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   Re: [OT] District 9   
   28 Sep 09 02:29:16   
   
   From: e-mail.me@from.BRmovie.com   
      
   Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   Replicant Fukujin Zuke covertly transmitting a message to renegade   
   friends in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
      
   >   
   >"Ned Ludd"  wrote in message   
   >news:lq-dnaWHEeoQlALXnZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@speakeasy.net...   
   >>   
   >> I found it brutal and profane.   
   >>   
   >> I'm not easily offended, I don't care if they use obscenities, but they   
   >> pushed it to the point that by the end of the movie, I simply didn't care   
   >> anymore.   
   >>   
   >> ... and if you're going to do a message film, one message please, not all   
   >> of them at once.   
   >   
   >    To own his each, Ned. I found this movie remarkable, destined to become   
   >a 21st century landmark for science fiction cinema. I do agree, however,   
   >that there may be a bit of message overload in it. Just a quibble.   
   >    If a film is meant to make you really think about the state of some part   
   >of the world you're living in and not some possible, speculative,   
   >inapplicable scenario, then films like 'E.T.' and 'Total Recall' are fluff   
   >pieces compared to a film like 'District 9'.   
   >    I can't wait for 'District 10'.   
      
   Or 'District 9 - Return of the Prawn'   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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