Aw...If you remember, the first Mummy trailers came off as serious. It was a really pleasant surprise when it was released....I'll never forget the line, "But is it supposed to be so...juicy?"
________________________________ From: Keith Johnson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:32:15 PM Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" Oh definitely not! Check those trailers to see it's pretty darn serious... ----- Original Message ----- From: "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:23:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" Oh well...That kills my speculations about District 9 going to be a tongue in cheek comedy... --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> wrote: >From: Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> >Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" >To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:04 PM > > > >I knew about it, but never made the connection until I heard it on Slice of >SciFi. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker013@ lycos.com> >To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:00:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > > >Thanks for that, Keith. I really didn't know about the Halo movie. > > > > > >---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >>Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" >>Date : Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:41:07 +0000 (UTC) >>From : Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> >>To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >> >>I heard on the podcast "Slice of SciFi" a fan call in and say how District 9 >>reminded him of ID4 and the videogame "Halo". The hosts said, "yeah it looks >>a lot like 'Halo', down to the aliens". They said that this is the case >>because, if you remember, Peter Jackson was initially engaged to do a movie >>version of "Halo". Ultimately that project fell through, but the rumour is he >>was so far into planning for "Halo", he decided to do a different concept, >>and gave the project over to another guy to direct as "District 9". Not sure >>if this is true, but I do remember Jackson was working on a "Halo" movie. So >>i guess it's not a big stretch to think that the production setups he might >>have had in place for that were then moved to this flick. >> >>I need to do some research for the truth of this... >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Martin Baxter" >>To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >>Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:51:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Keith, I'm hyped for it as well. I've been avoiding any websites that hawk it >>in anyway, primarily because of my aversion to critics. All but one person >>I've spoken to regarding it are keen to see it as well. (That one refers to >>it as an " 'Alien Nation' ripoff".) >> >> >> >> >> >> >>---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >>Subject : [scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" >>Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 06:55:00 +0000 (UTC) >>From : Keith Johnson >>To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >> >>The "District 9" flick has me really intrigued. with its locale of South >>Africa (so different from usual Hollywood story locatons), it's gritty look, >>and the fact that it's a Peter Jackson joint, i have high hopes. Indeed, I'm >>actually looking forward to it more than I have any other movie so far this >>year, including Star Trek. Anyone heard any early buzz? I did find favorable >>reviews via jumping from Rotten Tomatoes (something I loathe to do, but as >>local newspapers fire more critics, I'm having to venture further afield to >>even find real critics). >> >>http://www.rottento matoes.com/ m/district_ 9/ >> >>************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* >>********* >>http://boxoffice. com/reviews/ 2009/07/district -9.php >> >> >> >>District 9 is about the apartheid struggle in South Africa. For those under >>the age of 35 or so, apartheid was the system of racial segregation legally >>established by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1994. No >>matter what else it seems to be about, District 9 , a film made a young, >>white, South African director, is about apartheid. Co-writer/director Neill >>Blomkamp spent his formative years living under the system of apartheid and >>has conscientiously insinuated the issue into his film. The attitudes, ideals >>and actions of the characters, from everyday citizens to government officials >>and those in business, reflect those that were common during the apartheid >>regime. The filmmakers, including producer Peter Jackson, have stealthily >>laid the artifacts of these dark days beneath the guise of an Alien invasion >>movie that is intense, graphically novelistic (though it’s an original story) >>and just funny enough to keep you thoroughly entertained, even while the s! ! ubtext is of a very serious nature. Buzz and an also clever marketing scheme suggest this should be worth a few bucks at the box office—especially if the audience is mostly under 35. >> >>The film is told using a number of cinematic modes including documentary >>footage, mockumentary footage, newsreel accounts, surveillance cameras and >>the standard story elements of narrative fiction. This is actually less >>chaotic than it sounds and serves to move the narrative along at a brisk >>pace. There’s little need here for filler. The filmmakers can justify any >>narrative exposition by putting a camera on the action (any potential camera) >>and just showing us, or having the characters explain the action to the >>cameramen. When all else fails Blomkamp inserts a movie moment and presses >>on. Lovely. Mister Blomkamp is a fine director who cut his teeth on >>commercials and music videos, and at the knee of director and special effects >>guru Peter Jackson. Between the two of them (Jackson’s company was employed >>for the effects) they’ve come up with the best CGI effects film to date. The >>spacecrafts, the cityscapes, the weapons effects and the aliens themselves (which we are! ! told are 100 percent CGI) are all exceptional. But the best thing in the movie is lead actor Sharlto Copley, a long time friend of the director and fairly novice actor. Copley is pitch perfect, delicately straddling the line between ordinary Afrikaans racist and empathic hero. >> >>The narrative of District 9 revolves around a giant alien spacecraft that >>came to rest above downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, some 20 years before >>the story began. Inhabited by one million crawfish-like, cat food and raw >>meat eating, humanoid aliens, little can be discerned about where the ship >>came from or who the creatures are. They are simply here. They are strong but >>without direction or purpose, mostly docile and apparently of little use to >>humanity. So we warehouse them—in District 9. Then, we decide to forcibly >>move them to a different, shoddier, interment camp. >>While other nations are far from guiltless of such cruelties, the emphasis >>here is on the South African history. Still, the structures the film employs >>are incisive and direct and, if you’re over 35, they might piss you off. >> >>Distributor: Sony Pictures >>Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, William >>Allen Young and Robert Hobbs >>Director: Neill Blomkamp >>Screenwriters: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell >>Producers: Peter Jackson >>Genre: Science Fiction >>Rating: Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language. >>Running Time: 113 min. >>Release date: August 14, 2009 >> >> >> >> >> >>http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds >> > > >http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
