I want his arm. Cut it off.
February 5, 2010
New Zealand special effects house Weta (Lord of the Rings, King Kong, etc) has at last announced a line of prop replicas for District 9. They are rolling it out with the incredibly impressive Arc Generator (in white) and a Gas Projector. Each is an edition of 200. Sadly, the price tag accurately reflects my desire to own one - with the NZD exchange, it looks as though these bad boys run nearly $500US. Worth every cent, no doubt about it.
The design of the alien technology (by Mr. Greg Broadmore) was one of the highlights of District 9. Next if we could please get a replica robot Exo Suit to park by my front door, that'd be just swell.
Broadmore on the concept designs:
Guns! I like to design guns. What a sad human being I am. They're pretend guns so that makes ok though eh? Hello?...
These three designs were all based on a phrase or concept that Neill threw out to me: An electric 'lightening' gun (the Arc Generator), a Gas Thrower- something that would project out gas or liquid like a flame thrower, but unlit - perhaps some destructive, corrosive gel or gas (it ended up just blowing sh** up in the film - corroding humans costs a lot of effects budget...) and an Assault Rifle."
So, when we account for the nature of the item (alien rifle, with mounts for displaying proudly on wall above TV) and add in the high cost, the Spouse Approval Factor is as low as these are cool. One really can't expect to have both - I went ahead and crunched the numbers, and somehow my wife just barely edged out the Arc Reactor. Barely.
See Also:
Greg Broadmore blog
District 9 review
i09 Broadmore interview
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