[General Battuta]

Loved the bit where the alien, of all people, went '****!'

[Bobboau]

and I haven't seen a bigger pussy of a mech pilot since Shinji, seriously, just get in the ****ing thing, what does it have to just kill all the bad guys for you and light up a big 'get in me' sign?

[Ashrak]

and I haven't seen a bigger pussy of a mech pilot since Shinji, seriously, just get in the ****ing thing, what does it have to just kill all the bad guys for you and light up a big 'get in me' sign?

thats what i thought, after that little display "yes please"


will there be a second movie though? i feel .... incomplete.

[Flaser]

It was directed by Neil Blomkamp. Do I recall correctly that they wanted him to do the Halo movie and he directed a really promising teaser called Yellow? If yes, then he lived up to all the expectations I was having about him.

[General Battuta]

It was directed by Neil Blomkamp. Do I recall correctly that they wanted him to do the Halo movie and he directed a really promising teaser called Yellow? If yes, then he lived up to all the expectations I was having about him.

Yeah, the Halo movie was well along in development. When it was suddenly cancelled, Jackson and Blomkamp were devastated, so they sat down and decided to use what they had (kinda) to do a full-length version of his Alive in Joburg short.

Check out his films on YouTube.

[Bobboau]

and I haven't seen a bigger pussy of a mech pilot since Shinji, seriously, just get in the ****ing thing, what does it have to just kill all the bad guys for you and light up a big 'get in me' sign?

what you mean district 10, you don't think it was set up rather heavyhandedly?
thats what i thought, after that little display "yes please"


will there be a second movie though? i feel .... incomplete.

[dragonsniper]

134 "F bombs" are used in the movie, it seems.

Isn't the main guy's accent real strong though, making it hard to understand what he is saying?

[Colonol Dekker]

Knowing plenty of south africans through my facilities contacts, I can honestly say the accent if anything emphasises the word to sound like fok at worst. Which still sounds awesome in that particular accent.

[Demitri]

I saw it. Cannot recommend it strongly enough.

First movie since Children of Men that genuinely had me tense. Comparisons between the two abound, I might add.

Not to derail this thread but Children of Men sucked in a way that i cant begin to describe! I have never wanted to see a film so much, then having seen it, been so let down and disappointed. 

Tho having read a bit about D9 at the start of the summer, and now seeing the trailer, am looking forward to seeing it.

[iamzack]

I was sad for most of the movie because all I could think about was that everything in it has already happened IRL.

[Colonol Dekker]

District 9 was/is a real place you know.

[General Battuta]

I was sad for most of the movie because all I could think about was that everything in it has already happened IRL.

The film was shot in a slum in Johannesburg where all the residents were about to be relocated. Quite veracious, no?

Not to derail this thread but Children of Men sucked in a way that i cant begin to describe! I have never wanted to see a film so much, then having seen it, been so let down and disappointed. 

You are mad. Children of Men was brilliant.

You'll probably still like District 9 though.

[colecampbell666]

So I'm going to District 9, anyone have directions? I've heard it's at the theatre, but that would make sense as Dekker would've had to fly 3500km to see it. Are there a bunch of District 9's?

[Colonol Dekker]

The original was called ddistrict 6 

The film's title is a direct reference to District 6, the area where thousands of South Africans were relocated during the years of apartheid.

Where to stay Colecampbell, i found this for you..

asshat

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/14/102138/365/travel/Discovering+South+Africa%27s+Apartheid+History+Through+%27District+9%27

[Dilmah G]

Saw District 9, I'd give it a 7/10, but some parts really seemed to annoy me.

Generally, an extremely interesting look at the alien invasion trope. No destroyed cities, no biological infiltration, just good old fashioned people acting completely human in the most depressing way possible.

Too true.

Spoiler:

- Why, the ****, would someone build a spaceship with a detachable command module, that if jettisoned, MAKES THE SHIP COMPLETELY ****ING USELESS!? WHY!?
- I didn't like Wikus's character a lot until the very last part of the movie, when he holds back the MNU contractors so Chris can get to the mothership, he was selfish and an asswipe in my opinion until the last quarter of the movie. "What, it takes 3 frakking years? **** YOU!" *Knocks alien cold* Oh wait, HE KNOWS HOW TO ****ING FLY THE THING! FFS, if he hates the arm so much, wouldn't he just be glad to have it off?
- HOW IS THE MOTHERSHIP FLOATING?
- Why doesn't Wikus blow the head off the ganglord when he has the chance? I know the other gangbangers had their pieces levelled at him, but they obviously weren't too concerned when Wikus blew the other dudes into a million pieces. (Then again, if they didn't knock the MNU wagon he was in, he'd still be in captivity)
- The obvious question, what the f were the aliens trying to achieve by coming to Earth? That wasn't addressed IIRC.
- One of my friends jokingly asked why the US didn't sneak the thing into Area 51 overnight.


I believe the value of the movie wasn't in that, but the whole principle of what Mefustae was saying though. Just some literal things and Wikus's behaviour in general tended to annoy me.

[NGTM-1R]

You answered at least one of your own questions.

Why would you have keys to your car?

Nothing. Accidental.

[Dilmah G]

Yeah.

But still...

ITS A MOTHERFRAKKING SPACESHIP!!!!!



Aquitaine's Nav-O: "Uh, sir, the engines aren't starting."
Pertrarch: *Reaches into pocket* "Oh, ****! I left the keys in my car again!"

How's that for anti-climax?

[General Battuta]

Saw District 9, I'd give it a 7/10, but some parts really seemed to annoy me.

- Why, the ****, would someone build a spaceship with a detachable command module, that if jettisoned, MAKES THE SHIP COMPLETELY ****ING USELESS!? WHY!?

It seems perfectly sensible to build a command module that serves as a detachable dropship...especially when it prevented the humans from taking control of the ship or figuring out how to control it.

- I didn't like Wikus's character a lot until the very last part of the movie, when he holds back the MNU contractors so Chris can get to the mothership, he was selfish and an asswipe in my opinion until the last quarter of the movie. "What, it takes 3 frakking years? **** YOU!" *Knocks alien cold* Oh wait, HE KNOWS HOW TO ****ING FLY THE THING! FFS, if he hates the arm so much, wouldn't he just be glad to have it off?

He couldn't very well change if he started out the way he ends up, could he?

- HOW IS THE MOTHERSHIP FLOATING?

The same way the weapons work: science fiction?

- Why doesn't Wikus blow the head off the ganglord when he has the chance? I know the other gangbangers had their pieces levelled at him, but they obviously weren't too concerned when Wikus blew the other dudes into a million pieces. (Then again, if they didn't knock the MNU wagon he was in, he'd still be in captivity)

Unlike the gangsters he shot up a moment earlier, Wikus had time to look at the ganglord and think about killing him...and he probably couldn't do it.

- The obvious question, what the f were the aliens trying to achieve by coming to Earth? That wasn't addressed IIRC.

Yes it was; they were sick, their leadership had died, they needed a safe harbor.

[Dilmah G]

It seems perfectly sensible to build a command module that serves as a detachable dropship...especially when it prevented the humans from taking control of the ship or figuring out how to control it.

Hmm, there's merit to that, but the ship was basically turned into a floating brick without the CM.

He couldn't very well change if he started out the way he ends up, could he?

Of course, but the way I saw it, he didn't really change much until the last quarter of the movie, in which everything goes into overdrive.

The same way the weapons work: science fiction?

Fair point.

Unlike the gangsters he shot up a moment earlier, Wikus had time to look at the ganglord and think about killing him...and he probably couldn't do it.

Mmm, well... It's Wikus, so that's plausible.

Yes it was; they were sick, their leadership had died, they needed a safe harbor.

Really? I thought their leaders had starved to death in that time? (I should've paid closer attention.)

I still maintain though, Wikus was a dickhead most of the way through. 

[BloodEagle]

Spoiler:

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Go figure, they do work.