So this is what would happen if HALO ever crossed into the world of Everquest...
AVATAR Trailer is here!
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I'm gonna be odd man out here I suppose, but it doesn't do much for me. I'll have to see more.
I never had a problem with Titanic. Sure, my wife got to see her love story... and I got to see a massive disaster rendered in great detail. (Most memorable scene? When that guy's head bounced off a giant propeller as he fell to an icy death. Okay, I'm a little sick.) 
As for Avatar, I thought the CGI looked quite good. But for all the beauty, the plot smells pretty thin, almost video game level. And if Sigourney Weaver starts spouting fortune cookie environmental wisdom, I'll puke (actually I'll say, "wait, when did this become the American version of Planet Earth?") But you can't judge everything from a trailer.
As for Avatar, I thought the CGI looked quite good. But for all the beauty, the plot smells pretty thin, almost video game level. And if Sigourney Weaver starts spouting fortune cookie environmental wisdom, I'll puke (actually I'll say, "wait, when did this become the American version of Planet Earth?") But you can't judge everything from a trailer.
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I agree... there's absolutely nothing original in any way about this film... it's yet another fantasyland CGI FX showcase, with a bit of military thrown in, for whatever reason... you can play an online fantasy game and get the same kind of thing. I'll pass.
You can pretty much say that about any show, or film, in this particular genre. There is nothing original in many great films and televisions shows. It still doesn't mean they suck.
Not the most exciting trailer in the world.
My brother in law is in it, plus my boss's brother is the lead soldier running into the ship on the trailerholding the rifle (at 1'34" in).
My brother in law is in it, plus my boss's brother is the lead soldier running into the ship on the trailerholding the rifle (at 1'34" in).
2 mins from the preview (in crappy cell phone quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5LyXiFUSbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5LyXiFUSbI
Sam's blue butt in 3d...YEAYS! 
seriously though looks like a pretty cool scene but at the same time its so FREAKISH LOOKING!
Im wondering though if that's a good thing, maybe they(Weta) did in fact pull the realism off, but we just cant accept something with a basically humanoid frame, but wide apart cat eyes, cat nose, & big ears as real. It doesnt matter how realistic the cgi is. If they were flesh and blood we still couldnt accept it as real...
its like that baby in India born with anencephaly. Has anyone ever seen this? he was born(stillborn) with the whole top of his head (including brain) missing. The first pic I saw of him was of the father holding him in a little pan & parading him around the village. when I first saw that pictiure I thought it was just a puppet (a hoax). yet he was indeed real, its just that the top of his head was missing & his eyes were bulging out making him look sort of frog-ish.
sorry Im kinda rambling but that youtube sneak peak kinda got me thinking(& excited.)
seriously though looks like a pretty cool scene but at the same time its so FREAKISH LOOKING!
Im wondering though if that's a good thing, maybe they(Weta) did in fact pull the realism off, but we just cant accept something with a basically humanoid frame, but wide apart cat eyes, cat nose, & big ears as real. It doesnt matter how realistic the cgi is. If they were flesh and blood we still couldnt accept it as real...its like that baby in India born with anencephaly. Has anyone ever seen this? he was born(stillborn) with the whole top of his head (including brain) missing. The first pic I saw of him was of the father holding him in a little pan & parading him around the village. when I first saw that pictiure I thought it was just a puppet (a hoax). yet he was indeed real, its just that the top of his head was missing & his eyes were bulging out making him look sort of frog-ish.
sorry Im kinda rambling but that youtube sneak peak kinda got me thinking(& excited.)
I remember back when the movie first came out, Rob Schneider did a little comedy bit for some late night show (not SNL), where he's a swarthy lady's man with a thick Chicago accent telling two buxom babes about the best part in Titanic being when "that guy is falling, falling, falling, like forever, and then he hits the propeller — Pinggg! I just love the sound of that Pingggg!"I never had a problem with Titanic. Sure, my wife got to see her love story... and I got to see a massive disaster rendered in great detail. (Most memorable scene? When that guy's head bounced off a giant propeller as he fell to an icy death. Okay, I'm a little sick.)
Wish somebody had had the presence of mind to record that and put it up on YouTube!
Okay, so the main character is "piloting" an alien body through telepresence, or at least so I understand. (Which raises a whole host of ethical issues in and of itself) So when he apparently rebels, why doesn't the military just pull the chain and yank away his control? Or am I missing something?
That said, it's a beautiful movie, and I'm not just talking about photorealism (or lack thereof). The art direction is gorgeously fantastical in a way that I haven't seen outside of...well...cartoons in a long time, and seeing it in a "live action" (for a given degree of live action) is astonishing and refreshing.
That said, it's a beautiful movie, and I'm not just talking about photorealism (or lack thereof). The art direction is gorgeously fantastical in a way that I haven't seen outside of...well...cartoons in a long time, and seeing it in a "live action" (for a given degree of live action) is astonishing and refreshing.
What, you haven't taken Sci Fi Movies 101? There is obviously some technobabble explanation that says that abruptly yanking away control will kill him.
Would that be a bad thing if he's helping fight a war against them?
What, you haven't taken Sci Fi Movies 101? There is obviously some technobabble explanation that says that abruptly yanking away control will kill him.
I did consider it.
Would that be a bad thing if he's helping fight a war against them?
What, you haven't taken Sci Fi Movies 101? There is obviously some technobabble explanation that says that abruptly yanking away control will kill him.
I did consider it.
Oh, sorry, I actually misunderstood you. I thought you were just referring to his minor "rebellion" in that one scene, where he's not actually killing anybody.
No worries; it's hard to misunderstand someone as much as I did not so long ago, which is why I'm on lunch for another 25 minutes instead of wrapping it up 25 minutes ago.Would that be a bad thing if he's helping fight a war against them?What, you haven't taken Sci Fi Movies 101? There is obviously some technobabble explanation that says that abruptly yanking away control will kill him.
I did consider it.
Oh, sorry, I actually misunderstood you. I thought you were just referring to his minor "rebellion" in that one scene, where he's not actually killing anybody.
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You got that right. I think if we include all the short stories ever written almost every possible idea has been done. But that's done on paper...there's a lot left to be done on film..and this movie ain't it!
I'll most likely see this, it does look visually amazing.
However I am so getting a Dances with Wolves..ala the noble savage over the cool looking over imperistic rather insensitive military types. Which generally means two overblown and heavy handed sterotypes and a typical conclusion with a equally heavy handed message.
Still it is worth a look, but often such a film leaves me wondering things like..why did this person not speak up too....why are the other soldiers just goose stepping right along...I've served in the military not everone is identical nor would fall off a cliff like lemmings....I dunno haveing a Costner flashback..(I hated Dances as you might tell..another great visual movie but ended up being heavy handed and two dimensional for me)
Okies end rant....I am still looking forward to seeing this though...
Vons
However I am so getting a Dances with Wolves..ala the noble savage over the cool looking over imperistic rather insensitive military types. Which generally means two overblown and heavy handed sterotypes and a typical conclusion with a equally heavy handed message.
Still it is worth a look, but often such a film leaves me wondering things like..why did this person not speak up too....why are the other soldiers just goose stepping right along...I've served in the military not everone is identical nor would fall off a cliff like lemmings....I dunno haveing a Costner flashback..(I hated Dances as you might tell..another great visual movie but ended up being heavy handed and two dimensional for me)
Okies end rant....I am still looking forward to seeing this though...
Vons
Some new scanned Avatar Na'vi shots can be found: http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2009/08/pandoras-box-opened-new-avatar-stills.html
Neytiri (Zoe Saldana)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1qPLMlz01...1fc/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_14+Aug.+26+10.49.jpg
Jake (Sam Worthington):
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1qPLMlz01...c_Y/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_11+Aug.+26+10.40.jpg (note that the 2nd Neytiri pic and the 1st Jake picture are from the same scene - if moved next to each other they match up)
Sigorney Weaver's character:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1qPLMlz01...APg/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_13+Aug.+26+10.44.jpg (oddly enough her avatars nose looks a lot more human, perhaps this is an early shot, or there is an in-story reason for it, since her character is a scientist in the Avatar project and must have been one of the first avatar users)
Neytiri (Zoe Saldana)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1qPLMlz01...1fc/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_14+Aug.+26+10.49.jpg
Jake (Sam Worthington):
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1qPLMlz01...c_Y/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_11+Aug.+26+10.40.jpg (note that the 2nd Neytiri pic and the 1st Jake picture are from the same scene - if moved next to each other they match up)
Sigorney Weaver's character:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1qPLMlz01...APg/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_13+Aug.+26+10.44.jpg (oddly enough her avatars nose looks a lot more human, perhaps this is an early shot, or there is an in-story reason for it, since her character is a scientist in the Avatar project and must have been one of the first avatar users)
Im starting to really love the Avatar/Navi designs now, maybe b/c Im just getting more used to them. The eyes arent freaking me out as much. I think they all look rather beautiful.
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