_Avatar_, directed by James Cameron

has the avatar downfall/hitler rant thingy been posted in here? that's kind of lol.

http://uk.movies.ign.com/dor/objects/800318/avatar/videos/avatar_hardware.html

This is very Aliens - except this time the aliens are the good guys!

60 Minutes has a piece on Avatar tonight, fyi.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I imagine it will be 2 hours of "that looks kinda cool" that will be quickly forgotten and never watched again.

^^^^^ on this. I want to see it, but I'm not in any particular hurry.

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yeah but in 3-D

Wired has a series of stories out:
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_avatar_cameron/all/1
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_avatar_5steps/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/wp-content/images/17-12/ff_avatar_5steps4b_f.jpg

The future of movie-making. Yes indeed.

"Godsick" : what a great surname. love to know the history on how that came about.

Yeah I was thinking, "Okay how did a nu-metal band miss that one."

Cameron kept a razor blade on his editing desk with a note: Use only if film sucks.

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.

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.

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.

PROCTOLOGIST: A Journey through Jim Cameron
AN IMAX EXCLUSIVE

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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if it bombs, get ready for Terminator Vs. Aliens.

straight to video shocker

don't underestimate the secret furry demographic.

vs. predator vs friday the 13 vs freddy vs

straight to six flags would be cooler. "fuck it, let's just make it a ride."

yeah, it will make bank internationally, and probably recoup loads in DVD sales, etc.

like wouldn't be surprised if it was the sort of thing that got bundled into blu-ray/tv deals at best buy or w/e (it's just so *visual*)

planet 'tar

straight to six flags would be cooler. "fuck it, let's just make it a ride."

― da croupier, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 7:15 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

“Yes,” Cameron said flatly. “They have to have tails.”

“Yes,” Cameron said flatly. “They have to have tails.”

http://www.wired.com/magazine/wp-content/images/17-12/ff_avatar_cameron1_f.jpg

yeah, it will make bank internationally, and probably recoup loads in DVD sales, etc.

I dunno, dog, this movie reportedly cost $500 mil, which is about equal to the Dark Knight's domestic gross

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"YEAH!"

*barf sounds*

no lie, if someone took me to an amusement park where the rollercoaster cars looked like the flying things from the "Avatar" previews, I would never leave

this is like captain eo 2 and perfect for that format.

I really wish Cameron had made a sequel to Captain Eo instead of this.

Fox apparently just did a big promo image dump. Scrounge for laughs.

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769368876.jpg

"So your mission is to CLIMB THIS TREE, MAGGOT."

Is the whole movie going to be the scenes from Endor? I don't know if these smurf wannabes are preferable to the ewoks.

ewoks are great.

on rye

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769362620.jpg

I like the ewoks, but they seem to be almost universally hated.

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769364819.jpg

"Tell me of your homewor--"

"I already DID."

Meanwhile on the set of CSI: Pandora:

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769365518.jpg

"Tsu'tey"

see this is why I sometimes hate fantasy

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769362620.jpg

A mishap in the teleporter spliced together Marilyn Manson's backing band, a couple of Thundercats, and the Blue Man group and sent them to Skull Island