Second Elysium trailer reinforces the feeling of HOLY-CRAP-LET-ME-SEE-IT-NOW

District 9 was a real sleeper for me. As it started, it felt like I was watching some other trailer, that the movie itself hadn't started. A bit like that surreal feeling at the beginning of The Gods Must Be Crazy...

But the slow-burn continued, and I soon realised that I wasn't just watching a great science fiction movie—itself a rare, rare event—but I was also watching a social commentary that was laying out a profound disgust for how we treat refugees in this world, particularly relevant here in the poll-driven era of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.

And now director Neill Blomkamp is readying his next big sci-fi Elysium. We saw the first trailer back in April and I thought that was totally freaking awesome...

They've released a second trailer now, and my sentiment is utterly unchanged. Enjoy:

Elysium trailer looks the honest to dog goods!

After the horrible letdown that was Prometheus, one can be forgiven for being wary about getting excited about awesome scifi trailers. So this one about the upcoming movie Elysium has really really hoping that the movie goes close to the promise of the trailer. Because what's in the trailer looks totally freaking awesome...


Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, and direction by Neill Blomkamp, who did that amazing surprise package District 9.