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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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Just finished it and think it was a 9/10. It was weird since, like the movie, it was rated PG and the story is obviously meant to follow tropes that pre-teen to teens would follow and like; but at the same time there are some very dark themes that are eye opening even for adults (just like the movie). We had dismemberment, impalement, murder, and suicide to name a few.
They absolutely nailed everything about the look and feel of the original movie for the entire series and anyone who disagrees that it is a 10/10 on that aspect would need provide a ton of proof. It only really loses a point for me because they chose to maintain the adolescent story/dialogue instead of updating it for the age of the original movie fans. Not a big deal because every single bit of the puppetry was great to watch and really enjoyable.
They absolutely nailed everything about the look and feel of the original movie for the entire series and anyone who disagrees that it is a 10/10 on that aspect would need provide a ton of proof. It only really loses a point for me because they chose to maintain the adolescent story/dialogue instead of updating it for the age of the original movie fans. Not a big deal because every single bit of the puppetry was great to watch and really enjoyable.
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7/10
Started out strong but the writing half way in was pretty bad.
The look and feel of it was perfect. Far too much boring dialogue with the gelfings and not enough Skeskis. I think around ep 7 or 8 I would just skip some of the gelfing scenes. I didn't miss much.
Started out strong but the writing half way in was pretty bad.
The look and feel of it was perfect. Far too much boring dialogue with the gelfings and not enough Skeskis. I think around ep 7 or 8 I would just skip some of the gelfing scenes. I didn't miss much.
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If they had Mark Hamil say 'essence' one more time I would've dropped my score another point.
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Yeah, after watching that (I rarely watch the making of docs) it really gave a context to my unease about the series. The production team and the puppeteers are on another level. The writing staff and voice actors are mostly just average. Except for the one silly nerd inventing podling and writing YA novels. He seems legit.
I guess it sounds like an insult to the writing staff and it sort of is but it's also sort of not. Who the fuck DO you call on to follow up Jim Henson storywise? Well... his daughters. The production and puppeteers carried them though. It seems like they do have the grace to recognize it as true.
It's art in motion taken as a whole. It really is. The only weak point is the writing. I dunno if Peter Beagle is still alive, but I feel like he's the only man that could have done it.
I guess it sounds like an insult to the writing staff and it sort of is but it's also sort of not. Who the fuck DO you call on to follow up Jim Henson storywise? Well... his daughters. The production and puppeteers carried them though. It seems like they do have the grace to recognize it as true.
It's art in motion taken as a whole. It really is. The only weak point is the writing. I dunno if Peter Beagle is still alive, but I feel like he's the only man that could have done it.
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Beagle is on his way out unfortunately. I went to a Last unicorn event with him at a movie theater a few years back, and ordered a shirt and signed book(s) and things. Never got them because some fuckstain was pulling an elder abuse situation on him similar to Stan Lee or something. Beagle appeared to be early stage dementia at the event, but I did very much enjoy speaking to him. He told me about how he came up with the cat character, was pretty funny.
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starting this. wow the production value...
ps, the whole deception/framing thing seems a bit silly when Gelfings can share their experiences with a handshake.. Tree prophecy, ok lets shake hands and I'll show you... or, nah lets not anymore. They said you killed Mira, well I didn't. let me show you. wow you didnt. well, lets not share this with anyone else. A bit more effort into justifying these actions I guess..
Skesis could go either way. thousands of years of rule, they should know Gelflings can do that. on the other hand, they are arrogant and self absorbed. so they could also have not noticed in thousands of years of rule...
ps, the whole deception/framing thing seems a bit silly when Gelfings can share their experiences with a handshake.. Tree prophecy, ok lets shake hands and I'll show you... or, nah lets not anymore. They said you killed Mira, well I didn't. let me show you. wow you didnt. well, lets not share this with anyone else. A bit more effort into justifying these actions I guess..
Skesis could go either way. thousands of years of rule, they should know Gelflings can do that. on the other hand, they are arrogant and self absorbed. so they could also have not noticed in thousands of years of rule...
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They did know. Weren’t they the ones telling people not to Dreamfast with Rian or they would get infected like he was? His dad didn’t even do it, he said something like “they’re right he’s infected” when Rian offered to dreamfast with him.
I mean, it didn’t really make sense because every person that knew him his whole life are trusting the word of a skeksis over his word and he wasn’t portrayed as a known liar, but they did account for the dreamfasting. Unless I’m remembering wrong, I watched those episodes a couple weeks ago.
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Yeah, they did address that.
This is a childrens story mostly so there are a fair number of things that you have to agree to overlook as not being super consistent with internal logic. Kids won't notice that, they'll just take it at face value the whole way through.
I thought at first it made it less. But really it just made it a little bit different that what I was expecting.
It surprised me in the making of docu that someone mentioned they wanted to incorporate a love story bewteen rian and deet. That was another one that came across as child like. There wasn't any real focus on it until dee was making those bombs and they had that exchange where she got shy. I kinda thought it was an afterthought or a touch of color, not a theme... but it would make perfect sense if you were 6-14 years old.
This is a childrens story mostly so there are a fair number of things that you have to agree to overlook as not being super consistent with internal logic. Kids won't notice that, they'll just take it at face value the whole way through.
I thought at first it made it less. But really it just made it a little bit different that what I was expecting.
It surprised me in the making of docu that someone mentioned they wanted to incorporate a love story bewteen rian and deet. That was another one that came across as child like. There wasn't any real focus on it until dee was making those bombs and they had that exchange where she got shy. I kinda thought it was an afterthought or a touch of color, not a theme... but it would make perfect sense if you were 6-14 years old.
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Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Has Been Canceled by Netflix
The story of Thra on Netflix is over. io9 has exclusively confirmed the streaming service has chosen not to renew The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, meaning the series has come to an end after only one season.
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We can confirm that there will not be an additional season of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. We know fans are eager to learn how this chapter of The Dark Crystal saga concludes and we’ll look for ways to tell that story in the future.
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Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Has Been Canceled by Netflix
The story of Thra on Netflix is over. io9 has exclusively confirmed the streaming service has chosen not to renew The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, meaning the series has come to an end after only one season.
We can confirm that there will not be an additional season of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. We know fans are eager to learn how this chapter of The Dark Crystal saga concludes and we’ll look for ways to tell that story in the future.
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ballsDark Crystal: Age of Resistance Has Been Canceled by Netflix
The story of Thra on Netflix is over. io9 has exclusively confirmed the streaming service has chosen not to renew The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, meaning the series has come to an end after only one season.
We can confirm that there will not be an additional season of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. We know fans are eager to learn how this chapter of The Dark Crystal saga concludes and we’ll look for ways to tell that story in the future.
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