Avatar (James Cameron) [SPOILERS]

[The Octagon]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/

Cameron goes back to Sci-Fi, massively looking forward to this (particularly after reading about some of the new 3-D / motion-capture technology being used to render the alien worlds).

Basic plot seems to be about a military unit encountering indigenous life-forms on the far-flung planet of Pandora (although I've heard there's a lot more to it than that )

Footage expected to be released online in the next 5 hours, should be interesting.

 

[kyser_soze]

Tease trailer goes out at 3pm this afternoon on the News Int websites. Nice example of internal cross promotion for Fox.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Somebody wake up Hicks.

 

[Moggy]

Anyone actually manage to get tickets to the advance 15 minute screenings of footage from the film showing at the Imax tomorrow? Tried to get a pair 5 mins after the BFI emails went out last friday and all four showings were already fully booked

 

[themonkeyman]

hmmm, been looking forward to this

 

[elevendayempire]

Anyone actually manage to get tickets to the advance 15 minute screenings of footage from the film showing at the Imax tomorrow? Tried to get a pair 5 mins after the BFI emails went out last friday and all four showings were already fully booked

Yup, I managed to get one. Will report back with my findings. I'm pretty neutral on the film, tbh - all of the design work looks like leftovers from Aliens, and the plot is just Dances With Wolves with aliens. And all the 3D films I've seen to date made my eyes hurt.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yup, I managed to get one. Will report back with my findings. I'm pretty neutral on the film, tbh - all of the design work looks like leftovers from Aliens, and the plot is just Dances With Wolves with aliens. And all the 3D films I've seen to date made my eyes hurt.

Ouch

 

[isitme]

I think it'll be awesome, James Cameron is the tits at these sort of things

 

[The Octagon]

Apple.com fail

 

[themonkeyman]

yep, fuckers

 

[themonkeyman]

ok, so it is there in the header, and i click on it, but none of the videos work. CHOICE !!

 

[kyser_soze]

Not working from timesonline either...just a big black screen with a big swirly arrow...

 

[The Octagon]

I may have spoken too soon regarding the advanced technology.....

 

[gabi]

Trailer works fine.

Movie looks utterly shit.

http://avatar.substance001.info/

 

[The Octagon]

http://specials.divertissements.fr.msn.com/cinema/avatar/default.aspx for a non-HD version

 

[themonkeyman]

not much CGI in that then, fucking hell !

 

[themonkeyman]

Trailer works fine.

Movie looks utterly shit.

http://avatar.substance001.info/

I can't see how you can view the trailer from that link

 

[gabi]

not much CGI in that then, fucking hell !

With all the CGI and all the money you'd think they could come up with some slightly more convincing looking aliens eh.

 

[gabi]

I can't see how you can view the trailer from that link

Hmm... weird, well I got to that link from here..

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6803770.ece

 

[krtek a houby]

Love the floating islands, reminds me of Roger Dean's stuff...

 

[themonkeyman]

With all the CGI and all the money you'd think they could come up with some slightly more convincing looking aliens eh.

I think they should rename it to:

Avasmurf

crap, total bloody let down.

Cheers for the link again, worked the 14th time

 

[themonkeyman]

Love the floating islands, reminds me of Roger Dean's stuff...

yeah that bit was really good.

 

[debaser]

hmmm, well, yes.

Still going to have to see in 3d when its out though.. I guess..

It's going to revolutionise the industry you see.

 

[themonkeyman]

hmmm, well, yes.

Still going to have to see in 3d when its out though.. I guess..

It's going to revolutionise the industry you see.

oh yeah, for sure, Will definitely go and see it, I mean you can't really be 100% from a 1:30 minute trailer lol

 

[gabi]

oh yeah, for sure, Will definitely go and see it, I mean you can't really be 100% from a 1:30 minute trailer lol

It had a whiff of pocahontas/dances with wolves about it. Lets not forget this is the man who gave us Titanic.

It looks horrendous.

 

[A Dashing Blade]

This is the one based on Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War" non?

 

[Stigmata]

This is the one based on Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War" non?

The trailer doesn't resemble it in any way (although that means nothing I suppose).


My main problem is, if Cameron's gonna spend all this dosh on cutting-edge special effects and completely CGI aliens, why does he make them look essentially like actors in costumes? Waste of good creativity.

 

[ajk]

This is the one based on Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War" non?

Nope, Ridley Scott's doing that, but using the same 3D technology as Avatar.

As for the Avatar trailer,

 

[Echo Base]

10ft tall blue cats kissing each other. This is supposed to be revolutionary and instead it looks like an expensive episode of Thundercats.

 

[Echo Base]

It had a whiff of pocahontas/dances with wolves about it. Lets not forget this is the man who gave us Titanic.

It looks horrendous.

The plot is the exact same as DANCES WITH WOLVES. Its like every single 'white man saves the barbarians' movie out of Hollywood for the last 30 years.