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She's supposed to be 13! I'd want her to be very attractive though

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Stop being mean to Deviation

No.

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There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

District 9 - the most depressing summer blockbuster ever made!! I saw this movie twice on Sunday as different peeps wanted to see it at different times but man oh man did it seriously depress me. What irked was it's desire to try and present itself as 'realistic' (documentary style, using unknowns) but then felt the need to cartoonish stereotypes as characters and comic book villainy, along with huge gaps of logic. MNU was completely ridiculous, i mean absolutely stupid. Their motivations and treatment of Wickus came straight out of a comic book.

Also, 20 years and there's no humans on board that ship when Christopher gets on to it? There would be huge colonies of human scientists living on board, babies would be born on there! I refuse to believe that the ship isnt swarming with humans. Also after 20 years you'd think we wouldve built a huge scaffold super structure around it by then for studying puposes and ease of getting on board for research. Oh yeah, i forgot, MNU is populated with idiots that's why. And their plan to rip Wickus apart to take advantage of his ability to use alien weaponry is hilarious!!! For 20 years they've been trying unsuccessfully to use this weaponry, then suddenly a human develops an alien arm so they decide the best thing is to dissect him and sell him to the highest bidder!!! LMAO!!!! Brilliant MNU!!! That's like trying to find out how to build a wall by smashing it with a hammer.

District 9 was a well made movie, but it's no smarter than every other dumb blockbuster out there and definitely not very original. As soon as the transformation started i thought of The Fly and that thought didnt go away. I also believe that The Fly hadnled that stuff much better, but that's just my opinion.

It also couldnt hurt if the movie showed a hint of positivity in humanity. All i can glean from Dsirtict 9 is that Neil Blomkamp must REALLY hate the human race.

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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

District 9 - the most depressing summer blockbuster ever made!! I saw this movie twice on Sunday as different peeps wanted to see it at different times but man oh man did it seriously depress me. What irked was it's desire to try and present itself as 'realistic' (documentary style, using unknowns) but then felt the need to cartoonish stereotypes as characters and comic book villainy, along with huge gaps of logic. MNU was completely ridiculous, i mean absolutely stupid. Their motivations and treatment of Wickus came straight out of a comic book.

Also, 20 years and there's no humans on board that ship when Christopher gets on to it? There would be huge colonies of human scientists living on board, babies would be born on there! I refuse to believe that the ship isnt swarming with humans. Also after 20 years you'd think we wouldve built a huge scaffold super structure around it by then for studying puposes and ease of getting on board for research. Oh yeah, i forgot, MNU is populated with idiots that's why. And their plan to rip Wickus apart to take advantage of his ability to use alien weaponry is hilarious!!! For 20 years they've been trying unsuccessfully to use this weaponry, then suddenly a human develops an alien arm so they decide the best thing is to dissect him and sell him to the highest bidder!!! LMAO!!!! Brilliant MNU!!! That's like trying to find out how to build a wall by smashing it with a hammer.

District 9 was a well made movie, but it's no smarter than every other dumb blockbuster out there and definitely not very original. As soon as the transformation started i thought of The Fly and that thought didnt go away. I also believe that The Fly hadnled that stuff much better, but that's just my opinion.

It also couldnt hurt if the movie showed a hint of positivity in humanity. All i can glean from Dsirtict 9 is that Neil Blomkamp must REALLY hate the human race.

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Speaking of which, I reallt think the cutesy child alien should belong in a different film.

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Speaking of which, I reallt think the cutesy child alien should belong in a different film.

I think the inclusion of Christopher's child worked effectively, just one of the reasons I connected emotionally to the film.

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Speaking of which, I reallt think the cutesy child alien should belong in a different film.

I think the inclusion of Christopher's child worked effectively, just one of the reasons I connected emotionally to the film.

It also makes the "popcorn" comment even more terrible.

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Without the child Christopher would have been very hard to connect to. It gave him a cause. 

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Speaking of which, I reallt think the cutesy child alien should belong in a different film.

I think the inclusion of Christopher's child worked effectively, just one of the reasons I connected emotionally to the film.

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Speaking of which, I reallt think the cutesy child alien should belong in a different film.

I think the inclusion of Christopher's child worked effectively, just one of the reasons I connected emotionally to the film.

I did find it quite funny that the kid talked like a lolcat in places "I finds it!"  "I makes it work!" "I can haz cheezburger?"*


*not actual movie quote

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I liked the kid, he wasnt an annoying brat or needed to be rescued type, plus he could fly a ship. I'm in two minds about whether I'd like to see a sequel, you know they'll Hollywood it up and it'll lose a lot of the gritty feel this had. or turn it into an Independence Day type thing, if Jackson and Blomkamp where left to their own devices and came up with a natural way to continue the story on a bigger scale that'd be fine though, we'd have the aliens stranded in district 10 with no purpose and may a hope the ship is coming back, MNU is still hunting for Wikus, or whats left of him, maybe he becomes a leader type in District 10 after changing, but would he keep any of his human side? 

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There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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Freakin' loved it.  The one thing that is bugging me though is.  Chris.  Why was he so much more intelligent than the rest?  It sort of struck me that, when one of the talking heads said something like "we've got the workers here, no real leadership" that maybe Chris was a leader or a specialised type that had the foresight to keep himself quiet and unnoticed for 20 years.  Any theories?

Also, I'm a sucker for a scene with redemption or Hardening of Resolve, so I nearly shouted "hell yeah!" when we got the scene of the Mech feet walking away, coming to a stop, turning then running back.  Awesome.

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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

District 9 - the most depressing summer blockbuster ever made!! I saw this movie twice on Sunday as different peeps wanted to see it at different times but man oh man did it seriously depress me. What irked was it's desire to try and present itself as 'realistic' (documentary style, using unknowns) but then felt the need to cartoonish stereotypes as characters and comic book villainy, along with huge gaps of logic. MNU was completely ridiculous, i mean absolutely stupid. Their motivations and treatment of Wickus came straight out of a comic book.

Also, 20 years and there's no humans on board that ship when Christopher gets on to it? There would be huge colonies of human scientists living on board, babies would be born on there! I refuse to believe that the ship isnt swarming with humans. Also after 20 years you'd think we wouldve built a huge scaffold super structure around it by then for studying puposes and ease of getting on board for research. Oh yeah, i forgot, MNU is populated with idiots that's why. And their plan to rip Wickus apart to take advantage of his ability to use alien weaponry is hilarious!!! For 20 years they've been trying unsuccessfully to use this weaponry, then suddenly a human develops an alien arm so they decide the best thing is to dissect him and sell him to the highest bidder!!! LMAO!!!! Brilliant MNU!!! That's like trying to find out how to build a wall by smashing it with a hammer.

District 9 was a well made movie, but it's no smarter than every other dumb blockbuster out there and definitely not very original. As soon as the transformation started i thought of The Fly and that thought didnt go away. I also believe that The Fly hadnled that stuff much better, but that's just my opinion.

It also couldnt hurt if the movie showed a hint of positivity in humanity. All i can glean from Dsirtict 9 is that Neil Blomkamp must REALLY hate the human race.

Well, can't say I agree with much of the above. The film does have several depressing moments, but it's ultimate message is anything but, granted, it might seem like all the humans want is to exploit and destroy, but also has it's central character evolving emphatically, emotionally. Whether or not his will to help the aliens is purely on account of his infection is up for interpretation, I choose to see it as if he wakes up and realizes what horrors are being inflicted with his knowledge and participation and decides to do something about it. But it's not a straight forward, classic arc of the hero who starts off a douchebag and then reluctantly becomes the hero of the day, Wickus still displays his unsympathetic streak almost at the end. Like where he can't help noticing all the 'illegal' stuff in Christopher's hideout, can't help commenting what a find it is. As for the rest of the characters, besides the aliens themselves, well the sad truth is that no matter how stereotypical they are, they exist in plentiful numbers. And the MNU's plan to cut Wikus into small pieces to sell off, which you find so ridiculous, would actually be the way to go, if reverse biological engineering was to be implemented, harvest the body, determine how the foreign dna manifests itself, and duplicate it. It would make zero sense to keep him alive. As for the alien ship and why humans haven't taken it into possesion, well the alien weaponry was impossible to utilize, that is probably so for the craft as well, forcefield, immensely strong armor, who knows. Anyway, it wasn't a problem for me, I was too captivated. And to equal District 9 with every other dumb blockbuster, as you put it, makes little sense to me. Compared to Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen or Terminator - Salvation, District 9 is like the combined brainchild of Bohr, Einstein and Hawking.

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District 9 - the most depressing summer blockbuster ever made!! I saw this movie twice on Sunday as different peeps wanted to see it at different times but man oh man did it seriously depress me. What irked was it's desire to try and present itself as 'realistic' (documentary style, using unknowns) but then felt the need to cartoonish stereotypes as characters and comic book villainy, along with huge gaps of logic. MNU was completely ridiculous, i mean absolutely stupid. Their motivations and treatment of Wickus came straight out of a comic book.

Also, 20 years and there's no humans on board that ship when Christopher gets on to it? There would be huge colonies of human scientists living on board, babies would be born on there! I refuse to believe that the ship isnt swarming with humans. Also after 20 years you'd think we wouldve built a huge scaffold super structure around it by then for studying puposes and ease of getting on board for research. Oh yeah, i forgot, MNU is populated with idiots that's why. And their plan to rip Wickus apart to take advantage of his ability to use alien weaponry is hilarious!!! For 20 years they've been trying unsuccessfully to use this weaponry, then suddenly a human develops an alien arm so they decide the best thing is to dissect him and sell him to the highest bidder!!! LMAO!!!! Brilliant MNU!!! That's like trying to find out how to build a wall by smashing it with a hammer.

District 9 was a well made movie, but it's no smarter than every other dumb blockbuster out there and definitely not very original. As soon as the transformation started i thought of The Fly and that thought didnt go away. I also believe that The Fly hadnled that stuff much better, but that's just my opinion.

It also couldnt hurt if the movie showed a hint of positivity in humanity. All i can glean from Dsirtict 9 is that Neil Blomkamp must REALLY hate the human race.

I have to disagree about your comments that Blomkamp hates the human race. Throughout the movie we see characters, including Wilkus, who either change, or are sympathetic.

As to the MNU, they don't seen any worse than an real life organisation such as Blackwater.

I also feel that just because from time to time he used a documentary style, does not mean he was going for realism all the time.

What I don't get is that some of the all time classic sci-fi action movies have villains who are just as broad, if not broader, than what we see here. Also there is an evil father in law!

I've said it before, Blomkamp seems to have been a fan of the Verhoeven sci fi movie, and this film gives off a similar feel.

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District 9 - the most depressing summer blockbuster ever made!! I saw this movie twice on Sunday as different peeps wanted to see it at different times but man oh man did it seriously depress me. What irked was it's desire to try and present itself as 'realistic' (documentary style, using unknowns) but then felt the need to cartoonish stereotypes as characters and comic book villainy, along with huge gaps of logic. MNU was completely ridiculous, i mean absolutely stupid. Their motivations and treatment of Wickus came straight out of a comic book.

Also, 20 years and there's no humans on board that ship when Christopher gets on to it? There would be huge colonies of human scientists living on board, babies would be born on there! I refuse to believe that the ship isnt swarming with humans. Also after 20 years you'd think we wouldve built a huge scaffold super structure around it by then for studying puposes and ease of getting on board for research. Oh yeah, i forgot, MNU is populated with idiots that's why. And their plan to rip Wickus apart to take advantage of his ability to use alien weaponry is hilarious!!! For 20 years they've been trying unsuccessfully to use this weaponry, then suddenly a human develops an alien arm so they decide the best thing is to dissect him and sell him to the highest bidder!!! LMAO!!!! Brilliant MNU!!! That's like trying to find out how to build a wall by smashing it with a hammer.

District 9 was a well made movie, but it's no smarter than every other dumb blockbuster out there and definitely not very original. As soon as the transformation started i thought of The Fly and that thought didnt go away. I also believe that The Fly hadnled that stuff much better, but that's just my opinion.

It also couldnt hurt if the movie showed a hint of positivity in humanity. All i can glean from Dsirtict 9 is that Neil Blomkamp must REALLY hate the human race.

Well, can't say I agree with much of the above. The film does have several depressing moments, but it's ultimate message is anything but, granted, it might seem like all the humans want is to exploit and destroy, but also has it's central character evolving emphatically, emotionally. Whether or not his will to help the aliens is purely on account of his infection is up for interpretation, I choose to see it as if he wakes up and realizes what horrors are being inflicted with his knowledge and participation and decides to do something about it. But it's not a straight forward, classic arc of the hero who starts off a douchebag and then reluctantly becomes the hero of the day, Wickus still displays his unsympathetic streak almost at the end. Like where he can't help noticing all the 'illegal' stuff in Christopher's hideout, can't help commenting what a find it is. As for the rest of the characters, besides the aliens themselves, well the sad truth is that no matter how stereotypical they are, they exist in plentiful numbers. And the MNU's plan to cut Wikus into small pieces to sell off, which you find so ridiculous, would actually be the way to go, if reverse biological engineering was to be implemented, harvest the body, determine how the foreign dna manifests itself, and duplicate it. It would make zero sense to keep him alive. As for the alien ship and why humans haven't taken it into possesion, well the alien weaponry was impossible to utilize, that is probably so for the craft as well, forcefield, immensely strong armor, who knows. Anyway, it wasn't a problem for me, I was too captivated. And to equal District 9 with every other dumb blockbuster, as you put it, makes little sense to me. Compared to Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen or Terminator - Salvation, District 9 is like the combined brainchild of Bohr, Einstein and Hawking.

well dont we see humans cutting their way into the ship at the beginning to find all the aliens there? So we know humans made it on board.

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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

actually i sounded really rude in my response to you Kazuya, you make many excellent points in your post!

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Having watched his other shorts, Yellow and Third World Robocop, I say get this guy on Robocop immediatly!

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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ORIGINAL: Kazuya

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

Speaking of which, I reallt think the cutesy child alien should belong in a different film.

I think the inclusion of Christopher's child worked effectively, just one of the reasons I connected emotionally to the film.

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ORIGINAL: CORLEONE

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ORIGINAL: Kazuya

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

Speaking of which, I reallt think the cutesy child alien should belong in a different film.

I think the inclusion of Christopher's child worked effectively, just one of the reasons I connected emotionally to the film.

I love that little prawn.

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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ORIGINAL: elab49
I really wish I could go down to see Privates