Vens Corner | The Shadow Glass:Book Review. 80's Nostagia @vens_corner | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
80s Nostalgia is at its height, and this title takes inspiration from film titles such as Neverending Story, Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, but is this just a pale reflection of the cult classics that inspired it, or something worthy of its own legacy?
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Synopsis:
Jack Corman is failing at life. Jobless, jaded and facing the threat of eviction, he’s also reeling from the death of his father, one-time film director Bob Corman. Back in the eighties, Bob poured his heart and soul into the creation of his 1986 puppet fantasy The Shadow Glass, but the film flopped on release and Bob was never the same again.
In the wake of Bob’s death, Jack returns to his decaying childhood home, where he is confronted with the impossible — the puppet heroes from The Shadow Glass are alive, and they need his help. Tipped into a desperate quest to save the world from the more nefarious of his father’s creations, Jack teams up with an excitable fanboy and a spiky studio exec to navigate the labyrinth of his father’s legacy and ignite a Shadow Glass resurgence that could, finally, do Bob proud.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Story
03:49 - Characters
06:35 - Worldbuilding
08:45 - Final Thoughts
10:19 - Outro
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twitch.tv/vens_corner
twitter.com/Vens_Corner
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80s Nostalgia is at its height, and this title takes inspiration from film titles such as Neverending Story, Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, but is this just a pale reflection of the cult classics that inspired it, or something worthy of its own legacy?
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Synopsis:
Jack Corman is failing at life. Jobless, jaded and facing the threat of eviction, he’s also reeling from the death of his father, one-time film director Bob Corman. Back in the eighties, Bob poured his heart and soul into the creation of his 1986 puppet fantasy The Shadow Glass, but the film flopped on release and Bob was never the same again.
In the wake of Bob’s death, Jack returns to his decaying childhood home, where he is confronted with the impossible — the puppet heroes from The Shadow Glass are alive, and they need his help. Tipped into a desperate quest to save the world from the more nefarious of his father’s creations, Jack teams up with an excitable fanboy and a spiky studio exec to navigate the labyrinth of his father’s legacy and ignite a Shadow Glass resurgence that could, finally, do Bob proud.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Story
03:49 - Characters
06:35 - Worldbuilding
08:45 - Final Thoughts
10:19 - Outro
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My Links:
twitch.tv/vens_corner
twitter.com/Vens_Corner
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