[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Avatar Movie (Page 1 of 4)
Posted: 7/20/2009 12:00:36 PM EDT
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New movie by James Cameron coming out Dec 09. Looks good, half 3D digital, half live action and big budget.
No trailer yet, but here is some artwork. IMDb Link 
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Yep, I heard he's back in the feature business. I've been looking forward to his return because his movies haven't sucked so far and don't piss me off (although Titanic was pushing it). He's also supposed to do a feature version of the japanimation Armitage series next.
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Yep, I heard he's back in the feature business. I've been looking forward to his return because his movies haven't sucked so far and don't piss me off (although Titanic was pushing it). He's also supposed to do a feature version of the japanimation Armitage series next.He never quit doing movies, it's just that this movie has been in development for the last 14 years and in production for the last four. |
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Found some pics of the powersuit in the Avatar game. The movie will probably be close to this.
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Snort... I think that the overall theme will P.O. a lot of Arfcommers. If it's even close to the original script that's been floating about on the net forever, the main theme is "Humanity has ruined Earth, and is now going to ruin this other beautiful planet... then the planet (with a few humans helping) fights back." SPOILERS. (potentialy anyway...) The "Avatar" is a cloned alien body that a human controls through virtual reality to interact with and explore the planet. A disabled war vet, living in Blade Runner-esque overpopulated Earth squalor, gets chosen for the mission at the last minute because his twin brother dies, and he's compatible with the cloned alien body that's prepared for him. After a long starship voyage in cold sleep with some kind of sympathetic connection to the cloned alien body in storage, (it might be a baby/embryo and allowed to grow in a tank during the trip) he gets to experience walking again for the first time in years. Real tear-jerker stuff. He meets up with an alien tribe/girl and makes friends. The Avatar body is needed because the alien jungle is insanely dangerous and poisonous to humans. However the sub-plot is if you just "go with nature" instead of trying to dominate it, you can coexist, kumbyah... This is why the rest of the humans not controlling Avatar bodies need to use the powered armor suits etc. A paranoid security commander of the exploration base wants to shoot everything that moves outside the force field base fence that keeps all the poisonous plants and animals at bay, distrusts the aliens and the jungle etc. Bad stuff starts happening a-la "Dances With Wolves", and the situation escalates. We come to learn that the aliens aren't "primitive" at all, they just use biotechnology and are as advanced as the humans. Big fight ensues. The humans and evil security guys/space marines whatever are driven off planet. And the aliens and the alien girl use their global jungle bio-internet supercomputer tree-network to transfer the conciousness of the crippled human running the Avatar body into the Avatar permanantly. He then lives with the alien girl happily ever after. Now I'm sure the script has gone through tons of revisions since then, but I expect major chunks of the "Humans evil/Nature good" and the "Don't ruin ANOTHER planet" themes to survive intact. It just remains to be seen if they'll be blatant enough to have me blowing chunks. 
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That's the trailer for The last airbender movie. I read James Cameron copyrighted the Avatar name and that's why they couldn't use it. It's weird they are both are coming out about the same time, makes things confusing. The Avatar trailer is supposed to be out middle of August. |
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That's the trailer for The last airbender movie. I read James Cameron copyrighted the Avatar name and that's why they couldn't use it. It's weird they are both are coming out about the same time, makes things confusing. The Avatar trailer is supposed to be out middle of August. ahh, i'm with you now. as i was reading this thread, i was thinking, "i just saw the trailer for avatar at the last transformers movie" didn't realize there was two separate movies.  my bad.
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AKSig,
He was away from mainstream hollyweird for many years making documentaries exploring the deep sea. He mad one revisiting the Titanic and also the Bismark, deep sea volcanic vents, and what life might be like on one of Jupiters ice/water moons. He also produced a documentary about the possible discovery of Jesus's tomb  and hosted a couple of history channel shows. Also produced the remake of Solaris (the one starring George Clooney). That's the only feature I know of him being involved with since Titanic. Produced a SciFI Television show (the title is eluding me at the moment) , and supposedly was a consulting producer on the Sarah Conor Chronicles. I guess I meant he has'nt directed any features since Titanic that I know of.
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Cameron's a shooter... I remember Michael Beihn saying in an interview that Cameron called him to his house to shoot machine guns, and during that Cameron asked Beihn if he wanted to be in The Abyss (IIRC it was that movie).
Edit: That said, anyone who can't see that "Aliens" is a rant against the Military-Industrial complex is blind.
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http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/avatar/trailer Here is the trailer for the movie. |
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AKSig, He was away from mainstream hollyweird for many years making documentaries exploring the deep sea. He mad one revisiting the Titanic and also the Bismark, deep sea volcanic vents, and what life might be like on one of Jupiters ice/water moons. He also produced a documentary about the possible discovery of Jesus's tomb and hosted a couple of history channel shows. Also produced the remake of Solaris (the one starring George Clooney). That's the only feature I know of him being involved with since Titanic. Produced a SciFI Television show (the title is eluding me at the moment) , and supposedly was a consulting producer on the Sarah Conor Chronicles. I guess I meant he has'nt directed any features since Titanic that I know of.I know he was doing the docs, but he also wrote for 30 episodes of T:SCC and Terminator 3 also he has been working on this movie extensively for the last 4 years as well. He also was the executive producer on the series Dark Angel.
Fun fact: James was supposed to get 12% of the world wide gross for Titanic but the movie was so over budget and behind schedule the studio was going to shut it down so he said he would give up his 12% if they would let him finish it. Titanic went on to do over $1.8 billion world wide.
The studio ended up giving him a check for $100 million as a thank you gesture. It still ended up costing him almost $100 million. Then he lost half of that payday to Linda Hamilton when they divorced less then a year after that.
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all i have to say is...HOLY SHIT!
Avatar Trailer via Apple.com/trailers HD 
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Watching the trailer on a computer monitor doesn't do it justice. I saw the trailer in the theatre today and it looked amazing Which movie was it attached to? Inglourious Basterds Not in my theater. I've seen that twice and no joy either time. I live in the UFO Capitol of the world and they don't put a sci-fi trailer on it. Yeah, we freakin' rawk. 
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Here is a update on the Avatar movie that was in the news yesterday. link
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- "Titanic" producer fearless over latest movie Fri Oct 16, 5:44 am ET BUSAN, South Korea (AFP) – Hollywood producer Jon Landau said Friday he had no doubt that his latest feature with "Titanic" director James Cameron would live up to its billing as the year's most-anticipated film. The 300-million-dollar "Avatar", packed with computer-generated imagery and 3-D effects, is the pair's first project together since scooping 11 Oscars with "Titanic" in 1998. "Any fear about this film is long behind us," Landau said on the sidelines of the 14th Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, after screening 30-minutes of selected scenes from the film. "When we started it was a little like the people at NASA who first went to the moon," he said. "When John Kennedy said they were going to put someone on the moon, they didn't really know how they were going to do it and when we started we had an idea but we had no idea how we were going to do it either." Landau and Cameron have spent the past four-and-a-half years putting the new film together, promising a combination of computer-generated imagery, 3-D effects and live action, the likes of which the world has never seen. The pair seem to be on the money –– just as they were with "Titanic", which despite doubts from initial test screenings and critics went on to gross close to two billion dollars worldwide, making it the all-time box office champion. "Avatar" follows the exploits of paraplegic army veteran who is taken to another world where his genes are mixed with those of an alien creature –– the new being becoming the "avatar" of the film's title. "The excitement for me is that we are finally going to be able to show something that we have been working on for four-and-a-half years. Because a film is nothing if no one sees it," said Landau. "No single movie can revolutionise the movie industry but one film can be a step in the evolution of movies. What we think we are doing here is unlocking the door for more filmmakers to tell more stories." "Avatar" is set for its worldwide release on December 18th. |
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Extended second trailer in HD Prepare to have your face rocked. I think the storyline is about as cliched as it could possibly be, but this will nevertheless be incredible to see on screen. I'm going to try to catch it at a true IMAX theater. |
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It's a more violent Fern Gully, great. That being said, the graphics look good, and I'll probably wind up seeing it. Might just make a playlist of super-epic music that'll match the length of the movie and listen to it and hope it will at least muffle the dialogue... |
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Meh I really don't want to see another "Evil humans destroy ____________" movie. I like Cameron's films, but I am not in the least bit excited about Avatar. +1 I've never really been a fan of movies that portray US Marines (or Earth soldiers portrayed like them) as the bad guys. I always end up rooting for the Marines and not the "good" guys. |
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Quoted: 2nd trailer has pissed me off.  Marines as bad guys equals FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quoted: Quoted: Meh I really don't want to see another "Evil humans destroy ____________" movie. I like Cameron's films, but I am not in the least bit excited about Avatar. +1 I've never really been a fan of movies that portray US Marines (or Earth soldiers portrayed like them) as the bad guys. I always end up rooting for the Marines and not the "good" guys. +1 They even have their sleeves rolled.  |
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Cameron's a shooter... I remember Michael Beihn saying in an interview that Cameron called him to his house to shoot machine guns, and during that Cameron asked Beihn if he wanted to be in The Abyss (IIRC it was that movie). Edit: That said, anyone who can't see that "Aliens" is a rant against the Military-Industrial complex is blind. That key to Aliens is that the Marines were not the bad guys. Merely duped into the "rescue mission" by Weyland-Yutani Corporation. I thought Aliens was a great movie and really captures the character (and juvenile humor) of Infantrymen. |
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Meh I really don't want to see another "Evil humans destroy ____________" movie. I like Cameron's films, but I am not in the least bit excited about Avatar. thats the first thing i thought when i saw it ETA- I rewatched the trailer and i have to say i wont be see this movie it looks stupid IMO |
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Quoted: Quoted: Cameron's a shooter... I remember Michael Beihn saying in an interview that Cameron called him to his house to shoot machine guns, and during that Cameron asked Beihn if he wanted to be in The Abyss (IIRC it was that movie). Edit: That said, anyone who can't see that "Aliens" is a rant against the Military-Industrial complex is blind. That key to Aliens is that the Marines were not the bad guys. Merely duped into the "rescue mission" by Weyland-Yutani Corporation. "At least they're not fucking each other over for a percentage." |
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Cameron's a shooter... I remember Michael Beihn saying in an interview that Cameron called him to his house to shoot machine guns, and during that Cameron asked Beihn if he wanted to be in The Abyss (IIRC it was that movie). Edit: That said, anyone who can't see that "Aliens" is a rant against the Military-Industrial complex is blind. That key to Aliens is that the Marines were not the bad guys. Merely duped into the "rescue mission" by Weyland-Yutani Corporation. I thought Aliens was a great movie and really captures the character (and juvenile humor) of Infantrymen. Weyland-Yutani represented the Industrial part of the Military-industrial complex... They wanted to weaponize the Aliens even if it meant the Marines dying. |
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Extended second trailer in HD Prepare to have your face rocked. I think the storyline is about as cliched as it could possibly be, but this will nevertheless be incredible to see on screen. I'm going to try to catch it at a true IMAX theater. wow that looks badass......like you said though cliche story. |
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I just saw the trailer for the first time. Wow. So the story line is one we've seen before...so what? It's a good concept even if it's not a new one. The visuals are astounding. It could be a truly great film. I don't have high expectations of many movies based on their trailers, but this one would be one of them. Gimme some of that blue girl!  CJ |
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I noticed in a news article that the film is in 3D. Then I re-read the original post and it says it is "half 3D digital".
Which is it, all 3D or "half 3D digital"? P.S. - what is "half 3D digital"? P.P.S. - The rendering looks too much like a cartoon or worse, a video game. I watched the trailer on my uber-PC with the good headphones and the good amp, turned up loud! This is gonna be a great flick! I'd guesstimate I see it in the theater about three times. What day of the week is Dec 18th? 
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something was bugging me about this movie - and then I remembered a book I had read a while back:
http://www.amazon.com/Midworld-Alan-Dean-Foster/dp/0345350111/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257839950&sr=1-41 I see that Alan Dean Foster has collaborated with James Cameron before - I wonder if he is listed in the credits?
there is so little in Hollywood that represents original thought... |
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Will not be seeing this movie. Don't need another 'visually stunning' CGI-fest to distract me from the lame-ass cliched plot we've seen 50 times and relentlessly sorry acting. But there are enough video game obsessed people worldwide clamoring for this kind of drivel (along with the video game rights and Happy Meals) that I have no doubt it will recoup its cost. 4073 |
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I just saw the trailer for the first time. Wow. So the story line is one we've seen before...so what? It's a good concept even if it's not a new one. The visuals are astounding. It could be a truly great film. I don't have high expectations of many movies based on their trailers, but this one would be one of them. Gimme some of that blue girl!
CJ I move that we begin calling it "Dances with Smurfs." |
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I noticed in a news article that the film is in 3D. Then I re-read the original post and it says it is "half 3D digital". Which is it, all 3D or "half 3D digital"? P.S. - what is "half 3D digital"? P.P.S. - The rendering looks too much like a cartoon or worse, a video game. I watched the trailer on my uber-PC with the good headphones and the good amp, turned up loud! This is gonna be a great flick! I'd guesstimate I see it in the theater about three times. What day of the week is Dec 18th? Does anyone know the answers to these questions? |
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