It's not aliens that are really disgusting, it's us humans

Rosetta 2022-04-21 09:01:14

They are a group of alien refugees, they are scrawny and ragged, they are ugly, they are between grasshoppers and lobsters, they are discriminated as "prawns", they love to eat cat food, they live in South Africa, called the first In the filthy and sinful slums of District Nine, they are hated, driven and killed by humans.

You may be wondering, is this an alien? Didn't they come to invade Earth and blow up the White House (see "War of the Worlds", "Shenzhen: Earth Strikes Back"...)? Aren't they cute little aliens (see "ET")? Aren't they messengers of friendship to deliver a message of peace (cf. Contacts of the Third Kind)?

Director Neil Blomkamp tells us about such an alternative sci-fi movie that is beyond our viewing experience.

As we all know, human beings have never stopped pursuing the pace of life in outer space. But have we thought about it, when the outer space life really visits the earth, are we ready to accept them? After watching "District 9", I came to the conclusion that as long as the human demons - discrimination and prejudice still exist, we will never be ready for contact with alien life!

"No non-humans."
"They're hard to communicate."
"They're very low-IQ and tough."
"We have to be careful when we talk to them."
"Aha, look at this, it's funny (from an alien) He pulled out a glass bottle, and the alien howled in pain), do you want to take it back as a souvenir?"
"Go back, you rotten shrimps!"

These lines reminded me easily: "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter", "Yellow Peril", "Sick Man of East Asia", "Nigger", "Black Cubs"...

Where is this alien movie? topic. Honestly, very uncomfortable. At first I thought aliens were disgusting, but after reading it, I realized that the real disgusting thing was us humans.

Stripped of the skin, all living things are the same living beings. ——We can develop nuclear weapons that reach the sky, we can send humans to the moon, we have profound scientific knowledge and rich imagination, but why can’t we understand such a simple truth?

We think the aliens in the movie are ugly and stupid, but. People can find us and come to Earth, but we can only reach Mars at most, and we can’t even get out of the solar system; people’s spaceships have been hovering in Johannesburg for 30 years, but we can’t find a way to start them, and the aliens We drove it away with the substance we extracted, and we didn't know what it was. Aliens probably don't know that frogs in the well and arrogance are also "virtues" of human beings.

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Extended Reading
  • Elza 2022-03-23 09:01:13

    I like it so much~ It's so pretty~! People who don't watch science fiction movies all bow down to the special effects of this movie~!

  • Roslyn 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    The image of aliens is still very poor and rough, and they still have high-tech capabilities, and they still have affection and righteousness. In contrast, what is left of us humans?

District 9 quotes

  • [Fundiswa clutches his face mask while he witnesses the burning shack]

    Wikus Van De Merwe: [referring to the face mask] You don't need that, man. Only sissies wear that. You don't need that.

  • Wikus Van De Merwe: [talking to a prawn in District 9] We drinking a little bit here, eh?

    [the prawn vomits at Wikus's feet]