Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-20 (Saturday)

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 4/21/24 8:44 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

 

Rebel Moon (Netflix) parts 1 and 2.  To recap in the first half an evil
galactic empire is waging war in the stars.  They land on a planet,
bringing a droid with them of course, and start causing trouble with
farmers.  One of the farmers leaves her village to get help from an
alliance of rebels.  First, she makes a stop at a nearby cantina where
she hires a solo smuggler to fly her off world to recruit fighters
including one person who wields a saber made of light.  There is new
hope because the good guys win at the end.  There's even an awards
ceremony where the newly recruited heroes get prizes, but that takes
place in part two.

In the second half the Empire Strikes back against the alliance of
rebels.  A new plot point has the evil henchman tasked with finding one
of the rebels who happens to be the (adopted) child of one of the
villains.  Perhaps if they can find this child, they can be turned to
the evil side?  Anyway, they show up at the rebel's moon and along with
their imperial walking machines launch an attack.  The Battle of in-door
is what you could say about one of the fights that takes place inside a
building.  Anyway, the rebel who has a saber made of light fights bad
guys leading to someone having a limb cut off during the fight.  The
alliance of rebels organizes the people that live on the moon into a
fighting force capable of going up against a technologically more
advanced galactic empire.  It's a trap!  Is what you will say at one
point watching the sequel.  But I did not expect to see an epic battle
between the hero and villain using their sabers made of lights in the
villain's headquarters during an attack by the alliance of rebels as the
headquarters falls apart around them.  Speaking of the alliance of
rebel's attack, it was really cool how some of them piloted single seat
attack ships and the camera would zoom in on their face as they talked
to each other during the space dog fight.  Overall, I have to say this
was probably the most original sci-fi series ever, and unlike any other
sci-fi movie ever conceived of with their alien filled cantinas, droids,
solo smugglers, alliance of rebels, imperial walking machines, and
wielders of sabers made of light, I just don't know where Snyder gets
his ideas!

OMG - please tell me you are joking about all of this!!

Oh, Ian, Ian Ian

What Arthur wrote here in followup was excellent, far better than the
movie's script.