I heard the one character say what he said (which I won't say to avoid spoiling) and then immediately thought "something is going to happen right now to contradict him." so i wouldn't be surprised if what you suggest occurred to blomkamp and got rejected because it would get in the way of a good punchline.
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > > The whole trip would not have added anything, but show them blowing up > a cop car as they arrive, or something. > It bounced me out to see them just suddenly transported there. > > > On Sep 12, 2009, at 4:10 PM, cd wrote: > > > > > But really, though, if we had seen them hot wire a car, and then sneak > > through the city carefully avoiding detection -- all of which could be > > done -- would that have added anything to the movie? > > > > On Sep 12, 3:53 pm, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The part that bugged me (just a little) is that the travel. When > >> needed, they can walk across a busy city unnoticed until they blow up > >> the side of a building, and at other times, they can't go two yards > >> without catching 8,000 bullets. The keys are always left in the > >> vehicles. > >> I really enjoyed it otherwise. I liked the discomfort of watching the > >> dweeb joke about their eggs popping in such a realistic, documentary- > >> like style. I liked the transformation. > >> Worth seeing in the theatre for the effects! > >> > >> Alicia > >> On Sep 12, 2009, at 2:07 PM, cd wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> I agree! > >> > >>> And I'd add that the parts that aren't sufficently hard are > >>> reasonable > >>> for the demands of a good narrative. I'm willing to accept that > >>> pirates got Hamlet back to Denmark, and I'm willing to accept that > >>> the > >>> fuel turns the protag into a prawn. > >> > >>> I'm very pleased that the movie is doing well, too. Box Office Mojo > >>> estimates it cost $30million to make and has so far done $120million > >>> box. So that matches trash like Transformers 2 for ROI. Good news! > >>> Decent SF thriving! > >> > >>> cd > >> > >>> On Sep 12, 1:09 pm, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> I liked it a lot. I liked that the characterization was a little > >>>> bit > >>>> unconventional (though only a little*) and thought it was really > >>>> well done. > >>>> Copley did a great job creating this weak, dweeby guy and making a > >>>> plausible > >>>> presentation of him becoming more dangerous as needed. As SF, it's > >>>> at least > >>>> as well thought out as most space opera, modern or otherwise (and > >>>> much more > >>>> so than most). I liked the ending a lot -- I know some people hated > >>>> it, but > >>>> to me it did a couple of things I like to see: avoided the pat > >>>> feel- > >>>> good > >>>> ending without being outrageously bleak; and creates a clear > >>>> connection > >>>> between The Character Who Changes (because we ALL know characters > >>>> MUST > >>>> change!) and what he was before he "changed." > >>>> A lot of people seemed to me to be disappointed by what it didn't > >>>> do. It > >>>> wasn't a penetrating social commentary picture with lots of > >>>> sympathetic > >>>> alien characters interacting with humans in Very Special Moments. > >>>> But then, > >>>> neither is 99% of print SF. I went in expecting an action movie > >>>> with > >>>> culturally significant subtexts, and that's what I feel like I got. > >> > >>>> -- > >>>> *It's very much in the 'do the right thing against his better > >>>> judgement' > >>>> school of anti-hero characterization (like Bogie in Casablanca, The > >>>> Man in > >>>> Yojimbo/Fistfull of Dollars, Han Solo in Star Wars, or The > >>>> Continental Op in > >>>> Red Harvest). > >> > >>>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Alicia Henn > >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>>>> I liked it, too. As long as I didn't think about the plot too > >>>>> much. > >>>>> It was gruesome in a lot of different ways, but good. > >>>>> A damning judgement of humanity and terrific effects. > >> > >>>>> On Sep 12, 2009, at 11:54 AM, delancey wrote: > >> > >>>>>> So, I finally saw District 9 last night. I know some people > >>>>>> (e.g., > >>>>>> Nancy) didn't like it, but I thought it was great. About as good > >>>>>> as > >>>>>> big budget SF gets (granted: that's a kind of faint praise). > >>>>>> Am I > >>>>>> alone in this opinion? > >> > >>>>>> cd > >> > >>>> -- > >>>> eric scoles ([email protected]) > > > > > > > > -- eric scoles ([email protected]) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
