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    District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder

    District 9's Alien Ship Is One Beautiful Space Mess

    The Savage World of Doctor Grordbort

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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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    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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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    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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    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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    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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    Image of stan9fromouterspace stan9fromouterspace
    09/21/09

    In reply to District 9's Alien Ship Is One Beautiful Space Mess
    The first thing that came to mind was the Vogons' ships from from Hitchhiker's Guide; "It looked like it was not so much designed as congealed" (apologies to Doug Adams)
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    Image of Daumier Daumier
    09/21/09

    In reply to District 9's Alien Ship Is One Beautiful Space Mess
    I like the original idea he had that after 20 years, the ship would have graffiti and advertisements plastered across the ship's surface. I love combining everyday mundanity with the fantastic and out-of-this-world. But I think the gray, drab look suited it to create that looming and imposing feature in the sky. If they make a sequel, it'll be a sad movie without it.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/21/09

    In reply to District 9's Alien Ship Is One Beautiful Space Mess
    Hopefully the DVD/Blue Ray special editions will have all this art work and more. Also the District 9 short which ive seen on youtube. Its just awesome. Here it is for anyone whos never seen it.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    02/21/09

    In reply to The Savage World of Doctor Grordbort
    I am down with this.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/20/09

    In reply to The Savage World of Doctor Grordbort
    Uhh, Mr. Broadmore? Might I suggest Moas with frickkin' laser beams strapped to their heads, and Tuaturas with psychic prescient abilities?


    ALL BLACKS RULE!!

    okay, now I'm just sucking up.

    Sorry.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/20/09

    In reply to The Savage World of Doctor Grordbort
    But I still really, REALLY want a Man-Melter.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    02/21/09

    @Grey_Area: I have a miniature Man Melter. Yes, I do. Because I am awesome. Also, because I have an awesome friend who bought it for me (thanks, Roger Chang!).
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/20/09

    In reply to The Savage World of Doctor Grordbort
    Untold Blessings unto all you Lovely Kiwis!!


    I've had a fascination with the Steampunk subgenre since I first experienced it as a youth when I found a copy of Moorcock's Warlord of the Air in 1979, I was never the same. But recently I've met fervent adherents of the Steampunk "lifestyle" and shudder at their ignorant worship of a useless fashion statement.


    These folks feel that a technologically advanced 19th Century CE would bring some sort of lovely, lacey, egalitarian utopia. Sorry, but the racist, colonial ambitions of a souped-up Victorian Age fueled by the Industrial Revolution would only create a Glorious Steamy Dystopia of untold sooty horror.


    "Imagine a patent leather boot grinding on a human tongue, forever."

    ENGLAND PREVAILS!


    Blimey Guv'ner, Goggles 'n' Gaslights! Fancy a game of Centerfugial Bumblepuppy upon my Glorious Airship?

    No bloody thank you.

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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    02/20/09

    @Grey_Area: Just to make it clear, are you saying that Steampunk's history is whitewashed or that some people who do the cosplay business are misinformed? Because a lot of the steampunk I've read makes it clear that it is in no way a utopia. Like, remember the very end of The Difference Engine when it has The Eye or whatever that makes england a living hell?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/21/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Hrmmm.

    As much as I appreciate looking at the aesthetic properties of $teampunk's cosplay adherents, I'd rather read groovy pieces from Blaylock, Jeter, Stephenson, Lake, or Braak. It's a sub-genre worthy of growth. Mossy, rust-encrusted growth.
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