District 9

Whistla · Post by **Whistla** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:28 am

Not heard anything about this movie.
But it looks pretty good from the trailer. And its by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings)
Here's the spiel:

Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africas District 9 as the worlds nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United, a private company uninterested in the aliens welfare they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjihaK7HfGs

jonnyrebel · Post by **jonnyrebel** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:59 am

looks half interesting half nonsense... slightly more interesting than nonsense though!

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:09 am

Been looking forward to this one for a long time, I am expecting not much more than some good action and visuals.. probably a story line I could live without, although it's pretty interesting how they made the parallel on segregation and racism. The marketing was entertaining as well, seeing those "Humans Only" signs and stuff on buildings. I was waiting for someone to start crying about that..

Also it's a "low budget indie film" lol, costing only $30m. That says a ton about movies like Transformers 2 and Terminator 4 with their 250 million budgets..

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:09 am

fuckin double post

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:29 am

Yeah looks kinda good/interesting but, i have a fear that it will be like Clover Fields ie, utter shite.

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:29 pm

clover fields was so terrible i completely erased it from my mind...

i would imagine this to be more like independence day meets half life 2

alec.tron · Post by **alec.tron** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:33 pm

Sounding good, but I'm biased anyway...can't wait to finally see the full movie!

http://chud.com/articles/articles/20239 ... Page1.html

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deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:44 pm

guessing a spoiler: aliens aren't on earth and minority it's humans colonizing as minority on alien planet

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