Season 1 – The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

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Is W. I adore the original film, and thoroughly enjoyed this series. However, I am extremely disappointed with the lazy use of CGI in certain scenes. The beauty of Henson’s work is the puppetry, am I’m sure working on this series would have been a puppeteer’s dream. Almost all of the show is puppetry, but there is one scene in particular that absolutely haunts me. There’s a shot of a gelfling walking up a spiral staircase (which is really difficult to create with puppetry and tricky camera angles alone), but the whole puppetry world the viewer has immersed themselves in is suddenly converted into a rudimentary CGI mess. I mean it’s much worse than what they did to muppets babies. Animated gelflings are creepy af. The whole shot was completely unnecessary too, it doesn’t add anything (positive) to the story or fantasy environment. It’s still definitely worth it for fans of The Dark Crystal like me. I just wanted to warn people about the occasional smooth-faced gelfling jump scare. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review Olivia C. One of Netflix’s BIGGEST fumbles. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/15/25 Full Review Spider H A true epic, this series also makes sure not to lose sight of individual characters and relationships, weaving a tapestry that is rich and thrilling, at once familiar and alien. Do you love the environment and hate oligarchs? Do you long to throw rotten fruit at billionaires? Do you want a fantasy series that doesn't cringe away from what makes it fantasy, as though it is embarrassed to BE fantasy? This series is for you! The skeksis are extremely good villains; not *because* of their cruelty, but because they are funny and relatable for a while, lulling you into actually kind of liking them--and then they suddenly do something so horrifically cruel, that reminds you "oh right, these are the *bad* guys". The peeper beetle scene, in particular, remains one of the most terrifyingly effective pieces of horror cinema, and never loses impact, in my opinion. For Kids?: This series may be a good introduction to both fantasy and horror for kids that are at least 8 or 9. There are many scenes of cruelty but because there's no humans and no real gore, you're left dealing with the pure emotional and social horror of it, which may be either more or less distressing depending on who you are. I'd say this is a true all ages tale you can enjoy whether you're 8 or 80. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/02/25 Full Review james o the series is conceived as inspiration include Legendarium and A Song of Ice and Fire. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/18/25 Full Review Jonathan C Es una precuela perfecta, la historia, los nuevos personajes, la animación y los efectos incluso superan a la original. Una obra maravillosa totalmente recomendable. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/04/24 Full Review Himinglaeva E My favorite Netflix series never got a second season Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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