• The Jim Henson Company Is Working On A Labyrinth Sequel! (Dark Crystal Sequel and Fraggle Rock movie
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[IMG]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--rCXzWFns--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/fbgh1eeramrqojotmrnw.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]Tucked away in a [URL="http://variety.com/2014/film/news/billy-crystal-joins-henson-which-witch-1201326184/"][I]Variety[/I][/URL] article about Billy Crystal joining the Henson Company's production of [I]Which Witch?[/I] — which, you know, whatever — comes the much more interesting news that a sequel to 1986's [I]Labyrinth[/I] is in the works (along with the previously rumored [I]Dark Crystal 2[/I]and [I]Fraggle Rock[/I] movies). There's of course no information other than the fact that is apparently exists, which is still pretty mind-boggling. All right, Jim Henson Company. If you're going to do this, you gotta do it right. And that means including two things: 1) incorporating [URL="http://io9.com/this-amazing-labyrinth-fan-created-backstory-just-blew-978028657"]this amazing fan theory[/URL] about Jareth, and 2) prominently including [URL="http://io9.com/a-critical-analysis-of-david-bowie-s-crotch-bulge-in-la-474835373"]David Bowie' magical crotch bulge[/URL]. These two things are necessary, and we will brook no discussion on the matter. Everything else you can figure out on your own.[/QUOTE] [url]http://io9.com/the-jim-henson-company-is-apparently-working-on-a-labyr-1644770305?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow[/url]
The world needed more David Bowie.
Holy shit Dark Crystal yessss
Love Labyrinth more than anything, but let's face it - you can't capture that kind of old school charm and uniqueness any more. I am very happy with just having the original classic movies like these - Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Krull, The Princess Bride etc etc. A modern sequel will just be awful, I can feel it. Honestly, when was the last time a classic movie like one of these got a modern-made sequel, with or without original actors, that wasn't either depressingly average or just plain crap? Let them live on as untouched classics I think.
[QUOTE=pentium;46201860]The world needed more David Bowie.[/QUOTE] and his bulge as well
[QUOTE=pentium;46201860]The world needed more David Bowie.[/QUOTE] He's certainly an acquired taste.
Oh god dammit :v: I [I]hate[/I] Labyrinth. I'd probably like it or whatever, but my family would put it on all the fucking time when I was a kid. They would watch it and rewatch it and rewatch it and then the TV would be taken up so there's jack and shit else to do. I burnt out on it then I saw it an additional 40 or 50 times and I [I]haaaaate[/I] it David Bowie's crotch bulge haunts me to this day
[QUOTE=Sobek-;46204172]Love Labyrinth more than anything, but let's face it - you can't capture that kind of old school charm and uniqueness any more. I am very happy with just having the original classic movies like these - Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Krull, The Princess Bride etc etc. A modern sequel will just be awful, I can feel it. Honestly, when was the last time a classic movie like one of these got a modern-made sequel, with or without original actors, that wasn't either depressingly average or just plain crap? Let them live on as untouched classics I think.[/QUOTE] I can definitely imagine why you feel that way. The mystical secrets of the 80's are pretty much lost technology to the shallow cold Hollywood composter, so unless they have just the right directors and whatnot they'd be hard-pressed to recapture that ancient magick.
No, they aren't working on a labyrinth sequel. They've been talking about making a sequel to that for yeeeeaaars but it's yet to actually go anywhere beyond "maybe we should make a sequel someday". [url]http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/10/10/labyrinth-sequel/?hootPostID=6ebf700bf540375310b64c28309a559c[/url] What awful reporting lmao. Variety just mentioned them as "working" on it because it's just been something they've wanted to do and now all these other sites are reporting it as them actually having started pre-production or something. Yeah there's no actual news here.
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