KoKo, some of her TR buddies, and I caught District 9 last night. It was excellent - one of those films that balances humor, tenderness, heartbreak, and hope - all dealing with lobster like creatures from outer space. No easy feat.
But this film, 9, look to be its equal.
One question I like to ponder -as does Dan Carlin on his Hardcore History show (the umpteenth plug there - CHECK IT OUT) - is what will the next great civilization look like?
I mean we can't be vain enough to think that we are the be all and end all of human civilization.
I'm sure that's what the Mesopotamians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Arabs, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Brits . . . all thought. But civilizations and empires rise and fall.
I mean we here in the 21st century are - what - humans civilization 3.0, right? There's the very old world (Bronze age or so). The old world (the Renaissance world). And the 'new' world (the one Columbus 'discovered'). But we can't be that vain to think we're the final model, right?
Certainly if you look at the fossil record, well dinosaurs were around much, much longer than we have been - and look where they are now!
Who knows maybe one day a future society will be running their machinery off our bones - and clogging up their air and warming up their world while they're at it too!
Well, 9 takes a stab at what might rise up to replace us.
Entertainment Weekly has referred to it as Toy Story meets Terminator. Now, that's interesting.
1 comment:
Wow, that movie does look really good. It's definitely up on my list with Alice and Wonderland!
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