Moon by Michael Bay

Since Hollywood is so good at remaking already superb films, I had a think about what they’d make of Duncan Jones debut masterpiece ‘Moon’.

For starters, they’d get in ‘auteur’ director Michael Bay.  They’d replace Sam Rockwell with Shia Labeouf and Gerty the robot with a random Hollywood starlet of the day to voice the sexy robot girl.  It’d start with Sam running across the Moon in a funky space suit, shooting shit up with a frikking mining lazer to send back to earth.  There’d be a massive explosion and Sam 1 would be hurt.  Cut back to base, where Sam 2 wakes up when Sam 1 hammers at the window.  Lots of exposition as they discuss in clear terms exactly what’s gone on, how they got here and what they need to do.  Slight suspense as a ship lands in the window and they don’t noice.

Cut to massive cleanup crew blasting into the base and Sam 1 & 2 using their mining lazers to kick ass and take names.  Long, pointless action scene, lots of explosions.  Some close ups of Sam 1 & 2 sweating and looking a bit heroic, then more explosions.  Sam 1 goes down the the nursery (no need to explain how he knows where it is now) and wakes up an army of Sams.  More fighting until they kill all the crew.  Gerty shows her true colours by turning on them, but Sam 2 takes the bullet for Sam 1 before blowing Gertys head off.  Sam 2 injured, but pulls through.

All the Sams steal the cleanup crews ship and head back to Earth.  They realise it’s actually got a huge nuke on it, so aim it towards Lunar Industries headquarters.  Just before the nuke hits, they escape in a life pod, that drifts down to Earth with an American flag as a parachute.  End with dialogue implying a sequel where Sam(s) are going to storm the remains of the building and kick more ass.

The scary thing is, I can imagine it happening…

Sam Rockwell in Moon

‘Moon’ by first time director Duncan Jones, was a great film.  Proper intelligent sci fi after a summer of brain dead action flicks.  But it was also a little independent film with a tiny marketing budget.  That means it also doesn’t have the budget to compete in the big Oscar campaigns.

If you’ve seen it, you’ll realise how well Sam Rockwell does, he carries a whole film pretty much solo (with the help of Kevin Spaceys voice for the computer Gerty).  So, believing that Sam is worthy of an Oscar, Duncan has started a grassroots online campaign.

• Sign the petition >> HERE <<
• Add a Twibbon Twitter & Facebook >> HERE <<
• Pick up a Sam Rockwell Oscar campaign T-Shirt >> HERE <<
• Use the dedicated Twitter hashtag #SamRockwellOscar creatively in your tweets.

The DVD and Blu-ray are out on the 16th of November.  Get it pre-ordered!