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You say that ironically, but that is exactly what the movie will be about.
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Do I need to actually finally watch District 9? What if I already think Apartheid was a bad thing?
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Feb 29, 2016 06:49
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Everblight posted:Do I need to actually finally watch District 9? What if I already think Apartheid was a bad thing? The guy with the Fury Road AV is wondering whether he should see a film even if he already agrees with its message The answer is yes.
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I finally watched "The Assembly Cut That No Really, Fixes Alien 3" a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't, it's pretty much the same movie with some irrelevant plot details replaced. Same overall movie, same ridiculously bad creature effects that didn't even look good in 1992. This is still a movie that only total alien fanboys really have any interest in.
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Feb 29, 2016 07:38
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Everblight posted:Do I need to actually finally watch District 9? What if I already think Apartheid was a bad thing? If you want to watch his only good movie then yes see it.
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Feb 29, 2016 08:03
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oldpainless posted:It's the fifth time he's made the same movie so you know he's got it down This is so sad, because it's so true. The guy really loves Johannesburg.
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Feb 29, 2016 08:37
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:I finally watched "The Assembly Cut That No Really, Fixes Alien 3" a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't, it's pretty much the same movie with some irrelevant plot details replaced. Same overall movie, same ridiculously bad creature effects that didn't even look good in 1992. This is still a movie that only total alien fanboys really have any interest in. While I don't agree with the overall sentiment of your post, the last sentence is pretty much dead on. I feel the assembly cut is a huge improvement over the theatrical (the expanded role of Golic in particular), but it's still a weird curiosity of a film that only really works if you know how tortured its production was and make allowances as appropriate. I'm not sure how accurate this is but apparently Fincher once said that to do a director's cut of the film you'd need to burn the negative and start over. So if you feel that Alien 3's unsalvageable you're in good company. e: just found a 1992 article from Premiere intercut with more recent quotes from Fincher about the film http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/take-all-of-the-responsibility-because-youre-going-to-get-all-of-the-blame/ Party Boat fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Feb 29, 2016 08:59
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Everblight posted:Do I need to actually finally watch District 9? What if I already think Apartheid was a bad thing? District 9 is the reason why people keep funding Blomkamp movies, it's that good. Disclosure: Chappie is great and if you don't like the movie it's probably cause you're a closet racist.
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Feb 29, 2016 16:36
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Everblight posted:All space movies are just pirate movies with modern sensibilities and burial at sea is v.common hth I like to imagine space truckers in the near future will treat space corpses as bugs on the windscreens.
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Feb 29, 2016 16:42
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:
Sorry about your terrible taste in movies.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:58
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Tenzarin posted:This is so sad, because it's so true. This is the weirdest complaint. He made 2 movies set there, because it's his hometown. Do you know how many Cronenberg movies are set in Toronto?
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Feb 29, 2016 19:02
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Well, look, it's not like it is New York or Philadelphia or an AMERICAN city. Setting something there requires justification because otherwise it's unacceptable. Seriously, "director sets films in (location)" is a weird complaint because a ton of directors do it, generally there is a reason either personal or professional for it, and that isn't inherently a bad thing.
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Feb 29, 2016 19:03
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I still want to live in the universe where Microsoft and the studios were able to make Blommkamp Halo.
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McDowell posted:I still want to live in the universe where Microsoft and the studios were able to make Blommkamp Halo. I'd pop in to see what's up but I don't think I'd want to live there.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:08
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:This is the weirdest complaint. He made 2 movies set there, because it's his hometown.  How is this a complaint?
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Feb 29, 2016 20:12
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Tenzarin posted:
"It's so sad" generally isn't meant in a positive way.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:15
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ImpAtom posted:"It's so sad" generally isn't meant in a positive way. Good thing I didn't say "it's so sad", bro.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:24
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Oh brother.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:25
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 Lol, I thought Chappie was ok. Not even close to how good District 9 was. I didn't know his ratings dropped so fast. He may not even be a director for his turn to make an alien movie.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:38
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Tenzarin posted:
He's yet to make a movie that didn't make back twice its budget, so I think he'll continue to get work for quite a while.
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Tenzarin posted:Good thing I didn't say "it's so sad", bro. "This is so sad" is not actually meaningfully any different, bro.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:45
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Chappie owned.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:46
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I liked Chappie a lot even if it had one scene too many where Ninja treats Chappie like poo poo and everyone'a angry at him but then two minutes later no one cares. I love everyone in that movie though. Hugh Jackman's security bro douchebag is like a textbook accurate depiction even down to his outfit.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:49
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Chappie owned. God, I still need to see that. In our last apartment, we lived across the street from a Family Video and there was a Redbox at the gas station around the corner, so it was easy to rent new releases. Ever since we bought our house last year (and canceled cable last month, so no On Demand), the closest video store is 20 minutes away and the nearest Redbox is out in the boonies.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:50
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Chappie owned. Also Elysium is the best Star Wars movie in like three decades. In any case, Alien 5 is apparently set in South Korean research facility.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:58
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People keep complaining about the death of weird mid-budget films, yet when comes along they feel like they have to hate it if it isn't exactly what they want.
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Feb 29, 2016 21:19
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ImpAtom posted:Well, look, it's not like it is New York or Philadelphia or an AMERICAN city. Setting something there requires justification because otherwise it's unacceptable. He could set every movie he makes for the rest of his life in Jburg (he won't and hasn't but whatever), you could watch all of them in a row, and you'd still probably watch more movies set in New York that year.
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Feb 29, 2016 21:21
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:People keep complaining about the death of weird mid-budget films, yet when comes along they feel like they have to hate it if it isn't exactly what they want. Blomkamp gets backlash because (around the release of District 9) he was supposed to 'legitimize' nerd fiction. The fact that he made an action-comedy satirizing Independence Day is perceived as a betrayal. Then he made a film satirizing Star Wars, and a film satirizing Short Circuit.... His films make fun of nerds incessantly, though most obviously with Jackman's character in Chappie. Hence the nerd-media narrative around Alien 5.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:People keep complaining about the death of weird mid-budget films, yet when comes along they feel like they have to hate it if it isn't exactly what they want. Empty quote this forever. I think people forget that when a weird mid-budget film comes out, it being weird means by definition it's not going to be tailor made for you and that doesn't mean it's bad.
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Chappie's great because it felt original and fresh. I like Blomkamp's work because it feels so different from everything else. Which is why I'm down on him doing a regressive sequel to Aliens. No amount of reading will change my mind. Blomkamp's the right dude for the job. But he needs someone else to write his script.
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I would rather watch something made by people with something to say than Avengers 3 at this point.
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A good writer and director could do something with Macross - there has been a 'Robotech' movie in production forever.
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Everblight posted:Do I need to actually finally watch District 9? What if I already think Apartheid was a bad thing? The weirdest thing about District 9 is that it's a film about how Apartheid was bad where the only black people in it are evil criminal voodoo cannibals.
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Catfishenfuego posted:The weirdest thing about District 9 is that it's a film about how Apartheid was bad where the only black people in it are evil criminal voodoo cannibals. If you ignore like 6 other characters, this is a good point.
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I liked district 9, it was cute. It's nothing I'm going to think about as deeply as Alien, but it was some solid entertainment.
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Snowman_McK posted:If you ignore like 6 other characters, this is a good point. By six do you mean 1? Because there's Wikus's assistant who has like three lines and gets called boy a bunch. Catfishenfuego fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Mar 1, 2016 |
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Catfishenfuego posted:The weirdest thing about District 9 is that it's a film about how Apartheid was bad where the only black people in it are evil criminal voodoo cannibals. Don't be racist, the eating people thing to gain their powers is really big in Africa. Check your privilege.
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Catfishenfuego posted:The weirdest thing about District 9 is that it's a film about how Apartheid was bad where the only black people in it are evil criminal voodoo cannibals. It's weird like how Alien is supposed to be about Grrrl Power but, the moment they put the woman in charge, she goes crazy and blows up the ship.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:It's weird like how Alien is supposed to be about Grrrl Power but, the moment they put the woman in charge, she goes crazy and blows up the ship. It's the only way to be sure.
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Catfishenfuego posted:By six do you mean 1? Because there's Wikus's assistant who has like three lines and gets called boy a bunch. Fine. There's 2. There's also the cop with the shotgun in the first act. Either way, the point you were trying to make isn't really there. Snowman_McK fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Mar 1, 2016 |
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