The Failure & Redemption of Labyrinth (1986)

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The Failure & Redemption of Labyrinth (1986)

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Labyrinth was released in 1986 starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, directed by Jim Henson hot off The Dark Crystal and produced by George Lucas. What could go wrong?
Unfortunately Labyrinth hit the box office with a thud, poorly reviewed, poorly attended. But if we're making a video about it in 2024 then something happened in the years since turning Labyrinth into a beloved classic.
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@Anynom Ай бұрын

David Bowie. The only man who could be surrounded by Muppets and still be the most bizarre person in the room

@MementoMorituri Ай бұрын

...and still remain a badass too. He never lost his cool cred.

@irishgotee Ай бұрын

I feel that Michael Jackson would make David Bowie leave the room and lock the door behind him

@mightyfilm Ай бұрын

Someone's never seen Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island.

@TopsideCrisis346 Ай бұрын

I heard somewhere that Michael Caine was able to work with the Muppets on Christmas Carol because he regarded them as fellow actors, while Tim Curry was able to work with them on Treasure Island because he regarded them as fellow Muppets. 😏 I suppose Bowie regarded all of his co-stars - human and Muppet - as fellows, each in their own right. He was a human among humans, a freak among freaks, and a visionary among visionaries. Of all his characters, I should think the Goblin King shall be his best remembered.

@mightyfilm Ай бұрын

@@TopsideCrisis346 Oddly enough, Bowie would hire Henson to make a music video, but shelved it because the supposedly realistic Bowie puppets looked too weird.

@kiplingslastcat Ай бұрын

My 90 year old dad walked through the room while I was watching this and said "That man has a very fine beard." Then he just walked out.

@radwolf76 Ай бұрын

He really does.

@TitularHeroine Ай бұрын

Your dad is a very wise man.

@daviddalrymple2284 Ай бұрын

When I read this comment, my first thought was that your dad was talking about David Bowie rather than Dan.

@fireaza Ай бұрын

Anyone else think it's kinda weird that so many men are uncomfortable complimenting another man's appearance, but this goes right out the window if it's about his facial hair?

@kareningram6093 Ай бұрын

He's right.

@Dorelaxen Ай бұрын

Not 10 seconds in and Dan's already talking about Bowie's unit. Perfect.

@MrBeardsley Ай бұрын

It’s the proverbial elephant in the room, may as well be upfront about it

@itzybitzyspyder Ай бұрын

It was the only Muppet not provided by Jim Henson.

@chadcovey1626 Ай бұрын

Did you expect otherwise?? 😂😂

@chadcovey1626 Ай бұрын

@@itzybitzyspyderlegit almost spit out my drink

@davealaya Ай бұрын

David Bowie was a pdf file. The term "baby groupie" was coined specifically for him.

@selkie76 Ай бұрын

I saw Labyrinth ("Worshipped at the Church of David Bowie's Crotch", as my friends call it these days ^.~) at the cinema when it was first released. Jim Henson can take heart in the fact that some of us recognised what a magnificent work it was right from the start. ^_^ 'twas also the most favourite film of a particularly beloved friend of mine, who sadly died last year. She had all the music played at her funeral (including - in a fine display of her sense of humour - "Underground", as the coffin was lowered into the grave). Her headstone bears the appropriate legend, "It's only forever - not long at all".

@kadosho02 Ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss, your friend definitely loved this classic treasure. To the memories

@CERTAIND00M Ай бұрын

God, that's a great epitaph.

@Doomchild2XL Ай бұрын

Great, now I'm crying.

@TheNightBadger Ай бұрын

Echoing what someone else has said - that is a really great epitaph.

@kristinazubic9669 Ай бұрын

💜

@MrBeardsley Ай бұрын

Gates McFadden also did choreography and puppet movement for 1984’s Muppets Take Manhattan and 1985’s Dreamchild, but wasn’t credited in either due to a lack of union membership (as a result she was only credited as an actor for MTM and only got a “special thanks” mention for Dreamchild). Henson had always planned for her to play Sarah’s mother in Labyrinth as well as her usual choreographer duties, but ironically securing her union card ultimately prevented her from appearing in the movie. Fun fact, to keep her choreography and acting careers separate she’s usually credited under her first name Cheryl for the former and middle name Gates for the latter.

@mrf19741 Ай бұрын

Labyrinth is the movie that made my cousin fall in love with David Bowie. To this day, she still watches it faithfully and can recite the script word for word and memorized every song. When I finally saw Labyrinth for the first time on cable, I thought it was Jim Henson's crowning achievement with all of the humorous, magical, and fantasy elements in the film. RIP Jim Henson and David Bowie.

@Monkeyboy1138 Ай бұрын

When you eventually watch Legend, pay close attention to the sheer volume of stuff floating in the air in literally every scene. Dust, dandelions, bubbles, glitter. Always something floating around.

@Statsy10 Ай бұрын

Indeed... the movie should have an allergy warning! 😂

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

There's a modern video game called Ghost of Tsushima that does the same thing, filling out its elegant world with particles. It fills the scene with red maple leaves, yellow ginkgo leaves, snowflakes, fireflies, etc. It creates a gorgeously otherworldly atmosphere without being fantastical. It strongly reminded me of Legend. I think my favorite shot in Legend was the death of the unicorn under that cherry blossom tree (or maybe it was a jacaranda) with the violet petals falling all around it. Just stunning. Though I haven't seen the movie in decades, it kinda stayed with me.

@Monkeyboy1138 Ай бұрын

@@rottensquid yes, Ghost of Tsushima is gorgeous - and the particles are an important part of the story. In Legend at first it felt the same, creating this gorgeous otherworldly feel (Ridley really can shoot a movie), but as you get near the end and he particles are literally large pieces of glitter, it got distracting. The unicorn death scene is beautifully heartbreaking.

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

@@Monkeyboy1138 I mean, after a certain amount of screen time, Legend's terribleness overwhelms even its stunning beauty. They threw away the script and just made up lines as they went along. You can't do that and expect an actual story to just miraculously happen all by itself.

@Monkeyboy1138 Ай бұрын

@@rottensquid you’d be surprised how many movies began production without a script, a script and story that changed during production, no real plan, etc. that went on to be successes - Iron Man, Jurassic Park 3, every Star Wars except the Last Jedi, Casablanca, Jaws, This is Spinal Tap, Sunset Boulevard and Lawrence of Arabia to name just a few.

@ericjome7284 Ай бұрын

Tragic that it wasn't a huge success from day one.

@MrBeardsley Ай бұрын

I think a big reason this and Dark Crystal initially struggled was the public’s perception of Jim Henson as “the Muppet guy.” By the early ‘80s he was seen as the king of children’s entertainment, and while both Dark Crystal and Labyrinth were technically family-friendly the general public just wasn’t ready for their darker, more “grown up” themes. If people saw the name Jim Henson on anything back then, they expected silly, Muppety fun for the whole family and nothing else. Two other movies from another filmmaker had similar issues around the same time. Mel Brooks’ company Brooksfilm produced both David Lynch’s The Elephant Man and David Cronenberg’s remake of The Fly, and in both cases the distributors assumed Brooks’ involvement meant they’d be screwball comedies in the vein of Young Frankenstein. Fortunately with those movies it didn’t negatively affect anything but the premieres, but the ‘80s are full of movies that got sunk by incompetent marketing execs who didn’t know how to sell anything unique.

@peterknutsen3070 Ай бұрын

@@MrBeardsleyMel Brooks deliberately didn't use his name to promote those movies, exactly because he didn't want the general public to assume they were comedies.

@watcherzero5256 Ай бұрын

Just look at what it was competing with that week! Karate Kid Part II, Top Gun, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Short Circuit and Cobra. Thats some pretty tough competition from films that are all considered classics today.

@CantankerousDave Ай бұрын

I honestly didn't know that it didn't do well on its initial release. It had always been popular with all the people I knew.

@calvinclyke Ай бұрын

The critics went to town on Henson. Back then there was the Siskel and Ebert monopoly on the public perception of what was good to watch. People were overwhelmingly protective of what children watched and not many wanted the gold that Jim Henson was offering. Siskel and Ebert hated all the kids movies I love. If it came out today…who knows if people would embrace it. The film went against the false perception the public placed on family entertainment at the time.

@wstine79 Ай бұрын

You remind me of the babe (what babe?) Babe with the power (what power?) Power of voodoo (who do?) You do (do what?) Remind me of the babe

@369frequencyandvibration Ай бұрын

Lyrics came from a 1930s? movie quote.

@sdelmonte Ай бұрын

The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer with Cary Grant and Shirley Temple. @@369frequencyandvibration

@jordanquinlisk8145 Ай бұрын

A goblin babe!!! Well, laugh!!

@JustinWahlne Ай бұрын

@@jordanquinlisk8145😂😂🤣🤣

@watcherzero5256 Ай бұрын

In the words of ScreenCrush quoting George Lucas 'Its like poetry... they rhyme'

@pastpatour Ай бұрын

They walked a really thin line there, trying to make Jareth alluring, ambiguous, menacing, but not so creepy and sinister that it alienates the audience. If I had to choose my favorite 80s movie it would be a tie between Labyrinth and Clue

@jonw8694 Ай бұрын

ehhhh... you also have to turn a blind eye that he is a grown man chasing after a girl in her early teens. When you realize that, it tip over the line into creepy.

@LeatherRebel75 Ай бұрын

Dan, you'll like Legend, if for anything, for Tim Curry's deliciously over the top portrayal of the villain Darkness. It's glorious to behold.

@mikegrossberg8624 Ай бұрын

In my opinion, Tim Curry's performance, and the music by Tangerine Dream, were the only things worth watching the movie for

@Deadloke Ай бұрын

I saw Labyrinth when it came out in the UK in '86 and loved it! But then I was one of those weird kids that had been blown away by The Dark Crystal. I watched and re-watched them repeatedly on VHS, sometimes before going to school. Both are masterpieces of imagination and storytelling.

@rad4924 Ай бұрын

I never realised how many absolute legends worked on Labyrinth. David Bowie, Jim Henson, George Lucas, Terry Jones... that's a hell of a collaboration.

@jameskiely2788 Ай бұрын

The biggest obstacle to doing anything with Labyrinth is Bowie is so synonymous with the film... what does a sequel even look like without his involvement. Add in Hollywood's CGI resurrections and I am more afraid than excited about any follow up right now.

@tonybaggett1984 Ай бұрын

I wonder what Jim Henson could come up with today. His mind was so advanced as far as visual effects. I bet with his mastery of practical effects and modern CGI he’d make something so visually stunning it’d blow your mind.

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

I agree. I'd guess he'd be doing something like Where the Wild Things Are, seamlessly combining practical and CG effects. He wouldn't have a problem with CGI. He used whatever worked.

@gigletrig Ай бұрын

The original hoggle muppet is currently in the lost luggage resale shop in alabama! Hes not for sale but you can see him!

@UltimateGamerCC Ай бұрын

i'm glad that Hedwart has a home out there. Hoggle: "IT'S HOGGLE!"

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

Technically, it's not the original Hoggle, because the original latex disintegrated. That stuff doesn't last. It's an amateur restoration over the original skeleton. Still pretty cool though.

@CrypticCharm Ай бұрын

i love Labyrinth, i was seven when this came out, and thought it was just fantastic. i actually met Brian Froud, a few years back and he'a a top guy. also Bowie's costume, most (not all) of the audience were too young to notice anything outstanding, it was only years later, since adults loved to talk about it "Oh you like Labyrinth, notice Bowie's costume" that it even became a topic.

@momosgarage Ай бұрын

I’ve always assumed that every goblin in the Labyrinth world was originally a child that was "wished away to the cornfields" by an angry sibling, and since no one attempted to rescue them in 13-days they grew into old goblins.

@williammkydde Ай бұрын

I've read about this interpretation somewhere too. It makes sense: throughout the European folklore, children lost or stolen by fairies, goblins etc. end up turning into those creatures.

@michaelrlomax1977 Ай бұрын

The film Labyrinth had the best making of documentary ever. What they covered was amazing from David Bowie songs, puppets and interviews with all the cast & crew.

@destinycaptain247 Ай бұрын

Didn’t it run on Syndicated TV around the time the movie was to come out? Seem to remember seeing it. A similar thing was done with 2010 and Aliens.

@michaelrlomax1977 Ай бұрын

@@destinycaptain247 That's where I saw it myself.

@LastBastian Ай бұрын

I remember watching that and being amazed that Dr Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) from Star Trek TNG was one of the behind the scenes puppet artists!

@michaelrlomax1977 Ай бұрын

@@LastBastian Yes very much a big surprise.

@TheNightBadger Ай бұрын

@@LastBastian You must have watched a repeat or something, since Star Trek TNG came out well after Labyrinth.

@vladimirlagos2688 Ай бұрын

I saw it at the movies as a ten year old child and absolutely loved it (I actually kind of developed a crush for Jennifer Connely as well, although I was too young to understand at the time). Oddly enough, the contrast of the Goblin King being a human leader of a host of puppet monsters never struck me as odd. David Bowie just seemed too perfect in his role to be questioned.

@legionaireb Ай бұрын

I first 'met' Jennifer Connelly in The Rocketeer. She's still my concept of the ideal woman.

@libratigerpictures Ай бұрын

Thank you for all the Flight of the Conchords cuts, btw 😊😊😊

@bittertroll7476 Ай бұрын

Fun Fact about David Bowie. he wasnt really a goblin king, but a cosmic enity that took human form. sadly when his mortal body died in 2016, he faded from existence. this is why the world fell into chaos and began to crumble apart at that time.

@tristambre632 Ай бұрын

that's actually belivable.

@shukilevyandbrookesheildsl2638 Ай бұрын

Makes so much sense, actually.

@MrDarthryan Ай бұрын

it was more 2012...

@williamdixon-gk2sk Ай бұрын

I keep hope alive he is simply waiting in the sky. He told us not to blow it, 'cause he knows it's all worthwhile.

@tomkerruish2982 Ай бұрын

Wow. All this time, I thought it was Harambe.

@matthewevans107 Ай бұрын

Definitely watched this on VHS when I was a kid. Between this, Dark Crystal, Legend and Krull, the 80’s was the best time for dark Sci-Fi/Fantasy

@anthonydavis9970 13 күн бұрын

All great movies. Just showed my wife krull, and she was like, "How have I never seen this?"

@derekprospero Ай бұрын

David Bowie just showed up in his own clothes and makeup.

@NK-mn6zu 21 күн бұрын

Correction: his wife’s clothes and makeup. 😂

@Statsy10 Ай бұрын

I take pride in the fact that I was a true believer of this film's greatness from the very beginning. It was actually a surprise for me to learn it wasn't a hit (I guess as a kid I wasn't really tuned in to box office performance. LOL), but I am glad that people caught on to Labyrinth in the end. I'd love a sequel... if they can do it right.

@bretts7072 Ай бұрын

They actually did one as a comic and it was awesome

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

Same! Saw it in the theater with my art teacher, also a huge Bowie fan.

@ta0paipai Ай бұрын

I saw Labyrinth after seeing scenes from it on Muppet Babies and asking my mom what movie it was (she found it in the closing credits). Then rented it and loved it.

@otakubullfrog1665 Ай бұрын

The fact that some movies are very underappreciated upon release isn't fair, but that's the way it is.

@DeusExAstra Ай бұрын

It's sad to see the bad reviews for such a wonderful movie.

@adamleblanc6263 Ай бұрын

Was hoping it would of got mentioned but Barrels of Fun Pinball in 2023 created, sold, and shipped a Labyrinth Pinball Machine. It is amazing. Hope Dan and the rest of the crew get a chance to play it at some point. Magic Dance Multiball is Amazing.

@billsheakoski5718 Ай бұрын

I played it at a few pinball convention, it is awesome!

@RoseWaltz Ай бұрын

i saw it as a wee lil' Paps in the theater - you had to leave through a series of halls behind the theater and we pretended we were lost for years my sister and i would thank each other - "Thanks for letting me borrow your car. I wish the goblins would come and take you away right now."

@74mwalker Ай бұрын

Thanks for this one, Dan! Jim Henson was a personal hero and having never so much as even meeting him, his passing saddened me greatly. It was up there with Steve Irwin and Robin Williams. 😢❤

@manuellujan666 Ай бұрын

Jim Henson was our innocence

@COUNTRYBOY_9 Ай бұрын

I’m more excited for this episode more than any episode in the history of Secret Galaxy episodes. Saved to “watch later”.

@danielbloomquist9810 Ай бұрын

I think this movie was crucial in making something clear to me early in life. I was four or five when I saw this movie (at 40 this is more difficult to accurately recall), and I not only fell in love with it immediately for myriad reasons, I fell head over heels in love with Jennifer Connolly AND David Bowie, in so far as a child is actually capable of such a thing. It would be years still before these crushes made more sense.

@bernardopaul7861 Ай бұрын

Right on, I was 8 or 9 when the movie premiered and we all fell in love with Jennifer Connelly, and most of us 45- to 55-year-olds still are. She was like a dream, like she was taken straight from a comic or cartoon and made into flesh and blood.

@timidwolf Ай бұрын

Can't remember a time before seeing Labyrinth, we had it on VHS and I would watch it repeatedly. Kicked off my love for both Bowie and the muppets in one awesome movie!

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 Ай бұрын

Whaaaat?🤯 12:50 I didn't know those weren't his arms during the crystal ball segments, I've watched the movie and tried to emulate those parts So many times and never once noticed anything odd about the arms. They did an amazing job filming this entire movie. 😄👍

@drillerdev4624 Ай бұрын

The magician had to do the trick without seeing his hand

@Markimark151 Ай бұрын

Labyrinth is one of my favorite dark kids movies, because I love the lore of Labyrinth, I wish they made more of these movies because we don’t get puppet fantasy movies anymore!

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

Check out Where the Wild Things Are, if you haven't already. It's a brilliant puppet fantasy movie that owes a lot to Jim Henson.

@Markimark151 Ай бұрын

@@rottensquid that’s not a dark fantasy movie, it’s still a good charming movie with costumed creatures!

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

@@Markimark151 True, though if you stretch the definition of dark fantasy enough, it... kinda fits?

@Markimark151 Ай бұрын

@@rottensquid but it’s not scary like Labyrinth nor Return to Oz, those movies pushed the boundaries for kids movies!

@somebodynowhere Ай бұрын

I remember stories about the "you remind me of the babe" call and response being a go-to thing for fans at cons

@irvyne6111 Ай бұрын

Can you imagine going to the cinemas have having the choice of seeing Labyrinth, Ferris Bueller, Top Gun or Short Circuit? What a time. I never even knew that Labyrinth was a thing until we rented it from the video store. I was absolutely blown away and must have watched it a thousand times. I wish I had seen it on the big screen.

@sulecen Ай бұрын

Michael Moschen was pretty much the inventor of that style of juggling, called contact juggling, and this movie was a huge reason why people even knew it was a thing. It's big in flow arts communities around the world to this day!

@AdamaSanguine Ай бұрын

It's time to do the Magic Dance.. AGAIN! 🎶 "Magic Dance, Magic Dance, Magic Dance" 🎶

@BensBrickDesigns Ай бұрын

...and now I want to build the whole thing outta LEGO. Thanks, SG.

@shenloken2 Ай бұрын

To think Prince and Michael Jackson were considered for the role of Jaredth the Goblin King. Sting wasn’t too far fetched though. He did after all play Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in the original Dune two years prior to Labyrinth.

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

I think the idea of Prince or Michael Jackson playing this character gives us an interesting insight into the film process. Film isn't a matter of coming up with a clear character idea and then finding an actor to fill it. It's about trying on actors to see what they turn the character into. The first choice to play Indiana Jones was Tom Selleck, which would have made a very different set of movies. The Wachowski sisters originally approached Will Smith to play Neo in the Matrix. They went with Keanu because Will turned it down. But again, it would have been a very different movie. Maybe it wouldn't have been as good, but you never know. I think for every bit of "perfect" casting, there's a parallel world where someone else was in the role, and it worked just as well in a completely different way. And though I'd never want to replace Bowie, I kinda think Prince might have crushed it.

@saint-g7449 Ай бұрын

Rewatched the movie a few months ago. It's still good. The songs are great. This is one of the few musicals that I like.

@MrDeedsly Ай бұрын

The Muppet Show is still hilarious to this day. That theme song was one of the first songs I learned to play from hearing it on piano. Jim Henson Productions has a very solid place in my heart.

@KingCasual1986 Ай бұрын

This movie was my introduction to David Bowie though I didn’t really hear most of his stuff until I was older (I was born in 2002 btw). I liked his performance in this when I was a kid and I still like it now!

@rufioquin2406 Ай бұрын

I first saw Labyrinth when I was like 7 or 8 at my uncle’s place. It instantly became my favorite movie and still is to this day.

@TomMSTie1138 Ай бұрын

Rather than a sequel, I'd be more interested in a prequel that tells how Jareth became the Goblin King.

@freddyvidz Ай бұрын

Me too

@derekprospero Ай бұрын

This is everything wrong with modern movies.

@jrsydvl7218 Ай бұрын

How many times did you touch a hot stove before you learned it hurts?

@bretts7072 Ай бұрын

They did a comic of it and it was awesome!

@notsyzagts7967 17 күн бұрын

@@bretts7072 That doesn't mean it would make a good full-length movie. It's more honorable to make new material based on media classics, instead of unearthing their corpses in the name of nostalgia. Ironically, it's the fans who won't let beloved entertainers "rest in peace".

@btetschner Ай бұрын

I saw Labyinth for the first time in the 80s, it was a very popular movie with my peers and we watched it a lot! Actually, for movie day in high school we watched Labyrinth!

@patrickmontgomery7449 Ай бұрын

The Bowie episode of Flight of the Concords is legendary

@RyanMercer Ай бұрын

I’m not wearing any pants, film at 11.

@jaytravis2487 Ай бұрын

Oh my God! I just realized it's same actress as Requiem for a Dream....follow your dreams! Don't degrade yourself for money!

@chiquita683 Ай бұрын

Link?

@RyanMercer Ай бұрын

@@chiquita683 😂 😂 😂

@michaellombardi1620 Ай бұрын

Great use of Flight of the conchords clips!

@darktoylord Ай бұрын

This is one of those movies that as a kid, I had the dialog memorized word for word :)

@darktetsuya Ай бұрын

loved the outtake, haha! I forget the first time I saw it, but the wife and I did watch it within the past few years! also there were a couple of game releases (one on old PCs and a Japan-exclusive Nintendo Famicom release that makes it an RPG of sorts) plus a recently released licensed pinball table, for folks with that kinda money and space.) a fun one we will have to revisit here soon.

@wstine79 Ай бұрын

Dan Larson is the Goblin King of the Secret Labyrinth Galaxy.

@369frequencyandvibration Ай бұрын

Dan Larson is the Goblin King of all KZfaq 👑

@MDFMKisKMFDM Ай бұрын

It's mind blowing to me that Labrynth wasn't huge hit.... I was 11 when this movie came out and got to see it on the big screen and was obsessed..... I loved this film and everyone in it.... in fact from memory I believe this was my introduction to my love for Bowie.... it wasn't until much later i discovered this movie was a flop on release which i can't get my head around it's such a classic

@jimsmagnificentminiaturemo3235 Ай бұрын

I introduced my kids to this when it dropped on Netflix; it was magical for all of us. I do wish you'd mentioned the Marvel Comics adaptation, though. I have an issue of it, illustrated by the late, great John Buscema of "Conan the Barbarian" fame. It was a nice bit of tie-in merchandise.

@disky01 Ай бұрын

I adore this movie. Its a classic as far as I'm concerned.

@btetschner Ай бұрын

Jennifer Connelly is one of my favorite actors and David Bowie is one of my favorite music artists.

@allhailme8457 Ай бұрын

I saw this when it came out in the movie theater. Growing up I didn't know many people who saw it, I actually finally met one person in HS who saw it and had it! I thought no one remembered the movie but a few years later more people started saying they were fans. When Jareth pleads with her and says "Just let me rule you and you can have anything you want".... "Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave." I always felt those words were so powerful.

@williammkydde Ай бұрын

I watched it 3 or 4 times, at various ages, and each time it felt different. Somehow, the first two times, in the 1980ies and early 1990ies, it felt like a darker thing, with some real obstacles and dangers - and I already was an adult then. The last time, just a few years ago, it felt too light, with too much humour, in an attempt to make it infant-friendly, a thriller struggling to take itself seriously. Yet, it is still a Big Film for me, with the perfect standoff between David Bowie and Jennifer. Thank you for this video. It makes me want to watch The L. again. And I don't want no sequels.

@ericpanissidi6761 Ай бұрын

I saw it in the theatre with my skateboard buddies. So good. I was 17. Now im 55. I have watched it 50 times.jim hensen is a genius. Up there with george lucas, steven spielburg, stanley kubrick.i wish a henson fan of this film would make a remake.his son voiced hoggle, i loved all thier work.

@btetschner Ай бұрын

My college town is Crete, Nebraska, Crete being indirectly named after the Greek city of Crete (which is the location of the labyrinth that houses the Minotaur). It is my college's (Doane University) birthday today! (on 7-11...like of convenience store fame).

@TitularHeroine Ай бұрын

That reads like you just need one or two more pieces to assemble a bizarre conspiracy.....

@jasonnewell7036 Ай бұрын

Those reviews show that most adults really have no conception of what kids like. This movie is glorious. It's a cornerstone of fantasy film along with Willow and The Princess Bride.

@williammkydde Ай бұрын

I suspect those critics were executing some instructions. It stinks of competition trying to bring down Henson &Co.

@RockNerdRadio Ай бұрын

Great episode! I love this movie. 2 things, firstly, I used to work down the street from the opening shot when she runs across the street. Secondly, I met Bowie at an airport in 1996. I was 11 and I told him that I loved the movie. I think I surprised him, but he was happy nonetheless.

@josephmayfield945 Ай бұрын

I dont understand how anyone could not love that movie. So much creativity, and wonderment in it. Its a stunningly beautiful piece of fantasy.

@ptjogara Ай бұрын

nice flight of the conchords ref

@terrycraft6500 Ай бұрын

It's so odd to me hearing that this collaboration of Henson, Lucas and Bowie was not critically acclaimed upon release. I was probably 8 when I first witnessed it's greatness, at 41 I still watch it with the same wide eyed, smiling ear to ear expression on my face.

@OutlawKing13 Ай бұрын

They did the Dark Crystal series was done very well, I trust the process. This is my favorite movie and thank you for letting me relive the history of it. RIP Bowie

@chrispollard341 Ай бұрын

How about doing one of these Failures and Redemptions for Streets Of Fire, it is after all the 40th anniversary this year for the film.

@dinkmartini3236 Ай бұрын

concur

@rottensquid Ай бұрын

Didn't Patrick Willems just do the definitive essay on that film? What's there left to say?

@tonybowers423 25 күн бұрын

When I saw Labyrinth back in 1986 and seeing the reaction to it I told a friend of mi that "This will be appreciated much more long after it's general release. " and dang it if I wasn't right.

@treadstone1138 Ай бұрын

Her dad was played by Christopher Malcolm who was also in Empire Strikes Back as Rogue 2, the pilot that finds Han and Luke after the snow storm on Hoth, and he was also Jennifer Saunders ex-husband in the show Absolutely Fabulous. And he was also in the original Highlander as the gun nut that gets stabbed by the Kurgan.

@jemkey6930 Ай бұрын

Wow, my dad exploded about those movie critics 😮. Labyrinth is his favorite Jim Henson movie of all time. He let me watch it when I was still a little too young to understand it. I just remember thinking the goblin puppets were odd. Thankfully over the years, much like most audiences, I understood the movie better. And knowing it's on my dad's must watch list, gives me an easy click and play Saturday night.

@DoorsInTheLabyrinth Ай бұрын

I had that issue of Muppet Magazine! I read and re-read it over and over, I was instantly a fan as a kid. I had seen Dark Crystal in both regular theater and drive-in (as a double feature with Return of the Jedi, 6 year old me was in heaven!), and what kid in the 80s didn't love muppets? All that said, Legend IS my favorite movie ever, so looking forward to seeing what you think of it, when you watch it.

@jeffkadlec8264 Ай бұрын

Absolutely LOVED this movie, as a kid & still now as an adult. One of those rare movies that is just perfectly insane, at any age

@ThomasdWell Ай бұрын

I was a fan of Jim Henson and his work from birth, with the exception of 'The Witches' (1990) I watched them all over and over. Labyrinth and Dark Crystal being my favorites. Over the years I have watched it with friends and family and I can not conceive of anyone giving it a negative review, I will say the Manga's were not to my liking. I'd rather they never do a Labyrinth 2 than have a mediocre one, 'MirrorMask' (2005) was imo a spiritual successor and that's good enough.

@ZedMazaus480 Ай бұрын

Fooshi-yugi balls are a fantastic stand-in for the ones the goblin king uses. They're even ment to do all the hand tricks done in the film. They we're a big thing in the late 90s.

@joshua2814 Ай бұрын

Saw it in theater and took the foil wrapper from my Nestle Crunch bar to make a “crystal ball” on the way home because my little mind was blown.

@MrSnowboardsoul Ай бұрын

I can not believe that you didn't mention the new Labyrinth pinball machine!!! It is amazing 👏 I got to see it in theaters 😅

@AaronZOOM Ай бұрын

Of all the licensed products, my favourite has to be the fairly recent Labyrinth-themed mini golf course that is available on the VR game Walkabout Mini Golf. If you hit your ball into the bog of eternal stench, it emits "stink fumes" for the rest of the round. Also fun fact: Despite the mini golf course taking up only a fraction of the area, the Labyrinth itself is full sized and you can explore the whole thing, getting quite lost in the process.

@DPLEET Ай бұрын

The Labyrinth tabletop roleplaying game is quite good.

@ianpitkin6324 Ай бұрын

My mom surprised me with the VHS in 93. She ordered it from Columbia house and I wore the tape out. She had a super crush on bowie.

@sgtwanderer 28 күн бұрын

As a child this movie did frighten me. Then it fascinated me, then i loved it. Froud's art books were my only ask for Christmas one year.

@UltimateGamerCC Ай бұрын

i grew up on Labyrinth via VHS, i definitely would prefer it to The Wizard of OZ, as much a hot take as that would be. i'm glad that it got way more attention after failing in theaters, all of Jim Henson's work needs to be appreciated. RIP David Bowie aka Jareth, The Goblin King.

@b.thomas8926 Ай бұрын

Ah yes, cod pieces and Bowie style rock and roll. A girl's challenge about growing up. My wife and I watched this about a year ago, for her, it was the first time, and she was like, ok wow.

@shadowdancertheredmage6798 Ай бұрын

I saw it in the theater as a teenager with my mother. I loved it then, I still enjoy Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal.

@mrdonigan Ай бұрын

The first problem was the list of blockbusters it was up against when it released, and the second were reviewers that have no idea what younger audiences like. It's a masterpiece. Period.

@mekman4 Ай бұрын

Boy this jogs a lot of memories for me. As you mentioned each object and line, I recalled them in my minds eye, as I did my dishes in the background. Great Stuff, as always!

@itzybitzyspyder Ай бұрын

I saw Labyrinth on VHS when i was a boy. This movie taught me to stop saying "It's not fair!". Sarah's character arc showed me that it is, indeed, not fair, but you gotta do what you can with what you have to lift yourself up. I live this movie and all the characters in it. Also no mention of the fate of the higgke puppet?

@RynoDBones Ай бұрын

I watched in the theater when I was a kid and absolutely loved it. My uncle pirated the VHS for me and I wore that out, too. Luckily, my wife is also a fan, so we continue to enjoy it to this day.

@mattshaw5179 Ай бұрын

I remember seeing Labyrinth at the cinema here in the UK and absolutely loving it! Still one of my absolute favourites even all these years later!! Great video!

@Elora445 Ай бұрын

I was born in 1982 and the first time I came across this movie, I was way too young for it, apparently; some scenes scared the hell out of me. Later on in life, I learned to like it. The Labyrinth fandom also has some truly great fanfiction, which I will be forever grateful of.

@deformemvita Ай бұрын

This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. Watched it on repeat on VHS until the tape wore out and my parents got it for me for my 6th birthday on Laserdisc, which drove everybody crazy because then it was constantly being played on the big TV in the living room instead of the den upstairs)

@tomkerruish2982 Ай бұрын

2:13 Ernő Rubik invented his cube in 1974 and was first marketed in 1977, although it was not widely sold until 1980.

@HenryDavidStites Ай бұрын

I saw Labyrinth in the theater with my best friend at the time of its release in the summer of 1986. I have a very strong memory of being terrified by it, and not because of any of the reasons cited by concerned reviewers at the time. I was 6 and my little sister was 2, and what scared me to my core was the idea that if I truly wished hard enough for something bad to happen to my sister because I was annoyed at her, that something bad might actually happen. It honestly made me think twice about being unloving to my sister anytime childish things would crop up, as I had a feeling that there was something true about the spiritual power of sincere desire as conveyed in the movie. I believe Jim Henson was something of a genius in terms of relating such concepts without a heavy-handed conventional approach that can turn people off to a deeper understanding of reality. 🌈

@solearesoul 23 күн бұрын

This movie, along with Willow, and The Never Ending Story, were on heavy rotation on our VHS player when I was a little boy. These movies were an essential part of the wonder of my youth.

@andrewjamieson7178 24 күн бұрын

Superb episode, one of the very best ❤ I first saw it on VHS in 87, have loved it ever since. I met Terry Jones and looked after him on a book tour event. He was lovely but I will always regret not asking him about Labyrinth.

@amatleoda Ай бұрын

I'd also recommend the comic series: Labryinth Coronation, for those interested in some backstory for Jareth, it's a prequel of sorts which suggests Jareth's origins and how he came to be a human king of goblins...or it could also be not, he's still tricky about the whole thing.

@blahlbinoa Ай бұрын

I watched Dark Crystal more than Labyrinth back when I was younger, but both where movies that helped shaped my love for dark fantasy and fantasy in general, everything about those movies to me where perfect!

@JacobsenBros 29 күн бұрын

Definitely saw when I was a kid. I rented it dozens of times from the public library. I loved it and was terrified by it just like The Dark Crystal and Never Ending Story 1 and 2 and Return to Oz. All terrifying. Fun fact I share a birthday with David Bowie!

@leilasalera603 26 күн бұрын

I was a freshman in high school when I watched this and I loved it. Love it still. I love the ballroom scene and the song As The World Falls Down was so hauntingly beautiful. Perfect for that part of the movie. I can't wait for your video on Legend 😊