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[Busty]

I can almost guarantee you, from watching nothing but the trailer, that the following lines will appear in this film.

"I thought that we were teaching Chappie about humanity.., but really, he was the one teaching us..,"

"What is this thing called.., love?"



This just looks like Blomkamp's rehashing yet more of the ideas he had in his first two films. In my eyes he has a lot to prove after Elysium.

 

[Nafai1123]

They've had a thing for a few years now.

Dafuq? I've seen that video multiple times and never noticed that before. Makes sense though since their both from South Africa.

 

[abadguy]

At least the Indian guy is played by an Indian actor this time.

lol, yeah. Looks good.

Chappie reminds me of:

just not as badass.

Sigh. There will never be a good adaption of Appleseed will there...

Mean spirited if not petty.

That said, Neil Blomkamp should be given the rights to adapt the Appleseed books* into an actual movie. Fuck, make it a trilogy.



*ignore the horrid CGI films/series

I'd love to see Blomkamp take on Appleseed, and yeah the CGI films are fucking garbage.

 

[harSon]

What Mariolee said, basically.

We'll see who's right again

 

[injurai]

Chappie was in Elysium

reduce reuse recycle

 

[Love Hate Love]

"I am alive". Uh Johnny 5?

 

[Ol No Bones]

Looks kinda awful. Music was really bad as well.

 

[Bad_Boy]

I'll watch for die antwoord alone.

 

[Funky Papa]

We'll see who's right again

Smug.

Deserved, but smug

 

[NewFresh]

Spent the past 10 months working on this movie. Have to admit it's a great feeling seeing it all come together in the end.

What was your part in production?

 

[The Real Abed]

He'll never replace Johnny-5. But he can have a tiny place in my heart if he wants to if the movie is good.

 

[FTF]

Looks really good.

 

[diaspora]

Looks good, all of Bloomkamp's stuff has been solid thus far anyway.

 

[Discotheque]

three movies in a row where you got some grizzled badass hunting down the protagonist smh.

this time they got the gawd hugh jackman though thankfully.

 

[Zebra]

This looks to be about as unsubtle as his other works.

I'm keeping my expectations low and hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

three movies in a row where you got some grizzled badass hunting down the protagonist smh.

this time they got the gawd hugh jackman though thankfully.

With that plus his love for robots, chances are the dude would have made Battle Angel twice before James Cameron does his thing.

 

[big_z]

it looks like they mashed the storylines of short circuit 1&2 together and set it in the slums of Elysium.

 

[Poimandres]

Looks interesting. Can't be difficult to be better than Elysium.

I read awful things about this Die Antwoord dude on set.

Knowing those guys that could have all been crazy spin!

I'm in for this film.

 

[LycanXIII]

Chappie reminds me of Canti

 

[rouken]

why can't this just be a live action walle?

from the looks of it that poor robot is gonna die

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

2zef4u

http://www.citypress.co.za/entertainment/die-antwoords-ninja-pure-evil/

 

[TheKaeptain]

Yes, because the movie isn't even out yet.

He's seen the movie already.

 

[Gambit 1138]

uuuhhhhh this is a huge ripoff of Short Circuit

 

[BlueDogAnchorite]

I hear this is supposed to be "insanely gory."

I'm curious, I want details

 

[plasmawave]

The design reminds me of Appleseed because of those ear antennas.

 

[neorej]

Looks great, but I feel like Blomkamp has one story to tell; one about segregation.

 

[Messofanego]

Didn't know Blomkamp was on a new movie, looks cool. Die Antwoord are going to be fun lol.

 

[Qvoth]

i thought sharlto is in this?

 

[Fret]

i thought sharlto is in this?

He plays Chappie

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

why can't this just be a live action walle?

from the looks of it that poor robot is gonna die

You just know the Chappie is going to do some crazy stuff going out in a blaze of gory ass bullet ridden glory if so.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Started of promising. Ended up being corny.

Yup.

Started strong.

Ended up looking like every other Bloomkamp film.

 

[SolidSnakesMyStepDad]

Didnt realize DIe Anterwood would have such big parts......and it seems they are playing themselves?....weeeeeird

Please do not have this be true.

 

[TheBahaBlast]

Man do I love his robot designs. Will watch for new age Short Circuit vibe.

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

Oh my god this movie is going to end in tears. I can feel it.

yeah...

 

[cacildo]

Funny how now everybody hates Elysium

When i went to watch it, everybody was lovin it.

Spoiler

And no, its terrible.
Its like Amazing Spider Man 2 - remember the "people on twitter saying its the best movie ever"

 

[Fallout-NL]

Funny how now everybody hates Elysium

When i went to watch it, everybody was lovin it.

Spoiler

And no, its terrible.
Its like Amazing Spider Man 2 - remember the "people on twitter saying its the best movie ever"

Not me.


Anyway, Die Antwoord is cool. I'll see this. Hope it's a return to form.

 

[Sapiens]

Lawd, I cant wait to see this.

 

[gdt]

Those Die Antwoord stories are crazy haha.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Oh yeah, this is suppose to be a comedy, right? Doesn't look anything like a comedy though.

 

[Currygan]

Looks hella depressing

 

[Jburton]

http://www.citypress.co.za/entertainment/die-antwoords-ninja-pure-evil/

Smells like spin.

He is front and centre in the trailer ffs.

 

[Nappuccino]

So . . . was that Die Antwood guy written out of the later parts in the movie? Or was that all just overblown fluff?

He's got a pretty enthusiastic blog post about the movie, so I have no idea.

 

[EatChildren]

Eerrrrrgggggh. I want to like. Conceptually it's not original, but the setting is, and I like Blomkamp as a director. But Elysium showed how dull and uninspired him and his team can be when delivering an otherwise interesting (again, if unoriginal) theme. He too easily succumbs to two dimensional sappiness and cliches. And this runs a high risk of falling into those categories.

And as much as I adore Die Antwood, I cannot unsee them as who they are, which has soured me bad from that trailer.

 

[Kanyon]

This looks awesome. I love Blomkamp's robot aesthetics in his films, makes them look really worn and lived it.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

I loved the hell out of Elysium & District 9, so this is a day 1 for me.

 

[triplestation]

This looks like some Disney bullshit. I'm done with blomkamp after D9. Dude has gone ham.

How are we expected to connect emotionally with a robot? I'm sorry but artificial intelligence is just too far fetched. This is a Disney movie as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Alrus]

It looks really cheesy. I expect the robot to die tragically at the end with a scene where Hugh Jackman realizes his mistakes or something.