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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #30 on: September 21, 2009, 12:06:40 am »
If you're gonna haul TV Tropes out of its slimy cave, it should be mentioned that Vickus also qualifies for Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass.

I think I would have enjoyed the film far less had I seen the trailer beforehand. The Genre Shift was my favorite thing about it. I literally went in expecting a straight-up quiet political mockumentary, just a bunch of interviews with talking heads, some shots of the aliens, and a vague story out of requirement. I was really pleasantly surprised by the black humor in the beginning, finding it reminiscent of The Office, and by the fact that there was a main character at all. When things began to lean more toward action, I was quite taken aback, as I had not expected that in the least.

I watched the trailer online when I got home, and it was really bland and gave away all the big surprise moments. Again, I'm really glad I went into this movie with so little.

I think District 9 is a future classic.

I thought it was very much in the vein of an earlier generation of action films, in the good way. It reminded me of Alien, Mad Max, The Terminator, Die Hard, in a way that I can't really articulate. It just seemed very different and much better than most of the action films that have been made in the past 15 years.
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #31 on: September 21, 2009, 12:42:19 am »
I'm going to go again with the hero being so vulnerable and taking such a beating. Action movies seem to have skewed back towards invincible heroes of late.
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #32 on: September 21, 2009, 02:06:57 am »
Quote from: Asherdan on September 18, 2009, 03:26:38 pm
...shaky documentary cam stylze was pissing me off anyways.

It basically becomes a different movie about halfway through. I don't think you stuck around long enough.
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2009, 01:52:03 am »
I recently saw it and I would say it is definitely worth a rental if you're in the mood to finish it. Also, did the main character remind anyone else of the character Murray from Flight of the Conchords?
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2009, 02:11:55 am »
Yes!
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2009, 04:47:45 am »
No, but now that you mention it...
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #36 on: October 13, 2009, 02:27:09 am »
Quote from: CortJstr on September 12, 2009, 04:13:06 pm
The worst part is the parasite has a little smile.

YES! I just described it to my couchmate as "a happy little sweet-faced hedgehog of a parasite".  He still won't look at it.
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #37 on: October 13, 2009, 05:27:49 am »
i read in some other article that the giraffe dont actually get any adverse effects from the parasite.
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #38 on: October 13, 2009, 06:10:15 am »
Quote from: greenkoolayd on October 13, 2009, 05:27:49 am
i read in some other article that the giraffe dont actually get any adverse effects from the parasite.

If anything it is a status symbol and hell of boosts their fitness

It is kind of like a grill for giraffe, because giraffe are low vertebrates
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #39 on: October 13, 2009, 06:13:22 am »
Quote from: Victoria Waterfield on October 13, 2009, 06:10:15 am
If anything it is a status symbol and hell of boosts their fitness

It is kind of like a grill for giraffe, because giraffe are low vertebrates

quasi-symbiotic, quasi-parasitic white things that attach themselves to a host body, and once there insinuate themselves until they are indispensible? As a status symbol?

Isopod?

IsoPOD?

I(so)POD?

IPOD???
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #40 on: October 13, 2009, 06:19:10 am »
nah dude it's a total zune

it wants to be a status symbol but just falls short

these giraffe want to be bioluminescent but the contract just doesn't make sense for the money
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #41 on: October 13, 2009, 01:01:41 pm »
They also eat your tongue like the Zune.
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2009, 01:57:17 pm »
Quote from: Victoria Waterfield on October 13, 2009, 06:10:15 am
If anything it is a status symbol and hell of boosts their fitness

It is kind of like a grill for giraffe, because giraffe are low vertebrates
I gave my first tiny cans of Dr Pepper for this...and then did it again!  TWO CANS for this!
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #43 on: October 13, 2009, 05:44:26 pm »
Quote from: bluemoon72 on October 13, 2009, 01:57:17 pm
I gave my first tiny cans of Dr Pepper for this
With great power comes great responsibility.
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Re: Check This Shit Out
« Reply #44 on: October 13, 2009, 05:47:22 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on October 13, 2009, 05:44:26 pm
With great power comes great responsibility.

Not to mention refreshment. Ahhhh.
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