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Originally Posted by boink
the CG in District 9 was really good, best I've seen in terms of mixing humans, mechs and alien life forms with CG and most likely a fair amount of physical effects so well I didn't find myself nit picking bad shadowing, washed out coloring on humans or CG characters etc. I mean I'm a fantasy/sci fi geek since Harryhausen movies like 7th Voyage of Sinbad and always look at the effects with a critical eye. I can't help it. this was (imho) better than LOTR and Jackson's King Kong was full of bad CG rendering and integration.
and the story was really great. the main character was really getting on my nerves at first but I was drawn in as it went on. and it wasn't just "aliens bad, must kill aliens- the end."
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I too thought the mechs in D9 (as well as in Terminator: Salvation which I thought was VERY underrated) were outstandingly cool looking (also the 'computer-command' shots from within the suit were excellent) and realistic looking in a "looks like it fits in with the scenery" way. I'm also a fan of Harryhausen and the stop action stuff...Clash of the Titans (early 1980s?) comes to mind, another latter day copy of his style of animation. I would agree that D9 was right up there with Alien for originality and intensity (intensity of a different kind).