The Dark Crystal Quotes

Jen * Reading prophecy about the Dark Crystal

Quotes about The Dark Crystal *], as quoted in , Io9.gizmodo.com, July 20, 2019

Aughra The Great Conjunction is the ] of the world! Or the ]. Hm! End, begin, all the same. Big ]. Sometimes ], sometimes ].

Jen I'm looking for Aughra.

Aughra Who sent you?

Jen My master, wisest of the Mystics.

Aughra Where is he? Around here?

Jen He's dead.

Aughra Could be anywhere, then.

Jen Are you Aughra?

Aughra Are you afraid of me? Think I'm going to EAT YOU?! Hmm? What do you want of me?

Jen A shard. A Crystal shard.

Aughra That's all you want? A Crystal shard? Hmph! Drop him.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal It had always been our intention to create a tale with the weight of myth; a story that felt as though it had been told many times before in another land, another age, another world; a story whose profound, universal truth is revealed in the retelling. Since the movie continues to be used in philosophy, religion and metaphysics classes as well as in film seminars, we seem to have succeeded.

Ornamentalist Oh yes, my lord Chamberlain, time to choose an Emperor.

Chamberlain Yes, it should be me!

General Not him, I must rule!

Treasurer You could be the Emperor.

Ornamentalist There's going to be a fight!

Chamberlain It's time to make...my move.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal Remember The Dark Crystal? How cool was that freaking movie? I would watch that any day over all of the digitized junk that I see now. Sure, beautiful, but the are so visceral and so real — the actual puppets and models, and actors interacting with monsters that they could see instead of a green screen.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal * Kenneth von Gunden (1989), Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films, p. 30.

Aughra A thousand years ago, there was a Great Conjunction. I was there. Three suns lined up. That's when the Crystal cracked. That's when the Skeksis appeared, and the Mystics. Another Great Conjunction coming up! Anything could happen. Whole world might burn up. End of Aughra! Hm!

Quotes about The Dark Crystal The Dark Crystal is a difficult film to categorize, evaluate, and appreciate. For every positive thing one can say about it, a corresponding negative can be cited: It is a brilliantly conceived world... inhabited by less than compelling central characters; it is a marvel of technological achievement... all but undone by the limitations of technology; it is a very adult fantasy... that works best for undemanding adolescents; and, finally, it is a triumph of the puppeteer's art... which cannot escape its Muppet origins.

Jen When single shines the triple ] What was sundered and undone Shall be whole, the two made one By Gelfling ] or else by none.

Historian Another world, another time, in the age of wonder. A thousand years ago, this land was green and good, until the Crystal cracked. For a single piece was lost; a shard of the Crystal. Then strife began, and two new races appeared: the cruel Skeksis, the gentle Mystics. Here in the castle of the Crystal, the Skeksis took control. Now the Skeksis gather in the sacred chamber, where the Crystal hangs above a shaft of air and fire. The Skeksis with their hard and twisted bodies, their harsh and twisted wills. For a thousand years they have ruled, yet now there are only ten. A dying race, ruled by a dying emperor, imprisoned within themselves in a dying land. Today, once more, they gather at the Crystal as the first sun climbs to its peak. For this is the way of the Skeksis. As they ravaged the land, so too they learned to draw new life from the sun. Today, once more, they will replenish themselves, cheat death again, through the power of their source, their treasure, their fate - the Dark Crystal. But today, the ceremony of the sun gives no comfort. Today, an emperor lies dying. Today, a new emperor must seize the throne.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal * ], as quoted in , Suicidegirls (Mar 30, 2011).

Jen You...Gelfling? Like me?

Kira Well, yes!

Jen But, I thought I was the only one.

Kira I thought I was.

Aughra What was sundered and undone shall be whole, the two made one.

urSkek leader And now the prophecy is fulfilled. We are again one. Many ages ago, in our arrogance and delusion, we shattered the pure Crystal and our world split apart. Your courage and sacrifice have made us whole, and restored the true power of the Crystal. Hold her to you. She is part of you, as we all are part of each other. Now we leave you the Crystal of Truth. Make your world in its light.

urZah Dear friend, be well. Receive your belongings, receive them serenely. Now we send forth Jen. Watch over his dangerous quest.

Ritual Master Crystal bats, fly! Search the land! Search the water! Search the sky!

Scientist The reflector will capture the beams of the Dark Crystal floating high above. Look into the reflector, Podling. Feel the power of the Dark Crystal!

Emperor Is it ready?

Scientist Very fresh. Very strong, sire. Oh, it will make you young again, sire.

Emperor Young! Young! Yes, young! You fraud!

Scientist Wait! Please, sire!

Emperor LIAR! Slave squeezer...!

Scientist It always worked better when we used Gelflings...

Aughra Stupid Garthim! You want Gelfling? Why not ask me?! No — easier to send your crab-brained soldiers, burn my home! Now home gone, Gelfling gone — nothing but Aughra! Mouldy mildew, mother of mouthmuck, dangle and strangle and ]!

Historian A thousand years ago, the Crystal cracked. And here, far from the castle, the race of Mystics came to live in a dream of peace. Their ways were the gentle ways of natural wizards. Yet now there are only ten. A dying race, numbly rehearsing the ancient ways in a blur of forgetfulness. But today, the ritual gives no comfort. Today, the wisest of the Mystics lies dying. Today, they summon the one who must save them.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal I think that the original movie, for anyone who’s a fan of it and fell in love with it, I do think melancholy is an intrinsic part of it. That’s part of the charm of it and the love of it.

Jen The prophecy didn't say anything about this!

Kira Prophets don't know everything!

Historian In the valley of the Mystics, there lives a Gelfling, Jen. The Skeksis killed his family, destroyed his clan. Only Jen survived, to be raised by the wisest of the Mystics. But there is a prophecy. A thousand years have passed, and now, once more, the world must undergo a time of testing. Now it must be healed, or pass forever into the rule of evil. At this time, Jen is the chosen one. Today, Jen's pipe gives no comfort. For today, his master lies dying. And a journey must begin; the journey of Jen.

Jen What in the world? This place is weird. Let's see. Her name is Aughra. "Follow the Greater ] for a day to the home of Aughra." Hmph. Some directions! Who is Aughra, anyway? One of these things? Maybe she murders Gelflings. What am I doing here?

Quotes about The Dark Crystal I once saw this film in Italian, and it was hilarious. This scene , in particular, was a lot of fun, because when listen to it Italian, it's like a demented Vatican.

Jen Wings? I don’t have wings.

Kira Of course not. You're a boy.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal From the very first in scoring the music for The Dark Crystal, I set out to find two melodic ideas — one for the Mystics, the other for the Skeksis. These two motifs, when counterpointed, fuse to become one, and in the Great Conjunction at the film’s climax, they join to become the central theme.

Quotes about The Dark Crystal * Brian Froud

Quotes about The Dark Crystal * ], as quoted in , Henson.com (January 14, 2013).

Jen Master?

Master At the time when three suns meet...

Jen Master! What's wrong?

Master You are in danger, Gelfling...and I must leave you.

Jen Leave me? Master, no!

Master Gelfling, I have told you of the Skeksis.

Jen The Skeksis killed my mother and father.

Master The story runs deeper than you know, and you are part of it.

Jen I don't understand.

Master The Skeksis will vow to destroy you...for the prophecy says you must find the shard. The Crystal shard.

Jen The Crystal shard?

Master To save our world, Gelfling, you must find the shard...before the three suns meet. If not, Skeksis rule forever.

Jen Where is it?

Master Aughra holds the shard. Follow the greater sun for a day to the home of Aughra...there. She knows all the secrets.

Jen Aughra? Follow the greater sun? But master, I'm only a Gelfling.

Master I should've told you these things long ago. Now it is up to you. Remember me, Jen. We may meet in another life...but not again in this one.

Jen Master...don't leave me.

Aughra But Gelfling all dead! Garthim kill them all! You can't be Gelfling! You look like Gelfling... smell like Gelfling... maybe you are Gelfling!

Quotes about The Dark Crystal * Brian Froud, from "A Journey Into The Dark Crystal", the opening essay to the 2003 edition of ]

Ritual Master Watch your tongue, harridan! We are lords of the Crystal!

Aughra Lords? Not for long! What about the prophecy, that a Gelfling will end Skeksis power? He'll come! Make you crawl, like the worms you are!