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rivendellrose) wrote2018-12-26 05:43 pm
rivendellrose) wrote2018-12-26 05:43 pm
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you're all my witnesses
So, there's going to be a Dark Crystal TV series, apparently.
My feelings on this are... mixed but largely detached, because I am a very strange geek-child of the 1980s in that while I have extremely strong feelings of love for Labyrinth and a number of other Jim Henson-related properties, I... don't actually like The Dark Crystal. I found it too scary when I was a child (I was a huge weenie when I was little), and when I tried to watch it again as an adult it somehow hit all my embarrassment squick buttons and I had to turn it off. I think it was mostly that the gelf were too twee and that they were puppets. I don't even know. I found the whole thing very uncomfortable and never looked back.
I do, however, have some bets to lay down right here on this timestamped DW entry, based on nothing other than some familiar names on the cast list and the complete lack of creativity on the part of casting directors.
If I'm right about that last item, Shazad should consider having a serious talk with his agent, because... well, twice is an accident, but three times is a pattern. It's a good use of his skills, so I'm not exactly complaining, but it might cause him trouble in the future if it becomes too consistent.
These predictions are signed and sealed by me on 26th of December, 2018, and witnessed by my f-list. I swear that I will not update this entry in the future without including any changes as a marked addition.
My feelings on this are... mixed but largely detached, because I am a very strange geek-child of the 1980s in that while I have extremely strong feelings of love for Labyrinth and a number of other Jim Henson-related properties, I... don't actually like The Dark Crystal. I found it too scary when I was a child (I was a huge weenie when I was little), and when I tried to watch it again as an adult it somehow hit all my embarrassment squick buttons and I had to turn it off. I think it was mostly that the gelf were too twee and that they were puppets. I don't even know. I found the whole thing very uncomfortable and never looked back.
I do, however, have some bets to lay down right here on this timestamped DW entry, based on nothing other than some familiar names on the cast list and the complete lack of creativity on the part of casting directors.
- Jason Isaacs is one of the big bads
- But not THE Big Bad, because that's Mark Strong (sorry, Jason, but he beats you out in casting-director cred, I think)
- Shazad Latif's character, whoever and whatever he is, will somehow manage yet again (third time lucky?) to pull some variation on a Jekyll/Hyde scenario
If I'm right about that last item, Shazad should consider having a serious talk with his agent, because... well, twice is an accident, but three times is a pattern. It's a good use of his skills, so I'm not exactly complaining, but it might cause him trouble in the future if it becomes too consistent.
These predictions are signed and sealed by me on 26th of December, 2018, and witnessed by my f-list. I swear that I will not update this entry in the future without including any changes as a marked addition.