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I've been in since I heard about it back in the spring. It gives me the flavor of Dark Angel, and Cameron is behind this.....boy am I there!


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I've been in since I heard about it back in the spring. It gives me the flavor of Dark Angel, and Cameron is behind this.....boy am I there!


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Yes, I did. I was not impressed, not even ScarJo could save that movie. It was scattered and somewhat incoherent.

Battle Angel looks so much better though, well from the previews.


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I've been in since I heard about it back in the spring. It gives me the flavor of Dark Angel, and Cameron is behind this.....boy am I there!


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I have seen more recent trailers or clips, and they look straight out of the Maidenhead.

They should have released for Christmas.

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So what's the deal with her eyes. She looks like a Playstation commercial from the late 90's.

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The idea that the creator wanted to differentiate her from humans is interesting. Is that just a theory, or is that actually part of the movie (or whatever work it was derived from)?

I don't suppose the creator's AI would agree that was necessary once it was capable of self replicating.



I find that to be more compelling than what I thought at first glance. I figured they were just trying to draw in the Anime crowd. I didn't even know she was a robot, although I did pay attention to a commercial I saw at work to notice that she was the only one that didn't have normal eyes.

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When she was just 15 months old, Tilly Lockey, from the north of England, fought the battle of her life against meningococcal septicemia. She survived; however, both her hands needed to be amputated.

Tilly, now 13 and an advocate for kids with prosthetics, received a surprising gift from the creators of the new film Alita: Battle Angel : a set of state-of-the-art bionic hands.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I have a question for those who have seen the film.

Some have mentioned that they have seen different incarnations of the trailers and ads, seeming to indicate different storylines or Focus. Most of these I don't think I've seen.
Having seen the film, were those various types of direction Incorporated into the finished film? Were they each merely facets of the whole picture, or does it seem the actual film and story were changed, re-done, shifted direction?
This can be discussed in depth in a discussion thread without Spoilers here in this thread, but I'd like a first take here if possible.

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I watched the first available 2D showing tonight.

Now I want to see it again.
Partly due to some story devices that I was slow to pick up on, and partly because there are some characters I want to visit again.

I've seen some extended clips lately during the promotional appearances, and they were good. But nothing I've seen was anywhere near the best scenes in the film.

The fight scenes reminded me of River.
The year is 2563, on Earth. So another half century into the future from our BDS.

I didn't even recognize Jeff Fahey until he spoke.

Some of the imagery of genre canon was unexpected, but I loved it. They seem to have wrapped it all together well.

It occurred to me that perhaps the last time I looked forward to a film this much was Valerian, and that ended up being disappointing. Alita leaves me with no disappointment, all of the things Valerian was short on Alita does not share. Alita delivers.

Looking back, I don't feel there were any slow spots. I might feel the story may have been even rushed, but it was subtle and only as compared to my preconceptions.

Like Star Wars, Arrival, Rogue One, Terminator, Edge of Tomorrow, at the end I was ready for more.

Seems this was filmed in Texas.
I have seen other works from Director Rodriguez, but this one exceeds all of his past work, by a far margin. This exhibits facets which only a Director can control, and he did it all very well.


A decent review should also cover the bad. So here is the bad: in a few scenes the color/brightness continuity jumped, stuttered, shifted. I saw no intent in this, so I assume it was error. As I mentioned, I saw the 2D showing, and the feel for this inconsistency was that it might have been in conversion between versions, so 3D might not have it.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:

I have seen some comparisons to Avatar, but that never crossed my mind. I do not consider Avatar to be anywhere near the same level as Alita. The only comparison I could make is Alita is the film that Avatar wished it could be. I hope to see the entire trilogy of Alita, but I'm not sure I'll catch the Avatar franchise in cinema.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Bugs me when big movies don't put much into advertising and then we see smaller box office numbers.

Captain Marvel ads outpace Alita 10 to 1, from what I'm seeing on t.v. Ever since Serenity came out, I've really noticed what shows up on t.v., billboards, and generally anything out and about in the public sphere.

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To be clear, I did not get any vibe of SJW hogwash in this.

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I dunno. Not in that business. I only comment on what I see. I've mentioned before that way back when Armageddon was released, I saw these posters at bus stops.



Very visible, fairly basic, simple , and capturing the attention of all those who rode the bus, drove or walked by. I always thought , when Serenity came out, why didn't we see similar ads ? I think in key areas, around universities, college campi, and other areas with demographics from 24-44, aka the general target age of most sci-fi fans, would have made sense.

Sure beats stuffing fliers in video stores and the like, as some of the guerrilla marketing of the day we tried.

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Alita was #1 on opening weekend with $33M.

And #2 the 2nd weekend with $12M. Behind How to Train Your Dragon ($55M).

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Armageddon was just coat tailing off of Deep Impact, which came out 2 months earlier. Both movies were hyped because of the 1994 Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact of Jupiter.

Big ass impacts were fresh in the mind of the public when these movies came out.




Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

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Deep Impact was released 2 months prior to Armageddon, and had far less advertising. Show me the timeline of scripts and inside baseball details as to who stole whose idea first.

For all the splash and sparkles of Armageddon, D.E. was , imo, a more scientifically accurate , and thus BETTER movie.

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
I saw this movie a second time, this time in 3D. I liked it better in 3D.
As an aside, I tried to find it in IMAX, but alas could not find it in my area
in IMAX because Capt. Marvel took over all the IMAX theaters.

I'm anxiously waiting for the Blu-Ray version whenever this movie is released
on digital/DVD. I'm hoping that it reaches $400 worldwide, because that's what I read online about a possible sequel. I may even get the manga. But my biggest excitement is for Rosa Salazar, the star of the movie, she was awesome
in every kind of way. She is the Spanish Emily Blunt, that's how good she is.

Check out Chris Stuckman's review (I'm starting to like this guy, he gives a
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Check it:

I really want to see this in IMAX.


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I saw this movie a second time, this time in 3D. I liked it better in 3D.
As an aside, I tried to find it in IMAX, but alas could not find it in my area
in IMAX because Capt. Marvel took over all the IMAX theaters.

I'm anxiously waiting for the Blu-Ray version whenever this movie is released
on digital/DVD. I'm hoping that it reaches $400 worldwide, because that's what I read online about a possible sequel. I may even get the manga. But my biggest excitement is for Rosa Salazar, the star of the movie, she was awesome
in every kind of way. She is the Spanish Emily Blunt, that's how good she is.

Check out Chris Stuckman's review (I'm starting to like this guy, he gives a
"no bullshit" review):

Check it:

I really want to see this in IMAX.


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Alita is # 7 in the World

2019 WORLDWIDE GROSSES in $millions

Rank Title Worldwide Grosses
1 Avengers: Endgame $2,732.0
2 Captain Marvel $1,127.8
3 The Wandering Earth $699.8
4 Aladdin (2019) $610.8
5 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World $519.6
6 Pokemon Detective Pikachu $411.8
7 Alita: Battle Angel $404.9
8 Shazam! $363.0
9 Dumbo (2019) $350.7
10 Godzilla: King of the Monsters $296.2

www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2019&p=
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

I was REALLY enjoying the movie... A LOT. But as the clock started ticking down and I realized that it wouldn't be a finished story, the magic began to fade. Disney isn't very wise at making choices on which horses to back.

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