Amph mmMMMmm... The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

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On Ep 5. Absolutely loving this! Deet is just the best!

 

Auhgra gets better



Loving it, on episode 5 now and its 23:10. May need to hit bed next, finish it tomorrow.

 

Pink blood!

 

Finished. Absolutely loved it. Full of heart and care.

 

I'll be happy to provide that perspective once I've finished with the series.

As of this moment, I've just finished Episode 4. Poor Rian just can't catch a break, can he?

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He sees his girlfriend get liquidised and devoured by the Skeksis, he's branded a traitor and murderer, he watched his father get swallowed into the ground and he still ends up being captured by the Hunter.

 

Nice making of special after Ep 10 to.

 

Brilliant
this is not a "kids" show, there are times when it is just brutal

It is so well constructed and it's beautifully faithful to the original.

I thoroughly enjoyed it.


The Making of is a nice touch too


Roll on Season 2

Just don't run on too long, give us 2 or 3 seasons, kill everyone off but have it end with the birth of Jen and Kira who are then hidden.


It will be watched again and soon.

 

The end of ep 2 is brutal


It's brilliant

 

Just finished off the first episode. Damn this is good! I do not have vivid memories from the film so I hit a few highlights.

Mark Hamill as The Scientist, working for The Emperor. I'm sure that lol is not lost on anyone.

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Love the shot of the Crystal being lowered into the pit, the way the magic book unfolded, much of the scenery throughout, last shot over the tree top. Lush and full would be a good way to describe the look.

"Your tithe is found wanting." It's a story as old as there have been stories and it certainly is made obvious in this, the rich and their control over the poor. Added in here though is the middle class who can make good tithes shaming the poor along with the rich. Right wing politics anyone? The rich having people convinced that poor people are trying to take their stuff.

So I have extra time off this holiday weekend, I'll certainly be watching this.

 

I was going to say you're being a little dramatic, as it's no darker than other twisted works of fantasy meant for kids that were produced in the 80's.

But then...

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Mark Hamill corners an unarmed slave and beats him to death with a blunt object, causing blood to splatter all over his caged pets.

And yet the show is still only rated a PG! The **** you can get away with as "kid friendly" when you're using puppets!

 

The spoiler was what I had just watched when I wrote that.


If this was live action it would not be PG

 

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

I stumbled upon this in Netflix. Very impressed with its cast:

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Nathalie Emmanuel ... Deet10 episodes, 2019
Anya Taylor-Joy ... Brea10 episodes, 2019

Simon Pegg ... The Chamberlain10 episodes, 2019

Taron Egerton ... Rian10 episodes, 2019


Jason Isaacs ... The Emperor10 episodes, 2019

Mark Hamill ... The Scientist10 episodes, 2019


Mark Strong ... Ordon10 episodes, 2019
Benedict Wong ... The General9 episodes, 2019
Harvey Fierstein ... The Gourmand9 episodes, 2019
Awkwafina ... The Collector9 episodes, 2019
Toby Jones ... The Librarian / ...9 episodes, 2019
Helena Bonham Carter ... All-Maudra9 episodes, 2019
Eddie Izzard ... Cadia8 episodes, 2019
Natalie Dormer ... Onica8 episodes, 2019
Sigourney Weaver ... The Myth-Speaker7 episodes, 2019

Alicia Vikander ... Mira7 episodes, 2019
Dave Goelz ... Baffi7 episodes, 2019
Lena Headey ... Maudra Fara7 episodes, 2019
Hannah John-Kamen ... Naia7 episodes, 2019


Bill Hader

From what i got , they trying to transform this in some sort of Game of Thrones thing.
I barely remember the movie, but i'll give a go to this series.

 

is it necessary to re-watch the original at all before starting on this, or is it stand alone?

 

The series is set like 100 years before the events of the movie. The series is made in a way that it's not necessary to watch the movie first. So the choice is yours.

 

You can definitely watch it without the original.

 

I am up to episode 7 I absolutely love it Its right up there with the Original movie but the new one has a better voice Cast I mean you cant go wrong with Mark Hamill!

 

I'm really enjoying this , its so different to anything else thats on .

I liked the original movie but the story had problems , it felt like they'd cut a lot out .

btw - I thought this was set before the movie . ?

 

It is set before the movie, about 100 years or so

 

I thought there was a lot of talent and creativity, but it also feels really drawn out. Multiple seasons feels like way too long for this story. I think it would have been better if they had just wrapped everything up in one season.

 

Needs 2 or 3 seasons at most

Season 1 the set up

Season 2 the full on resistance where it looks like they're winning with a typical cliff hanger

Season 3 the fall leading to a final episode where Kira and Jen are hidden away

2 and 3 can easily be blended though with the last couple of episodes showing a condensed fall, hell it could end with the birth of Kira and Jen



I'd love to see it go on and on as it's just stunning to watch but, the story is limited considering it's to lead into the film potentially ending 15-20 years (depending on how time there works) prior to the film actually taking place.

 

Really loved this. One question though about the backstory:

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I always thought that the Skeksis damaged Crystal (creating the shard) pretty much as soon as they were created? And that it was the UrSkeks who provided Aughra with her orrery... but according to this show the Skeksis were pretty chill to start with, or something? Or good enough at hiding their nature that Aughra was like "Yeah, you guys are cool enough to leave the Crystal in your care"?

I considered that it might just be the histories getting confused but even Aughra herself isn't remotely surprised by their existence and she seems to remember a time when they were better even as the Skeksis.

So is this a new take, or what?

 

Just finished it tonight, really loved the season. So delightful, gruesome, mystical, and fun at once!

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Any thoughts regarding the fates of the General, Deet, and the Arathim?

 

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If I recall correctly, in the movie, the shard breaking off is implied to have caused the Skeksis and Mystics to become separate--which is why reuniting the shard with the rest of the Crystal caused them to become one again. So the Skeksis did not break the Crystal. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I was confused by this in the series as well. I'll have to re-watch that bit but it seemed the series gave a different backstory. Perhaps I misunderstood. Or perhaps in a later season we'll find out the Heretic was just wrong?