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I work in a movie theater. Sometimes people sign up to buy the one-sheets for movies after they run. I'm upstairs rifling through old posters when I find the rack for upcoming films. I see a tube marked "District 9" and pause. Am I really holding valuable nerd memorabilia? Are we really going to be playing it? I crack open the seal on the cardboard vessel and unroll one of several posters, all the same.  I'm so fucking stoked for this movie. Discuss. TEAM APARTMENT: No one rocks quite as hard as we do.   {pDs} Lead Salad: basically playing demoman is like fucking to me
{pDs} Lead Salad: only way better because you get to chop a guys head off
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I am also. When I first saw the trailer I thought it might be just a dumb movie, especially since they revealed the aliens in the trailer. However, I researched some more about the general story of the movie and I know now that it's not about that, but rather about coexisting with another form of being. Once I realized this perspective the movie is trying to make out, I got excited about it. I think it's because I originally thought it was an "alien invasion" movie on the surface. {pDs} Lead Salad: bike why did you change your name
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Bike wrote:I think it's because I originally thought it was an "alien invasion" movie on the surface. I think that was the kicker for everyone. The theatrical trailers came in two rounds. The first trailer concludes with the alien being interviewed, his language obscured but his intentions ambiguous. He looks menacing. The second trailer shows subtitles on the alien's speech, where we discover they want to leave, but are being kept there by the humans. That's the whole mindfuck and it's an ingenious marketing play. TEAM APARTMENT: No one rocks quite as hard as we do. {pDs} Lead Salad: basically playing demoman is like fucking to me
{pDs} Lead Salad: only way better because you get to chop a guys head off
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Oh man, can you mail me one of those posters ? hehe The website is pretty cool too. When you enter it asks you if you are you human or non-human. If you click non-human it like restricts your access and goes all Hitler on you. http://www.d-9.com/{pDs} Saber wrote:
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wtf is district 9? silverwasp wrote:Be careful what you wish for... I have 10 younger siblings and I am only 20....
Yes.... Same parents WarMachine wrote:meh...maybe if he hadn't been handed a burning house he could have done great things, but right now he has won the Prize for what? Damage Control?
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What is this? A prequel to Banlieue 13?  Splinter wrote:I'd follow you into hell and back... just wouldn't follow you into Spaniards room. Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:I found rubbing the nubs a bit before inserting makes it work most of the time. Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:Admittedly, I've always been extremely drunk when I've eaten Dicks
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TripleBam wrote:I think that was the kicker for everyone. The theatrical trailers came in two rounds. The first trailer concludes with the alien being interviewed, his language obscured but his intentions ambiguous. He looks menacing. The second trailer shows subtitles on the alien's speech, where we discover they want to leave, but are being kept there by the humans. That's the whole mindfuck and it's an ingenious marketing play.
That just made me want to watch this movie. I love that kind of stuff. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan Aftershock Forums
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What is this I dont even Splinter wrote:I'd follow you into hell and back... just wouldn't follow you into Spaniards room. Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:I found rubbing the nubs a bit before inserting makes it work most of the time. Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:Admittedly, I've always been extremely drunk when I've eaten Dicks
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I want your posters.  CLICK THIS PICTURE AND FUCKING DONATE! WE'RE BROKE! WDF Radio[13:58] TheSpaniard84: I have a kitty stuck to my rump [13:58] WhuTdufK: I suppose that's better than what's normally stuck to your rump.
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Eh, publicity stunt...or idiots. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan Aftershock Forums
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Here is a picture i took of my local movie theaters bathroom doors. I laughed. 
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Thats an awesome poster. Explosive poo. Hehe. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan Aftershock Forums
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Went and saw it tonight (employee screening lolololol). There's moderate spoilers ( not plot-spoilers, but detail spoilers, if you want EVERYTHING to be new )
The aliens have been there for 20 years. As such, language barriers are broken. The humans and aliens speak in their respective languages, but can more-or-less understand each other.
It takes a bit to get over, and nearly broke my suspended disbelief once or twice, but you settle into it very quickly and it soon feels very natural. Outside of that bit, this is one of the (if not the) single smartest and most original "alien invasion" movies I have ever seen. And it makes me weep for the Halo movie that could have been (given that this is the same director-writer team behind the aborted Halo film). TEAM APARTMENT: No one rocks quite as hard as we do. {pDs} Lead Salad: basically playing demoman is like fucking to me
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I saw it last night with the girlfriend. Besides some slowness and times when it seemed kind of unfocused it was 100% awesome. It's a very brutal movie, my girlfriend didn't want to talk about it at all afterward she was so unsettled. She did really like it though. I really liked how the director was never shy or squeamish, I think it was one of the most honest portrayals of humanity I've seen in a long time. Razor wrote:Killing people is good therapy.  
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haha dude I love how all the alien weapons fuckin turn people into a cloud of blood and shit and that mech suit think blasted that dudes head open inter-species prostitution wtf I love when those prawns swarm the one asshole military guy and rip him up and eat him, then that one alien was flippin out with the guys head in his mouth oh my god I almost died laughimng in the theater I did feel that some parts dragged on but it was just the natural suspense making me want to know what happens next, also I was expecting a more climactic ending it was so hard for me to watch at times and surpress my laughter at/understand the fucking south african accent Splinter wrote:I'd follow you into hell and back... just wouldn't follow you into Spaniards room. Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:I found rubbing the nubs a bit before inserting makes it work most of the time. Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:Admittedly, I've always been extremely drunk when I've eaten Dicks
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