the Muppets. He explains how some of the characters work, like the Doozers and the Gorgs. They're not your average Kermit the Frog-operated puppets; these are robotic, electronic styled Muppets! They're very impressive! Not only are the Muppets impressive, but the songs are really good, too! These songs are great! They can sing any style of music, and these songs will stay with you forever! Two of my favorite songs, from what I heard, are "Ragtime Queen" and "Let Me Be Your Song," the song Cantus and the minstrels sing. The other element I love about this show is the set and the beauty of it. A great example of this is the song "Let Me Be Your Song" that Cantus and the minstrels sing. As they're playing, look at the nature around them. It's beautiful. It's very nice!
I'm really upset that I never saw this show as a kid! Whenever we put in a video of one of the Muppet movies, a preview advertising this show on video cassette would play. That was my only exposure to this show as a kid. We never got the videos, the show didn't play on TV (or if it did, it didn't play where we could see it), and there was no YouTube for me to look up the show. It played on the Hub network a little while ago, so I decided to sit down and watch a couple of episodes. Sadly, I wasn't hooked on it. It looks really good and really creative, but I think that since it's a show for kids I would love it a lot more if I had seen it as a kid. One of the reasons I love "Sesame Street" now is because I saw it as a kid. I love the Muppets from "The Muppet Show" because, not only do they appeal to adults as well as kids, but I always saw them as a kid. When you see something great and wonderful during your childhood that appeals to your childhood, it will never leave you. For as great as this show is, though, I can't get invested in the characters or their situations now as an adult because this show isn't for me.
That's not to say the show isn't good, though. It's very good, as you'd expect it to be! If you want to watch it just to say you've seen all of Jim Henson's projects and all the Muppet projects, I guess I'd recommend this to you. If you want to watch it to see all the advanced puppets, hear the great songs, or see the nice visuals, I'd recommend this to you. But if you didn't see this show as a child, I'd warn you that you might not get as invested as you'd hope you would. BOOYIKA!
From what I did see, however, I like what I saw. Jim Henson and his team really outdid themselves with the advanced puppets in this show. As I mentioned in my review of "The Muppet Show," there's an episode of "The Jim Henson Hour" that talked about the secret of the Muppets. He explains how some of the characters work, like the Doozers and the Gorgs. They're not your average Kermit the Frog-operated puppets; these are robotic, electronic styled Muppets! They're very impressive! Not only are the Muppets impressive, but the songs are really good, too! These songs are great! They can sing any style of music, and these songs will stay with you forever! Two of my favorite songs, from what I heard, are "Ragtime Queen" and "Let Me Be Your Song," the song Cantus and the minstrels sing. The other element I love about this show is the set and the beauty of it. A great example of this is the song "Let Me Be Your Song" that Cantus and the minstrels sing. As they're playing, look at the nature around them. It's beautiful. It's very nice!
I'm really upset that I never saw this show as a kid! Whenever we put in a video of one of the Muppet movies, a preview advertising this show on video cassette would play. That was my only exposure to this show as a kid. We never got the videos, the show didn't play on TV (or if it did, it didn't play where we could see it), and there was no YouTube for me to look up the show. It played on the Hub network a little while ago, so I decided to sit down and watch a couple of episodes. Sadly, I wasn't hooked on it. It looks really good and really creative, but I think that since it's a show for kids I would love it a lot more if I had seen it as a kid. One of the reasons I love "Sesame Street" now is because I saw it as a kid. I love the Muppets from "The Muppet Show" because, not only do they appeal to adults as well as kids, but I always saw them as a kid. When you see something great and wonderful during your childhood that appeals to your childhood, it will never leave you. For as great as this show is, though, I can't get invested in the characters or their situations now as an adult because this show isn't for me.
That's not to say the show isn't good, though. It's very good, as you'd expect it to be! If you want to watch it just to say you've seen all of Jim Henson's projects and all the Muppet projects, I guess I'd recommend this to you. If you want to watch it to see all the advanced puppets, hear the great songs, or see the nice visuals, I'd recommend this to you. But if you didn't see this show as a child, I'd warn you that you might not get as invested as you'd hope you would. BOOYIKA!