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    See The Violent And Unpredictable Aliens Of District 9

    The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer

    District 9 Debuts First Alien-Abuse Footage

    Breaking Down The Secrets Of District 9
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    06/24/09

    In reply to See The Violent And Unpredictable Aliens Of District 9
    I'm just going to say...


    I do not like these aliens at all.


    I absolutely would not want them on my planet - FUCK THAT!!!


    Maybe there will be some great reveal at the end of the movie to try to make me feel like a big jerk for thinking that way but I'm sure my feeling will not change.


    NO BUG PEOPLE ON MY PLANET....

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    Image of Anekanta - Space Hippy! Anekanta - Space Hippy!
    06/24/09

    @se7a7n7: Don't buy into the MNU's propaganda!
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    06/24/09

    @Anekanta: THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    06/24/09

    In reply to See The Violent And Unpredictable Aliens Of District 9
    I get the feeling that when REAL aliens finally invade we're all gonna be nitpicking about how fake they look.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    06/24/09

    @bonniegrrl: seriously.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    06/24/09

    @Meredith Woerner: When Ambassador Ghll'beph addresses the UN General Assembly everyone will be muttering about how photoshopped she looks.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    06/24/09

    In reply to See The Violent And Unpredictable Aliens Of District 9
    these aliens look too robotic...a la terminators with slatted metal exoskeletons or something. but i do like how they designed them to look emaciated.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/24/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: (blinks. rubs eyes)

    HUH?
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    06/24/09

    @Plague: shall I elaborate? given the premise of the movie, i like how they depicted the aliens as emaciated...adding a visual element to their dire situation. also, either they have a metal or some sort of hardened exoskeleton, or they just clothe themselves in anything at hand (i assume the latter), combined with the fluid way they move and their obvious super strength (he jumped 25 feet at least), they remind me of robots. just an observation.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/24/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: They look like insects to me with their quick jerky movements and thin bodies and exo-skeltons. But I could see how that could be seen as robotic.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/24/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: ohhhh. I read it as you thought they MOVED like robots.

    Which they don't.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    06/24/09

    @Plague: well, I agree with Garrison. robotic in the sense that yes, they're quick and jerky. and really strong. mind you, i'm not thinking of animatronic.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/24/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: most of the characteristics attributed to robots in film are actually inspired by insects. case in point, the matrix. the source of your confusion isn't the appearance of the aliens in D9 but the tendancy for creators of sentiant robots to draw inspiration from insects.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    "... our not so human response to their presence"


    I beg to differ. I think our response to them, as portrayed, is very much human, judging from many examples taken from human history.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/01/09

    @Roklimber: Agreed. Very human. Maybe she meant "not so humane".
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    It looks intriguing.
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    Image of cash907 cash907
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    "If this film is anything like we've seen from Blomkamp before it promises to be an incredibly challenging and thought provoking feature"


    Uh.... what? What we've seen before, as in, that 2 minute short film he made a couple years ago, or the music videos before that?


    Kid still has a lot of proving to do before I get excited to see anything he puts out. I still blame him for sinking the Halo movie.

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    05/01/09

    @cash907: that two minute short is better than most big budget picture in concept, IMO. Just sayin.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/01/09

    @Meredith Woerner: Agreed. Yeah he's done shorts, but they're still challenging and thought provoking.
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    Image of lazlopink lazlopink
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    far more interested in this than the "re-imagining" of kirk and the kids.
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    05/01/09

    @lazlopink: Visuals = hell yes.

    Being told yet again that intolerance is bad = hell no.


    Give me light hearted fun over a obvious message that every other cartoon, scifi and film has been going on about forever any day.


    If its just the background plot to the film, fine.

    But if its the main thing, it recks of dullsville.

    (despite the nice site they had)

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/01/09

    @lazlopink: They're kind of apples and oranges aren't they?
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    05/01/09

    @twDarkflame:


    Personally, in this post-Abu-Ghraib, post-Obama world, I think the kids could stand a little reminder about what xenophobia is.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/01/09

    @corpore-metal: as long as we're talking about human beings on planet earth i don't think you really need to qualify who needs the reminder with era or age limits. if there is one universal constant in human history it is that there is always something to be irrationally hated and feared.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    Looks great. I hope that banishing it to the August movie wasteland will actually help it make money.
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    Image of NonaChalcodon NonaChalcodon
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    The premise reminds me a bit of Alien Nation.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/01/09

    @NonaChalcodon: Yeah, it seems like a retread - albeit, a more interesting one.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    Ah, Halo. What you could have been...
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    Plague was starred Plague was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/01/09

    @Plague: Oh, like a big budget sci-fi action movie adaptation of one of the most successful video games of all time, produced by the guy who did LOTR was going to make any money. I say they dodged a bullet on that one.


    A bullet made of solid gold, diamonds and titties. YOU FOOLS!!!

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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/01/09

    @Garrison Dean: How can a bullet be made of solid bewbs? Bewbs are soft and plushy.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    05/01/09

    @crashedpc /sarcasm:

    Sounds like you've never been to a cheap strip club, Crashed.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/01/09

    @Plague: *brushes shoulder* No Tuesday noon specials for me, good sir.
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    Image of gamegrump gamegrump
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    I'm not sure. We'll see how it goes. I'm not sure I need to see YAF movie about 'intolerance' that is supposed to 'make me think.' I've got enough to think about already. Yes, yes, I get it... human tribes are intolerant of other tribes, and the aliens in the movie are analogous to zzz....


    Love that floating city.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/01/09

    @gamegrump: Agreed. I don't need a metaphorical weather man to know which way the wind blows.


    Me wants escapism.

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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    I would say "the visual appeal of director Neill Blomkamp"

    can't wait...
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    05/01/09

    @goldfarb: you could say that too.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/01/09

    @goldfarb: Yeah, but it's weird. And I'll preface this by saying that it still looks amazing and it's probably not close to done, but for my money "Alive in Joberg" with it's budget effects work a little better. However I've also never seen that in HD quicktime so that could have something to do with it.
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    Image of dopepope dopepope
    05/01/09

    In reply to The Anti-Alien Bigotry Begins, In District 9's First Trailer
    Yeah. I'm there. This looks fantastic.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    05/01/09

    @dopepope: Looks fantastic and intelligent.


    Doesn't stand a chance.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/01/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Hey! Don't be pouring an ounce YET! I'll be throwing dollars at it.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    04/02/09

    In reply to District 9 Debuts First Alien-Abuse Footage
    I mulled over that cryptic site on and off for a few days, gave up, and really haven't thought of it since - good viral marketing because now I'm like -- "AAAAHHHHHHHAAAA" and definitely want to see this.


    sneaky marketing ppl.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/02/09

    In reply to District 9 Debuts First Alien-Abuse Footage
    I saw an earlier treatment of this years ago on a series on PBS. The documentary approach is done so believably, love the little touches like the man-in-the-street bits and the pixelating the eyes of the aliens to protect their identity. Although now that I think about it, that may have been done to save on makeup costs. If so, it's a brilliant solution and further shows the ingenuity of the minds behind this project.


    It's very exciting to see this developed into a feature-length film. This may pave the way for more serious SF projects. My tentacles quiver with anticipation!

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