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The Philosophy of District 9 – Freedomain Radio Movie Review

Becoming alien makes you human – empathy, morality and aliens and falling to the guns of the ruling classes…

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25 Responses to “The Philosophy of District 9 – Freedomain Radio Movie Review”

  1. noteamoahora on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    I think your view …
    I think your view is a little negative–he wasn’t ejected from the higher class of society because he was empathetic to the victims, he was ejected because he had a huge alien arm that everyone wants to use to shoot guns. I think talking about the humans’ reaction to his arm would be supported better factually by the film than your empathy theory.

  2. damn stef has has …
    stef has has someone been persecuting you???

    talkin bout turnin guns on you with the haunted look and shit
    and individuation therapy what the is that???

  3. TheSupremeSkeptic on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    @15:00
    I use to …
    @15:00
    I use to have the exact same dream.

  4. DRfronkensteen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    I re-watched it …
    I re-watched it recently, it does take place in August of 2010. If you pause the movie during any of the “security cam” feeds, you can see a time/date stamp.

  5. You used a lot of …
    You used a lot of big words there buddy. It was a great review tho

  6. DRfronkensteen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    Thats alright, its …
    Thats alright, its not for everyone. It did what it was suposed to, which was entertain me. But I always get political with stuff, thats just the way I am. And you could watch any movie and blow all kinds of holes in the plot.

  7. @ …
    @chimichangadeadpool You should blame the director of the movie, not Stef. I’m dutch too, and our letters just sound different. I must say it annoyed me too. If the director wants to portray a dutch guy, then at least get his name right :)

  8. CodyAllenmusic on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    @ …
    @chimichangadeadpool it’s not about the dutch… It’s just about humanity.

  9. chimichangadeadpool on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    One thing I didn’t …
    One thing I didn’t like about the movie is the way the Dutch are portrayed as coldhearted rasists

  10. who cares, the …
    who cares, the general idea is conveyed.

  11. chimichangadeadpool on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    how hard is it to …
    how hard is it to pronounce Wikus? It’s not Wykus, but Wikus. Like Wicca. His name was sayed a hunderd times in the movie. So why do you say Wykus?

  12. To dismiss religion …
    To dismiss religion, nationalism and patriotism as forms of pseudo-morality, and hinge an entire system of ethics on ‘empathy’ requires, I’m afraid, at least some definition of the term. And furthermore, I feel Stephan must fill out the claim: a brief survey of this suspiciously Humean-sounding system of morality is required.

  13. meganmcspaddenvt on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    This is a very nice …
    This is a very nice movie, I watched it online for free here: viewfilmsfree |.| com

  14. Dude, what you are …
    Dude, what you are trying to say has been written in the bible.

  15. @ DRfronkensteen:
    …
    @ DRfronkensteen:
    Nope, its January 2008, You can see that at the begining of the film when Wikus is putting the microphone on, There’s a desk calendar of MNU.
    But its interesting how the remark 2012 because they obviously knew that the movie was coming out in 2009, thats why i commented the numbers one month ago.

  16. DRfronkensteen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    It takes place in …
    It takes place in 2010 though.

  17. RoyvanKeulen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    The container …
    The container definitely stands for the power to emphatize, to see the world through someone else’s eyes. That’s all that is sure to me.

  18. 2009 year of …
    2009 year of release + 3 years for wikus getting ‘fixed’ = 2012

    I am just saying :P

  19. That’s were the …
    That’s were the movie starts to fall apart. He goes to personally get the signatures of 1 million aliens for eviction. Yeah, okay.

    Meanwhile, the trigger happy South African military (which is made up of no more than 10 thugs apparently) , is all too happy to shoot prawns without justification.

    We send a moron to get 1 million signatures, while giving the military the authority to shoot at will.

    And that’s just the start…

  20. A movie’s PRIMARY …
    A movie’s PRIMARY goal is to entertain, no? I don’t think D9 really came through, at least not for me. Perhaps whatever social commentary they were aiming for at the end clouded it for me but maybe I was just looking for a good sci-fi movie instead of a commentary on South Africa and by extension, all governments. ? So, if you weren’t being hateful in your first comment but just trying to be funny, then my apologies. I just didn’t really like D9.

  21. DRfronkensteen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    I do have to say I …
    I do have to say I enjoyed D9 a lot, as well as this movie review. It ranks right up there with The Matrix and V for Vendetta in my opinion.One thing I would like to mention is the fact that the “mercenaries” and company are stripping the aliens of their weaponry. I know that the company wanted the weapons for profit, but I see another allusion to govt. today. The disarmament of a people almost always happens before a war or genocide. I don’t know if anyone else noticed this, your thoughts?

  22. DRfronkensteen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    @TruthSurge I call …
    @TruthSurge I call it sarcasm…….. I just thought it was funny when someone said you should watch Meet the Spartans. You might actually like D9 after seeing that one…… Just a thought. (I know I would even rather watch a double feature of Oprah and the View with Bill O’Reilly in place of commercials than see Meet the Spartans again.)

  23. After viewing the …
    After viewing the entry on IMDB, I can only assume that your suggestion was intended as a sly insult. 40,000 votes and a rating of 2 stars. I guess your comment is as funny as the movie, eh?

    Hey, there’s some slime on the street from a homeless person’s nose. It is an excellent source of protein! You would like it! HAHAHAH so hilarious.

    If you had an argument, you would have used it.

  24. thanks. I’ll check …
    thanks. I’ll check it out.

  25. DRfronkensteen on June 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    @TruthSurge Meet …
    @TruthSurge Meet the Spartans is an excellent movie, you would like it.

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