Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 14, 2017, 05:00:17 PM
Quote from: FenGiddel on Jul 14, 2017, 02:13:21 PM
Must've woke up on the wrong side of the bed... Blomkamp has nothing to live down. And I'd say he's reaping exactly what he's sown: consistent fan attention for his artful storytelling. By getting asked about Alien 5 "in every interview from here to kingdom come" is like free publicity, innit?
Yah, in time they will be making a documentary entitled Blomkamp's Alien. The best sci-fi film never made. This film has just gone to martyr status.
LOL. The ironic thing is it's painfully clear that Jodorowsky's Dune would've been f**king GARBAGE. Thankfully, the good elements were salvaged to make good movies.
I'm pretty sure people will start to appreciate AC more in the future. I can easily imagine some rabid Alien 5 "fanboy" of today turning 20 in a couple of years and realizing that "Wait a minute, this movie is actually good and has a lot of depth. I guess the I got caught up in the social media frenzy. Lesson learned: the highest upvoted comment is by no means necessarily the most correct comment. I will now have a more open mindset free of social media bias when viewing cinematic art in the future."
At the same time though, I truly hope this Alien 5 thing turns into a meme to haunt Blomkamp forever. Just imagine 20 years into the future, Blomkamp has just released the third part in his District 9 saga which is exactly the same thing as the first one except now the main character is a South African rapper with progeria whose best friend is a conscious robot Walrus, trying to both fight social injustice and his rapid ageing at the same time. During the highly anticipated premier, Blomkamp is interviewed about the movie. The interview goes well, asking about the movie and the production hurtles etc. until the very last question, which would go something like this:
"District 11 has been quite an anticipated movie, but I think I speak for most people when I say that what the fans really want is Alien 5. Are there any plans to resurrect this movie?
*Editors note: De-aging the now 90 year old Sigourney Weaver in a respectable way is now technologically feasible*Neill Blomkamp's face starts reddening, he stammers something which slightly resembles curses directed toward the now deceased Ridley Scott (may peace be upon him) before fleeing the scene with tears rolling down his cheeks.