The Dark Crystal Collector's Edition DVD Review

[michcookies]

Collectors Edition Dark Crystal? I must have it! Loved this movie for many, many years :)

[kornkid22]

wat camera do u use and mic? awesome vid!!

[kornkid22]

when is dark crystal 2 coming out??

[okj2luvscanarys]

@kornkid22 2011 hopefully early

[okj2luvscanarys]

yes. no one has heard of jim henson... not!!!!

[Barclay1987]

Wow!

[realar]

Labyrinth is the black sheep of the 2 Brian Froud films, it's so wiird and makes little sense. The nonsensical music of David Bowie doesn't help either.

[Zaranyzerak]

@realar Yeah, it's definitely very hit and miss. Dark Crystal is by FAR the better of the two.

[realar]

@Zaranyzerak Yes. The effects in Dark Crystal are to this day astounding to say the least. I still wonder why we resort to CGI instead of more organic puppetry.

[MaddhatterChannel]

Oh and there's suppose to be a series based off Blade Runner coming next year.

[MaddhatterChannel]

They are making a sequal to The Dark Crystal. It's called The Power of the Dark Crystal and it's scheduled to come out in 2011.

[tomzzzzzzcasper]

really is it gona be all jim henson company puppets like the 1st and is there a trailer

[MaddhatterChannel]

Yeah, Jim's son Brian is working on it, as well as a fraggle rock movie. If there is a trailer, I havn't been able to find it.

[metalmadnez]

Great vid Z. I had to go out and get this because your review. I already had the 25th Anniversary Edition, but I had to get this edition because of all f the great stuff!!!! Once again, great review man!

[DamageIncM]

lol Watch what you say, they might think you want a sequel when you say "Where's the next 'Dark Crystal'?". :P

But that's a neat set, it's really one of those I'd almost buy just to have. lol

Because, I mean, I do not know the film at all as far as I know.

But I just kinda like neat stuff... :P Duh... :)

Hilarious ending too. XD

[DrapskunstUlf]

Damn I miss movies like this... :(

[xplayfan21]

hay zman i just read your twitter and just wonder if the video game videos are postponed til next week or are stil this week

[Zaranyzerak]

They're still coming, just wound up I had to SLEEP because it was taking so long to do.

[Bromden75]

where'd you get the music stand?

[Cabzilla06]

I probably going to pick this up on blu ray because I read that it is actually a very good transfer. i have also nevr seen the whole movie, only bits and pieces. I am a fan of Jim Henson so I do not think I will be dissapointed.

[GrowlanserDragoon]

I must admit, Dark Crystal creeped me out as a kid...of course i didnt see it til 85 when i was 7yrs old. Labrynth was alright, i was crushing on jennifer connelly..ha

[xplayfan21]

hay zman just wondering if the video game videos are coming tonight

[Zaranyzerak]

Yes, they'll just be really late. Likely won't appear until tomorrow morning.

[TheCartoonman13]

Can you do a Planet of the Apes Anthology Boxset DVD Review?

[usernameT916]

I was wondering have they ever come out with a blue ray release for The never ending story?

PS I <3 ur videos, keep up the good work

[Disthron]

I think a remake of the Thing could be ok if it was done right. It's a film that has a lot of heavy spesial effects and they could be inproved.

Hollewood dose not like creativity. It likes things that are safe and established. They'd rather the independents be experonmentle and then just coppy them when there is a success....maybe that's just a little too synical.

[RichGilly]

Why can't they come out with new movies?

I am tired of them shitting on all these classic movies...

... take some chances - there ARE creative people out there, but they can't seem to get their movies made because production companies just want to play it safe.

[angeltread]

nice job with the insert shots. loving the increased production.

[kaisalsabag]

great review, thanks

[USSJaneway]

'Wet geeks everywhere.'

That sounds like fun. ;) Another great review, Z.

[DavidPrime83]

MUST get new DVD, I have one but i love this movie to DEATH thanks for the great review!!

[Blehhh49]

Wow, I never knew that the audio was encoded on the film for 35mm movies and what-not. (Here's to showing my stupidity!)

Looks like a beautiful set, and the movie sounds interesting as well. I'm definitely gonna check it out when I get the chance.

[Zaranyzerak]

And therein lies the problem... A lot of what makes the 1982 film so great is not KNOWING anything about the alien going in (I love showing the film to people who have never even heard of it before and watching the looks on their faces!), part of it is the mystery of discovery as the team figures out exactly what it is and pieces together what happened to the Norwegian team. In the end, I guess all we can do is wait and see what happens. Hopefully nothing...

[Zaranyzerak]

Yeah, something about the Norwegian team could actually be interesting. Have it end where the first one began...

[dvdmike007]

The BRD really looks great

[LiveFastDiarrhea]

"There were wet geeks everywhere" LMAO!

Great review, sir! Thank you for showing off this thing in so muich detail.

I only have Labyrinth on my shelf, but still unwatched and even sealed lol. I guess I really have to give it a go soon.

[mikedamiz12180]

LOL at the wet nerds thing LOL

[PlanetBierwagen]

Power of the Dark Crystal has been rumored for a long time as a direct to DVD sequel (not sure if that's still the case) suposedly it's coming in 2011...

it's being directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Clone Wars).

This is from IMDB - "Tartakovsky agreed to direct on two conditions: that the film would utilize live-action puppets as well as computer animation, and that 'Brian Froud' would return to design the characters."

[DesolateMinds]

Maybe that our Screenwriters, Artists, Producers, Agents, Producers & Directors are making an industry now to rehash on true quality films because they no longer are on a trip. Just establish the hard stuff that practically all in the industry were taking in the 80's and we might just get more great and unique films and stories in this industry. Since there has been a passing of great people over the years that made those. Those agents need to go out and get those new artists and storytellers.

[Zaranyzerak]

Yes! We really need to focus again on the creativity and great storytelling, instead of Hollywood and the mass media spending all their time focussing on manufactured celebrities that contribute nothing worthwhile at ALL to the entertainment world, and only exist simply to BE celebrities *cough*Paris Hilton*cough* There's creative people out there, waiting to be discovered... Come ON, Hollywood! Give these people JOBS! You can have CREATIVITY and make oodles of MONEY at the same time...

[DesolateMinds]

Maybe that our screenwriters or artists, producers and directors are rehashing on great films because. They are not on a Trip anymore, establish the hard stuff that all were taking in the 80's and we might just get more great and unique films in this industry, and the greed of hollywood would slant towards a breath of fresh air in a wave of pollution. lol.

[DesolateMinds]

4:53 Now this totally is down my road. Love the run through of how the optical sound is being described on that 35mm film. You really go into detail. Thank you!

[bijankarim]

This edition of Dark Crystal kinda reminds me of the collector's gift set of Spider-Man. which also had a frame and a letter but also had another version which didn't have swag but more special features.

And this remake thing is getting really anoyying. And if they do a Thing remake Rob Zombie is gonna direct it. Director of Halloween remakes!

Also i heard you're a Nightmare on Elm Street fan so you should check out the teaser for the remake.

[Zaranyzerak]

Just checked out the teaser (I didn't know there was already a teaser until you mentioned it). I cringed when I saw Michael Bay's name attached to it. It kinda looks like a mish-mash of stuff from several of the old movies. And what's with Freddy supposedly being INNOCENT and wrongly killed?? He sure as heck was no saint in the original, both when he was alive and after... It LOOKS good visually, and Jackie Earle Haley looks right for the character. But I dunno...CAUTIOUS optimism.

[PlanetBierwagen]

Yup... AICN had an early script review... apparently there's some question as to whether Krueger is guilty OR if the kids just made it up because they didn't like him... making his REVENGE all that more, um... VENEGEFUL...

[Zaranyzerak]

Almost sounds like they're trying to make Freddy a little more "politically correct." BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Because you know, it's OKAY if he kills kids when he's some demonic dream stalker after being killed, but oh noooooo it's RIGHT OUT to have him doing essentially the EXACT SAME THING when he's alive.... *pant pant pant pant*

[Tomanistanumerouno]

Sean, you pronounce "Conan" like Regis :D

About the senitype, since the movie is in Cinemascope the Black bars should be there, had it been Academy Ratio they woudn't but maybe you just misspoke.

[Zaranyzerak]

Nope, you're thinking about how it appears on home video. The way the image is presented on FILM is different. Cinemascope (2.35:1) fills the frame, but is "stretched." The image is projected through an anamorphic lens which corrects the image, and "squeezes" it to the correct proportions.

Academy or "Flat" ratio (1.85:1) appears one of two ways on film - with the black bars visible on the film, or full frame (un-stretched) with the matting done in the projector by projecting through a gate.

[Zaranyzerak]

Trust me, I used to be a projectionist. I am VERY familiar with how the different ratios are handled on film, and it's not the same way they're handled on home video.

[Zaranyzerak]

Hmmm...the way I pronounce Conan is the same way they pronounce it in the movie/cartoon/TV series adaptations...

[PlanetBierwagen]

Which is the proper way to say it when referring to the barbarian (or librarian). However Regis also refers to Mr. O'Brien this way... when it is supposed to sound more like "Cone-un" as is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. :)

[damnedinblack107]

I Will Watch This Movie

Good Review

And I Really Don't Want To See A 3rd Remake Of The Thing XD

[RazMansReality]

I love The Dark Crystal! Fantastic film & Edition! Yet another great job Z! You never got back to me yet, have you seen my new computer yet? What do you think, pretty awesome eh? HEHE :D

[moviejohn75]

Never seen that one

[Gamerpigeon]

you missed out ridley scott's alien prequel :P

[Zaranyzerak]

Alien was 1979. I'm talking about 1982 movies.

[Gamerpigeon]

lmao , oh yeah , i got stuck on just the whole sequel to great films thing and well yeah :P my bad

[Zaranyzerak]

I will talk about the Alien Prequel at some point...oh yes, I shall!

[Gamerpigeon]

and i will watch it .... oh yes, i! well you get it

[floyd75dylan]

saying yes you can be creative and make money at the same time.

Out of all my subscriptions, yours is the one I look forward to the most. Keep up the good word :-)

[floyd75dylan]

Legend (the UK had the uncut version with the Goldsmith music). Princess Bride, Excalibur, Time Bandits, Hawk the Slayer, Clash of the Titans etc, We lapped up fantasy movies.

You are right, there was nothing like The Dark Crystal, and nothing since, it is a totally unique movie,

The 80s were a great decade for sci fi/fantasy and of course horror, the time where Hollywood went really creative, it's as if George Lucas showed them the way when he released Star Wars,

[floyd75dylan]

It must have been in the UK where they hyped up The Dark Crystal, because there were kids shows where they kept talking about it, and showing one of the mystics, and there was a behind the scenes documentary, so it was pretty well hyped in the UK.

I remember seeing it in the cinema and loved every minute of it, and I would love to see it again.

Sword and sorcery/fantasy movies were huge in the UK, such as Krull (which I do love, even though it's constantly mocked),

[fuctdude]

dark crystal is my favorite movie

[jiidee]

yet another title i don't need to worry about..as i already have it!..that is until the blue-ray release...must...have...i think i'm gonna do a follow up to this as the UK release of this set is slightly different in presentation.

wait..50s...then 80s..now ..now.. It seems that hollywoods well of creativity only lasts for 30 years then its back to digging out the old films and redoing them.

[Joxman2k]

More Dark Crystal please. I loved that movie :)

[LiamNeesonsDick]

Sadly I wasn't alive to see such a movie.

If I currently enjoy movies from that of Hayao Miyazaki and the like, would I enjoy this movie?

[margaritacarmen]

They really put a fair bit into that edition which is awesome but as u said an upgrade of it all crammed in there would be excellent.

Also keep up the new schedule work.... love it