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A great Parallel to The Fly storyline.

posted 9 years ago by theinvisiblemanforever
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When you think about it, both men experience a freak accident and begin a transformation that leaves them as something else by the end of each film. It's a tragic storyline that's brilliantly done.

You guys should check out the marathon I did for District 9. It's called When A Freak Accident Leaves You Scarred. You can check it out on my blog.

http://mbmb14.blogspot.com/2015/09/when-freak-accidents-happen.html

District 9 is an amazing movie. I think its Neil Blomkamps best movie as Elysium and Chappie never reached the same kind of heights. District 9 feels like a futuristic version of The Fly to me.

[–] ldarrisa-1 9 years ago

I loved The Fly!!! Great observation!!! The claymation in The Fly though was way grosser and more realistic than the District 9 computer animation, lol, I'm just old school. And Jeff Goldblum- before the transformation- was way more shaggable than poor Wicus

[–] lachancejeanphilippe 8 years ago

The comparison works only on the surface though because in District 9, the hero keeps his humanity...