The speaker discusses their experience reviewing the original "Dark Crystal" movie, a cult classic from the 80s. They mention that they posted a review of the movie, not realizing that the franchise would soon get rebooted by Netflix, a surprise announced two weeks after their review. The reboot, titled "Age of Resistance," was a surprise as the franchise was considered dead.
After the announcement, they received daily tweets about the reboot from viewers. They also found out that Lisa Henson, the current CEO of the Henson Company, had seen their video. They were invited to tour the Henson office and met some of the puppeteers. They were also contacted by Netflix and invited to an early screening of the first two episodes of "Age of Resistance."
The speaker found the reboot visually impressive, praising the puppetry and cinematography. They also noted that the series was darker and scarier than the original. They mentioned that they found the series slow in parts and felt that the backstory of the tree aliens, which cracked the crystal and split into the mystics and Skeksis, should have started the series.
Despite some criticisms, they enjoyed the series and hoped for a season two. They concluded by recommending viewers to watch the series using a speed controller plug-in on Netflix to save time. They also mentioned that they were working on a second book, which would be available in late March.
1. The speaker published a 23-minute long movie review about an 80s puppet movie.
2. The movie review was different from the content the speaker usually posts.
3. The speaker is familiar with the 80s puppet movie, which was a lot of work but fun to try something new.
4. The speaker thinks the video turned out pretty good.
5. The speaker was surprised to learn that the franchise of the movie he reviewed would get a reboot.
6. The speaker made a review about a cult classic puppet movie that came out 35 years ago.
7. The speaker watched a movie called the Dark Crystal, which was a passion project of Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets.
8. The movie was done entirely with puppets and came out before the speaker was born.
9. The speaker got scarred for life in his review of the Dark Crystal movie.
10. The speaker recommended viewers to watch his video of the Dark Crystal movie.
11. The speaker got contacted by Netflix and was invited to an early screening of the first two episodes of the Dark Crystal series.
12. The speaker signed a nondisclosure agreement to prevent spoilers from his viewing.
13. Lisa Henson, the current CEO of the Henson Company, saw the speaker's video and invited him to tour the Henson office.
14. The speaker got to see a real-life Skeksis puppet and met some of the puppeteers.
15. The speaker was contacted by Netflix before the release of Age of Resistance and was invited to an early screening.
16. The speaker participated in an early screening of the first two episodes of Age of Resistance.
17. The speaker found the puppetry and cinematography in Age of Resistance to be beautiful and the series was done with practical effects and puppets.
18. The series was darker and scarier than the original Dark Crystal movie.
19. The series was left open for a season two and the speaker wanted it to be greenlit.
20. The speaker did not want to do a plot summary of the whole series but mentioned some spoiler-free details.
21. The series was filled with made-up words and names of creatures like Skeksis and gelfling z'.
22. The series was slow and contained a lot of filler scenes.
23. The speaker appreciated the Skeksis with more personality in the series.
24. The series did not tone down the darkness and amplified it.
25. The speaker liked the nods to the original Dark Crystal in the series.
26. The voice acting in the series was amazing with talented people voicing the characters.
27. The speaker found the series to be everything he liked about Dark Crystal Age of Resistance.
28. The speaker concluded his video with a plug for a video speed controller plug-in to save viewers time.
29. The speaker mentioned that he was working on a second book to be released in late March.
30. The speaker thanked his team for working on the video and urged viewers to wear their seat belts.