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This is where I feel Snyder and Netflix have completely missed the mark. I think more people might have cut them some slack on RM if it was released as a limited/continuing series, but there is an expectation amongst viewers that they're going to witness a complete story (with character development) unfold on screen when they sit down to watch a movie. The best movie franchises have launched from single films that were so captivating that sequels were the next logical step, whereas it seems RM has the cart before the horse. It's all well and good that Snyder has mapped out where he wants his RM franchise to go, but it's not going to matter if he doesn't first get viewers to care enough about the world and characters that he created. He may have achieved this in your view, but by all indications you're decidely in the minority.
I don’t think anyone needs a complete story to kick this thing off. I remember watching the first six episodes of Game of Thrones and actually getting a bit restless and bored, but I was into it for what I sensed would be some topflight world-building, just based on the bares bones I was initially seeing. I get that GoT is an 8 season miniseries. But if Zack gets to continue Rebel Moon he’s talking about 6 long-ass films. If each is 3 hours that’s on par with a miniseries imho.
I think to whatever extent what you’re saying is true, it would be tolerated easily if some basic expectations that were set by the first trailer had been met. I would still maintain that the main disappointment is that Rebel Moon isn’t delivering what most fans wanted and expected regarding how the genre is to be experienced and appreciated. Zack has his own artistic and philosophical concept in his head about subversively applying a sci-fi/fantasy pulp B movie aesthetic to “Star Wars,” and that’s what we’re getting with the finished product. The tone is quirky and offbeat. It’s a strange fusion of diverse elements that come together into a very strange amalgamation, and not in a particularly pretty or soothing way. However the trailer for Part 1 signaled that Rebel Moon would be a straight-ahead actioner with gorgeous visuals on par with some of his best work cinematographically—and hopefully something that could possibly rival Star Wars for those with a deep love for the genre in its classical form!
And for fans that love and want the classical form of the genre, that’s kind of an uncool tease. So those people are pissed.
That being said, I saw Zack say in a recent interview that he sees himself as a “provocateur.” Which is consistent with all the genre deconstruction and subversion that he himself says he’s into. But it’s such a dangerous game to play career-wise.
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