I honestly expected to like Netflix’s reboot of The Dark Crystal, but what I didn’t expect was one of the best series of the year. I’ve always been a fan of puppetry as an art form but typically it’s hard to get beyond that particular aspect (as in you’re always conscious that you’re watching puppets) […]
To be totally honest, I thought that 1982’s The Dark Crystal was a bit dull and perhaps a bit too ambitious for it’s own good. It’s entirely possible I’ll think the same–or at least similar–about Netflix’s upcoming prequel The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance. And it’s highly likely I’ll watch it anyway became I am […]
Having seen 1982’s The Dark Crystal I initially wondered whom was resisting whom because if you’ve seen that movie you probably noticed that at the end that it tied up everything neatly. Looking at the trailer, it looks like Age of Resistance is a prequel and sets up and early chapter in the rebellion (?) […]
Wow, can’t say that this didn’t surprise me. Jim Henson’s 1982 fantasy The Dark Crystal was always sort of an odd duck. Too creepy for younger viewers, too ‘YA’ for older audiences, I get the feeling that it never quite connected with its intended audience. So 35 years later, there’s the sequel, The Dark Crystal: Age […]
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