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Neill Blomkamp's Chappie (2015, Hugh Jackman, Sharlto Copley, Die Antwoord)

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So, that one robot looked like ED-209 (more so the new Robocop version) and it kinda sounded like it had some of the original movie's sound effect for it. O_o
 
That new trailer looks fucking awesome.

Kinda worried about Die Antwoord's acting though. Both of them have the potential to suck heh.
 
calling it now the robot is going to die!

Also making Hugh Jackman look like a typical Australian bogan is amazing.
 
Do you think Copley works at reduced rates if he gets to use a silly accent?

That's the only way I can comprehend that he still gets acting roles.
 
Why is robot speaking broken pidgeon English?

It is blatantly STUPID.

If there was self-consciousnes AI - ONE thing it could do PERFECTLY from the first second, it would be speaking and language comprehension.

I like the aesthetics and camera, it has Antword, and it is all cool, but having main character speaking like he is some poor slave from 19th century that is working on the cotton field or serving tea in Mumbai hotel is stupid.

Siri can speak better English than Chapi.
 
Why is robot speaking broken pidgeon English?

It is blatantly STUPID.

If there was self-consciousnes AI - ONE thing it could do PERFECTLY from the first second, it would be speaking and language comprehension.

I like the aesthetics and camera, it has Antword, and it is all cool, but having main character speaking like he is some poor slave from 19th century that is working on the cotton field or serving tea in Mumbai hotel is stupid.

Siri can speak better English than Chapi.

Maybe it thinks proper English is inefficient and stupid, so it has its own dialect?

On the fence about this one. I'm predisposed to cry like a baby whenever a robot so much as grazes a knee, but this might not do that given the director's style.
 
Looks like they're doubling down on Chappie merch. Just saw that there is a "Scout 22" statue up for preorder on multiple sites.

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http://www.tfaw.com/Statues/Pre-Orders/Profile/Chappie-Scout-22-1-4-Scale-Statue___472626

Edit: Added merch section to OP. Will add more items as they become available.
 
Why is robot speaking broken pidgeon English?

It is blatantly STUPID.

If there was self-consciousnes AI - ONE thing it could do PERFECTLY from the first second, it would be speaking and language comprehension.

I like the aesthetics and camera, it has Antword, and it is all cool, but having main character speaking like he is some poor slave from 19th century that is working on the cotton field or serving tea in Mumbai hotel is stupid.

Siri can speak better English than Chapi.

I think the whole point was that it starts out as a blank slate and learns like to talk and do things like a baby of sorts.
 
Die Antwoord are headed to IMAX:

ComingSoon.net said:
It looks like Focus‘ run in IMAX theaters will last just a week, as IMAX Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment and MRC announced today that Chappie, the third feature film from director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium), will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released into IMAX theatres domestically on March 6, 2015, following the overseas IMAX launch dates beginning as early as March 4.

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What does Blomkamp have hanging from his neck in those Collider behind the scenes images? Script pages?

I hope this is better than Elysium.
 
I saw the first commercial for it last night. First I'd ever heard of the movie.

Sigourney Weaver is on the Tonight show right now promoting it.
 
Only playing for 1 week at my local IMAX theater. You can tell they don't have much confidence in it.
 
Why is robot speaking broken pidgeon English?

It is blatantly STUPID.

If there was self-consciousnes AI - ONE thing it could do PERFECTLY from the first second, it would be speaking and language comprehension.

I like the aesthetics and camera, it has Antword, and it is all cool, but having main character speaking like he is some poor slave from 19th century that is working on the cotton field or serving tea in Mumbai hotel is stupid.

Siri can speak better English than Chapi.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about self-conscious AIs (I'm an expert), but perfect speaking and language comprehension are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by sounding like a slave. If you screw someone over in South Africa, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is to speak perfect English.

What this means is the South Africa public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Chappie tickets, nor will they purchase any of Die Antwoord's albums. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Neill Blomkamp has alienated an entire market with this move.

Neill Blomkamp, publicly apologize and cancel non-perfect English for Chappie or you can kiss your business goodbye.
 
Oh cool, a new short circuit but with more politics and pretensiousness thrown in.

Guys, cant you tell from the music that nothing can break chappies spirit. If only all the cynics, who've forgotten their own humanity, could learn a thing or two from Chappie.

Edit: 2nd trailer makes it seem less insulting.
 
so this comes out next weekend but there arent any reviews
any particular reason?
 
so this comes out next weekend but there arent any reviews
any particular reason?

I believe that reviews are withheld until 12am Friday or something. My hype is still real though. It can't be any more broken than Halo The Master Chief Collection.
 
I believe that reviews are withheld until 12am Friday or something. My hype is still real though. It can't be any more broken than Halo The Master Chief Collection.

I might end up watching this before there's even a RT score, heh. Blomkamp has near-almost dried up all the good faith he got from me out of D9 with Elysium, but there's still enough left to give this thing a try. Last chance though. :P
 
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