Board 8 > Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance topic (spoilers)

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Everyone should watch it, it's much better than the movie, and I want people to talk to about it.

HmmmMMMMMmmmmmmm
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Mark Hamill as the Scientist.

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That one scene in episode 1 is pretty much the most evil and disturbing thing I have ever seen puppets do.
(Or hell any show in general)
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Is it a sequel to the movie or a reboot?
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I'm really excited for this. The art direction of the original is incredible, I'm glad they saw potential in reviving this.
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Prequel

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WazzupGenius00 posted...

Is it a sequel to the movie or a reboot?

Prequel set hundreds of years before.
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htaeD posted...

That one scene in episode 1 is pretty much the most evil and disturbing thing I have ever seen puppets do.
(Or hell any show in general)

Yeah I talked myself into 'Oh it's not that bad because they will surely reverse it down the line, right?'. But nope!

i watched the prologue and it seemed really bad but then i decided i should give it more of a chance and watched a few more scenes and it still seemed really bad

maybe if i was really into puppets
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Bump

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oh I saw this topic when it had only one post, I meant to reply, and then I forgot about it. I guess better late than never!

I've been watching this and I think it is really good. I'm not quite done yet. it does have some issues... I think the first episode does a good job of catching you, but I still felt a bit uncertain after watching it. whether this would really be a GREAT show or merely just unique and interesting.

it is definitely unique, pretty interesting and creative. the puppet work is very fascinating to watch.

there's a "making of" documentary for this already and I'm almost more excited to finish the series just so I can watch that.

okay so I think episodes 2-4ish actually are pretty great. this is when I started to get very into the series. about the halfway point, however, the quality starts to wane a little bit. there are some good moments but we start to see the introduction of a lot more characters and concepts that drag the story out, and there are some scenes that I felt pretty bored by.

so far at least I would say the first half of the season is significantly better than the second half. with two episodes to go, it might be possible that the finale is amazing and brings it all together, but i'd still say the middle-to-late section of the series suffers a bit.

interestingly I thought the series was at its best when the characters were all separated. once everyone joins together it feels like each individual character has less to do, and their characterization starts to become more defined by their relationships with other main characters rather than with the world as a whole.

I really can't stress how cool the puppetry is, though. that is the best part.
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MariaTaylor posted...

I really can't stress how cool the puppetry is, though. that is the best part.

That's the story of the movie, too. There's nothing interesting in the movie except the puppets, whereas the show has some kind of plot that works, so I like it a lot more.
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definitely agree with that, yeah. the movie feels very boring and dated to me. this is at least interesting, on top of the cool puppet work.
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I'm through the first two episodes. I like it but I have a general sense that nothing really positive can happen because it is a prequel. So I find myself having to root for the chancellor which is like so totally wrong.

unless we get some wedged in Jen cameo, which would feel equally wrong I dunno
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neonreaper posted...

I'm through the first two episodes. I like it but I have a general sense that nothing really positive can happen because it is a prequel. So I find myself having to root for the chancellor which is like so totally wrong.

unless we get some wedged in Jen cameo, which would feel equally wrong I dunno

Someone associated with the show said something like "Don't assume the original movie told you everything...", which people have interpreted as they're going to "reveal" more Gelflings lived.
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neonreaper posted...

I'm through the first two episodes. I like it but I have a general sense that nothing really positive can happen because it is a prequel. So I find myself having to root for the chancellor which is like so totally wrong.

there is nothing wrong with this.

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HhhhhMMMMMMMmmmmm
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I know this is popular, but is this actually any good? I was thinking of watching the movie and then checking this out after I finish Disenchantment...
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GenesisSaga posted...

I know this is popular, but is this actually any good? I was thinking of watching the movie and then checking this out after I finish Disenchantment...

I'd say it's more interesting and weird than actually good. It's more about how cool it is to see such complicated puppets. Though if someone likes the original movie, it's definitely good, since it's definitely better than the movie.
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Hmm
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