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If you thought you loved that DISTRICT 9 trailer before, check out unblurred and translated!! Holy Alien Poo!
Hey folks, Harry here... Wow. Wow. Wow. You know. It's so amazing what unblurring and giving meaning to those alien noises can suddenly fill a trailer with a level of foreboding, menace, pathos and character. Like most of you, I loved the trailer as it was before, but this small (actually huge) change suddenly made this the film I'm really most excited about for the rest of the summer. This is really damn cool!
Don't believe the Government Lies - Aliens are being screwed over as much as the rest of us, if not more!
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thank god someone had the smarts to have an alien invasion movie not centered on america should be interesting to see this from the south african perspective
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AWESOME!!!! I can't wait for this one.
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looks like it could be good...will the movie be a mystery about finally showing the aliens or a full-out action flick? neither?
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...at the end...the bit about "learning from what has happened".
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The blurred faces were a bit annoying when I saw this attatched to Wolverine. I think that was a misfire. The Subtitles are what makes this trailer. Essential.
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...work. Tough to do...I really liked SIGNS until you saw the aliens. Well, that and the whole silly baseball bat prophecy or whatever.
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a re-spin of V with perhaps some sort of message about how we should treat immigrants better. But, perhaps not. The trail doesn't show much. The aline character looked great, great space ship, etc., but really, it seems like just a rehash of the same typical UFO stuff we have all seen before. I long for a return to intelligent Sci-Fi. What happened to the the 2001 series? Why not finish that, there are more books. And what about the filmRendezvous with Rama that they are supposed to actually be making based on the Arthur C. Clarke novel. Now that sounded cool. Hell, even the reboot of Forbidden Planet had me interested. Yeah, Transformers is fun pop corn stuff (and Megan Fox is hot), but com on, lets get back to some smart shit, before SPACE OPERA became the ruling words of the Sci-Fi world. Colossus -the forbin project, Silent Running, Logans Run, etc. Those were the days...
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should read "the alien character"
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And thankfully not CG. What I don't understand is why insectoid-type aliens would have a spaceship that looks so much like what humans would build... I would imagine they would follow a completely different aesthetic.
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May 08, 2009 7:13:27 PM CDT
...I never thought about it before, but Palestinians, black...
by flickapoo
...and brown people really ARE sort of like insectoid mandible sporting aliens. If we all just made an effort to understand and empathize with one another I bet the world would be a better place. You heard it from me first.
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That was fantastic.
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than Star Trek.
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Don't believe it's lies... I mean, how bad can the South African government be?
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please let them fight back!
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Looks like CGI to me dude.
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just may be! At least more original? This looks oddly awesome. Love the creature design and the fact that they're sympathetic characters. Let's just hope it's not too preachy. Will they have the Robotech-style bio-suits like they do in Blomkamp's "Alive in Joberg" short? That would bump it up to epic win.
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Looks like a puppet/man-in-suit to me, with maybe a few CG enhancements. Props if the whole thing is CG, looks damn real to me.
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Anyone know what it is? Or if it's available to download/buy?
Thanks.
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...without the subtitles.
So like bacci40 said - a darker alien nation. Will have some good, tense scenes, otherwise forgettable... Next! -
We get weirder creatures than that. People from the Idiocracy planet!
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Awesome. I always loved his short films. He has a really cool style. They need to peel him away from the poor South African projects "arena" though. I'm still hoping he will do "Halo" some day. That would be awesome for sure.
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It looks like a walking cliche. This looks like the same kind of thing people were spazzing about Cloverfield over. The premise will become tired quick. Mark my words.
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this viral douchery is rather gay
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probably not going to have a happy ending.
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This movie is going to be depressing as hell, and I'm going to love it.
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this looks like it's going to be this generations 'Day The Earth Stood Still'. It looks sombre, doesn't have a message delivered with a 50's sledgehammer about 'not fighting' and shit, but looks like it will be an allegory about racism, palestine, being dicks to each other and stuff. I hope it is cos they sure haven't put any action in the teaser, but they have a poignant end with the guy sayin 'we should all learn from this'. I mean, Alien Nation was just My Lethal Weapon's an Alien! I don't get that vibe from this teaser, hopefully it doesn't have a daft action scene ending but pans out to be one of those things normally referred to as a 'story'. Can't wait.
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bears a resemblance to those in INDEPENDENCE DAY
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May 08, 2009 10:53:18 PM CDT
I'm guessing MNU turns out to be an evil multi-national
by who dat ninga
intent of stealing the aliens' technology.
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May 08, 2009 11:26:11 PM CDT
Finally a Sci Fi flick where the aliens aren't the enemy
by cant_stop_yawning2
This looks excellent. Finally a flick where the big ship isn't destroying New York. Thanks to Peter Jackson for putting his weight behind this. I still don't understand why they blurred the alien in the first place, by the way. Really sets the tone.
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Am I the only person who saw the indepth vignette thingy like in December of 08? I thought that was all over here... it's like twice as long as this trailer showing some of the aliens living as homeless people in the streets and another alien being roughed up by police and stuff.
I'm still skeptical but I appreciate exploring different avenues of Scifi. I hope they at least give some sort of Homage to Alien Nation though. Maybe one of the Aliens will be named Sam Francisco -
If you play around on that site, some of the propaganda from the government on the aliens is very clever. Gives you tastes of something you don't understand and doesn't reall reveal too much but gives you the sense of conflict and politic.
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I love this movie. I haven't seen it but I love it.
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you're officially my water brother
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Aliens invade and thank God, it didn't happen again in America.
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They just removed any conflict the audience might have in their own minds when watching the trailer. What got me excited about it was the sense of uncertainty and paranoia, the fear of the unknown because the simple truth is MAYBE the unknown CAN hurt you, but you just don't know.
But no, it's just a straightforward allegorical cliche about racism after all. Humans are jerks. Aliens are good. Epic yawn. -
I have hated every movie adapted from a video game so far but after seeing this I can't help but fucking pray for this guy to get the greenlight for a Halo movie.
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I have to disagree with everyone saying that this has the same premise as cloverfield. It may have a similar style (mockumentary-ish) but the premise of giant monster destroys NYC is a polar opposite to South Africans treat aliens like shit.
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"this viral douchery is rather gay"a) anyone that uses "gay" to mean "stupid" is either 13 years old, a huge fucking jerk, or both.b) this is a fucking TRAILER...how do you get "viral douchery" out of that? is every movie that releases a fucking trailer online guilty of this same vague and idiotic nonsense?seriously, is it me, or are trolls not even trying anymore?
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the Cloverfield website and all that was FUN. I was here on AICN during a lot of it, and we liked it. so I don't see why you'd get up in arms about this website and a few links/articles.if you give me a little of that and actually make a DECENT FILM, all the better. Cloverfield was a failed experiment because they didn't go all the way with it. if you want to shoot it with the little camera, and have that conceit, great. but then cut out the corny love story. cut out the comic relief. cut out the uncomfortable bookends to the "story". just make it batshit crazy the whole way. it could have been great, instead, just passable.
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..is it me you're looking for?
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I still think you're a fucking idiot, but I concede that this is a viral marketing campaign, although a pretty subtle one.
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May 09, 2009 2:33:16 AM CDT
I agree, its better with the subs. Changes the whole movie for m
by geomancer21
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This looks great. And while we're on the topic on South Africa, I watched Stander last night, and it was fucking awesome.
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Bla bla bla.
Have you taken a decent look at this campaign? It's actually really nicely put together and poses more questions than it answers. Adds another layer of mystique to the film. How do we know which of these trailers is telling the truth about the movie at this point?
That's what I don't understand about these negative fucks. So keen to jump to conclusions in order to celebrate their own cynicism. Damn do you know how to enjoy anything anymore? -
Very clever trick with documentary beginning. If only a movie could pull off such a trick when you go see the film - imagine that!
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This sparked my interest as soon as I heard about it. Now that I've seen this my mind's made up - I'm going to the cinema as soon as it opens.
As for those who think that's Peter Jackson's voice at the end I really don't think it is. The voice, to my ears has a South African accent, not a New Zealand one. -
or is it in the doc format for the ads? I hope it's like COPS and follows a trooper round district 9 on a shift, that could be epic.
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Fuck i thought this was about Aliens. I guess harry ment illegals. Then I see the aliens and now I'm thinking bullshit!!! Something with far more advanced Technology being held prisoner. Yeah, what happens when the rescue party arrives to punish us for it. Come one now. Should have kept it about illegals. More believable that way...
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obviously is into infaltable rubber things. Lots of sqeeky rubber on rubber sounds and squishy noises. and watermelon pulpy like fisting noises. Just Say'in is all.
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fucking liquor is killing more thn my liver folks.
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Keith Olberman?
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Awww shit he's making the clicking noises too.
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since the translation is seemingly provided by "George" its an attempt to sway human sympathy. There's no way of knowing if the translation is accurate or not.
And that is what sells it for me. -
even if i cant trust that one guy in that i've seen before. oh i remember. predator.
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I'm definitely intrigued.
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I'm an avid player (well, was ), but the Halo story is about as shallow as DOOM was. There's far better SciFi out there to be made into movies.
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It won't be successful in the states, due to that the majority of movie goers won't understand it, cause it doesn't have shit blowing up and etc. I'm glad to see that real Sci-Fi is coming back, even if it is in the indie world. This includes the movie 'Moon' among others.
I not worry that Hollywood is going to kidnap the concept fro indies, cause they have to make money.
Anyway, looking forward to D-9. -
"I'm not worried that Hollywood is going to kidnap the concept from Indies, cause they have to make money"
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I have seen his short films for Halo on you tube.
This guy is fucking awesome. Give this great man 150 million dollars, give him that Halo Script that received great reviews on latinoreviews.com, give him Weta and Peter Jackon's blessing, and you people at AICN will know what a balls-to-the-wall epic sci-fi film REALLY is all about.
This guy is definitely the next James Cameron.
I am waiting and praying for his Halo vision to come to life.
And you silly fuckers better pray with me, 'cause I am sick of hollywood's bullshit being pumped out year after year, with lame Will Smith one-liners and Rehashed Jew propaganda bullshit (how many more times do we have to be reminded that some Jews got gassed in ww2? MOVE THE FUCK ON ALREADY!)
Mr Blomkamp, if you are reading this, email me:
alphaprima@hotmail.com
I know you are the future of hollywood, and I would like to work with you.
I am a film maker myself, and I know what you're capable of.
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if a SA filmaker can make an actual honest to goodness good sci-fi movie. Emporor...steady on there dude, Neil is talented no doubt, but lets wait and see what he accomplishes first before we start throwing around comparisons to Cameron. Those are big shoes to fill imho, and Neil has yet to have his first film released...
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South African society being used as an analogy by a sci-fi film...
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Which was blomkamp's short film about alien immigrants.
They blur the faces out in that film and also in Jackson's film because the aliens faces are so offensive and vulgar to human's... Think Cthuluesque.
I am glad they provided translations and unblurred the alien, because it seems they are simply passing by when they experience some trouble. We are holding them on earth, trying to learn about their weapons and space travel... how as human can we let such an 'Opportunity' go by?
This film is going to say alot for how we as a race treat are own race, now imagine how we would treat one not even human. Good open up some good and upsetting issues about how we humans behave.
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I love how Hollywood is starting to REALLY "get it" with sci-fi and fantasy,...as every genre does have the potential to feel as REAL (or unreal) as anything else. "THE DARK KNIGHT" (and to a lesser degree, "IRON MAN") raised the bar for life-like realism within the superhero genre. "DISTRICT 9" (and perhaps James Cameron's upcoming AVATAR) look to do the same for sci-fi (though, obviously, the sci-fi genre has far less ground to cover).
In truth, there is so much room for exploration within sci-fi motion pictures, which I predict will (soon) become as common as the superhero sequel. Hopefully, an uncommon quality will also be hitting our local movie houses.
In past talkbacks, before BATMAN BEGINS was in production, I had mentioned how the fantasy of comic book stories BECOME real in the mind of a reader. Villains don't prance around, telling of evil plans...as if on a stage in a play. They mimic real people, within the fantasy of the character. But just as important, I feel, is the artistic visualization of the movie,...no matter how close or far from reality we go.
WATCHMEN was an amazing motion picture, though not perfect. Same for THE DARK KNIGHT. One succeeds at the box office far beyond expectations. The other was a box office disappointment (though should do well enough after dvd/blu-ray sales).
What I'm getting at...is that, despite what this may suggest to Warner Bros. and the rest of Hollywood, these box office results tell a lie. This...kick...that Hollywood is getting in bringing such fiction to a new level of life, from news media video footage and shake-camera techniques...to 3D state-of-the-art technology and advancing cgi,...it is ALL extremely cool. I'm a fan of this overall technique, which took too long to get here. However, I'm also a fan of professional choreography and the artistry of involving the camera within that (see THE MATRIX), and the visual playground that movies offer, being pictures in motion. Don't let artistry die in the face of realism. They both have their place. And it is up to Hollywood to find people with the vision to bring the unreal to life, even if it involves a little artistry,...even if it involves a lot (such as WATCHMEN).
Do you want to know what camera shot EATS at me, from THE DARK KNIGHT? (*spoiler warning* --for the 2 people whom haven't seen it, yet.) There's a camera shot that feels so FORCED to me,...that, it is as if Nolan did the shot ONLY because he felt he HAD to. The camera shot I'm talking about is while police are at the door of Mrs. Gordon, during the notification of her husband's death. Specifically, it is the shot of Batman, in earshot, cape flowing (to the side) while crouched. --I get it. It was for the sake of clarity. The audience needs to be convinced that Batman overhears. It leads into the next scene, releasing that emotional energy, which is an element of storytelling that I LOVE. And you may as well have that flowing cape. I got it. But...
Where do you, as an artist, draw the line? In my opinion, THE DARK KNIGHT was already committed to that higher bar of realism from the very beginning. But Batman, as he was visually captured in that above mentioned scene, was in a forced camera shot,...in the face of that realism. In hindsight (as convenient as hindsight is), I would have preferred Batman listening from a far rooftop, though within eyesight. Have Batman shoot a dart with a mini microphone so that he listens...and Mrs. Gordon screams at him upon sight, after learning a supposed truth. To me, THAT camera shot should have felt REAL while ALSO looking extremely cool.
Chose your sides.
But I just wanna know,...when is Michael Mann going to make a superhero flick?
And SUPERMAN would indeed fit into the next Nolan Bat-flick, under the theme of escalation. Look at DISTRICT 9, for cryin' out loud!
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Oh, MAN!!! I'm getting a good vibe off this. I sure hope it lives up to its promise. When I saw Wolverine, the original, blurred trailer played and it seriously freaked people out in the theatre that I saw it in (mostly rural folks). I'm looking forward to this one for SURE!Was it me or was the alien talking like a Geonosian?
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I'm pretty sure it's called "First Sleep" from the Solaris (2002) score. Cliff Martinez wrote it. Great album, but it's hard to find these days.
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If the aliens were actually offered a larger (and oil filled) planet with shared control over the important parts of Earth but instead chose to forgo that and flee from earth while 5 other alien planets attacked earth, the day it was formed. Oh, also, shortly before earth was formed, all humans were violently expelling from alien planets into earth so that there would be a higher concentration of humans in one place for the 5 alien planets to attack. Otherwise, it's not a metaphor for Palestinian refuges so much as it is a metaphor for lame-duck-half-thought-through-arguments-that-ultimately-boil-down-to-antisemtism. ___________
but it any case, all of that is irrelevant because this clearly a film about the apartheid state in South Africa and not the conflict between Israel and Palestine. And the two only even look similar to idiots. -
That short film with the aliens and the robocop was pretty damn cool, too, I'm glad they decided to give this guy a bigger palette to flesh out this story rather than waste their time with a pointlessly derivative Halo movie. Also, as s0nicdeathmonkey has demonstrated, it will be entertaining to watch the partisan hacks twist their panties into knots about the political allegories in this story. Stay predictable, monkeyboy.
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You know what would be a great twist? If the aliens really did have some sort of ulterior motive and were plotting something sinister. Then they really would be like the black, brown, Palestinians, and even the Jews, Americans, Europeans, Chinese, and every one else on this planet.
That would be ironic ending. They really are trying to fuck over the humans which proves they actually do belong here on Earth with us. -
Alien Nation, or Independence Day, or anything with yet another "mother" ship floating above a city or whatever.
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that looks even more...mmm...compelling. definitly want too see it. even more so now.
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The director better have a smart answer for that within the film or maybe I'll find one on this board.
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this needs to be a sci fi movie:
http://thegoldilockszone.blogspot.com/
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don't fault the movie for visually resembling an independence day ship floating.... I'll give them a pass on that. How many ways can you portray a ship in the atmosphere. Yes, I'm kind of tired of all alien ships that land being round, but that's part of Hollywood alien mythos.
I'm willing to give this a chance... I just hope as others have that there's a real story somewhere and that it's not all atmosphere.
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to this. Looks like a real sombre piece, with a nice score. Its gonna be good anyway, why else would p. jackson plaster his name all over it.
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The subtitles really put the context of the film out there. No we know what it's about, instead of just cool imagery. Releasing the first trailer then altering it and re-releasing it this way is genius. Shock and awe, then add a context. Brilliant.
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... and passed it only to find that you just see this bullshit page: http://www.multinationalunited.com/#/9
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countdown to GammaVerse has begun
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...manage to take control of the grasshopper people's spaceship? That would be akin to the cat driving away in the family saloon. Not that I have any doubt that it'll all be explained to everyone's satisfaction.
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I can't have been the only person who saw the aliens unblurred months ago. This is not new. A few people's comments on her are a little too jizzy. I think the movie looks cool, but seriously there better be some damn characters. If it's all documentary it's going to be boring as hell.
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