This is a spoiler-free review for all 10 episodes of Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance – premiering Friday, August 30.
Boasting an impressive voice cast, and an even more admirable, labor-intensive production utilizing state-of-the-art puppetry (mixed with some green screens), The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is an embarrassment of riches. As a prequel series to Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s ghoulishly great labor of love, 1982’s The Dark Crystal, and based on their own “World of Thra” notes, the series now presents us with a lopsided narrative. At nearly 10 hours (and the story not complete by the end), Age of Resistance is a deep-dive backstory that far outweighs the 90-minute movie it’s leading towards.
Source: IGN.com The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is Even Darker Than the Original Film