The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance coming to Netflix
 

The Dark Crystal prequel series is coming to Netflix, its titled "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance"
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/fanta...teaser-a151220

I always confuse The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth and forget which one is which... I never liked either movie much but I want to support this for being a new Henson company production.

Imagine if we could get another show like Dinosaurs, I'd love it. It's owned by Disney but they could make something similar.

Just saw something about it on FB, came to make sure it was posted. :) Not a Netflix subscriber, but I may have to consider when this is out. :D


And agree, Dinosaurs or a show like it really needs to return! I loved that show, esp the older two dino kids; in particular the sister character who was around my age back then.

I don't understand hiring Louis Leterrier to run this.

Probably a passion project for him. There's no way they brought this to his doorstep.

I hope that's the case although it doesn't mean LL will make anything worthwhile. Just seems like a really odd pairing.

Yeah, gotta be passion project. He probably even had some role in finding financiers for it.

Otherwise, it'd be a pretty weird tagline:

"THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE... FROM THE HULK MOVIE DIRECTOR THAT ALMOST BURIED THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE BEFORE IT BEGAN."

Not even posting the remake

...Well, I'm down for this.

Ooh I would SOOOO be all over this if it were like the movie. Dark Crystal is on of my all-time favorite fantasy movies.

Uh, it looks like... it is?

Was't enough in the teaser to really tell. And most of what was shown was original concept art and an interview with Jim from YEARS ago(before he died). Sooooo.... Maybe? I meant if it was AS GOOD AS, which is currently a question that is up in the air. I'd like to think so but I guess it depends on the budget and writing.

Whoooooooa, how exciting!

Here's the full press release: https://www.henson.com/press-release...2017-05-18.php

Definitely sounds like they're aiming to be like the movie:

Awesome news, hopefully NO CGI:P

Hopefully a little bit for things like lip movements and blinking. If it can genuinely help, why not use it?

The CGI will probably be for backgrounds and things they can't do practically.

CGI sucks lol, that's why.

No it doesn't lol

keep it all practical. that's the appeal to these types of things.

Agree it certainly does not suck.

But (IMHO) there are places/times when it should be used sparingly and in ways where it is an asset; this is one of them. Nothing wrong with using it to accomplish part of a vision that practical effects just can't reach (and might have had to have been entirely excluded years ago), but don't let it dominate it.

Don't know if I agree on using it for the puppets... Maybe only if it aids in a degree of smooth/naturalness they could aim for. Though I'd be curious to see what the Henson studio is capable of pulling off for it in this century. To some extent though puppets are, I assume, still supposed to feel like puppets... else you erase the reason to even use them as an art form.

Mix of CG and practical is what everyone needs to do, you get the best of both worlds.

I think CGI does work, when absolutely necessary, but in a movie and TV series that is supposed to be about the art of stop motion, or in this case puppetry, it's best to avoid it.

CGI is fine in stuff like Pirates of the Caribbean, and Planet of the Apes, but given a choice, I would always opt for traditional effects.

Pardon the old thread bump, but look!

https://www.perfectorganism.com/blog...MvuIwL-J8Ymu-4

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At least they are using actual puppets.

They're still making Olsen Twins movies?

Yeah, the puppets have been in he plan for a long time.


Now to watch those guys die at the end...

:lol: I just high-5ed you so f*cking hard. I hope you felt it.

Now I can't unsee it, thanks. And I was looking forward to this... lol

With Zac Efron as a co-star

I'm loving the fact that the gelflings have a very Celtic vibe in their clothes and other bits. Very Tir Na Nog, which I think suits the race. Right down to the triskele on his belt buckle and knotwork on the armor.

I'm a huge fan of the original movie since i was 4 when my parents taped me the movie on a blank tape from a rental tape of the movie as i'm a huge Henson fan and i loved it since and been one of my fave movies, i mean the story, the effects, the wonderous world and i had a crush on Kira when i was a kid and a teen.

I also have the movie poster, a couple of t-shirts, graphic novels, 2-disc CD soundtrack, blu-ray, UltraHD-4K disc (amazing restoration), Making of Book, the new book, couple of action figures and all that. This prequel show should be cool and all.

Who thinks 1982 was an incredible year for motion pictures? i mean you had Blade Runner, The Thing, ET, Tron, Star Trek II, Conan the Barbarian, Pink Floyd The Wall, Creepshow, Poltergeist, 48 Hrs, Rocky III, First Blood, The Dark Crystal, The Secret of NIMH, The Last Unicorn, The Flight of Dragons and more.

Oh, hello, Mr. Pot.....

C'mon, I don't do it THAT much, just for anxiety and stuff or for aphrodisiac purposes.

....oh. OH. Hey, F*CK YOU lady! :tgrumble:

ROFLMFAO!! :tlol: :tlol: :tlol: :tlol:

Took ya long enough. (Darn potheads....)

*squees* Aug 30th can't come soon enough!! :o

Yeah looks like they put top effort into this. Should do well.

Ah, gotta get that Chamberlain whine at the end :lol: . HRMmmmMMMM

This is looking really impressive though. So far, the mouth movements seem a lot more natural too, which was one of the more off-putting parts of the original. With this being a series, the leads are bound to have a lot more dimension too.



And with this being in the past...we'd actually get to know the Skeksis Emperor was like when he wasn't on his death bed and mortifying us all.

Now he can be healthy and mortifying us all.

Looks awesome and it's one of my most anticipated shows of the year since i'm a huge fan of the original since i was a kid! looks like a labor of love and a passion project with the right balance, budget and all that just like Blade Runner 2049 of being true to the source materal instead of being a halfassed moneygrab insult to a franchise like Critters A New Binge, the sequels after Aliens (which was the last Alien film worth a damn), Predators/The Predator, Stinkbusters 2016, Star Wars after the original trilogy especially The Last Straw, Robocop 3/the tv show and miniseries/Robocop 2014 and all that.