If Zack Snyder has something to promote, you can be sure the filmmaker will have some hot takes and notable quotes.
The latest comes from Snyder’s appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, with Snyder opening up about the Netflix business model, including views and just how many eyes are on their work.
Snyder unleashed what is now an infamous tangent, “You think about Netflix, for instance, where you push a button. Rebel Moon, right? Say, right now, it’s almost at 90 million views, right? 80 or 90 million accounts turned it on, give or take.”
“They assume two viewers per screening, right? That’s the kind of math. So, if that movie was in the theater as a distribution model, that’s like 160 million people supposedly watching based on that math,” he continues. “160 million people at $10 a ticket would be…what is that math? I don’t know. 160 million times ten. That’s 1.6 billion. So more people probably saw Rebel Moon than saw Barbie in the theater, right?”
Snyder doubles down on how the model for Netflix is a bit outlandish, adding: “That’s how crazy Netflix is. That’s the distribution model that they’ve set up. I was at this thing the other day, and we were talking about Rebel Moon 2. And they were like, ‘Well, talk about Rebel Moon, the first one.’ I’m like, ‘No, go fucking watch it. I know you have it at your house.’
“It’s not like a theater situation. You could turn it on your phone right now and watch it right here if you wanted. That’s how crazy it is. This model, this machine they’ve built, is really something else. It’s really crazy if you think about it.”
Snyder does note that he has no ill will against Barbie, even if the film poked fun at Zack Snyder’s Justice League: “That is a line in that movie, literally, and I’m like, that’s awesome. My wife was like, ‘That’s cool, right? That’s cool that they came after you.’ I was like, that’s 100% cool.”
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