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SNAAKE:
well they brought some weapons down with the aliens? seems logical. for research purpose or whatever.

dunno about the huge robot though. who the hell brought THAT down ???

Ond:
Overall I was pretty impressed with this film.  I hated the wobble cam though, sorry but whenever I see wobble cam it makes me want to stand up and scream "hold the friggin camera steady ---uvulas---!!!" ya I know, it's arty, projects realism into dramatic scenes (not)  :blah: :blah: :blah:  Example of films that suffered for it : Bourne Supremcy (otherwise great!), A Quantum of Solace (was crap anway  :lol)

Best thing (for me) is the transition in Wikus's character from his own kinda wimpy self preservation act to selflless hero and the sheer adrenaline rush of the least 20 or so mins starting with when Wikus grabs the alien gun at the gang HQ.   If they make a sequel it'd want to have some new content/untold story to carry it.  A sequel that simply picks up on the '3 years later' and nothing else would generate the same let down felt when having to explain the punchline of joke to some one who doesn't get it. 

shardian:
Saw this last night. It was okay for what it was. The basic story was good, the special effects were amazing considering the budget. The only thing I think that sucked was the director.
The documentary aspect sucked. The camera work sucked harder. The inconsistencies in story and motivations sucked hardest.

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The 'fuel' turning him alien was stupid, especially since it really only was fuel. The whole secretive thing with the aliens, combined with what happened, combined with how MNU reacted so quickly and efficiently to Wikus in the Hospital signaled one glorious thing to me: It was the plan ALL ALONG of the aliens! Now THAT was a badass story setup! Imagine it: The aliens dump a whole ship of their lower beings, along with a small contingent of the smarter beings. Let them study the planet/people from a lower class setting. Then, unleash a biotoxin that turns the whole population into worker aliens.
I was led to believe from the way MNU reacted to Wikus, that this was not the first time they had seen a human turn into a prawn. Honestly, watch it again when it is on DVD, you'll see what I mean. They knew way too much.

I felt robbed when this turned out not to be the case. Seriously, did the director not have ANYONE else take note of this?

- The prawns: are they peaceful, passive, bloodthirsty...what? Why do they take the human's ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---? One scene they can rip a guy's arm off and send him flying 50 feet. The next, they are getting manhandled by a tiny human. If they're passive, why do they have all that frikkin crazy weaponry? If they're warlike, why are they ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---? Why does Christopher tell Wikkus not to kill anyone when they hit the lab? Overall terrible execution on the motivations and actions of the prawns.

And what about those weapons? It's been said here before - where'd they come from? My coworker interpreted from the way the prawns scavenged, that they built them from scratch from trash piles. Well that can't be - because they are powered by "the fuel". You know, the tiny vial that Christopher took 20 years to accumulate.
The prawns just waltz in that big-ass battle suit to the warlord? Gimme a break! Sorry Mr. Director, but you shot yourself in the foot on that one by the mere documentary/security cam setup.

In closing, I have a limit to how many inconsistencies I can overlook in a movie. Once that limit is reached, it is open season. It's just sloppy movie making. Hopefully the studio realizes this Blokamp dude isn't big budget director material, and gives Peter Jackson the sequel reigns.

hypernova:

--- Quote ---I was led to believe from the way MNU reacted to Wikus, that this was not the first time they had seen a human turn into a prawn. Honestly, watch it again when it is on DVD, you'll see what I mean. They knew way too much.
--- End quote ---

I remember the scientist or someone saying that Wikus was the first successful hybrid, that all the previous tries resulted in death.  Like they had attempted hybridization before in a lab.

massive88-I believe white people considered many of those same questions centuries ago concerning black people.

How many of those weapons were in the command module when it was dropped, I wonder.  The battle armor is a good question as to how it got there.

So what if the fuel can morph people into Prawns?  Oil is used for plastic.  Hydrogen for many applications.  Corn is food.  I don't think a civilization that has an interstellar spaceship that uses a fuel known for its transforming properties is that much of a stretch.

Speaking of fuel, interesting that it goes into their weapons, and their weapons require Prawn genetics to operate.

DaOld Man:
I think that the fuel had genetic material of the aliens in it, since the weapons could only be activated by an alien, makes sense that the fuel would be tied to genetics too.
Could explain why it morphed the human when he got it on his skin.
Also, I think I agree with a previous post, maybe most of these aliens were defective, maybe mentally retarded, perhaps they were sent here to get rid of them.
Would explain why it only took one to fly the big ship home.
Only two or three of them acted like they were really intelligent.
But this doesnt explain why they brought so many sophisticated weapons.

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