The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Netflix is on a serious roll lately. First the Witcher, and now this...

Hoo boy, I can see a lot of nostalgic fanboys flipping their lids (in the good way, of course) right now.

edited 18th May '17 11:24:13 AM by TotemicHero

You called?

I have to say, the trailer makes this look like a "making of", but apparently it's a prequel. Odd.

Also, I need Netflix now.

Found out about this just now.

Oh snap! I did not see this coming!

And they sticking with puppets and not doing it like CG or any animation.

From the looks of things, puppeteering has gone a long way since the 80's, hasn't it? You guys think this could be the Game of Thrones of Jim Henson puppeting (in terms of epicness)?

...I love you Netflix.

I really hope this ushers in a new wave of practical animatronic effects. There's so much you can do with puppets now that you couldn't do ten years ago, dynamic effects you'd have to work so much harder to get in CG, acting opportunities that only shine through when the actor can see and interact with exactly the thing they're reacting against.

This look exceedingly cool. Netflix is on a fuckin' roll.

I just hope the actual story's good. Dark Crystal was nothing short of a spectacle, but that's all it was; a spectacle. All style and little actual substance. Once we see more of the plot and the characters, maybe I'll be a bit more excited about this.

Well, honestly, it wasn't any less substantial than the original Star Wars trilogy was, it's just that it was "weird alien fantasy" instead of "pulp space opera", and it's clear the latter resonated more with people. (That, and some of the world-building details were removed/altered after test screenings.)

I've got to respectfully disagree. At least Star Wars had actual characters. Okay, Luke was more of a bland archetype than anything else, but at least Han, Leia, Yoda, Darth Vader, and the rest had actual personalities to them. Whereas Jen and most everyone else, not so much. It didn't help that a lot of the plot progression and attempts at Character Development are told to us through exposition and inner monologues rather than shown to us, and text crawls aside, Star Wars did a better job of handling that by comparison.

I was impressed with the puppet work in the original film, but otherwise I honestly found it pretty boring. The only really entertaining part was the Chamberlain.

Hopefully this will be an improvement on that front.

edited 20th May '17 2:41:24 PM by Draghinazzo

It probably will be an improvement, if only because it has time to avoid feeling like it's adapting part 5 of 5 of source material that doesn't exist.

The original movie is mostly style and very little substance, but it's one of those times where the style is so great that it's enough. It's not a wonderful story, but it's an amazing work of art.

Necroing this thread.

Netflix will be featuring a first look at The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance at this year's New York Comic Con as part of their "Netflix & Chills" event!

Lisa Henson and Louis Leterrier will be representing the show. And about time too, am I right?

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 8th 2018 at 12:50:13 PM

Double-necroing this thread:

The Dark Crystal movie is turning 36 tomorrow. Might we see something about Age of Resistance then?

Bumping because we've got our first images and our cast, and holy hell it's an all-star one at that!

The Lead Geflings:

• Taron Egerton (Kingsman) as Rian
• Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) as Brea
• Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones) as Deet

Other Geflings:

• Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
• Harris Dickinson (forthcoming Maleficent 2),
• Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones)
• Eddie Izzard (Ocean’s Thirteen)
• Theo James (The Divergent Series)
• Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery)
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Cloverfield Paradox)
• Mark Strong (Kingsman)

Skekis and Mystics (if you've seen the movie, you may know why they’re lumped together):

• Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song)
• Mark Hamill (Star Wars)
• Ralph Ineson (Game of Thrones)
• Jason Isaacs (The OA)
• Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele)
• Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (True Detective)
• Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible)
• Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Aughra will be voiced by Donna Kimball with other characters being voiced by puppeteers from the production, including Alice Dinnean, Louise Gold, Neil Sterenberg and Victor Yerrid.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 17th 2018 at 12:31:34 PM

When’s it out?

2019.

First poster

First trailer:

Coming August 30th.

So, apparently there's an upcoming tactical RPG as a tie-in to the series.

I've never seen the Dark Crystal movie. I hear it's a trip.

Sort of? On the one hand the puppetry and practical effects are amazing. On the other hand, the story isn't told that well and the characters aren't very compelling. It's Tell, Don't Show in the worst ways.

Imagine if Return of the King was the only Lord of the Rings movie. That's the Dark Crystal.

I'm a fan, personally. The comics are really good, too.

Edited by Zeromaeus on Jun 12th 2019 at 2:04:04 PM

Comic-con preview:

Final preview. The series premieres Friday, August 30.

I remember supplemental materials saying that ghe skeksis were originally more benevolent before age took a toll their bodies and they became more desperate and ruthless in their attempts to prolong their lives, judging by some of the lines in ths trailers that also seems to be the case here, which is neat.