TWILIGHT OF THE GODS Reviews Are In: "Zack Snyder Finally Has A Winner On His Hands"

TWILIGHT OF THE GODS Reviews Are In: "Zack Snyder Finally Has A Winner On His Hands"

All episodes of Zack Snyder's animated Norse mythology series, Twilight of the Gods, are now streaming, and so far, the reviews have been surprisingly positive...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 19, 2024 07:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Netflix
Source: Via Toonado.com

All episodes of Twilight of the Gods are now streaming on Netflix, and the review embargo for Zack Snyder's adult animated Norse mythology series lifted around the same time the show premiered.

This isn't always a great sign, but the first wave of reviews have been mostly very positive.

Snyder's work has rarely gone over well with critics, but his last Netflix collaboration - the Rebel Moon movies - really came in for a drubbing. So far, Twilight of the Gods has fared a lot better.

Though there are some negative verdicts, the majority of write-ups praise the animation style, world-building, voice-acting and bloody action - although it sounds like Snyder may have overindulged in the graphic violence and sex a little too much for some tastes.

Have a read through the reviews below, and we'll be sure to update once we have a Rotten Tomatoes score.

The impressive voice cast features Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as SIGRID, Stuart Martin (Jamestown, Babylon) as LEIF, Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones, Ghost in the Shell) as THOR, John Noble (Fringe, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) as ODIN, Paterson Joseph (Peep Show, The Leftovers) as LOKI, Rahul Kohli (iZombie, The Haunting of Bly Manor) as EGILL, Jamie Clayton (Sense8, The L Word: Generation Q) as THE SEID-KONA, Kristopher Hivju (Game of Thrones, The Witcher) as ANDVARI, Peter Stormare (Fargo, Prison Break) as ULFR, Jamie Chung (The Hangover Part II, Once Upon a Time) as HEL, Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) as INGE, and Corey Stoll (House of Cards, Ant-Man) as HRAFNKEL.

Stone Quarry Animation developed the series with Xilam Animation, a Parisian production company behind the likes of Oggy and the Cockroaches.

Twilight of the Gods has been rated TV-MA, with notices for language, nudity, sex and smoking.

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PantherKing
PantherKing - 9/19/2024, 7:47 AM
Might have to binge it this weekend. This might to turn out to be another blue eye samurai
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 9/19/2024, 7:48 AM
@PantherKing - honestly, I doubt that. Snyder has done nothing in the past that has me thinking he can come close that. But I love to be proven wrong
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/19/2024, 7:48 AM
@PantherKing - I've watched a few eps... It's pretty good, but nowhere on that level. Snyder can't help himself with the gratuitous gore and sex to the point that it becomes laughable.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 9/19/2024, 7:47 AM
Sounds like it's the same old same old. Great visually, but narratively lacking.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/19/2024, 7:55 AM
Still seems kinda mixed to me but that’s better than outright negative which I think was the critical reception The Rebel Moon films got (haven’t seen them)…

Anyway even as someone who isn’t really a big Snyder fan , I think this looks fun!!.

Going by the trailers , It’s like him doing his own D & D Campaign in the world of Norse mythology which is cool…

I like the animation aswell as the voice cast (for the most part) so I’ll give it a shot.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/19/2024, 7:58 AM
these good reviews will hopefully prove to WB that audiences are ready for synder's Justice league 2 & 3 back to back
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DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/19/2024, 9:59 AM
@harryba11zack -

ROFL!
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 9/19/2024, 8:16 AM
"Finally has a winner"


Wait, 300 and Watchmen werent!?!?!?!?!
st1s
st1s - 9/19/2024, 8:35 AM
Can't wait for the Director's Cut
Drace24
Drace24 - 9/19/2024, 8:49 AM
Yeah, Zack. Go and take credit for the work of underpayed animators and writers. It's your success, totally!
FinnFangFoom
FinnFangFoom - 9/19/2024, 8:53 AM
So the well know Snyderists love it and others is here and there? I'll give this a chance like I do for everything and make my own opinion.
SATW42
SATW42 - 9/19/2024, 9:04 AM
I... the reviews you collected seem to be mostly negative... Visually awesome but hollow. That's not a ringing endorsement.
SteelGunZ
SteelGunZ - 9/19/2024, 9:23 AM
Slow motion action scene cartoon with unbeatable girl bosses, I'll pass!
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/19/2024, 10:00 AM

Sh!tty Snyder anime.

Pass.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 9/19/2024, 12:52 PM
Caught one episode, and so far it's not bad at all if you remotely care about Norse mythology.
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 9/19/2024, 3:20 PM
I'm so tired of adaptations of Thor outside the MCU (not that the MCU is any better; that thing they call Thor is Thor in name only) being depicted as cruel sociopaths who have no value for life. I suppose Norse Thor was called the Protector of Mankind just because it sounded cool, not because he was actually an epic hero who stood against evildoers.

Granted, I've seen one and a half episodes so far, and so far I like the series, despite my frustration with this revisionist concept that Norse Gods were "ahtually" bad and Jotnar were just victims.

It has authenthic Nordic vibe to it and atmosphere. Zack Snyder clearly read more books on Norse Mythology than His Mediocrity Taika Waititi did, even if he read only one.
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