Talk:The Dark Crystal

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Not happy with the character section. I have a making of book somewhere. I'll look up the names of various characters and fill it out a bit more. Shall also put characters either in order of appearance or by 'type' e.g. Gelflings, Mysteks, Skeksis, etc. Oh, and shall have to look up the authorised spelling of Mystic / Mystik / Mystek - I'm sure it's not right in this article as it stands. sheridan 15:51, 2005 May 29 (UTC)

1 Muppets
2 Upcoming TV series.
3 Author of book
4 US or English Version?
5 The Emperor's demise
6 Kid A + Dark Crystal = nothing much
7 Crystal Method samples
8 Sierra's computer game adaptation(s)
9 Skeksis not mentioned?
10 What???
11 The sequel... again

[edit] Muppets

The Muppet wikipedia page says that the creatures from the Dark Crystal are not muppets. Which page is correct? ~~hartbc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hartbc (talk • contribs) 13:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

See Muppets vs Creatures for an explanation. —scarecroe (talk) 14:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Upcoming TV series.

Shouldn't we mention the upcoming animated series on Toonami on this article?

I haven't heard anything about an animated series. Do you have a source/link? Also, please sign your articles. --user.lain 01:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Author of book

Please update this article to a link to the author of the book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._H._Smith thistlechick 18:15, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US or English Version?

I am not sure that it is correct to put 'US Version' under the cast section as A) It was partly produced by ITC (which is British) and B) it is viewed in many other English speaking countries. I for have for now called it 'English Language Version'! 86.131.245.248

Was it originally filmed in English and then dubbed into Japanese or the other way around. If it was dubbed into Japanese then possibly it should say original cast and then Japanese dub.--NeilEvans 00:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Emperor's demise

Why does the Skeksis Emperor, SkekSo die exactly? What is the cause of his death.

Anon

I always assumed extreme old age? Cobratom 02:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

According to the new manga by Tokyopop, it is because SkekLach the collector is withholding gelfling essence from him. 129.12.200.49 (talk) 14:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kid A + Dark Crystal = nothing much

I deleted the following: The album Kid A by Radiohead syncs with The Dark Crystal, similar to The Dark Side of the Moon with The Wizard of Oz. The effect is created by starting Kid A at the line spoken by the Skeksis, "Fly my crystal bats! Fly!" It's original research, only mentioned once by google, and (working in a video store) i tested it myself and found it to be BS. 218.215.4.251 05:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Interesting that you say that, since the time I sync'ed Kid A and The Dark Crystal I thought it worked pretty well. I guess it's kind of a subjective judgment call but I was glad that it was mentioned on wikipedia at the time since it was a fun & thought-provoking experience (as much as that kind of thing can be). I hope others will consider putting that little line in. ghostridethebike 11:13 11th March, 2007

[edit] Crystal Method samples

Although the opening lyrics to the Crystal Method's song "Trip Like I Do" are obviously borrowed from the movie, they are *not* directly sampled. The voice in the song has a different sound, and emphasizes the words differently than the original (and lacks the accent). Does anyone know why this is the case? I have edited the entry to reflect this a bit in the meantime. 67.161.72.198 06:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sierra's computer game adaptation(s)

Anyone up to giving those a mention? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pseudo Intellectual (talk • contribs) 23:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

I would, but I don't really remember anything about the version I had. I had an Apple IIe, and the appropriate version of the game. Alas, that was some 20+ years ago, and I was all of 8 or so at the time. About all I can remember about it was I never could beat the damn thing. MikeFTM 03:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Skeksis not mentioned?

I don't believe that is true. Skeksis are mentioned in the film and not just by the narrator. Someone please corroborate and correct this oversight. 67.167.180.143 12:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

I recall them being mantioned several times in the film. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cobratom (talk • contribs) 02:09, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

The Skeksis are referred to as such several times by many people (ex: "The Skeksis killed my mother. And father." - Jen), but NEVER by their names in the film. The Mystics are very similar in this respect. The only Mystic ever referred to by his name in the film is ur-Zah, but this is only in a deleted scene. --Yoshiaki Abe 15:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What???

No mention of the comic version of The Dark Crystal? Murderbike 23:48, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The sequel... again

“

We are thrilled and grateful that fans are so interested in the progress of ‘Power of the Dark Crystal’ – an especially important project to us that will require great care and attention throughout the production process. A project of this scale takes a lot of time and energy and we continue to work through the development phase, maintaining our original vision of a film for theatrical release that combines traditional puppetry and animatronics with cutting edge CG animation. We’ll be sure to keep fans up to date as more information is confirmed.

”

-- Nicole Goldman (vice president of marketing and publicity for The Jim Henson Company), January 2008

I moved this here because all the references related to this alleged sequel are from '06-'07. Before we declare this project, which is clearly in "development hell" to be back on, we need some sources. Beeblbrox (talk) 17:38, 22 May 2008 (UTC)