"Band over a couch!!!"

I think H-Wood has made enough alien invasion movies as is. Perhaps they should try more oceanic based sci-fi, like "The Abyss" or "SeaQuest." 

"The Invasion" already showed us that. We don't need another alien invasion movie with the same message.

Well the plot holes gets bigger once again when you mention maybe the aliens want to live on Earth...but to do so, they have to kill all humans first. Again, that makes no sense. In that case, they wouldn't be a peaceful race, but more like the aliens from "Independence Day." 

And I think after the events of 9/11 (and the war with Iraq) the anti-war sentiment is still alive and well today. I mean, with the exception of the late 90s, America is ALWAYS taking part in some kind of war, in one form or another, and is always worrying who their "enemies" are.

Originally posted by Michaels Usually, I would rip apart moviewizguy for defending a movie that's up consideration just for the sake of defending it, but I'm in a good mood this morning. That, and no doubt this movie can't be as bad as a movie with no redeeming factors to it at all, like say "Disaster Movie". Clearly the SFX will win movie goers over, as they usually do, at least during the first opening week and then the movie goers move on to the next SFX driven movie. This role is ideal for Keanu Reeves and his emotionless, monotone voice is put to perfect use. Yes, Jennifer Connelly is underrated, she gets little respect for being so beautiful. Still, the whole global warming thing is stupid. Why do the aliens care what happens to earth? Why couldn't the movie stick to the anti-war message of the original? Let's just see it like it is, a "joyride" (a common phrase used by critics to describe a SFX driven movie) with some good intentions, but in the end is pail to the original. Yes, it'll be somewhere on the Razzie Ballot, but not as often as "Disaster Movie".

Well, I tried to not think that. Actually, I really didn't think of that until someone who complained about the movie said that. Possibly a plot hole (about why aliens would care about Earth). I guess they're good people after all? I mean, they want to live on Earth.

Those of us who grew up under the spectre of mass nuclear annihilation by the enormous stockpiles of the super-powers had little trouble understanding the underlying message of the original. I'm not sure that would play anymore. The insanity of massive nuclear exchange became evident with the Global Warming studies and the U.S.S.R. disappeared from the planet.

 Evidently, the makers of this film felt that some trigger would be necessary that speaks to the concerns of the modern young film goers. I'm not defending their manipulation of the plot, but in a sense, they are probably right.

In a case like this, Klaatu basically tested the humans so that he can assess whether they can prevent the environmental damage that they have inflicted upon their planet.  What I want to know is where you got the impression that they were going to make the film like a sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth".  Global warming is not humans damaging the earth, it's the earth damaging itself.  I will investigate this movie tomorrow and see if these global warming rumors are true.

WTF?! That makes NO sense! "The humans are killing their planet with their greenhouse gases. Shall we give them the technology to repair the hole in the O-Zone?" "No, let's just kill them all instead. It doesn't matter as long as the planet is still there". "Wait, why do we care what happens on that planet?" "I don't know, ask the studio heads."

Originally posted by jasonjones3 I too wanted to see the new one until I learned they changed the plot to be about global warming. How corny and contrived can you get? Oh well, they managed to ruin War Of The Worlds so I shouldn't be surprised... I guess a creature that traveled light years across the universe can't just give us technology to save the earth, he has to use it to kill humans. This is logicaly flawed...

The Satellite Awards are probably the least respected among the plethora of plaudits handed out this time of year. The sponsoring organization is the International Press Academy, and they have come up with some curious choices in the past, to put it mildly.

It is worthy of note that one of their more prestigious honors is named after Nikola Tesla, a scientist whose occasional brilliance was deeply overshadowed by the fact that he was also a first class crackpot.

Incidentally, the IPA is an organization open to anyone who is a fulltime journalist. In other words, you are eligible to join (and vote for the Satellite Awards) if you make your living writing obituaries for some struggling rag in Hoboken. As close as I have been able to determine, actually seeing any of the films nominated by the organization is not prequisite to casting a vote. So a considerable number of the votes cast annually are probably recorded by people whose cinematic expertise probably doesn't extend much beyond Bugs Bunny cartoons. Two technical awards from this organization isn't a ringing endorsement of, well, anything.

For the record, I wasn't aware that there was any active "campaign" for this movie within the membership...merely a discussion, and one that doesn't seem to be provoking a whole lot of interest. As ever, overstatement is your forte, Miguel.

Me thinks you are giving the masses too little credit there, Swamp Thing. Nonetheless, you miss my point by miles. Yes, most of us were quite aware that the Robot policemen were in charge and were intolerant of violence, yet their solution to preventing its spread was to commit an even greater and more general act of violence when lesser measures would likely have sufficed (a lesson still unlearned even in our age, as witnessed by the overseas adventurism of our current President and his coherts.)

And you are correct, jasonjones3. Perhaps the only redeeming virtue of the modern version is that they managed to stumble over the same logical flaw. BTW, welcome to the board, both of you.

I too wanted to see the new one until I learned they changed the plot to be about global warming. How corny and contrived can you get? Oh well, they managed to ruin War Of The Worlds so I shouldn't be surprised...

I guess a creature that traveled light years across the universe can't just give us technology to save the earth, he has to use it to kill humans. This is logicaly flawed...

Seeing as how we are in the "serious awards" season, the Gloden Globes will no doubt steal any thunder from any minor award show at this time. Even if the movie does win a Satellite award, it will not be on par with the serious awards. I mean, when was the last time you saw the tagline "The Satellite Award Winning ..."? Such credit is given only to Golden Globe, Emmy, Oscar, or major Film Festival award winners. Heck, even Starz ran ads for "I Know How Killed Me" as the "winner of eight Razzies." And a Saturn win would only reward the visual effects or sound, and not any other aspects of the movie.

I have come across a minor drawback in this Razzie campaign.  This film is nominated for two Satellite Awards (one for visual effects and the other for sound).  If this movie wins either one of these Satellite Awards this weekend, then this could put the campaign into a small predicament.  Oddly enough, it's running against the same films.

CGI can look great, but I'm not paying $10 just to see that. I can wait, and pay for $3.99 rental price to see it on DVD. 

Well, I'm obviously entertained by movies with CGI, and I'm not afraid to admit it. I just love CGI, and I really don't agree with people who say CGI sucks. I only think CGI sucks if it looks mediocre, like it's being used on television shows.

Well, video games are full of great looking CGI effects. If the main thing in a movie that appeals to you are the CGI effects, you might as well rent a video game and play it over the weekend instead. At least that form of media gets away with having weak plots and characters, because no one plays them for those aspects, they just want something that is fun and looks cool. 

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: And don't forget (quoting SCTV's Estes Brothers' Farm Film Report) something that "blows up real good!"