Film: The Dark Crystal

[King Green]

*EDIT(got stuck in the emotional state:not 6 but 4, late 90's born)
Its nice for chuck to review this film, the moment I watched the re-watch on June 2002 helped me with my trauma on 2001 when my 4 year old self had to wear those gas-masks the NG gave those that lived in Manhattan. *sigh* I just came back from vacation and it all went to shit! While I was happy to be unaffected to asbestos, that did not stop the horror of my school being so close and still had us to study, what the genuine F*CK happened to the education system in that event!? Do they deny the response of the event and still opened despite being only 10 blocks away with the NG saying all businesses closed until attack-site is cleared!

Jim Henson is a saint to children, that movie may not be the best like the Storyteller or Farscape, but by God's glorious ass he was the last beacon of inspiration we needed for art.

R. I. P. Henson.

[Deledrius]

So if I understand correctly, this is a movie with a weak story but good visuals and setting. So basically it's like Cameron's Avatar with puppets instead of CG.

I can't disagree with that generally, but I do think there is a minor difference in how Avatar felt sterile and passionless, while TDC does not.

Does the Dark Crystal have a sequel? Because if it doesn't then at least they realised their thin premise had no more traction. Cameron however has threatened us with three more films. God only knows what material he has.

Nope, no follow-up. I don't recall if Henson had intended to, but the mid-eighties until his death in 1990 were a complicated time for the company and that may have played a part. Hopefully Chuck will talk about some of this in the upcoming video he mentioned.

The fact that it's taken this long for any follow-up material does I think speak to the lack of obvious material for doing so. It's a rich world, but the story is simple.

[Robovski]

The movie ends with a resolution. You can tell tales set before (like the series) or you could set things in the world that came after, but there isn't much to carry on with here directly.

[Thebestoftherest]

The movie ends with a resolution. You can tell tales set before (like the series) or you could set things in the world that came after, but there isn't much to carry on with here directly.

That not a bad thing, how many films now-a-days make ending hoping for a franchise.

[hammerofglass]

Apparently the comic series "Power of the Dark Crystal" is based on the planned sequel they never made. Haven't read it, don't know much about it