It really is a absolute masterpiece . I highly recommend the book The world of the Dark Crystal by Brian Fraud , the crafting of the world is on another level. Did you watch the Netflicks series? Age of Resistance. I really enjoyed it expanding the world really well.
1982 was a weird year. I started my senior year in high school, and my little half-brother was only seven and we didn't live in the same house. Still, I managed to take him to a movie about every couple of months... and of course, half of them were Secret of Nimh, Last Unicorn, and Dark Crystal. For the last 40ish years, I've had to listen to how I scared him forever.
Fave movie of the year on this list: "Wrath of Khan". It's such a classic, in a year of classics. Fave movie from this section: "The Dark Crystal". I was a tween when this came out, so I was in the perfect demographic for this movie. And I *loved* it. It was *just* dark enough to be scary, but not enough to be off-putting for little me. And thank you for the detail of it (still?) being the only live-action movie with no (visible) actors in it. I love that!
The Last Unicorn was the first movie I ever saw in a theater as a child (I was 4). Loved it then and still love it. The book is my favorite book of all time and I read it once a year now. It's like a comfort book for me.
I have loved The Last Unicorn since I was little. I am currently 50 years old. I still watch it regularly. I also absolutely love The Dark Crystal. I still watch it regularly as well.
The original home release for Plague Dogs was actually cut in a few places. I believe it wasn't until the 2000s that a European release (maybe Germany?) had the full cut available.
Of this block I remember the Bronx warriors but not very well. Even less of a remembrance is mazes and monsters I remember seeing it but for whatever reason I never finished watching it. The two that I remember the most and love the most The last unicorn and The dark Crystal both of these I remember so well for my childhood.
I was super tense throughout the Plague Dogs segment, worrying you'd show the final shot, and I thought I'd been spared. But then you just had to slip it in, didn't you?
Well now I have to completely mentally (in all senses of the word) rewrite my Ator chronology to incorporate Sangraal. This is almost as complicated as trying to fit all the Arthurian myths into one canon. But with bigger '80s hair.
I remember all the write ups in all the movie magazines in 82 about Slapstick, and then........it was like it never came out. I didn't know it actually existed.
Has to be The Dark Crystal but Plague Dogs is a very close second. That is a beautifully bleak film and ranks up there with Watership Down and When The Wind Blows for cartoons that scarred me
Plague Dogs movie made me cry and the book made me ashamed to be a human but those movies you listed absolutely are my favorites as well, how bout that?
The world science fiction convention in nineteen eighty one had an exhibit of some of the muppets and characters from the dark crystal. At the time, there had been no prepublicity about the movie. So we're looking at these things in utter awe and a bit of confusion. The 2 primary races are really impressive. Particularly the good guys who with their tail are probably about 15 feet long and yet it's there all you guys crouched down working walking in frog fashion as for the big and beetle warriors. Oh my effing, God was this thing terrifying. It was probably the size of a British police box AK.A the tardis. It. Kind of looked like a shiny, black jellyfish, a top, a collection of tentacles and claws.
I saw The Dark Crystal in the theater age 6. Holy moly I knew that was not like anything else I ever saw, even as a kid. Still unique and amazing all these years later.
Lol thinking about the Man Who Saved the World i saw an old Bruce Le movie with Bolo Yueng and he fights a bull to the Klingon battle theme from Star Trek TMP
God I forgot how many great genre flicks there were in 1982. Given that Blade Runner, Mad Max, Tron, The Dark Crystal, Star Trek 2, Conan, Poltergeist and even freaking Annie got remakes and or sequels, why not The Last Unicorn or Plague Dogs? Chreistopher Lee really wanted a live action remake before he died, sadly he never got it. Also, there's a third book in the Richard Adams animal cruelty trilogy, Shardik.
if nothing else Mazes & Monsters has some great Twin Towers footage.... and there is an early role for Clark Johnson in the film... Disagree about the cultural impact as it added to the moral panic around D&D via orginazations like BADD (Bothered about D&D) which along with the PMRC, who objected to Prince but also the D&D imagery found in Heavy Metal at the time... both fed into the Satanic Panic of the era
TBF, Pat Morita also played the Emperor in Mulan, Mulan II and Kingdom Hearts...soooo it's not just the fault of this movie...Also A lot of his roles pre-Karate Kid were...shall we say, not as culturally sensitive...
The Dark Crystal is my favorite fantasy movie. You can watch it over and over again and always discover new details.
It really is a absolute masterpiece . I highly recommend the book The world of the Dark Crystal by Brian Fraud , the crafting of the world is on another level.
Did you watch the Netflicks series? Age of Resistance.
I really enjoyed it expanding the world really well.
I'm honestly surprised my VHS tape of it lived for so long. I should have worn it out with all the rewatches I did as a kid 😅
@@krs4976 I watched Age of Resistance and I loved it. It's a shame it got cancelled.
Billie Whitelaw was also Damien’s replacement nanny in the original Omen.
1982 was a weird year. I started my senior year in high school, and my little half-brother was only seven and we didn't live in the same house. Still, I managed to take him to a movie about every couple of months... and of course, half of them were Secret of Nimh, Last Unicorn, and Dark Crystal. For the last 40ish years, I've had to listen to how I scared him forever.
Fave movie of the year on this list: "Wrath of Khan". It's such a classic, in a year of classics.
Fave movie from this section: "The Dark Crystal". I was a tween when this came out, so I was in the perfect demographic for this movie. And I *loved* it. It was *just* dark enough to be scary, but not enough to be off-putting for little me. And thank you for the detail of it (still?) being the only live-action movie with no (visible) actors in it. I love that!
Nice one Josh, also that tree looks more like meat and two veg mate in the last unicorn, more motorboating a hefty ball bag lol
The Last Unicorn was the first movie I ever saw in a theater as a child (I was 4). Loved it then and still love it. The book is my favorite book of all time and I read it once a year now. It's like a comfort book for me.
“Motorboating a maple”. Love it!
Am I the only one who thought it looked more like a cock and balls instead lol
I have loved The Last Unicorn since I was little. I am currently 50 years old. I still watch it regularly. I also absolutely love The Dark Crystal. I still watch it regularly as well.
The ear bugs in wrath of khan messed me up for my entire life! I can close my eyes and see now and it was 40 years ago!
Love the dark crystal one of the ones passed to my daughter when she was little
Your videos are one of the reasons I like Fridays.
The Last Unicorn is one of my favorite movies. A great book as well.
And beautiful music by the band America 😎👍
@@midknightgeek6629When Horse With No Name turned up in Bojack Horseman, I legit screamed 😂
The original home release for Plague Dogs was actually cut in a few places. I believe it wasn't until the 2000s that a European release (maybe Germany?) had the full cut available.
The island is REAL. I cry every time that I watch TPD. Great double bill with Felidae cough. Kudos.
I am Pardeux and I am a Holy Man who loves this series & channel.
Mazes & Monsters is just the best. ❤
Of this block I remember the Bronx warriors but not very well. Even less of a remembrance is mazes and monsters I remember seeing it but for whatever reason I never finished watching it. The two that I remember the most and love the most The last unicorn and The dark Crystal both of these I remember so well for my childhood.
The movie timelines logo looks great!
yessssssssss thanks for keeping these coming!
I was super tense throughout the Plague Dogs segment, worrying you'd show the final shot, and I thought I'd been spared. But then you just had to slip it in, didn't you?
Well now I have to completely mentally (in all senses of the word) rewrite my Ator chronology to incorporate Sangraal. This is almost as complicated as trying to fit all the Arthurian myths into one canon. But with bigger '80s hair.
I remember all the write ups in all the movie magazines in 82 about Slapstick, and then........it was like it never came out. I didn't know it actually existed.
Dark Crystal is the first movie I can vividly remember seeing in the theater.
Has to be The Dark Crystal but Plague Dogs is a very close second. That is a beautifully bleak film and ranks up there with Watership Down and When The Wind Blows for cartoons that scarred me
Plague Dogs movie made me cry and the book made me ashamed to be a human but those movies you listed absolutely are my favorites as well, how bout that?
3:56 oh god not again
16:03 love this one
27:11 best movie here
being an avid D&D player, I remember when Mazes and Monsters was shown. and the whole stink how D&D was corrupting the minds of kids.
The world science fiction convention in nineteen eighty one had an exhibit of some of the muppets and characters from the dark crystal. At the time, there had been no prepublicity about the movie. So we're looking at these things in utter awe and a bit of confusion. The 2 primary races are really impressive. Particularly the good guys who with their tail are probably about 15 feet long and yet it's there all you guys crouched down working walking in frog fashion as for the big and beetle warriors. Oh my effing, God was this thing terrifying. It was probably the size of a British police box AK.A the tardis. It.
Kind of looked like a shiny, black jellyfish, a top, a collection of tentacles and claws.
I saw The Dark Crystal in the theater age 6. Holy moly I knew that was not like anything else I ever saw, even as a kid. Still unique and amazing all these years later.
Steven Paul the director of the beyond horrible Slapstick was also responsible for Baby Geniuses.
So many good flicks of these I'd have to go with Dark Crystal as well, but for 1982 my favorite movie can be summed up with one word Kahnnnnnnnnnnnn
I always look here for a Friday night movie...
2/9.
Makes and Monsters: Tom Hanks had already stared in two seasons of Bosom Buddies at this point so he wasn't "little known. "
Your next 2 Action Timeline shows should be The Substitute movies and the 10 Sniper movies.
Personal pick: Dark Crystal.but I also recommend The Last Unicorn, Turkish Star Wars and its sequel.
Dark Crystal and Last Unicron were big part of my childhood
I’ll have to look for Plague Dogs. I’m in the mood for a good cry
Lol thinking about the Man Who Saved the World i saw an old Bruce Le movie with Bolo Yueng and he fights a bull to the Klingon battle theme from Star Trek TMP
I could have sworn the book version of Plague Dogs had a similar ending to the film.
So many barbarians, so little time. My fave in this one is also The Dark Crystal, although The Plague Dogs is a very close second.
God I forgot how many great genre flicks there were in 1982. Given that Blade Runner, Mad Max, Tron, The Dark Crystal, Star Trek 2, Conan, Poltergeist and even freaking Annie got remakes and or sequels, why not The Last Unicorn or Plague Dogs? Chreistopher Lee really wanted a live action remake before he died, sadly he never got it. Also, there's a third book in the Richard Adams animal cruelty trilogy, Shardik.
if nothing else Mazes & Monsters has some great Twin Towers footage.... and there is an early role for Clark Johnson in the film... Disagree about the cultural impact as it added to the moral panic around D&D via orginazations like BADD (Bothered about D&D) which along with the PMRC, who objected to Prince but also the D&D imagery found in Heavy Metal at the time... both fed into the Satanic Panic of the era
TBF, Pat Morita also played the Emperor in Mulan, Mulan II and Kingdom Hearts...soooo
it's not just the fault of this movie...Also A lot of his roles pre-Karate Kid were...shall we say, not as culturally sensitive...
Keep forgetting to catch up when I get home from work, hope I will today it's be3n hot and busy here in GA, for the algorithm
😍 The Dark Crystal 😍
Nice
YES!
To be fair dungeons and dragons was already taken
Herculoids!
He gets evited for not paying rent because he got fired
Josh drops an 80's project and instant click
Mazes and Monsters is a decent movie, with a horrible premise!
The Dark Crystal was the best of this block!