Zack Snyder’s films have become an intense source of discussion among fans whenever a new one comes out. From his days in the DCEU, his films have remained divisive among fans, with some claiming him as a true visionary while others are dismissive of his approach to popular IP. He has been recently involved with developing an original space opera narrative with the Rebel Moon films.
Netflix and Snyder employed a weird strategy for the films as they released a PG version of the films first which was negatively received by both fans and critics. The director has been promising that the R-rated versions would be a far superior version of the films. However, the director’s cuts of the films have performed poorly on the streamer and fans are frustrated with Snyder playing with their expectations.
As Rebel Moon Director’s Cuts Flop on Netflix, Fans Are Lambasting The Failed ‘Experiment’
Fans were thrilled when Zack Snyder announced Rebel Moon, a passion project of the director which will be his version of Star Wars. With Netflix coming in as a partner, the project looked promising and Snyder sold audiences with his enthusiastic visions for the film and how he wanted to push the boundaries of science fiction with the films.
However, the first two PG versions of Rebel Moon turned out to be absolute duds. But they at least managed to score good viewing numbers on Netflix, with Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon: The Scargiver opened with 23.9 million and 21.4 million views in its opening weekend. Unfortunately, the much-hyped director’s cut of the films failed to reach the numbers of the PG versions.
What’s On Netflix has now updated the viewing numbers of the director’s cut of the films and they are shockingly low. Both the new films failed to be in the top 10 in the opening weekend and had less than 3.6 million views on the streamer. Fans were not impressed with the new cuts that Snyder promised to be superior to the PG versions. Here are some of the reactions on X,
almost like people don't like the bait-and-switch BS marketing, eh?
now what will Netflix learn from this??
— MovieManKev (@MovieManKev) August 6, 2024
maybe his movies are just bad and have been rejected by the audience
— Vegi (@VegiVoorhees) August 6, 2024
Complete and total failure. pic.twitter.com/P7K8yO1kkM
— Eric McClung (@ericmcclung) August 6, 2024
What excuse are Snyder fans gonna use this time eh?
— Doctor Fate (@IMMY_ISLAM) August 6, 2024
it’s not astonishing. it’s the worst movie of the year. on a level of uwe boll
— Sven (@LumiereEtoile) August 6, 2024
Fans are complaining about how they were duped into the whole director’s cut hype, with the new films basically being the same incoherent mess with more blood and gore. While the director’s cuts were received a bit more positively than the PG versions (via Forbes), they are not the groundbreaking sci-fi narratives that Snyder promised.
Zack Snyder’s Next Is A Small Film Without Any VFX And Epic Visual Spectacle
Zack Snyder has been continuously putting out some epic larger-than-life films since his DCU days all the way to his recent Rebel Moon films. It seems the director wants to go on a different route for his next film. In an appearance on the Reelblend Podcast, Snyder revealed that his next project will be a small film devoid of any VFX or large-scale events.
The director further stated that after making some big films continuously, he felt like stripping it down and making something smaller that does not depend on any technology. He is hard at work writing this small intimate film which he is very passionate about. Snyder said,
I’m trying to do a small movie right now. I’m not going to say what it is, but I was, like, ‘Can I just do a movie without any visual effects in it for like five minutes?’ Then, I’ll go back to the insanity […] I’m supposed to be writing this little movie and that’s kind of what I want to do.
Fans will be happy after seeing this news as they have become weary of Snyder’s big tentpole projects and want something more focused that showcases his directorial skills. His Rebel Moon experiment has flopped horribly and he needs something strong for his next project to win over fans again.
Fans can watch both the PG and R-rated versions of Rebel Moon on Netflix.
