01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Well that was a surreal collection of appearances. I can't help feeling this will have the same problem as Elysium - the trailer makes it feel REALLY PREACHY and heavy-handed.
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Ingmar
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If nothing else the Indian character is actually being played by an Indian this time.
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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DraconianOne
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If nothing else the Indian character is actually being played by an Indian this time.
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A point can be MOOT. MUTE is more along the lines of what you should be. - WayAbvPar
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Malakili
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I'll watch it.
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Maven
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Blomkamp's films take a very hard Structuralist perspective in its subject matter. District 9 was excellent commentary on apartheid, but Elysium almost seemed comical in its preaching about inequality in social classes, with an ending that I thought was gob-smacking stupid and idealistic ("Free Health Care for all!")
I expect that the film examines how much environment has an effect on the development of a person as an argument for stabilizing conflict regions and raising the living standards of the poor. Not a bad socialist argument.
But robot sentience as a premise is where this film and others like it are a non-starter for me. I get that it's meant to explore "What would happen if humanity created a new sentient life form?", racism, slavery, etc. etc.
But if and when it happens? I'll be Hugh Jackman. Because then I get to be Hugh Jackman.
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DraconianOne
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A point can be MOOT. MUTE is more along the lines of what you should be. - WayAbvPar
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Shannow
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Hugh Jackman with a mullet? What's not to like?
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Someone liked something? Who the fuzzy fuck was this heretic? You don't come to this website and enjoy something. Fuck that. ~ The Walrus
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01101010
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What's not to like?
Dark short circuit now with more Robocop and I,Robot? |
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Die Antwoord and Heatbeeps vs. ED-209 and Wolverine?
BE THERE.
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Malakili
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I'll still watch it.
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Maven
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Geez, did I really write all that? I forget that suspension of disbelief is required to get to the point of the film and its commentary. I'm looking forward to when this comes out.
Edit: Trailer revealed way too much of the story, you can predict where things are going to go.
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« Last Edit: January 12, 2015, 03:21:29 PM by Maven »
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Surlyboi
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i'm in just for the Briareos "ears".
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Lantyssa
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THAT'S what he reminded me of!
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Lantyssa
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No, not a veritech, though I do see the resemblance. The police motif and articulation is closer to Appleseed though.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Surlyboi
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eat a bag of dicks
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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MediumHigh
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After Eyslium I'm pretty burnt on this guy. I don't care for his soapbox if he is going to ham up his sfy-cred to make a mute point.
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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to make a mute point.
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Soulflame
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Kids these days, with the spell check. And no context checker.
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angry.bob
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We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I.
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Maybe it's an attempt cunningly suggest the guy should shut up?
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Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
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Merusk
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Maven
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Small aside, thought that "From the director of District 9" on the poster with no mention of Elysium was telling about how that movie did. If that is his tagline on the next poster, the vector of his career will seem less optimistic.
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sickrubik
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Movie comes out this week. No reviews on it yet.... which... is usually not a good sign.
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beer geek.
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schild
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I feel like that happens with all of Blomkampfs (spelling) shit.
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sickrubik
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Earliest review for District 9 was Jul 30, 2009. District 9 opened wide on Aug 14.
Earliest review for Elysium was Aug 1, 2013. Elysium opened wide on Aug 8.
No reviews culled on RT yet for Chappie.
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beer geek.
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tazelbain
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"Me am play gods"
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sickrubik
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I kind of feel like someone else should be writing his films. It's a shame. They look absolutely awesome.
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beer geek.
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Nevermore
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There's been so much advertising for this movie I'm already sick of it.
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Over and out.
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MediumHigh
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Its funny how one movie can burn all your sfy cred. District 9 will basically be this guys Matrix.
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Teleku
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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Merusk
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I don't listen to RT critic reviews for stuff like Sci-Fi or Fantasy anymore, only the audience rating. So many critics are in love with bloviating and treating film as if it's the highest form of media that they'll tank reviews on what is an otherwise fun movie because it's not 'high art' or 'high concept' enough. Blockbusters avoid this because they're blockbusters, but this one I'm not sure on. The 67% audience review is encouraging but I'll give it more than the test audiences to even-out.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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sickrubik
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Just use it as a tool. It's not like the metric is 100% or 0%.
And there are plenty of huge movies that get great reviews, IE Guardians of the Galaxy.
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beer geek.
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Margalis
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This dude's career arc is shaped like a playground slide.
Good thing he's doing the next Alien movie!
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Maven
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With Sharlto Copley as the Alien Queen.
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