![]() The movie’s screenplay calls this “chanting,” so I guess I’ll call it that too. This is their magic (yes, magic is a thing in this world) and we’ll later see it used in other ways. They do this by… how do I describe this? They sing a single note, an “Uhhhh…” in a deep bass. ![]() The Mystics then “summon the one who must save them,” we’re told. This dialogue intentionally mirrors the narrator’s description of the Skeksis in the previous scene, reinforcing to viewers that these creatures are connected to each other. The narrator further says their rituals give no comfort and the wisest of the Mystics lies dying. The narrator says, “Their ways were the gentle ways of natural wizards.” OK, how are we to interpret that? The Mystics are also wizards? Or the Mystics are not wizards, but they lived like wizards? Also, wizards are a thing on this world? Then the narrator tells us the Mystics are a dying race, that there are only ten left, and they are lost in their ways, numb and forgetful. There’s a lot of symbology in the book I won’t go into here, but this one I thought was particularly interesting. In Froud’s World of the Dark Crystal, there’s a close-up detail of this pattern, where it’s explained that this is the history of Thra, with the beginning of time depicted in the center and events spiraling outward from it, with the most recent events at the outer edges of the spiral. That’s when the Mystics retreated to their valley to “dream of peace.” The next shot is a painting, over sand, of a spiral pattern. The narrator repeats information we heard in the first scene, that a thousand years ago, the Crystal cracked. churned out back in the day.īack to the movie. Sources not considered canon are the official novelization (even though that’s where we got the name “Thra”), the Marvel Comics adaptation, and the various kids’ books and making-of books that Universal’s marketing dept. Thanks to the canon, we know that the big white sun is the Great Sun, the medium-sized red sun is the Rose Sun, and the teeny purple one is the Dying Sun.īefore going further, I guess I should explain what I mean by “canon.” The entire continuity of The Dark Crystal is contained in the following sources:Ģ: The book The World of the Dark Crystal by Brian Froudģ: The graphic novel The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths volumes one and twoĤ: The manga Legend of the Dark Crystal volumes one and twoĥ: The reference material on the website, which is more or less an abridged version of Froud’s book. ![]() Today we’re watching 4:09-6:25 on the Blu-ray.Īfter leaving the Skeksis’ castle, we get a shot of all three suns in the sky. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Paul Rudd, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Miriam Margoyles, Christina Pickles, Diane Venora, Dash Mihok, Jesse Bradford, and M.I freakin’ love The Dark Crystal! Let’s watch it! Today, we meet the Mystics and our hero Jen as the movie’s opening exposition-a-rama continues on. We’re getting Baz-pilled, baby! This week, Brian reveals how Paul Rudd changed film history Brandon is not allowed to be confident Ashley vents over a line reading and Chris yells at Orpheus.īTW: Pitching our Baz literary adaptations! ![]() “If Baz Luhrmann directed Catcher in the Rye, it would be so powerful it would somehow bring John Lennon back to life.” ![]()
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