That failed movie is why Halo 3's story is so shitty compared to 2, and why it mangled the characters and everything compared to where 2 was sending it. Joseph Staten went off to work on the movie and allowed non-writers at Bungie to make all the story choices, resulting in the jarring tonal shift and all those over-indulgent "epic" and "dramatic" moments and cliches
Just got into a discussion today that the VFX in District 9 were more compelling/showed greater prowess than Avatar, which also came out that year. It's way more impressive to integrate CGI into a real environment than it is to paste people into animation. Beyond that, the story in District 9 was actually innovative, and char dev was way better (which isn't hard, since it was present).
Agreed; when everyone was raving about Avatar, I just thought of it as a glorified tech demo
why was district 9 so kino but elysium and chappie were so mediocre?
Ikr I was expecting a mind blowing experience when I heard blomphkamptf was getting his very own original big budget story greenlit. TWICE. What the frick happened? What we got wa some cringey Hispanic people movie and a stupid ass robot movie.
IMO Elysium was less original of a story, and Chappie was literally "What if Die Antwoord had world-changing technology". Maybe Blomkamp thought that leaning into an easy story and better CGI given Avatar's success was the way to go?
It’s so obvious that district 9 actually had a story to tell. Story in Avatar was just a pathetic excuse to show expensive cgi.
Agreed; when everyone was raving about Avatar, I just thought of it as a glorified tech demo
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IMO Elysium was less original of a story, and Chappie was literally "What if Die Antwoord had world-changing technology". Maybe Blomkamp thought that leaning into an easy story and better CGI given Avatar's success was the way to go?
marvel shills created this thread to shit on avatar, cope harder, 3 billies here we come boys.
better than this "1960s segregation but with... le ALIENS" crapfest of a movie
I remember Cinemaphile loved this movie when it came out. Should’ve got a sequel.
Sharlto Copley also should’ve got some better roles after this. He’s a great actor. Funny I recently watched the remake of Oldboy and he was the only good thing about that pos movie.
I re-watched it a little under a year ago. It's holding up pretty well so far but the fact that they made it on a budget was clearer to me on a re-watch.
It's interesting how Wikus is such a callous Little Eichman with the prawn in the first act, but immediately he gets the Black Goo, he suddenly cares for the life of the prawn much more. This can seem odd at first, but when you realize that the Magical Goo is altering his DNA, it also alters his psychology toward his fellow prawn.
>a sequel has been greenlit
am I the only one who thinks a bittersweet ending like we got with D9 was perfect? its sad because you dont know if he returns.
Agreed, I think it's actually better if that ending is left as is. I think you could do a "sequel" and perhaps "hint" at a resolution, but I feel like what I found interesting was exploring the general interactions between the prawns and humans (Wikus was great to follow, but I don't want to be spoon-fed that end)
Not quite part of the same storyline, but I liked the mock-documentary Blomkamp made that was used as the basis for D9 in that regard
Agreed, I think it's actually better if that ending is left as is. I think you could do a "sequel" and perhaps "hint" at a resolution, but I feel like what I found interesting was exploring the general interactions between the prawns and humans (Wikus was great to follow, but I don't want to be spoon-fed that end)
Not quite part of the same storyline, but I liked the mock-documentary Blomkamp made that was used as the basis for D9 in that regard
no... NO! THREE FOOKIN' YEARS! OKAY?! HE PROMISED!
Ikr I was expecting a mind blowing experience when I heard blomphkamptf was getting his very own original big budget story greenlit. TWICE. What the frick happened? What we got wa some cringey Hispanic people movie and a stupid ass robot movie.
District 9's setting was based on an event that felt personal to him as he experience it himself.
Other movie's setting felt like what rich people in Hollywood think the class struggle at the bottom is like.
I don't understand why this movie was even remotely acclaimed. Like you're supposed to be sympathetic to the Prawns, but they're just a bunch of moronic troublemakers.
Put yoyrselves in their shoes. Imagine being a species of aliens that accidentally crashed onto Earth. Imagine having to deal with humans, who then almost immediately enslave you into some slums and only want to befriend you to take advantage of your technology.
First of all how great this movie looks on its budget and the fact that the ship landed in Johannesburg and not generic new york or LA. You are supposed to feel the change of character that Wikus go through in the movie, first, he is just a good corporate goy that only cares about his job and wants to do good. Then when he is exposed to the black thingy his DNA changes, he becomes more like them, and more sympathetic towards the prawns as well, maybe because he has a change of character after seeing the medical experiments, or because of his experiences during that day or possibly because of the change to his DNA. Could also be after he realizes when he is the "fookin medical experiment" that he had absolutely no personal value to the company. Either way you do not have to feel "sympathetic" to the prawns to appreciate this movie, you can also see it from Wikus's perspective.
Besides the movie being well written and a good plot, I think that is one of the reasons I love it too. We would totally screw over aliens in that situation. I wonder if the reasons aliens, if they exist, don't visit is becauase we are like a bad part of town in the universe. Like any alien that ever comes here either gets shot or kidnapped, so they just avoid us as much as possible.
its hinted at that during their journey they devolved and became savages i think it said it somewhere in the movie essentially all of them are savage 80iq Black folk
aliens are alien - their motives seemed to be:
1. find habitable planet after escaping whatever situation forced them out
2. get help from natives
3. go back and fix situation
instead they met humanity and got coopted. it's meta commentary on what current economic systems value(short term techno gain over literal galactic domination)
>soulless
You talk like a cringe dork. Like form your posts I can tell you're poor, obese, and a virgin.
And you'll always be worthless, just like your loser parents.
Just telling it like it is, little b***h.
I'm watching the UCLA game on my 65" LG OLED. You'll never own a tv this nice. Because you're too stupid; too worthless.
>LOOK GUYS! HE HAS BOUGHT THINGS THAT MUST MEAN HE TOTALLY WORKS OUT AND ISN'T JUST HOARDING TOYS LIKE A MANCHILD TO PLAY PRETEND ON INTERNET FORUMS!
Post physique, b***hboi.
This. I really appreciate the Avatar hate ITT, James Cameron is a Lucas tier disappointment as a 21st century filmmaker. Just another fat, moronic, out-of-touch zillionaire. He makes "advances" in cgi by sucking talent out of the industry. He's proud of having nothing to say artistically.
One of my favourite movies of all time, see also The Gods Must be Crazy I & II
Chappie is not as good but I still enjoyed it, Elysium sucked though
Raqqa was alright the mutated raving politician guy reminds me of Joe
back when movies had SOVL imagine this made current year and how pozzed it would be early 2000 to 2010 was the movie renaissance before everything went to shit
>Make movie that has a low(ish) budget >It's a sleeper hit >You wrote it yourself and there was no israeli involvement so it is 100% unpozzed >israeli sink their claws in you >Give you 20 times the budget >But now you dance to their tune and have no option but to be pozzed unless you want to "fall from grace"
nah district 9 was his magnum opus he did it on a shoestring budget and poured his heart into it and it showed after he done it he got the hollywood bucks and made drivel for morons
the only reason District 9 was good was because Peter Jackson made sure of it. You can see this in action because all of Neil's movies since then have sucked and had terrible writing.;
OP here, posted the wrong pic
Reminder we almost got Neil Blomkamp Halo film but suits killed it at the last moment.
M$ is the worst with video game adaptations. They want to have their filthy hands all over the project instead of just letting it be made properly.
That failed movie is why Halo 3's story is so shitty compared to 2, and why it mangled the characters and everything compared to where 2 was sending it. Joseph Staten went off to work on the movie and allowed non-writers at Bungie to make all the story choices, resulting in the jarring tonal shift and all those over-indulgent "epic" and "dramatic" moments and cliches
Yes.
Just got into a discussion today that the VFX in District 9 were more compelling/showed greater prowess than Avatar, which also came out that year. It's way more impressive to integrate CGI into a real environment than it is to paste people into animation. Beyond that, the story in District 9 was actually innovative, and char dev was way better (which isn't hard, since it was present).
It’s so obvious that district 9 actually had a story to tell. Story in Avatar was just a pathetic excuse to show expensive cgi.
Agreed; when everyone was raving about Avatar, I just thought of it as a glorified tech demo
IMO Elysium was less original of a story, and Chappie was literally "What if Die Antwoord had world-changing technology". Maybe Blomkamp thought that leaning into an easy story and better CGI given Avatar's success was the way to go?
Cringe post from a cringe little b***h. What the frick is wrong with you?
My post is 100% correct butthole.
You'll always be worthless. I can tell you're low income trash.
There’s a reason why avatar now belongs to a soulless corporation like disney.
You're defending Avatar's story? What the frick is wrong with you
marvel shills created this thread to shit on avatar, cope harder, 3 billies here we come boys.
better than this "1960s segregation but with... le ALIENS" crapfest of a movie
I remember Cinemaphile loved this movie when it came out. Should’ve got a sequel.
Sharlto Copley also should’ve got some better roles after this. He’s a great actor. Funny I recently watched the remake of Oldboy and he was the only good thing about that pos movie.
I re-watched it a little under a year ago. It's holding up pretty well so far but the fact that they made it on a budget was clearer to me on a re-watch.
It's interesting how Wikus is such a callous Little Eichman with the prawn in the first act, but immediately he gets the Black Goo, he suddenly cares for the life of the prawn much more. This can seem odd at first, but when you realize that the Magical Goo is altering his DNA, it also alters his psychology toward his fellow prawn.
I was pretty hype because it was basically /m/ on the big screen. Less cynical time.
BR 2049 is better
>a sequel has been greenlit
am I the only one who thinks a bittersweet ending like we got with D9 was perfect? its sad because you dont know if he returns.
Agreed, I think it's actually better if that ending is left as is. I think you could do a "sequel" and perhaps "hint" at a resolution, but I feel like what I found interesting was exploring the general interactions between the prawns and humans (Wikus was great to follow, but I don't want to be spoon-fed that end)
Not quite part of the same storyline, but I liked the mock-documentary Blomkamp made that was used as the basis for D9 in that regard
Sharing short for reference: https://youtu.be/le3y0QlLjJE
no... NO! THREE FOOKIN' YEARS! OKAY?! HE PROMISED!
Never trust a prawn, or any PLM supporter
why was district 9 so kino but elysium and chappie were so mediocre?
Ikr I was expecting a mind blowing experience when I heard blomphkamptf was getting his very own original big budget story greenlit. TWICE. What the frick happened? What we got wa some cringey Hispanic people movie and a stupid ass robot movie.
District 9's setting was based on an event that felt personal to him as he experience it himself.
Other movie's setting felt like what rich people in Hollywood think the class struggle at the bottom is like.
This is the one that Peter Jackson's aborted Halo movie got reworked into, yeah?
Is that a question?
Are you moronic?
I don't understand why this movie was even remotely acclaimed. Like you're supposed to be sympathetic to the Prawns, but they're just a bunch of moronic troublemakers.
Put yoyrselves in their shoes. Imagine being a species of aliens that accidentally crashed onto Earth. Imagine having to deal with humans, who then almost immediately enslave you into some slums and only want to befriend you to take advantage of your technology.
First of all how great this movie looks on its budget and the fact that the ship landed in Johannesburg and not generic new york or LA. You are supposed to feel the change of character that Wikus go through in the movie, first, he is just a good corporate goy that only cares about his job and wants to do good. Then when he is exposed to the black thingy his DNA changes, he becomes more like them, and more sympathetic towards the prawns as well, maybe because he has a change of character after seeing the medical experiments, or because of his experiences during that day or possibly because of the change to his DNA. Could also be after he realizes when he is the "fookin medical experiment" that he had absolutely no personal value to the company. Either way you do not have to feel "sympathetic" to the prawns to appreciate this movie, you can also see it from Wikus's perspective.
3 fricking years man
agreed
I fricking loved District 9.
And the best part is I find it completely believable at how humanity would treat an alien race.
Besides the movie being well written and a good plot, I think that is one of the reasons I love it too. We would totally screw over aliens in that situation. I wonder if the reasons aliens, if they exist, don't visit is becauase we are like a bad part of town in the universe. Like any alien that ever comes here either gets shot or kidnapped, so they just avoid us as much as possible.
Why don't the aliens destroy us with relativistic kill vehicles then?
its hinted at that during their journey they devolved and became savages i think it said it somewhere in the movie essentially all of them are savage 80iq Black folk
aliens are alien - their motives seemed to be:
1. find habitable planet after escaping whatever situation forced them out
2. get help from natives
3. go back and fix situation
instead they met humanity and got coopted. it's meta commentary on what current economic systems value(short term techno gain over literal galactic domination)
>soulless
You talk like a cringe dork. Like form your posts I can tell you're poor, obese, and a virgin.
And you'll always be worthless, just like your loser parents.
are you really this asshurt rn
Just telling it like it is, little b***h.
I'm watching the UCLA game on my 65" LG OLED. You'll never own a tv this nice. Because you're too stupid; too worthless.
>starts talking about possessions instead of supporting his argument
>macbook
>Being a b***h and bragging on an anonymous image board
lmao
> watching sports
I rather play sports fatfrick.
But you dont do you?
Meanwhile I hit pads twice a week.
Can you not read? I said I rather play sports. Are you stupid?
Dummy, can YOU read? I'm saying you don't do shit.
No wonder you're poor lmao. Really dumb!
I hope you have enough money to fix your stupid brain.
> rich
> watching back people oobagooga
> posting on 4chins
lmao
Is english your second language? You're very stupid.
So many worthless poor people on here.
>LOOK GUYS! HE HAS BOUGHT THINGS THAT MUST MEAN HE TOTALLY WORKS OUT AND ISN'T JUST HOARDING TOYS LIKE A MANCHILD TO PLAY PRETEND ON INTERNET FORUMS!
Post physique, b***hboi.
>I HIT PADS
>I AM AN ADULT AND DEMAND TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Nobody cares nerd.
AUTIST ALERT! AUTIST ALERT!
WE HAVE A LEGITIMATE TURBOSPERG POSTING AMONG US!
DO NOT ENGAGE! I REPEAT DO NOT ENGAGE!
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PERSON UNTIL HE IS GONE, THEN AWAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS!
AUTIST ALERT! AUTIST ALERT!
I know this is bait, but:
>Mac
>Watching TV
>Black folkports at that
>macbook
>bragging about enjoying Black personball
Poes law is a hell of a drug
Go back to redit and suck each other’s dicks about how good the cgi in avatar looks like….until it doesn’t in 2 years.
>is the best sci-fi film of the past 20 years
Only because Children of Men isn't fiction
What kind of path am I walking to encounter all of these celebrities and sentient movies on a daily basis?
Reminder Neill is actually redpilled and made Elysium about the dangers of untamed immigrants
Neytiri is so ugly. I wouldn't even rape her.
This. I really appreciate the Avatar hate ITT, James Cameron is a Lucas tier disappointment as a 21st century filmmaker. Just another fat, moronic, out-of-touch zillionaire. He makes "advances" in cgi by sucking talent out of the industry. He's proud of having nothing to say artistically.
>engaging a bored, drunk amerifat
why
One of my favourite movies of all time, see also The Gods Must be Crazy I & II
Chappie is not as good but I still enjoyed it, Elysium sucked though
Raqqa was alright the mutated raving politician guy reminds me of Joe
Is there any news with District 10?
>Is there any news with District 10?
he lied, he was never going to come back and cure him.... so there is no sequel.
I can still remember the feeling of watching the ending unfold. Kino of the highest order.
Look how many poorgays I triggered just by owning a nice TV lol.
I bet you look stupid wearing those pads fatfrick
funny how the aliens turned south africa into their own little colony
> talking about sci if movies
> waaaa I’m rich I watch ucla football I wear pads
???
back when movies had SOVL imagine this made current year and how pozzed it would be early 2000 to 2010 was the movie renaissance before everything went to shit
>back when movies had SOVL
go back
Did the director behind DISTRICT 9 make anything good after that? Genuinely curious.
I'm interested in watching if they have.
They are all painfully mediocre, especially consider how he got big budget for his other movies after D9 became a cult classic.
That's the trick
>Make movie that has a low(ish) budget
>It's a sleeper hit
>You wrote it yourself and there was no israeli involvement so it is 100% unpozzed
>israeli sink their claws in you
>Give you 20 times the budget
>But now you dance to their tune and have no option but to be pozzed unless you want to "fall from grace"
Makes me sick.
yeh the wigger shit in chappie was so obviously pushed by (them)
No
nah district 9 was his magnum opus he did it on a shoestring budget and poured his heart into it and it showed after he done it he got the hollywood bucks and made drivel for morons
the only reason District 9 was good was because Peter Jackson made sure of it. You can see this in action because all of Neil's movies since then have sucked and had terrible writing.;