Editing The Dark Crystal (section)

=The Movie=
In all fairness, the movie itself isn’t particularly remarkable plotwise - it's a Hero Journey. We warned you up front it's original only in parts. (But holy shit is it a labor of love.)

You see the adventures of two pacifist gelfling who are clueless about their own world and don’t know what to do with the Crystal, not even knowing what it does. The Podlings act like a certain race of space-teddy-bears, the Mystics aren’t very present, Augrah acts like Augrah, and the plot doesn’t explain a whole lot of things. Maybe for the better because it gives the film a very mysterious and eerie atmosphere, your imagination fills the gaps between the holes left by the film. But if you’re not very imaginative, then it’s probably gonna be a bore for you.

However, the film has one advantage that proves who’s the one carrying the entire franchise on their shoulders; The Skeksis. They are particularly delightfully despicable. Although a lot of them are absent or have gone missing, the remaining ten are all you need to be frightened of and amused by their shenanigans. Their rituals, their gestures and general attitude towards each other are frightening and fascinating at the same time. Although the series make an effort to "humanize them", the movie's Skeksis definitely are unique in their own right.

If you manage to get the rare directors cut of the film, you'll notice that the Skeksis speak a whole different language, a mixture of Latin and ancient Egyptian it seems, giving the movie even more of an alien vibe.