Sci-Fi Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon | Netflix

[TheGDBatman]

Some of the negative comments feel a bit dramatic, but to each their own! I think this looks pretty dope. Hope he can stick the landing with the story, but at minimum it looks like a fun action romp.

 

[kguillou]

Whenever I wonder why Zack Snyder’s films look and feel the way they do, I think back to that quote of him talking about how he grew up reading and loving “Heavy Metal” magazine as a kid for the blood, sex and aesthetic, and everything comes back into focus.

All of his filmography is just “Heavy Metal” movies in all but name only, and just as gratuitous and shallow.

That's just it, I think if "heavy metal" is your vibe then Zack Snyder hits your sweet spot. Lol

 

[Da-Scribe]

Looks cool. We’ll see if it delivers. The laser sword design is visually satisfying. Reminds me of a lot of anime designs.

 

[#root]

Omg the lightsabers . This really is Snyder’s Star Wars.

There’s also a lot of names in this cast that I really like. Sofia Boutella, Bae Doona, Ed Skrein, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Alfonso Herrera, Michael Huisman. That makes me extra bummed that this looks so… Snyder. Grey brown visuals with a ****ton of slomo. The spider lady and the griffin creatures look kinda cool though.

And I still don’t get the point of releasing a “director’s cut” for this. If you want to have both a PG13 cut and an R rated cut, fine. Do that. But release them together, give people the option to choose. Releasing an R-rated cut with extra scenes later down the line just doesn’t make sense on this platform. This is not a studio interfering with a director’s vision forcing them to release their own cut. This is Netflix being greedy, getting double the engagement, and I’m going to get a lot of hate for this but it seems like Snyder is just making extended cuts his thing now.

 

[Mani-Man]

I dont know, maybe im just over Snyders style in general...but this wasnt really all that cool.
Like, i feel the designs could pop more if Snyder would only once go away from his style and try something new.

But we get the same Snyder stuff, the same visual Cues etc and all in all.
Which may be cool to those that like Snyders style, but the rest...i feel this will be more of the same empty but cool visuals thing.

and I’m going to get a lot of hate for this but it seems like Snyder is just making extended cuts his thing now.

Yeah, adding even the least working piece of media he shot for a movie to it and calling it "new and exciting directors cut".
The man will add 2 minutes of people walking up stairs and calls it a Game changer.

 

[Lily Adler]

Am I the only one annoyed that he just threw in a Gryphon in here... Not some fantastical alien beast, but just some pre-made mythical beast.

 

[Dr.]

I find it funny that the film doesn't really show you the main thing it's ripping off in Seven Samurai.

The content on offer did seem a tad derivative — some Star Wars, some Avatar, some Game of Thrones, etc. (Of course, those IPs are, themselves, derivative. “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” ) So given all this borrowing, it is somewhat curious that the original inspiration —Seven Samurai — wasn’t that apparent in this teaser trailer. Though… in terms of promoting a sci-fi actioner, specific allusions to the Seven Samurai template (recruiting a team of misfit heroes) may not be that important. Perhaps in a second trailer?

 

[psylockolussus]

Looks meh! As eXpected!

 

[DarkKnight88]

It kinda all reminds me of Chronicles of Riddick.

 

[Mani-Man]

Its like asking AI to do Dune/Star Wars in Snyder style.

 

[Filmfreak]

Meanwhile this has half the budget:

It's even more impressive finding out that this was entirely shot with a Sony FX3 camera.

 

[-Arya-]

Looks awful. Snyder’s **** is just tiresome.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

While I am not a cultist, I do like Snyder's movies. And personally I think this looks great.

 

[Monochron]

I really think Netflix and Snyder are a good match. Snyder gets to work on his own IP (which keeps him away from anything I may care about) and Netflix gets more of that schlocky content they love. It's a win all around as far I'm concerned.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

The trailer didn't do much for me.

 

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Snyder Confirms "Rebel Moon" Director's Cut - Dark Horizons

 

[Filmfreak]

He's officially addicted to director's cuts. Even in a place like Netflix where he has no restrictions.

 

[Broseph44]

While I am not a cultist, I do like Snyder's movies. And personally I think this looks great.

I’m the same bro, for sure

 

[obredaan]

Good sci-fi should always feel original and thoughtful with the use of visuals to enhance the story and themes. I got none of that from this teaser. It all just looks like a bunch of shots and moments ripped off from better creators. We need more originality in sci-fi and not some idiot who just steals concepts and ideas from other artists.

 

[chintai80]

i'm fine with this director's cut thing that snyder somehow has fallen into. i think it's fun. also a good business strategy on snyder's part - keep dangling that carrot for the fans!

though i was underwhelmed by the trailer - which looks like a mash-up of lot of sci-fi movies and video games, i do hope this is good.

i was one of the few people who actually liked army of the dead.

 

[Dr.]

Good sci-fi should always feel original and thoughtful with the use of visuals to enhance the story and themes. I got none of that from this teaser. It all just looks like a bunch of shots and moments ripped off from better creators. We need more originality in sci-fi and not some idiot who just steals concepts and ideas from other artists.

I agree with your first point. But I think the criticism you direct at Rebel Moon is maybe too general — and could just as easily be applied to a whole host of properties (some of which you probably like).

Fact is, the “science fantasy/space opera” genre is often a catch-all action/adventure category that qualifies as “sci-fi” because the settings happen to involve space travel and alien planets. And these tend to be amalgams and pastiches of other genres and traditions. E.g., the original Star Wars was an homage to 1940s sci-fi serials. Star Trek was “Wagon Train to the stars” (or, alternatively, Horatio Hornblower in space). Alien was a monster/horror story set on a spaceship; Firefly/Serenity was, quite explicitly, a Western set in space. Etc. IOW, much of this genre involves a lot of borrowing, recapitulation and repurposing of prior material and archetypes.

So, yes: Rebel Moon — a sci-fi actioner inspired by Seven Samurai — hardly sounds original. But there aren’t many examples of sci-fantasy that are truly original. Most are just variations of the same thing.

 

[Filmfreak]

I agree with your first point. But I think the criticism you direct at Rebel Moon is maybe too general — and could just as easily be applied to a whole host of properties (some of which you probably like).

Fact is, the “science fantasy/space opera” genre is often a catch-all action/adventure category that qualifies as “sci-fi” because the settings happen to involve space travel and alien planets. And these tend to be amalgams and pastiches of other genres and traditions. E.g., the original Star Wars was an homage to 1940s sci-fi serials. Star Trek was “Wagon Train to the stars” (or, alternatively, Horatio Hornblower in space). Alien was a monster/horror story set on a spaceship; Firefly/Serenity was, quite explicitly, a Western set in space. Etc. IOW, much of this genre involves a lot of borrowing, recapitulation and repurposing of prior material and archetypes.

So, yes: Rebel Moon — a sci-fi actioner inspired by Seven Samurai — hardly sounds original. But there aren’t many examples of sci-fantasy that are truly original. Most are just variations of the same thing.

You can always borrow elements and still present something unique. Look at Dune. A movie about a concept written 60 years ago, that has been copied in one way or the other from possibly even hundreds of creators and different media over the years. And even so Villeneuve managed to make it look fresh and innovative like it was something entirely new.

It's all about the filmmaker. And based on the trailer there's probably zero originality in Rebel Moon.

 

[Ninjablade]

"I shot extra scenes specifically for my director's cut" is a crazy sentence.

 

[chintai80]

snyder is wearing his influences on his sleeve with this, which to me isn't a problem in and of itself.

it's just the way the trailer was put together didn't make me that excited for this movie as much as i wanted.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I must admit even as a Snyder guy I am not getting the directors cut thing for this. It's going to streaming, it's not like it's going to the cinema and then an r rated cut gets released after.