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13137 No.13137
"Avatar" thread.

Older ones:

https://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/5976.html
https://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/6343.html
https://plus4chan.org/boards/tv/res/7172.html
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No.13213
I got a tv catalog in the mail today and most of the tv hade Avatar pics on them.
Man this is mainstream!

No.13221
  >>13213

Well... Remember the times, when they were putting stills from "Titanic" or "Star Wars" or whatever?

In the meantime: one possible inspiration for "Avatar": "Emerald Forest".

No.13272
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13272
BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian judge on Monday suspended for a second time bidding on a massive hydroelectric dam project opposed by environmentalists, Indians and "Avatar" director James Cameron.

The ruling can be appealed by Brazil's government and a spokesman for the National Electrical Energy Association said the auction will proceed as planned on Tuesday if the decision is overturned. He declined to be named in line with association policy.

Bidding on the Belo Monte dam was suspended by the judge last week in response to a claim by the state attorney general that it could have serious environmental and social consequences. But a court in Brasilia overturned that ruling.

A federal tribunal in northern Para state released a statement late Monday saying judge Antonio Carlos Almeida had once against ordered bidding on construction of the Belo Monte dam halted.

The planned $11 billion, 11,000-megawatt project to dam the Xingu River, which feeds the Amazon, would be the third-largest such hydroelectric project in the world.

Cameron has lobbied to stop the project, visiting Brazil's Indians and even comparing their struggle against the dam to the plot of his blockbuster movie "Avatar."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOmjsdsbVVWGuWZNrXPK-XMBn9iwD9F6FD8O0

No.13273
>>13272

he'd better be careful, he does this too much he'll get kidnapped for a few years

No.13274
>>13273
Will they "dissapear" an American?

No.13290
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13290
>>13137

OK, it was said that Tsu'tey is Pandora Tought Guy or Reversed ':3' Dude, but what we could say about Eytukan?

No.13295
>>13274

happens all the time

No.13296
>>13290
Father figure that may seem hard but is soft on the inside?

No.13314
I don't know if this has been posted yet, but

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/20/avatar-theatrical-re-release-in-august-with-additional-footage-s
equel-will-focus-on-oceans-of-pandora/

RERELEASE CONFIRMED

No.13333
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13333
>>13314

"Avatar II: Pirates of the Equatorial Sea"

No.13334
Tomorrow! You!

No.13337
>>13334

Noooooooooooo! Hold out for the director's cut!

No.13338
>>13337
Rent it!

No.13346
http://www.gamereactor.se/nyheter/22060/Avatar+s%E4ljs+p%E5+Coop+nu/
Oh damn!
Oh right swedish... Its about a Coop store brakeing the street date. One day before you guys! HA!

No.13378
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13378
>>13137

Sam Worthington: a new star of action cinema?

No.13385
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13385
Well, I think its time for me to sum up my feelings on the Na'vi with one word.

"Pity"

For alot of reasons, most having to do with what they are up against...

No.13387
>>13378

not as a CGI catman he's not

No.13389
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13389
>>13137

"James Cameron's misguided crusade in the Brazilian rain forest."

>But though Cameron might be right on the merits of the case, his intervention risks turning it into a debate over Brazil's ability to manage its own affairs. In an interview with the Associated Press after an injunction against the project was overturned, he blamed "entrenched interests and billions of dollars" for creating a "steamroller." In fact, Brazil's attorney general is quite properly acting as an independent watchdog, and the courts have carefully considered the constitutional issues at stake. The system of checks and balances, in other words, is working much as it should. Although there is a serious case to be made against the project, attempts to impose a Hollywood narrative on the situation ignore the energy needs of Brazil's growing economy, trivialize the political issues, and undermine the credibility of international environmental campaigns.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/22/pandoras_box?page=full

No.13443
>>13389
>ability to manage its own affairs
>implying any south american country can "manage its own affairs"

>energy needs
>implying the dam actually produces significant energy and it's not a front to build 60 more dams and open up the entire area up for destruction

No.13445
>>13443
Oh, for fuck's sake, go back to /n/.

No.13454
>>13389
>attempts to impose a Hollywood narrative on the situation ignore the energy needs of Brazil's growing economy,
This may connect to something that kind of bugged me about Avatar, which was that there was absolutely no sympathy for the human race and their dying planet. I'm not saying that their actions against the Na'vi were justified, but it seemed like Cameron was saying, "Well, that's what you get for leaving the forest and inventing metallurgy. Tough titties."

No.13457
>>13454

heh lucky for him his aliens are the stereotypical one mind people and don't have different cultures and societal differences that could cause inter species conflict

No.13458
>>13457
Well they are being "controlled" by a world mind. And all clans do have their own style!

No.13461
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13461
Is it just me or is the kid in the botom corner a young Tsu'tey?

No.13479
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13479
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/299951/avatar-blu-ray-looks-amazing#post_3683435

>Good BD's have an average weighted bitrate around 22Mb. "Avatar" has an average weighted of about 34; peaks at over 40! (40.8), and never drops below 25. The DTS-MA track is also near perfect. with it's base rate at near 3.6Mb, high rate of 5.2!

>Both of these absolutely press the boundaries of spec. People had wondered how to equate this, and they had shrugged off "superbit" comparison, but I don't know of any other way. There is no title released that I can think of that carries even close to the bitrate. And a large number of titles that we think of as "good" that are encoded at around 1/2 the bitrate.

Is it bad that I almost don't want to wait for the Spec. Ed. or 3D versions?

No.13481
>>13479

But they could be even superer.

No.13487
  oh boy oh boy oh boy

No.13498
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13498
>>13461


Quite possible.

This is why he so hate Sky People; they had shoot kids in Grace's school.

No.13500
>>13498
Yeah, and most note worthy http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Sylwanin

No.13502
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13502
Forgot my pic, and did not same it from the wiki... Sorry about the low rez!

No.13512
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13512
>>13479
Oh, just rent it already!
Also have some hope and d'aww!

No.13529
  >:3

No.13538
  For reference, this is the kind of mocap Cameron is advocating.

It's one actor with three different bodies.

No.13545
>>13538

ohhh yea good example of why Hollywood would be pissed. Handful of good VA equals the entire cast of a movie. and that would put a metric ton of people out of work Hollywood. And can anyone name the VA's we would hear everywhere?

No.13623
  Top 10 interview questions for James Cameron about Avatar; past, present and future

http://www.youtube.com/user/officialavatar

No.13637
  yaaay

No.13697
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13697
Actor STEPHEN LANG is "disgusted" AVATAR missed out on the Best Picture Oscar - because he's convinced the sci-fi epic was the best movie in the category.

James Cameron's blockbuster was snubbed in favour of his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow's war drama The Hurt Locker at last month's (Mar10) Academy Awards.

And Lang, who played Colonel Miles Quaritch in the biggest grossing movie of all time, is still fuming over the decision.

He tells British TV show Live From Studio Five, "We were kind of prepared for it. I was slightly disgusted, I would say, but I saw every picture that was nominated and they're all marvellous pictures. If I happen to think Avatar is the best of the lot you can forgive me for that.

"I would never want to in any way disrespect another film or director but having said that, we should have won."

Lang isn't the only Avatar star to voice his anger over the Oscars results - earlier this month (Apr10), Sigourney Weaver launched a scathing attack on Academy Awards bosses, insisting Cameron should have won the Best Director prize instead of Bigelow. Avatar won prizes for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects at the annual ceremony.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lang-disgusted-over-avatar-oscar-snub_1140432

No.13698
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13698
"Avatar" was an unprecedented sales sensation for home-video retailers, as it nearly tripled the existing record for single-day Blu-ray sales set by "The Dark Knight."

Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" sold 600,000 copies on Blu-ray in the United States when it hit stores in December 2008; on Tuesday, "Avatar" racked up about 1.5 million copies sold, according to sources at Fox.

The DVDs and Blu-rays of "Avatar" were also clearly coveted as a black-market commodity: According to a report issued by the procuraduría general de justicia (attorney general of justice) in Mexico City, 3,409 DVD and Blu-ray copies of the film were taken at gunpoint from a delivery truck belonging to Technicolor Home Entertainment Services of Mexico.

The report said that the truck driver was assaulted by an armed robber in the Mexican capital’s Alvaro Obregon district. According to the report, the stolen cargo had a total value of 669,454 pesos (about $54,873).

Here in the States, retailers reported that a significant number of people bought a Blu-ray player and a copy of "Avatar" together, suggesting that the best picture Oscar nominee was a tipping-point product for format change.

For DVD and Blu-ray combined, "Avatar" sold "north of 4 million units," a Fox executive said, a record for a single day of home-video sales.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/04/avatar-shatters-sales-records-and-inspires-armed-heist-in-mexico-city.html

No.13704
  >>13637
And part twooo.

No.13708
>>13697
How can a man who played such a supreme badass be such a whiny bitch?

YOU LOST. Get over it.

No.13711
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13711
>>13708

Quaritch would blow Chuck Norris into oblivion... and get back home in time for dinner.

Quaritch uses the Home Tree as a toothpick.

Superman wears a Quaritch pajamas.

Quaritch taught Guile how to Flash Kick.

Miles Quaritch was first in his class at Top Gun Academy...without the use of an aircraft.

Quaritch does not obey rules, rules obey Quaritch.

That feeling you get like someone is watching you... it's Quaritch.

Quaritch's keyboard does not have an Escape button.

Once, Quaritch got pulled over, but he let the cop off with a warning.

When Quaritch sends you a facebook invitation, there is no ignore button.

Quaritch's exo-pack doesn't keep oxygen in. It prevents his breath from getting out.

The Hurt Locker is what Quaritch calls his laundry basket.

If there was a AMP suit planet, some AMP suits would wear Quaritch suits for battle.

Quaritch does not smoke.... his guns do.

Quaritch once ate three 72 ounce steaks in an hour, he spent the first forty-five minutes drinking coffee.

The quickest way to a man's heart is Quaritch's fist.

One day Quaritch went swimming. A few hours later, Titanic sank.

Quaritch once walked down the street with an erection.... nobody survived.

Quaritch was originally the hero in Lord of the Rings, but he took the Dragon and an AMP suit and destroyed Mordor in time for dinner.

Quaritch puts the laughter back in "manslaughter"!

Quaritch ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got it.

When Quaritch has surgery, the doctors get anesthesia.

Quaritch, Chunk Norris and God played Rock, Paper and Scissors. God used Paper, Chuck Norris used Scissors, and Quaritch used a live grenade.

The Devil gets goosebumps when he thinks of Quaritch.

Quaritch can mine for unobtanium alone, with his face.

Quaritch is an ultra-potent mix.

The Na'vi use a poison that can stop your heart in 1 minute. Quaritch's fist can stop your heart in 1 second.

Quaritch munches on barbed wire like chewing gum... and swallows it.

Quaritch can obtain unobtainium.

Quaritch has no home security system, he dares people to break in.

The President has Quaritch on speed dial, just in case.

It's not the fall that kills you, it's Quaritch waiting at the bottom.

A solar eclipse is really when the sun is hiding from Quaritch.

Quaritch is toxic to the air on Pandora.

When Quaritch goes to donate blood, he declines the syringe, and instead requests a hand gun and a bucket.

The word "lesbian" derives from an old Latin phrase that roughly translates as "She who has not yet been introduced to Quaritch."

Quaritchs pulse is measured on the Richter scale.

Quaritch likes to drink boiling acid... as an appetizer.

Quaritch made it to Pandora in 2 years... without a ship.

The Hallelujah Mountains were the result of Quaritch running out of airlocks to kick in.

A Na'vi is about 3 times stronger than a normal human... Or to put it in layman's terms... 1/1,000,000 the strength of Quaritch.

Quaritch only uses guns so he'll look less intimidating.

Quaritch once raped a Na'vi female, making her pregnant, then he tore the fetus right out of her. With his teeth.

Quaritch doesnt need oxygen to survive Pandora, Pandora needs methane and chlorine to survive Quaritch.

If you pay attention, you'll notice Quaritch is not driving an AMP Suit at any moment in the movie, he just ripped off his shirt in furious anger.

No.13716
>>13708

He knows they were just being little bitches because this is a new medium that would upset the Hollywood studio system...again

No.13717
>>13716
OOOH, motion capture. How new and groundbreaking. That's only been around as long as there have been movies.

No.13720
>>13711
Yeah, but his only fault is that he is too hot headed to think ahead sometimes...
He needs a "no"-man sidekick too help him take a step back and think about a strategy!
Like a Captain Pellaeon to his Grand Admiral Thrawn.

No.13722
>>13717

yea but every time someone comes up with something that would actually make the studios get off their aging duffs they throw a fit then act as if they came up with the idea later.

No.13728
>>13716
You know what? I'm getting tired of this excuse. I really wish you would at least consider the idea that it was just not that great of a movie. It got awards for its visuals, which were undeniably the film's best qualities. However, its story just didn't make the grade.

No.13731
>>13728

>structured reasoning supported by interviews = excuses
>my opinion that it wasn't a good story = legitimate reason

Ok, I'll bite.

No.13732
>>13731
What interviews? No seriously, I'm terrible at keeping myself informed about this kind of thing so I probably look like an idiot now.

But all I'm saying is that it's not impossible that they shared my opinion. Whenever something loses a contest or whatever and people say that it was just too progressive, I automatically become suspicious of their claims.

No.13747
>>13728

oh of course the story was shit. It was a very pretty film but the story was utter recycled nonsense. Same goes for Titanic with shitty acting and story but it looked nice for the time. As stated its really nice MoCap tech (I like the Henson system better) but CGI is CGI and no matter how much you try fake people still look like fake people...just with freaky huge pores usually since they cannot control texture settings. Its just the same thoughts that torpedoed Sky Captain those many years ago. Any film system that practically cuts out the almost entirety of a studio work force (and that cannot be labeled a "cartoon") as well as not having pretty simpleminded whores they can parade across the stained carpets of Hollywood since it was just three VA's doing the stuff and they don't look as fake as the rest of the tools then what are you gonna do?

No.13748
>>13747
That last sentence kind of stumbled over itself.

But if the movie didn't deserve an Oscar, why complain about it not getting one, even if it was for other reasons?

No.13749
>>13137

James Cameron is smarter than you can think:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy.html

Also, he is just overgrown geek.

No.13750
Avatar creator James Cameron wants to create a voluntary movie industry watchdog group to maintain 3-D movie momentum and to avoid “stupid stuff” like the recent Clash of the Titans makeover.

Having set a new benchmark for 3-D realism with techniques his team developed for Avatar, Cameron told The Star he wants to encourage other filmmakers to make the best possible use of the third dimension. He perceives fears about the current 3-D revival that he’d like to address.

“What I’d love to do is put together some kind of a forum with the DGA (Directors Guild of America), let’s say, and maybe the ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) and we’d have to do it in Canada, too,” the Ontario-born Cameron said from Los Angeles.

“And let’s just have a dialogue with the creative community. On the one hand, to allay their fears, because a lot of people are stepping back from 3-D and they’re afraid of it. They think it’s complex or they think you have to have a budget like Avatar to be able to do it. That’s not the case.

“And on the other hand, I think some quality standards do need to be discussed. I think the studios and big distribution companies need to be included in that dialogue. Let’s not do stupid stuff that’s going to hurt this burgeoning marketplace.”

As an example of “stupid stuff,” he pointed to Warner Bros.’ after-the-fact transformation of its current Clash of the Titans remake from a 2-D release to a 3-D one, using a controversial post-production process that took just seven weeks but which failed to impress either critics or moviegoers.

“They worked against themselves with that film,” Cameron said.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/799551--cameron-to-hollywood-we-need-3-d-watchdog?bn=1

No.13751
  Cameron on Hardball With Chris Matthews

No.13752
>>13748

no complaints about it not getting the top picks. Just giving the possible reason as to why they would choose to thump him in such a public way.

No.13755
>>13750
If he makes this work I will have newfound respect for him.

>>13752
Okay, thanks for clearing that up. I thought the sentiment was that the film's animation techniques were the only possible explanation for Avatar not getting an Oscar. I'm glad we had this talk.

No.13764
  James Cameron at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

No.13765
  more

No.13766
  moar

No.13781
Guess what my dad have got him self!
On blu ray!

No.13817
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13817
Oscar-winning director James Cameron is helping NASA develop a high-resolution 3D camera for the next Mars rover, Curiosity, due to launch in 2011.

The director of "Avatar" and other sci-fi flicks believes the public will better understand the mission if the rover has 3D imaging capabilities, according to a CBS News report.

Budget overruns had forced NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to rethink plans to mount a 3D cam on Curiosity, but Cameron apparently convinced NASA administrator Charles Bolden that wasn't a good idea.

Cameron is working with San Diego-based Malin Space Science Systems to build the 3D camera, which will be installed on a mast aboard Curiosity.

Malin has already delivered fixed-focal-length lens cameras (34mm and 100mm) to NASA for the mast system and is currently working on getting the 3D camera to the agency before final rover testing next year. The Mastcams will be used to image the area around Curiosity as well as the distant horizon.

NASA's decision to include the 3D Mastcam will give Curiosity the ability to film cinematic sequences of Mars. For "Avatar," Cameron and colleagues developed a lightweight 3D digital camera system, the Fusion Camera System, that provided audiences with an unprecedented visual experience.

Curiosity, officially known as the Mars Science Laboratory, will launch in the fall of next year, but we got a preview of a full-scale model last July. Its mission will be to study the habitability of Mars and whether it can or did support microbial life. If any life forms are found, we'll be seeing them in stereo.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20003827-1.html

No.13818
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13818
20th Century Fox may be thrilled to see how well Avatar is selling on Blu-ray, but the studio can’t be happy about the film’s through-the-roof piracy rates.
TorrentFreak reports that the Blu-ray version of Avatar was downloaded more than 200,000 times within four days of release. At this rate, it should have no trouble becoming the most popular pirated Blu-ray download of all time.
Avatar’s Blu-ray version measures roughly 10 GB, and the number of downloads is small compared to the film’s DVD version, but no other Blu-ray film comes close on the BitTorrent charts. This makes sense given that the movie crushed day one Blu-ray sales records through legitimate outlets.

TorrentFreak notes an interesting trend, however: A “relatively high percentage of downloads” (the site didn’t give specific numbers) come from the United Kingdom and Australia. That may be because 20th Century Fox released the film in the United States on April 22, and in the United Kingdom on April 26. The time difference may have played a role in peoples’ decisions to download, especially given that a weekend passed between the U.S. and U.K. release dates.
A small percentage of users may have also become frustrated with copy protection on some older Blu-ray players, which require a firmware update to play Avatar. Because these updates weren’t available when the movie was released, users may have turned to piracy instead to watch the film they already paid for.
The silver lining for Fox is that it’s planning to release Avatar on Blu-ray again later this year, packing bonus features and possibly 3D playback (although that may come in a special 3D edition in 2011). People who downloaded the movie this time around may be compelled to buy the disc for those perks.

http://www.myce.com/news/avatar-to-shatter-blu-ray-piracy-records-29217/

No.13830
Movie nights over and all I have to say is: all who say that it dont translate well to the small screen is full of shit!

No.13857
>>13830

I have known this for years.

No.13859
>>13749

I fukken love this guy.

No.13937
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13937
It has been found!
Just look.

No.13939
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13939
>>13937

No.13967
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13967
James Cameron is a busy man.

The hit director behind “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar” said his flight into Columbus marked airport No. 114 that he has traveled through in the last three months.

“I’m due for a day off any month now,” he said.

Before Cameron delivered his lecture to students at Ohio State on April 28, he made rounds across the globe to raise awareness on the themes he presented in his last film, “Avatar.”

“I’ve been contacted by so many groups from around the world dealing with environmental issues, indigenous rights issues and so on that I’ve been busier than ever,” Cameron said.

Cameron decided to take a break from activism to give his first-ever college lecture in the Ohio Union’s Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom.

“It seemed like an opportunity to share my life experience and the journey that I’ve had and see if people can find some way of mapping it to their individual journeys,” he said.

Now, with “Avatar” in his rear-view mirror, Cameron is taking some time away from filmmaking, but is currently talking with 20th Century Fox about an “Avatar” follow-up.

“If we make it right away, it won’t even be out for three-and-a-half years,” he said. “But it will be a continuation of the story and deal with some of the same themes, but in surprising ways.”

http://www.thelantern.com/arts/james-cameron-sits-down-with-the-lantern-1.1469905

No.13968
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13968
Oh fucking wow, just found this in a Disney concept art thread on regular /co/.

No.13969
>>13968
Considering everything else is ripped off, I wouldn't be surprised.

No.13989
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13989
*giggle* (Gold star if you guess the animals)

No.13995
>>13989
What's blue adn yellow supposed to be?

No.14048
>>13995
Those hammerhead Dinosaurs and the Viperwolf?

No.14053
>>14048
Half right!

No.14055
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14055
>>13969

Nothing is new.

Blue cat people...

No.14056
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14056
>>14055

...night elves...

No.14057
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14057
>>14056

...dragon riders...

Everything was somewhere, sometime...

No.14063
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14063
>>14057
Don't forget paraplegics being transported down to hostile jungle planets in the form of genetically engineered remote controlled bodies.

No.14067
>>14063
You guys need to read this book, it good!
http://www.berfrois.com/media.html#callmejoe
Also can you help me find the other books on this list? I want to read them myself!
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/12/10-possible-sources-of-avatar-in.html

No.14069
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14069
>>14057

Also: flying mountains...

No.14070
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14070
>>14069

...psychedelic landscapes...

No.14078
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14078
>>14070

White people gone native...

No.14103
>>14069
>>14070
Welcome to every JRPG.

No.14104
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14104
>>14103

Before JRPG there were Roger Dean.

No.14132
  I'm so glad this song is not fucking us in the ear evreywere we go unlike the titanic one.
Also sort of like it...

No.14137
>>14132

Same here

No.14190
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SUPERMARKET chiefs are living on another planet - they are teaching their staff Na'vi, the alien language from AVATAR.

Workers in one Asda store will be wishing shoppers a warm kaltxi - er, welcome - tomorrow to celebrate the launch of the smash hit film on DVD.

And branches around the country will have shop signs translated into Na'vi.

But it could be a problem if you have an urgent need for the tutan (gents).

Asda research has identified Pudsey, West Yorks, as the town with the most diehard Avatar fans.

So the store there is being given a complete make-over to resemble the mythical world of Pandora.

The store's customer services desk, café, toilets and greeting signs will all be given the Avatar treatment.

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/794866/Asda-people-learn-to-speak-Na-vi-Supermarket-managers-are-training-their-staff-to-speak-the-Avatar-languag
e.html

No.14191
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Last week, I had the good fortune to part of a packed house in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium when director James Cameron came to Caltech on the evening of April 27 to talk about the fictional world called Pandora that he created in the blockbuster film Avatar. Moderated by astronomer and visualization scientist Robert Hurt, of the NASA/Caltech/JPL Spitzer Space Telescope Center, the panelists watched clips from the film and analyzed them for their real-world relevance, focusing on the intriguing question: "Is Pandora possible?"

Well, no, not likely, but that doesn't mean there isn't a great deal of science that went into building Cameron's fictional Other World. There is a massive amount of back-story information that never found its way onscreen. Much of that has been gathered on an interactive website called Pandorapedia, an official "field guide to the moon of Pandora and the world of Avatar... contain[ing] comprehensive information about the Flora and Fauna of Pandora, the indigenous Na'vi people and the technology of the RDA." It's now up to 300 pages of exhaustive information, and counting.

Personally, I was very impressed with the huge amount of research Cameron had clearly done in exploring the underlying science, and how well-versed he was in the scientific aspects he'd incorporated into his world. He easily held his own onstage, chatting with the scientists. He's an avid scuba diver, for example, and some of the unusual undersea life he's seen on dives inspired some of the flora that populate Pandora -- specifically, those gigantic red "flowers" that retract at the slightest hint of pressure. And I hadn't even noticed, until Cameron pointed it out, that the flying Mountain Banshees feature bright colors in coral patterning.

Cameron didn't want to deal with classic sci-fi tropes such as warp drives and wormholes, so he located Pandora near enough to Earth that humans could get there in 5-6 years, while in a state of cryo-suspension -- thereby obeying "the speed laws of physics." When Caltech geologist and panelist John Grotzinger mentioned that he was disappointed by not seeing volcanoes on Pandora, Cameron responded, "Volcanoes fell off the to-do list. We did one thousand shots in six weeks. We’ll make it up in the sequel." Ooh! SEQUEL! (The other panelists were Jess Adkins, a chemical oceanographer at Caltech, and microbiologist Jared Leadbetter -- also from Caltech -- who studies bacteria.)

http://news.discovery.com/space/james-cameron-at-caltech-the-science-of-pandora.html

No.14192
>>14191

Volcanoes are mentioned in the book as contributors to the atmosphere on Pandora. Just a tidbit.

No.14196
>>14190
You know what? This is stupid. Even if Avatar was a great movie among great movies, this would still be stupid.

No.14198
>>14191
>James Cameron has revealed that he shot early test footage for Avatar with Lost star Yunjin Kim.

>Speaking to Popular Mechanics, the filmmaker said that he convinced studio 20th Century Fox to spend $10 million so that he could film the scene where protagonist Jake Sully first meets Na’vi alien Neytiri.

>“We shot a five-minute scene,” Cameron said of the early prep work. “I hired two actors, turns out one of them is now quite well-known - Yunjin Kim who is in Lost. There was Yunjin and a guy named Daniel Best. I took these two young actors and just did the scene. From that we took 40 seconds, because that’s all we could afford, and had [visual effects studio] ILM take it through to a finished product.”

>Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington went on to fill Kim and Best’s roles when the sci-fi blockbuster eventually went into production.

No.14209
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>>14190

WTF? Too much hype is unhealthy.

Also: the blue color is obvious choice for good guys.

Always.

No.14220
>>14190

WUT?!

GODDAMN IT!!

No.14221
>>14190 who needs that when we got http://www.learnnavi.org/downloads/

No.14223
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>>14209

No.14225
>>14223

Codename and uniforms are one thing, and skin color is another.

No.14325
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I love the feathery getup they end up putting on. It's even sexier with war paint.

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>>14325

Anyone noticed, that Neytiri have stamp of five-fingered hand on her breast?

No.14331
>>14328
Ages ago! Its on the wiki trivla...
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