Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Don't mind him. He's just cranky now. He hasn't eaten yet.So don't think it's you.
hehe
lol
I don't blame him. I get cranky when I don't eat, either.
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
As far as rating scales go, I've always done mine like this:1-4 = varying degrees of bad.
5 = average
6-10 = varying degrees of good.I like it like that; just sharing.
You know, dude, that's the EXACT scale I use, and ever single one of my coworkers use.
Originally posted by The Nuul
This is the best scale and I use it as well.
Exactly, because it gives the most amount of leeway when measuring a film.
Originally posted by Bardock42
You said I forgot something. I didn't forget it, it just wasn't part of what my post intended to discuss.
Oh. I see. Well, that was intended as more of humor than to actually say you forgot something. I'm sure you noticed, but it was supposed to fit in with the "DDM thinks he's better than everyone else" attitude that I get from time to time.
Originally posted by Tired-Hiker
Whas Terminator 2 necessary? Aliens 2? Say what you will, they'll find a reason to make another Avatar. The infrastructure is set up, why waste all that time and energy creating the virtual world of Avatar when you can squeeze more milk from it. Whatever they call it doesn't matter, it will still be Avatar 2.
I'm not saying he's not gonna do it. I just think the Avatar story was entirely told in the first film. Anything else would be entirely commercial and unnnecessary story-wise.
He should do another innovative film.
Like for example he should do the "Revelations" story from the bible. Like the actual fight in the story between heaven and hell. Jesus versus the Satan and do it in the most epic way possible.
Okay I saw Avatar in IMAX 3D... can't be a better way to see it. I almost got afraid of heights.
In short: a marvelous experience. A very credible world and Na'vi characters, amazingly clear in storytelling the complex science stuff (how the Avatar works etc), amazingly well made world, a true movie experience of the likes I've not seen in a long time (ago in a galaxy with only the OT). Very well thought through visual themes (the use of avatars-mind links to animals-mechanical avatars (i.e. the robots they drive ..... the death of his brother leads to a new life for Sully, who also ends up in a box to get a new life in his Avatar, to ending getting a real new life and several more.... kudo's Cameron)
Downsides: the very very one dimensional bad guys (yes Cameron, you sure disappointed me there - why the heck can you think of all kinds of plants and animals and not think of a bad guy in the caliber range of what you had in The Abyss... just to point out that you do KNOW how to do that) and the rather predictive last 45 minutes or so.
Nevertheless, it was enjoyable all the way and I recommend everyone to watch it, preferably in IMAX 3D. I wonder now how it'll hold up on Blu Ray.
One more thing that I can't wrap my head around: why do they use these Avatars at all, since the Na'vi know they're not real Na'vi but Sky People in disguise? Can't they do their scientific work as humans by now???
Originally posted by queeq
why do they use these Avatars at all, since the Na'vi know they're not real Na'vi but Sky People in disguise? Can't they do their scientific work as humans by now???
That's actually explained, a little, by Dr. Augustine. They accept the avatar Na'Vi more than they do the humans. Also, those bodies are much more adapted to the planet than the human bodies are, making it much easier to just do stuff far away from the main camp. The avatars are to the Na'Vi what the Vistors are to the humans...sort of.
Originally posted by dadudemon
That's actually explained, a little, by Dr. Augustine. They accept the avatar Na'Vi more than they do the humans. Also, those bodies are much more adapted to the planet than the human bodies are, making it much easier to just do stuff far away from the main camp. The avatars are to the Na'Vi what the Vistors are to the humans...sort of.
Ah yes, the adaptation to the environment... that kinda makes sense. ALthough I did see an awful lot of people (soldier) walking the planet. They seemed well adapted.
Don't get me wrong, I liked the idea. But the motivation for such an expensive scientific enterprise compared to the major major corporate and military reasons to be there didn't quite make clear why they'd make such an effort. Nobody seemed to care or like the miniscule band of scientists.