Rakka - Neill Blomkamp Sigouney Weaver short film • Non-Gaming • Film • Eurogamer.net

simpleexplodingmaybe 22 Jun 2017 23:51:32 19,992 posts
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Grim vision of an alien invaded Earth

Probably got more going on in 20 minutes than Elysium did in two hours

simpleexplodingmaybe 23 Jun 2017 12:36:48 19,992 posts
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No one?

It's properly messed up, not just another Chappie, seriously. Check it out.

Tomo 23 Jun 2017 12:42:21 19,565 posts
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Aye, decent short. Some very nice ideas in there. Found the bomb-maker extremely cheesy/irritating, but otherwise it's fab.

+1 would see in cinema

DugBriderider 23 Jun 2017 13:12:57 851 posts
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Someone has been losing too many X-com campaigns, odd that its linked to Steam Videos.

the_milkybar_kid 23 Jun 2017 13:13:49 8,474 posts
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Will watch it on dinner. Love grim, end of the world stuff.

General_Martok 23 Jun 2017 13:18:26 2,490 posts
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Looks pretty good.

simpleexplodingmaybe 23 Jun 2017 14:53:06 19,992 posts
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I don't know how much this cost him but all that alien stuff looks far more realistic than the CGI in Jurassic World or Ant-Man which I've watched the last couple of days

StarchildHypocrethes 23 Jun 2017 14:56:20 33,974 posts
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I watched Elysium the other day and whilst it’s pretty damned terrible, the CGI in it is really well done and miles better than most.

Will have a watch later.

simpleexplodingmaybe 23 Jun 2017 15:09:22 19,992 posts
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Visuals/world building is definitely Blomkamp's biggest strength over his storytelling

the_milkybar_kid 23 Jun 2017 15:55:52 8,474 posts
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I get the feeling someones pretty paranoid about the Draconians. Good watch for the most part.

Tomo 23 Jun 2017 16:28:12 19,565 posts
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simpleexplodingmaybe wrote:
Visuals/world building is definitely Blomkamp's biggest strength over his storytelling

Agree with this. The opening third of Rakka is the best.

simpleexplodingmaybe 28 Jun 2017 21:48:00 19,992 posts
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Second film up now

A Vietnam horror short. This is such a good project.

Lukus 28 Jun 2017 23:31:27 24,639 posts
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simpleexplodingmaybe wrote:
I don't know how much this cost him but all that alien stuff looks far more realistic than the CGI in Jurassic World or Ant-Man which I've watched the last couple of days

Strongly disagree. This looks obviously low budget, because it is. It really lacks polish compared to those two films.

Tonka 29 Jun 2017 07:02:24 31,979 posts
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What a wondrous time to be alive eh? These nuggets streamed for free over the air to my handheld device.

They're meant to be proof of concepts right? Rakka felt like an illustrated introduction to a pen and paper RPG. He must have so much fun doing this.

anephric 29 Jun 2017 07:45:28 5,274 posts
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I read an interview with Blomkamp about what he hopes to do with Oats and how he wants to reward contributors.

It does sound like a really great concept. I hope it works out.

Tonka 29 Jun 2017 08:44:06 31,979 posts
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You don't happen to have the link lying about somewhere?

Immaterial 29 Jun 2017 08:57:46 2,626 posts
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I saw that interview too- https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/27/15879506/neill-blomkamp-oats-studios-rakka

Interesting concept, but no idea how it will work.

This one is a little more recent: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/28/15868776/neill-blomkamp-firebase-experimental-sci-fi-film-watch-interview

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simpleexplodingmaybe 29 Jun 2017 10:59:06 19,992 posts
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Lukus wrote:

simpleexplodingmaybe wrote:
I don't know how much this cost him but all that alien stuff looks far more realistic than the CGI in Jurassic World or Ant-Man which I've watched the last couple of days
Strongly disagree. This looks obviously low budget, because it is. It really lacks polish compared to those two films.

Really? Blomkamp's stuff might be a little earthy but I can't think of anything looking as cartoonishly lightweight and fake as even the bird at the start of JW or the gallimimus looking faker than they did in 1993

simpleexplodingmaybe 29 Jun 2017 10:59:33 19,992 posts
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@Immaterial thanks will check these out

Tonka 29 Jun 2017 12:50:23 31,979 posts
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+1

Decks 29 Jun 2017 12:56:52 31,013 posts
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I watched the first one this morning while I was doing a poo. Makes you wonder why he keeps making shit films when he can do stuff like this.

mal 30 Jun 2017 01:13:21 29,326 posts
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I enjoyed Firebase a lot more than I did Rakka myself. Rakka just felt too bleak, too gross out as an predator/alien type film, I think. That's my excuse anyway. Firebase can take bleak if it's a vietnam war film, and the reveals worked better for me, which gave me a reward while I watched it. It still has a few to non-sequitur scenes for me personally, and some of the scenes were weirdly/badly set up - like the scene where the guy talking is out of focus in front of the lead dude as they walk away from camera, so you can't even see his mouth. I could only work out he was the one talking when I heard the other two talk, and did it via a process of elimination. I guess it wasn't a critical scene, but it took me out of the moment by making me think about the way it was filmed.

They're both really impressive bits of work though.

Tonka 30 Jun 2017 06:48:53 31,979 posts
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Decks wrote:
I watched the first one this morning while I was doing a poo. Makes you wonder why he keeps making shit films when he can do stuff like this.

I think he's a lot like me. The first 20-30% of a project are fun and exciting. Then it's just a slog to get through. I really like the world-building in all his films. But as films they feel lacking.

These short concepts are perfect for him. He should farm the production out to someone with stamina. Like Carruth or RC Johnson

Rivuzu 30 Jun 2017 09:25:17 18,424 posts
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I guess because he's pretty much tied into the studio telling him what to deliver mostly as an excuse for shit films. District 9 had barely any oversight and was fantastic - Elysium... Not so much.

Just watched Rakka. I would watch a whole movie version of that. Though the dream is for a Black Mirror style series funded by a big company (Netflix, get on it!) Where each week is completely different.

Tonka 30 Jun 2017 10:07:57 31,979 posts
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Other than the fenomenal world building I found District 9 to be rather shit personally. Bunch of unlikeable characters doing unlikeable stuff for way too long.

Decks 30 Jun 2017 10:31:01 31,013 posts
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You fookin rant!

simpleexplodingmaybe 30 Jun 2017 10:35:11 19,992 posts
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A Black Mirror style Netflix/Amazon type series would be perfect for him

As much as I would have loved to have seen it I can imagine Blomkamp's Alien movie would have fallen into the Alien3 and Resurrection side of things. I really like both but they're not without flaws however good they look.

Tonka 30 Jun 2017 10:40:09 31,979 posts
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Can't see the point of a TV series if he continues to put highly concentrated bits of what he does best on YouTube.