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First Image from THE POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL Appears!
Hey folks, Harry here... Got an email from "james" dropping me a line on this link. Essentially, it's the same ol press release about Genndy Tartakovsky and Orphanage coming aboard to helm and produce the fx for POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL... only there seems to be an image of Queen Kira from the film... and she's older and cool as hell looking. It ain't much, but it's what we got...
Its queen Kira and shes old now.
Behold Queen Kira!!!
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This is gonna be good!
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Love Dark Crystal!
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Creepy sequel to the creepiest movie ever. I have to go take a rape shower.
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I will be there on day one for this one
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Well.........?
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There was a sequel that was direct to video. I didn't see it, but I kept seeing 'argh' style reviews. 'Timmy to the Rescue.' It's at amazon.com, from 1998.
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...and old crotchified my sexy little Gelfling fantisy! I thought Gelflings were like elves...you know...forever looking like a youngish Liv Tyler? Now every time I close my eyes and dream of Gelfling love, I'll have that scary old Judi Densch-like thing pop up in my head! And OilCan...didn't Barry and Sib and the rest of the boys have white-guy fros? "It's more than a feeling...."
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The two that were left were the only two left to repopulate and now you're going to have tons of Gelflings with genetic diseases!
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Are they gonna be back in this? Time to reinstill some sweet childhood nightmares! "Mmmm-mmm"
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TRIAL BY STONE!
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I thought those metal things coming out of her crown were her arms. Made her look a little bit like Super Grover.
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Bring me King Fizzgig!
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Those puppets are really creepy
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Nobody between the ages of 13 and 23 is going to want to watch puppets. Puppets are over. Finished. Last century, even. Honestly, it's a waste of money.
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Howz about have Genndy direct the
action scenes of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers movie?
and direct the "trip" scenes too.
Love Genndy
like Dark Crystal
Love FFFBros.
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I can't wait for this. Still having a hard time believing a project this cool is actually happening. This is excellent on so many levels.
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This movie will rock, and it is now time for Jareth to return to the Labyrinth.
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And these are still muppets even if they are CGI muppets.
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...Spew Askew. You're not alone, and it's not okay.
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No one between the ages of 13 and 23 watch puppets? Um... Wundershozen is MTV's biggest hit in years. Robot Chicken is huge. Avenue Q is the hottest ticket on Broadway. Crank Yankers is in production for its fourth season. Breakthru1982, please pull your head out of your asshole before posting here next time. GELFLINGS RULE!!
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sorry, but i'm currently in that age range (although not sure if i'll still be by the time this thing makes it through porduction) and there is nothing wrong with puppets. i hate to bring star wars discussion to the fray because we all know how trolls like to invade, but isn't puppet yoda so much more cooler than computer yoda?
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The only thing good about the first movie was Jim Henson. Hopefully this new one actually has a decent story.
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kira looks a bit past it, but maybe she has a spunky daughter or grandaughter who can fill the part.
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Harry, ya forgot to mention that the Jim Henson company is also releasing Fraggle Rock the movie in 2007!
http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2005/092005.shtml
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Isn't the sequel supposed to happan 3/4 of a millennium after the first film? That makey Kira pretty oldie.
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slone, those are _comedies_. this dark crystal thing, it's supposed to be a drama, right? the movie will bomb because nobody takes puppets seriously anymore. seseme street, the muppets save (insert town, holiday, etc.); crank yankers; that will forever be the final resting place of puppets. people like to see LIFE in characters, lol not wood or plastic.
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Wasn't Henson against the use of heroic efforts and artifical life support systems to save something terminally ill? Let the puppet die, friend. Let the puppet die.
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I love the Dark Crystal and it has always been a favorite of mine ever since I was a little kid. I always thought Trevor Jones' score was amazing. Anyone know if he will be back to compose the music for Power of the Dark Crystal?
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This is really good news, I can't wait for this sequel to be made! Now all we need is a sequel to Labyrinth...
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If this is successful they should do a Labyrinth sequel with David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly returning. Say Connelly has a daughter who gets trapped in the Labyrinth world or something and she has to go back to save her like before, but this time Bowie has changed everything and made it way more dangerous.
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Btw, if you have never seen Farscape, check it out, it's in syndication now. Pilot was one of the most incredible creations of Henson studios. I still hate that, something as creative as that show is dead, yet the definition of mediocrity: Stargate SG-1, is still kickin'.
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She sorta looks like Queen Badmorda from Willow! Thank God that's not an actual still, just some concept art. I'm still wary as hell about this movie.
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That looks NICE! I'm in.
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The Gelflings rebreed their dying species only to have to support their weak genetics by exploiting the crystal and the land. A dying race, ruled by a dying emperor and empress, imprisoned within themselves in a dying land.
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You want it, now you got it. "Willow 2: The Revenge of Fin Rezel". Search your feelings you no it to be true.
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looking things were in the Dark Crytsal. I remember the Gelflings riding them, and they all died, but those things freaked me out more than the Skeksis.
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Sorry, had to say it.
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Bout time we get a sequel worth making. Hollywood can take all the other used ideas and shove it where the sun dont shine.
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You said it, Shermdawg. One of the great things about Farscape was the use of puppets for some of the alien species. It made for far more interesting sci-fi than something like the Star Trek shows where all you need to be an alien is a little piece of latex on your nose or forehead. Pilot was great. Hell, even Rigel was believable or at least appropriate for his character. And let's not forget the Vogons from Hitchhiker's Guide. The Vogons were so damn well done, and a great argument for "real" vs. CGI, though I don't want to stir up that debate.
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I think is what they were called, krullboy.
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Puppets shitting on one another, then this movie can have a tastefully done Gelfling love scene. Heck, even gay Gelfling love is fine with me...cuz when it comes to Gelflings I swing both ways.
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Not that cheapquel "Timmy To The Rescue" abomination. Too bad that Elizabeth Hartman killed herself, because I can't imagine another actress as Miz. B. I'd love to see the society that the rats created in Thorn Valley, as well as an explanation at to what the fuck "The Stone" *was*, or where it came from.
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Have to agree wth the others on this, Breakthru1982. I'm just slightly out of that age range by a year and I'm all over this movie. Don't speak for an entire age group, speak for yourself.
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Breakthru1982, I'm in that age range (barely) and love me some puppets/muppets. Speak for yourself, not an entire age group.
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because the first one didn't register for a full minute. What up wit dat, Harry?
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ive never seen dark crystal
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...like buckshot on Dick Cheney's hunting partner. puppets rule and the Dark Crystal rocks!
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is such a good idea. Although,theyd have to contemporise it-maybe this time with eminem as the goblin king and dakota fanning as sarah. "do as I say and I will be your motherfucking slave,hoe"....."yeahh it was a really rewarding experience working with eminem-he was able to capture the subtle underlying thematic with a simple hand gesture...WTF? youre a fucking child! youre talking about thematic when I was still pissing the bed....creepy bug-eyed freak of nature......
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So... what's the deal with that?
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The Neverending Story. I'm talking continuation with the characters now. (Man that fucking Wolf was bad ass.)
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Legend flick. AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! One of the coolest looking villians EVER!!!
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I still hum a lot of the old Labyrinth tunes, though I could never understand what the fierys were singing when they were terrorizing Sara by tossing their body parts around. Something to do with fire was all I could ever make out with fierys saying take "off your head" every now and then. As for Dark Crystal, Chamberlain would be a dope appearance. I always liked the whimpering and screaming for some reason. Oh yeah and the head skeksis was awesome too. "CHAMBERLAAAAAAAINN!!!!!!!"
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Probably, me thinks.
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Muppets KICK ASS. In every shape or form that Henson has created. It's kids in their puberty that are affraid they'll be seen as immature for liking Muppets.
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Kira the Gelfling and Rebecca Demornay. Troof.
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Not really keen on it, but what do you expect for a faerie that's hundreds of years old? BTW, I've seen the recurring shape from "The Dark Crystal" in FF9.
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Toby is 13 (Which confuses me since he'd be about 20 at this point) and goes back to claim his place as the Goblin King. And Ludo does remind me of Eduardo from "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends".
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Sarah is all grown up with twin daughters. One night they are spirited away to the Labyrinth and Sarah takes off after them with her (now grown) brother Toby. She thinks Jareth is behind it - but learns that he had been overthrown and imprisoned by a young upstart who wants to break into our world. Jareth promises he will help Sarah get her children back if he helps him regain his kingdom - but is all as it seems? Hey, I'm just bored at work...
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I think the writer steals a lot from "Labyrinth" for her books, from the use of owls to the ever changing maze with clues and tasks. What do you think?
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I think the writer steals a lot from "Labyrinth" for her books, from the use of owls to the ever changing maze full of clues and tasks. What do you think?
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I would only support this movie if Bowie's package is the centerpiece of the film.
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I can tell you a partial explanation. I met some of the animators at the San Diego Comic Con in the '80s once and was told that Nicodemus made up the story about Johnathan wanting Mrs. Brisby to have it, in order to get her to accept it.
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Where did it come from? Why does Jenner want it? Why can the rats suddenly do magic after becoming intelligent? Why do the eyes of Nicodemus glow while the eyes of the other rats do not? I *love* The Secret Of NIMH, but there are some serious plot holes in there.
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I think that the muppets and that genre of puppetry is still alive today because Henson and his assosciates were able to make you forget that the puppets aren't real. People look at Kermit the way they would look at a real person because Kermit has been given this wonderful personality, so much so that you don't notice that you are listening to a talking frog made of felt. The same goes for the puppets in The Dark Crystal. You can debate CG vs. puppets all day and personally, I grew up on puppets and prefer them but CG has come a long way and maybe in a few more years it can get to that place where you quit noticing how out of place it looks. Gollum is a good example of this. Regardless, I hope this movie does justice to the original.
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Last I heard Labrynth 2 is in the works. As for Never Ending Story. Not only were there 2 sequels but also an animated series as well as a live action series. :P Secret of Nimh 2: Timmy To the Rescue was just lame. As for "Power of the Dark Crystal" I'll definatly be seeing this even tho I've never even seen the original, which I'll be buying soon on DVD.
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Bowie spent all of the eighties high on drugs, which explains his weird hair do in laybrinth. I doubt he would do it again and anyway. He was told recently, give up the Ciggies or Die. By his doctor after his recent heart surgery. We Will see.
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I vaguely remember being told that Nicodemus's telekinetic and other unearthly abilities were a result of him becoming super-intelligent.
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I vwant a dark sequel with the characters all grown up. And a old, pissed off, kickass Falcor killing shit.
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BOOM-SHAY....BOOM-SHAY, BOOM-SHAY, BOOM-SHAY...
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Farscape used Muppets, and they paid off. Lord of the Rings used CGI and they paid off. Babylon 5 used Puppets and they sux. Star Wars used CGI and plenty saw they sux too.
Perhaps you folks should consider the ones that work have time and care placed apon them and so we can't realy judge before release BUT what we can say is
1. The inital Movie was well received.
2. The Director is well though of.
Our hopes are with this movie and I realy hope it is good but for now I'll reserve my opinion. -
Just as there are only 3 Star Wars movies, 2 Linkin Park albums, Bryan Singer is really directing X3 and Bush was in office for a little less than a year before it was found out he cheated and was removed from office. See everyhting is right with world.
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I am 34 and I remember seeing it in a theater but I was too young to follow box office numbers and/or criticism. Did people see it when it came out or was it a financial failure, and was it well-reviewed, or what? By the way, what was with those gigantic chitinous beetles? Those things gave me the heebie jeebies.
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From memory. I think some of them gained intelligence, some of them gained extra powers, and the others just remained normal rats. It's been so long since I read the book or saw the movie. The book has the answers your looking for I am sure....
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In the book, there is no gem/stone given by Nicodemus and he has no otherworldly abilities. In the movie, Nicodemus seems to understand written English without studying it beforehand after he gets injected by NIMH's experimental serum. I don't recall whether there were variations in rodent intelligence in the book or not.
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I liked the first "Dark Crystal" movie, didn't love it, but I have a feeling this new film will blow its predecessor out of the water. Tartakovsky's time has come, in my opinion, after such creative and emotionally captivating projects like Samurai Jack and Clone Wars. He really is the perfect guy to direct this film. And seeing how Gennady isn't afraid to tackle emotional gray areas or intense violence head on, without dumbing it down, I'm interested to see this film.
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