Neil Blomkamp in my opinion is laying his chips down

I feel like he's making a pretty bold claim with this. He's saying that the last two movies are vastly inferior to the two classics, and we should pretend they never happened. But it's a bold claim because he more or less promises his sequel will be a worthy successor.

The first two are classics for a reason. They were both groundbreaking for different reasons. Will his be? What can he do with the premise that won't have been seen before? I certainly have no idea.

I have only seen half of district 9. Wasn't my personal cup of tea. It kind of novel to see a movie doing different things though. That's all I know about blomkamp, his breakout was not your run of the mill Hollywood crap. I haven't seen Elysium.

I guess I'm kind of optimistic he could do something great. I don't know what he could do though. Maybe there's one thing the last two movies lacked: fear. Those first two movies were scary, tense experiences. The second was a bit more edge of your seat i guess. The third's theme seemed to be kind of hopeless and depressing. I don't know anyone who ever found it scary. The fourth was kind of cool but barely even resembling the horror roots of the first.