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I'm definitely catching this in the cinema while I have the chance. One that must be seen in the cinema, I guess, as without the grand scale I suspect all that will be left is glossy cheesy and crass metaphor...

...at home you also won't have the option to watch this proper 3D and that's what it was designed for.
 
This is the image that hooked me - floating islands! A trope of fantasy & sf art since the 70s, possibly earlier, yet no one has done it in a film until now!

Didn't Flash Gordon (1980) have a bit of that? I was going to say Bespin from Empire Strikes Back but that's a city, not an island...

Here some lovely Roger Dean in the meantime

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Re: Flash...sort of, but that was bits of planet, Ming having generously blown Arboria into bits and then used his tech to string the bits back together, kinda like the world in Adam Roberts Splinter...
 
Re: Flash...sort of, but that was bits of planet, Ming having generously blown Arboria into bits and then used his tech to string the bits back together, kinda like the world in Adam Roberts Splinter...

Arboria? Dammit, soze. You're good. Maybe too good with the miniscule details... ;)
 
I've seen clips of it on the news, doesn't look like the kinda movie i would want to watch but then again i don't like movies as much as most people.:) Getting abit sick of hearing how its 'the most expensive movie ever made', just leads me to think that's all there is to say about it!
 
I've seen clips of it on the news, doesn't look like the kinda movie i would want to watch but then again i don't like movies as much as most people.:) Getting abit sick of hearing how its 'the most expensive movie ever made', just leads me to think that's all there is to say about it!

Ach, that's just the money hype. They said that about all of Cameron's later films...
 
The four minutes I saw, admittedly there's no context plot wise, weren't that impressive in terms of action sequence, acting, or graphics. The Smurfs just look to computer graphicy...
 
From the clips I have seen it looks terrible and the plot, though it sounds worthy, also sounds pretty boring. Has anyone seen it yet?

All that CGI, uh. I just don't think it looks good enough yet. It looks like CGI which I guess is not what it is supposed to look like.
 
The four minutes I saw, admittedly there's no context plot wise, weren't that impressive in terms of action sequence, acting, or graphics. The Smurfs just look to computer graphicy...

Could they ever look like a real species? Our minds would always associate them with CGI no mater how 'real'.

Stop moaning. Just enjoy it :p
 
Could they ever look like a real species? Our minds would always associate them with CGI no mater how 'real'.

Stop moaning. Just enjoy it :p

The Narn in Babylon 5 looked good and were believable as aliens and no CGI was used...what's to enjoy if it's shit? :p
 
How much longer will people on message boards keep whining on about CGI. :facepalm:

It's here to stay, get used to it.

By all accoutns the film looks breathtaking when seen where and how it should be seen: on a huge screen in 3d, not on breakfast television.
 
How much longer will people on message boards keep whining on about CGI. :facepalm:

It's here to stay, get used to it.

By all accoutns the film looks breathtaking when seen where and how it should be seen: on a huge screen in 3d, not on breakfast television.

Indeed.

Seems the excellent reviews haven't put off the moaners.
 
How much longer will people on message boards keep whining on about CGI. :facepalm:

It's here to stay, get used to it.

By all accoutns the film looks breathtaking when seen where and how it should be seen: on a huge screen in 3d, not on breakfast television.

Probably the same people who moaned about CDs replacing vinyl...
 
How much longer will people on message boards keep whining on about CGI. :facepalm:

It's here to stay, get used to it.

By all accoutns the film looks breathtaking when seen where and how it should be seen: on a huge screen in 3d, not on breakfast television.

I'm not fussed about CGI, i'm used to it in doctor who now atleast. Its just that sort of film looks like overhyped rubbish. Not my thing, is all.
 
How much longer will people on message boards keep whining on about CGI. :facepalm:

It's here to stay, get used to it.

By all accoutns the film looks breathtaking when seen where and how it should be seen: on a huge screen in 3d, not on breakfast television.
I'm not talking about its appearance. I mean it doesn't look like the kind of thing I'd be interested in. :D
 
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