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That's exactly what makes it "new": this novel recombination of existing movie DNA. It's Die Hard, The Fly, and Blair Witch Project smashed together in an interesting and surprising way. Moreover, what story is truly new? Alien Nation is tribal conflict set with aliens. Enemy is colonists...

That wasn't a "beam up" like in Star Trek. It was a gravity manipulation device. It grabbed everything; hence the rocks going up. And it seemed specific to the control console bringing it directly to its docking location. It could well be that using that device on living creatures would be...

Early on it was noted that the control mechanism for the ship fell off and was never recovered. This was the mini-ship Christopher had hidden under his shack.

Same here: all previews were the next crop of horror / gore movies. It was a miserable 10 minutes waiting for the movie to start. I always enjoy your analyses, Adam. And here I agree, yet that was a strong element of District 9's fascination, for me: it didn't have a clean-cut, prawn-loving hero...

D9 caught me completely off guard. I'd only seen the original teaser trailer, and that was a couple of months ago. Everything about the movie was completely unexpected, and I was immersed in it. As noted in the review thread, this is not as good as Children of Men, but it approaches it. What...