RichWS Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Stay away, Rebecca. Stay far away... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 What??!!! Is that surprising? Isn't that how Ridley cast the first one? "Mmkay let's see, who are all these dang kids twittering about" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Is that surprising? Isn't that how Ridley cast the first one? "Mmkay let's see, who are all these dang kids twittering about" Noomi Rapace has been in nothing of note since her 2 big roles in Sherlock Holmes 2 and Prometheus. She was supposed to the next big thing once Hollywood had decided that Olivia Wilde was no longer the next big thing. Prometheus probably had the best viral marketing for any movie. The Ted talk, the leaked emails, the encoded messages etc. really did help build up anticipation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Noomi Rapace has been in nothing of note since her 2 big roles in Sherlock Holmes 2 and Prometheus. She was supposed to the next big thing once Hollywood had decided that Olivia Wilde was no longer the next big thing. Prometheus probably had the best viral marketing for any movie. The Ted talk, the leaked emails, the encoded messages etc. really did help build up anticipation. Prometheus opened big because fans were waiting for the xenomorphs to pop out anytime on the screen... Imagine the disappointment. Hence: Alien 5. Judging by the hardware on display from Blomkamp's previous films, Alien 5 will be chockfull of Space Marines action. Edited October 14, 2015 by zackzack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I might rip on this movie, but I'd take it ANY day over Blomkamp's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I don't get all the Blomkamp hate, I'm actually more excited for Alien 5 and I liked Prometheus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I don't get all the Blomkamp hate, I'm actually more excited for Alien 5 and I liked Prometheus Blomkamp is cool I think Elysium and Chappie are both good but nothing special (haven't seen District 9) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) Blomkamp thinks he's the new Verhoeven with his attempts at "satiristical social commentary" coming from a frat dudebro but he's just the Afrikaner's Zach Snyder at the core gleefully blowing shit up in slomo because it looks cool and awesome. He's a one trick pony (His schtick of making a sleek VFX showcase against real shanty backgrounds as a shallow canvas to his simplistic and trite "poor chaps vs nasty rich corporates" narrative that sounds hollow because he got nothing relevant to say. It's just a cartoony pretext for his hardcore gamer sensibility). I smelled the bullshit that he was all style/no substance ever since D9. Edited October 15, 2015 by MADash Rendar 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Blomkamp thinks he's the new Verhoeven with his attempts at "satiristical social commentary" coming from a frat dudebro but he's just the Afrikaner's Zach Snyder at the core gleefully blowing shit up in slomo because it looks cool and awesome. He's a one trick pony (His schtick of making a sleek VFX showcase against real shanty backgrounds as a shallow canvas to his simplistic and trite "poor chaps vs nasty rich corporates" narrative that sounds hollow because he got nothing relevant to say. It's just a cartoony pretext for his hardcore gamer sensibility). I smelled the bullshit that he was all style/no substance ever since D9. BOOOOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I don't get all the Blomkamp hate, I'm actually more excited for Alien 5 and I liked Prometheus I'm intrigued by Alien 5, but I really have no idea how you make a Ripley story sequel work unless you flat out disregard 3 & 4. I just don't understand what they have in mind. Honestly, I don't mind if they do that...that's some interesting sequeling I can't think any major franchise has ever done really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 #RebeccaFerguson Being Eyed For #RidleyScott's @PrometheusMovie Sequel http://t.co/pINxw3YJUD pic.twitter.com/m9cn8Vctas— ComicBookMovie.com (@ComicBook_Movie) October 14, 2015 Even though I'm tired of this Alien/not Alien prequel crap, I'd see it just for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Blomkamp thinks he's the new Verhoeven with his attempts at "satiristical social commentary" coming from a frat dudebro but he's just the Afrikaner's Zach Snyder at the core gleefully blowing shit up in slomo because it looks cool and awesome. He's a one trick pony (His schtick of making a sleek VFX showcase against real shanty backgrounds as a shallow canvas to his simplistic and trite "poor chaps vs nasty rich corporates" narrative that sounds hollow because he got nothing relevant to say. It's just a cartoony pretext for his hardcore gamer sensibility). I smelled the bullshit that he was all style/no substance ever since D9. It's a shame too. D9 was a really good movie until the second half devolves into exactly what you're talking about. Completely abandons the most interesting aspects of the film to make a lot of things blow up (though, boy, it does look cool). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) It's a shame too. D9 was a really good movie until the second half devolves into exactly what you're talking about. Completely abandons the most interesting aspects of the film to make a lot of things blow up (though, boy, it does look cool). It was a cynical marketing ploy trying to pass as a serious and subtle attempt at parabole like Children Of Men filmed like a Paul Greengrass docudrama but then quickly vanish to reveal his real goal to make a big dumb popcorny shoot-em up action romp recycling his Halo project treating its subject like crass with the subtlety of a jackhammer.(Every characters turn into a bloody caricature and stereotypes) Edited October 15, 2015 by MADash Rendar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) It was a cynical marketing ploy ... No, c'mon, man. It was a geek having fun with the characters and creatures and weapons he designed. He likes Verhoeven, sure... but I don't think he thinks he is him (or the next generation of him). He's a pretty down-to-earth guy and he's admitted that he gets all caught up in the production design and look of his movies and needs to work on making sure his characters are sound and the story beats are all there. Edited October 15, 2015 by Telemachos 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 TBH I think Chappie is really great through out but the ending was botched, while I think Elysium is mostly mediocre except for the ending which is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 So this is happening? Guess it is Ridley Scott's gift from Fox for The Martian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) No, c'mon, man. It was a geek having fun with the characters and creatures and weapons he designed. He likes Verhoeven, sure... but I don't think he thinks he is him (or the next generation of him). He's a pretty down-to-earth guy and he's admitted that he gets all caught up in the production design and look of his movies and needs to work on making sure his characters are sound and the story beats are all there. He was "having fun" by shooting his geek wankfest in real ghettos where real poor people strive using cheap Apartheid analogies and crass caricatures while surfing on Greengrass coattails of docudrama cinematography in order to look gritty and serious but that was all it was, a poseur gimmick because that's not where his true interest lied. I smelled the surface-level bullshit when the whole movie is shot documentary style even when it makes no sense diegetically wise once it all turned into Bad Boys 2. His idea of fun is squandering his "Alive In Joburg" short potential into a big generic Hollywoodian action romp. "Having fun"...The guy is at best an opportunistic visualist that likes to make cool and sleek VFX reels surfing on a trend and worn-out dystopic scifi trope to give them a superficial sheen of thematic depth that reeks on shallow and hollow instead of clever and relevant like it certainly wanted to be perceived. The sum doesn't lend to deep analysis and doesn't hold up under scrutiny like Verhoeven's movies. It was sold as that brilliant dystopic parabole on xenophobia hiding a really simplistic and low brow B-movie. Sorry, that's what I call a marketing ploy to lure people into seeing a movie it is not. Edited October 15, 2015 by MADash Rendar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I wish I was as eloquent as Dash but people should stop putting District 9 on a pedestal. His social commentary was always on the the nose & simplistic, I don't mind it but it was there on his first film. He s a total bro/gamer/millenial, wishing he was 80's/90's Verhoeven & Captain Jim. But I like his movies, Chappie being my favorite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) his last 2 movies are pretty much indigestible, too heavy-handed to pass for an simple sci-fi action romp and too simplistic (or dumb, like I like to say) to pass for a serious movie. D9 was great, though. Edited October 15, 2015 by Goffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Rebecca Ferguson: she can revive Tom Cruise, but can she revive a dying Alien/Prometheus franchise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
