The Skeksis | The Dark Crystal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ม.ค. 2020
- For a thousand years the Skeksis ruled with their hard and twisted bodies, their harsh and twisted wills. A dying race ruled by a dying emperor imprisoned within themselves in a dying land.
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The Templin Institute Damn! Well, back to siphoning the essence out of podlings I guess.
I would love to see a video of the Greater German Empire of Wolfenstein
How about the treacherous and chilling Wild Hunt and their leader, Eridin!
Cmon atleast anything in RWBY like Vale or Vacuo or Mistral or The White Fang or The Schnee Dust Conpany or anything
Or atleast any anime faction or Cites? Like Nerv from Evangelio or the Cities in One Punch, The Hero Acadamies in My Hero Acadamia, The kingdon Science in Dr.Stone, The Empire from Youjo senki, The Speedwagon Company in JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, Passione also in JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, Marine from One Peace, The Yakuza from the Yakuza games, The Tempest Federarion from That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime, or even The Power Rangers
"Brought to life by that most ancient and sacred of arts... "
"Puppetry. Yay."
hmmmm. it is the most ancient and sacred of arts
Followed by hup and rian groaning
@@maskyprime ooooooooh no!
"Each Skeksis had a specific Role in the order, Like the Hunter..who was the only one of the lot that was worth anything."
Eh Heretic is cool too
Worth anything? SkekMal was an animal-maiming hobo. The most valuable arguably was skekTek, as he pretty much built literally everything keeping his race alive.
@@samrizzardi2213 yeah, the Heretic managed to live in harmony with his Mystic half.
The Scientist and the Herectic are the only ones who actually succeeded at anything. Especially the Scientist. Like damn he made them freaking immortal and built a baddass army in a considerably short period of time on his own.
sam rizzardi you’re so right.
A loyal Gelfling serves his Lords and always gets his just reward
**Raises spoon**
HUPP!
Hup!
oh they got their rewards alright LOL.
Mr BigCookie _DZENPO!_
by being drained and let the Skeksis drink their essence and get wasted?
The origins of some of the darkest nightmares from my childhood.
A really nice design.
Yup, thank for reminded me of my forgotten nightmares.
Lol! Me too! The Skeksis scared the hell out of me as a kid. I never imagined the bad guys in this movie would have scared me so much.
I can still remember, somewhat vaguely, how they drain the life essence from their prisoners, and it's effect on the victim. Scariest shit I've ever watched back then.
i just realised there is a potrait option for them in stellaris the final one in the avian catagory its a buff naked skesis with actual working wings.
My! It must have been quite the hazardous journey for the institute to study the skeksis! A human would surely look like a big gelfling, _ripe for draining._ Hhhhmmmmm? Yes?
It would go disastrously wrong. Humans are no more native to Thra than are the Skekses.
@@BlackCover95 *_Cease your whimpering!!_*
I don't know if you could drain a human. There alien to Thra so they might have an odd reaction if any to the crystal. Also because of how human religions are most humans would rather die then let there essence or soul as they call it, be taken from them.
@@beastwarsFTW I doubt the willing intent to let the Crystal draw out one's essence is necessary - every Gelfling I saw looked less that willing when theirs were drawn out, and skekTek's own essence was drawn out even as he protested for it to stop. Speaking of which, the latter still happened even though he is by all means an alien, so I think a human would have an unpleasant experience at least. As for whether any essence would be made is another story however...
Then again, I am only working with what is presented in the Age of Resistance show.
*Pulls out super shotgun*
They look like greater demons of Tzeentch . . . oh and look there are also tiny Eldar.
They were created before Warhammer so you could argue that the Greater Daemons of Tzeench look like them.
Of course, it wouldn't be a proper 40K reference without some good old fashioned xenos genocide.
@Scheffelmeier They are kinda like Slaanesh with Tzeentch aesthetic...for the most part. skekGra, skekMal and skekSa are outliers in that they aren't really that hedonistic.
Hey hey people
Idk all I see is guardsmen target practice
You neglected to mention they seized power because of a deal they made with Aughra so she could take some acid and travel the galaxy.
Would've fooled me as well. :D
Guess there was no time to mention him, but my favorite Skeksi is SkekGra the Heretic (from the Netflix show), who grew to desire re-union with his counterpart. I guess I love how even though he is still naturally ill-tempered and impatient, even a being essentially composed of negative energy can still be a force for good.
To be honest, the fear of death and in turn the unknown, is a really solid motivation for villains
No, no! Skeksis is your friend!
Yeah right!
MMMMMMMMMM
I was just about to say that.
I HATE YOUR WHIMPER
*Secondary MMMMMMMM's*
Captain Fordo is Freiiiiiiiiiiind yes, want peeeeeeeeace, hmmmmmmmmmm
Captain Fordo mmmmmmmm
I loved The Dark Crystal since I was a kid, and now that Age of Resistance is over. I’m ready to see where the story goes in season 2.
That should be awesome
And then netflix canceled season 2 for goddam cuties
Sadly the dark crystal was cancelled
@@Bruh-hq1hx no way they canceled it for cuties?
@@Blank-bz6bi yep unfortunately they did exactly that
This is definitely a new series for me, let's see what we've got.
The netflix series is great, the movie too.
It is great, just give some time to get used to of the puppet by episode 3 you will be hook.
@@fromspace8816 And all of these comments are why this is among the best communities on TH-cam.
I'd recommend watching the original movie first, knowing the end of the saga did nothing to diminish the story, it actually added suspense to it, wich is quite unusual (other way around most of the time), it will also make the transition to modern and better special effects you see in the netflix series less jarring.
Fascinating overview of Thra. If anyone wants to know more, I would recommend the book, The World of the Dark Crystal which contains the original concept art and writing for the film. It's about to be re-issued.
There is some question over the nature of the Skeksis when they were first "born". It is possible that they had some positive aspects to their characters, but these degraded over the years due to their lack of control of their base desires. It was said that only SkekNah the Slave Master was openly evil from the start and he was notably absent from the Castle during the events of the series.
No one can deny, the Skeksis are awesome.
God, I loved The Dark Crystal.
me too
You definitely need to do the Goblin Kingdom now since you did a Jim Henson movie.
It's funny because SkekMal the Hunter never used the elixirs, and was still the physically strongest and most feared of them.
So they didn't even need to turn people into juice to live, they could have just ran around in the wilds killing things and getting plenty of exercise and fresh air, and they would have been fine
_Gelfling essence_
From the makers of *_Slurm_*
Accept no substitutes.
Except maybe "Soul Brew"!😁
Someone's gotta show this to the odd1sout.
Yes
Yeap
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"...and the war shall remain, until the day when all are one."
I know. But it fits, I think.
Having the story outlined like this really helped. Having seen the original movie I knew that they Skeksis and the mystics joined together to form a new whole, I didn't know that they were originally like that, or that their attempts to return from whence they came split them. Also, now that I'm older looking back you realise that the Gelflings are f@#$ed, there's no way those two could make enough babies and even then the inbreeding would be horrendous.
I'm sure there were gelflings who fled to other islands
Woah, the Dark Crystal!
'A skeksis will always tell you what was done to him, but never why.'
-Podling proverb
MMMMMM.... ESSSSSENNNNNCE!
Good to see that The Dark Crystal gets more love and attention!
MMMMMMMMMNNNN
everytime i do this my wife goes "you're not a Skeksis!" i refuse to believe her. I AM FOREVER!!!!!!
The Dark Cristal was one of the few movies to really scare me when I was younger.
It has come to my attention that one of the highest levels of "Security Clearance" within the Institute includes a parking permit. Is this permit a sticker or a placard?
It's a front adhesive sticker that you can put on your car
@@TemplinInstitute Good! Everytime I visit the institute this bald, old guy harasses me until I present him the proper amount of validation tickets or pay a fee.
Never thought I’d see Dark Crystal material on here 😂😂😂
They were actually 18 but 2 Skeksis died soon after the split. Skek-Zok the Ritual Master has always been my favorite. He's pompous and lavishly dressed and has an air of authority about him!
These creatures are aliens, how is it that they have mastered interstellar travel & cybernetics, yet so much of their tech seems so primitive?
Well the UrSkeks they came from are the advanced aliens. The Skeksis, when they were born from the UrSkeks splitting into 2, had to learn all of this technology by themselves again. They also seem to still rely on Thra for most of their tech and structures, because why advance your science when you can just take what's already there?
It also had to do with the technology and resurces that was available on Thra at the time.
The Urskes did advance the Gelfling's tech over the millennia but in order to do interstellar travel they had to use the crysial at a very specific time called "the great conjunction,"
During an attempt to go to their home the Urskes were split into the Skeskies and that Urru. Also, the Urskes's world has it's own crysital that was used to send the 16 to Thra.
What do you mean primitive? They seem as though they’re in a medieval era, yet the Skeksis use several cybernetics on the world and themselves. Their technology is fairly advanced, considering the majority are lazy politicians. Their counterparts, the urRu, are far more primitive technologically, but that’s their chosen path & nature
I've been waiting for a skeksis video since the netflix series came out
I was a fan of The Dark Crystal as a kid. Haven't seen that wonderful film in years. This is a very wonderful telling of a story I had wondered about for years. Well Done!!!! Thank you so much for posting this.
Seen the prequel show?
skekSo the Emperor: WE ARE ETERNAAAAAAAAL!
urSu the Master: I'm about to end this boy's career!
Actually it was skekso who sealed their fates by experimenting on the darkening it completely destroyed his body
@@okoverlord928 With urSu choosing death rather than seeing the link of the Skeksis and Mystics ever be lost.
I find it disappointing skekTek the Scientist had to die such a random death. He was so disrespected.
*HMMMMM INTENSIFIES*
Skeksis are sort of like evil Chozo from the Metroid series.
The Skeksis shall rule this planet and the great Crystal!
We can all admit that the Skeksis were the best part of both the movie and the show.
Skeksis have terrible table manners too.
jesus, they fart, they burp, and they ooze pus in their food and eat it! *DISGUSTING!*
@@gillianday4804 Nurgle would be pleased.
@@seatspud uh huh
Lots of great info... but where do you get that the "residence called it the Dark Crystal"? As far as I know they call it the Crystal of Truth or just The Crystal.
Regarding Age of Division that happened at the conjunction split of the UrSkeks,... the clans came much later than that, though still within that Age but it didn't begin that age.
Rian only injured SkekVar, it was SkekSil who ultimately "stuck him down".
Future Ideas suggestions:
Martian Congressional Republic - The Expanse
OPA - The Expanse
Confederate States of America - Southern Victory
The Regime - Injustice Gods Among Us
Fireflies - The Last of Us
ARGUS - DC Comics
Atlas Corporation - CoD Advanced Warfare
Dossier
Tywin Lannister - ASOIAF
Thanos - MCU
Tony Stark - MCU
Steve Rogers - MCU
Darth Vader - Star Wars
Superman - Injustice
Doctor Manhattan - Watchmen
High Command
Hydra Uprising - MCU
Infinity War - MCU
Battle of Earth - MCU
Battle of Blackwater - ASOIAF
War for the Ring - Lord of Rings
Thrawn Campaign - Legends
Galactic Civil War - Star Wars
Atlas
Tycho Station - The Expanse
I have a fan theory that the draining of power from the Dark Crystal did more damage than good. Consider how little time The Hunter spent at the castle, and The Heretic’s 300 trine of exile, and yet these two seem much more healthy and vibrant than the other skeksis. I think they still age, but the power from the Crystal is more like an addiction; it brings you higher, but ultimately with diminishing returns.
Another world. Another time.
An age of wonder.
The Age Of Resistance series made clear that, by the end of their reign, the Skeksis were effectively vestigal lords who had destroyed their own empire, and weren't actually ruling anyone. Instead, they were merely a gaggle of Robber Barons cloistered in their fortress, relying on their Garthim raiders to provide for their needs while they wasted their time with pointless court intrigues. They issued no decrees and received no tithes, and amounted to nothing more than relics of a bygone era that they had brought crashing down through their own actions, and what little power and influence they retained was thanks purely to their possession of the Crystal.
This might be one of the most imaginative worlds I’ve ever seen. Easily up there with Star Wars and The Never Ending Story.
Excellent video my friend! Love it.
The skeksis are a pure, raw, and true example of that immortality does not just have its own price but death as well
Great video as always! Now I wanna watch this series!
A video about the gelfling would be cool too!
Now this was a surprise. I should really watch the series. I loved the movie so why not.
For a request, how about a Resident Evil video. Umbrella, the BSAA. Or maybe a Dossier on one of the characters.
One of your best videos yet!
Love a Warcraft history lesson on the horde,allinces,scorge or legion
Could we get a video about Advent from XCOM?
Great work!. Thanks to you guys i got introduced to the wonderful world of Dark Crystal!
Recently got introduced to this franchise with Age of Resistance, glad to see Templin Institute covering it!
They did such a good job in the remake. Great video!
Did not expect this....well done!
Hearing the word "Gelfling" spoken in a serious tone is a magical thing.
So only two Gelflings left at the end…
There's going to be some inbreeding.
The long term prospects for the species don't look promising.
Maybe the Crystal did some Thra magic to restore all the Gelfling lives it took
Why does the Skeksis sound very much like 16th French Royalty?
An unexpected surprise... But a welcome one
*the prophecy*
When single shines the triple sun
What was sundered and undone
Shall be whole, the two made one
By gelfling hand or else by none.
One of my favorite worlds!!!!
*chamberlain whimper intensifies*
I wonder how big the skeksis and gelfling are compared to say, a human. I always imagined the gelflings are small, with the skeksis as around human size
Gelflings are about 1 and a half feet tall, so Skeksis would be about 4 - 5 feet tall.
@@stevepalpatine2828 good to know I could beat up a skeksis
@@DalithaMW lol it wouldnt be much of a fight, they're all withered and weak.
Those big Garthim beetles might be a problem tho.
@@DalithaMW No more than you could beat up a chimp. SkekUng managed to sliced a boulder in half with a flimsy looking sword.
Beautiful video
Well done!
Now that was a great story ty
Man you guys make great damn videos!
Something about those puppet movies made me feel really uneasy as a kid. This and Labyrinth both would make me slightly nauseous as a kid for some reason, even though I liked watching them lol
Well they feel more real than some CG like Avatar and how do you feel about Ninja Turtles, Witches, Dinosaurs, Farscape etc.? other realistic puppet creatures from Henson
crazy timing, i just started the Netflix Dark Crystal series!
Thank you for making this video, would have never come across the Dark Crystal otherwise, of course I had to pause this and come back (as well as I had a little spoiled) but otherwise thanks
I've only seen this once, it was enough to give me nightmares for weeks after. I was about 10.
Suggestions for the Templin Institute:
- Speedwagon Foundation - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Passione Syndicate - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Earth Kingdom, Air Nomads and Water Tribes - Avatar: The Last Airbender
- United Republic of Nations - Avatar: The Legend of Korra
- The Hellsing Society and the Millennium Organization - Hellsing
- The Avengers - MCU
Dossier:
- Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Avatar Aang - Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Avatar Korra - Avatar: The Legend of Korra
- Doctor Strange - MCU
- Harry Potter
- Emma Swan - Once Upon a Time
Atlas:
- Morioh Town - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Ba Sing Se - Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Lodoss - Record of Lodoss War
- Storybrooke - Once Upon a Time
- Hyrule - Legend of Zelda
- The Ginza Gate - GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought There
HiCom:
- The Battle of the Five Armies - The Hobbit
- The War for the Ring - Lord of the Rings
- The Hundred Year War - Avatar: The Last Airbender
- The Millennium War - Hellsing
- The Infinity War - MCU
- Endgame: Thanos's Last Stand - MCU
I love that you did an entry on the Skeksis. Would you consider an entry on the Irkens from Invader Zim?
Thanks for the video. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a really good series on Netflix.
And remember, kids: This is what happens when you aren't being led by the true Emperor
The Emperor protects!
Is just like the chamberlain once said: *Mmmmmmmm*
HHHHhhhhhhmmmmmmMMMM
Wait I wanna see one of the endless space factions
A whole series on the Endless races and the story of the Endless universe would be fantastic.
Yes please
I never did watch the new Dark Crystal series, and this is a good summation of the lore of the universe. I may still go back and watch all of it sometime in the future, though ^_^
Was not expecting this
Found these nastys pretty hard to look at, they are truly revolting. Brilliant show, great upload
The Skeksis are mean, selfish cruel, and cold heartless turkeys and I love them cause they're funny!
they make me laugh!
Ideas:
1. Ravnica, City of Guilds
2. New Phyrexia
3. Planeswalkers
Ruled by a dying emperor ??? Somehow i remember this statement
The skeksis absolutely terrified me as a kid
Can we get Zion from the materix?
I love this 'history' of the Skeksis. Well done!
However, I'm sad you didn't mention Auhgra's involvement in the Skeksis history.
Hmm, a draining liquid, the essence of a living world, to enrich some. Shinra anyone
Information received.
I miss the automatic updates that go straight to my mobile phone app.
Otherwise, great videos as always.
The Dark Crystal has always been one of my most favourite stories and lore. Since Aughra didn't feature in this episode and is perhaps one of the most important characters in the entire series/world being the avatar of Thra itself, it would be great to get a Dossier episode on Mother Aughra.
That music sounds like the the music from The Sojourn announce trailer.
This episode is too scary for baby James.
Skeksis are pretty much my favorite races and character designs
Haven't interacted with the IP in forever. However, I wasn't prepared for the UrSkeks to be eraserhead protoss.😮
Best fantasy franchise ever. The only one that nearly original.
Can you do one on ‘Trinity’ from the ‘Tomb Raider’ series?