Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Tockinit not horrible nor great

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Eric Schuetz (reverend_darkshadow) Jim Henson always seemed to put out wonderful television shows. This was sadly one of the shortest lived. It was endearing to hear each tale with their delightful morals. Each episode was a new story, with new characters. John Hurt did a wonderful job playing the Storyteller, and the sarcastic tone of Brian Henson as the dog was always enjoyable.The set designs and costumes were very well done. The Muppet work, when required, is classic Jim Henson work. You know it is a Muppet, but it's endearing appearance more than forgives. You find yourself enchanted and compelled. When each episode comes to an end, you realize that you were quite entertained. An entertained that is fulfilling, not the kind that wears off after a few moments. You sit back and think about each episode, realizing that each story is indeed timeless, and presents a strong tale of morality.I have yet to show this to my own children, but this is indeed a series that is more than family entertainment. I implore you to find it on DVD, and snatch it up. If you can't do that, then just find it some how.

fubared1 These little-known tales are very well written. Unfortunately, someone decided a straight-forward visual style, a la Shelley Duvall's Fairy Tale Theatre, would be boring. Therefore someone felt the stupid need to 'spice things up' with MTV-style visuals and fast cutting. Well, they were very wrong. They merely succeeded in making a group of wonderfully narrated stories (by the always-reliable John Hurt) into some headache-inducing, artsy-fartsy MTV videos without music. Too bad. Likewise, most of the stories feature little-known and mostly talentless actors, chosen more for their physical appearance than any thespian capabilities. There are a few minor exceptions, but for the most part, other than Hurt, there is little or no effort put into the performances. Of course, this may be because the actors were required to perform in a vacuum for the benefit of green-screen visuals. Of course, the Henson 'puppets' are well constructed, but we've seen most of these too many times already for them to be in any way intriguing.

Jen175 This series is wonderful. It was bought for me when I was little, and I still love watching it. I know all the stories by heart, but I still get carried away in the magic and beauty of it all. It's hard to pick a favourite episode, but I'd have to say Sapsorrow is way up there. I guess I've always loved the pretty dresses and the mysterious way the beautiful princess transforms into a hideous creature. And the two bad sisters!- you can't help but love to hate them, and Jennifer Saunders is brilliant!And whoever said that this series is 'insane' must be insane themselves, and have absolutely no idea about culture or about the magical world of stories.

Chibi Riza "The Storyteller" is hands down,the BEST (and not to mention under-rated)of Jim Henson's creations!I loved every minute of it.My favorite episodes outta the bunch is "Fear Not",where a boy doesn't get scared until a strange occurence happens,"The Luck Child",where an unfortunate man has to serve a fearsome Gryphon and "The True Bride",where a pretty white Lion has to save the young Anja from the Troll Woman.Not to mention that there is also a really twisted version of "Cinderella",where the poor servant girl turns herself into a beast(!)I really wished that they have this on video!