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Necron2.0
04-04-2011, 04:19 PM
I've heard of a fan film in the making, entitled "Iron Sky." It has been classified as a dark comedy, although the trailers don't seem to indicate much in the way of comedy. It's based on a fairly popular conspiracy theory that UFOs are actually German National Socialist* "Wunderwaffen." I'm just not certain what to think about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEueJnsu80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeAfoiN5SDw

Thoughts? Comments?

* Note: For some reason the shortenned name gets filtered.

Asymmetrical Xeno
04-04-2011, 05:46 PM
A fan film is something based on a pre-existing mythology i.e. star wars fanfilms, dr who fanfilms. This is an original :) personally I look forward to it, I like ****s in sci-fi, especially when it's cheesey ;)

Kieranator K82
04-04-2011, 06:03 PM
Comedy? This looks like it has the potential to be an AMAZING alternate history film. Then again, who can say 'alternate'? There could be ****s on the dark side of the Moon... how would we know?

Necron2.0
04-05-2011, 10:47 AM
See, that's exactly my concern. The trailers suggest it is to be an action/adventure flick. Several sources I've read, however, are saying it's going to be a dark comedy. Now, maybe whether or not you call it a comedy is a matter of cultural interpretation - it's a Finnish film. However, here's a photo of the cast:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/wp-content/gallery/iron-sky-set/iron-sky-cast-better-660.jpg

I'm most concerned with the figure on the far right. She's supposed to be the US President in 2018. Every photo of her I've seen has her holding a shotgun, and surrounded by lots of dead animals. This will inevitably lead to the question of "Who is the bigger National Socialist."

(Editorial Comment: I'm originally from Alaska. I get Sarah Palin. She's not as crazy as the media makes her out to be. Don't get me wrong, she is crazy, just not AS crazy as she's portrayed. Also, I'm familiar with where she comes from. Wassilla is the Ozarks of Alaska. There is only one radio station there, and it's Evangelical Christian music and talk radio, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you come from Wassilla, you WILL be a little off, almost by definition. It's like an entire community of home-schoolers. That's why when I heard McCain picked her as a running mate, my first thought was "Oh, HELL NO!")

Necron2.0
05-13-2011, 12:01 PM
New trailer, and release date set for April 4, 2012:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNDaOFQ6g2I

DarkLink
05-13-2011, 12:59 PM
Hmmm, I wonder how well an internal combustion engine would work in an environment with such a thin atmosphere.... Or how large a population the moon could sustain with quasi-WWII technology... or how such a small and isolated population could match the cumulative scientific growth experienced by the world as a whole in the past seven decades...


There could be ****s on the dark side of the Moon... how would we know?

Well, aside from the fact that we've seen the /far side of the moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon) before:p...

archimbald
06-23-2011, 10:49 AM
seems interestin, certianly will torr...buy/rent it

Grailkeeper
06-23-2011, 01:21 PM
Well if she's president in 2018 chances are shes in her second term- popular enough to be relected.
(mind you so was Bush)
|s for the girl in the middle. I wouldn't mind invading her Sudetenland.

Aldramelech
06-25-2011, 03:20 AM
I have been following this now for a long, long time and would love to see it finally finished. My only problem is that if you go to their website you can pre-order the film.......................for 300 euros!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now as much as I want to see it, I aint paying that.

Denzark
06-25-2011, 03:57 AM
the lass in the chip bag is foxy...

eldargal
06-25-2011, 08:38 AM
I remember seeing her first speech and thinking 'Wow, she is an impressive woman' then I saw her interview where she didn't have a speech and the impressive turned into 'Oh my goodness, what a deeply stupid woman'.:rolleyes:

I like the look of this film. I hope the blonde girl doesn't die, being a pretty blonde girl in a film with National Socialists seems to have a worse survival rate than retiring African American detectives.



(Editorial Comment: I'm originally from Alaska. I get Sarah Palin. She's not as crazy as the media makes her out to be. Don't get me wrong, she is crazy, just not AS crazy as she's portrayed. Also, I'm familiar with where she comes from. Wassilla is the Ozarks of Alaska. There is only one radio station there, and it's Evangelical Christian music and talk radio, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you come from Wassilla, you WILL be a little off, almost by definition. It's like an entire community of home-schoolers. That's why when I heard McCain picked her as a running mate, my first thought was "Oh, HELL NO!")

Necron2.0
06-27-2011, 12:29 AM
I have been following this now for a long, long time and would love to see it finally finished. My only problem is that if you go to their website you can pre-order the film.......................for 300 euros!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now as much as I want to see it, I aint paying that.

I'm sure you won't have to. I cannot imagine anybody would pay that much for a collector's edition of anything. The 300 euros are really a contribution toward getting the film finished, as outlined on their finance page. As a "thank you" for the contribution, you would receive a collectors edition of the film (plus a lot of other goodies), once it is release.

Aldramelech
06-28-2011, 02:53 AM
I notice that in earlier "Stills" the German Characters wore "SS" insignia and now it appears they are not, its a film about space N^%&*s for god's sake, I dont see the need to get all PC about it! :)