Today, while being a good house-husband, I was doing the dishes and watching The Dark Crystal on DVD. TDC is a classic and I enjoy it, but I got to thinking, “I could come up with a story as good as this.”
Jim Henson was a puppeteer and he did it better than anyone I can think of. He was very imaginative too. But, his story (at least TDC) doesn’t seem to have a whole lot of depth to it. At least in my estimation, and that’s why I figure I could come up with something as good.
To me, TDC seems pretty easy. There’s no integral backstory — other than the history of the Crystal — at least not like there is for Tolkien, Lewis and Rowling’s work.
Maybe it’s because TDC is a movie, not a novel. We don’t know Jen’s real stuggles, and what he’s thinking. We don’t really know what (if anything) motivates him. More important to me, the world of TDC doesn’t seem as believable, because it isn’t as fleshed out as my favourite author’s worlds. Sure, it’s got lot’s of locals with weird flora and fauna, but I think that should be the icing on the cake and there should be more of a history to the land.
I don’t know, perhaps I’m being unfair. I think I could do as good though, story wise. And, I like The Dark Crystal.
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