Preview reminds me of the slow build-up that worked so well in Aliens and (yes) Titanic. Second half looks like a '69 Nam hookah trip.
― Q. Tarantino Presents: Popeye (Eazy), Friday, 21 August 2009 05:38 (fourteen years ago) link
This ... looks terrible.
― irreconcilable aesthetic criteria (Eric H.), Friday, 21 August 2009 05:44 (fourteen years ago) link
The preview is unpromising, but I wouldn't mind being proved wrong. At least it seems ambitious, which after a long summer of nothing-but-sequels as far as mainstream Hollywood big budget, high concept stuff goes, is kind of refreshing.
― ken tynan's spanking buddy (sciolism), Friday, 21 August 2009 05:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm with you on that, sciolism - watched the trailer quite a few times and I've gone from initial "meh", to thinking this might actually be pretty cool. It also feels a bit premature to dismiss it from a 2 minute trailer on a 19" computer monitor when it's been made to be watched in IMAX 3D.
― Bill A, Friday, 21 August 2009 07:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i just hate the quasi-furry design of the characters..gross gross gross
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Friday, 21 August 2009 07:39 (fourteen years ago) link
like the part where the main dude is grinning in the lab says "this is great"...it's ugh ugh ugh uncanny valley creepy to the max (plus mongoloid eyes and stupid fantasy kangaroo ears)
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Friday, 21 August 2009 07:47 (fourteen years ago) link
amazing how far we have progressed since this
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TA56OMBmFyA/Sbjg_5jSgdI/AAAAAAAAAJA/XvsLJ08COZg/s400/232980-jar_jar_binks_large.jpeg
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Friday, 21 August 2009 07:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, I could easily torrent some old shitty Thundercats episodes if I had some burning need to see anthropomorphic tiger-people shoot bows and arrows at each other.
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Friday, 21 August 2009 07:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Cameron's done some cool stuff with creatures...the aliens in The Abyss were neat!
Why does this shit have to look so much like a lame-ass fantasy novel cover?
Bleaurgh.
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Friday, 21 August 2009 08:02 (fourteen years ago) link
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Friday, 21 August 2009 08:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Bleaurgh!
"If we make money, I guarantee there will be more," Cameron said. "If we don't, we'll pretend it never happened."
it may be two years old, but I still love this touching display of pride in yr work.
― Akon/Family (Merdeyeux), Friday, 21 August 2009 09:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.denihilation.com/delgovatar.html
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 August 2009 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
what the hell is delgo
― a narwhal done gored my sister nell (cankles), Friday, 21 August 2009 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i think your question answers your question
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Friday, 21 August 2009 09:45 (fourteen years ago) link
they do reminds me of the Mission To Mars alien a bit :[
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 11:08 (fourteen years ago) link
the second half of the trailer looks like an ad for herbal tea
― fleetwood (max), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Worst thing imo is the font, absolutely hideous.
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
thought they would write it
/\ \/ /\ + /\ R
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:34 (fourteen years ago) link
And this didn't look cheesy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaHXIIyd8nM
― Q. Tarantino Presents: Popeye (Eazy), Friday, 21 August 2009 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Avatar isn't a kids film tho
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 21 August 2009 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Well hey, they already released the videogame tie-in:
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-08/48772041.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 August 2009 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/articles/floppiest-flop-case-file-126-delgo,16751/
― abanana, Friday, 21 August 2009 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Bender the Magnificent23 Dec. 2008 | 5:04 PM CSTYou're a mindless idiot.
23 Dec. 2008 | 5:04 PM CST
You're a mindless idiot.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 August 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
The steadily mounting reactions from an apparent Israeli screening of some "Avatar" footage has been resoundingly negative. FWIW:
https://twitter.com/cinemascopian
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
^from that "we might have another Speed Racer on our hands here".
I AM NOW PSYCHED!
― DavidM, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Looks stupid.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
That looks JUST A BIT Kincade in space.
― gossip and complaints (suzy), Friday, 21 August 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
what a horrifying reveal. The guy who made such cold, dark science fiction is now making a garish, tacky fantasy starring furries.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 21 August 2009 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
How come there are giant rocks that can hover but the guy is stuck in a wheelchair?
Also, Papyrus font has been a no no for at least ten years now.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 22 August 2009 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link
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How can we can we take someone's mind and put it in the body of an alien, but the guy is stuck in a wheelchair?
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 22 August 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, so I saw the preview before Inglourious Basterds earlier tonight..still looks kinda dopey and the blue tiger people look awful but overall it definitely makes more sense and looks better on the big screen.
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
dude... lb... i feel u on wanting this to be good so bad but...
no.
just... no.
― fleetwood (max), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i just meant it looked better on the big screen! didn't say it was gonna be good!
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah and i meant
― fleetwood (max), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
hey, max is giving us permission to hate something, it's been a while so let's savor the moment
― velko, Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
fwiw I thought Waterworld worked ok on the big screen what do I know hahaha
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I sincerely hope Avatar opens with the Terminator guy pissing into a filter and drinking it...in 3D
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:24 (fourteen years ago) link
waterworld's trailer was way better.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:16 (fourteen years ago) link
so was the trailer for the new john travolta/robin williams abortion
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
no mechs though
why is robin williams still getting starring roles
― abanana, Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
he's a genie!
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:52 (fourteen years ago) link
The trailer looks like it's cutting back and forth between 2 different movies altogether.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 22 August 2009 07:48 (fourteen years ago) link
this shit is for furries imo
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 22 August 2009 08:26 (fourteen years ago) link
it's like blue tiger ppl fuck this
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 22 August 2009 08:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://images.elfwood.com/art/v/m/vmegami/kiitygirl.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 22 August 2009 08:29 (fourteen years ago) link
avatar story board exclusivehttp://fanart.lionking.org/Artists/Mithril/BanjoForBlueJay.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 22 August 2009 08:30 (fourteen years ago) link
http://thunderbaseball.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/thundercats.jpg
― i have the new brutal truth if you want it (latebloomer), Saturday, 22 August 2009 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link