tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post8713373413210448017..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: The League sees: District 9The Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-15233079712894954372009-08-17T20:40:29.241-05:002009-08-17T20:40:29.241-05:00Here is a good primer on South African xenophobia ...Here is a good primer on South African xenophobia from Tor.com.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=51552" rel="nofollow">http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=51552</a>Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-78620481165912908142009-08-17T12:11:14.728-05:002009-08-17T12:11:14.728-05:00Right, I was certainly thinking of that, as well a...Right, I was certainly thinking of that, as well as how now many sub-Saharan Africans are now coming into S. Africa looking for work, etc... and the state of affairs as they arrive. <br /><br />Which is where I wasn't sure exactly where the S. African-ness of the film started my reading as an American ended. Absolutely you could see it as the equivalent as either slave ship, or boatloads of Irish immigrants circa 1860, or whatever in the US. Few arrived in luxury or because they couldn't stand it because their lives were so charmed overseas.<br /><br />Anyhow, I'd be more than curious to hear the director's commentary.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-33148092902644251592009-08-17T12:05:28.675-05:002009-08-17T12:05:28.675-05:00Yeah, I'm sure there are a ton of things I mis...Yeah, I'm sure there are a ton of things I missed as well. One thing I did notice was the state of the aliens when the landed on Earth as they were malnourished. This is the same state that many slaves arrived in on the shores of the USA.<br /><br />Again great movie!Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-79668462126391879562009-08-17T12:03:56.375-05:002009-08-17T12:03:56.375-05:00Yeah, I think I harped a bit too much about my con...Yeah, I think I harped a bit too much about my concerns regarding not being able to get all of the allegories, but I did get the big ones like MNU and certainly South Africa's history of apartheid and segregation. <br /><br />What I was wondering was: how many of the details would South Africans "get" that I totally missed? Maybe some details?The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-48953157136263201902009-08-17T11:36:09.623-05:002009-08-17T11:36:09.623-05:00I really, really loved this movie. My team went o...I really, really loved this movie. My team went out and saw it as a team building exercise. After it we all had to go for a beer to discuss.<br /><br />This was just a great piece of sci-fi writing. Of course it is allegorical to the treatment of Africans in South Africa but there are also great parallels to other "real world" events. Like the MNU security force being Blackwater and some of the lab scenes begging the comparison to the Iraqi torture debacle. <br /><br />This is a show that is definitely worth seeing!Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-58457714239307144132009-08-16T10:05:22.048-05:002009-08-16T10:05:22.048-05:00I'm sorry. Randy, did you have a question?I'm sorry. Randy, did you have a question?The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-21491373754191227232009-08-15T22:25:06.010-05:002009-08-15T22:25:06.010-05:00*cough**cough*rhptnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-70020992784395800512009-08-15T20:00:39.413-05:002009-08-15T20:00:39.413-05:00I too gave this a big thumbs up. It starts in a f...I too gave this a big thumbs up. It starts in a familiar horror/romp action pattern and goes into an unexpected Hitchcock thriller pattern.Michael Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441107947600810769noreply@blogger.com