Fully leverage your street cred as a Sci-Fi boffin by packing these fully authentic “District 9″ replica weapons for your basement arsenal. When the end comes and the teeming hordes of math, physics and engineering deficient rednecks cross onto your L.A.W.N. (Local Area Weapons Nexus), feel free to whip out the Gas Projector or my personal favorite the Arc Generator. No demonstrations will be necessary to yonder hairy palmed interlopers as any creature with a rudimentary fore-brain can see that if you cross onto the L.A.W.N., the Nerd standing there next to his Mom is going to drop some serious joules on Billy Bob and his cousin Chester.
Archive for District 9 (2009) Movie
Neill Blomkamp Gives A TED Talk On Alien Life And The Human Future
Just in case you’ve been “away”, getting some much needed “rest” and haven’t checked out the must see TEDtalks series of lectures happening now all over the place, let me fill you in on an excellent Sci-Fi TED given by Neill Blomkamp, director and writer of “District 9″ a movie where the aliens arrive and can’t or won’t go home.
District 9 DVD Cover Art and Specs
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing Neill Blomkamp’s breakthrough hit “District 9″ on standard DVD and Blu-ray December 22 2009 (just in time for the sci-fi fan in your household, natch). Starring Sharlto Copley and produced by Peter Jackson of “Lord of the Rings” fame, the “Alien Nation”-esque movie took the box office by storm when it was released, and garnered mostly positive critical reviews, which translated into excellent box office recripts, making it one of the few sci-fi moves released in 2009 that can make that boast. DVD cover art and specs below.
District 9 Director Ready for a Sequel
This is what happens when a movie comes out of nowhere and scores big, as director Neill Blomkamp’s film “District 9″ has done. The film’s got people interested in sci-fi again (always a good thing), and that excitement has translated into box office success to the tune of a $37 million dollar opening weekend. So can a sequel be far behind?
District 9 Hits It Big At The Weekend Box Office
I’m not sure if it was the lack of other good films out this weekend or the fact that “District 9″ was really good that jumped D9 to the top of the charts this weekend. I’ll take the positive view and say that movie watchers had finally become numb to the craptacular fare we’ve been suffering through lately and saw to it that an intelligent and well made Sci-Fi got its due.
District 9 (2009) Movie Review
By rights, “District 9″ should probably have bypassed theaters and gone directly to On Demand cable tv and dvd. It features a cast of relative unknowns, an untested director, and a modest $30 million dollar budget. And so “District 9″ failed to be the hyper publicized escapism that so many of its’ top grossing predecessor’s had. Instead, a miracle occurred; “District 9″ triumphed and shone as daringly original film that at times will make you want to stand up and cheer.
Four Clips from District 9
The Peter Jackson-produced “District 9″ hits theaters August 14th, and to get people ready for the movie, the studio has released four new clips from the film. Check them out below.
Big Old Interview With Director/Writer Of District 9 Neill Blomkamp
It’s spoilery so I read it with only one eye. I suggest you do the same. “District 9″ comes out this week and I’m pumped people. It looks Sci-Fi fresh. “District 9″ tells the story of Aliens from the planet of the insect people that pick the wrong solar system to run out of gas in. It stars Sharlto Copley as a kind of U.N. representative in charge of relocating the aliens from the shanty town camp they are put in to a more country setting.
Um, Mainstream Media? Newsflash: District 9 is NOT Low-Budget
I’m scouring my newsfeeds as I usually do every morning looking for viable movie news, when I ran across this headline on the USAToday feed: “Peter Jackson is back to basics on low-budget ‘District 9′”. You see, because in Hollywood, a $30 million dollar movie is considered low-budget.
New District 9 Trailer With New Footage And Commentary
I’m getting really pumped up for the oncoming “District 9″, a film produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Neill Blomkamp about aliens that come to visit and foolishly forget to obliterate us before they land. Silly aliens.
District 9 Hero Packing Heat
As Comic-Con gets underway, news and media of every description will begin to fly from San Diego in copious amounts. Your fearless Sci-Fi newsman, Endy, is on it. If it’s cool, you’ll see it here. District 9 is about aliens, far from home and stuck on Earth. They made the serious mistake of not just vaporizing us on sight and now look where it got them. They live in camps in South Africa and perhaps only agent Wikus, played by Sharlto Copley, can set them free. Here is the agent himself, wielding a bad ass firearm that looks to be flamethrowery. Whatever it is it’s big and nasty. On Aug 14th we will see for sure what it can do. Thanks Slashfilm.
District 9 Television Trailers
The push is on to promote Niell Blomkamp’s District 9, the story of aliens that come to visit and the nasty reception they receive. I think the film is going to be great Sci-Fi but it seems like the anti-apartheid lesson it illustrates seems a bit dated. I can’t imagine any real aliens being treated like this. Yes I know they are a metaphor for humans. I get it. That they land in South Africa and are put into camps just seems a little too obvious. Still, it has Peter Jackson producing and features giant robots, angry aliens and human-alien hybrids so it sounds like fun. Embedding seems to be difficult with these new TV spots so I shall just redirect you to YouTube for the HD goodness. Thanks ComingSoon for the scoop. District 9 opens Aug 14th.
Three District 9 Viral Videos
Three viral videos for the Peter Jackson-produced “District 9″, opening August 14, 2009. The movie stars William Allen Young, Jason Cope, Sharlto Copley, and is directed by Neill Blomkamp. The first viral video is a commercial for the movie’s faux omnipresent MNU corporation, which has “slimy” and “evil” written all over their human-friendly face; the second and third is a series of man-on-the-street interviews with people about the aliens. It’s all very silly, these viral marketing gimmick, but there you have them. I just hope the movie itself lives up to the hype, or at the very least, isn’t a total letdown. I hate it when the marketing is better than the movie.
New District 9 Trailer Reveals the Conflict, Plot
The only thing we’ve seen of the Peter Jackson-produced “District 9″ so far has been trying to sell us the viral side of the movie. It’s all very clever and cute, but it’s about time we saw some real plot from this movie, and this latest trailer does just that. I just hope that when all is said and done, this isn’t another movie about Government conspiracies and cover-ups, with the aliens ended up being exploited by the big bad humans and are just fighting back, etc. Man, that would be so predictable…
New Poster For District 9 Reveals: No Saucers In My Backyard
District 9 is a Sci-Fi film with a message. The more you diverge in appearance, attitude or culture from the majority archetype, the more you will be hated. In District 9, aliens from some distant world arrive on Earth and are forced to remain. The reception we give these aliens here on Earth is none too friendly.
