Gaming & Culture

Official Excitement Notice: District 9

By Lev Grossman | @leverus | July 9, 2009 | +

Chiggity-check out the new trailer:

I hate the part of me that gets all fanboyish about things like this. Sort of doomed to disappointment (cf. the matter of Cloverfield et al), I suppose. You can see the bare outlines of pretty conventional plot being hinted at here: aliens invent serum that transforms human into human-alien hybrid, who then shows us that underneath the skin and/or chitinous exoskeleton we are all one. Cue world peace.

But I feel like I could watch those helicopters floating up toward those massive, distance-blurred worldships (at 2:09) all day, while invisible South African ladies enunciate crisply in the background. Maybe I will! Who’s going to stop me?

Or I would, except that I’m going to Readercon in Massachusetts tonight. Anyone else?

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  • dennitzio

    Yeah, the earlier trailers made the movie seem a lot less conventional. WTF with the Transformers?

  • http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

    “Alien Nation meets Transformers! It’ll be magic, I promise!”
    .
    I don’t think it’ll be BSG, but then again I don’t think it’ll be Transformers:ROTFL, so I’m willing to give it a go.

  • Rorschach

    I’m a lot less excited about this movie than I used to be… I’m more excited about the other movies that are called nine/9 now

  • http://www.michaeljasper.net Michael Jasper

    Cool trailer — and kudos to the bigwigs for setting a movie NOT in L.A. or New York City for once. This one’s not even in America, which is pretty awesome.

    Why do so many aliens resemble Aliens or Predators? Hmmm…

  • lostepic

    I was excited when the first trailer came out but now I am not so certian if this will be a film I am hoping it will be.
    .
    Speaking of Alien Nation. A reboot of Alien Nation is in negotiations to be made for TV. Lets hope it doesnt turn to crap.

  • walkinghbomb

    I”m planning to go see it. Looks like it should be good for a few sick laughs if nothing else.

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