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"Labyrinth" (1986) Watch Along (Patreon)

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2024-04-22 16:00:11
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Again, sorry for the OBS tech issues again! its infuriating! I think I know how to mitigate it now. It also interferes with sound when lagging. So Thanks for your patience!!!

Interesting movie! For sure fun to watch, but would be more fun as a kid in the 80's. Sometimes I was like... is this appropriate... the age gap etc.. but I loved all the puppets! Jim Henson is a LEGEND! He's a master at creating magic!

Let me know if this is one of your faves? what you love about it?

xx

ames

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Labyrinth Watch Along

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Aaron Chandler

One of my faves, for sure, but often wonder if it would be if I hadn't seen it as a child.

Rollo Tomassi

A proper blast from the past! There was a time when Goblin King Jareth’s ooh la la hairstyle existed outside of Jim Henson’s world and on women smack dab in 1980’s California … and for some reason men in 1990’s New Jersey 🤷‍♂️. That sweet-sweet nice frosted cut was often associated with acid washed jeans, the Pontiac Fiero, and blow. Lol

Noell G

fun fact: the baby in the film, Toby Froud, was the production designer of netflixs dark crystal: age of resistance ( which is a prequel to the dark crystal, which was created by the Jim Henson company ) so I think it’s really amazing! Sorry I’m a huge nerd for Jim Henson

Big Willie Dickins

The film is partly about awakening sexuality and Sarah at 16 is actually a bit of a late bloomer in that regard still playing with toys & stuffed animals. Having fantasies about exotic rock stars with big cod pieces isn't anywhere near as alarming as the actual sexualization of children happening today in America Also the whole thing with the goblins kidnapping babies is just what goblins do in old European fairy tales that were much darker and more gruesome than today Of all those 80s fantasy films I think this is the best

JM63

I only saw this as an adult, so it's linked in my head with Once Upon a Time in America (great gangster film, Connelly had a small role in it before Labyrinth). Can't imagine how much work went into the puppets and sets! Fun time (btw great job synchronizing the commentary -- must've taken forever, thanks!)

Shawn Goforth

I can't wait! I'm a Muppet junkie! I'd love to see you cover the original Muppet Movie from 1979 someday. Jim Henson and Frank Oz did three official muppet films together before Jim died. Muppet Movie, Great Muppet Caper, and Muppets Take Manhattan. They have great 70s-style stand-up humor throughout, very tongue-in-cheek. All of them are riddled with celebrity cameos, so the reactions turn into a game of "Guess the actor appearing in this scene." Muppet Christmas Carol was my favorite growing up, with Michael Caine playing Scrooge. It was the first one after Jim's death, directed by his son, Brian. It was very true to form. All the ones afterwards seemed to dumb down the humor to make the films more kid-friendly. The magic was lost. I like the adult humor much more.

Shawn Goforth

Many of us, during the first viewing, assume Sarah's mother to be deceased. If we take a closer look at the opening scenes, panning through Sarah's bedroom, we see several photos and articles clipped for a scrapbook and displayed on her mirror that highlight Linda Williams, her actress mother, who no doubt instilled a love for drama and literature, during the time spent with her daughter. She is shown alongside a co-star and partner, Jeremy (Jareth), who greatly resembles David Bowie. The clippings read "On-off romance back together?" and "Onstage kiss." This subtext is explored more heavily in the novelization and subsequent graphic novelizations of this film, where it is confirmed that Sarah's mother had an affair, and left with Jeremy, so that they may live openly together. Sarah seems to be obsessing over what has happened, and is unable to move on. When we return to Sarah's bedroom at the end of the film, we see Sarah pull the clipping of Linda and Jeremy down and close it in a drawer, perhaps indicating it isn't as important as it once was, or at least that the photo is no longer needed. In the beginning, she misses her mother a great deal, and feels trapped in her new reality with a step-parent. By the end, she has matured emotionally, learned from experience, and no longer takes the people in her life for granted. She can put trust in others, fighting the instinct not to, learns forgiveness, to not lose her head, that things are not always as they seem, and realizes the mysterious stranger that stole her mother away... no longer has power over her.

Justtired

I was 15 when I first saw this film. Growing up with Sesame Street, the Muppets and even Fragile Rock, I developed a love for Jim Henson and his creativity. This movie brings back that nostalgia and sense of wonder every time. After introducing it to my kids, watching Labyrinth at the beginning of every October to start a month long Halloween celebration has become a family tradition. Even with two kids off at college, we manage to group chat and watch together. I’m so glad you brought this to your channel. Wonderful reaction as always.

John Courtright

Well, for a first time watch I had no idea what to expect, so I just went with it and had a good time! The puppets were amazing and the sets were so detailed, it must have taken FOREVER to shoot each scene! Seeing a 14-year old Jennifer Connelly after just seeing the 51-year old Jennifer in Top Gun: Maverick was a bit of a mind trip! I thought she did a good job as Sarah. It would have been especially fun to see the film as a kid!

David Crabtree

In Top Gun: Maverick, when Jennifer Connelly first appears on screen, David Bowie's " Let's Dance" is playing in the background on the jukebox.

Jason Vulgamore

Thank you for reacting to this movie. It is one of my childhood favorites. I have a t-shirt with a picture of the worm on it, underneath it just says," 'ello ". Jim Henson was an innovator in puppetry and movie making. Labyrinth was the first movie to use radio controlled animatronics to puppeteer the suits that actors wore. Ludo, a favorite character, is an Oranguta-troll. Hence the long orange hair, like an Orangutan.

Jason Vulgamore

Hoggel called the ubliette (misspelled) a place you put people to forget about them, which is true. The word is French and means a place of forgetting. In mid-evil Europe, they would throw people in a hole or cave and leave them to die.

Brian

I saw this in the theater upon initial release. I would’ve been 12 at the time, and just before the awkward teenage years began to set in. I find this movie magical. In a time where CGI can generate a full fledged animated movie & Pixar can yield breathtaking visuals (I’m a fan of this art form as well, so don’t get me wrong), I’m grateful to have grown up in a time where art was still tactile like Labyrinth. I find it to be a glorious celebration of imagination. And just like Sarah’s character says in the end, “I need all of you. Sometimes, for no particular reason. I need you.” And that’s how I feel about Labyrinth, some 40+ years later. Every now & then, I have to rewatch this, and immediately be transported back to that time & place, if just for 2 hours. Jim Henson was a genius of imagination & art. David Bowie was a genius of imagination & music. I imagine that if the aliens are coming down to cherry pick the best of our species on earth, Henson & Bowie are close to the top of that abduction list for greatest artists & most imaginative minds of our time.