[WickyWoo]

I just saw a new print in 35mm tonight, and let me tell you that they need Lowry to attack this movie. It's shot very soft focus (to help hide the strings and such), it's grainy, and while some effects (the luminence keying on the Fire people for example) look a lot better, overall people will complain that it doesn't look much better than the superbit.

The Dark Crystal is probably in even worse shape.

That being said, watch for it to come to your town (it's roadshowing) and make your own determination.