@movie_nazi said:

Sorry if I am not up on Dark Crystal lore. I remember watching this as a child in the 80s and I barely remember the plot. Actually rewatching the original now.

Here's a Wikipedia entry all about this that you might find helpful. I linked to the production section:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance#Production

@bratface said:

@movie_nazi said:

Sorry if I am not up on Dark Crystal lore. I remember watching this as a child in the 80s and I barely remember the plot. Actually rewatching the original now.

Here's a Wikipedia entry all about this that you might find helpful. I linked to the production section:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance#Production

Ah, very nice. I just finished watching the original film and I am kinda stoked to watch the prequel series.

It takes 50 years before the original movie and 945 years after the crystal cracked

@Egon1982 said:

It takes 50 years before the original movie and 945 years after the crystal cracked

Wow, so it looks like it's going to be pretty depressing seeing how the first film starts off.

Not sure if you have seen these 2 articles/reviews, but here goes.

https://tv.avclub.com/the-dark-crystal-s-full-potential-is-realized-in-age-of-1837675904

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/29/netflix-the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-season-1-review

I watched the original again before starting the series, and now after I watched all episodes I have to say that the series is far more superior. TV show has more time to develop the characters and to dive very deep into the world of Thra. And still there are lots of things to discover in the next seasons. The movie had very limited time to show just the small part of Thra and now after the series showed so much more, I prefer the creators of the series to remake the movie as the last season of the show. The entire story of the movie can be really great 10 episode season.

@D-magic said:

I watched the original again before starting the series, and now after I watched all episodes I have to say that the series is far more superior. TV show has more time to develop the characters and to dive very deep into the world of Thra. And still there are lots of things to discover in the next seasons. The movie had very limited time to show just the small part of Thra and now after the series showed so much more, I prefer the creators of the series to remake the movie as the last season of the show. The entire story of the movie can be really great 10 episode season.

Without question, the series is better. Of course, are also talking almost 40 years of technical developments to add to the mix but besides that, your point still stands and that is the character and story development is far superior. I found many of the scenes quite moving and always thought the original film was just meh.