First of all, this is an adaptation of Cho Seok's "Moon You", a comedy webtoon.
Second of all, I have read the webtoon, and personally gave it a 10/10.
The webtoon format, like a book, gave the story a lot of room and time to develop. Despite the author's somewhat unusual sense of humor made of crazy and random wacky twists, the original webtoon hit a good balance of wackiness and proper emotions.
TL;DR: The movie managed to capture all the key ideas of the original, in a 2hr format, with few cringey changes. And the effects are actually really good for the budget they have. But personally think this adaptation should be a mini TV series of sort. To experience the full emotion roller coaster, you should check out the original webtoon, on Webtoon, search "Moon You"
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The following is a summary of the webtoon:
The story is simple, kinda like Matt Damon got trapped on the Mars, Moon You, a biologist, got trapped on the Moon. But unlike Matt knowing that there is people on Earth for him to call, Moon You, after witnessing a gigantic asteroid hit the Earth head-on from the prime location of the Moon, and no one is answering his calls at all afterward, he assumed he is the last human in the universe.
Moon You, in his desperation, tried to off himself, after a few comedically fails due to environmental factors, in the end he was unable to actually do it by taking off his EVA suit helmet on the Moon, revealing that deep down, he doesnt want to die.
Different from Matt Damon's situation, Moon You had enough supplies to last him several lifetimes. So he ended up being Christ Pratt from the Passenger. He went on going through the grieving stages. Throughout this time, he discovered two other survivors, first one is a buffed up red kangaroo, who was part of the space cattle/food source program, and much later on, a human survivor who was a covert operative, and became a bit deranged due to isolation.
Despite the extraordinary options of companions, it beats no companion. Moon You managed to live with the unruly kangaroo, even gave him a name (Dai Dou, basically like Sir Kangaroo). And later on also forming a bond with the hermetic covert operative. This formed a big portion of the comedic interactions in the storyline.
Unknowing to Moon You, there are human survivors on Earth, and they can see him through the surveillance cameras in the Moon base from a very early time. They are unable to hear Moon You though, due to equipment issues and the nuclear winter situation on Earth. During Act I & II, this is pretty much the other half of the comedy, as the NASA people attempted to utilize Moon You's video feed to boost the survivor's morale. And needless to say, it wasnt easy, as they have no control on what image they can receive.
However, either due to NASA's attempts like hiring a dubber trying to improvise a dub on the live feed, or the ex machina type of signal lost/reception at the right time. Moon You became a beacon of hope on Earth. And when Moon You lost his only human companion and all his hope due to a meteorite storm, the survivors on Earth, lit up the surface to give him hope.
For Act III, Earth managed to re-establish connection with Moon You, and he pulled himself together, trying to work out a way to get him back on Earth. And just as he finish up the preparation, they find out that there is a world-ender size fragment from the original asteroid is on its way to collision 2.0. As a heroic attempt, Moon You shoved Dai Dou in the return pod, and stayed behind to launch both the return pod and the last of the nukes towards the incoming asteroid. In the end, Earth is saved, but the Moon base got destroyed. Yet Moon You managed to survive by himself on the Moon Surface by retreating deeper into the secret facility that his covert operative buddy used to occupy.
I personally think the webtoon story has the perfect pace and proportion of comedy and core story line. And the level of exaggerations are always spot on to make it fun but not out of control. Reading the webtoon made me feel like I am actually experiencing the events, and all of the events are indeed very probable in a real world situation. It's not just there to make you only laugh or cry, but it will make you sincerely laugh out loud while crying hard.
Second of all, I have read the webtoon, and personally gave it a 10/10.
The webtoon format, like a book, gave the story a lot of room and time to develop. Despite the author's somewhat unusual sense of humor made of crazy and random wacky twists, the original webtoon hit a good balance of wackiness and proper emotions.
TL;DR: The movie managed to capture all the key ideas of the original, in a 2hr format, with few cringey changes. And the effects are actually really good for the budget they have. But personally think this adaptation should be a mini TV series of sort. To experience the full emotion roller coaster, you should check out the original webtoon, on Webtoon, search "Moon You"
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The following is a summary of the webtoon:
The story is simple, kinda like Matt Damon got trapped on the Mars, Moon You, a biologist, got trapped on the Moon. But unlike Matt knowing that there is people on Earth for him to call, Moon You, after witnessing a gigantic asteroid hit the Earth head-on from the prime location of the Moon, and no one is answering his calls at all afterward, he assumed he is the last human in the universe.
Moon You, in his desperation, tried to off himself, after a few comedically fails due to environmental factors, in the end he was unable to actually do it by taking off his EVA suit helmet on the Moon, revealing that deep down, he doesnt want to die.
Different from Matt Damon's situation, Moon You had enough supplies to last him several lifetimes. So he ended up being Christ Pratt from the Passenger. He went on going through the grieving stages. Throughout this time, he discovered two other survivors, first one is a buffed up red kangaroo, who was part of the space cattle/food source program, and much later on, a human survivor who was a covert operative, and became a bit deranged due to isolation.
Despite the extraordinary options of companions, it beats no companion. Moon You managed to live with the unruly kangaroo, even gave him a name (Dai Dou, basically like Sir Kangaroo). And later on also forming a bond with the hermetic covert operative. This formed a big portion of the comedic interactions in the storyline.
Unknowing to Moon You, there are human survivors on Earth, and they can see him through the surveillance cameras in the Moon base from a very early time. They are unable to hear Moon You though, due to equipment issues and the nuclear winter situation on Earth. During Act I & II, this is pretty much the other half of the comedy, as the NASA people attempted to utilize Moon You's video feed to boost the survivor's morale. And needless to say, it wasnt easy, as they have no control on what image they can receive.
However, either due to NASA's attempts like hiring a dubber trying to improvise a dub on the live feed, or the ex machina type of signal lost/reception at the right time. Moon You became a beacon of hope on Earth. And when Moon You lost his only human companion and all his hope due to a meteorite storm, the survivors on Earth, lit up the surface to give him hope.
For Act III, Earth managed to re-establish connection with Moon You, and he pulled himself together, trying to work out a way to get him back on Earth. And just as he finish up the preparation, they find out that there is a world-ender size fragment from the original asteroid is on its way to collision 2.0. As a heroic attempt, Moon You shoved Dai Dou in the return pod, and stayed behind to launch both the return pod and the last of the nukes towards the incoming asteroid. In the end, Earth is saved, but the Moon base got destroyed. Yet Moon You managed to survive by himself on the Moon Surface by retreating deeper into the secret facility that his covert operative buddy used to occupy.
I personally think the webtoon story has the perfect pace and proportion of comedy and core story line. And the level of exaggerations are always spot on to make it fun but not out of control. Reading the webtoon made me feel like I am actually experiencing the events, and all of the events are indeed very probable in a real world situation. It's not just there to make you only laugh or cry, but it will make you sincerely laugh out loud while crying hard.