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[Leatherface]

seriously one of my absolute favorite childhood movies. I can't fucking wait for this!

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Nice.

 

[The Illiterati]

I clicked this thread and expected to see it was an animated series...pleasantly surprised! The world needs more terrifying puppetry!

 

[zeioIIDX]

Ex wife tried to get me to watch this once and I just couldn't get into it. Such a weird film from what I remember and I may have fallen asleep. Labyrinth on the other hand is one of my favorites!

 

[mu cephei]

Oh wow. Skeksis, nightmare fuel of childhood :3 I can't wait. (I so hope it's good).

 

[HStallion]

I'm just glad the Jim Henson company is involved. It wouldn't have been the same without them.

 

[Number45]

Wow, can't believe this is happening! Now I want to track down the film and watch it with my daughters to see if it terrifies them as much as it used to terrify me.

 

[Screaming Meat]

OH. OH. OH.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Let the nightmare fuel flow!

 

[Father_Brain]

Not a huge fan of the original film. Hopefully this manages to balance the world-building with compelling characters.

 

[Garmonbozia]

Nice! Loved the movie when I watched it as a kid.

 

[Varjis]

Yes!

 

[RPGCrazied]

This is for all of Netflix yes? Not just UK, or is it just being shot in UK?

Still sounds awesome, can't wait for it.

 

[paragonpro]

Are you fucking kidding me right now!? Yes!!! Oh my god that trailer, that soundtrack, it all gave me goosebumps. This movie horrfied me as a kid, but i love it as an adult

 

[DeviantBoi]

Damn!

Seriously, how does Netflix know what I want to watch even before I know?

I still haven't finished Master of None and Kimmy Schmidt is coming out tomorrow.

 

[hobozero]

HYPE AS FUCK

Cyber-Chamberlain?!

Gears of Skeksis

 

[GreekWolf]

This is the very first thing that makes the 10+ years of my Netflix subscription worth the hundreds of dollars I've spent.

Man, this just made my week.

 

[RPGCrazied]

This is the very first thing that makes the 10+ years of my Netflix subscription worth the hundreds of dollars I've spent.

Man, this just made my week.

Yep, if they keep this up they are going to raise prices I'm sure. Quality isn't cheap I'm sure.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I *just* showed this movie to my kids (who loved it). My wife is a huge fan, she wanted to work for Henson Studios when she was young.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

I always loved this movie. The Chamberlain was so much fun to imitate. Looking forward to the show.

 

[BrokenFiction]

OMG.

 

[the_prime_mover]

This is incredible news. One of my favourite movies as a child.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Glad they are staying with puppets and didn't go CG route.

 

[Discotheque]

Awesome. I love that they showed a lot of practical making of stuff in there too to assure us it's gonna be puppets over cgi

Hyped

 

[BrokenFiction]

 

[TheSadRanger]

^ I'm hyped but I'm curious how they're gonna continue the story with the ending of the first.

 

[BrokenFiction]

^ I'm hyped but I'm curious how they're gonna continue the story with the ending of the first.

It's a prequel.

 

[jstripes]

Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content at Netflix. “I can’t wait for families around the world to see how we bring these unique characters to life.”

Gather around the TV and traumatize your children for years to come!

 

[VistraNorrez]

From a budget perspective, Puppets make way more sense than CG anyway. I would expect green screen backgrounds whether that means digital compositing, matte paintings or miniature sets.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I must have missed, but does this come out this year or no?

 

[| Praxis |]

This is great.

 

[Nokterian]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?? Oh my god this looks beautiful! One of my favorite movies ever now becoming a tv show? Oh lord this is just to awesome.

 

[captjohnboyd]

This was one of the first movies I ever saw in the theater. My god father brought me to see it at 5 years old. It has always held a special place in my heart and has shaped the type of media I like (books, movies, etc) for the following three decades. I'm so god damned excited for this and I had NO idea they were doing this. Only knew about the sequel movie that got stuck in development hell so this is an amazing surprise

 

[RatskyWatsky]

The universe of The Dark Crystal is fantastic - the movie itself is pretty boring though, so it shouldn't be hard to top.

Leading the writing are co-executive producers Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (Life in a Year), and Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Lost, The 100).

Javier is a pretty good writer, so I have hope!

 

[-shadow-]

The little we did see looked great! Hopefully, if possible, they'll release an actual directors cut while they're at it. That'd be perfect!

 

[Hex]

With Brian and Toby Froud involved I have faith it will be done right

 

[Brandon F]

As a fellow child of the 80's, I can't wait.

 

[Violet_0]

I like puppeteering, but it's one of the most dreadfully boring movies I've ever watched with a glacial pacing. I first watched The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth when I got a double feature DVD a long time ago and later is far, far more enjoyable

 

[pixelation]

AWESOME!!! :O

 

[randomengine]

This is incredible. I am legitimately excited for this!

 

[DJ_Lae]

Oh shit, I hope it's good. There's a ton of interesting stuff to explore in that world.

 

[Slayven]

NOPE NOPE NOPE

30 years and I still can't do it. Those demon puppets need to burn in hell

 

[How About No]

whut?

I barely remember anything about this but damn I'm in

 

[Rudimental]

Gotta get me that Fizgig origin story.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I wish Henson could have made a LOTR movie. With puppet hobbits.

 

[LFMartins86]

This is for all of Netflix yes? Not just UK, or is it just being shot in UK?

Still sounds awesome, can't wait for it.

Yes, it's for every region.

 

[Musha_Soturi]

Oh man I'm so freakin' excited for this. Dark Crystal was my absolute favourite Jim Henson film.

 

[Billy_Pilgrim]

Fuck the Skeksis, up there with wheelers for horror fuel.

 

[zerosum]

Ah, this makes me so damn happy.

Maybe if this does well, they could try to adapt the sequel to live action? Maybe?

 

[superdeluxe]

I'm all over this