gunsmoke on 26/7/2009 at 14:28
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http://www.district9movie.com/)
The commercials on television have really captured my interest. Unusual for me, most just make me :rolleyes:. Wondered if anybody had some good info on the flick and any thoughts on Peter Jackson's latest.
edit. Goddammit. Thought I was in CommChat. Sorry. Damn multiple tabs
EvaUnit02 on 26/7/2009 at 16:21
The director, Neill Blomkamp was supposed to direct the Halo film adaptation that Peter Jackson was producing, but financing fell through for that (it was being co-financed by two Hollywood studios).
Anyway Blomkamp also directed those Halo live-action shorts from a couple years back, if you want to sample his style (IIRC).
Also this short film, (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8) Alive in Joburg.
Rumour has it that District 9 is supposed to prove that whether or not Blomkamp can handle reasonably budgeted feature-length sci-fi film. The success of this film could mean the revival of the Halo film project (with Blomkamp at the helm).
P.S. My friend is a big Halo fanboy, I know all of this because he can't shut up about it.
fett on 26/7/2009 at 17:43
I'm all for anything Peter Jackson, but I wouldn't mind him doing a huge faceplant if it forestalls anything remotely related to Halo. We already have enough mind numbing movies based on games to draw the destructive scorn of any sentient life in the universe. Not to mention that Halo itself is a fucking skid mark on the face of all that humanity has accomplished in the last billion years or so.
june gloom on 26/7/2009 at 19:57
I can't see that guy's name without thinking of the word "blumpkin."
Scots Taffer on 26/7/2009 at 23:18
I'm not sure whether I liked this movie when I thought it was a pseudo-doc regarding alien suppression versus the action movie thingo it turned into with the second trailer. In either case, I'll be there unless the advance word is damning.
Muzman on 26/7/2009 at 23:52
The advance word is really good. I wouldn't have had high hopes after the shorts or the trailers; they showed he and his mates had an interesting take on CG and special effects, but not much more (in fairness that's generally all well known sci-fi shorts can do for you). The trailers didn't knock me over with their acting either.
But no, apparently it's a lot better than "half decent, mid budget action sc-fi #459" sort of standard. It's probably better he does something a bit more personal like this anyway.
The Alchemist on 27/7/2009 at 03:46
I always thought Alive in Joburg was rather cool, but so far I'm disappointed with this. The "aliens" in the original short film had certain humanoid properties to them, while making sure they were still completely and utterly alien, thanks to their Doc Zoidberg faces. These insect things in the Blockbuster version lost this effect.
ZymeAddict on 27/7/2009 at 04:25
It's an interesting premise, and I know Blomkamp is obviously trying to draw some sort of parallel with apartheid (ooh, that's a really edgy and topical subject :rolleyes:), but it's completely unrealistic compared to what would actually happen in a situation like that.
If non-agressive aliens really showed up like that out of the blue, they wouldn't be shunted into a dilapidated third-world ghetto to be taken advantage of by some sinister multinational corporation and their paramilitary goon-squad. Instead, they would be the honored guests of every major government in the world, and said governments would be clamoring all over themselves to be the first to put them up in style and make treaties with them in order gain brownie points with the international community and perhaps gain access to their juicy technology.
Sorry, but based on what I've seen so far, it's going to be very hard for me to effectively suspend by disbelief while watching this thing.
Scots Taffer on 27/7/2009 at 04:51
Quote Posted by ZymeAddict
If non-agressive aliens really showed up like that out of the blue, they wouldn't be shunted into a dilapidated third-world ghetto to be taken advantage of by some sinister multinational corporation and their paramilitary goon-squad.
You obviously don't know many South Africans.
lol
To tackle your comment seriously, you are totally wrong. It entirely depends on the nature of the alien interaction with our society that would dictate our response.
If a big floating mothership docked off the coast of Britain and they beamed down, happy to be off their ship, never to return, and immediately started consuming resources at a rapid rate, unable to intelligently communicate with a naturally stunned (and possibly very alarmed) ground force/government, any defence mechanism to control this could easily reflect what we see there. Especially if the situation spilled over into any minor confrontations or violence, intentionally or not.
