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District 9. - Surprisingly good. Not great, mind it, but good.



There are no good guys there and the dubious nature of our "moral choice" is shown quite well. The weak spot is as usual - not enough depth in depicting the human society.

Still, the explanation through "not compatible technology" is plausible. Yeah, the bad guys are way too simple. Yeah, there is no difference between the gangsters in the alien slums and the shadow research company. But it can be explained by the assumption that the company is as fake as the gangsters are, that the real research has already been done and brought nothing. That all that is left around the District 9 is cat food and vain hope.

What I am sad about - this is how the future is seen now all over the world. As a fake.

The great humankind sci-fi dream is landing. In slums.

Наше небо стало небом черным,
Наше небо разорвал снаряд.
Наши звезды выдернуты с корнем,
Наши звезды больше не горят.

В наше небо били из орудий,
Наше небо гаснет, покорясь.
В наше небо выплеснули люди
Мира металлическую грязь!

Нас со всех сторон обдало дымом,
Дымом погибающих планет.
И глаза мы к небу не подымем,
Потому что знаем: неба нет.

But the future is still there. the recession does not cancel it. Poverty does not cancel it. It is still coming.

And we prefer not to think about it. 90% of sci-fi nowadays is about our precious human nature that should be preserved at all costs, about our desire not to change...

Phaw.

Date: 2010-02-20 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icbob99.livejournal.com
фильм просто супер.

Date: 2010-02-20 06:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ygam.livejournal.com
Английский чистить?

Date: 2010-02-20 06:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ygam.livejournal.com
Sensory deprivation chronicles

District 9. - Surprisingly good. Not great, mind you, but good.

There are no good guys there and the dubious nature of our "moral choice" is shown quite well. The weak spot is as usual - not enough depth in portraying the human society.

Still, the explanation through "incompatible technology" is plausible. Yeah, the bad guys are far too simple. Yeah, there is no difference between the gangsters in the alien slums and the shadow research company. But it can be explained through the conceit that the company is as fake as the gangsters, that real research has already been done and brought nothing. That all that is left around District 9 is cat food and vain hope.

What I am sad about - this is how the future is seen now all over the world. As a fake.

The great sci-fi dream of humanity is landing. In slums.

Date: 2010-02-20 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ygam.livejournal.com
Забыл вторую часть:

But the future is still there. The recession does not cancel it. Poverty does not cancel it. It is still coming.

And we prefer not to think about it. 90% of sci-fi nowadays is about our precious human nature that should be preserved at all costs, about our desire not to change...

Phew.

Date: 2010-02-20 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arpad.livejournal.com
Thanks. Used most of them.

Date: 2010-02-20 09:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ygam.livejournal.com
Ну, без тех поправок, которые ты не использовал, это все равно неправильный английский. People will understand you, but they will also understand that you are not a native speaker. Должно быть "the human society"; "a human society" - это либо человеческое общество, то есть, не муравьиное и не шимпанзячье, либо одно из нескольких обществ, которые рассматриваются: древнеримское, средневековое западноевропейское, византийское и т. д. Здесь нужно the. Также the assumption.

Для сравнения, вот - максимум того, что я (пока) могу написать на иврите (там были ошибки, которые учительница поправила).

Date: 2010-02-20 10:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arpad.livejournal.com
Ну the human society это я просто пропустил сравнивая.

А вообще - я уже смирился с тем что я не "native spaker". Задача - не делать грубых грамматических ошибок (к которым принадлежат неверные артикли)

Date: 2010-02-21 12:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ygam.livejournal.com
Я не смирился; я хочу уметь переводить художественную литературу с русского и украинского на английский. Это дико сложно.

Date: 2010-02-21 01:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arpad.livejournal.com
Это дико сложно.

Date: 2010-02-20 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phyloxena.livejournal.com
Хорошее кино, ага. Мы его смотрели сразу после сенсорной перегрузки от Аватара.

Date: 2010-02-21 02:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arpad.livejournal.com
Чтобы подключить обратно тщательно выключенный при просмотра Аватара мозг? :)

Date: 2010-02-21 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phyloxena.livejournal.com
Для полноты картины :)

Date: 2010-02-21 07:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aconite26.livejournal.com
а чье стихотворение? очень интересное..

Date: 2010-02-22 11:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aconite26.livejournal.com
спасибо - интересное стихотворение - хотя концовка в нем пожалуй и есть самая лучшая часть..

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