Battle: Los Angeles
Just finished reading one of the draft screenplays.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kryjgxzcrtx#2
This read like a short film, embedded inside of a violent video game.
It really made no sense to me.
Aliens land in the ocean off of Los Angeles, (absolutely nothing to do with the historical so-called "Battle of Los Angeles"), swarm out of the water, slaughter everyone by ripping them apart with their claws, and, later, bring in their flying and walking machines.
Meanwhile, a group of generic marines are picked off, one by one, with such regularity that one has difficulty identifying with any one of them. The protagonist appears to be the last one left, (like Ripley, in ALIEN). Once down to a couple of characters, a marine and a child, "we" learn the marine's backstory and the child's hidden talent.
I'll admit that it avoided the utter lack of logic in DISTRICT 9, (aliens that are too stupid to call home for help, when their spacecraft runs out of fuel); but, apart from LAX, this could as easily been BATTLE: SEATTLE or BATTLE: MYRTLE BEACH. Marines fight unending hordes of aliens bent on fighting heavily armed marines with their sharp claws, (rather than with sophisticated alien weaponry).
What was the intent of the alien invaders? Kill humans, conquer the planet, stop Hollywood's fixation on remakes? Don't target military facilities, (at San Diego), political centers, (at Washington), commercial centers, (at New York City), etc. No; start your invasion by killing surfer dudes, (at Venice Beach).
I can definitely wait until this comes out on a DVD, and when I'll be compelled to see it for some non-entertainment reason. There's no real story, just battle action sequences against mindless aliens.
As the normal rules of war wouldn't apply in this film, I would express my surprise that the screenwriters failed to consider the use of white phosphorus against the alien invaders, (as was done at Fallujah, in 2004).
And, I'll consider writing a sequel: BATTLE: CANADA, (in which hordes of furry animals, with sharp teeth and claws, invade American suburbs and come knocking at everyone's backdoors).
Just finished reading one of the draft screenplays.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kryjgxzcrtx#2
This read like a short film, embedded inside of a violent video game.
It really made no sense to me.
Aliens land in the ocean off of Los Angeles, (absolutely nothing to do with the historical so-called "Battle of Los Angeles"), swarm out of the water, slaughter everyone by ripping them apart with their claws, and, later, bring in their flying and walking machines.
Meanwhile, a group of generic marines are picked off, one by one, with such regularity that one has difficulty identifying with any one of them. The protagonist appears to be the last one left, (like Ripley, in ALIEN). Once down to a couple of characters, a marine and a child, "we" learn the marine's backstory and the child's hidden talent.
I'll admit that it avoided the utter lack of logic in DISTRICT 9, (aliens that are too stupid to call home for help, when their spacecraft runs out of fuel); but, apart from LAX, this could as easily been BATTLE: SEATTLE or BATTLE: MYRTLE BEACH. Marines fight unending hordes of aliens bent on fighting heavily armed marines with their sharp claws, (rather than with sophisticated alien weaponry).
What was the intent of the alien invaders? Kill humans, conquer the planet, stop Hollywood's fixation on remakes? Don't target military facilities, (at San Diego), political centers, (at Washington), commercial centers, (at New York City), etc. No; start your invasion by killing surfer dudes, (at Venice Beach).
I can definitely wait until this comes out on a DVD, and when I'll be compelled to see it for some non-entertainment reason. There's no real story, just battle action sequences against mindless aliens.
As the normal rules of war wouldn't apply in this film, I would express my surprise that the screenwriters failed to consider the use of white phosphorus against the alien invaders, (as was done at Fallujah, in 2004).
And, I'll consider writing a sequel: BATTLE: CANADA, (in which hordes of furry animals, with sharp teeth and claws, invade American suburbs and come knocking at everyone's backdoors).
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