Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/14/trailer-out-for-the-dark-cryst.html
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I’m pretty happy they’re actually using puppets for this, and not just punting to CG.
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Gelflings? I heard there’d be Gelflings!
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is it a prequel or a reimagining? i am still confused on this.
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Jim Henson Co would never not use practical effects. One of the things that makes Farscape so damn good today 20 years later is that it used practical effects and puppetry…it holds up so well.
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Paging our very own Jim Henson expert/alum: @Robbo, did you work on this series?
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Alas, I did not. They shot over in the UK and didn’t include any Canadians - this time.
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Age of Resistance? Obviously it’s some kind of Antifa film terrorism! /s
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The Dark Milkshake
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[Shakes fist at clouds] Curses!
I love reading your ‘sausage making’ stories.
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Oh sure. But will it be as good as the direct sequel was?
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The amount of talent that goes into these types of productions should melt the Sun.
Looks like a fun series! (And strangely topical…)
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I’m looking forward to it. I made the kiddo watch the original, and then she could watch the review by one of the youtubers we like:
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That looked like an awful lot of CG for a “puppetry” series.
I’ll still totally watch it.
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It’s a prequel set before the events of the movie.
You know the scene in Dark Crystal where Jen & Kira discover ancient Gelfling wall-carvings and paintings that tell the story of what happened to their ancestors? As I understand it, that’s essentially what this series is about.
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Well, I’m excited about this. Beautiful recreation of the original film’s production design.
So glad that Aughra has always been around to tie everything together.
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I watched The Dark Crystal for the first time last weekend. I was able to come to this conclusion as I was watching without the lens of nostalgia: The Dark Crystal is a bad movie.
Funny, I watched it for the first time only a couple of years ago at a Fantom Events special movie theater screening and came away with the opposite conclusion.
Super looking forward to this coming out. It looks amazing, and made with a huge amount of care and love for the original.
mmMMMmmmmm!
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