A "Dark Crystal" remake? - Blu-ray Forum

Lincoln6Echo · 06-22-2015, 09:48 PM

So I clicked on the Hobbit: 5 Armies link over on the right for Hot Sellers, and one of the other suggested titles by users was the 1982 film Dark Crystal. And it got me thinking...would a modern live-action remake of Dark Crystal in the vein of Hobbit/LotR work for today's audiences? Would there be an audience for it at all? I'm thinking that if they could expand the story a bit to go into prequel material from the original movie to show how the Crystal got splintered and split the two races and then go a bit beyond where the original film ended and see how things developed after the Crystal was fixed. The original film was just 1.5 hours long, so maybe a 2.5 hour film might catch it all. But just think how they could create the foreign planet and environments with today's VFX as well as the creatures.

benricci · 06-22-2015, 09:51 PM

Wrong section.

Bates_Motel · 06-22-2015, 09:52 PM

Eh, no thanks. Also, doesn't need to be 2.5-3 hours long. Too many movies are bloated with too much. Keep it shorter, then if its successful, make a sequel.

Dubstar · 06-22-2015, 10:03 PM

I thought it was always envisioned as a continuation from the Dark Crystal storyline. a remake? uh - no thanks.

bowlingbilly10 · 06-22-2015, 10:29 PM

I thought they were actually doing a remake since u started this thread.

Lincoln6Echo · 06-23-2015, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Dubstar

I thought it was always envisioned as a continuation from the Dark Crystal storyline. a remake? uh - no thanks.

Why not a remake? Would you really want that part of the story stuck in early 1980s Jim Henson land while a continuation be in 2010s live-action CG land? Imagine the bad ass imagery they could do today in that universe?

Lincoln6Echo · 06-23-2015, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

I thought they were actually doing a remake since u started this thread.

Well, to be honest, I thought there was some rumor in recent years that a remake was being passed around.

Dubstar · 06-27-2015, 05:14 AM

^ that's not true - the long running (i.e, years) story has been the making of a sequel called 'Power of the Dark Crystal'

Power of the Dark Crystal - Muppet Wiki

06-22-2015, 09:48 PM	#1
Lincoln6Echo Special Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:312 Blu-ray collection:1517 DVD collection:8 Blu-ray reviews: 25	A "Dark Crystal" remake? So I clicked on the Hobbit: 5 Armies link over on the right for Hot Sellers, and one of the other suggested titles by users was the 1982 film Dark Crystal. And it got me thinking...would a modern live-action remake of Dark Crystal in the vein of Hobbit/LotR work for today's audiences? Would there be an audience for it at all? I'm thinking that if they could expand the story a bit to go into prequel material from the original movie to show how the Crystal got splintered and split the two races and then go a bit beyond where the original film ended and see how things developed after the Crystal was fixed. The original film was just 1.5 hours long, so maybe a 2.5 hour film might catch it all. But just think how they could create the foreign planet and environments with today's VFX as well as the creatures.

06-22-2015, 09:51 PM	#2
benricci Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	Wrong section.

06-22-2015, 09:52 PM	#3
Bates_Motel Banned Member since:Jul 2014 Location:Los Angeles Trading Score:2	Eh, no thanks. Also, doesn't need to be 2.5-3 hours long. Too many movies are bloated with too much. Keep it shorter, then if its successful, make a sequel.

06-22-2015, 10:03 PM	#4
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	I thought it was always envisioned as a continuation from the Dark Crystal storyline. a remake? uh - no thanks.

06-22-2015, 10:29 PM	#5
bowlingbilly10 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2011 Blu-ray collection:1 Trading Score:181	I thought they were actually doing a remake since u started this thread.

06-27-2015, 05:14 AM	#8
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	^ that's not true - the long running (i.e, years) story has been the making of a sequel called 'Power of the Dark Crystal' Power of the Dark Crystal - Muppet Wiki

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