Trial by Stone

[shiggityx2]

Every time I watch this I get a mental image of Grover going apeshit.

[dlongbeach]

Quit your whimpering!

[AssassinTheHasson]

A great scene from Labyrinth!

[j3ff86]

@AssassinTheHasson hope you're being ironic!

[TheHammer231]

I once called out "TRAIL BY STONE!" in the middle of class while we were making groups and trying to choose leaders. No one got it, except the teacher.

[stsaylor29]

this movie used to creap me out when i was a youngin, it feels evil and far more complicated than what a 6 year old should have seen.

[troubles47]

"Pull that rope!!!"

LOL!

[annastesia67]

great way to choose a leader !!

[CyberPirate83]

@annastesia67 I think if McCain and Obama were to do this, McCain would win. He looks like he has some power in him.

[Hiveslayer18989]

@CyberPirate83 It'd be hard since his shoulders were permanently damaged from being a POW. No over-hand down-swings.

[CyberPirate83]

@Hiveslayer18989 Under hand then!

[Kryptnyt]

So how did the last trial by stone end? clearly that stone was previously used. Did skeksis whack the stone until they passed out in exhaustion?

[crocalu]

@Kryptnyt I think it's whenever a piece of the stone falls off. Basically the strongest wins

[Kryptnyt]

@crocalu yeah, but the general cut the damn thing in half. They're gonna need a new stone for when he dies.

[crocalu]

@Kryptnyt The 1000 years are almost over... they'll either become Immortal ór reunite into the UrSkek. Whoever hits the stone hardest wins, but, yeah, now it's cut in half they shouldn't do any more TRIAL BY STOOOOOOOOOOONE's. :P

[myladynaynay]

So the Skeksis' do the trial by stone thing to pick a new emperor, why can't they do it less complicated like the Mystics

[captaintaco2345]

I've always wanted to try that.

[Kerleyyy]

This movie scared the living shit out of me.

[ShadeKirby500]

in my dream i am the emperor. it is me.

and THEN the general comes for a little one-on-one

but it turns out to be CRAZY what kind of swing this guy has

im teling you. . . swings like that are UNREAL, it doens't even happen (most of the time)

the stoen is on FIRE

[pteropus717]

This movie was too freakishly realistic at points. When Chamberlain drops the blade, it was actually kind of jarring because it looked so natural.

Even though diehard Labyrinth fans beat me up for saying this movie is better, I still think they're the unfortunate ones. David Bowie is amazing and all, but let's be serious.

[ArdentArden]

Shit just got real.

[xrayspexyes]

what! i wanted to see the real nasty part when they all rip chamberlain to shreds

[toby4700]

I love when Chaimberlain drops his sword after General blews up the stone.

[FullmetalANDRA]

"Trial by stone!!"

"Trial by stoooone!!"

"Trial by stoooone!!"

"CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!"

*silence*

"......... Trial by stooooooone!!"

[vancecoledotcom]

@FullmetalANDRA

You just made my day

XDD

[blindandwatching]

The Chamberlain always reminds me of a sick and twisted version of Grover from Sesame Street. I used to have a VHS tape of the 12 minute video "Grover Must Die" but lost it when I moved.

[24fRaMeSps001]

i thougt they were gonna smoke some weed until one of them got "stoned"

[thickterranarmor]

Trial by Stone is the ONLY means of choosing a leader.

[Leatherbubba]

TRAIL BY STONE!

[GodsBittersweetEmo]

This movie used to scare the living fuck out of me. Especially when they start tearing off Chamberlain's clothes and you see his scrawny, bare little body right after this bit in the video. I felt so sorry for him :(

But now it's one of my favorite movies ever! Even if it is scary as fuck at some points, it's an amazing, beautiful, and creative movie!

[Knightphall]

Those are some wicked looking blades.

[Visser0x]

"TRIAL BY STONE! Slaves,reiks, get out there MOVE!!!"

[TheUnNerved]

@ 2:14... most epic yell ever.

[RedLight00]

Anyone who thinks this is Labyrinth needs to go swallow a bottle of jet-dri.

This Is The Dark Crystal, a Jim Henson classic.

Go back to school, children.

[Drsatan9]

TRIAL BY STONE!

[pricha24]

trial by passing kidney stones would have been way more badass

[darkpario7]

haha i used to love this movie is funny

[greenflash17]

"TRIAL BY STOOONE" OR "THIS IS SPARTA!?" AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

[rjzmusic]

TRIAL BY STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE

[glitterlip]

TRIAL BY STONE

[MondoBeno]

You can recognize the voices and body language from the muppets. The Frank Oz voice sounds like Grover.

[Tfrazier18]

1:31, some guy has like 3 pairs of glasses on.

[Drvol1]

the generals scream is fucking killer....kudos michael kilgarriff.

[blindandwatching]

I'd like to shoot these bast-rds up with a shotgun or some kind of a machine gun like a M60 0.30 caliber machine gun.

[tetriminos]

lol 2:04 drooling?

[Smithkakarot]

When I first saw this, back when I was 11 or 12, I thought it was gonna be a fight to the death at first...

[balrog13571]

I'm getting the feeling this is how Bush was REALLY elected by gettign a lucky stroke.

[Djames516]

They're so evil.

[xenomagnus]

The General was like .. "Aww hellz to the no!". I liked how he just showed brute force when he broke the stone.

[mokechan]

Chamberlain at 2:20- "Oh...shit."

[blindandwatching]

Those slaves look like they have used to much meth.

[dylantuzyk]

TRIAL BY STOOOOOONEEEE

[megamanx1800]

What was the point of the Trial By Stone?

[GreenGestalt]

In cultures that allow "Dueling" most have a "Challenge" etiquette which can in itself become a duel. The Chamberlain first set it up so he would be challenged so he could pick the contest. He picked what would look like a physical contest so his opponent would accept readily, but in truth intellect would be better, in this case guessing a crystal axis versus just hitting it. However, the Chamberlain didn't account for the number of previous challenges and the brute strength of his rival.

[blindandwatching]

Skeksies are real bast-rds. I like em.

[personnumber19398321]

put the pieces into the slot, make the right selection, but be quick your racing the cloak, .....POP GOS PERFECTION!! if ur not quick POW!!!!!!!! POP GOS PERFECTION! FROM Milton bradley!

[dougfresh514]

Trial by stone LOL You just have to keep rewinding when he says it cause it's so cool hahahahaha. Was great in 1982 and is still great now.

[browilliams]

So like, what if he had cut the stump in half afterward, or like took the other dude out! :)

[katrinaboards]

the Skeksis had invaded Thura in the prolouge scene in the Dark Crystal.

[MassCityGent]

They didn't "invade." The urSkeks came to Thra through the Crystal during one great conjunction, and used it to split themselves into Skeksis and urRu during the next one.

[xenomagnus]

This movie..OMG..I remember goin to the theatre and seeing this...had to beg mom's LOL. but its in my collection and it IS watched..

[xenomagnus]

i got his cool movie..and watch it at least once a month..theres just something about the 'muppet movie' era

[tweezey222]

Chamberlain is classic

[motherwolfe66]

hahah the slaves look like potatoes

[white9pawn]

Hell yes. this part. awesome. Incredible. TRIAL BY STONE!

[ZombiesUPtheHell]

"Trial by stone!" has been my favorite dueling challenge for over a decade.

great movie.

[Isaku23]

This is one of my favorite movies, has been since I was little!!!

[onedeadcat]

And just like that, McCain's 2000 Presidential Bid never recovered.

[MRSHWEETS]

the dark crystal what a great movie

[bigdaverey]

this is the dark crystal which was made in 1982 not labyrinth

[majewsmovies]

Me! The EmperRAWR!!

Absolutely awesome movie. Great puppeteer work as well.

[AssassinTheHasson]

David Bowie did a great job in this movie. Jareth was a very convincing character.

[matrags]

uuurrrr...Wrong movie mate.

[AssassinTheHasson]

What the fuck are you talking about? This is Labirynth, dumb ass. Haven't you ever seen it before?

[matrags]

Er...yes I have seen it . You, however obviously haven't as this is from THE DARK CRYSTAL. I'm guessing your young so don't worry about it but you really should check your facts before you start throwing insults about.

[AssassinTheHasson]

*you're young. Owned, bitch. Who's young now? I can fuck your world up, buddy/ I'm 50 years old, and I watched the fucking extra features for Labyrinth, this scene was made with a bunch of guys on a green screen. Dumb ass, watch the movie before you start acting like you know what you're talking about, asshat. I'm German!

[quickfire13]

AssassinTheHasson you dick. this is from The Dark Crystal. David Bowies not even in it lol

[AssassinTheHasson]

This is LABYRINTH go rent it and watch! God you guys are dumb asses, why don't you watch something before you conclude what it is??

[quickfire13]

For fuck sake!!! It's from THE DARK CRYSTAL.. Look at the other videos in the related section or type LABYRINTH in to the search thingy...it's a completely different movie. THS IS THE DARK CRYSTAL!!!!

[AssassinTheHasson]

Hey, do you believe everything you read on the INTERNET? Go WATCH LABYRINTH. This is fucking LABYRINTH. Christ!

[ZoolookTheMudkip]

Actually, this is a remake of Labyrinth which was made back in 1963. It was directed by the guy who wrote the screenplay to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Good movie.

Cheers,

Habeeb Fook

[Biocreeper1411]

@ZoolookTheMudkip it isnt a remake there just made by the same people

[Isaku23]

Excuse me... I know the movie when I see it... THIS is NOT THE LABYRINTH!!! THIS IS THE DARK CRYSTAL A MOVIE MADE BACK IN THE EARLY MID 1980'S!

[AssassinTheHasson]

Clearly you wouldn't! You don't know you're looking at LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABYRIIIII­IIIIIIINTH!

[Salahaldeen]

IT IS DARK CRYSTAL

[AssassinTheHasson]

No it's not!

[Gerbillfury3]

lol are you serious Assassin?

[AssassinTheHasson]

Thank God. At least YOU'RE not an idiot.

[Gerbillfury3]

lol this is the dark crystal....

[AssassinTheHasson]

I know... I figured you understood the sarcasm.

[Norky100]

This is Dark Crystal you twat, youve been saying its Labyrinth for ages, type in TRIAL BY STONE on google and it will clearly show THE DARK CRYSTAL, or even better, buy the Dark Crystal and watch it.

[AssassinTheHasson]

WOM

[onedeadcat]

You're one of the dumbest '50 year olds' on the internet. I guess thats what happens when your parents are brother and sister LMAO

[AssassinTheHasson]

Come on, then. prove you can kick my ass!

[Roncace]

Haaksheekaah

[blindandwatching]

Trial by Sharon Stone is also avalible but only on Thursdays. That is why they use this stone in the floor.

[blindandwatching]

Those are some really pathetic looking slaves.

[DeathRocker2214]

Chamberlain is sexy!

[AtreyuRocksNoobz]

good hit, lord chamberlain!

[Trialbystone17]

Trial by Stone? What the fuck was Chamberlain thinking?!?! He's a little bitch compared the the general!! He might as well have ripped his own robes off and run screaming into the wilderness.

[ThatGuyinPLVY]

hahahahahahahaha

[GreenGestalt]

This is what convinced me it was truly "Henson" smarts and not just a kid's movie. It probably seemed like a good strategy at the time to him. If he'd said "Chess" (or whatever they had) his rival would have demanded "Wrestling". The stone used was crystalline, so the Chamberlain could in theory cut off more by guessing an axis than his rival could by brute force. Unfortunately, he didn't count on how far gone the stone was and his rivals brute strength.

[HelloMarco]

Maybe Obama and McCain should just do the Trial by Stone instead of this election nonsense.

[okj2luvscanarys]

@HelloMarco  i would pay to see that

[Drsatan9]

@HelloMarco Lol this is how we should hold all elections XD

[alexchamberlain9999]

im a chamberlain :)

[333tmf]

This reminds me of the RNC. Spitting image of Cindy McCain!

[magnusdraconis]

Man the general is hardcore!

[KungVanargand]

Skekung, the general has one hell of a voice! The voice of a ruthless ruler!

[pilotmitch1232]

the Skeksis are scary in Halloween 2008 in the Haunted house that they scare you, the scary villians from the Dark Crystal.

[spiritrox232]

poor chaimberlain :(

[spiritrox232]

poor chaimberlain :(

[deth2israel]

We need to send a couple of these guys to Iraq so they can kill all the terrorists and the baby terrorists too before they grow up and start making more.

[cheeched1]

the skeksis are the shit, chambelain is the man

[katrinaboards]

the Skeksis were really terrible, mean and cruel to people

[Vosk21]

the general is soo bad ass...everything he says he yells! "TRIAL BY STONE!!!" " ME! THE EMPEROR!". XD

[isengard11]

*ahem* i believe it is pronounced the "emperRAWR!"

[metal1531]

now! ME THE EMPORER!!

[PlayWaterPolo]

hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm gelfling YOU DIE!!!!!!

[LordAkira]

I originally thought they were going to slash eachother to ribbons

[punkskabassist87]

I really wish they had kept the language Jim Henson and his company had designed for the Skeksis, rather than re-dub it in English...

[ElementalBlazer]

The guy fighting the black bird thing sounds like Gonzo.

[DerrickProductions]

because it's Frank Oz Doin the voice

[CanadianRanger17]

how do the Skeksis play trial by stone?

[metal1531]

whoever gives the hardest/best/deepest cut on the stone wins!

[DerrickProductions]

They slash at the stone until one breaks it and whomever bresk the stone is the emperor by Skeksi law

[CanadianRanger17]

that how you play Trial By Stone

[GreenGestalt]

Who gets the biggest chip out wins. A stratagem by the chamberlain since his brutish opponent was more likely to think he had the advantage by brute strength while the real ability to win was in guessing a "crystal axis". It proved a failed strategy, counting his opponent's raw strength and previous uses of the trial weakening the stone.

[CanadianRanger17]

who do the Skeksis play trial by stone?

[lief15]

best movie ever dawg

[jonescalypso]

Did anyone else notice the slave master's voice went from a higher, raspy sound to a deeper gruff sound similar to the Garthem General's? It's not hard to miss. When he's telling the slave's to raise the stone, he sounds higher, then he yells at them to "pull harder" and sounds deeper. That's the only time though.... when he talks after that throughout the film, he sounds higher again.

[Roncace]

I noticed that.

Pretty strange!

[Jal8919536]

The Slave Master's voice was performed by the same actor who voiced Gimli in the 1978 Ralph Bakshi version of "Lord of the Rings".

Plus, notice how many of the Skeksis' voices are performed by European actors, with a few token American ones?

[jonescalypso]

Really? That's cool.... No, I hadn't noticed the differences in american/ european accents. Interesting :)

[metal1531]

some actors voiced several differnt charecters

that's why the change in tone and depth sometimes (throughout the movie it happens)

[jonescalypso]

Yes, I noticed that too.

[Jal8919536]

The voice of the General, who wins the duel, also voiced the Thought Lion in the episode "The True Bride" (if you want to hear how gentle the General could sound if he wanted to) and the evil pond sprite in the "Fearnot" episode from Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" series, now posted on YouTube. Go watch and enjoy! ;)

[phantomtikiskulls]

I LOVE this film.

Amazing.

[metal1531]

My absolute favorite part of this movie!!!

[VonStrupenheimer]

mine too

[jonescalypso]

me too, I just wish you'd started it when they were all talking in seperate clusters. It shows where there were small aliances amongst the skeksis, despite the fact they all hated one another. That's artistry in itself :)

[metal1531]

ALL OF THEM WOULD STAB EACH OTHER IN THE BACK, IF IT MEANT THEY'D MOVE UP THE RANKS....lord chamberlain was the only one with enough matza balls, that made the advancement to wanna be emporer. skekung (the general) was like, no way!! I SHOULD BE THE EMPORER!!