Avatar

Post Reply
User avatar
Animavore
Nasty Hombre
Posts: 39276
Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:26 am
Location: Ire Land.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Animavore » Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:50 am

Elessarina wrote:
Animavore wrote:
Elessarina wrote:You might want to look at your first post in this thread Ani ;)
Dammit :lol:

EDIT: Sorry. I'm dunk. I just realised I haven't contradicted myself with the first post. I said a film doesn't necessarily need a good script but those films still had a good story. So did Avatar of course. Its the execution of that story which didn't live up to what they did in early Cameron.

you smell of poo
Poo for life.
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.

User avatar
Gawdzilla Sama
Stabsobermaschinist
Posts: 151265
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:37 am

tattuchu wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
tattuchu wrote:Speaking of Cameron films, I just realized I've never seen The Abyss. I need to add that to my amazon cart...
Extended version only. :mod:
Extended is always the best way to see them :tup:
"Raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water tentacle." :hehe:
Image
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”

User avatar
Elessarina
Bearer of Anduril
Bearer of Anduril
Posts: 9517
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:12 pm
About me: The Fastest Ratz.. apparently
Location: Rivendell
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Elessarina » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:49 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
Extended is always the best way to see them :tup:
"Raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water tentacle." :hehe:[/quote]

Keep your pantyhose on :ddpan:

User avatar
Gawdzilla Sama
Stabsobermaschinist
Posts: 151265
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:52 am

Elessarina wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Extended is always the best way to see them :tup:
"Raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water tentacle." :hehe:
Keep your pantyhose on :ddpan:[/quote]
"Luv u wife."
Image
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”

User avatar
Elessarina
Bearer of Anduril
Bearer of Anduril
Posts: 9517
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:12 pm
About me: The Fastest Ratz.. apparently
Location: Rivendell
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Elessarina » Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:04 pm

Virgil turn on your side

User avatar
Gawdzilla Sama
Stabsobermaschinist
Posts: 151265
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:05 pm

Elessarina wrote:Virgil turn on your side
"Why is your hand blue?"
Image
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”

User avatar
Elessarina
Bearer of Anduril
Bearer of Anduril
Posts: 9517
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:12 pm
About me: The Fastest Ratz.. apparently
Location: Rivendell
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Elessarina » Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:12 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Elessarina wrote:Virgil turn on your side
"Why is your hand blue?"
:oops: :date: :ddpan:

User avatar
Animavore
Nasty Hombre
Posts: 39276
Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:26 am
Location: Ire Land.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Animavore » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:10 pm

And another thing...
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
:hehe:
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.

User avatar
Elessarina
Bearer of Anduril
Bearer of Anduril
Posts: 9517
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:12 pm
About me: The Fastest Ratz.. apparently
Location: Rivendell
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Elessarina » Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:09 pm

Almost at $500m

User avatar
Ian
Mr Incredible
Posts: 16975
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:42 pm
Location: Washington DC

Re: Avatar

Post by Ian » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:31 am

Almost went to see it tonight. Had my in-laws here to babysit and drove to the theater, but it was sold out. Oh well.
Is it really that good? It looks pretty silly, IMO. The planet seems like some outlandish fantasy worked up on computers, the aliens look like blue cats, I've heard the plot described as Dances With Wolves in outer space, and the human soldiers (or at least the commander with the scars on his face) look like the sort of charicatures of real soldiers you'd see in 1980s movies. If I saw ads for it and didn't know that it was directed by Cameron, I doubt I'd look twice.
But I might love it when I see it. It is James Cameron, after all. :dono:

User avatar
Gawdzilla Sama
Stabsobermaschinist
Posts: 151265
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:35 am

Ian wrote:Almost went to see it tonight. Had my in-laws here to babysit and drove to the theater, but it was sold out. Oh well.
Is it really that good? It looks pretty silly, IMO. The planet seems like some outlandish fantasy worked up on computers, the aliens look like blue cats, I've heard the plot described as Dances With Wolves in outer space, and the human soldiers (or at least the commander with the scars on his face) look like the sort of charicatures of real soldiers you'd see in 1980s movies. If I saw ads for it and didn't know that it was directed by Cameron, I doubt I'd look twice.
But I might love it when I see it. It is James Cameron, after all. :dono:
The scene where the shuttle swings in behind the "Apaches" is worth the price of admission.
Image
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”

User avatar
Ian
Mr Incredible
Posts: 16975
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:42 pm
Location: Washington DC

Re: Avatar

Post by Ian » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:39 am

I hope so. I like a good movie, not just impressive special effects. You couldn't have paid me to watch Transformers or G.I. Joe this year. And it would take clydesdales to drag me to see 2012.

User avatar
Gawdzilla Sama
Stabsobermaschinist
Posts: 151265
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:42 am

Ian wrote:I hope so. I like a good movie, not just impressive special effects. You couldn't have paid me to watch Transformers or G.I. Joe this year. And it would take clydesdales to drag me to see 2012.
I stopped noticing the effects and started experiencing them. If you've seen "Beowulf" or "Journey to the Center of the Earth", think of them as Sunday funnies compared to this. (You HAVE to see the 3D, of course.)
Image
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”

User avatar
Chinaski
Mazel tov cocktail
Posts: 3043
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:33 am
About me: Barfly
Location: Aberdeen
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Chinaski » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:57 pm

Red Katie wrote:I saw a review that said it was all effects and no plot. Is true?
Apparently the plot is basically RARR HUMANS IS EVIL DESTROYS ENVIRONMENT KILLS EVERYTHING.

-.-''
Is there for honest poverty
That hangs his heid and a' that
The coward slave, we pass him by
We dare be puir for a' that.

Imagehttp://imagegen.last.fm/iTunesFIXED/rec ... mphony.gif[/img2]

User avatar
Animavore
Nasty Hombre
Posts: 39276
Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:26 am
Location: Ire Land.
Contact:

Re: Avatar

Post by Animavore » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:03 pm

Chinaski wrote:
Red Katie wrote:I saw a review that said it was all effects and no plot. Is true?
Apparently the plot is basically RARR HUMANS IS EVIL DESTROYS ENVIRONMENT KILLS EVERYTHING.

-.-''
That's it alright. But still worth seeing because the effects will blow your mind. Unless you have an aversion to effects which some people do (One of my friends will only watch true to life films. He thinks special effects films are nonsense and won't entertain them).
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests