When they get up and go against each other face to face, the General calls the Chamberlain "INCOMPETENT SMIPP!", almost as if he's so angered he couldn't conjure up a better insult.Then her footsteps stop and she quickly backpedals.Ĭhamberlain: KEEP YOUR ROBES ON, SPITHEAD! As Aughra marches angrily down the hall, she passes by the Dark Crystal floating in the chamber.So you'll stay where you are or you'll suffer the wrath of all eight and a half fingers! Bah! Bah!" And she marches off in a huff. The other guard claims that she once sneezed and caused a mountain to crumble. One guard claims she once infested her grandfather's village with ear mites because they forgot her birthday. The pair of guards escorting Aughra out question if she really is as powerful as they say she is.It's a pivotal, very sad moment that marks the end of Aughra's relationship with her old friends the Skeksis.and it takes place while skekSo's dressed in his frilly bathing nightie. Later, the Scroll-Keeper snipes that perhaps the reason why Aughra feels unwell is because her age has finally caught up with her, and Aughra hits back by telling the Skeksis they're ones to talk, calling them all "fat and shriveled, all at once" as she pokes the Scroll-Keeper's belly with her cane as she punctuates each word.
SkekSo at one point, for some reason, looks up at the ceiling. When she first calls out for them, they look around in confusion in a manner that's particularly birdlike.Scroll-Keeper: STOP IT! What are you doing?! Stop! As Deet rambles on why she's here to see Maudra Fara, the Stonewood guard is surprised to hear she's Grottan and Deet is visibly annoyed that all of the other Gelfling assumed the Grottans had died out.His assistant Onica also takes the opportunity to take over his job like she's long deserved. Cadia after getting his memory erased, cheerfully greeting everyone while wondering what his life is like.During his fight with them, Hup's spoon breaks, so what does he do? He grabs a bigger spoon and says, "Better!" Hup's brawl with the drunk Stonewood Gelflings who bullied Deet.What does Hup think of the Stonewood Gelflings? He blows a raspberry.She finally makes a deal with a little Podling girl to not clean her if she won't tell anyone that she's leaving, at which the Podling girl gleefully starts making a dirt angel. Brea has to clean Podlings during her time with the Lesser Service, while wearing a ridiculous jester hat.During Seladon's rant, Tavra just polishes her sword and says, "Uh-huh." like she heard this before.During the Deterge, Juni has to chase around a butt-naked Podling, trying to put his pants back on him.And when he announces the Deterge, the Pod People scream and try to run and hide. Duadran, the head of the Order of Lesser Service, isn't kidding when he says Pod People like being filthy.Earlier, Juni rambles on about how she think she'd make a nice princess because her hair was so shiny.why did you get sent into the Order of Lesser Service?īrea: ( beat) I created a diplomatic incident by erasing a Sifa elder's memories.
#The dark crystal tv tropes series#
On May 30th, Netflix released the first trailer for the series (shown below).Juni: So. On May 21st, 2019, it was announced the series would debut on August 30th, 2019. On May 18th, 2017, Deadline Hollywood reported that Netflix was producing a ten-episode prequel series for the film called Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. A thread on the prequel's trailer gained over 1,800 points on Reddit in /r/videos the day it was released. There is also a subreddit for the film with over 1,100 members. On Facebook, the film's fan page has over 457,000 likes.
In 2007, the AV Club reviewed the film's DVD release and wrote the film was "a classic Henson story, all heart and rapturous wonder at the world's incredible possibilities." As of May 31st, 2019, the film has a score of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes. The New York Times reviewed the film negatively, saying it was visually muddy and largely dull.
It also received mixed reception from critics upon release. The film initially saw limited success at the box office due to its heavier tone than The Muppets and competition from Tootsie and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.
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