tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636364257378419743.post5850487964173051809..comments2024-03-20T15:22:29.520-07:00Comments on The Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog: Raquel Welch, Planet 9 and More: The Ethnic American Body in Science Fiction CinemaWilliam A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636364257378419743.post-68746440264409462842009-09-22T09:06:05.609-07:002009-09-22T09:06:05.609-07:00For me it is the original Invasion of the Body Sn...For me it is the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers with it's mundane replacement of people with an "other" which acts and looks almost exactly like the original. <br />Caro, I have googled and googled and have yet to find an interlocuter calling D9 "the most racist movie ever" Could you plz provide a link?<br />and re: the script's looseness or tightness, I thought the story relied less on Clarke's "magic" rule of thumb(which is what most sf movies end up doing) than most. <br />i can attest to the fact that refugees are treated just as they are on D9. However exotic, once people become neighbors, especially in places without plumbing, the newness wears off and the cultural misunderstandings begin.jethttp://theoverdrone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636364257378419743.post-24939884391746143082009-09-20T17:03:10.588-07:002009-09-20T17:03:10.588-07:00I have this class I'd love to teach on race &a...I have this class I'd love to teach on race & sci-fi. First movie: King Kong. Cause if that's not a Wells-ian fear of (African) atavism run amok and swollen by forces we don't understand, well, you know the rest.<br /><br />Still mulling District 9. I don't think it's, as some interlocutors have dubbed it, THE most racist movie ever (there's a long line for that), but it's just so much less tight a script than I'd hoped. Lots of narrative/logic holes. Enemy Mine so much more subtle in showing one way past language/culture barriers in a hostile scenario.<br /><br />And Brother is one of my favorite movies EVER.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718712454010984990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636364257378419743.post-78476500291814760282009-09-20T10:35:23.520-07:002009-09-20T10:35:23.520-07:00id be interested to hear your thoughts on d-9. I w...id be interested to hear your thoughts on d-9. I work with refugee populations and I thought the movie portrayed the cultural dislocation well.jethttp://theoverdrone.com/noreply@blogger.com