'Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance': Gorgeous, Multi-Faceted, Hollow At Its Center
Let's get the cheap joke out of the way up top:
Look, if I wanted to watch dead-eyed, expressionless creatures sniping at one another over backstories I can't follow without consulting the Internet, I'd watch Real Housewives.
Okay, that's done. Now let's get serious. Let's talk Gelflings.
(Or Gelfling, technically. I am reliably informed that the plural of Gelfling — the o.g. Dark Crystal's wan, elf-like protagonists — is "Gelfling." Similarly, the plural of Skeksis — this fantasy world's eeeeEEEeevil villains, which look like what would happen if Gonzo schtupped a turkey vulture — is "Skeksis." Clip and save for your records.)
Real talk: Gelfling are ... bad. Boring. Lifeless. Dull.
On their own, they'd be generic enough — a first-pass attempt at your garden-variety Tolkien-adjacent high-fantasy race. But as soon as you place them — as do both the original 1982 film and Netflix's new,, they become something even worse: They're basic.
