NICE PLAY SHAKESPEARE
― max, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Gotta love the titles of the first seven bits:
1. “You Don’t Dream in Cryo…”2. Jake Enters His Avatar World3. Pure Spirits of the Forest4. The Bioluminescence of the Night5. Becoming One of “The People”Becoming One With Neytiri6. Climbing Up – “Iknimaya – The Path to Heaven”
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Six bits, seven bits, WHATEVER.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
"Tell me of your homeworld, Jake."
The "My Heart Will Go On" of this thing is called "I See You."
If it's the Juliana Hatfield song that might be kind of fun.
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I was hoping it was short for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbdYmFSfrcU
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Becoming One With Neytiri = sexin smurfette
― SMH (ice cr?m), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
You know, this will be totally ridiculous, but I still wanna see it.
― YOUR MOMS SPOT HERON WITH NO HANDS I'M SMACKIN HER (Beatrix Kiddo), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
probably best to treat it like Cameron made it ten years ago but you never got around to seeing it. "smurfs, wtf, well it was 1999."
― da croupier, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
probably best to not see it at all
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
obv i'm referring to the titanic fans who can't resist
― da croupier, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know if it's just the smurfiness of it or what but it just seems like th most horrible movie ever made to me. I would sit through a Uwe Bolle film festival before I'd watch this.
― ô_o (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
this makes me want to see it more than ever
half of these ought to have ": sounds of the rainforest" appended to the end
― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Thursday, 19 November 2009 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
the disney smurfiness feels especially grating and out of date after District 9
― da croupier, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:46 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
otm.
― fel (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
(not that district 9 was a perfect masterpiece or anything)
Guys I gotta put in that James Horner did turn out some k-awes film scores back in the day (not so much since he got fat off Titanic though). Wrath Of Khan, Brainstorm, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Land Before Time, Sneakers, those were all awesome scores.
That said, my intuition tells me this isn't gonna be his most inspired music.
― five minutes of iguana time (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
this is gonna be such a trainwreck on so many many levels
― fifteen minutes of iguana time famous (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i wanna see james cameron's house if he has a wax pope under his stairs
― luol deng (am0n), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
No way is his house as cool as Emmerich's, let's be real.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
seriously.
― fel (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
it could be if its a smurf cottage
― luol deng (am0n), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
if cameron really lived up to his persona he would be living in a submarine
― fel (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder if Avatar is about smurf frottage.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
cameron has the prop machine guns from aliens mounted on the walls of his house that shoots foam in case of fire. true story.
― mayor jingleberries, Thursday, 19 November 2009 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
has the avatar downfall/hitler rant thingy been posted in here? that's kind of lol.
― wilter, Friday, 20 November 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://uk.movies.ign.com/dor/objects/800318/avatar/videos/avatar_hardware.html
― DavidM, Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:52 (fourteen years ago) link
This is very Aliens - except this time the aliens are the good guys!
― DavidM, Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:57 (fourteen years ago) link
60 Minutes has a piece on Avatar tonight, fyi.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Pushing this so hard at the cinema tonight. They've had plastic credit card-like Avatar gift cards printed up so you can "give the gift of Avatar" tickets as Christmas presents, too.
― stet, Monday, 23 November 2009 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
saw the 60 minutes piece on a nice HDTV at a restaurant tonight.... and I kind of enjoyed just zoning out and watching the scenery.
I imagine it will be 2 hours of "that looks kinda cool" that will be quickly forgotten and never watched again.
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 23 November 2009 08:47 (fourteen years ago) link
And now it's the interactive trailer! (As proudly linked on the bottom of the page.) And it's important, see:
The "Avatar" Interactive trailer is actually more of a program or application than your usual run-of-the-mill teaser. With Cameron's film taking years to complete, the trailer even took a while to develop, too, with a four-month creation time."We kind of look at it as the next generation of movie trailers because it allows users to interact and delve deeper into the content of the movie," says Fox's Jeffrey Godsick, executive vice president of marketing and digital content.Built on Adobe AIR software, the application not only plays trailers, but also helps you keep track of news about "Avatar" through all kinds of social media. Like the Virtual Echo desktop for "Dollhouse" (RIP), AIR also can be made portable and not browser-based. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube all contribute to the feed that will fill up your entire screen if you choose.With all of that, the trailer is the centerpiece, and with it are other video pieces that give the user more insight into the creation of the movie. "Hot spots" during the trailer allow users to see vignettes about creature and technological designs and hear character profiles from many of the film's stars.It can be a bit overwhelming when you first see it cover your whole screen, and for fans who are really anticipating the movie, the officialavatar tweeter pops up with updates even when the program is minimized. It's all a cool interaction, but I wondered how much input Cameron, the tech godling, had in the program's development."The incorporation of technology has always been really important to (Cameron). He's really been supportive of the idea because it's cool, but also because it really does allow people to get involved in this world. He and Lightstorm have actually been involved in the creation of some of the content pieces," says Godsick.The program will continue to be updated as the movie nears. It was also mentioned that Cameron's Lightstorm is developing a Pandorapedia to launch in December that will give an even more in-depth look at the world "Avatar" has created.
"We kind of look at it as the next generation of movie trailers because it allows users to interact and delve deeper into the content of the movie," says Fox's Jeffrey Godsick, executive vice president of marketing and digital content.
Built on Adobe AIR software, the application not only plays trailers, but also helps you keep track of news about "Avatar" through all kinds of social media. Like the Virtual Echo desktop for "Dollhouse" (RIP), AIR also can be made portable and not browser-based. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube all contribute to the feed that will fill up your entire screen if you choose.
With all of that, the trailer is the centerpiece, and with it are other video pieces that give the user more insight into the creation of the movie. "Hot spots" during the trailer allow users to see vignettes about creature and technological designs and hear character profiles from many of the film's stars.
It can be a bit overwhelming when you first see it cover your whole screen, and for fans who are really anticipating the movie, the officialavatar tweeter pops up with updates even when the program is minimized. It's all a cool interaction, but I wondered how much input Cameron, the tech godling, had in the program's development.
"The incorporation of technology has always been really important to (Cameron). He's really been supportive of the idea because it's cool, but also because it really does allow people to get involved in this world. He and Lightstorm have actually been involved in the creation of some of the content pieces," says Godsick.
The program will continue to be updated as the movie nears. It was also mentioned that Cameron's Lightstorm is developing a Pandorapedia to launch in December that will give an even more in-depth look at the world "Avatar" has created.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm seriously waiting for the interactive MMS from Cameron himself to everyone in the world telling us to go see it or he'll cry.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^^ on this. I want to see it, but I'm not in any particular hurry.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.eggcityradio.com/sharity/xra.jpg
― tidal wave comin' cross the rogermexican border (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but in 3-D
― fel (latebloomer), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Wired has a series of stories out:http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_avatar_cameron/all/1http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_avatar_5steps/
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.wired.com/magazine/wp-content/images/17-12/ff_avatar_5steps4b_f.jpg
The future of movie-making. Yes indeed.
― Attention please, a child has been lost in the tunnel of goats. (James Morrison), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
"Godsick" : what a great surname. love to know the history on how that came about.
― mark e, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I was thinking, "Okay how did a nu-metal band miss that one."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Cameron kept a razor blade on his editing desk with a note: Use only if film sucks.
― moullet, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I realise this makes me a disgusting savage, but I tried to book advance tickets for this at local IMAX and the first week is already *completely* sold out. Looks like it's going to make mad loot.
― Bill A, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe at imax, people will watch any goddamn thing on those screens. this is like captain eo 2 and perfect for that format.i dunno about normal theaters.
― Drama Mama's and Papa's too! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
aren't most new imax releases sold out for the first week way before hand? this is before the first reviews/ the first week of people who actually seeing it saying how bad it is to their friends.
― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
PROCTOLOGIST: A Journey through Jim CameronAN IMAX EXCLUSIVE
― Drama Mama's and Papa's too! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
My kid is getting psyched up for this. We were at the movies the other day and he spent a minute or two staring at the Avatar poster, which is lenticular.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i doubt this will make its money back ($500 million!) but just because us snarky internet types think it's gonna be this huge gigantic flop doesn't mean a lot of people aren't gonna go see this.
― tectonic p (latebloomer), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
its not just snarky internet types though. plenty of people i know have commented on how fucking stupid it looks. the other day i was walking through whsmiths with my nan and even she commented on 'why are they putting the smurfs in a film' when she saw the cover of empire/other-film-mag/whatever-had-it-on-the-cover. know absolutely no-one who is excited about it (although ok i don't know any 7 year olds). just looks dull.
― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
ok it will still make at least 100m and open pretty big but after the initial impact it doesn't look good. and the longer people talk about how bad it looks/will flop, the more likely its gonna be.
― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
it's probably going to explode internationally, here i'd expect the numbers to be "underwhelming" but not catastrophic. the real shocker would be if it shows a quarter of the legs that Titanic did.
xpost
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
if it bombs, get ready for Terminator Vs. Aliens.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link