Rebel Moon: How NOT to Write a Space Opera
Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon was a hot mess, but why does it fail where other sci-fi films succeed? Also, apologies for some of the rough editing. It took a lot of work to get this video past the copyright bots. Intro: 00:00 Part I: I Think I've Heard This Story Before: 03:03 Part II: World-Borrowing Instead of Worldbuilding: 07:30 Part III: Exposition: The Movie!: 10:08 Part IV: The Dull Dozen: 16:34 Part V: I Say Some Nice Things: 23:33 Part VI: Release the Snyder Cut! Again: 24:38 Part VII: So, What Do I Think?: 26:51 SUBSCRIBE for new videos EVERY MONTH! Social: Twitter: @thethomaswrites Instagram: @thomas_writes_stuff Reddit: / the_thoma. . Goodreads: goodreads.com/thomas_write

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