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[bojan]

Because it is a lazy scenario for action movie that wanted to be "safe" from backlash of usual suspects.

Edited October 15, 2023 by bojan

[sunday]

Movie's Russians are the new movie's Nazis?

[NickM]

2 hours ago, bojan said:

Because it is a lazy scenario for action movie that wanted to be "safe" from backlash of usual suspects.

 

Yes, and of course, I understand.

[Ssnake]

Eh, the director is Russian. If he wants Russian mobsters in his film, he gets a pass from me. Also, since the film isn't entirely specific about the location other than North-easterly North America, maybe it's set in Canada.

[NickM]

17 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Eh, the director is Russian. If he wants Russian mobsters in his film, he gets a pass from me. Also, since the film isn't entirely specific about the location other than North-easterly North America, maybe it's set in Canada.

I accept the existence of Russian gangsters,  SF is kind of their home base on the "the Messed Coast".  On the other hand, the lack of appropriate "Urban Ferals", does gall me. It makes me wish for The Shield and its exquisite collection of urban scumbags

[Ssnake]

It's also a matter of efficient storytelling. The bus scene is the set-up for the confrontation with the mob. Adding "more ferals" would only have obfuscated the core story.

The film starts with a home invasion by what you might call ferals, then he goes after them to get his golden watch back. That's why the bus scene starts with his knuckles already scraped (and why it spends a second or two showing the gold watch again). As he takes the bus back home, the mobsters enter the scene as a completely random encounter, and that then leads to the string of confrontations with the Russian mob.

[futon]

Type 4 Chi-To tanks at 1:20.

https://youtu.be/VvSrHIX5a-0?si=SxBedQdDI6SOFH2A

[Stefan Fredriksson]

I rewatched District 9 the other day. It is even more brilliant than I remembered it. I really can not think of a single change that would make it better. A classic that seems to age well.

 

[NickM]

On 10/17/2023 at 2:18 AM, Ssnake said:

It's also a matter of efficient storytelling. The bus scene is the set-up for the confrontation with the mob. Adding "more ferals" would only have obfuscated the core story.

The film starts with a home invasion by what you might call ferals, then he goes after them to get his golden watch back. That's why the bus scene starts with his knuckles already scraped (and why it spends a second or two showing the gold watch again). As he takes the bus back home, the mobsters enter the scene as a completely random encounter, and that then leads to the string of confrontations with the Russian mob.

They soft soap the feral who home invaded his crib: a waifu and he sharing a pitiful meal of cup o noodles. While the bambino cries in the background 

[Ssnake]

Not every criminal is a monster.

[Ivanhoe]

1 hour ago, Stefan Fredriksson said:

I rewatched District 9 the other day. It is even more brilliant than I remembered it. I really can not think of a single change that would make it better. A classic that seems to age well.

 

Yeah, it holds up to multiple viewings for sure. 

And not surprisingly, didn't do well at the box office here in the US. 

[NickM]

8 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Not every criminal is a monster.

I ain't gonna trust my hide to the whims of a hood rat

[Ssnake]

Yeah, but that was a work of fiction.

[NickM]

2 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Yeah, but that was a work of fiction.

Of course it's fiction! That's why Russian gangsters are hassling people on an inner city bus late at night.

[sunday]

New Miyazaki movie

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

I'm looking forward to this one:

Watching Godzilla movies on TV is one of the things I remember doing when my family lived in Japan.

[NickM]

1 hour ago, Tim Sielbeck said:

I'm looking forward to this one:

Watching Godzilla movies on TV is one of the things I remember doing when my family lived in Japan.

Hell, watching his movies on TV on the SF creature feature type channels was one of my 'go to' activities as a kid.

BTW: there's a new teaser trailer featuring 'The Breath'; I do hope you've seen it.

[Tim Sielbeck]

5 hours ago, NickM said:

BTW: there's a new teaser trailer featuring 'The Breath'; I do hope you've seen it.

No, I haven't.

[BansheeOne]

All I want to know is, will there be a Lee Majors cameo? 😁

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Yeah, I thought it looked pretty good actually.

[Ssnake]

Like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (which wasn't terrible at all) on steroids, or something.

[Tim Sielbeck]

12 hours ago, BansheeOne said:

All I want to know is, will there be a Lee Majors cameo? 😁

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/lee-majors-star-alongside-ryan-120000730.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJD_9uFVEdRn4Wob3BbWVOIl4Ieat7OsGrW7OrN_0bYsNl7dIREtqyDaZsuGFJaVdorIR-_E403A3hQQIk03-jkDqZ9FWg9ev0DcyIxsG_KhYXutFs7MkJFDdW4pl9UzaXmAl39xVS50puPR_ycPyYtq-ktEn0AMJ7mdRU7upeuE#:~:text=Lee Majors is,to say yes!"

 

He said: "I’ve just filmed a movie called 'Gettysburg Christmas'. I’m looking forward to another film with the team behind 'Renegades' and, here’s an exclusive for you, yesterday I had a phone call from David Leitch who directed 'Deadpool' and 'John Wick'.

"I knew he was doing 'The Fall Guy' movie in Australia with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt but I was surprised by his call. He asked if I would appear in the movie and so I had to say yes!"

[NickM]

On 11/10/2023 at 4:11 PM, Tim Sielbeck said:

No, I haven't.

 

Ah...here's a linky:

 

 

It's  a 'blast' I assure you.

Edited November 13, 2023 by NickM

[Tim Sielbeck]

It is.

[Stuart Galbraith]

20 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (which wasn't terrible at all) on steroids, or something.

Yeah, I liked that one. But then Robert Downey Junior is pretty good in anything he is in.