Sci-Fi Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon | Netflix

[Lily Adler]

So here's something funny. There's a a short 25-minute making-of video on Netflix and it's divided into segments e.g. "Veldt" or "Jimmy" and then you get to this:

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That's right, they devote time to talking about just the wheat (they planted it all themselves). At one point Deborah Snyder says ""Wheat is this character in our film and it was super important that the wheat be real because we wanted to actually harvest it and if it was fake we couldn't actually cut the wheat and bundle it. It wouldn't have been realistic" and Snyder adds "One of the things that actually drove the schedule was where the wheat was at its correct ripeness for harvesting". And then a producer goes "we let the wheat tell us when it would be ready to be shot".

This is like Superman Returns where they grew the cornfield.

 

[Lily Adler]

I'll take that as confirmation that the extra hours of Rebel Moon we're getting are going to consist of swearing, nudity... and wheat. There clearly wasn't enough in the PG versions for all this effort, the people demand wheat.

Sweeping slow-mo shot of wheat billowing in the wind and Kora just looking at it... for 5 minutes.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

On a more serious note, the video actually shows you that a lot of the sets/locations were very real and they used a ton of practical effects. All that hard work is undone by that shallow depth of field effect that makes backgrounds look like blurry CG. Snyder even shows off the special camera/lens set-up they frankensteined together to get that effect and says that he likes the thin depth of field. Deborah Snyder adds that she doesn't think Snyder will ever go back to just being the director and he will be the DP for all his movies from now on.

 

[Lily Adler]

Imagine the state of cinema if talented directors like Nolan and Villeneuve always relied on this whole "wait for my directors cut" approach?

It reeks of deflection. People rightfully point out flaws in the narrative or missing lore and he thinks the DC will magically fix this. There's a good chance those story elements won't be present in the DC.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

I love ZSJL but I don't think there's a way to save Rebel Moon. The plotting, dialogue and film-making are just too flawed on a fundamental level.

 

[kguillou]

I love ZSJL but I don't think there's a way to save Rebel Moon. The plotting, dialogue and film-making are just too flawed on a fundamental level.

Same, huge fan of ZSJL which i felt had a lot more soul and character building than these movies do. I dont think the directors' cuts are going to be much better. From what Snyder's been saying it sounds like the extended run times are just going to be extraneous and gratuitous side tangents that dont really help the story.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Part One vs Part Two
Week 1
23.9M vs 21.4M views

Week 2
34M vs 18.8M views

Week 3
11.1M vs 6M views

Total during the first 3 weeks
69M vs 46.2M (-33%)

 

[#root]

Oh wow they changed the title of the director’s cut? What a deplorable attempt to confuse audiences into rewatching this **** by accident.

 

[Dr.]

Since I only recently recharged my Netflix subscription, watching Part 2 was delayed. And in preparation, I also rewatched Part 1. (My opinion of Part 1 didn’t really change. It was kinda… meh. Not offensively bad; but not especially memorable. Just… meh.)

Part 2 was a noticeable improvement. The narrative flowed better and the action in the climactic battle — especially the stuff onboard the dreadnaught — was nicely staged. But IMO, Snyder missed the boat with the Princess Issa revelation. That’s something that needed to be shown — even at the risk of coming across as a mystical deus ex machina. So just telling us this plot point (for a hypothetical Part 3?) felt truncated and clumsy. Also: Noble’s final comeuppance seemed somewhat abrupt. (Though I’m not a fan of violence for violence's sake, I speculate that the R-rated version of Noble’s fate might be more... emotionally satisfying.)

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Drizzle]

 

[Kane52630]

Fun fact, Curse of Forgiveness is what happened to Netflix after Snyder lost them millions of dollars.

 

[Lily Adler]

Fun fact, Curse of Forgiveness is what happened to Netflix after Snyder lost them millions of dollars.

Netflix: You know how many shows we had to cancel to make up for this!

 

[DarkKnight88]

Do they also think changing the subtitles will somehow make this seem like “something new”? Like a second shot? lol

It’s like changing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring to The Lord of the Rings: Damn the Ring for the Extended Cut release.

 

[obredaan]

George Lucas presents the extended cut of Star Wars: Birth of Hope

 

[Spider-Fan]

Curse of Forgiveness? Come on, lol! Chalice of Blood at least sounds like a schlock Roger Corman type movie from the 80s, but Curse of Forgiveness? Terrible title lol

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Synopsis:

“Delve further into the mythology and madness of Zack Snyder’s epic sci-fi saga in the viciously sexier, bloodier world of Rebel Moon — Chapter One: Chalice of Blood and Rebel Moon – Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness. In Snyder’s director’s cut, a peaceful settlement on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, and Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making an impossible stand against the Motherworld, Kora assembles a small band of warriors — outsiders, insurgents, peasants, and orphans of war who share a common need for redemption and revenge. As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a new army of heroes is formed.”

 

[Sithborg]

Do they also think changing the subtitles will somehow make this seem like “something new”? Like a second shot? lol

It’s like changing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring to The Lord of the Rings: Damn the Ring for the Extended Cut release.

That is absolutely what Netflix is trying to do.

I am going to absolutely laugh if Under Paris does better than these movies.

 

[emielaen]

Do they also think changing the subtitles will somehow make this seem like “something new”? Like a second shot? lol

Definitely. Already saw a couple people thinking this was Part 3 and 4.

 

[samsnee]

Shrug of Indifference

 

[Filmfreak]

Curse of Forgiveness? Come on, lol! Chalice of Blood at least sounds like a schlock Roger Corman type movie from the 80s, but Curse of Forgiveness? Terrible title lol

It's like an AI algorithm that produces titles based on specific keywords has created it. Which, knowing Snyder, that's what he probably did.

 

[Lily Adler]

Definitely. Already saw a couple people thinking this was Part 3 and 4.

I already saw someone claim Netflix kept Snyder from going all out on the original cuts because they wanted something family friendly...

 

[kguillou]

Good Lord these extended cuts together are over 6 and a half hours.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Defy Satellite: 2DeepU4

Good Lord these extended cuts together are over 6 and a half hours.

Apparently he wants to make four more movies (which would be 8 more movies if they keep doing director's cuts but maybe we've misunderstood) of this. The time required for all that makes my head hurt even though I stopped on the 'studio' cut of the first part.