End, begin, all the same. Big change. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad.
Number 19: The The Dark Crystal(58 points on 5 of 14 lists. Top Vote #5 by CJones) Plot: Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the mysterious Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos has began! The evil race of grotesque birdlike lizards the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Meanwhile the orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of the peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal which gives the Skesis their power and restore the balance of the universe.
Magical Spells, Artifacts and MonstersThe Skeksis – GAH! KILL THEM WITH FIRE!
FIZZGIG – Well, this looks cute. Hey, what is it –GAH! DO WE HAVE ANY FIRE LEFT?
The Dark Crystal – The other trial by stone.
Trivia Notes: The movie's conceptual artist Brian Froud and puppet designer Wendy Midener met on the set of the movie and were later married.
The Garthim costumes were so heavy that the performers had to be hung up on a rack every five minutes to rest whilst still in costume.
In the late Seventies, Jim Henson and his daughter Cheryl Henson found themselves stuck at an airport hotel when Kennedy Airport was struck by a New York snowstorm. They spent the time working out the details of the world of The Dark Crystal on numerous sheets of hotel note paper. These notes became the inspiration for The Dark Crystal's screenplay. Work on the film didn't begin in earnest until 1979, after the completion of The Muppet Movie which was shot in Los Angeles. The Dark Crystal however, was shot back to back with The Great Muppet Caper in England.
Although there are nine of them, the Skeksis were originally based on the seven deadly sins.
Moment of WonderI really wanted the scene of Jen questing to Augra, since that has some cool visuals, but this will have to do. I didn’t want to pick the usual Skeksis stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/v/-DBkjvXHgj4 Also, I found a weird series of videos that seems to interpret the movie as a message about the constitution and patriots or something. It was paranoid and creepy.