Twilight of the Gods on Netflix appears to be a visually well-constructed animation, but there is a distinct lack of exposition. You are expected to know Norse mythos to know the characters name-dropped but also recognize the adaptations at play (for example, Hœnir). Dialogue feels stilted & bland. - ThreadSky

vxerstudios.bsky.social • 84 days ago

Twilight of the Gods on Netflix appears to be a visually well-constructed animation, but there is a distinct lack of exposition. You are expected to know Norse mythos to know the characters name-dropped but also recognize the adaptations at play (for example, Hœnir).

Dialogue feels stilted & bland.

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vxerstudios.bsky.social•84 days ago

We're up to episode 8 and while it's been a perfectly acceptable watch, it's also been incredibly middle-of-the-road in terms of what I had hoped for.

I don't particularly know how else to describe it, but Zack Snyder has a habit of visually stunning, yet narratively shallow creations.

vxerstudios.bsky.social•84 days ago

Take Rebel Moon for example, it's just a massive number of vignettes and shorts of visually impressive set dressing, met with the most uninteresting characters and either pre-teen villain monologue, or the most uninspired dialogue.

A prime example is Kora "convincing" General Titus to join them.

vxerstudios.bsky.social•84 days ago

General Titus' hardpush refusal to be involved in any capacity is entirely washed away by suggesting he join for "revenge". Massive 180 for the sake of getting the gang together.

Nemesis was an excuse to go to a stunning, dystopian sci-fi Hong Kong/Nar Shaddaa rip-off and show off the character.

vxerstudios.bsky.social•84 days ago

She joins without the exposition or any reason for it. The extended/director's cut barely does this justice and we don't even get explanation on her revenge/motives until Part II, which is just as much a disjointed/set dressing vignette as the rest of the film. There were some really cool concepts.

vxerstudios.bsky.social•84 days ago

And I think it could have been better explored as a TV series, not as a movie as this would have given enough time to actually explain and provide context for the worlds we were traveling to and how the Motherworld and it's warfaring nature impacted them.

All this to say, though...

vxerstudios.bsky.social•84 days ago

Twilight of the Gods suffers the same problem, even as a short-form series as opposed to a movie. It's lacking the exposition and actual story telling to entice a viewer wanting more than just animated viking hack-and-slash. I wish it was a bit more in-depth on it's narrative.

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