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District 9 Trailer Review and Analysis

Dan Koelsch, May 1, 2009March 28, 2010

The first official teaser trailer has finally been released for the much anticipated (at least on our forums) District 9, the alien-apartheid film produced by Peter Jackson. The trailer is attached to Wolverine this weekend, so those going to the midnight showing got the first look, though it was released online at midnight PDT. First of all, I think the teaser was very effective. It maybe showed a bit too much alien and too little story, but when that text “they are not human” comes up, I got a chill.




The film centers around Wikus (Sharlto Copley), a Multi-National United agent who becomes infected by alien biotechnology. He must go on the run from the oppressive government into District 9, a internment camp where “non-humans” have been forced to live since landing on Earth nearly 30 years ago. Download the trailer here, and check out some of the more interesting screencaps after the jump, including a shot of an alien!



After shots of South Africa and a local talking, we finally get a Multi-National United tank and soldiers on what looks like the perimeter of District 9.




More talking, then we get a shot of slums that aliens probably live in.




Even more talking, then a few shots of the perimeter again. Pretty ominous.



We see more shots of the human area of Joburg (where the film supposedly takes place) and military scenes, including MNU soldiers jumping out a helicopter and looking for a fight.



And then we finally see the spaceship. Pretty powerful image, especially in context.




A little closer look at the ship.



And then the big whammy: the alien. Not that scary from afar, but seeing it in such a gritty human setting is a little disturbing.




However, the close-up of the alien IS kind of scary.



Finally we see who I assume is Wikus looking at the spaceship from a distance.


So, all-in-all, it was a good teaser. Definitely an interesting concept, and the CGI looks good so far. To see bigger versions of the pictures, save them to your computer or copy their image addresses.

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  1. Scott says:
    May 1, 2009 at 9:28 am

    They made us wait that long for that? That looked horrible. I hope the aliens can do some damage because otherwise, they look weak. Like big bugs. I WAS interested in this movie until now.

  2. Dan says:
    May 1, 2009 at 9:47 am

    well I don’t think the point of the movie is for the aliens to do damage. They are being oppressed.

  3. Scott says:
    May 1, 2009 at 10:30 am

    Still. In the short they had the look of something oppressed. The movie looks like a bug from the Orkin commercials.

  4. Dan says:
    May 1, 2009 at 11:32 am

    I agree the body of the aliens is unimpressive, but the face (at least what we see of it) is pretty freaky.

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  7. Scott says:
    May 1, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    What face? The digitized thing? Far from freaky when that scrawny body is attached.

    “Tell us how your weapons work”

    “jabba jabba jabba jabba”

    Don’t get yourselves hyped up over this movie when there are plenty of others to get excited about

  8. Dan says:
    May 1, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    Scott, no one likes a wet blanket. Didn’t you like the other aspects of the trailer?

  9. Scott says:
    May 2, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Minus the alien, yes. I thought the trailer looked good. High quality. Very similar to the short. But, it’s a teaser. Who knows. I don’t see it being the hit of the summer though.

  10. David says:
    May 2, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    How about GI Joe Scott lol?

  11. Scott says:
    May 2, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    GI Joe will make more money than this film. Opening weekend AND total.

  12. Ian says:
    May 2, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    I am going to agree with Scott on this.

  13. David says:
    May 3, 2009 at 1:00 am

    Quality over quanity. GI Joe looks bogus imo. Sorry Scott.

  14. David says:
    May 3, 2009 at 1:01 am

    quantity lol

  15. James says:
    May 3, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    If you want to see somemore of the alien faces search “Alive in Joburg” on youtube. Alive in Joburg was the original alien film short that this movie is based on.

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