loving how the matrix: revolutions is still culturally relevant in 2012, it's a popular cultural touchstone among my friends
― dayo, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
People who left the movie wishing they could be a blue person vs. people who left the movie wishing they could ride in one of those high-tech military body suits.
or they could be like the star wars prequels and make a shit-ton of money without anybody really being that enthusiastic about them.
Stressing again, little kids LOVED these. That is, I have never heard a little kid play Luke. They all want to be Anakin, for play, for Halloween, for whatever. Mission accomplished, Lucas.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
"Matrix" sequels remain undeniably relevant as examples of "what not to do."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 4:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, these are some of the worst studio pictures of the last 20 years.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://io9.com/prog-rock-fantasy-artist-roger-dean-suing-james-cameron-618691718
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 30 June 2013 08:19 (ten years ago) link
Awesome
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 30 June 2013 14:34 (ten years ago) link
Why now?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 June 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
Did Dean check his email for the first time in five years?
lol roger dean― velko, Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:00 PM (3 years ago) I haven't managed to watch the trailer, but saw a bit on TV. First thoughts were "ugh/lol, furries" and "roger dean/patrick woodroffe should sue" but WTF I imagine on a big screen, in 3D, it would be an entertaining enough spectacle. I agree w/whoever it was who said it looks like a game cutscene.― \/*|_*/-\*|) (Pashmina), Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:20 AM (3 years ago) @coryischaki: 10 word Avatar review: Space marines vs Roger Dean painting set to Enya.― Elvis Telecom, Friday, December 18, 2009 3:53 PM (3 years ago)yeah i kinda liked the hippy-dippy roger dean look of a lot of it.― hear shart attack (latebloomer), Monday, December 28, 2009 12:30 AM (3 years ago)hey i guessed right! wayne barlow did do "creature design" on this.roger dean needs his credit thoxp lol― chartres (goole), Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:08 PM (3 years ago)
― velko, Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:00 PM (3 years ago)
I haven't managed to watch the trailer, but saw a bit on TV. First thoughts were "ugh/lol, furries" and "roger dean/patrick woodroffe should sue" but WTF I imagine on a big screen, in 3D, it would be an entertaining enough spectacle. I agree w/whoever it was who said it looks like a game cutscene.
― \/*|_*/-\*|) (Pashmina), Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:20 AM (3 years ago)
@coryischaki: 10 word Avatar review: Space marines vs Roger Dean painting set to Enya.― Elvis Telecom, Friday, December 18, 2009 3:53 PM (3 years ago)
yeah i kinda liked the hippy-dippy roger dean look of a lot of it.
― hear shart attack (latebloomer), Monday, December 28, 2009 12:30 AM (3 years ago)
hey i guessed right! wayne barlow did do "creature design" on this.
roger dean needs his credit tho
xp lol
― chartres (goole), Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:08 PM (3 years ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 30 June 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
LOL Roger Dean.http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/media/Uploads/Magritte-Rene-The-castle-of.jpg
Anyway, fluorescent corals and anemone were a bigger influence on the look of Avatar than prog rock covers.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/72655_497161960331524_795960090_n.jpg
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Sunday, 30 June 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Laputa looks very small in that painting.
― Aimless, Sunday, 30 June 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPrtw8INetvWC7_antEz9VYsJBPAGYLSA0pwt36_v8yI6Nnkxt
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 June 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23790877
Hollywood director James Cameron says all forms of entertainment will eventually be 3D - because "that's how we see the world."
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link
I hope the sequels are in 4D.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
http://media.avclub.com/images/371/371134/16x9/627.jpg?6426
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
Haha, JiC wants the extra D.
― Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
You can never get enough D.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Avatar 4 in 4D sponsored by Sunny D.
(I still love this movie btw)
― Spot Lange (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Is this a movie that anyone regular revisits? Came out in 2009, but feels like it came out 20 years ago. The first of the sequels pops up in 2017. If someone was, say, 10 when the first one came out, they'd be finishing up high school by then. Will they be excited to revisit such a huge part of their childhood? Will they be heading straight to the Avatar park going up at Disney? Will they be buying tickets to the sequel months in advance like some people our/my age do for Star Wars?
More to the point, has anyone, ever, seen someone in an Avatar costume for Halloween?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 November 2015 04:21 (eight years ago) link
yearh this film seems to not have left the sort of mark on the culture that you might expect of the highest-grossing film of all time (of course, much of that is because of the 3-D upcharge). but i don't travel in circles with a lot of kids, so maybe i'm not perceiving it.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 28 November 2015 04:32 (eight years ago) link
has anyone, ever, seen someone in an Avatar costume for Halloween?
None of the characters in Avatar are even slightly memorable. The lovingly crafted visual look of the planet and the 3D effects were the real stars of the show. Everything else in this movie was just a an inch or two above mediocrity.
― Aimless, Saturday, 28 November 2015 04:34 (eight years ago) link
On the other hand, it's prescient as a movie about drone warfare.
― my harp and me (Eazy), Saturday, 28 November 2015 06:41 (eight years ago) link
The whole enterprise is rife with ironies - the top grossing film of all time is more or less forgotten, but at the same time belatedly serving as anchor for two, maybe three more huge sequels that no one seemed to be asking for, plus a whole section of a Disney amusement park, but specifically the park (Animal Kingdom) dedicated to real things, not fanciful Yes covers come to life.
I dunno. Maybe the movies will pull a reverse Matrix and get better as they go along. I do find it hard to believe that spectacle alone will propel the sequels. Lack of compelling/memorable characters/story in the original makes for shakey tent-pole support.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-avatar-land-disney-animal-kingdom-20150707-story.html
James Cameron, who directed, wrote and produced the original science fiction epic, promises Avatar Land will let visitors "live, eat, breathe and smell Pandora."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 November 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link
Only two comments, telling:
Deborah MusselmanI loved Avatar. This new attraction just might get me to Florida.4 months ago raidermattCouldn't be less interested. Avatar is a bad movie. Much of its popularity was due to special effects and it being the first modern movie to successfully implement 3D. Other than that, it's awful. Nobody cares about it anymore.4 months ago
4 months ago
raidermattCouldn't be less interested. Avatar is a bad movie. Much of its popularity was due to special effects and it being the first modern movie to successfully implement 3D. Other than that, it's awful. Nobody cares about it anymore.
4 months ago
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 November 2015 14:54 (eight years ago) link
Avatar sucked. Have no desire to ever see it again. Will ignore the sequels.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 28 November 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
"... will let visitors "live, eat, breathe and smell Pandora."
Cameron seems to understand where the attraction lies. The original movie was really a theme park ride in disguise.
― Aimless, Saturday, 28 November 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
The Jurassic Park world at Universal feels basically like a misused,unpopular afterthought and that movie is way more iconic than Avatar
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 November 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
highest-grossing film of all time (of course, much of that is because of the 3-D upcharge)
this guy estimates avatar to be ranked 24th in US ticket sales.
― new noise, Saturday, 28 November 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
I can say with the utmost degree of certainty that the teal-and-purple film of this generation is Frozen, not Avatar.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 November 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
I have never seen Avatar socks, Avatar backpacks, Avatar LEGO sets, Avatar leggings, Avatar hoodies, Avatar lunchboxes, or Avatar fold-up play castles, or even Avatar funko pop figures, and they make funko pops for fucking everything. I have, however, paid cash money for Frozen-themed all of the above.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 November 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
We bought a toy of one of the dragon creatures (google tells me "Mountain Banshee" okaaay) that they fly on. We've got lots of different dragon toys but this is an odd duck that always gets chucked back in the toy box.
http://www.cooltoyreview.com/Mattel/Avatar/JakesBanshee/header.jpg
― how's life, Saturday, 28 November 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
The only times I remember Avatar are when I see people with ponytails and think is like to pull on them and say "I see you"
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 28 November 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
Watched this last night with the kids -- their suggestion, they'd never seen it. I was surprised how well it held up, even on a 32-inch screen. The kids were enthralled from the jump and stayed with it straight thru all 160 minutes. All the things that were bad and dumb about it when it came out still are, but even without 3D it really is an immersive movie. It's just fun to watch, and if Cameron can't write to save his life, he's a genius at pacing. Pretty sure my kids will now want to see the sequels. And probably go to that Disney thing, too.
Substantively, the one thing I still give it credit for is being such a naked Iraq war parable. "This is how you do it -- when people are living on top of something you want, you turn them into the enemy and then you can destroy them."
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 21 February 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
And by naked, I mean naked and blue, with a tail.
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 21 February 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, lotta hot blue ass for a kids' movie.
― somewhere btwn Gabriel Garcia Marquez and early Evel Knievel guy (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 February 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
Kids: born naked, usually
― Soon all logins will look like this (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 February 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
counterpoint: if kids are either hot or blue, you're doing it wrong
― somewhere btwn Gabriel Garcia Marquez and early Evel Knievel guy (contenderizer), Thursday, 25 February 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
what was up with all those blue guys
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 February 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link
Asphxiation
― you are no man. take the balls. (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 February 2016 05:56 (eight years ago) link
http://49.media.tumblr.com/43398eb425c6e0e2b1aa2c911018933d/tumblr_ngpo0ughiU1u5f8joo1_500.gif
― Treeship, Friday, 26 February 2016 05:57 (eight years ago) link
http://io9.gizmodo.com/james-cameron-just-announced-another-avatar-sequel-tha-1771026188
Well, now we have an idea why James Cameron has continued to delay his Avatar sequels. The director came to CinemaCon 2016 to announce that his vision for the world has expanded beyond the previously announced four films. Now there will be five.Avatar 5 will be released Christmas 2023, following Avatar 2 at Christmas 2018, Avatar 3 at Christmas 2020, and Avatar 4 at Christmas 2022.Each film will stand alone but also tell a complete story in this epic saga, Cameron said.
Avatar 5 will be released Christmas 2023, following Avatar 2 at Christmas 2018, Avatar 3 at Christmas 2020, and Avatar 4 at Christmas 2022.
Each film will stand alone but also tell a complete story in this epic saga, Cameron said.
― nomar, Thursday, 14 April 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
someone stop giving James Cameron mushrooms
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, 14 April 2016 21:13 (eight years ago) link
coincidentally the villains in the next film are sentient mushrooms
― nomar, Thursday, 14 April 2016 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Jesus, why bother? It's like he's designing the series specifically to shed light on each previous installment's inferior FX.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 April 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
Fiiiinally saw this over the weekend. As a proof-of-concept for the ride I will riding at WDW next month, it was overlong but definitely got me jazzed to experience the excitement first-hand. As a movie, it wasn't quite as bad as I'd expected but if anything I'm even more incredulous about the notion of a sequel (let alone seventeen or however many Cameron has planned at this point). Like there were barely enough ideas to sustain a single feature. I scoffed at the idea of an Avatar Land in the Disney parks when it was first announced but that actually seems like where he should've put all his energy, a 360-degree sensurround spectacular that doesn't rely in the slightest upon a compelling narrative.
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:45 (five years ago) link
I like avatar. Do with that what you will.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:50 (five years ago) link
avatar shows pretty clearly that cameron's 12 years (TWELVE YEARS ffs) away from directing features post-titanic did nothing to dull his ability to put together action sequences with a tremendous sense of space, but the script is... not good
it's incredible that sam worthington is gonna have a career on the big screen until at least 2025 thanks to his lumpen presence guaranteed in the sequels tho
― invited to an unexpected ninja presentation (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
still haven't seen this, but i'm figuring if it gets some kind of tenth-anniversary theatrical run this year, i'd give it a whirl
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:43 (five years ago) link
I figured that Cameron was actively making the sequels in an 'I'm an obscenely-wealthy man tinkering around with a massive project whose half-finished carcass my kids will have to figure out how to move out of the garage when I croak' sorta way but it looks like the next one is actually scheduled for release next year, huh. Hmm. Well.
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:50 (five years ago) link
and then one a year until 2025, it's gonna be lit
― invited to an unexpected ninja presentation (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link