Sci-Fi Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon | Netflix

[DA_Champion]

Watching the movies you can tell they're cut down and the violence has been skimped on. I still enjoyed them but think the DC's will be much fuller experiences.

Still doesn't make sense to do it this way of course.

I think that they're actually at an appropriate length. I don't see a need for more sex -- there's only one couple. The action was good. Some of the story points could use more fleshing out but I'm perplexed as to how he's going to double the length or whatever.

I hope we get more rebel moon as well. I assume that is the numbers are good enough for Netflix but they might not like the criticism.

I wonder if Twilight of the gods will be fun.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I think that they're actually at an appropriate length. I don't see a need for more sex -- there's only one couple. The action was good. Some of the story points could use more fleshing out but I'm perplexed as to how he's going to double the length or whatever.

I hope we get more rebel moon as well. I assume that is the numbers are good enough for Netflix but they might not like the criticism.

I wonder if Twilight of the gods will be fun.

I think more of some of the side characters will be good. And more of Kora and her past. I think the fight scenes will benefit from the higher rating as well as at times they felt blunted.

Nemesis in particular had a poor showing in the final battle. But yes, I definitely want more from this universe.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Snyder unintentionally explains why most directors aren't their own DPs.

‘Rebel Moon’ Director Zack Snyder Talks the Ending of ‘Part Two,’ Cathartic Director’s Cuts and ‘Part 3’

The filmmaker reveals that a 12-minute sequence from 'Rebel Moon 2' was inspired by an idea for his never-made 'Justice League 2.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

You’ve served as your own DP on your last three films. Has that job changed anything about the way you direct when compared to your days with your longtime DP Larry Fong?


Don’t get me wrong, I loved my days with Larry, and I wouldn’t trade them for the world. But I was a director-cameraman in the commercial world for 10 years, and it was kind of the way I normally worked. So [being the DP] doesn’t change the way I [work], but the main thing is that I’m just much more present from moment to moment. I have to be. When you’re just directing, there’s time for self-reflection. As they’re lighting, there’s time to think about the way the scene is going to go and stuff. And in the current working conditions, I’m 100 percent in all the way, all the time, and there’s no resting or thinking. You have to be very prepared. It’s difficult to shoot a movie, and I thank God I have John Clothier, my camera operator. I operated the second camera and did plenty of operating. So it’s an exhaustive and difficult thing, but I really love doing it. I love lighting and it’s super fun.

 

[Filmfreak]

He should go back to actual cinematographers for his movies. Rebel Moon looks like ****.

 

[Kane52630]

That's so funny... I finally picked up the Dawn of the Dead 4K Blu-ray and rewatched some of it yesterday and honestly, I'm shocked to see how much he's fallen since. Based on his two Rebel Moon movies, you wouldn't in a million years think Snyder was capable of directing a movie like that even with Gunn's extremely sharp and clever script. I guess a lot of it has to do with the cinematography holding up so well and it's probably because it was shot on film (plus the color grading looks so pristine and colorful).

But yeah, it was an amazing transfer by Scream Factory. Definitely worth getting if you want to show off your tv.

 

[DA_Champion]

Long Kurt Jonstad interview about Rebel Moon's script, where he was the screenwriter:

Rebel Moon Part 2 Writer Breaks Down The Lofty Plans For Zack Snyder's Sci-Fi Franchise

Rebel Moon Part 2 is on Netflix now.

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Slow-motion farming? I've seen it all, and I never want to see it again...

I really don't get the hate. I found it to be a nice scene. It's only two minutes long and does a lot of character work, why does it bother people so much?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

He should go back to actual cinematographers for his movies. Rebel Moon looks like ****.

He should go back to ''directing'' music videos and call it a day.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

He should go back to actual cinematographers for his movies. Rebel Moon looks like ****.

I don't think the issue was that he couldn't do the job of the DP and that's why the movie looks the way it does. He went out of his way to make the movie look like it did by creating a special lens. He likes the look and if he hired a DP then that DP would have probably still had to use that same lens and camera. And I highlighted that part of the interview because Snyder himself admits that by being his own DP, he had less time to focus on directing the scenes.

 

[Albright]

Sometimes you wonder, how bad the script for Rise of Skywalker is.
But then you wake up and realise, that there could be an even worse SW-movie, if they greenlit Zack Snyders pitch

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Sometimes you wonder, how bad the script for Rise of Skywalker is.
But then you wake up and realise, that there could be an even worse SW-movie, if they greenlit Zack Snyders pitch

Rise of Skywalker was still better than that crummy Dual of the Fates script some people keep praising.

Either way, rumor is going around that Rebel Moon is getting junked as a series after the DCs come out so no sequels. That's fine. This was a failed experiment and I completely get why Lucasfilm rejected it (rightfully so).

 

[emielaen]

Army of the Dead did the same kind of thing where they released two films from the franchise within a year, then some animated thing got scrapped and sequels for both seemingly paused.

The main upside for Netflix here seems to be that they're getting 3 releases from one production budget, assuming both extended cuts drop at the same time. It'll be interesting to see the release strategy there. They pretty unceremoniously dropped Part 2. Snyder has been saying its the better version, or whatever, since before either part dropped. They're definitely gonna try to manufacture a Snyder Cut situation, which would be pretty gross considering the actual tragic backstory to all of that.

 

[DarkKnight88]

That’s been funny seeing the lead up to Part 2 with Snyder basically saying in every single interview, “wait to watch the directors cut in August” lol

 

[Venom 1988]

That’s been funny seeing the lead up to Part 2 with Snyder basically saying in every single interview, “wait to watch the directors cut in August” lol

Tbf, he was already promoting the directors cut when promoting part 1 too.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Army of the Dead did the same kind of thing where they released two films from the franchise within a year, then some animated thing got scrapped and sequels for both seemingly paused.

The main upside for Netflix here seems to be that they're getting 3 releases from one production budget, assuming both extended cuts drop at the same time. It'll be interesting to see the release strategy there. They pretty unceremoniously dropped Part 2. Snyder has been saying its the better version, or whatever, since before either part dropped. They're definitely gonna try to manufacture a Snyder Cut situation, which would be pretty gross considering the actual tragic backstory to all of that.

But how? Everybody knows the director's cut is coming in just a few months. There's no fight to be had here.

 

[emielaen]

But how? Everybody knows the director's cut is coming in just a few months. There's no fight to be had here.

I'm not referring to that aspect of it nor do I think it's about that for Netflix. It's just about throwing the term "Snyder Cut" in front of Rebel Moon because people recognize it.

 

[DA_Champion]

Sometimes you wonder, how bad the script for Rise of Skywalker is.
But then you wake up and realise, that there could be an even worse SW-movie, if they greenlit Zack Snyders pitch

Rise of Skywalker <<<< the SW prequels, the last Jedi, John Carter, Valerian, Jupiter Ascending, Rebel Moon, Chronicles of Riddick, etc.

It's the nadir of Hollywood space operas, perhaps tied with Battlefield Earth. The plot is nonsensical from top to bottom, nothing fits, nothing works.

On par with Batman v Superman and Terminator Genysis.

Rise of Skywalker was still better than that crummy Dual of the Fates script some people keep praising.

Either way, rumor is going around that Rebel Moon is getting junked as a series after the DCs come out so no sequels. That's fine. This was a failed experiment and I completely get why Lucasfilm rejected it (rightfully so).

Part of the strength of Duel of the Fates is that it would have been a less racist plot. Abrams just made Finn, Poe, and Rose into dumb sideshow characters that ask stupid questions. A lot of people including myself wanted a story where Finn had something meaningf to do.

Genuine diversity in movies is something that I personally value highly.

 

[DA_Champion]

I'm not referring to that aspect of it nor do I think it's about that for Netflix. It's just about throwing the term "Snyder Cut" in front of Rebel Moon because people recognize it.

Netflix makes a lot of really bad and really good movies, which is inevitable given their high risk high reward strategy. I think they're just taking a lot of risks and seeing if anything works. This was a legitimate risk and they got to make 4 movies out of 166 million which improves the odds further.

One issue is that space opera is in my opinion their biggest weakness. Rebel Moon didn't do well and neither did Kattee Sackhoff's Another Life. I did like Spaceman though.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Army of the Dead did the same kind of thing where they released two films from the franchise within a year, then some animated thing got scrapped and sequels for both seemingly paused.

The main upside for Netflix here seems to be that they're getting 3 releases from one production budget, assuming both extended cuts drop at the same time. It'll be interesting to see the release strategy there. They pretty unceremoniously dropped Part 2. Snyder has been saying its the better version, or whatever, since before either part dropped. They're definitely gonna try to manufacture a Snyder Cut situation, which would be pretty gross considering the actual tragic backstory to all of that.

I still hope he makes another Army of the Dead movie. I have no interest in actually watching it; I just want him to try and explain why some of the zombies are robots, lol.

 

[emielaen]

I still hope he makes another Army of the Dead movie. I have no interest in actually watching it; I just want him to try and explain why some of the zombies are robots, lol.

Lol weren't there alien aspects in it too? Dude loves to just toss **** in a movie because it could potentially be something. That might be my least favorite Snyder film. It's so dumb.

 

[Ninjablade]

I thought it'd be hard to be an emptier husk of garbage than the first film, but this one really excelled past that in spades. For someone who thinks he's this auteur in blockbuster filmmaking that is doing things differently and better than his contemporaries, he's just as cookie cutter as everyone else.

 

[Lily Adler]

I thought it'd be hard to be an emptier husk of garbage than the first film, but this one really excelled past that in spades. For someone who thinks he's this auteur in blockbuster filmmaking that is doing things differently and better than his contemporaries, he's just as cookie cutter as everyone else.

He's the Tarantino to all those Nolans out there. Denis Villeneuve wishes Dune was this good.

 

[MMalone]

Snyder should end up in director jail already. Far more talented women and POC have been sidelined for a single flop. It's time for Hollywood's poster but for white men failing upward to not have a career. The guy should go back to commercials as that is the only fit place for his vapidness.

 

[Drizzle]

Got around to watching it. I found this to be less offensive than Part One but somehow more boring, which is remarkable for a something that's supposed to be more action-oriented of the two. Overall I'd rank the two parts similar to Army of the Dead, which is not as blatantly bad as Sucker Punch but still just kinda...there.

 

[kguillou]

Finally watched it myself. Maybe it was the low low expectations going in but I had a decent time with it in a bad B-movie kind of way. Narratively the movie's a mess and Zack really thinks we care about these characters more than we do. But once the second hour kicks in and the action gets going I actually found myself getting engaged with it on a base thrills, B movie level.

lol at how the movie ends, Zack clearly thinks he's getting sequels to this. Then again, its Netflix so they may just be crazy enough to give it to him if the numbers are decent enough.

 

[Mani-Man]

Snyder should end up in director jail already. Far more talented women and POC have been sidelined for a single flop. It's time for Hollywood's poster but for white men failing upward to not have a career. The guy should go back to commercials as that is the only fit place for his vapidness.

That is actually a good point to make.
Look at Patty Jenkins whos career almost got ruined after Wonder Woman 2.

While Snyder is making stuff left and right...bad stuff not seemingly his fans care about.
Like seriously, Rebel Moon 2 has even less hype around it than the first...nobody outside of this Thread talks about the movie it feels like.