Sorry guys. I dunno. I didn't hate it, but I thought District 9 was terrific so had a pretty high expectations. Even the world-building stuff -- which was probably the part I was looking forward to the most -- didn't give me that much more than what I got from the trailer. It starts off well enough, but crawls to a rather facile and predictable conclusion.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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Vonnie K - Aug 10, 2013 3:50:25 pm PDT #25156 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Scrappy - Aug 10, 2013 8:19:24 pm PDT #25157 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am Vonnie.
chrismg - Aug 10, 2013 8:39:43 pm PDT #25158 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Re: Elysium. So it ended with the benefits of technology being shred by all instead of Elysium crashing to Earth in flames so I guess I was wrong about the Luddite stuff. Aside from that, I think I'm agreeing with the reviewers who are saying it had some nice action and spectacle, but not much exploration of the ideas it was implying.
I mean, we all know any piece of science fiction is more about the real world it's written in than whatever world it supposedly takes place in, but that metaphor was not subtle, like, at all.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 11, 2013 8:46:58 am PDT #25159 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I know it is nutty that I am just now watching this, but are the students in Cabin in the Woods supposed to be undergraduates?
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2013 8:50:55 am PDT #25160 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yep. College kids going to their doooooooom.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 11, 2013 8:54:10 am PDT #25161 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
They look like they are in their 30s!
le nubian - Aug 11, 2013 9:13:32 am PDT #25162 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so, like 90210 then.
Amy - Aug 11, 2013 9:25:08 am PDT #25163 of 30000
Because books.
Heh. Exactly!
Jesse - Aug 11, 2013 9:26:43 am PDT #25164 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Hems just turned 30 today, so.
Amy - Aug 11, 2013 9:31:30 am PDT #25165 of 30000
Because books.
I like him so much more than his brother. I don't *dislike* Liam, he just doesn't ... send me the way Thor Chris does.
Now I want to spend the afternoon watching Cabin in the Woods, which is not the way to Get All the Things Done at all.