Iron Sky
A few years back, I stumbled across a site for an independent movie that was in production called Iron Sky. It was an alternate history of WWII in which the Nazis flee the Earth in 1945 and take up residence on the far side of the moon. There they build their strength until the present day (or the near future), when they come back to finish what they started.
It’s a ridiculous premise, obviously, but it fits right in to the sub-genre of far-out, Nazi-themed science fiction. And it looked cool. Check it out:
Now the producers have released a new teaser, which features Udo Kier as a Nazi officer. The tone of this trailer is markedly different and frankly, I’m no longer looking forward to this like I once was. Take a look:
Kier’s performance, as well as the strange segment with the school kids, seems much campier than what I was expecting from the first trailer. The final film is nearly a year away, so I could be proven wrong, but at this point, I’m really disappointed in the direction this has taken. It seems like a missed opportunity.
I’ve been following this project for years. At first I was intrigued by the genre, but I also knew that these guys were ALL about the fart humor. They’e gotten some real nasty feedback from people who’ve donated to them thinking this was something more serious (they’ve gotten over 300 THOUSAND euros in donations!!)
Unfortunately, the teaser I saw, that was taken down after all the negative response is so dumb that this is going to a real disappointment. Sure the visuals are cool, but that’s it. 😕
Did they change the teaser or something? Because the one I see here and saw before on another site fits perfectly with what I expected. By default the whole premise is too silly to take seriously, and I have seen no effort to make anyone take it seriously. Kind of like Hitler riding a T-Rex. I mean, in the first teaser they had the Moon HQ shaped like a swastika. Hilarious cartoon villainy!
(And now I kind of wonder if a lot of neonazis donated money to the great cause of bringing Nazis back in style, with no jokes or anything.)
I don’t understand how that new trailer is campier than the old one? The first one has flying saucers, leather jacket wearing nazi riding a side cart motorcycle on the moon and a swastika shaped space fortress. On what planet is that not silly?
For me, it’s not a question of whether it’s silly, but how it’s silly. “Nazis on the moon” is a silly premise that I think could make a cool movie. But when you add a crazy-eyed Nazi playing with a toy zeppelin, and if it’s full of fart humor, as Crusader said above, then it just becomes a different kind of silly. It’s just a matter of tone.
I hope I’m not sounding like a snob. I certainly have no problem with fart humor in general (my wife and daughter will attest to that). I just don’t think it belongs in everything.
I agree on the “how it’s silly”. I mean the stuff we do with our webcomics (well, that is WHEN I actually update 🙁 ) can be considered silly. Super nazis etc. but there’s also a certain “seriousness” to it. It’s not a parody with the nazis playing with toy zeppelins while our heroes fumble about, accidentally saving the day.
IronSky also uses one of the most overused genres: Someone from the past (or otherwise unfamiliar with present day) being confused by present day situatiuons. Dumb Nazis being outsmarted and by gangers is one of the scenes that had me rolling my eyes.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Superheroes are inherently silly, but it’s a certain well-established kind of silliness that I enjoy. The upcoming Green Lantern movie could be said to be silly, but it’s a completely different kind of silly than the version that was scrapped a few years ago that would have starred Jack Black. And it’s not that a Jack Black superhero comedy couldn’t be funny, but if I were a fan of Green Lantern and that was the way my favorite character’s movie was handled, I’d be pretty disappointed.
I have a hunch you’re talking about the promo clip on sneakpeek… But I have no idea what part of it would have dumb nazis being outsmarted by gangbangers?
What I’ve seen I’m quite certain there won’t be any fart humor. After all, they’re Finns, they should know better.
They’re Finns and they’re from Tampere… They don’t know better.
And I didn’t mean they were giving a dead serious feel of the film. They feel has been kind of retro from the beginning. Kind of like Sky Captain etc. That kind of “old fashioned” scifi. Flying saucers, space zeppelins and swastika shaped HQs. So silly… but in a cool way.
But the footage I’ve seen here and there (that has people worried) falls into the category “Leslie Nielson in Space”
Just like with their “break through” movie “Star Wreck”, I just thinks it’s a waste of talent. The effects and the overall story feel like two separate films… 😕
If you’ve seen all of the Star Wrecks, you’ll know that camp is exactly what this will be. Star Wreck rided on the parody of Star Trek and later with other sci-fi series like Babylon 5. They’ve used all there is and have moved on.
I’ve had mixed feelings on this from the start. I’m sure it will be funny, but on the other hand I’m also quite sure the dialogue, directing and acting will not be very even throughout the film.
But if someone donated money to get a “serious” comedy of nazis on the moon, they really should have checked the film producers background more.
Ah, yes. Once again TVTropes has the perfect name for this particular genre.
I don’t particularly object to the “What if?”/Alternate History/Ultra-advanced Tech aspect of the movie, but I do think that they’re over-doing the camp a bit. Lord knows I’d hate to see such an interesting premise go into Hogan’s Heroes territory…