Of course, to prevent their own demise, the Skeksis try to wipe out all of the Gelflings. However, the Mystics raise a single surviving Gelfling, with the intention of sending him out on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal, so that he may fulfill his destiny and save their dying world. While the transfer looks great, the film element does exhibit occasional speckling, as well as other markings. Color reproduction on the disc is virtually flawless. There are no traces of chroma noise or bleeding on this beautifully colored disc.
Blacks are faithfully recreated and contrast appears quite smooth.
Rock solid DVD authoring hid virtually all traces of digital compression artifacts. Dialogue is especially clean sounding. Since this is an older soundtrack that has been upgraded to 5.1, the surround channels don't offer the level of activity one would find in the sound mix of a new film. Still, the film's marvelous score by Trevor Jones sounds terrific in the upgraded mix. Subtitles are provided on the DVD in English and Spanish.