district 9

http://www.d-9.com/

I saw the trailer yesterday when I saw Terminator:Salvation. It looks interesting. Very few Sci-fi movies take place in South Africa...

I saw the one for Sherlock Holmes.

Saw that one too. Looks good but does it follow any of the original stories ? After thinking about District 9 and seeing the names of some of the people associated with the production, I'm beginning to get the feeling that it might be an allegory for apartheid with the aliens taking the place of the oppressed Africans. If so, then it might not do well at the box office. Political tracts rarely do...