Today We Celebrate Our Independence Day

Today's question comes from a cool dude named Matt Raptor.

Message:
Do you think District 9 is gonna be cool or is it gonna be like Transformers type of gay? seems like kind of a cool idea but i think the aliens might look a little whack.

Reply:
Since I am not sure that anything can match the type of gay that Transformers had, my money is on it being pretty kick ass. Transforming my ass, the robots just explode and then reassemble themselves. There is no way that dudes leg was part of a car.

So, from what I've seen, read, and heard of this movie, it may be one of the best Sci-Fi/Action movies this year. The trailer looks awesome, I think the aliens look great(creepy and different), and the tone they are setting seems to be hitting all the right points. First off I would like to applaud the promotions department of this film, for not giving away too much plot other than there being some crazy alien invasion and the possibility of an all out balls to the wall war. It looks like there won't be any weak ass "lets try to be funny and punch an alien in the face by Will Smith while welcoming him to Erf." They seem to be diving right into this world by just showing the way it is and wishing that people accept it, no gimmicks needed. The director, Neill Blomkamp, is a full feature first timer and looks like he is out to prove that he can tackle anything by doing this movie, plus Peter Jackson is spearheading it so that's cool. So there it is, maybe I just hope that this thing kicks a bunch of ass, but most of the evidence is pointing to it being cool. I foresee no break-dancing or rapping aliens so that in itself is a plus.

Aliens + Action + Realism + Not needing the movie to be centralized around America = A recipe for sweetness
Mike

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