One film which I will not be seeing despite my love of South African made films - the oldest film industry in Africa and one of the oldest in the world next to England, France, Australia and India.
I actually walked out of District 9 when I realized what I was watching was nothing more than a thinly disguised anti-South African diatribe from a born South African who must have had a really crappy childhood here.
I am so sorry that you hate your birth country by putting our beautiful flag on the shoulder of a horrible looking reject robot: blecch :tongueout:. And now you are going to tackle Alien too? Leave it alone, please!
(http://vipfanauctions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/chappie-poster-header.jpg)
The reviews seem to be pretty bad so I doubt you're missing much Trevor. I never saw District 9 either. :smile:
One of my favorite review sites put it thusly: "Do you think wiggers are funny? Then you'll love Chappie. Otherwise, see something else."
Quote from: Jack on March 09, 2015, 06:28:46 AM
The reviews seem to be pretty bad so I doubt you're missing much Trevor. I never saw District 9 either. :smile:
What I can't stand is seeing my flag on Chappie's right shoulder: blecch. :tongueout:
Incidentally, "Chappies" is a brand of South African chewing gum. :smile:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappies)
Quote from: Trevor on March 09, 2015, 07:46:22 AM
Incidentally, "Chappies" is a brand ofSouth African chewing gum. :smile:
In Germany, "Chappi" is a popular dog food.
When I first saw the "Chappie" trailers, I thought it looked like a violent reboot of "Short Circuit." :teddyr:
Looks like a rip-off of Japanese anime to me....
Two trailer exist. The first portrays the movie as a sensitive 'innocent AI learns about itself and human conflict' movie. The other is of a slamming action movie. I'm guessing the first is more accurate.
Does anyone think that Chappie's head looks like a Masamune Shirow Ghost in the Shell type of design?
Yes exactly...
It looked painfully generic to me. Innocent robot AI in world of danger and hatred.
Big f**kin' whoop.
So Chappie... was crappy?
I was on the fence about whether or not I was going to see this in theaters. Sounds like I could skip it.
And thus another unseen movie dies by the hand of the Badmovies forum brethren, hahaha. :teddyr:
'cause I'm Chappiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee Clap along, if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm Chappieeeeeeeeee Clap along, if you feel like happiness is the truth!
I thought it was another sequel to IRON EAGLE. Then I realized Louis Gossett, Jr. wasn't in the trailers. Plus, he spelled his name "Chappy."
I guess I'm the only one who liked the robots then.