I’m really looking forward to this movie opening on August 14, and I’m not one to get too excited about upcoming science fiction flicks. It’s not a genre I particularly relish, but some of the best sci fi flicks (”Blade Runner,” for example) can transcend the genre limitations and tell us a lot about the modern condition. This film, directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, is generating quite a buzz around it—in part because of a cool viral ad campaign and also because of some impressive, mysterious trailers. “District 9″ chronicles the fate of refugee extraterrestrials who’ve come to Earth only to be forced to live in a poor section of South Africa called District 9 under the thumb of the corporation Multi-National United. MNU’s interest? The alien weapons, of course.
- Aaron Brand
August 6th, 2009 at 2:33 am
I’m looking forward to it, because the trailers suggest that their reaction to ET aliens is pretty similar to the local reaction to MX aliens:
“ZOMG! They’s illegals! Lock them up, lock-em-up, LOCKMUP!!!!
August 6th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Ha, indeed! I think the premise is a pretty thinly veiled reference to apartheid. It will be interesting to see how it’s handled. Also, the film is pretty gory from what I’ve heard so far.