Here's the thing - the Total Recall remake was similar to this in its "Haves vs Have-nots" universe.  I'd say that's the one thing it got right.  It failed because the pacing and action was off - too much CGI and not enough tension.

The thing is…  the action setpieces in D9 were phenomenal. I left the cinema thinking, "man, that guy really knows what the fuck he's doing."

I'm no student of SA history, but I thought Apartheid was toast a while ago (though certainly there are remnants).  This has more to do with contemporary SA's issue of immigrants coming in from all those wartorn areas.  And is more universal in that regard.

No, it's like Alien Nation but not a formulaic buddy cop movie (nor incredibly dull tv show)

I think that was especially deftly done.  The alternative would be to utilize all those BS excuses used in found footage films for scenes of exposition ("We must capture everything, even this conversation where I'm explaining that we must capture everything") and action ("Even though dropping this camera would…

Wow - I can't think of a movie I like more than D9.  I mean, I've never seen a movie pull off such an array of difficult stunts:
- make you give a toss about really disgusting aliens
- make you care about a protagonist who's essentially a jerk for 90% of the runtime
- seamlessly transition from "found footage / fake…

Colecovision?

Usually, those kinds of scores indicate that those most likely to be drawn to this sort of thing will probably like, but not love it.  That's been my experience.  I will usually check out any horror/scifi/thriller in the 60 or above range.  But comedies, or coming of age dramas, or costume dramas?  I am wary of any…

That painting looks a like a regular chair on a mountain of fuckery.  I never pictured the throne like that piece of bad public art.

and don't forget "each [noun] was more [adjective] than the last."

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don't cross the streams bro!

better off with the Meisterburger than Kringle, or do you forget the lyrics "If you sit on my lap today, a kiss / a toy is the price you pay"

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91 represent.  The year when both  "I wanna sex you up" and "smells like teen spirit" were huge hits.

In answer to my own question, Yes
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I think it sounds excellent.

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson.

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It's prohibited?

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If they're like me, Sklyar reminds them of their controlling ex-wife (or worse, non-ex-wife)