The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance

[TordelBack]

Only watched the first episode so far, but feck me it's marvellous. Gorgeous work backed by a great voice cast, and a captivating setup. It hardly seems possible that it exists.

[Krakajac]

I'm five episodes in.  Really amazed at what they've pulled off. It could easily have been a CGI fest - but they've gone easy on that aspect.

Funnily enough, I only watched the original movie yesterday for the first time.  It's a seamless progression from the movie to the series.

[Hawkmumbler]

It's times like this I ponder my no streaming self restriction, but i've no doubt it'll hit Blu-ray in 6 to 18 months.

I DO love The Dark Crystal though....hhhmmm....

[Andy Lambert]

Just finished the series - damn, that was incredible!
Breathtaking visuals, brilliant character and creature designs, exciting storytelling, a fine voice cast and just an amazing production overall. This is a very fine companion to the original film that is now sure to enjoy a new lease of life.
Well worth checking out!

[sheridan]

binged it saturday / sunday - f@@king awesome

also, hats off to simon pegg - his chancellor / frank oz was spot on

must've been good - as i forgot i was watching puppets

PS. DON'T SKIP FORWARD - after the end of episode 10 if you don't skip there's a making of -

including the most amazing fact about  i did not know that

Is it that the concept artist, Brian Froud, drew images of [spoiler]Toby, and a year later he and Wendy had a child who looked exactly like the concept art?[/spoiler]?

[radiator]

It really is jawdroppingly good. 6 episodes in, and I am savouring the last 4. Haven't been this immediately hooked on a series in a long time - possibly since Game of Thrones season 1.

[MacabreMagpie]

Tried to watch the first episode but couldn't get through it.
Never saw the original movie, though, so maybe the nostalgia and familiarity are a key ingredient?

[Jim_Campbell]

Just wanted to mention the tie-in comic to the Netflix series, which rewinds to some years before the time the show is set and focusses on several characters' earlier lives. I mean, yes, I'm working on it, but it looks amazing. The art by Matias Basla (also artist on Sparrowhawk, which you should totally buy) and colours by Miquel Muerto are just gorgeous:

[The Legendary Shark]

I had never seen the original film so I watched it t'other night. The story was pretty slight but, by thunder, a few dodgy bluescreen effects aside, it looked fantastic. World building at its best.

Then I watched the first two episodes of the series. Wow. They've notched the visuals up to eleven and deepened the story too. It's utterly sumptuous and I can't wait to see the rest.

What times we've reached that have such wonders in them.

[Hawkmumbler]

Just downed the entire Age of Resistance mini in a few hours, by christ, thats some wonderful stuff.

And that cliffhanger! God thos wretched things gave me nightmares as a lad! Season 2 will be a test of will!

[radiator]

maybe the nostalgia and familiarity are a key ingredient

I don't have any nostalgia for the original movie (I can honestly barely remember anything about it) but I adored the series (going to rewatch the movie soon).

I can understand why it wouldn't grab people in the way it did me. I tried to get my girlfriend to watch it, but every time she fell asleep within 10 minutes. She also found the Skeksis and the overall tone really unpleasant to watch.

[MacabreMagpie]

I don't really get on with much that's animated (unless it's along the lines of South Park), so it's probably me and not it. For some reason I can't lose myself in a world that I can't imagine myself in.

Glad everyone who loved the original loves it, though. Not often revivals are met with this much universal acclaim.

[TordelBack]

True!  We're pacing ourselves through it on an episode-or-so-per-week basis at the moment, and the waits are driving me crazy: I find it totally gripping. The bit where everyone met up [spoiler]in the dreamworld, and the All-Maudra was killed* [/spoiler]was ridiculously emotional for a puppet show thats only a few episodes old!  My main issue, if I have an issue at all, is that I keep being pulled out of the story to think "how did something this unlikely ever get made so beautifully". 

I now crave a Dark Crystal TTRPG quite badly, and I can predict the Switch game is going to cost me a lot of hours..



*Didn't think I'd ever mourn a [spoiler]Helena Bonham-Carter[/spoiler] character!

[JOE SOAP]

I downed it the first weekend – so many great scenes: [spoiler]backstory related as puppet-show-within-a-puppet-show and SkekMal becoming a puppet, literally and spiritually, are up there.[/spoiler]

[radiator]

The scene of our heroes, in mourning, singing in a made up language around a campfire while one of them plays a flute should have been laughably silly, but I will freely admit that I almost choked up. So beautiful.

A lot of attention rightfully being paid to the visuals, but the music in this is also first rate.

The making of doc is a must watch.