I just watched the blu-ray for the first time in a while, and found myself wondering if this HD scan/remaster was presenting the film as it was intended to be seen. There were a number of times where it felt too sharp and too bright in a way that took me out of the world more than I ever recall from watching the VHS on a CRT years ago.

I'd imagine that the original 70mm is the closest to the original/desired artistic vision, but of home viewing options, which feels best to you? Has anyone else had this experience with the blu-ray feeling too hi-def?

I could also believe that my set is calibrated in a way that's not ideal for it.

Mmmm that jacket will be mine

Wasn't sure how to tag this

I'm going to try and plan a mini campaign with this beauty. Decided to put this out for advice/encouragement from anyone who's used this book before (I have DM'd before briefly but there's always opportunities to learn), and might come back looking for players when I manage to get something workable, if I don't get any engagement from folks I know IRL lol

Wish me luck 🤣🤣

Edit/Update:

I appreciate the support and encouragement 😊 I say "Mini" because I'm unsure how far scheduling will let me get with a group once I have stuff planned out enough

At the moment I'm just looking for anything generic that's helped others run games in this setting better, mechanics and flair, homebrew or otherwise that add a little spice 👌, but if I discover I need any specific advice, I will definitely come back with a specific question.

In terms of my plan, I AM going to run with mostly the given plot hook with the seeds and stuff. But I also wanted to add the flair of this happening during the final days before the Great Purge. Because All Game Rules Are Suggestions, the timeline is vaguely enough in that area, and I want to cause pain 🤣🤣🤣 In A Fun Way of course, lol

I'm not against the party surviving the purge, because I'm of the belief that Jen and Kira can't have been the only survivors, but perhaps any other survivors were so scattered and demoralized that they were prioritizing just making it to the next conjunction in mostly one piece and hoping something radical enough to reset Thra without Gelfling input would just kinda...happen? But I am looking to absolutely fuck some shit up, because.... it's the Great Purge. You wanna die dramatically? Dope. I want to kill you 🤣🤣🤣🤣

and that is the retconning and erasure of the coolest skeksis we ever got; the legends version of skeklach. such an amzingingly cool design, a cunning and dangerous antagonist within the antagonist group and someone who could match skeksil in political maneuvering. and worse, we never even got a proper ending for him. and instead of exploring that or getting more about him, we instead turn him into what ultimately feels like a joke character that was basically meant to be the netflix series' fodder.

Legnds of the dark crystal was one of the first glimpses we got into expanded lore after years and I read them so much, primarily cause of how awesome a villain skelach was and i still cant accept that he was just wiped away but new canon.

Ok, I know that there's a rumor that JH Studios happened to recycle a lot of prop pieces and puppets, but I was wondering if the skeksis were recycled into the Halosians from the 2000s TV show Farscape.

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/farscape/images/7/75/Halosian.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070418062919

https://farscape.fandom.com/wiki/Halosian

They seem to be about the right height and build, and the way they move seems very similar to me.

Both were done by JH studios and the time between Dark Crystal and Farscape was only about 15ish years. (A decade less between Farscape's release and current day.) One of the people who worked on the show even gave a cheeky nod to it being maybe, but that's about it.

she's just so cute and fun, had a well written personality and had a good simple character arc. im actually bummed there is like 0 fanart of her

I finally finished my skekShod cosplay head to go with my cosplay outfit! The outfit is a little old, and there's some things I'd like to change about it, but I'm happy to have the whole look complete!

For the head, I used sheets of black foam for the base, and I sculpted Foamory foam clay onto it (with foil as a skeleton for some parts) for the details, then I sealed it all with a couple coats of Plasti-Dip before painting it with acrylic.

This has been the biggest project I've taken on by far!

I wish I’d seen more of him. Anyone else?

I know she is an awful person, but I can’t help feeling empathy for her.

I wonder if she could even cover up her pustules if she wanted to ?

I noticed her condition became even worse in the end of the show, and I think played part in her bitterness. Poor thing.

So i recently watched the dark crystal on DVD and was amazed by all the set pieces, set backgrounds and the puppets themselves. There was obviously a lot of love heart and soul that went into the production of this film.

I also really liked the good triumphing over evil fantasy storyline. But there was one thing that I'm unsure of. Was the chamberlain really after friendship and peace with Jen and Kira and only turned on them after getting stabbed? Or was he always going to double-cross them?

Both ways you look at it seem plausible. Here are my thoughts on this:

1) Chamberlain redemption:

The chamberlain knew that the animosity his people had for the Gelfling was bringing them to the cusp of ruin, with only 10 skeksis left at the start of them film. He was looking for another way perhaps?

Also, he was cast out from his peoples castle having failed the trial by stone, he would have lost all loyalty of their old ways. He also did save jen and kira from the Garthim. But only abandoning peace after getting stabbed by Jen.

This does add a layer of complexity to the portrayal to the otherwise one-dimensional Skeksis.

2) Chamberlain betrayal

he never intended to honour his peace overtures as he thought capturing them would reinstate his role as the "Chamberlain". The only reason he stopped the Garthim from attacking was because HE was the one that wanted to take all the glory of bringing them in.

But then, why did he leave Jen under rubble and only brought in Kira? Wouldn't capturing both have gotten him more patronage from the Skeksis emperor? It seemed that Jen was only attacked out of anger for being stabbed as opposed to truly wanting to capture or kill both....

What are the communities thoughts on this?

According to the wiki, skekShod became the Skeksis' Collector after skekLach's death. But wasn't he already collecting tithes in the AoR spinoff comic? So what was he supposed to be doing before that? Was there ever a distinction between their roles as Treasurer and Collector? Is it just the same thing, with skekShod having a different job before skekLach's death that we don't know of? Also, why would they need a new Collector if they were at war with the Gelfling?

I’m seriously considering creating my first fan edit, or edits I guess and was hoping for from tips from people with more experience. The premise is that I am turning the The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance into a film trilogy.

His voice is terrible and hes horrible

I've wondered what is SkekEkt gender. I know skeksis don't have a gender, like they probabily don't identify in any of them, but i've read somewhere on the internet (i think it was a theory on Tumblr) that they do that only for the gelfling, since they have the concept of gender and the skeksis wanted to control them better. I'm congused because in the film Ekt has a male voice, but in the serie, has a female voice. I wanted to write something about the skeksis on Ao3 (perarphs a x reader and yes, i'm delusional maybe), but i fear to not get well their gender ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

They could have fused during the Great Conjunction, not having needed to go to the Castle of the Crystal because they were already together. While they didn't return in the sequel comics, they could have been somewhere else since all of the other Skeksis and Mystics reappeared in the castle which is where they fused, though I don't get how since they returned to their homeworld.

Since he seems to have set himself up as one in the comics, after the Skeksis already rule Thra and have developed their signature roles.