Skip to main content

Snyder's Rebel Moon Can Deliver On A Missed Sci-Fi Movie Opportunity

Zack Snyder’s upcoming sci-fi movie Rebel Moon can deliver on a failed creature attempt made in the 1998 big-screen version of Lost in Space. Originally developed as a Star Wars pitch by Zack Snyder, Rebel Moon has been reworked into a new universe, and is currently in production and set to debut on Netflix as a two-part epic. By virtue of Rebel Moon being set in a distant galaxy, it’ll include numerous characters with a sci-fi twist, most especially the character known as Harmada.

Described as a human-spider hybrid woman, Harmada's anatomy naturally means that considerable visual effects and camera magic will be necessary to bring her to life. With her arachnid DNA, Harmada also brings to mind the "Spider Smith" character from Lost in Space. The difference is that Harmada, being created over two decades later, will have a much stronger technological basis to work from in Zack Snyder's conception of Rebel Moon than Spider Smith had.

RELATED: Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Is More Exciting Now It's NOT A Star Wars Movie

In Lost in Space, the film’s time-travel elements introduced Spider Smith as a future version of Dr. Smith, with both characters played by Gary Oldman. Unfortunately, the ‘90s eras CGI rendered Spider Smith into a completely unconvincing animated character more resembling a traditional cartoon than a monstrous human-spider creature. This is a shortcoming that Rebel Moon is completely equipped to avoid.

To be fair, CGI was still in its relative infancy in the ‘90s, and few visual effects-laden movies of that era have aged as well as such CGI watersheds as Terminator 2: Judgment Day or Jurassic Park. Even still, Lost in Space’s presentation of Spider Smith have aged quite terribly. Thanks to the improvements in how fully CGI characters are created in the 21st century, there’s plenty of reason to expect Harmada will be created with much better CGI.

One particular advantage afforded to Rebel Moon with its Star Wars DNA is the advances made in motion capture technology. Contemporary sci-fi movies like the Avatar films and Alita: Battle Angel have created very realistic alien and cybernetic characters with motion capture suits, showcasing them entirely through CGI. Snyder himself is no stranger to this, with characters like Ray Porter’s Darkseid and Ray Fisher’s Cyborg using motion capture suits to fully create their character’s comic book appearances in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. With Rebel Moon’s generally effects-heavy story, Snyder is undoubtedly carrying over his signature visual flair to every element of the movie, including characters like Harmada.

In its attempt to realize Dr. Smith as a sinister spider creature, Lost in Space’s failure in that aim remains unfortunate with such a villain concept with such great potential. Meanwhile, elements like Rebel Moon's seemingly M. Bison-inspired Balisarius (Ed Skrein) demonstrate a commitment to visually memorable villains for the film. However, much of a built-in advantage Harmada might possess in this respect, she nonetheless represents another shot at what Lost in Space was going for with Spider Smith. Working from the same basis as other motion-capture created CGI characters in modern movies, Harmada could be quite the impressive anthropomorphic arachnid antagonist in Rebel Moon.

NEXT: Rogue One Already Proved Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Will Be Great

 



Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Who Is Billy? Black Christmas 1974's Ending Explained

Bob Clark's 1974 horror film Black Christmas is one of the most influential slasher movies of all time, and it has an unforgettably chilling ending. In Black Christmas Billy is considered the villain as he picks off victims one by one, and after almost 50 years, his identity is still debated. The story takes place in a sorority house, where the residents are throwing a Christmas party before they depart. Little do they know, however, that a perverted killer has made his way into the house, and is preparing to pick them off one by one. The Billy Black Christmas character remains in the shadows for most of the movie, that is, until the chilling ending.
Post a Comment
Read more

Every Actress Who Played Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Ranked

Author  Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple is one of the most iconic and celebrated literary sleuths of all time. The amateur investigator was first introduced in the 1930 novel Murder at the Vicarage , appearing in 11 subsequent novels up until 1976. The character has been portrayed on the stage, on radio, and for our purposes, on the big and small screen several times since the character's screen debut in 1961. Over the past 60 years, Miss Marple has been portrayed by several actresses, many of whom hail from different parts of the world. To see who did Miss Marple the most justice on screen, scroll below. Updated July 21st, 2022 by George Chrysostomou:  Agatha Christie's works are still influencing the industry today and Miss Marple is among her most famous creations. With the Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion , taking the audience back to the genre, it's well worth checking out these classic portrayals of one of the best detectives out there featuring some fantastic Mis...
Post a Comment
Read more

Demonologist: How to Find Every Finger Location (& What They’re For)

Players need to find the location of five Fingers in Demonologist 's abandoned house to exorcise a ghost haunting the place, finishing every objective on the map to defeat this supernatural enemy. Given the chaotic nature of this horror game, it can be hard for players to look for these small fingers on such a large map. There are also some tasks that need to be completed before players are even able to start looking for these items in the first place.
Post a Comment
Read more