“The Dark Crystal” film was unusual at the time it was released in 1982: a dark fantasy world featuring puppetry by Muppets maestro Jim Henson. But that unique marriage of story, tone and medium has allowed the film to survive through the ensuing decades as a cult favorite, enough so that Netflix bankrolled an entire prequel series, “Age of Resistance,” to open up the world of the crusading Gelflings and evil Skeksis. It debuted on the streaming service on August 30. So what do critics think of this return to the planet Thra?
The reviews for have mostly been glowing. As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 85 based on 14 reviews counted thus far, 11 of them positive, 3 of them mixed. Over on Rotten Tomatoes the series is rated 87% fresh based on 38 reviews, only 5 of them classified as negative. The Rt critics’ consensus says “Age of Resistance” “will please old...
The reviews for have mostly been glowing. As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 85 based on 14 reviews counted thus far, 11 of them positive, 3 of them mixed. Over on Rotten Tomatoes the series is rated 87% fresh based on 38 reviews, only 5 of them classified as negative. The Rt critics’ consensus says “Age of Resistance” “will please old...
- 8/30/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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