Guest TheDarkCrystal Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 [SIZE=1][COLOR=deeppink]Just wondering how many people still love them, despite how old they are (Dark Crystal circa 1977). Or have people forgotten about them? I remember trying to find sites for Nites into Dreams, one of my all-time most favorite video games, and not being able to find anything, even on Yahoo![/COLOR][/SIZE]
Sara Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 [font=arial] I think we have The Dark Crystal...I don't think I've ever watched it; it's a fairly recent acquisition. I do like [i]The Labyrinth,[/i] though. It's a weird, freaky little movie, but I'm fond of it. The Firies (or whatever...the fire-bird-dancer-thingies) freak me out, though. I like whatsisface. Sir Didymus. Heh. There's some good songs, too.[/font]
Semjaza Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 Labyrinth is awesome. I remember seeing an old magazine of my uncle's with Jim Henson and some of the characters from the movie on a cover. He was sitting there with his head in his lap, apparently because the movie totally flopped. I guess it just really broke his spirits and such. There seems to be a cult following behind it, though. I don't know why though. It's awesome. I love David Bowie, so I love this movie even more. I can't think of anything I don't like about it. They recently rereleased it as a Superbit on DVD. Superbit's have better sound and video quality over most other DVDs (although Superbit is just some trademark). The rerelease has really nice 5.1 sound, but I'm stuck with the old version... it just has two speaker stereo :( I want to hear the music on all my speakers lol. Dark Crystal I've not seen in quite some time. I do own it on VHS though. It's very cool, but I don't think it's as good as Labyrinth.
Evil Pancakes Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 Oh my gods... The Dark Crystal, no matter how old I get, is still one of my favourite movies of all time. I have seen it so many times... I used to watch it over and over. It was like a dream world to me or something... Same with the Labyrinth, but I was so young I can barely remember it... I only know it was amazing. I keep reminding myself to check it out of Blockbuster but always forget... I need to see it again. Especially because of David Bowie... ~.~
Charlie Levoy Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 The Labrynth and the Dark Crystal are a few of my favorite movies. Use to own both of them until my vcr ate The Labrynth tape. I loved that movie more than the Dark Crystal. Now I'm trying to find it on dvd. My favorite character out of the Dark Crystal was Olgra. I always laughed when her voice went from low to high in one sentence. My favorite chara cter out of The Labrynth is Jarreth. Of coarse that could be because David Bowie is playing him. (David Bowie rocks)
Solo Tremaine Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 The Dark Crystal originally really scared me, and it still does to an extent. It's really good, but the creatures, voices, music and just the general atmosphere of it was very dark. I think it's about as close to a semi live-action anime that you can get, hee ^_^ The Labyrinth has been one of my all-time favourite films. I loved the songs especially. I still sing them from time to time, if I'm on my own ^_^ I almost bought the soundtrack the other day, too. I hadn't realised it flopped- I thought it was really popular *shrugs* Ah well. What do people know? I'm sure there have been other Jim Henson films, but I can't remember what they were. I think those were the best two, at any rate.
Maully Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 Those are two great movies!!! I love the setting and characters in The Dark Crystal. It has a much more serious tone than Labyrinth. I think i prefer the Dark crystal, simply for the fact that I prefer darker, more seious movies, I love them both, though ;) As for other Jim Henson films, don't forget such greats as The Muppets take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper. The amout of really famous people they get to do cameos in Muppet movies is fantastic.
Doukeshi Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 Och, Dark Crystal rules, although as Solo said it originally really scared me. Me only being very young at the time. Those Sketsies (sp?) we really creepy, especially that outcast one *shudders*. I really liked it...I need to find it again, I wonder if i have it on tape *muses*. To tell you the truth I have only seen parts of Labyrinth, I haven't seen it all the way through. Anything with David Bowie in it get's my vote though ^_~.
Evil Pancakes Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 :O The Skeksies! They DID scare me! Good gods, how could I have forgotten... They freaked me out like no other o.O;
Guest TheDarkCrystal Posted September 13, 2003 Posted September 13, 2003 [SIZE=1][COLOR=deeppink]According to the Book of Habidad (Dark Crystal site), the Skeksis use to look glorious and strong, but as time went on, thier true natures rotted their outer shells. They scared me a lot when I was younger, too! I think they would have been even more scary, though, if they had spoken the way they were supposed to. In the origional version of the film, the Skeksis spoke their own language, which was a mix between ancient greek and ancient egyptian. Sounded really freaky. After showing it to a test audiance, though, they changed the voices so they spoke English. In the book, though, they still speak that same language. Jim Henson's idea was 'Thra isn't Earth, the Skeksis aren't human, so why should they speak English?' Oh, it's Aughra, not Olgra. I liked her too! She swears at the Skeksis in their own language in the origonal version and in the book. And I love the Labyrinth! It's one of the greatest movies ever! David Bowie is so kawaii![/COLOR][/SIZE]
Sara Posted September 13, 2003 Posted September 13, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by TheDarkCrystal [/i] [B][SIZE=1][COLOR=deeppink]David Bowie is so kawaii![/COLOR][/SIZE] [/B][/QUOTE] [FONT=arial]......... That's really not something I expected to see, heh.[/FONT]
Evil Pancakes Posted September 13, 2003 Posted September 13, 2003 Are you kidding me? David Bowie was and still is a sexeh delish uber-fabu guy. Yum. On a stick.
Chichiri's Girl Posted September 13, 2003 Posted September 13, 2003 Awa god...when was the last time I saw the dark Crystal?! Mabey 4 years ago? yeah but I loved the costumes and such. I drew some of my first good pics of charachters from that movie....and the Muppets! Oh man when I was a kid I loved anything to do with the muppets! I watched the movies and tv shows. The songs were always awsome too. I love "rainbow connection". I really liked the mupet babies a lot. I would watch them on nick jr. when I came home from preschool everyday. Dose any body remember that show any way? The oringle Muppet Show from what I remember was really funny. They always had celebrity guest on and such...I mean wasn't it on during prime time at one point?
Evil Pancakes Posted September 13, 2003 Posted September 13, 2003 Yes! Yes I remember! I used to watch baby muppets ALL THE TIME! I loved that show to pieces... And I loved anything muppets, especially the one called something like "muppet island"... Can't remember, but I know I watched that one loads of times. At the beginning the two old men that made fun of the show with lame jokes bugged me because I thought they were being rude, but later on they became my favourite characters! :| Omigods we're growing too fast...
Artemis Posted September 16, 2003 Posted September 16, 2003 Wow, it's been AGES since I saw Dark Crystal. My dad rented it for us insisting it was a great movie. We all kinda looked at him funny, but I ended up liking it. I'm not sure if I fully understood it at the time, but I thought it was pretty cool for an old movie. Yeah, I grew up lovin' the muppets! What was the other one? The Fraggles? The Frazzles? something like that. I don't know. I really liked Muppet Treasure Island and A Muppet Christmas Carol. They made the original stories much more fun.
Evil Pancakes Posted September 16, 2003 Posted September 16, 2003 Oh! Oh oh oh! I finally rented The Labyrinth again! Oooh how could I have forgotten this movie! I love it so much... ~*huggles it tight*~
XxmagentaxX Posted September 16, 2003 Posted September 16, 2003 I made Labyrinth thread a little while ago, no one really cared. im too obssessed with it for my own good. I mean look at my ava and my siggy... How I love it so. I have a glossy photo from the movie too and Im getting the movie poster soon... I know ths whole bleedin movie by heart Dark Crystal came out in 1982 , just clarifying if no one already said it. I love Jin Henson, I thought he was a genius. With Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, they were both so evolutionary. Using such life like puppets. i read in Entertainment weekly that a new Henson movie is coming out sometime next year, i think it was about a carnival. But I saw a pic from it and it looks really pretty.
Evil Pancakes Posted September 16, 2003 Posted September 16, 2003 It's amazing how many obvious drug references there are in The Labyrinth, though. Just look at those crazy feather birds that threw their limbs around, and David Bowie's character... Well, anything he says there, practically. I don't know, my friends and I like to look for hidden meanings in children's movies. You should hear my Peter Pan interpretation.
XxmagentaxX Posted September 17, 2003 Posted September 17, 2003 I wanna here it... I didnt think there were really any drug references in Laby though.... I think its just supposed to be a trippy movie. I dont see how kids are really supposed to like it. most of it scared me as a kids. Espcieally those damn Fierys!
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