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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.