# Dark Crystal sequel in the works. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378 "2006-02-14T01:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/1 "2006-02-14T01:08:40Z")
They are making a sequel to “The Dark Crystal” [http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2006/020106.shtml](http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2006/020106.shtml) Henson productions, Brian Froud, and Genndy Tartakovsky. There is just so much coolness here I may freeze to death! Yep, gonna wanna see it when it comes out! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/2 "2006-02-14T02:07:15Z")
Hmm. read the proposed storyline, wonder how the crystal becomes “dark” again after being fixed at the end of the first movie? I was going to propose a sequel where evil aliens come to steal the galaxy’s biggest dilithium crystal to power their planet-destroyer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/3 "2006-02-14T02:26:48Z")
Does anyone even remember that movie? Well, ok, some people do, but seriosly, whose idea was this? I haven’t seen the original since it was released in theaters. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/4 "2006-02-14T08:45:57Z")
> [@MGibson](#): > > Does anyone even remember that movie? Well, ok, some people do, but seriously, whose idea was this? I haven’t seen the original since it was released in theaters. > > Marc Are you kidding? It’s a cult classic. You obviously hang out with the wrong crowd. (In meatspace, anyway. On-line, you obviously hang out with us!) I know what’s going on my Netflix queue! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/5 "2006-02-14T14:35:07Z")
Interesting. The original was a cool piece of work that we still watch every now and then with our kid. My wife will be thrilled to see this happening. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/6 "2006-02-14T15:50:45Z")
I absolutely love the _Dark Crystal_, and have ever since I saw it as a kid. I awlays get a little nervous when “new” people take on stories I love, but this looks like it could be really neat. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/7 "2006-02-14T15:59:27Z")
I don’t know. As much as I love other movies of the era/genre, Dark Crystal never really captured my imagination. That said, a sequel could be pretty cool. Of course, I’m still waiting to see what happens with the remake of [The Last Unicorn](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314301/). ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/8 "2006-02-14T16:01:02Z")
OOoooo, sweet! Thank you for the head’s up. (I just hope that we don’t see Dexter or Power Puff like characterizations, but from the images they showed it seems not.) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/9 "2006-02-14T16:15:30Z")
Funny how some movies affect others more than some. That movie made me want to be a puppeteer when I was a kid. Jen, Kira, Fizzgig, Aughra, the Skeksis, the Mystics, the Podlings, the Garthim, the landstriders… I still have the Marvel Comics adaptations somewhere. I’m still a huge, huge fan of designer Brian Froud. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-sequel-in-the-works/344378/10 "2006-02-14T16:54:07Z")
I just watched it on Sunday with my neice and nephew. It was a little on the scary side for them, but they held up great. Now when **The Power of the Dark Crystal** comes out, they’ll be up to speed!