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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:13:54 AM EDT
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Quote History@RarestRX I completely muffed my above response.....its you! I mistook you for for old member DV8 or something like that.....I almost included, "he has an animated dog avatar". No shit. But I messed it up. To the point I think I got your avatar title right. Lol |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:14:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good but slightly overrated This. And skip Elysium. And, sweet Jeebus, Gringo  . Watch Hardcore Henry.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:17:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably in need of a ban for even questioning this. Yes, great movie. Where is my freaking sequel. Meet the cinema version of GRRM.  |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:17:34 AM EDT
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I want one of those Hilux’ from the movie.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:18:36 AM EDT
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District 9 is the best cinematic display of the human factor to date, IMO. It’s deeper than it’s face value leads one to believe. Watch it thinking about this and your will see.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:19:48 AM EDT
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Ghetto aliens in African slums was funny.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:19:48 AM EDT
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District 9 is such a powerful, thought provoking film that stays with you long after you've seen it.
When I saw District 9 in the theaters(sold out show), the credits rolled, you could hear a pin drop in the theater. Everyone just stayed frozen in their seats. Now I have to watch the movie out of pure principle. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:20:33 AM EDT
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Underrated movie. I didn’t Get any social justice warrior shit out of it. I think it’s pretty realistic as to how we would treat aliens in a similar situation. Humans are kind of big ass holes. The “evil” government could just as well be left wing than right wing. I mean look at look what’s going on in the United States right now.........
Chappie was kind of odd but entertaining. It had that weirdo South African rap artist blonde chick in it. She is crazy. Elysium wasn’t awful. I guess it’s a good example of perspective and seeing what you want. That movie to me showed a big tech left wing aristocracy and everyone else on Earth the result of rampant socialism. Socialism always ends up with someone on top, and the majority in a slum. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:23:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Underrated movie. I didn’t Get any social justice warrior shit out of it. I think it’s pretty realistic as to how we would treat aliens in a similar situation. Humans are kind of big ass holes. The “evil” government could just as well be left wing than right wing. I mean look at look what’s going on in the United States right now......... Chappie was kind of odd but entertaining. It had that weirdo South African rap artist blonde chick in it. She is crazy. Elysium wasn’t awful. I guess it’s a good example of perspective and seeing what you want. That movie to me showed a big tech left wing aristocracy and everyone else on Earth the result of rampant socialism. Socialism always ends up with someone on top, and the majority in a slum. And her hubby.  'I FINK U FREEKY' by DIE ANTWOORD (Official) |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:23:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Underrated movie. I didn’t Get any social justice warrior shit out of it. I think it’s pretty realistic as to how we would treat aliens in a similar situation. Humans are kind of big ass holes. The “evil” government could just as well be left wing than right wing. I mean look at look what’s going on in the United States right now......... Chappie was kind of odd but entertaining. It had that weirdo South African rap artist blonde chick in it. She is crazy. Elysium wasn’t awful. I guess it’s a good example of perspective and seeing what you want. That movie to me showed a big tech left wing aristocracy and everyone else on Earth the result of rampant socialism. Socialism always ends up with someone on top, and the majority in a slum. It had Die Antwoord in it, the girl and the guys nickname is ninja. One time he played basketball with drake and Kanye West. Watched an episode of party legends with ninja in it. https://youtu.be/AIXUgtNC4Kc |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:30:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. And skip Elysium. And, sweet Jeebus, Gringo . Watch Hardcore Henry.Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Good but slightly overrated This. And skip Elysium. And, sweet Jeebus, Gringo . Watch Hardcore Henry.Hardcore Henry was bizarre but fun. Copley is fucking insane and a blast to watch.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:33:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It had Die Antwoord in it, the girl and the guys nickname is ninja. One time he played basketball with drake and Kanye West. Watched an episode of party legends with ninja in it. https://youtu.be/AIXUgtNC4Kc Here are Yolanda and Ninja gettin' jiggy wid it at home...  
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:42:00 AM EDT
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I thought it really sucked.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 1:58:19 AM EDT
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I wouldn’t call it a “bad” movie, but it didn’t live up to the hype either. One small notch above mediocre, if only for the originality.
Bought the dvd based on rave reviews here years ago; wish I had rented instead  |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:01:56 AM EDT
[#15]
loved it, really original and really well done.
I'm waiting for District 10 |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:04:17 AM EDT
[#16]
The fuck?
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:05:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here are Yolanda and Ninja gettin' jiggy wid it at home... https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b5/f4/82/b5f48214e071891e12d4b86ca059a57b.jpg They look so.......... Normal |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:05:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Outstanding, innovative film with an unusual premise in that the majority of the aliens are unskilled laborers who cannot even repair their own ship. https://64.media.tumblr.com/dd4d49452702f3f526a3b89d50511e8d/tumblr_nnhecr8oRx1qdy0svo3_500.gif The varied alien weapons are incredible and worth watching the entire film for just those scenes. http://i.giphy.com/CPlip9XCa0syQ.gif Watch for the guy who gets killed by a pig! I really enjoy District 9 and Chappie. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:06:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryWell shit! There it is! I'm an hour late. 
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:08:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, then watch Chappie and Elysium. This X1000. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:09:30 AM EDT
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One of my favorite sci fi movies, regardless of the apartheid undertones.
Makes me hate blomkamp for not doing the sequel. I've liked everything I've seen from blomkamp |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:13:37 AM EDT
[#22]
 
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:23:36 AM EDT
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Blokamp is pretty "woke," the moral allegory isn't as heavyhanded as Elysium, but it's pretty obvious.
But it's a decent movie. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:26:01 AM EDT
[#24]
I love that movie. My ex is South African. She used to say "fookin' prawns" for my entertainment.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:44:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: District 9 is such a powerful, thought provoking film that stays with you long after you've seen it. When I saw District 9 in the theaters(sold out show), the credits rolled, you could hear a pin drop in the theater. Everyone just stayed frozen in their seats. Now I have to watch the movie out of pure principle. Yep. It's vastly underrated. Mostly because it moves too quick, and doesn't allow thought to keep up, and a few challenges at every turn that delays moving on. Being set in South Africa wasn't an accident. Anyone with a sense of real attachment to the place and people, will have a hard side to get through, but recognize the challenges of trust that are in play. It was not an accident, and quite brilliantly understood, though short on elaborating to the greater audience. It's worth watching a couple times, pick up on the nuance overlooked the first time through. There are political concessions made in every flick, or great work of art. Getting the point through, and keeping everyone happy, is hard to do. Especially with a hard subject in focus, and considering the inspiration for a flick like District 9. South Africa during the Cold war, was a beautiful clusterfuck, and one of the sacrificial lambs nobody paid attention to in full focus. Now they are fucked. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:55:55 AM EDT
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Many here can’t get past the SJW stuff that peppers Bloomkamp’s films. It is irksome sometimes. It’s a shame too, because he is a really neat sci-fi creator. I wish they’d have followed through with him helming an Alien movie. I’d have liked to see what he’d have done with it before Ridley Scott took it back over and buttfucked what would ultimately become Alien Covenant.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:57:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Blokamp is pretty "woke," the moral allegory isn't as heavyhanded as Elysium, but it's pretty obvious. But it's a decent movie. Elysium is definitely orders of magnitude more obnoxious with its “important themes” |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 4:00:39 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I love that movie. My ex is South African. She used to say "fookin' prawns" for my entertainment. I like your ex.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 4:13:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/28/2021 5:01:46 AM EDT
[#30]
What is that ???? Is it tear gas ?????
No it's cat food !!  District 9 cat food |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 5:06:03 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What is that ???? Is it tear gas ????? No it's cat food !!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmLbozjc1_IPrawns traded a battlemech for catfood. I still want a lightning gun. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 5:48:30 AM EDT
[#32]
I saw it in theaters when it came out & thought it was horrible.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 5:50:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Meh Same here. And I like good ScyFi. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 6:34:04 AM EDT
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I thought the basic premise was kind of brilliant.
Most Sci-Fi movies have the visiting aliens either be invaders or usher in some new Age of Enlightenment. In District 9 they show up, drop off a few million of their useless FSA, and then take off leaving them to be our problem. And yes, the fact that they integrated very well with the human versions of themselves (and how governments tried to deal with them) was a very important social commentary. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 6:51:25 AM EDT
[#35]
First 20 minutes is great. Then it seemed like another director (who sucked) took over.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 7:21:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good movie. The alien weapons were well done. I thought the overall GCI was rather well done and I am not a big CGI fan. The weaponry was good. My favorite character was that crazy crippled guy who ran the ghetto. "I want that fooking arm!" |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 7:24:42 AM EDT
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I would like to see a sequel and a prequel. What brought them here and what will it be like in their world now.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 7:46:12 AM EDT
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Allegory
There is a reason it was set in SA beyond funding and such. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:21:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Outstanding, innovative film with an unusual premise in that the majority of the aliens are unskilled laborers who cannot even repair their own ship. https://64.media.tumblr.com/dd4d49452702f3f526a3b89d50511e8d/tumblr_nnhecr8oRx1qdy0svo3_500.gif The varied alien weapons are incredible and worth watching the entire film for just those scenes. http://i.giphy.com/CPlip9XCa0syQ.gif |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:28:53 AM EDT
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I ignored it for years thinking it looked stupid, then I actually watched it.
I was entertained. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:32:04 AM EDT
[#41]
im still waiting for District 10!!!!
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:32:37 AM EDT
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I fucking love District 9.
It's really a sad movie. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:35:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Chappi and Elysium were made by the same guy and both have rhe guy who played Murdock. Both were also fucking awesome ....and Howlin-Mad Murdoc in the A-Team movie (one of my guilty pleasures, I admit) as well as Hardcore Henry  Sharlto Copley is a hoot to watch work
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:43:45 AM EDT
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Being from SA and having lived in both Apartheid and Democratic eras, I can tell you the film is LOADED with irony.
The representative government (supposedly what SA has now and in the film) is a carbon copy of the Apartheid government. The moving of undesirable people to an out of the way area is also very much a thing. Great film. I enjoyed it. Know a few folks that worked on it behind the scenes. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:44:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ....and Howlin-Mad Murdoc in the A-Team movie (one of my guilty pleasures, I admit) Sharlto Copley is a hoot to watch work |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:47:26 AM EDT
[#46]
Solid flick with amazing special effects.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:48:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Very good sci fi movie. Not the usual Hollywood drivel. Was different..in a good way. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:54:18 AM EDT
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Check this short out when you get a chance....20min long, directed by Blomkamp
 Oats Studios - Volume 1 - Rakka |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:55:40 AM EDT
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Saw it in the theater. Thought it was a weird fucking movie. Tried to watch it on TV once and couldn’t sit through it. It’s a weird movie.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 8:56:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Being from SA and having lived in both Apartheid and Democratic eras, I can tell you the film is LOADED with irony. The representative government (supposedly what SA has now and in the film) is a carbon copy of the Apartheid government. The moving of undesirable people to an out of the way area is also very much a thing. Great film. I enjoyed it. Know a few folks that worked on it behind the scenes. Hence my statement about allegory. Films are often made to both entertain us and make us think. Even the most mundane stories can have deeper meaning. |
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