Comments on: Deep Inside District 9: An In-Depth Blu-ray Review

By: vitamins

vitamins — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:55:54 +0000

I have had the unfortunate pleasure working with people just like Wikus. These are people who perform their duties in accordance with what they “think” the role entails or perform to impress peers. The actor plays this character to perfection. Now I have a new name for these sorts. “Wikuses”

By: Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking

Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:01:05 +0000

It's great to see that a Blu-ray like this features “features” of such high caliber. THIS is why I went Blu-ray last year and I hope that other feature films will take the time and effort to build in value like this. It makes the step up in price for the Blu-ray all that easier and what I want as a Blu-ray practitioner.

Thanks for a detailed and fulfilling review.

By: tony ballejos

tony ballejos — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:13:09 +0000

I just viewed District 9 and was very impressed—even blown away—no pun intended. What blew me away beyond the originality of the story, the Weta special effects, the hugely effective mixing of formats, styles and genres, was the blistering intelligence of director, co-writer Neill Blomkamp. After viewing Uruguay’s Ataque de Panico by Fede Alvarez, I thought the Messiah had arrived, and from of a Third World South American Commercial Director no less, but after listening to the Neill Blomkamp Commentary and viewing his film twice, it looks like that embodiment must belong to this Nordic Commercial Director out of Johannesburg—by way of Vancouver. Moreover, the film was rife with great homages (Alien, Aliens, ET, Transformers, Total Recall, Iron Man, just to name a quick half dozen.), but being who he is, Blomkamp only mentioned one slight Speilbergian reference; otherwise you would have thought this was the first Sci-Fi conceptualized and executed since Georges Méliès’ A Trip to The Moon.
A note to all you budding filmmakers who want to be rich, learn and master Special Effects like Alvarez and Blomkamp, then write a Horror Sci-Fi using a classic war/battle, allegory, myth, folktale, or social/political conflict, (like forced mobilization) and write a sci-fi based on it—got it? Good.

By: julia

julia — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:30:11 +0000

Great movie! Seriously cool and different! Can't wait for the DVD. I hope this movie gets some Oscar glory!

By: tom

tom — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:56:34 +0000

Sounds fantastic – looking forward to having my own d9 – ev en though i have no blu ray player . . .

By: nicky_cavell

nicky_cavell — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:51:19 +0000

yup basically its the E3 demo they showed. where you climb i think its olympis and then rip out helios head and then use it to find secret passages

By: PaulSileo

PaulSileo — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:31:22 +0000

It is.

By: Chris Budke

Chris Budke — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:17:42 +0000

Do you know if the GoW 3 demo is the same one as the one they showed at E3?

By: brianrodden

brianrodden — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:13:01 +0000

How fucking sweet is that GOW III demo gonna be?

By: nicky_cavella

nicky_cavella — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:29:29 +0000

love what you said bout GOW, yes its BRUTAL. thats the only word that this game can be described :D

By: Neil Miller

Neil Miller — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:02:54 +0000

Ah, soo… I forgot. Added a little blurb for you in there.

Short version: totally badass.

By: nicky_cavella

nicky_cavella — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:58:40 +0000

why no mention of GOD OF WAR 3 demo? is it because its tooooo brutal?