They're bringing Skeksi back

The Geek

https://youtu.be/OGzVYyV_Jsg

Munkus Beaver

Wark wark wark.

Zonugal

Please?

Please???

Pleaaaaase!?!?!?

PLEEEEEEAAAAAASE!?!?!?!?!?

SCREECH OF THE FARG

more like the dork crystal

jgeis

Man, this is going to inherently be pretty dark. Like, it focuses on three Gelflings. There's only two unrelated Gelflings left in the original.

pooka

TRIAL BY STONE

one of my favorite movies. the music is so, so good.

miscellaneousinsanity

dammit pooka i was comin in here to say that

Zonugal

Man, just man...

I can't wait to see more twisted shit like this:

Jedoc

Spoiler alert: in the age of wonders, the crystal is almost certainly going to crack. That's just, like, a given.

PiptheFair

does this Eclipse happen in this?

Radius

oh, i love Labyrinth

Madican

I really only know about the bird people to the extent that the bird people in World of Warcraft are based on them.

That's really about it.

Tonkka

I

Am

Still

EMPERRRROOOOOR!

Tonkka

Radius wrote: »

oh, i love Labyrinth

BOOOOOOO

smof

Top quality thread title. Good work.

tynic

legit pumped about this

Indie Winter

never seen the original movie

not sure if a first viewing in 2017 will make it age well

tynic

Indie Winter wrote: »

never seen the original movie

not sure if a first viewing in 2017 will make it age well

mm
probably not to be honest
but if you're into practical effects, puppetry, and weirdass world building you'd likely still enjoy it
(unfortunately the Gelfling bits get less watchable with every year i age)

jgeis

Yeah, it's a slower movie with a fairly basic fantasy plot, but all of the worldbuilding details surrounding that plot are fantastic. The sets and puppets are probably the best Jim Henson Studios has made, and the Skeksis have a lot going for them. There's a whole lot of Skeksis culture shown in the movie and it's all fascinating.

They originally had the Skeksis speaking a constructed language to make them feel more alien/evil but test audiences did not like it. I think it's a nice touch, but then we wouldn't have gotten "Pleaaaaaasssseeee!?" so it's a wash.

jgeis

Also this is a great time to mention that if you're in the LA area, the Egyptian Theater is showing a 70mm print of The Dark Crystal on the 15th of next month. It's going to be nice to see it in such a big format.

tynic

jgeis wrote: »

Also this is a great time to mention that if you're in the LA area, the Egyptian Theater is showing a 70mm print of The Dark Crystal on the 15th of next month. It's going to be nice to see it in such a big format.

@DrZiplock

Zonugal

jgeis wrote: »

Also this is a great time to mention that if you're in the LA area, the Egyptian Theater is showing a 70mm print of The Dark Crystal on the 15th of next month. It's going to be nice to see it in such a big format.

So god damn jealous.

Metalbourne

Zonugal wrote: »

Man, just man...

I can't wait to see more twisted shit like this:

that scene gives me the weirdest boner

Brainleech

Still it is amazing what Jim Henson did with puppets
Really amazing

Weaver

FLY, CRYSTAL BATS!

Perrsun

Wings? I don't have wings!

Of course not. You're a boy.

Desert Leviathan

Oh wow, this is excellent news! That movie had more of an impact on my creative development as a kid than probably anything else I encountered, except maybe Labyrinth which was more or less its sibling film. I had a copy that we'd recorded from some network playing it, and for months after that I watched it over and over again, until the VHS tape wore out from rewinding too many times. My notebooks were full of drawings Skeksis and Garthim and Mystics and Landstriders. I haven't been this excited in ages!

DrZiplock

tynic wrote: »

jgeis wrote: »

Also this is a great time to mention that if you're in the LA area, the Egyptian Theater is showing a 70mm print of The Dark Crystal on the 15th of next month. It's going to be nice to see it in such a big format.

@DrZiplock

FUCK YES!

FUUUUUUCK YEEEESSS!

HeadCreeps

Man, it's been a long time since I saw the original

Really pumped for this

#pipe

fuckin Fuzzgig better be in this show

Death of Rats

Oh my god, this is the best.

Brainleech

It had been a long time since I saw it
the summer before I was a senior in high school the library had a copy of a book from the guy who did the backstory? or the art for the movie?
I thought it was so cool to learn more about what the movie was about than was just shown and how some of the stuff came to be

Zonugal

My best friend was terrified of this movie, ever since he saw it twenty years ago as a child.

So I forced him to watch it.

And the combined laugh & scream from him at the stabbing in this scene shook our entire home:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSVjTf86ZN8

Doobh

I've been taking estrogen for motherfucking years

where's my damn wings

UnbrokenEva

The Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement on the original movie was one Cheryl McFadden, who also had an acting career where she went by her middle name - "Gates"

Magic Pink

I love it

but if there's one fucking drop of CGI I'm not watching

Snicketysnick

Fearghaill wrote: »

The Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement on the original movie was one Cheryl McFadden, who also had an acting career where she went by her middle name - "Gates"

pfft I'm sure that didn't amount to anything :heartbeat:

The Geek

Snicketysnick wrote: »

Fearghaill wrote: »

The Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement on the original movie was one Cheryl McFadden, who also had an acting career where she went by her middle name - "Gates"

pfft I'm sure that didn't amount to anything :heartbeat:

There's an extra on some copies of Labyrinth with some behind the scenes stuff showing her helping out with the Chilly Down dance scene.

The Geek

https://youtu.be/TdiTg-Yg-FU

Butler

Fearghaill wrote: »

The Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement on the original movie was one Cheryl McFadden, who also had an acting career where she went by her middle name - "Gates"

There's an old saying in my family: If you can teach a puppet to move, you can teach an android to dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rIDJ8NFKvI

see317

Snicketysnick wrote: »

Fearghaill wrote: »

The Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement on the original movie was one Cheryl McFadden, who also had an acting career where she went by her middle name - "Gates"

pfft I'm sure that didn't amount to anything :heartbeat:

Sure, who's ever heard of Cheryl Gates?
Probably doesn't even have an IMDB page.