Call me a geek, but I'm excited for this.
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PaganForum VeteranOP In the late 1970s, with his creative instincts and Hollywood power swelling to their greatest levels up to that point, "Muppets" creator Jim Henson found himself obsessed with the dark, deranged work of English illustrator Brian Froud.
He befriended the children's-book author and recruited longtime collaborator Frank Oz, and together the three spent the next half-decade developing an ambitious, human-free movie that would mix the world of Froud with equal parts "Lord of the Rings" and Kermit the Frog.
The result was 1982's "The Dark Crystal," a fantasy flick that debuted as a commercial and critical failure and has since lived on as a fondly remembered near-classic along the lines of '80s movies such as "Tron" and "The Last Starfighter." Frustrated by the limitations of technology, Henson, who died in 1990, took to discussing two different "Dark" visions in interviews: the film his imagination had longed for and the version hindered by fishing line and awkward action sequences.
Now, like a woodland creature called to action by Gelfling heroine Kira, "The Dark Crystal" is preparing to rise up again. And this time it has technology on its side, along with one of the hottest action directors in all of geekdom.
Link.
The link is an old one...but supposedly the film is nearing completion and should be released in 2011 as "The Power of the Dark Crystal".
".. hell you even have a fireman who rubs his balls on another mans head for three hours a week.. show some class, don't make fun of us poor Dolphins fans. :shifty:" ~ cnc66
"There is no sweeter nectar, than the misery riddled tears of Jets fans." ~ Finascious D
Fin DForum VeteranLoved the movie as a kid.
To further geek up the thread, when they released the first expansion for World of Warcraft, they put Skeksis in the game. Not just one or two, put there's an entire non-playable race of them.
PaganForum VeteranNice...LOVED the Skeksis.
Very underrated movie.
".. hell you even have a fireman who rubs his balls on another mans head for three hours a week.. show some class, don't make fun of us poor Dolphins fans. :shifty:" ~ cnc66
"There is no sweeter nectar, than the misery riddled tears of Jets fans." ~ Finascious D
PaganForum VeteranLOL....now you have me thinking about them all day!
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeease.....make peeeeeeeace? mmmmmmMMMMMMMMmmmmm..."
:sidelol:
".. hell you even have a fireman who rubs his balls on another mans head for three hours a week.. show some class, don't make fun of us poor Dolphins fans. :shifty:" ~ cnc66
"There is no sweeter nectar, than the misery riddled tears of Jets fans." ~ Finascious D
Fin DForum Veteran"Pagan wrote:
LOL....now you have me thinking about them all day!
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeease.....make peeeeeeeace? mmmmmmMMMMMMMMmmmmm..."
:sidelol:
I'm not sure I've ever fully recovered from them eating that snot covered chicken.
PaganForum VeteranAnd then all stabbing at that furry thing rolling across the table.
What about the Della Reese-looking character Aughra popping her eye out to look at things?
".. hell you even have a fireman who rubs his balls on another mans head for three hours a week.. show some class, don't make fun of us poor Dolphins fans. :shifty:" ~ cnc66
"There is no sweeter nectar, than the misery riddled tears of Jets fans." ~ Finascious D
Fin DForum Veteran"Pagan wrote:
And then all stabbing at that furry thing rolling across the table.
What about the Della Reese-looking character Aughra popping her eye out to look at things?
I know this is weird, but parts of that movie have blended in with Krull, in my memory. I couldn't remember which movie Aughra was in.
PaganForum VeteranI do that sometimes...I'll be talking to someone about a movie and mention something and they'll be like "dude...wrong flick."
Happens alot with Ah-nuld movies. :lol:
".. hell you even have a fireman who rubs his balls on another mans head for three hours a week.. show some class, don't make fun of us poor Dolphins fans. :shifty:" ~ cnc66
"There is no sweeter nectar, than the misery riddled tears of Jets fans." ~ Finascious D
TrueDolFanNew MemberThanks for the heads-up. I love The Dark Crystal.
Genndy Tartakovsky is directing this? Everything this guy does is GOLD! I can't wait to see this!