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Genndy Tartakovsky to Direct Dark Crystal Sequel
An anonymous reader writes "The folks at Jim Henson productions announced almost without fanfare that a sequel to the impressive The Dark Crystal is in the works and will be directed by the award-winning Genndy Tartakovsky, who created the hit series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory, will direct 'Power of the Dark Crystal,' the sequel to the 1982 classic fantasy film."
Aughra: Where is Brian Froud?
Jen: He's dead.
Aughra: Could be anywhere, then.
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One of my all time favourite 80's movies!!! (Closely followed by the Goonies and the Princess Bride).
Maybe it doesn't matter to you - but it does to some people.
Me for example.
Dunno if it will match the original film - but still, cool news.
I don't think anyone is arguing that Legend didn't suck.
Yeah....I'm not so sure this is a good idea. I have fond memories of that movie and I don't want to see them going up in flames.
another world
another time
in the age of wonder
another world
another time
this land was green and good
until the crystal cracked
once more
they will replenish themselves
cheat death again
the power of their source
the crystal
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the girl ones have wings and can fly
my head asploded when i saw that film at a tiny age. i still remember that little creature those grizzled vulture dudes pinned down and fried with some sort of ray to extract some life extending goop. and how when one of the evil vulture dudes would die, their "good" counterpart would die as well
serious lsd trip-like stuff for a little kid, it left an impression
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I for one welcome our... You get the point.
I don't really know what to say about this article. Whether or not this is a good or bad thing, this is left to be seen when something is available to be seen. However, if my memory serves me right, the Dark Crystal wasn't all that good. BUT!!!! I did like it. I enjoyed the fantasy of the story, but due to the fact I didn't get to see it until 4 years ago, thanks to modern unimaginative CG movies we have these days, I personally didn't get all to into the movie.
I can say in my defense is that I am more of a SciFi person above all else. Should this have a sequel? NO! Because this movie ended well. Should the Hensen productions allow this to happen, sure why not.
I just hope that quality and the story line doesn't get all screwed up due to the massive change is direction of the director.
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From TFA (er, press release):
Legendary fantasy artist Brian Froud, designer of the original film, will return to design the new characters.The only person missing is Jim... and he could be anywhere.
Is that like being almost not rich?
I hope I'm wrong. Dark Crystal was awesome. It's just a big strike against the chances of the sequel being respectful of the originality and imagination of the original.
I see that the voice talents seem to be the same people. This immediately looks good, but I have found that this is not always the case. Anyone else who has listened to the BBC "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" show probably knows what I mean. The first two series were done within a short time of each other. They also had Douglas Adams' input. The third (and others) were made about twenty-five years later. They are nothing like the first two; I never listen to the CD of the third series that I purchased. Most of the major voice talents are the same. Including Zaphod, who sounds like a roaring drunk in rehab, in the new series. And, possibly most of all, the performances do not have any of the charm and energy that the first two exhibit.
The choice of director is heartening and seems like a good choice, but I did not watch the clone wars series so I have not seen Tartakovsky do anything that did not have a strange sense of humor. That could work for Aughra, but Jen and Kira were pretty straight forward. The reason I am concerned is that Jean-Pierre Jeunet does good on movies like "Delicatessen" and "Amelie," but totally missed the mark with "Alien: Resurrection." There are other examples of directors who seem to have a certain type of movie pegged (and do great making those movies) and cannot adjust to something different.
Let us just hope that the script is good and everything comes together.
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Er, or maybe I am? Stupid double negatives!
C'mon, you know you liked watching them ;)
And I'm being quite truthfull. That's good "X" viewing.
Watch them all. Watch them many times. In order, out of order... your perception will be changed. This man is incredible.
Genndy Tartakovasky, the master of style over substance. His presence, combined with a quote like the following from Lisa Henson, does not fill me with confidence:
"I am sure that his visualization of Brian Froud's designs will thrill fans of the original film as well as audiences who are meeting these beloved characters for the first time."
The quote is also disheartening for that "audiences who are meeting these beloved characters for the first time," bit. I can understand about slashdotters missing out on items like the movie being "set hundreds of years after the events of the first movie," but to neglect a fact like that while being quoted for a press release is rather disturbing.
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*seriously*
WATCH Samurai Jack.
WATCH the PowerPuff Girls.
I mean *really* *really* WATCH them. This man is the man for the job. If you really see his previous work you will KNOW its true.
We're going to have to agree to differ on this one, as I thought the quandary and quintessential radio series to be superb. Remember that the books themselves are darker by now, and that the performances are coloured accordingly. Remember too that the characters are supposed to be older and more experienced.
As for having Douglas Adam's input, whilst I have the utmost respect for his work I thought the two recent series showed how much better things were when he had an editor or someone else to bounce off. I thought the last book was quite poor, and not just because of the ending. I also thought the fourth book was only so-so. But the radio series...both were superb, because they had editorial input from others. Douglas Adam's did not create HHGttG on his own first time round - that's why certain characters are missing from the books, because he didn't have the rights to them.
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but totally missed the mark with "Alien: Resurrection."
even the best director in the universe can only do so much with a shit script.
The script that leaked - which is the one being used when he came onboard - was so much better than the script we ended up with.
The original movie wasn't unique for the time, but was still an excellent creation with a finite storyline. Creating a sequel to Dark Crystal is like creating a sequel to Highlander and Never Ending Story. The only points for doing so are: "Hey, I've got this cool (crappy) script and the connections to make it happen!", and "Hey, let's make some more money off this thing!" It won't have the same spirit which only comes from something that's new. This sequel won't have the spark of beginner's luck to it that made the first one so special. Leave it be, remaster the original, repackage it with two or more DVDs full of extra material, and I'll be more than happy to line your pockets --but please keep the innovative new (crappy half-baked) script in the dust bin where it belongs.
That's awfully big (and opinionated) talk to call The Dark Crystal "impressive." Fucking heebie-jeebies inducing is more like it. Even the good guys in that movie are fucking creepy. I've always hated it and always will. I don't even remember what the story was about -- only that if I ever met one of the characters in a dream, I'd set his creepy muppet ass on fire.
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The above poster was joking. Brian Froud is on board "The Power of the Dark Crystal" as it's conceptual designer.
The Power of the Dark Crystal at IMDB
Brian Froud at IMDB
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In addition to the live-action animatronics that in my opinion made the original such a masterpiece, this sequel will include CG animation elements as well. I just pray that they won't mess that part up, as it can ruin an entire movie for me - just as the CG in the Star Wars prequels (instead of sticking to the suits & animatronics used in the originals) ruined those films for me.
Geez, not exactly rocket science (which doesn't seem all that hard to begin with anyway)
Dark Crystal = best movie of all time. Princess Bride? A lame-oh CHICK FLICK only redeemed by Andre the Giant.
But I am also reminded what happens time and time again when some non-movie director gets his paws on a famous property. Usually it is some guy who did some music videos who gets to do a full movie and screws up.
This time it is a cartoon director. I only seen dexters lab and powerpuff girls. Dexters lab was okay powerpuffs was a bit to much for me. The others I only seen and episode or two off.
None of them are exactly, how shall I put this nicely, the kind of stuff you want to watch as a full length movie.
They are good cartoons but would make lousy movies especially of the slow dreamlike fantasy stuff that is the dark crystal.
The style mismatch doesn't give me high hopes. Just because someone has awards in one style doesn't mean they are any good in another.
As for making the dark crystal into an animated series. Oh boy, either Henson studios is swimming in cash or it is going to suck so bad it will stagger believe.
Current cartoons are drawn in a simple way, part style and part because it saves a bundle of cash. That is okay if it suits the story but the dark crystal was in a large part the beautifull enviroments. Super stylised (ala powerpuff girls) dark crystal? Ewh.
Nice to see they are trying, hope it turns out better then the last few muppet movies, but couldn't they have gotten a director who has some experience with this kinda stuff.
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And I don't think anyone should underestimate the devastating effect that will have on this production.
We had this movie when i was young dubbed in french
although i could not understand a word of what they were saying
i watched the movie frequently and remember
i was scared to death when that monsterdog fetzkiek popped out of his mousehole and said graawwwlll.
The biggest problem arrises when you already have an idea what the style should be like. Dexter labs and the other originals stand on their own and so their very stylised art can be allowed to work.
Clone wars however clashed for me with my perception of what star wars should be like. Not that much since I grew up with far worse art massacres in the form of the early star wars comics but still it clashed.
But the Dark Crystal art is totally different. I only seen the movie and the art book and that created in my mind a very detailed dreamlike world with beautifull sets with lots and lots of detail and realism.
EXACTLY opposite of all the cartoons this guy has done. Oh of course he is the director, not the artist but it strikes me as significant that all his cartoons share the same art style, hard simple lines giving the characters an almost deformed look. Clone wars is the most realistic and , well just google for the images. Now compare them to the artwork for the dark crystal. Not exactly a match now is it?
Yeah the guy is a great creator of cartoons. That is nothing to sneer at considering how much crap others make, he does very well. BUT we have seen with game movies that just because a director is good at one type of entertainment they don't have to be any good at another. Especially if it calls for a style change.
Can he recapture the magic that was the Dark Crystal? I doubt it. The fact they are going to use CGI has me worried. Sure a puppet made of fire would probably be hard to do but still. CGI. In a muppet movie. Ewh.
Oh well at least it is not a prequel. Dark Crystal, the phantom menace anyone?
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If you're in your mid-30s like me, and are tempted to run out and rent the Dark Crystal DVD now that you've heard about this sequel, be prepared to be disappointed.
I was absolutely enthralled by the original when I saw it on the big screen back when it first came out, so I was excited about watching it again for the first time in 20-odd years when I saw the DVD in Blockbuster a couple of years ago.
Wow, do I regret it. Watching it as a 34 year old is a totally different experience from watching it as an 11 year old. I should have left it on the shelf.
In fact, the first thing I said to my girlfriend as the ending credits started rolling was "wow, that movie sure seemed a lot better when I was 11." And her reply (she hadn't seen it in 82) was pretty much along the lines of "yeah, that movie sucked."
I'll probably avoid this sequel like the plague. I have a hunch it'll be like watching Phantom Menace all over again. You know, that sinking feeling about 10 minutes into the movie where you realize this movie wasn't made for you at all, but that group of 11 year old kids sitting a few seats down the aisle.
Plus, I don't think anyone can possibly underestimate the impact that Jim Henson's absence will have on this sequel. That man was a freakin genius.
I don't see the real point in making sequels, except perhaps to piss people off when it's not like the original.
... (Mallrats, but on a different level) ... and each of these was absolutely nothing like the original, and they had the advantage that they weren't just copying the original story.
There have been very, very few sequels that were better than the original -- Army of Darkness, Empire Strikes Back, The Wrong Trowsers
I thought it was cool that Henson allowed Mirror Mask to be made -- I'd prefer seeing more stuff along those lines -- one off, original stories. Yes, some of them might suck, but as with anything, you take risks, and you release a few, some might flop, some might be great, and hopefully in the end it's a net gain.
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"Set hundreds of years after the events of the first movie"
I think I might be more excited for a prequel, detailing the original fall
of the crystal. That, at least, makes things more probable then the crystal being split again. The prequel would be much much darker though.. (Gelfling genocide). It would also be an excuse to show younger Skesis, who are really the creepiest muppet/puppet creations of all time.
The MPAA (I use that acronym whenever I want to refer to Hollywood, collectively and derisively) will fuck this one away, too. Just another "safe" sequel to completely fuck away, instead of letting some future generation do a good job with it.
Screwed Xmen3? Check.
Screwed Star Wars? Check.
Screwed Shrek? Check.
Screwed LotR? Check.
Screwed ET? Check.
Screwed Tomb Raider? Check.
Screwed Dark Crystal? In work.
They should screw Labyrinth, Time Machine, Muppets, and Point of No Return. Put Britney Spears in for Labyrinth; she's got the boobs, now, to do the part.
Honestly I just don't like the current animation style. It doesn't have that hand-crafted feel to it like Akira or something similar does. IMHO when a story has as big a scope as Clone Wars, the medium should match it.
Uhhh.... exactly what was impressive about The Dark Crystal beyond the animation? Certainly not the story.
Without muppetry, I don't think the world would be the same. It is absoluetly amazing what the Henson Creature shop accomplishes.
I hope if they DO do the CGI that they figure out how to make their actors LOOK like the original muppet actors with the generally soft edges.
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Wow, the people who are like "I loved this movie when I was little, so I rented it, and was like man, this sucks" really are pathetic IMHO. The Dark Crystal is simply a classic. I'm sorry, but it is. Deal with it. If you liked it as a child, and then rented it as a late 20-something or early 30-something, and found yourself hating it -- well, I'm sorry, but that means part of your soul died. This movie is one of the fantasy greats, with an epic story, great puppetry, deep music and some very heady ideas. It is waaaay beyond most crap made for kids, and I daresay, probably encouraged me to think about some deep thoughts as a young kid that most other children's media never would have compelled me to think about. This movie was Henson at his best, up there with Labyrynth (or is that a crap movie too?) Now, I love Genndy's stuff, although I'm not sure I see how his style would work with this kind of movie. But, I'm willing to give it a chance, that's for sure.
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and they all stink.
But seriously, the guy just posted his opinion. Disagree if you want but you don't have to be so nasty about it.
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I'm a quiet Tartakovsky fan. The Dexter glued on top of my monitor proves it. And, when I saw this plug^H....^Harticle, well... I'll have to let The Bald Eagle make the following little speech for us all :
"... and, right next to Tim Burton or Jhonen Vasquez, I'm sure that he's *exactly* the right choice to carry on with Jim Henson's well loved legacy."
"Specially the look and feel - and the atmosphere, and the ideals. That special gift Henson had for being ironic, even sarcastic, without even the slightest bit of bitterness or bile manifesting itself."
Thank You.
P.S.
Can you imagine Kermit going to New York and tryng to get on the Plane ? For starters, he doesn't wear shoes. So....
I'm still waiting for them to make "The next to last unicorn"
Uhhh.... exactly what was impressive about The Dark Crystal beyond the animation?
Uhhh.... there was probably a grand total of 30 seconds of "animation" in The Dark Crystal.
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I watched this on the big screen as a kid and loved it. My cusin on the oter hand spent the film covering her eyes and screaming. Now how about a remake of Clash of the Titans. Got to love that clock work owl!
I'm still waiting for the spaceballs sequel that was promised. It seems like some of these sequels don't ever materialize.
This being the kind of thing I appreciated most about the series, I can see how Tartakovsky could have a lot of potential directing in this genre.
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No really, I'm pretty pissed off with the crap hollywood shoves down our throats... no wonder why their bottom lines are shrinking!
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There are many more to say... but they are trying to make money off of old ideas. Do something new, imaginative and creative... I only hope that is what they do and stay clear of CG - puppets for some reason or another throw me into an alter reality where some of this craziness is possible. Think Team America - great movie for puppetry.
Anyhow... Hollywood sucks what else is there to say.
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In all fairness, one reason Mirrormask did poorly at the box office was that it never had a general release. Contrarywise, there are Gaiman fans everywhere (myself included) who were more than happy to have a movie written by him in the spirit of Labyrinth.
In all honesty, it's amazing that Mirrormask has done as well as it has, considering that it's had almost no advertising whatsoever. The DVDs are selling based almost entirely off of word of mouth.
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I thought the last book was quite poor, and not just because of the ending.
You know, actually... I'm pretty sure he did that on purpose because he was sick of writing the series. Also hence the ending. Can't have any sequels if there's no main character, after all.
No statement was made that American culture *had* any hope, merely the one person's opinion that P.P.G. was one of the pinnacles of said culture.
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Does anyone else hope he'll still finish this?!
C'mon, send Jack home.
Btw, I wonder how this happens behind the scenes. Does cartoon network just pull it and it's done, or do they give the artist some warning, like it's done this year, you've got 10 eps to wrap it up.
Is it just me or did he drop SJ like a bad habit.
I felt the series was amazing, and am looking forward to the day he brings it to some level of closure...
I wouldn't consider the mad hatter mad. Just reality impaired. He sure can make a mean cup of tea.
if you didn't have me tagged as a "foe" for reasons that i haven't quite figured out, you wouldn't have gotten the redundant mods. :P i didn't do it personally (obviously if i'm responding), but cosmic justice prevails. i don't have anyone tagged with the "foe" mark because i'm against censorship and i accept differing points of view unlike you. makes me a better person than you apparently.
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why did i bother to say this? no idea, actually. boring day and in a bit of a "hah!! serves you right!!" mood, i guess. doomed for "off topic" but that's okay.
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Per IMDB, it looks like they got Trevor Jones to score the sequel as he did the original (magnificently) and (hopefully) have the London Symphony Orchestra perform the score. Too bad they can't get Marcus Dodds to conduct as he passed away in 1984 according to the IMDB.... (-_-) ;_;
The second series was better than the first, and had a lot more of his style reflected in them.
Clone Wars Vol. 2 completely blew me away. As a Star Wars fanboy who really disliked the prequels, I was shocked to see something so good set in the prequel universe. I have to assume Lucas stayed out of this project.
Which bodes well for a Dark Crystal II - this guy is really good at re-interpreting the author's original intent. If he can channel 1975 George Lucas (killed during pre-production of Jedi and replaced with a fat robot) he should be able to get in touch with Jim. I loved Dexter, but can't stand Samaurai Jack, so I'm definitely not a Tartakovsky fanboy, but can appreciate his successes.
My main worry is that they will replace the excellent puppets and costumes with some over animated and underwhelming CG crap.
Good point. My main worry is they'll forget that The Dark Crystal was a kid's movie designed to inspire and occasionally scare the shit out of kids. Speilberg's flashlights don't understand this.
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Nice name, Orphanage Studios. I like it!
I wonder how the name came about...
My nieces had it in their collection and I had never seen it. So I am over there visiting and they GOT to see it again, they throw it in the machine, I am thinking "oh great, some kids cartoon..curmudgeon..mumble" I loved it! Some of the stuff was really funny, the dinner party scene trying to stab the little fleeing tidbits was hysterical. The bad guys were *really* bad, the good guys good. It was made for all age levels to be enjoyed at different points and for different reasons. Quite nice really, now I think I need to go find a copy and see it again..
Lots of odd comments here about how "Genndy will screw it up 'cuz I hate his style of animation" or even "The original had crappy animation."
Quick and simple: the original was an entirely live-action, puppeteered film. It's the only movie like it ever made, actually: the only all-puppet feature film with no humans or live animals present at all. The sequel will be, as well, although they're using CG sets to cut costs.
As for the story, keep in mind that the first movie didn't have a story either. Jim Henson literally brought Brian Froud in, said "make me a world", and then wrote a story around the creatures and world he'd created. With Froud on board again, combined with the fanboy geeky brilliance that Genndy showed with Clone Wars, I have high hopes for this.
The defining thing about The Dark Crystal to me was the sense of ecology. It was fun watching a group of biologists start geeking out at a fantasy movie because of all the clever "creature" moments and panning shots of swamps teeming with life. The whole "You have wings?! I don't have wings!" / "Of course not ... you're a boy" line that had the entomologists and the feminists of the group both in tears of laughter for days. The Dark Crystal has become the yardstick against which I find I measure the detail of the worlds of fantasy movies.
Yeah, dumb shit like this is why I generally don't post here anymore. Once again I am reminded why.
I had like the second post, and I'm redundant! Whatever.
And since I don't know who you are, I can't tell you why I marked you foe, nor do I really care at this point.
Although the fact that you seem unbelievably obnoxious probably contributes in no small part.
I always liked D.C. . I thougth that Legend Sucked until I saw it again at age 28. I agree, Labyrinth is the best of the 3 by far. I hope to god there isn't a remake or sequel for that in my lifetime.
The Trailer goes like so...
The furry dog thing knocks the "repaired" dark crystal over and shatters it to smitherines then a beam of light comes back down from the roof and creates hundreds of thousands of flying monkeys that grab jen and the gelfling family and fly them deep down into the "rabbit hole" where the become unplugged from the "matrix" ala "android lust." Meanwhile the sentinals discover a "GNU CRYSTAL" fabricated from slaves mining and pressing coal into diamonds...after a horrible cave-in all the slaves are killed and their bank accounts drained into the evil dark government.
The Trailer goes like so...
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The furry dog thing knocks the "repaired" dark crystal over and shatters it to smitherines then a beam of light comes back down from the roof and creates hundreds of thousands of flying monkeys that grab jen and the gelfling family and fly them deep down into the "rabbit hole" where the become unplugged from the "matrix" ala "android lust." Meanwhile the sentinals discover a "GNU CRYSTAL" fabricated from slaves mining and pressing coal into diamonds...after a horrible cave-in all the slaves are killed and their bank accounts drained into the evil dark government.
(obviously I am the same anonymous)
By the way does anyone remember V (around the same time, 1982???)
It was a 'aliens came to take over earth' series back then.
Maybe it was called Victory or something... I forget now.
Earth was "friends" with them and like one alien trusted on earth dude to do the dirty work...
Ahh hell I explain like shit. But At least I had a good enough buzz goin right now to write the "trailer" for "Bring the Gelfling To The Altar! v.2.0
So what's in your
Not that I disagree in principle with what you are saying, but some of your examples get a little incoherent.
Screwed LotR? Check.
Big fan of Ralph Bakshi's work I take it?
Screwed Tomb Raider? Check.
Yeah, they did that before even producing a sequel. Oh, and Eidos beat them to screwing over Tomb Raider via sequels.
Screwed Xmen3? Check.
How do you screw over the X-men? No, seriously, how do you screw over any comic book more than Marvel and DC are capable of doing on their own? Which set of X-men do you use? How many times has each one of them died, changed powers, or changed origins? Which author's portrayals and which set of relationships between characters do you use? Is Magneto a good guy or a bad guy? Is Wolverine sane, barely sane, or completely insane this time? X-men 3 had suck written all over it as soon as they hinted that the Dark Phoenix cycle was going to be involved, 'cause the suck was embedded in the source material.
Comic books have consistently sucked since the end of the Silver Age (and did some sucking a good bit before that). I blame the seeming contest between comic book authors to see who can leave the biggest mark on a character once they take over a line by whizzing all over the series. I just stopped letting one of my friends tell me about comic books anymore since it's become too nauseating to think about. I've got better things to care about now than the latest episode of "Who Wants to Rape a Childhood?"
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Seriously, if someone wants to like one good movie more than another, who cares? Mind your own business, retards. It's not like someone is saying some obvious POS like Event Horizon was better than say, Forbidden Planet or some other classic great SF film.
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The grandparent is right, Genndy Tartakovsky DOES kick ass. I haven't seen Clone Wars, but Samurai Jack is the best animation series on american TV since the original The Tick. Let's face it, anyone who can create a gigantic bellowing snaggle-toothed scotsman with a machine gun for a leg _deserves_ a freaking Emmy or three.
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The article says they're using CGI for backgrounds and such. The Henson shop (obviously) would be doing the main characters, though maybe that Ifrit (character made of fire) might have to be CG.
O~ Him that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green. -- Francis Bacon
Remember when the Skeksies and the Mystics merge again and fly off into space. I think Jim would have liked to think of his leaving earth like that.
He's out there in the void now. He's everywhere and no where.
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Boy, you lost me, but at least I'm gonna try and make an effort to answer to your most on-topic question/remark:
Install windows on my workstation? You crazy? Got any idea how much I paid for the damn thing?
> Including Zaphod, who sounds like a roaring drunk in rehab, in the new series.
Good point. Zaphod ought to sound like a roaring drunk who would never go to rehab. After all, he is the man who invented the Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster.
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to portray additional Gelflings, no special costuming required.