Alien Nation opening

Alien Nation credits

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• Nation

[Eldeecue]

I like how people are going on about how "powerful" and "innovative" District 9 is, and calling it "A Completely New Direction for an Alien-based science fiction plot"

Yeah....D9, while not _terrible_, can't really hold a candle to any given episode of Alien Nation, even if you forgive it for blatantly resorting to allegorizing the Apartheid, and doing so in _very_ poor taste.(Which is...hard to do)

Forgive my sermon, had to get that off my chest.

[KittyKarryAll]

Love this opening and love this show! Thanks for uploading.

[knoxvilleguy2]

@Eldeecue - Hmmm..... An alien race called the " Djoos ", & humans are like " Nazis ", I'm guessing. Subtle. Just like " AVATAR " where the Na'vi were like the pure unspoiled natives in the " New World " & the Terran humans were the evil, resource - hungry, disease - riddled Europeans. I've got the deluxe DVD edition, but I've ALREADY heard so much abt. " AVATAR " that I'm biased w / out seeing more than a minute of it.

[Eldeecue]

@knoxvilleguy2 Eh, you should see District 9. It's worth the Netflix rental price, I promise. It's just one of those movies that really could have gone from "good" to "great" with a few very obvious ..fixes. It _has_ a good story, _has_ good acting, good characters....but it just...feels it has to make itself into a cringe worthy Apartheid allegory somehow--it's like if they made a (good) movie about us mistreating an alien race called the "Djoos" and putting them into death camps.

[knoxvilleguy2]

@Eldeecue - I haven't seen District 9, but I suspect that people - even if they're only a small group - will be discussing " Alien Nation " after District 9 has vanished from movie goers' & video - viewers' collective memory.

Fox had GOLD in that series, & they settled for mostly mediocrity or even dreck after cancelling it.

[Kerolden]

@JCubDK i understand,honestly when i first heard the music it didn't seem african,i guess because i havent heard much african music. this series does actually have racial themes(the prejudice and bigotry that the aliens face), but i always thought it was done in an honest and understanding way,not exploitative.

[JCubDK]

@Kerolden I wasn't talking about slavery in general. I was talking about the music which has some african touch to it, and with the slave-theme already there... Well, those two things together just makes one's mind wander just a bit. Even my mum was mortified.

If there was a different theme tune for the series, I would not have reacted as I did.

[Kerolden]

@JCubDK always associating slavery with black people is more racist(i assume that's what you're implying, this series is racist)

[Bishniak]

Some days I agree with Sykes at 1:34

[firstborn1988gorsaga]

earth final conflict reminded me of this nation.