The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance coming on Netflix in August! And a game on Steam!

Haha right? I feel old but too but at least it's the good kind of nostalgia for once!

That's why I was surprised. I was expecting a full-on 3D animated extravaganza that could never have captured the magic of the movie.
Pleasantly surprised and very excited now.

It's unbelievable how close to the movie this all looks. I'm stumped. Never thought in this day and age paying due respect to the work of love such as The Dark Crstal would have been possible. Yet here we are. Puppets still look like puppets and that's a good thing.

I know, right?? I really didn't expect that. They started talking about it years ago and I thought they just took time because they were assembling a big cast but damn, that looks so faithful to the Henson magic, I'm gob-smacked!

Now let's see what they do with the story because prequels are always tricky, as they have to itch closer to where the movie takes over but they can't go all dark and hopeless, which is pretty much where we start in the movie. Still, with the way they treated the world of the movie, I am expecting them to have treated the story well too.

Oh and if you like puppets, you should definitely check out the movie Strings
It's also a fantasy story, with beautiful direction and puppetry, quite dark and the fact they're puppets is actually written into the story.
And I don't mean in a "behind the scenes" kind of way. The characters actually die when their head string is cut. It's pretty well done.

Exactly! You can tell just from the trailer they had a lot of love for the original and they did their best to keep the magic alive.

Both, actually ;)

And The Fraggles. As well as The Labyrinth movie's puppets featuring David Bowie. And several Star Wars characters like Yoda, Jabba the Hutt, and the Ewoks.

Guy was a puppet master XD

"doesn't... look... terrible..." facepalms This trailer makes me say WOW I can't believe they came out with this.

There's a good reason for it. Jim Henson, the master who created all the creatures in (and co-directed) the original movie, also helped build and design Yoda. He is also the guy who created the Muppets.

Uhm, you do realize that this is not about the movie? They apparently made some kind of series out of the Dark Chrystal universe.

Edit: Or maybe a new movie/prequel? Can't quite make it out yet.
Edit 2: it indeed looks like it's going to be a series, on Netflix a "Season 1" tag is mentioned ;)

Aww man, they broke my heart with the Clash of the Titans! The original movie, in all its cheesiness, was so so much better, not in a small way thanks to Harryhausen's work.
So yeah I'm surprised too that they didn't opt for the easy way out and do it in CG. As it is, it seems to retain the magic of the original world and Javier Grillo-Marxuach being at the helm somewhat reassures me about the story.

I was very skeptical despite liking the previous work of the showrunner because however good the story may be, if you don't have the magic, it just won't be as good as the first one. And it seems like they are indeed committed to the world of The Dark Crystal and to recreating the look and feel, no matter how easier they could have had it in CGI.

My only regret is that it won't get on the big screen. My parents wouldn't let me watch the film at the movies because it "seemed very dark" (and indeed it was!) but my grandfather took me and my sister anyway and I can still remember how amazing it looked back then so I can't imagine how it would look now, on much bigger screens in HD.

Haha it was kismet then! O Cristal Encantado! Man, everything sounds even better in Portuguese!

Edit.: that said I really hope Netflix won't screw this one up :P

Well at least they seem committed to the look and feel of the original. I have faith in the showrunner who didn't disappoint in previous endeavours so I'll stay excited until August 30th and hope they don't prove me wrong!

My parents were worried about how dark it was so I wasn't allowed to see it in theatres. Thankfully I had a grandfather who didn't mind parents instructions and believed in the power of storytelling... and of talking things through later to prevent any PTSD lol

i'm deffo interested in how this series turns out. they nailed the look at least, just gotta see if they deliver on the story and tone!!

You and me both! I'm very relieved by how it looks but it won't be really good if it's only gorgeous and the story disappoints. I am hopeful as the showrunner is a true geek and I've liked his previous work so I'll stay excited and hope they don't prove me wrong

I think, from the looks of it, that most props and sets are mechanical but I hope they do show some behnd the scenes because I'm curious about how they made it and how much new vs traditional technology was used.

For those interested, there has been a JIM HENSON Comics Bundle on Humble 2015 including some Dark Crystal titles, which give some background story to this fantasy world.

Cool! I'm going to look into that. I'm sure I can get my hands on some of them in my usual comic books sources. Thanks for the tip

Thanks for the links! I'll add them to the OP!