Seriously though this film came out the same year as James Cameron’s bore-fest Avatar, and the contrast between the two ways of humanizing the aliens species is so stark and makes Cameron’s obvious reliance on making the aliens attractive so we are more naturally humanize them. Whereas Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 makes them ugly and filthy, and yet does so much more of a competent job of humanizing the alien characters, especially in regards of making them physically unpalatable but more socially palatable than any of the humans. The humanization relies entirely on character development and character action, as opposed to Avatars lazy fucking doe-eyed puppy-nosed blue fuckdolls.
I loved the idea of aliens refugees coming to earth but I didn’t really like the movie that much. From what I remember in the end there was just a lot or shooting and running which was disappointing. Around 2009 I was used to less action packed and more thoughtful science fiction like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, “Moon” or “Never Let Me Go”.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_9
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 days ago
Some sort of apartheid In South Africa? The crazy shit science fiction writers come up with, right?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I know, fucking wild, right? So unrealistic. /s
Seriously though this film came out the same year as James Cameron’s bore-fest Avatar, and the contrast between the two ways of humanizing the aliens species is so stark and makes Cameron’s obvious reliance on making the aliens attractive so we are more naturally humanize them. Whereas Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 makes them ugly and filthy, and yet does so much more of a competent job of humanizing the alien characters, especially in regards of making them physically unpalatable but more socially palatable than any of the humans. The humanization relies entirely on character development and character action, as opposed to Avatars lazy fucking doe-eyed puppy-nosed blue fuckdolls.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 days ago
I loved the idea of aliens refugees coming to earth but I didn’t really like the movie that much. From what I remember in the end there was just a lot or shooting and running which was disappointing. Around 2009 I was used to less action packed and more thoughtful science fiction like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, “Moon” or “Never Let Me Go”.
snoons@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
wtf prawn mantas
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
fookin mantasprang