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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance coming to Netflix
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TheJollyCorner
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'Ever'.
Either you haven't seen many movies or this is some good old fashioned hyperbole.
The Dark Crystal certainly doesn't move at a blistering pace, but the non-stop Froud art direction & gorgeous scenery combined with the forward progression of the gelfling's journey and last act is pretty damn far from something that could be classified as 'dreadfully' boring, IMO.
Try watching some Terrence Malick films.
I am SO EXCITED for this. The Dark Crystal was one of my fave films as a kid, and I still watch it at least once a year. It's so good.
I rewatched Return to Oz a few years ago (bought it in a DVD bargain bin aww yeahh), and honestly I didn't remember the wheelers being so terrifying! It was one of my faves as a kid as well. I was a weird kid...
Any Questions
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A good news story.
Green Ninja
Banned
Yea I'm curious if any of that is still canon or will the live action stuff just overwrite it.
Try watching some Terrence Malick films.
hey, I have!
I suppose you make a good point about enjoying the scenery, but the pacing and plot are still dreadful (imo). So far, everyone who has watched it with me seems to agree
They also announced a Witcher series too.
They're definitely gunning for that GOT audience.
It's on the Australian Netflix.
MarkMclovin
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This movie creeped me out as a kid, but I also fucking loved it.
CadetMahoney
Member
This is one I.P. I thought would be forgotten.
Never heard of any of these, shows how out of touch I am.
Never heard of any of these, shows how out of touch I am.
Thanks. hopefully that means it'll be on the UK too. Been thinking of subscribing but even if I don't I can use the free month.
MosquitoSmasher
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I have no idea what this is but that creature has me instantly interested. Of course I know who Jim Henson is though.
I'm from 1982 and yet I missed this it seems. Shame.
I'm from 1982 and yet I missed this it seems. Shame.
TheSadRanger
Banned
So it's a direct sequel? Also doesn't this kind of negate the ending of the original?
Or is a complete remake?
Liking the muppets and the look of the some of the scenes. The dark crystal room looks a little shakey though, it doesn't have the grim atmosphere of the original. From the trailer it's a bit all over the place in terms of production quality.
Art.Menegatti
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Love the teaser. I want a videogame from this.
Trogdor1123
Member
That looks awesome, I haven't watched the original in years. Guess I should. Does it stream anywhere?
Edit:. Nm it's on Netflix local here haha. Duh
Edit:. Nm it's on Netflix local here haha. Duh
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highrider
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C4lukin2
Banned
Is there not a thread for this? Maybe I am bad at searching. But holy shit it is great.
TV-PG my ass. If these were not puppets it would be rated mature.
So much fun. So good. Better then the original film most of the time. No filler.
I cannot imagine the budget on this thing. And when you look at the director who is middling at best, it is impossible to think they could pull this off.
I am only on episode 5, so maybe it goes to shit, but it is excellent so far. And it would traumatize any child, which I would expect from a Dark Crystal tv series.
TV-PG my ass. If these were not puppets it would be rated mature.
So much fun. So good. Better then the original film most of the time. No filler.
I cannot imagine the budget on this thing. And when you look at the director who is middling at best, it is impossible to think they could pull this off.
I am only on episode 5, so maybe it goes to shit, but it is excellent so far. And it would traumatize any child, which I would expect from a Dark Crystal tv series.
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ResilientBanana
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Watched the first episode. Couldn’t get passed the fact that it reminded me of Team America World Police without being funny. I’ll give it another go some other time.
Tevious
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I was surprised there was no OT for this. I binged the whole season over the weekend. The production quality of the show is simply amazing and the writing is good, too. It's much more mature than you would think. After a while, you'll mostly forget or won't care that you're watching puppets. I only just saw the movie for the first time a month ago after hearing about this series coming out. I don't know how the movie managed to escape my radar all this time, but it totally would have been my jam back as a kid. For anyone that hasn't seen the movie, I think I would recommend watching the Age of Resistance series first (season 1 anyway), as the movie spoils some things that are introduced for the first time (chronologically) in the series. Although, there is a line by Aughra that I think could perhaps allow them to make the movie a separate timeline if they wanted to go that route in later seasons.
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mckmas8808
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Interesting that older people are in to this. I wonder if this was Netflix's goal.
Tevious
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I think it's probably that the people involved in this are mostly fans of the movie that are now grown up and are making it something that they would enjoy too. Parts of it are pretty dark, there's a brutal murder (or two) later on, although the most violent one you watch it from a shadow on a wall.
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Chairman Tickles
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I seriously think a Zelda movie for example would work exactly in this style, using puppets.
Halo is Back
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Yep. This one actually goes into a lot of the lore and back story of basically everything. The movie was kind of vague with its world
Ar¢tos
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Finished watching yesterday, it's a great series. I would like them to make a second season but for that they would have to ignore the movie, because it finishes not far from when the movie starts, since in
Deet second vision, she sees Jen's mother running with a baby and Jen restoring the crystal. And that also means they would have to kill all gelflings in the series (except 2)
1 ep in and loving it so far. Very dense world building and it still doesnt start at the beginning (the crystal has already been broken at this point, right?). The gelfling models are VERY repetitious. Not an issue when there were only 2 like in the film but here it is hard to distinguish them. Still, it feels great to be back into this world. Definitely gonna need some behind the scenes docs on puppet filming at this scale. Regret missing the DC panels at dragoncon now.
Tevious
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There's a documentary included with the series that goes behind the scenes.
I think there's still quite a time gap between the movie and the end of season 1. It is my understanding that the Gelfling
were killed off
Ar¢tos
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The problem isn't so much the time gap, but that besides that and
the emperor getting sicker from the use of the darkening
each character to their end.
It would take 2-3 episodes max to tell what happens between the end of season 1 and the start of the movie. They could use the other 7-8 to retell the movie in more detail, since the movie has so many gaps, it would actually be welcome.
andreymagnus
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Looks like a project people made by their soul. Never watched the original, but now i want to after watching latest Netflix sequel trailrr
I watched this a couple weeks ago and didn’t have any prior expectations other than remembering the old movie back when I was a kid. I was expecting more of the same.
Suffice it to say, they blew me away.
They amped up the production values of everything and introduced a lot of lore. Mark Hamill Joker as the scientist, the music, the added cg, the separate and intertwining plots.
I expected a show for kids like the old movie but it actually treads some dark paths.
I kind of want them to bridge the gap between the show and the movie while also remaking the old movie as well.
Suffice it to say, they blew me away.
They amped up the production values of everything and introduced a lot of lore. Mark Hamill Joker as the scientist, the music, the added cg, the separate and intertwining plots.
I expected a show for kids like the old movie but it actually treads some dark paths.
I kind of want them to bridge the gap between the show and the movie while also remaking the old movie as well.
Geki-D
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Currently watching this. It's pretty damn impressive though at times it's a bit too visually charged, way too much stuff (especially in the forest scenes) going on. Also, please stop showing a character's feet whenever they're running to remind us that they have feet. Seriously, in the first 3 episodes whenever a character is running there'll always be a "feet on the ground" reaction shot.