Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-20 (Saturday) Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 08:55:33 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:55:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="80b2afe7db8c24ea5f85014394500aa1"; logging-data="400189"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/8RndkDyByF1nRAGHJGnF3" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:LqqwC/mzk2RhTZDeKbLAfrGmH14= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3667 On 4/21/24 8:44 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: > >> What did you watch? > > > I watched: > > 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!!