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Crash, I don't know that D9's story was better than Trek's either.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Feb 12 '10, 10:31

One was a pretty strong alteration of established storylines (guy gets sick and must try to find his cure with unlikely aid while the establishment fights to stop him)

vs

A reboot of an existing storyline that touches on standard storylines (guy must discover his destiny in the face of a strong enemy while butting heads with contemporaries).

Both had their challenges to overcome and both did well to do it; one had a raw framework of plotting (as every movie does)...the other had a pretty established framework and still was inventive in it's story.

I think Trek was a better movie experience but this hardly detracts from the very solid nature of D-9.

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as for Trek's story, I detected some major temporal disturbances in established canon - we've seen D9's story before but putting it in a new setting - crash davis Feb 12, 10:35 3
- I'm not surprised by D9's nomination; I think they had to give a sci-fi movie a nom and it's quality enough with the buzz. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 10:40 2
  - though Avatar would have filled the sci-fi slot if they felt they had to give one out :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:43 1
    - Avatar filled the "Jeebus god almighty think of the ratings" slot. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 10:44
Before seeing D9, I had no idea that dickholes act like dickholes. That movie taught me a *lot*. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 10:34 10
- given the history of South Africa, i think it ran a lil bit deeper than that -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 10:35 9
  - Another thing I learned: apartheid happened. See what I mean? It was like a textbook with aliens in it. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 10:36 8
    - Wouldn't america be better off if all the textbooks had aliens in them to keep it interesting? - Beryllium Feb 12, 10:38
    - it's one thing to know it happened, it's quite another to be willing to explore the very real implications of it. -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 10:38 6
      - Because when I think "very real", I think "aliens with valuable weapons tech hiding in a slum". -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 10:40 3
        
        The aliens that survived were the lower caste, and they were pretty dumb and subjugated. - Beryllium Feb 12, 10:42
        
        you should probably just give up sci-fi now if that's your standard -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 10:41 1
        
        I quite enjoyed District 9. Fourth best sci-fi movie of the year! -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 10:41
      - I guess I didn't feel they handled the implications as well as others seem to think they did. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 10:39 1
        
        that's a fair criticism. - znufrii Feb 12, 10:42
If that's the story you got from District 9, I think you missed the point. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 10:34 8
- I don't exactly buy anything the main character was in for; it's the same basic structure as Avatar imo - Will Hunting Feb 12, 10:38 7
  - I still don't think that's the message the movie was trying to portray. Forgive me since it's been 6 months since I've seen it, but (spoils) - JaxSean Feb 12, 10:47 6
    - It just didn't work for me .... I didn't get his epiphany in your manner (spoils) - Will Hunting Feb 12, 10:52 5
      - from your IM (spoils) - JaxSean Feb 12, 10:58 4
        
        wow, this isn't right. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 11:02 1
        
        Which? Like I said, it's been 7 months+ (?) since I've seen it. That's just how I'm remembering it right now. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 11:08
        
        No; he (spoils) - Will Hunting Feb 12, 10:59 1
        
        Either way - JaxSean Feb 12, 11:07
oh it was better -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 10:32

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Crash, I don't know that D9's story was better than Trek's either.

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