Heh, this was a type of alien visitation film I didn’t expect. Aside from the relatively modest budget, little-known director and no-name cast, it’s also one of the most unusual pieces of sci-fi I’ve seen in a while. It’s great to see familiar territory shaken up and given a new spin: it’s even better when the story takes on a lot of more terrestrial issues and throws personal drama into the mix. To me it does with aliens what Eve no Jikan does with robots.
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District 9
Heh, this was a type of alien visitation film I didn’t expect. Aside from the relatively modest budget, little-known director and no-name cast, it’s also one of the most unusual pieces of sci-fi I’ve seen in a while. It’s great to see familiar territory shaken up and given a new spin: it’s even better when the story takes on a lot of more terrestrial issues and throws personal drama into the mix. To me it does with aliens what Eve no Jikan does with robots.
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Reading stats: 877 words, 1 image; estimated reading time 3:30 mins