[amphibian]

The first one is kinda not the kitschy bad that a Con Air would deliver, it's more of a "this isn't competent enough at anything much less the 7 Samurai ripoff" vibe that fails to deliver a fully entertaining product.

[polishgenius]

Part 2 has a scene where the characters sit around and tell each other their tragic backstories and motivation, and that's the character development you get.

It's such bad writing.

And, disappointingly, the visuals are unusually rubbish for Snyder. Like he's never been as slick as he thinks, but he's always been stylish and clear with the action, and could handle big spectacle. It's just a muddy confusing mess here for the most of it.


It's annoying coz there's a few neat storytelling instincts but Snyder just is not good enough to carry them through.

[Abyss]

polishgenius, on 25 April 2024 - 06:05 PM, said:

Part 2 has a scene where the characters sit around and tell each other their tragic backstories and motivation, and that's the character development you get.

It's such bad writing.

And, disappointingly, the visuals are unusually rubbish for Snyder. Like he's never been as slick as he thinks, but he's always been stylish and clear with the action, and could handle big spectacle. It's just a muddy confusing mess here for the most of it.


It's annoying coz there's a few neat storytelling instincts but Snyder just is not good enough to carry them through.

Is there really 30min of wheat harvesting?

[amphibian]

I'm legit perked up if there's 30 min of actual "how to harvest wheat" in this. Love a good trip into productive whimsy.

[polishgenius]

Abyss, on 25 April 2024 - 06:54 PM, said:

Is there really 30min of wheat harvesting?

I'll be fair: while it does take half an hour to get past the wheat harvesting, it isn't actually just half an hour of harvesting wheat. Though the other stuff isn't interesting enough to say that it's worth it tbh.

amphibian, on 25 April 2024 - 11:28 PM, said:

I'm legit perked up if there's 30 min of actual "how to harvest wheat" in this. Love a good trip into productive whimsy.

Sadly it's not 'how to harvest wheat', it's just people waving scythes around in slow motion.

[Tsundoku]

Watching Rebel Shit Part 2: The Circumcisiongiver now.

Oh wow, so much much bad. Where to begin? Where to end? So many, many plot holes.

Spoiler

Scanners that can see people in a wooden structure but can't see people hiding in covered trenches?
Coal powered space ships?????
Starship technology and they are manually winding the main guns? What. The. Actual. Fuck???
and the list goes on ... never mind the fact that it seems the entire empire needs the grain from one shitty little flyspeck of a village in Bumfuck, Idaho ...

Wishing Netflix had a x2 or better speed option instead of just x1.5

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 27 April 2024 - 08:52 AM

[Garak]

Sounds like he borrowed visual ideas from Warhammer 40k but without the context that makes those things work. Because sure they pull on chains to load the macrocannons but that's because a)humanity has regressed b)they have enough people it's considered fine and finally c)the setting runs on insanity.

Kill Command

This post has been edited by Garak: 27 April 2024 - 09:12 AM

[Tsundoku]

Oh yeah, there's quite a few bits of what I would consider borrowed WH40K type iconography and ideas. Just not used well is all.

And of course it leaves itself open for a sequel/continuation.
Please don't.

IMHO it couldn't learn from the shitshow of the first one because ... weren't they filmed at the same time, like LOTR?

[Primateus]

Just seen the second one myself. It is quite bad.

And, I feel not even the aesthetics of the film are coherent. Some are actually pretty good, whereas others seem like they haven't been given any thought whatsoever.
Some of the crew on that ship are dressed as if they stepped out of a 1960s or 70s cold war movie and yet others as if they stepped out of kitschy Asylum sci-fi.

The acting is bad, the writing is bad and the movie is just bad. But I feel that if it had at least been coherent, and not just with regards to aesthetics, then it could have been the kind of movie that we all love to hate, but still love.

But hey, at least it's not in the "it was okay" category, the very worst category a so-called piece of art can end up in.

[Macros]

Are we talking about Dune now or the star wars knock off?

[polishgenius]

Rebel Moon, I'm fairly sure...

And hey, at least Snyder can take comfort in the fact that no matter how bad his movie, no matter how shit the writing, no matter how incoherent and derivative the plot, at least he didn't do this:

[Garak]

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Garak, on 29 April 2024 - 09:03 PM, said:

What's this from?

[Garak]

Warhammer 40k, sorry I'm still amused that some visuals were copied without rime or reason. The sketch makes fun of how much Imperial navy cares about losing men. Because 6k crews isn't even a drop in the bucket.

[Maark Abbott]

Oh you didn't die to the macro-cannon explosion? That's cowardice. BLAM.

[Tiste Simeon]

The original joke that it's spoofing is from the Horrible Histories TV show that became a meme:

https://youtu.be/ogN...T3mEW4I1qUx08SM

[Briar King]

Dune 2 was good. The black sun was a neat visual treat on Geidi Prime. Looking forward to Dune 3.

[Briar King]

Ep 1 wasn’t bad but it certainly wasn’t good. We ll see what happens with it in the coming weeks.

[ContrarianMalazanReader]

The Dune series is based on Brian Herbert's ideas, therefore I pass.

[Briar King]

Ep 2. Horrible. Great visuals and a fairly nice pair of tits but just a bad episode. You can smell Brian and KJA all over this shit.

It’s only 6 episodes apparently.