"Avatar" thread. Older ones: http://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/5976.html http://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/6343.html http://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/7172.html http://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/7771.html http://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/8981.html
>>17733 >Senor, stop pretending to know about the industry. My Honours degree in Film says I do know about the industry. Check-fucking-mate.
>>17733 >>17739
>>17734 >scifi movies are not deep by definition And you should be bopped lightly on the forehead for your lack of reading comprehension. Not sci fi in general, the sci fi movies. I wouldn't say "by definition", but Murphy's got a point. If you have a big budget, you need a simple story that reaches a wider audience or else you just won't be able to make back the cost. Because of the nature of most sci fi settings, big budgets are required for most sci fi movies. That scuppers most meaningful, thought-provoking sci fi in favor of BIG SPACE BATTLES PEW PEW KASHOOOOM.
>>17728 Uh, the point >>17723 was making is that in both Avatar and Star Wars the plot and characters were all very straight forward and simple, and that's why they made big bucks. Filming technology and techniques didn't enter the conversation.
>>17732 This is truth. Real Science Fiction was never meant to see television.
>>17752 Strangest thing I've ever witnessed. Scientologist supposedly makes faithful movie adaption yet its nothing like the book...odd
>>17599 >in select cinemas FUCK!! Goddamn it, Cameron, stop teasing me like this...
>>17728 >Star Wars revolutionized film making technology and and technique. The impact of Avatar's tech in future movie making is still not clear, but I'm possitive it will leave a mark. Also, he was talking about story, not tech.
>>17758 Yeah but with Star Wars, this was a deliberate thing. It's supposed to be a tribute to shitty sci-fi serials. Avatar was supposed to be this ball-bustingly awesome NEW thing. Really though, Cameron hasn't made a good movie since T2, so who cares.
>>17742 Okay so Murphy hasn't seen Blade Runner, big deal.
>>17758 The Gaming indu. will use it atlest. Hell, they already have, sort of!
>>17762 >Avatar was supposed to be this ball-bustingly awesome NEW thing. Whoever, and when had said that? Just curious. And by "whoever" I mean James Cameron and his team. >>17763 I had seen it, and this movie is an example, that you could marry deeper meaning with kick-ass F/X (animu fans could say the about GITS and "Akira"). But "Avatar" from the beginning was concepted as something from the same department as "Star Wars" or "Riders of the Lost Ark". Big, loud, action-adventure blockbuster. And for your consideration: >Blade Runner initially polarized critics: some were displeased with the pacing, while others enjoyed its thematic complexity. The film performed poorly in North American theaters. Despite the box office failure of the film, it has since become a cult classic, and is now widely regarded as one of the best movies ever made.
Am I the only one that theoryes that the reason why the na'vi has a word for demon is do to the Yautja. I think it makes sense... They are fairly horrifying and powerfull hunters. Why else would a nature worship based culture have something heaven-hell related! Or its just a misstransalson on our part... Thoughts? Also In b4 NEEEEEEERD!!!!
>17780 While the idea is cool, it doesn't pass Occam's Razor. I mean, most cultures have a concept of "bad supernatural being" regardless of their connection to nature and ideas about the afterlife.
>>17819 But were do the concept originaly come from?!
Hey, I found DS's game manual online if you want to read. http://www.vcgamesonline.com/gamebooklets/008888165439.pdf
I have gotten my hands on a knockoff avatar toy. Now I just need to find the camra and I can show you guys!
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5572842/Avatar_-_The_Complete_OST http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5562194/James_Horner_-_Avatar_Complete_Score_5CD_Soundtrack_320kbps
http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/exclusive-james-cameron-interview-talks.html Also still no camra...
>>18388 > Cameron confirms he is producing Guillermo del Toro's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. The movie will be shot in native 3D using next generation FUSION 3D cameras from Pace FUCK YEAH. I know a lot of people are not too keen on 3D, but damn, just imagine the fucked up non-euclidean architecture of the Elder Things city thanks to 3D visual trickery.
>>18400 Aw yeah time to get your GIBBER on!
New Trailer for the with all the new stuff!
Break our shit will yah!
People saying that this is ripping off the buffalo hunt in 3 2 1RIDER KICK!
>>18492 I read "never before seen footage" as "that alien sex scene we glossed-over in the initial release." I saw the stupid movie once, and that's all my money they're getting.
>>18578 Well maybe if it wasn't ripping off the buffalo hunt there wouldn't be a problem.
>>18579 Your not missing anything. Also thanks mod!
http://thedailynewsonline.com/entertainment/article_5ae4396e-ae66-11df-ba8e-001cc4c002e0.html >Avatar: Special Edition,” which includes 9 minutes of new footage, opens in 3-D theaters worldwide Friday. >“I’m trying to use the technology to keep people interested and enthused about the ‘Avatar’ universe, because it’s going to be a long time before we get another ‘Avatar’ movie done,” the filmmaker said in a recent interview. Hrmmmm >9 minutes Not worth the 3D ticket price. He's gonna have to do more than touching up the same thing over and over again.
>>18797 Cameron probably has about 90 minutes of unused footage in a warehouse somewhere, and every 6 months he'll rerlease Avatar with 8-10 minutes of "extra special bonus scenes" until Avatar 2 comes out.
>>18800 Either his audience or the company will burn out on his film if he pulls that crap
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/avatar-dvd-and-blu-ray-to-include-an-even-longer-cut-of-the-film In b4 bitching about this.
HAHA, Hindsight!
>>18906 That's hilarious. Gotta Love Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. :)
>>18906 Which UJ book was this?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/box-office-last-exorcism-in-dead-heat-avatar-re-release-fizzles.html I mean was that really a big surprise? I mean they already have three releases planned so..yea
>>18988 Considering they only added 9 minutes, $8.3 million is a very respectable return.
>>18997 eh about 10 grand per theater by my figures so not bad but probably not what they were expecting considering the runaway successes they experienced on the first bit. People that were really into the Avatar saw it for the nine minutes and everyone else..will wait for the Blue Ray.
I missed out on the "3D" last time...so yeah, I'll see it. Also vile preordering Last stand of the Wreckers I saw that they had the "guide book" cheap, so guess what!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36728981/James-Cameron-s-Avatar-My-Novelization-So-Far Its like an offical fanfic!
Cameron vs. Canton: http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/mark-canton-bites-back-at-jim-cameron-for-harpooning-piranha-3d/
>>19148 Wow, James doesn't spend much time in Hollywood else he'd know they whore stuff out till it dies.
Guides here now. Also Deja vy! http://www.monkeydepot.com/Monkey_Depot_Soldier_Story_US_Navy_SEAL_SS_041_p/ss0043.htm
>>18856 That's what I'm saving my money for.
>>18906 DELICIOUS
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/09/the_avatar_porno_has_me_feeling_blue.php#more This will give you blue balls.
>>19322 I should not click on that link...
I can't believe how much James Cameron ripped off from this movie. The Na'vi live in a tree. The Indians live in a cupboard which is made of wood, which comes from trees. There are even more parallels too. Totally the same movie.
>Hour of new footage on the DVD betting most of it is just half finished ideas and not anything really trimmed from the movie Cept Blade Runner City we've seen before.
>>19528 There's only 16 minutes of fully-rendered footage that was cut. The remaining 30 minutes isn't half-baked per se, it just isn't rendered. So it's them in a warehouse in skinsuits and no environment.
>>19539 So its gonna be like Sky Cap and the boxes..HA HA HA!!!
