The Dark Crystal: Era of Resistance

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Television series
German title The Dark Crystal: Era of Resistance
Original title The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) since 2019
Production
company		 The Jim Henson Company
length 46-61 minutes
Episodes 10 in 1 season ( list )
genre Fantasy
Director Louis Leterrier
production Ritamarie Peruggi
music Daniel Pemberton ,
Samuel Sim
Initial release August 30, 2019 on Netflix

First publication in German		 August 30, 2019 on Netflix
occupation
synchronization

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Original title: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance ) is an American fantasy television series that was included in the program of Netflix on August 30, 2019 . The first and so far only planned season comprises ten episodes. It is the prehistory of the fantasy feature film The Dark Crystal of the puppeteers and Muppets inventors Jim Henson and Frank Oz from 1982.

action

The planet Thra is ruled by the Skeksen, hideous, bird-like, giant beings who rule over the other species, including the elf-like Gelfling. The terrible secret of the Skekse: They kill Gelflinge and drink their "essence" to extend their own lives. When three of the lucky ones find out about this, they try to bring the truth to light.

Everyday life at the Skekse court is characterized by intrigue. Each of them tries to maintain power over the planet and to be able to use the dark crystal as a source of energy and life for themselves. Prisoners are tortured in their dungeon-like laboratory.

Emergence

The series tells the prehistory of the fantasy feature film The Dark Crystal by the puppeteers and Muppets inventors Jim Henson and Frank Oz from 1982. As in the film, the characters in the series are not moved with the help of computer animation, but with puppet shows When making the new dolls, the doll and costume design was based on the original. Toby Froud , whose father, Brian Froud, was the conceptual artist of the original film and is the supervisor in charge of the series' design, said, "I helped keep the style of his designs and the feel of the original film."

The creature design of the Skekse was based on that for the film template

The driving force behind the series is Louis Leterrier , who also directed individual episodes. Born in France, he had worked with Luc Besson in the past and directed the action films The Transporter and Unleashed , but also Hollywood blockbusters such as The Incredible Hulk and The Incredibles - Now You See Me .

Sigourney Weaver acts as the narrator. Puppeteers, some of whom also act as speakers, include Alice Dinnean , Beccy Henderson , Neil Sterenberg , Warrick Brownlow-Pike , Dave Chapman , Kevin Clash , Damian Farrell, and Louise Gold .

While the characters in the series are moved exclusively by this puppet show, CGI was used for landscape shots of the planet Thra, on which the series takes place like the film .

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization was based on a dialogue book by Joachim Kunzendorf and the dialogue direction by Mike Betz on behalf of VSI Synchron GmbH, Berlin.

Puppeteer / original speaker image role Main role
(episodes) 		German voice actor
Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver The Myth-Speaker / Narrator 1.01– Karin Buchholz
Awkwafina Awkwafina The Collector 1.01– Daniela Hoffmann
Helena Bonham Carter All-Maudra 1.01– Melanie Pukass
Taron Egerton Taron Egerton Rian 1.01– Amadeus Strobl
Nathalie Emmanuel Nathalie Emmanuel Deet 1.01– Maximiliane Häcke
Harvey Fierstein The Gourmand 1.01– Christian Gaul
Mark Hamill Mark Hamill The Scientist / The Scholar 1.01– Thomas Nero Wolff
Ralph Ineson The Hunter 1.01– Tilo Schmitz
Jason Isaacs The Emperor / The Mightiest 1.01– Oliver Stritzel
Keegan-Michael Key The Ritual Master / The Master of Ceremonies 1.01– Florian Halm
Donna Kimball Aughra 1.01– Philine Peters-Arnolds
Shazad Latif Kylan 1.01– Jan Andreesen
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Celadon 1.01– Julia Kaufmann
Simon Pegg The Chamberlain 1.01– Dirk Petrick
Andy Samberg The Heretic / The Renegade 1.01– Sebastian Schulz
Mark Strong Ordon 1.01– Peter Flechtner
Anya Taylor-Joy Gelfling Princess Brea 1.01– Amelie Plaas-Link
Benedict Wong The General 1.01– Michael Iwannek
Eddie Izzard older Cadia 1.01– Michael Deffert
Theo James Rek'yr 1.01–
Toby Jones The Librarian 1.01– Stefan Krause
Hannah John-Kamen Naia 1.01– Katja Hiller
Caitriona Balfe Tavra 1.01– Cathlen Gawlich
Warrick Brownlow-Pike The Chamberlain / Paladin 1.01– Florian Clyde
Dave Chapman 1.01–
Charlie Condou Mitjan 1.01–
Harris Dickinson Gurjin 1.01– Ricardo Richter
Alice Dinnean Brea / The dressmaker 1.01– Sabine Arnhold
Natalie Dormer Onica 1.01– Marieke Oeffinger
Dave Goelz Baffi 1.01–
Lena Headey Maudra Fara 1.01– Vera Teltz
Victor Yerrid Hoot 1.01– Patrick Bach
Beccy Henderson Deet 1.01–
Helena Smee 1.01–
Neil Sterenberg Rian 1.01– Christoph Banks
Alicia Vikander Mira 1.01 Anita Hopt
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson The Archer 1.04-1.10

Episode list

No. German title Original title First published in the USA German language first publication (D / A / CH) Director script
1 End or beginning. All the same. End. Begin. All the same. 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews
2 Nothing is easy anymore Nothing Is Simple Anymore 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier JM Lee
3 What was broken and divided What Was Sundered and Undone 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Vivian Lee
4th The first thing I can remember is fire The First Thing I Remember Is Fire 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Simon Racioppa & Richard Elliott
5 She is in possession of all secrets She Knows All the Secrets 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews
6th By Gelfling hand ... By Gelfling Hand ... 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Kari Drake
7th It's high time I ... do something Time to Make ... My Move 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Javier Grillo-Marxuach
8th Prophets don't know everything either Prophets Don't Know Everything 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Simon Racioppa & Richard Elliott
9 The crystal calls The Crystal Calls 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Margaret Dunlap
10 Until a piece was lost ... A Single Piece Was Lost 30 Aug 2019 30 Aug 2019 Louis Leterrier Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews

Marketing and Publishing

On May 30, 2019, Netflix released a first trailer. On August 30, 2019, the series was added to the program of the streaming service.

reception

Reviews

The driving force behind the series: Louis Leterrier , here at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2019

At Metacritic , the first season received a Metascore of 84/100, based on 14 evaluated reviews, at Rotten Tomatoes 90 percent of the 50 reviews evaluated so far were positive.

Christian Fußy von Filmstarts explains, The Dark Crystal: Era of Resistance takes plenty of time for the plot to really pick up speed. In the first half of the ten-part season, the focus is primarily on the political, family and philosophical backgrounds of the individual main characters, which does not mean that there is no tension in these episodes. The series is not suitable for all children, however, especially when the sly biscuits are the focus of a scene, which can sometimes drift towards horror, says Fussy: "When the big, ugly creatures meet at an orgiastic feast Delecting eyes and viscera or torturing and mutilating their enemies and their kind in the dungeon, then this is partly captured in terrifyingly explicit images. "

Luise Checchin from the Süddeutsche Zeitung writes that if you can overlook the somewhat kitschy 80s aesthetic, you will find something magically analogous in the era of resistance : "The real puppets that play here in real backdrops give the whole thing a warm liveliness. A faster narrative pace and deeper characters also ensure that the series is a lot more entertaining than the original. "

Awards

Visual Effects Society Awards 2020

  • Nomination in the category Visual Effects of the Environment Episode / Commercial / Real-time Project ("The Endless Forest"; Sulé Bryan, Charles Chorein, Christian Waite and Martyn Hawkins)
  • Award in the Special (Practical) Effects In A Photoreal Or Animated Project category (episode She Has Owned All Secrets ; Sean Mathiesen, Jon Savage, Toby Froud and Phil Harvey)

Web links

Commons : The Dark Crystal: Era of Resistance  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Fußy: The Netflix series with the best cast: Phenomenal trailer for "The Dark Crystal: Era of Resistance". In: filmstarts.de, August 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ Fabian Riedner: Netflix starts “Dark Crystal” series. In: quotenmeter.de, August 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ The Dark Crystal: Era of Resistance - German trailer for the prequel series. In: movie-infos.net, June 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b c Matt Zoller Seitz: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Is a Staggering Achievement. In: Vulture, August 28, 2019.
  5. ^ Clark Collis: 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance' premiering on Netflix in August: See the exclusive images. In: Entertainment Weekly, May 21, 2019.
  6. ^ The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. In: Metacritic. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  7. ^ The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ Christian Fußy: Review of Netflix's "The Dark Crystal": Dark, disturbingly beautiful fantasy epic. In: film starts. August 30, 2019, accessed August 30, 2019 .
  9. ↑ These are the series of the month . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on August 30, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Erik Anderson: Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations: 'The Mandalorian', 'Alita: Battle Angel' lead. In: awardswatch.com, January 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ Erik Pedersen and Antonia Blyth: VES Awards: 'The Lion King' & 'The Irishman' Take Top Film Honors - Winners List. In: deadline.com, January 29, 2020.