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Neill Blomkamp's Elysium (Post-release)
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laserpistol76
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Anyone know what the rating will be?
laserpistol76
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Thank you for saying that.
Neill Blomkamp Personally Chose The Products Placed In 'Elysium,' Explains Why He Selected Certain Companies | The Playlist
Sci-Fi Thriller Sends Famous Brands Into Future - WSJ.com
Full interview regarding the brands used in the film.
And here is a good three part interview with Blomkamp where he talks about working on a bigger budget, expectations from fans, inspiration for Elysium and how they created the two worlds for the movie.
'District 9' Director Neill Blomkamp Ascends to Bigger-Budget 'Elysium'- Speakeasy - WSJ
What Inspired Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium' - Speakeasy - WSJ
How Neill Blomkamp Created Two Worlds in 'Elysium' - Speakeasy - WSJ
Sci-Fi Thriller Sends Famous Brands Into Future - WSJ.com
Full interview regarding the brands used in the film.
And here is a good three part interview with Blomkamp where he talks about working on a bigger budget, expectations from fans, inspiration for Elysium and how they created the two worlds for the movie.
'District 9' Director Neill Blomkamp Ascends to Bigger-Budget 'Elysium'- Speakeasy - WSJ
What Inspired Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium' - Speakeasy - WSJ
How Neill Blomkamp Created Two Worlds in 'Elysium' - Speakeasy - WSJ
Viral Ads for 'Elysium' Start Appearing Around New York, Los Angeles | FirstShowing.net
More viral marketing for Elysium
More viral marketing for Elysium
crabra comander
Master Member
Something tell me this will be the best movie of the year. At least for me!
PHArchivist
Master Member
Trailer looks good...
By the way, anyone feel this is a fairly accurate depiction of where we may be headed? Seems more realistic that we may build a large-scale space-borne habitat before we can effectively populate another planet. We basically already have (on a far smaller scale), but are way WAY off from even getting to Mars.
By the way, anyone feel this is a fairly accurate depiction of where we may be headed? Seems more realistic that we may build a large-scale space-borne habitat before we can effectively populate another planet. We basically already have (on a far smaller scale), but are way WAY off from even getting to Mars.
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Your Guide to a Better Life on Elysium - ComingSoon.net
Gives details about what Elysium consists of and their expansion plans.
Gives details about what Elysium consists of and their expansion plans.
It and a lunar base make a ton more sense than just shooting folks towards mars. you could do much better training in a orbital habitat and lunar base so they get actually hands on experience for everything. Heck you could actually successfully run mock emergencies they'd run into under controlled but realistic circumstances nearby in orbit.
I'm digging the designs of the robots. They're not way over the top futuristic looking and still resemble the robots we're just now making. The medical pod thing is a bit far fetched isn't it with it's claims of healing any disease? i mean the movie takes place not that far in the future.
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With His New Film, Elysium, Director Neil Blomkamp Delivers A Hellish Vision of Paradise | Underwire | Wired.com
This whole article is a great read.
Neill Blomkamp Wanted Eminem for 'Elysium' Before Matt Damon | Movie News | Movies.com
"Wired has written a fascinating, sprawling piece on South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp.
Of course, it also covers Blomkamp's next sci-fi film Elysium, and while it doesn't get into any spoilery details, it does contain one amusing detail: Matt Damon wasn't the director's first show for the film. He wasn't even his second choice.
Those first two spots actually belong to two very different rappers. The first person Blomkamp offered the role to was Ninja of Die Antwoord, but he passed on it because he didn't want his first acting role to be with an American accent. The director then turned to Eminem, only to be once again get rejected. Eminem would only do the movie if it took place in his hometown, Detroit, and that wasn't in the cards. It was at this point that Blomkamp gave up on the idea of following his District 9 model -- a restrained budget with no stars -- and decided to upgrade things a bit.
He then met with Damon in a diner and showed him a copy of a graphic novel he'd made with the aid of conceptual artists at Weta. From the Wired piece:
“I talked to Jim Cameron about Avatar early on,” Damon says, “and what struck me about Neill was the same thing that struck me about Cameron: the world had already been created. It existed in their minds.”
Not a bad benchmark to be compared to. As for the design of Elysium's world, there's also another cool tidbit in the Wired piece about how, as a kid, Blomkamp came across a book featuring the artwork of Syd Mead (who did work on Aliens and Blade Runner). The young film geek fell in love with the imagery, so it must have been a dream come true to have Mead actually design some of the sets for Elysium. "
This whole article is a great read.
Neill Blomkamp Wanted Eminem for 'Elysium' Before Matt Damon | Movie News | Movies.com
"Wired has written a fascinating, sprawling piece on South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp.
Of course, it also covers Blomkamp's next sci-fi film Elysium, and while it doesn't get into any spoilery details, it does contain one amusing detail: Matt Damon wasn't the director's first show for the film. He wasn't even his second choice.
Those first two spots actually belong to two very different rappers. The first person Blomkamp offered the role to was Ninja of Die Antwoord, but he passed on it because he didn't want his first acting role to be with an American accent. The director then turned to Eminem, only to be once again get rejected. Eminem would only do the movie if it took place in his hometown, Detroit, and that wasn't in the cards. It was at this point that Blomkamp gave up on the idea of following his District 9 model -- a restrained budget with no stars -- and decided to upgrade things a bit.
He then met with Damon in a diner and showed him a copy of a graphic novel he'd made with the aid of conceptual artists at Weta. From the Wired piece:
“I talked to Jim Cameron about Avatar early on,” Damon says, “and what struck me about Neill was the same thing that struck me about Cameron: the world had already been created. It existed in their minds.”
Not a bad benchmark to be compared to. As for the design of Elysium's world, there's also another cool tidbit in the Wired piece about how, as a kid, Blomkamp came across a book featuring the artwork of Syd Mead (who did work on Aliens and Blade Runner). The young film geek fell in love with the imagery, so it must have been a dream come true to have Mead actually design some of the sets for Elysium. "
laserpistol76
Well-Known Member
Rappers?
ProfKSergeev
Sr Member
Read the post immediately above the one you quoted?
Poster Debut: Mondo's 'Elysium' Art Is Beautiful, Intriguing - Fandango.com
Elysium poster by Martin Ansin
Elysium poster by Martin Ansin
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Duncan Jones retweeted this from Phelim O'Neill and then I checked the follow up tweet.
Phelimo: This year's crop was making me think it impossible to make a truly great blockbuster. Thank you, Elysium, for proving me wrong.
Phelimo: @ ManMadeMoon If his last movie was a District 9, this one is at least a District 20.
Phelimo: This year's crop was making me think it impossible to make a truly great blockbuster. Thank you, Elysium, for proving me wrong.
Phelimo: @ ManMadeMoon If his last movie was a District 9, this one is at least a District 20.
crabra comander
Master Member
I think this will be the best Sci-fi film of the year. Everything I have seen and heard about this is making me feel it.