OU Ariakas
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I just looked it up and it is him: but fucking hell that voice cast. I wonder how much it cost them!
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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I just looked it up and it is him: but fucking hell that voice cast. I wonder how much it cost them!
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I thought the skesis and cow dudes always were aliens and gelflings were the indigenous conquered people.
That's why the one eyed witch had her giant ... what are those things called, there's a name for them. the planitarium thing.
It's a fairy tale so it's pretty loose.. .and it's been probably 10 years since I watched it last. I have the impression that it was a metaphor for America. You know, the dichotomy of man and The Savage (brave new world style) on a personal quest to unfuck them and save himself.
Except henson wrote a much happier ending than Huxley!
That's why the one eyed witch had her giant ... what are those things called, there's a name for them. the planitarium thing.
It's a fairy tale so it's pretty loose.. .and it's been probably 10 years since I watched it last. I have the impression that it was a metaphor for America. You know, the dichotomy of man and The Savage (brave new world style) on a personal quest to unfuck them and save himself.
Except henson wrote a much happier ending than Huxley!
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Siliconemelons
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I guess going by the source material leaves me in the wat.GIF...
I just watched the dark crystal for the first time in its entirety.
The intro was like "these dudes broke the crystal and broke themselves... all the shards were found and put together... but the crystal was complete and turned dark... last shard must be reunited. There were 9 and 9 of the mystics and bird dudes."
so...
Now it was turned dark by the bid guys just being bad... and they are aliens... okay I get that- they looked like aliens when they reformed at the end.
I haven't seen the mystics and are all the bird dudes the same 9? Shouldn't they be?
Or whatever number...
Okay well, I suppose I'll stop bitching here and only half through ep1 lol but I do kinda like discussing plot differences and different takes on things etc
I just watched the dark crystal for the first time in its entirety.
The intro was like "these dudes broke the crystal and broke themselves... all the shards were found and put together... but the crystal was complete and turned dark... last shard must be reunited. There were 9 and 9 of the mystics and bird dudes."
so...
Now it was turned dark by the bid guys just being bad... and they are aliens... okay I get that- they looked like aliens when they reformed at the end.
I haven't seen the mystics and are all the bird dudes the same 9? Shouldn't they be?
Or whatever number...
Okay well, I suppose I'll stop bitching here and only half through ep1 lol but I do kinda like discussing plot differences and different takes on things etc
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Siliconemelons
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i would say no- start with the new one, then OG... so in chronological order vs release... but again... I am half and episode in lulzzz
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Simon Pegg as the chancellor too.
I'm through episode five and enjoyed it well enough. Glad to see they kept a lot of the darkness from the original.
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I’m on episode 7. It’s about as good as PG can possibly get. I can tell this is going to be a slow build for multiple seasons, which is fine by me.
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This is some top rate muppeting. I am on like episode 7 and its still really good. There were a few cgi scenes that are a bit noticable overall the practical puppet effects are the bulk of it with cgi accenting and overall just really well done.
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So I had rewatched the film a couple weeks back in preparation for this (and because it was a nice remastered version) and I spent the first 15 mins of the first episode going 'wait... what??'
The storyline in the original movie was pretty basic --- Crystal is heart of planet and super powerful guardians protect it, crystal gets broken and guardians split into good/evil but are still linked to their original self (hence why they die in pairs). Hero fixes the crystal and they merge back into their proper form as the corruption of the world falls away to reveal the way things should be.
Granted that story doesn't really lend itself to a prequel, but Sigourney Weaver's intro seems to retcon the whole deal.
The storyline in the original movie was pretty basic --- Crystal is heart of planet and super powerful guardians protect it, crystal gets broken and guardians split into good/evil but are still linked to their original self (hence why they die in pairs). Hero fixes the crystal and they merge back into their proper form as the corruption of the world falls away to reveal the way things should be.
Granted that story doesn't really lend itself to a prequel, but Sigourney Weaver's intro seems to retcon the whole deal.
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Exactly my point...
But I assume the plot fixes itself? I guess I have to watch more...haven't had time to get back into it...
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Finished up the first season and I thought it was great. It get significantly darker around episode 7 or so. 8/10
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OU Ariakas
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Darker than an eye being eaten by a (really shitty CGI) bug in episode TWO?
Ok, I am only on episode 3 but I do not see a clean way for them to reconcile the movie with the series. In the movie the UrSkek were the guardians of the Crystal until it cracked and the shard fell off, separating each one into Uru and Skeksis. In the show, the Skesis are aliens that are not of Thra and we haven't seen an Uru (Mystic) at all.
If they say that the movie is the true story than it means the TV show has to have the the UruSkek coming to Thra over 1000 trine ago, bargining with Ograh (like the narrator said) and then experimenting with the (then clear) Crystal of Truth and splitting 1000 trine ago with the Skesis erasing the history of the Uru and maybe keeping them captive in the forbidden catacombs.
It the TV show narrator is the true story then the narrator in the movie is an unreliable narrator telling the story that the gelfling have passed down to each other since the Skeksis put them down during the Age of Resistance.
I am eager to see if they reconcile them at some point.
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this is what i've been telling myself. only on episode 2 here tho, so maybe we've just got a ways to go, yeah.
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The origins of the crystal and the skeksis/Uru are revealed in detail around episode 6 or so. If I recall, It's explained that the UrSkek came to earth and were guardians of the crystal and were split in two-- Skeksis and Uru, and only when the crystal is healed can Skeksis/Uru rejoin. Skeksis/Uru are symbiotically linked-- kill a Skeksis and his Uru half dies, and vice versa. Don't quote me, but that's how I remember it. I'm probably missing some details, and haven't watched the original in decades, but it sounds very similar to what you describe in the movie.
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I re-watched Dark Crystal for the first time in over 25 years, I saw it a few times when it came out, but had mostly forgotten about it.
Sadly, I didn't enjoy the movie as I did when I was a kid. I tried watching the series anyways thinking that maybe a more modern take would resonate a bit more with me, but it didn't, so I stopped after 1 episode.
The show looks amazing though, the puppets are first rate.
Sadly, I didn't enjoy the movie as I did when I was a kid. I tried watching the series anyways thinking that maybe a more modern take would resonate a bit more with me, but it didn't, so I stopped after 1 episode.
The show looks amazing though, the puppets are first rate.
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Conefed
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It basically retreads everything. Bad example but, Firefly/Serenity.
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