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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    And mah neck does look like a vagina...

    /FatBastard #district9
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    I have to wonder if, in the world of District 9, there's prawn-themed "blackface" and if it involves more than just putting the head of a mop over your mouth to look like tentacles. Or faceticles or whatever they're called. Mandibles. #district9
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    Image of MokeleMbembe MokeleMbembe
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    #11. Homeworld?

    I'm liking the restrained, almost 80's-esque design for that ship. #district9
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Dash_Stryker approved this comment MokeleMbembe was starred MokeleMbembe was unstarred
    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    head's up: the tag link in the phrase "designs WETA's Greg Broadmore came" is broked as of this writing. #district9
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    10/16/09

    @zerofritz: Oh let me fix that... #district9
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    10/16/09

    @zerofritz: Looks like that's an actual bug. #district9
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    10/16/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: happy to help, though sorry it's apparently, somehow, unfixable. #district9
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    Image of Yellowphant Yellowphant
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    #10 (Generic Alien V4) kind of looks like a Looney Tunes character who was blown up by a bomb. I can almost imagine the *tink*tink* sound of him blinking. #district9
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    If they'd made it in the Sixties, they could have used real prawns and some stopmotion, like the gila monsters used as stand-ins for dinosaurs. #district9
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    Image of omnibus_spiritus omnibus_spiritus
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    I suppose having a vagina as a face would work well in the XXX rated version: "District 69".........? #district9
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment omnibus_spiritus was starred omnibus_spiritus was unstarred
    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/16/09

    @omnibus_spiritus: I guess they initially planned it as an remake of "Deep Throat"... #district9
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    10/17/09

    @omnibus_spiritus: Someone in North Hollywood is making it as we speak.

    If this is a female prawn, I'm wondering what they had in mind for the male... #district9
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    Image of LastAndLeast LastAndLeast
    10/16/09

    In reply to District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
    All the aliens seem to be insect inspired. I wonder how the movie would have been received if the aliens had fur and big eyes. #district9
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment LastAndLeast was starred LastAndLeast was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/16/09

    @LastAndLeast: giant lemur aliens? #district9
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/16/09

    @LastAndLeast: I think the aliens were insectoid intentionally to be off-putting. It makes it harder to be sympathetic to them if they are not cute and cuddly so the emotions of the movie are deeper. George Lucas once said that it was easy to create emotion in the audience, just kill a dog on camera. This is sort of the opposite. #district9
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/16/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: well, Lucas would know. His films are nothing if not emotional and deeply character-driven.
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    Edited by cletar at 10/16/09 1:12 PM cletar was starred cletar was unstarred
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