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It was explained in an interview with the Director, Neill Blomkamp. In short, the prawns are a hive species. When their leaders died, they became rudderless and docile. In the absence of command input and realising that supplies were running short, the ship auto-navigated them to the nearest habitable planet to allow them to disembark and perform repairs. Unfortunately, they encountered us. As to why it took them 20+ years to gather the fluid to fuel the pod, it seems that it took that long for a potential new leader (Christopher) to fully mature and start making intelligent plans on behalf of the hive.
Yeah basically he could build a bomb in 5 secs he’s op the entire species intelligence get sent to one leader and if the leader dies then it has to be transferred the plan was to repair and resupply in earth but humanity fucked it up cause Christ wasn’t done gather intelligence so he just dipped with the pilot in the command module
A bunch of mindless drones trying to solve a problem that needs directions. Without a leader. What do Ants and Bees do when you kill their queens? Look it up, lets just say, nothing good.
My high school government teacher liked this movie so much he made us watch it in class. There was no assignment attached or anything, he literally just wanted to make sure we had seen and appreciated it as much as he did lol.
Some rare teachers have a passion to share. You are very lucky you had one of those. Most regurgitate material from previous years and make you do the exam. I assume you liked it if you are here commenting of a reaction to it. His job as a teacher and educator was well done. Movie impacted you and you remember the experience in school. This person deserves a good high five and more lol.
@@revariox189 My 10th grade history teacher made us watch him play a game of Civ 6 while he explained every decision he made. I graduated years ago and I still play video games with him lol (At some point he also had us watch the Julius Caesar vs Shaka Zulu ERB lol, he was a big ol nerd)
It might not go through anymore because Neill Blomkamps last movie 'Demonic' was a box office disaster, which has hindered the District 10 project, unfortunately 😔. Neill blomkamp was also meant to do an Alien 5 movie, which was meant to follow the events after Aliens and cancelling out Alien 3 and 4. It sounded soo good cause he was gonna keep Hicks and Newt alive. All of his projects, apart from Demonic have been really good. If you like his work, check out his studio here on TH-cam called Oats Studio. Plenty of mini stories with sick visuals.
@Hesh Hesherson it’s the money that is connected is the problem but also this guys got a bandolier of bad films literally district 9 was his best film the diamond in the rough
Remember Christopher said that canister that turned him into an alien was fuel, one possibility is that the fuel itself turns all lifeforms into the prawn and there was a leak of some kind on the ship.
Ay dont shame my man for wanting catfood. When youre hungry youll eat anything, and as somebody who used to be homeless I gotta say that wet cat food is not a bad choice. Id go for baby food first tho, catfood is like tuna as a purée or chicken purée.
Tho fr, best food option when homeless is precooked, canned chilis and similar. You can eat them cold and they arent terrible. Clam chowder is my favorite cold canned soup.
I think the reason the aliens didn't do anything before is because a majority of them are drones. christopher and maybe one or two others are the only engineers. they had to develop the means to fix the ship etc. I don't remember where I learned that though
I think it's supposed to be a metaphor for South African Apartheid. The writer/director's next two films after District 9, Elysium and Chappie, are also interesting.
Someones probably already said this but as it it set in South Africa and directed by a South African, it likens a theme of Apartheid, as the aliens are segregated in a 'district', as were people in the apartheid era. Also those signs saying "no prawns allowed", all symbols seen during Apartheid.
I’ve been waiting for this sequel since it’s release I saw this when I was like 10 and I just remember how great it was then and it still holds up. The acting, writing, and cinematography all just came together and as u said alien moves 🙏👌👌 love these commentary’s
Saw this movie years ago on Netflix. I had no idea what it's about and I'm glad I saw it without knowing anything about it. Sharlto Copley is a amazing actor.
@@TheMikeLawz another movie you should watch, made by the same director, is calles Elysium. Matt Damon stars in it. It has the same feel and aesthetic, except no aliens. It's had mixed reviews with some people but I personally enjoy it. Shalto Copley is great in that one as well.
@@TheMikeLawzFor Chappie not alot people like the movie. Actually most hate it. There are problems I have with it and parts that kinda bugs me. However, I still enjoy it. Not the best out of three but I like it. That's why we watched movies ourselves to form our own opinion. People have different taste you know.
@@TheMikeLawz On February 26, 2021, Neill Blomkamp revealed on his official Twitter that development was moving ahead on a script for a sequel, titled District 10, with Sharlto Copley and Terri Tatchell co-writing the screenplay with him.
Thank you for reacting to this amazing movie Mike. Neill Blomkamp did an amazing job on this, I loved it! The concept of this movie is so innovative, action-packed, thought-provoking, horrifying, and endearing all at the same time. to simultaneously illicit all these emotions from me to the next level, very few movies I have seen make me want to be a professional writer or storyteller. This is one of them.
IK I'm a little late but for those interested, that "ship" underneath the shack was also kind of like a command module for the mothership. So, yeah, Chris couldn't activate anything remotely until the module itself had power. And tractor beam became his plan B once that thing was no longer airworthy. So that's why they didn't use the remote control before.
Neill Blomkamp did an amazing job on this, i loved it! he has done a few films before this one, same type scenario, "Alive in Joberg" back in 2005, and he's done amazing shorts, i bought on steam called "Oats Studio, Volume 1". it's around 5hrs of sci-fi shorts, some big actors. but he is so creative, he doesn't need a big budget, or A list actors.
When my dad saw the trailer, he said it reminded him of Planet Of The Apes and Alien Nation. And looking at the movie points out real world problems like, immigration, overpopulation, racism, bigotry, and xenophobia.
The level of world-building and thought-provoking insight that comes from "District 9" I cannot speak of highly enough. This is a God-tier movie. To me, I compare this movie with Star WArs (original trilogy) or the Matrix in terms of awe-inspiring wonder and amazement in a sci-fi drama. I think the "District 9" documentary style takes it in a different but great direction from so many of the polished slick sci-fi movies of today. Our technology has become so great that we often don't let the idea dominate the movie and let the CGI be the filler it was intended to be. "District 9" skirts this line amazingly well. kudos to Neill Blomkamp for taking me on an amazing journey.
I just watched this last night because I saw you reacted to it so I said let me check this out first and then I’ll come back. I really liked this movie! I actually was yelling at the screen in favor of the aliens by the end lol it was so trippy and I enjoyed it
If you want to see Sharlto Copley at his absolute best and watch a pretty batshit insane movie, watch Hardcore Henry. He plays about 10 different characters in it and it's amazing.
Oh and same as everyone else, I fucking loved this movie the first time I saw it, absolutely blew my mind. Didn't like Elysium at all, but Chappie was amazing minus Die Antwoords involvement.
@@TheMikeLawz so! The Alien spaceship is on Earth due to alien technology. In the movie they explain that the queen alien had died due to an infection she caught on another planet, thus leaving the aliens (who are hive minded) with no leadership. The ship ran on autopilot and due to lack of leadership, the prawns were unaware of their limited resources. The ship auto-navigated to the nearest planet after realizing that unless they made it to a planet that sustained life, the ship would run out of resources & every alien on the ship would also die. So it found the nearest planet in their voyage, Earth, and stopped there which is how they got here. They encountered humans and we saw how that went. The hive mind they operated with would also explain why some of them just seemed a little dumber than the rest. There are some intelligent prawns, but the vast majority were not on the same level of intellect, which would explain why they stayed in the camps for so long. It wasn’t until Christopher matured enough to start making plans for the hive.
I have met people who didn't understand the movie or it was not what they were expecting out of a "Alien invasion" movie, and yes to be honest, I have lost a little bit of respect for those people. Let's just say, they went from "friends" to people I hangout with to eventually acquaintances. Sometimes things makes us realise we have just been around the same people for the wrong reasons... Intellectual stuff or anything where thinking is required will do that. Divide or unite, either way it sure does reveal
"Does legal system even apply to them if they're not from this planet?" That's not how it works. Law is (literally) Law of The Land. It applies to everyone on that land regardless of where they're from.
I think this was like a worker or slave class for some reason the higher intelgent aliens were either all wiped out maybe very few smart ones were left and these were like the slaves
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Hey mike, that game you were thinking about with the bullet catching ability you saw in the movie might be a game called Titanfall.
@@SeengignPaipes It was lol. When I was editing this video I remembered
14 minute reaction to a hour and a half long movie?????? fuck off lol
It was explained in an interview with the Director, Neill Blomkamp. In short, the prawns are a hive species. When their leaders died, they became rudderless and docile. In the absence of command input and realising that supplies were running short, the ship auto-navigated them to the nearest habitable planet to allow them to disembark and perform repairs. Unfortunately, they encountered us.
As to why it took them 20+ years to gather the fluid to fuel the pod, it seems that it took that long for a potential new leader (Christopher) to fully mature and start making intelligent plans on behalf of the hive.
Yeah basically he could build a bomb in 5 secs he’s op the entire species intelligence get sent to one leader and if the leader dies then it has to be transferred the plan was to repair and resupply in earth but humanity fucked it up cause Christ wasn’t done gather intelligence so he just dipped with the pilot in the command module
A bunch of mindless drones trying to solve a problem that needs directions. Without a leader.
What do Ants and Bees do when you kill their queens? Look it up, lets just say, nothing good.
My high school government teacher liked this movie so much he made us watch it in class. There was no assignment attached or anything, he literally just wanted to make sure we had seen and appreciated it as much as he did lol.
That's amazing lol
Some rare teachers have a passion to share. You are very lucky you had one of those. Most regurgitate material from previous years and make you do the exam. I assume you liked it if you are here commenting of a reaction to it. His job as a teacher and educator was well done. Movie impacted you and you remember the experience in school. This person deserves a good high five and more lol.
@@revariox189 My 10th grade history teacher made us watch him play a game of Civ 6 while he explained every decision he made.
I graduated years ago and I still play video games with him lol
(At some point he also had us watch the Julius Caesar vs Shaka Zulu ERB lol, he was a big ol nerd)
I really enjoyed this movie! Apparently there is a sequel in the works but no word yet on when it'll actually release.
I'd 100% be down for a sequel
It might not go through anymore because Neill Blomkamps last movie 'Demonic' was a box office disaster, which has hindered the District 10 project, unfortunately 😔.
Neill blomkamp was also meant to do an Alien 5 movie, which was meant to follow the events after Aliens and cancelling out Alien 3 and 4. It sounded soo good cause he was gonna keep Hicks and Newt alive. All of his projects, apart from Demonic have been really good. If you like his work, check out his studio here on TH-cam called Oats Studio. Plenty of mini stories with sick visuals.
@@TheMikeLawz check out Neill Blomkamps 'Elysium'. Brilliant concept.
@Hesh Hesherson it’s the money that is
connected is the problem but also this guys got a bandolier of bad films literally district 9 was his best film the diamond in the rough
Coffee cake face🤣🤣
Just keeping it real
Love your videos bro, it’s great you posted today cause it’s my birthday!
Happy birthday g 👊🏻
Remember Christopher said that canister that turned him into an alien was fuel, one possibility is that the fuel itself turns all lifeforms into the prawn and there was a leak of some kind on the ship.
Home boy should be a wr from that missile catch
You have the world record for using the word "sick" most often 😆
You should watch nerve.although I think it could of been directed better it's still good.
Ay dont shame my man for wanting catfood. When youre hungry youll eat anything, and as somebody who used to be homeless I gotta say that wet cat food is not a bad choice.
Id go for baby food first tho, catfood is like tuna as a purée or chicken purée.
Tho fr, best food option when homeless is precooked, canned chilis and similar. You can eat them cold and they arent terrible. Clam chowder is my favorite cold canned soup.
YOU HAVE GOT TO REACT TO SINISTER
I've seen it already!
@@TheMikeLawz dang it 💀
You should react to apocalypto!
mike have you seen super 8?!!!!!
Yes! I had a video of it up on the channel but then they copyrighted it :/
It is funny how much stuff in this resembles a video game since it uses props from the scrapped Halo movie.
I recommend watching Us
Bruh
I think the reason the aliens didn't do anything before is because a majority of them are drones. christopher and maybe one or two others are the only engineers. they had to develop the means to fix the ship etc.
I don't remember where I learned that though
I think it's supposed to be a metaphor for South African Apartheid. The writer/director's next two films after District 9, Elysium and Chappie, are also interesting.
It definitely is.
More specifically its based off of District 6, which was a township during apartheid.
@@TheMedicalDemon Now THAT is something I am learning. I sure will look into that. Thanks for sharing
Someones probably already said this but as it it set in South Africa and directed by a South African, it likens a theme of Apartheid, as the aliens are segregated in a 'district', as were people in the apartheid era. Also those signs saying "no prawns allowed", all symbols seen during Apartheid.
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture.
I can absolutely see why now
I’ve been waiting for this sequel since it’s release I saw this when I was like 10 and I just remember how great it was then and it still holds up. The acting, writing, and cinematography all just came together and as u said alien moves 🙏👌👌 love these commentary’s
Saw this movie years ago on Netflix. I had no idea what it's about and I'm glad I saw it without knowing anything about it. Sharlto Copley is a amazing actor.
I never seen him in anthing else, but he was awesome in this
@@TheMikeLawz another movie you should watch, made by the same director, is calles Elysium. Matt Damon stars in it. It has the same feel and aesthetic, except no aliens. It's had mixed reviews with some people but I personally enjoy it. Shalto Copley is great in that one as well.
@@a-top7090 I've actually always wanted to see that one too along with Chappie
@@TheMikeLawzFor Chappie not alot people like the movie. Actually most hate it. There are problems I have with it and parts that kinda bugs me. However, I still enjoy it. Not the best out of three but I like it. That's why we watched movies ourselves to form our own opinion. People have different taste you know.
This movie is truly unappreciated and underrated
I recommend every youtuber to try and watch this at least once.
Love this movie, seen it so many times and gets better every time. Been waiting on a sequel for ever but I don’t think it will ever happen.
Hope it'll end up being an Avatar type situation and we get one years later
@@TheMikeLawz On February 26, 2021, Neill Blomkamp revealed on his official Twitter that development was moving ahead on a script for a sequel, titled District 10, with Sharlto Copley and Terri Tatchell co-writing the screenplay with him.
What i love most about this movie is the shockingly low budget. Shows what you can really do when you've got a passion for it
Thank you for reacting to this amazing movie Mike. Neill Blomkamp did an amazing job on this, I loved it!
The concept of this movie is so innovative, action-packed, thought-provoking, horrifying, and endearing all at the same time. to simultaneously illicit all these emotions from me to the next level, very few movies I have seen make me want to be a professional writer or storyteller. This is one of them.
"They both buggin'" lmao
Real Tawk
IK I'm a little late but for those interested, that "ship" underneath the shack was also kind of like a command module for the mothership. So, yeah, Chris couldn't activate anything remotely until the module itself had power. And tractor beam became his plan B once that thing was no longer airworthy. So that's why they didn't use the remote control before.
So proud of this movie as a South African. Definitely deserves a second watch!
This movie needs a sequel.
10000%
Neill Blomkamp did an amazing job on this, i loved it! he has done a few films before this one, same type scenario, "Alive in Joberg" back in 2005, and he's done amazing shorts, i bought on steam called "Oats Studio, Volume 1". it's around 5hrs of sci-fi shorts, some big actors. but he is so creative, he doesn't need a big budget, or A list actors.
When my dad saw the trailer, he said it reminded him of Planet Of The Apes and Alien Nation. And looking at the movie points out real world problems like, immigration, overpopulation, racism, bigotry, and xenophobia.
I NEED a sequel.
I could take it or leave it. It ended so strong. I’d only want a sequel if it would live up to the hype
You gotta watch chappie now
Na Elysium is way better
Idk bro, the dude below you is saying Elysium is way better
@@aidenarkham you sure?
@@TheMikeLawz I mean they both lit af
Elysium is much, much better than Chappie.
The level of world-building and thought-provoking insight that comes from "District 9" I cannot speak of highly enough. This is a God-tier movie. To me, I compare this movie with Star WArs (original trilogy) or the Matrix in terms of awe-inspiring wonder and amazement in a sci-fi drama. I think the "District 9" documentary style takes it in a different but great direction from so many of the polished slick sci-fi movies of today. Our technology has become so great that we often don't let the idea dominate the movie and let the CGI be the filler it was intended to be. "District 9" skirts this line amazingly well. kudos to Neill Blomkamp for taking me on an amazing journey.
I just watched this last night because I saw you reacted to it so I said let me check this out first and then I’ll come back.
I really liked this movie! I actually was yelling at the screen in favor of the aliens by the end lol it was so trippy and I enjoyed it
This movie freaked me out as a kid cause I thought this was a documentary 😂😂 but re watching it , it’s a really interesting movie
And this is when I fell in love with Sharlto Copley. 💞💞💞💞💞
this movie is fucking awesome! one of my top favourites.
i fkin loved this movie and i’m so glad that it’s getting it’s recognition, and i’m pretty sure they’re making a sequel soon
If you want to see Sharlto Copley at his absolute best and watch a pretty batshit insane movie, watch Hardcore Henry. He plays about 10 different characters in it and it's amazing.
Oh and same as everyone else, I fucking loved this movie the first time I saw it, absolutely blew my mind. Didn't like Elysium at all, but Chappie was amazing minus Die Antwoords involvement.
Yous should watch other blompkamp movies like Chappie and Elysium
can you please react to TMNT: Out of The Shadows 🙏🙏
You have to love this movie. If you don’t love this movie, there is no hope for you.
We shall see DeAndre
@@TheMikeLawz so! The Alien spaceship is on Earth due to alien technology. In the movie they explain that the queen alien had died due to an infection she caught on another planet, thus leaving the aliens (who are hive minded) with no leadership. The ship ran on autopilot and due to lack of leadership, the prawns were unaware of their limited resources. The ship auto-navigated to the nearest planet after realizing that unless they made it to a planet that sustained life, the ship would run out of resources & every alien on the ship would also die. So it found the nearest planet in their voyage, Earth, and stopped there which is how they got here. They encountered humans and we saw how that went.
The hive mind they operated with would also explain why some of them just seemed a little dumber than the rest. There are some intelligent prawns, but the vast majority were not on the same level of intellect, which would explain why they stayed in the camps for so long. It wasn’t until Christopher matured enough to start making plans for the hive.
I have met people who didn't understand the movie or it was not what they were expecting out of a "Alien invasion" movie, and yes to be honest, I have lost a little bit of respect for those people. Let's just say, they went from "friends" to people I hangout with to eventually acquaintances. Sometimes things makes us realise we have just been around the same people for the wrong reasons... Intellectual stuff or anything where thinking is required will do that. Divide or unite, either way it sure does reveal
The thumbnail guy looks like the reactioner 😂😂
This director also made some Halo shortd
Where you from? Your accent is funny lol
Sweden
district 10 is in development but that is the only information their is
I've never heard bad things about this movie. Everyone agrees it's just that good.
Titanfall had a catching Bullets mechanic
Exactly what I was thinking of lol
Watch Elysium next! Same director!
The fingernail scene is so DISGUSTING I threw up my first watch 💀
Imagine if they made district 9, part 2 in 3 years. The exact time they would come back for him 😭
These types of movies remind me of chappie
Wich was also great
The computer in the command ship only worked because of the fluid which took them years to find
I don't know why, but that thumbnail triggered something in my brain and I'm scared to watch this
3 year he promised from 2009 and now is 2022 he still not return .... damn it shrimp men
If you haven’t seen Elysium, watch it!!
This is such a hard movie to convince people to watch. Its so good, but starts so slow.
Check out Chappie if you liked this.
You should try battle los angles
React to Area 51 movie
Coffee cake face! 💀💀💀
Space Aids yes 🤣
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊
Thanks for watching g 👊🏻
"Does legal system even apply to them if they're not from this planet?"
That's not how it works. Law is (literally) Law of The Land. It applies to everyone on that land regardless of where they're from.
In theory but it does not apply to everyone in practice. Diplomatic immunity anyone?
Amazing film and I wish we was getting a sequel to this instead of Avatar!
I’d take this over Avatar any day of the week
I think this was like a worker or slave class for some reason the higher intelgent aliens were either all wiped out maybe very few smart ones were left and these were like the slaves
I thought the fluid was to work the mother ship not the little one.
Arrival is so good man I remember rewatching it so many times
Everyone should leave a like on this video just for not making a long ass intro
Yeee