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YESSSS x2! AVATAR trailer #2 is NOW LIVE!!!! (mark ALL spoilers)
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The old guard may now be questionable, but there's new guys coming up. Duncan Jones (Mute) and Neill Blomkamp (District 9) are both planning other original sci-fi films. Nolan's doing Inception. Joseph Kosinski (TRON Legacy) is planning a big original one.Eccocid said:
At the very least, sci-fi is definitely coming back into popularity in Hollywood. Some of it is bound to be good.
Tieno
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The trailer is really good and very convincing. I love the entire premise, it's like the next step after the movie Contact. I know I'm going to love the entire humans getting into contact with a new alien civilization cause it's one of those things I always fantasize about.
Plot outline
The storys protagonist, Jake Sully, is a former Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will give him a healthy body. Jake travels to Pandora, a lush rainforest-covered extraterrestrial moon filled with incredible life forms some beautiful, many terrifying. Pandora is also home to the Navi, a sentient humanoid race that humans consider primitive, but are actually more evolutionarily advanced than humans. Standing ten feet tall, with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Navi live in harmony with their unspoiled world. As humans encroach deeper into Pandora's forests in search of valuable minerals, the Navi unleash their formidable warrior abilities to defend their threatened existence.
Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Navi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars are living, breathing bodies that are controlled by a human 'driver' through a technology that links the drivers mind to their Avatar body. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake can be whole once again. Sent deep into Pandora's jungles as a scout for the soldiers that will follow, Jake encounters many of Pandora beauties and dangers. There he meets a young Navi female, Neytiri, whose beauty is matched by her ferocity in battle.
Over time, Jake integrates himself into Neytiri's clan, and begins to fall in love with her. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth, and the Navi forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire worl
Plot outline
The storys protagonist, Jake Sully, is a former Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will give him a healthy body. Jake travels to Pandora, a lush rainforest-covered extraterrestrial moon filled with incredible life forms some beautiful, many terrifying. Pandora is also home to the Navi, a sentient humanoid race that humans consider primitive, but are actually more evolutionarily advanced than humans. Standing ten feet tall, with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Navi live in harmony with their unspoiled world. As humans encroach deeper into Pandora's forests in search of valuable minerals, the Navi unleash their formidable warrior abilities to defend their threatened existence.
Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Navi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars are living, breathing bodies that are controlled by a human 'driver' through a technology that links the drivers mind to their Avatar body. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake can be whole once again. Sent deep into Pandora's jungles as a scout for the soldiers that will follow, Jake encounters many of Pandora beauties and dangers. There he meets a young Navi female, Neytiri, whose beauty is matched by her ferocity in battle.
Over time, Jake integrates himself into Neytiri's clan, and begins to fall in love with her. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth, and the Navi forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire worl
Anyone else get this eerie feeling when looking at Neytiri or even Jake's avatar?
Neytiri for instance, at 1:27, so realistic, I don't see CGI. I see a real life, alien.
Or as indicated above, when Jake says "It's great". It's just eerie how realistic it is.
For me, James Cameron delivered heavily.
Neytiri for instance, at 1:27, so realistic, I don't see CGI. I see a real life, alien.
Or as indicated above, when Jake says "It's great". It's just eerie how realistic it is.
For me, James Cameron delivered heavily.
titiklabingapat
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I'm still disappointed in the aliens. They appaear way too humanoid. I'm fine with thier body structure(for all we know, it is the most conductive to intelligence), but the facial features are way too human.
Based on that trailer alone, it doesn't deserve Sculli's orgasm everytime he talks about it.
Based on that trailer alone, it doesn't deserve Sculli's orgasm everytime he talks about it.
So I just watched it in 1080p and its still doing nothing for me. I don't think Na'vi look that alien or interesting, infact i'm pretty sure i've seen something VERY close to them before. The CG is still not up to where I thought it would be. It has the problem that all modern CG has, in that its plastic looking or the sun is to vibrant on it. Skin doesn't look like that.
I mean I probably will go see it, but will this be the revolution in cinema Sculli, Cameron, and the hype machine make it out to be? I'm betting towards not.
I mean I probably will go see it, but will this be the revolution in cinema Sculli, Cameron, and the hype machine make it out to be? I'm betting towards not.
Expendable.
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showed my parents the trailer:
Dad: kind of shrugged and walked away, says "looks interesting"
Mom: says not something she would want to see and it "looks very odd, kind of like Jumanji"
Avatar Fail. :lol
Dad: kind of shrugged and walked away, says "looks interesting"
Mom: says not something she would want to see and it "looks very odd, kind of like Jumanji"
Avatar Fail. :lol
Resettito said:
You sound like fucking Peter Molyneux. Actually, everything about the hype pre-trailer sounds like shit he would say. Nothing but pie-in-the-sky hyperbole has surrounded this movie. The story isn't revolutionary. The character designs look ugly, as do the humans-on-CG shots. With the 3D it might be a fun experience, but this movie doesn't sound like the experience it was hyped to be.
Great Rumbler
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DanielPlainview said:
Jumanji?
PhoenixDark
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:lolJibril said:
Seriously?
btw where's Sculli
SPACECADET
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yea.. i think it looks like really expensive and nice looking CG. but when he says "this is great" i think that's where i thought it looked the least realistic.bengraven said:
kame-sennin
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Willco said:
:lol :lol :lol Ouch.
bengraven said:
I think the problem is that this movie would have been a lot more original had it been made shortly after Cameron first wrote it. Whether or not that would have been possible is moot. Science fiction and fantasy in films, video games, and anime have completely covered this ground in the last 20 years. Now it's old hat and Cameron is late to the party. Hopefully, it will still be a fun movie.
Zombie James
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Great Rumbler said:
Yeah, don't you remember that part in Jumanji where the space ships visit a pla-- yeah, I don't know.
MisterAnderson
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To all the people saying that the aliens look too human... you do realize that they have to have some resemblance to humans for the audience to feel as emotionally connected to them as possible? I'm not saying it's impossible to feel emotionally connected to a character that doesn't share traits with humans, but, I can definitely see why they went in that direction and think it was the best choice.
I mean, if they all looked like the District 9 aliens, their emotions wouldn't be able to be read as easily and as a result a lot of emotionally scenes would fall completely flat.
I mean, if they all looked like the District 9 aliens, their emotions wouldn't be able to be read as easily and as a result a lot of emotionally scenes would fall completely flat.
CultureClearance
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God that plot summary is just abysmal if it's true. Why would somebody with no legs decide to be another species on another planet? How is that gonna help him at all? Hey Ma, I can walk again. Too bad I can't talk to you or see anyone I love anymore cause I'm a furry on planet Zumabooma. Why don't they transfer his brain to a human body? If this new species is so tribal and unadvanced then why bother scouting them? That's so stupid it's making my head spin. Such forced conflict. Such forced metaphors. You see, the marine came to the planet with one thing in mind, but NOW he understands the repercussions of his side's actions and he's gonna have to save the day! You see, the alien planet is a blatant metaphor for Earth! Neat-o.
This is just so annoying to read stuff like this, YOU SAW 2 FUCKING MINUTES OF A MOVIE! OMG, this is so laughable, everywhere I go, there are so many judging the film, go watch the 15 minutes, and then you can talk. Jesus Christ, and whatever I don't care if being realistic or not (but it is, despite what you can say), what I care about is an original and beautiful world.
FFS, what exactly is it that you think "average" people do? Every single CG-laden summer blockbuster that sells 100s of millions in tickets, who are those sales to, not average people? You're building one hell of a strawman here.Zeliard said:
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No, I am not. What I compared it to was my visual sense of reality. Seeing that the movie does not seem to involve some reality so far flung from the natural laws of our own that they cannot be compared, compare I did.
Yeah, because I couldn't possibly have ever done that before :rolleyes
I'm familiar with how they react. I know they're capable of saying something doesn't look realistic without knowing the specific reasons why or doing any further analysis than that.
CassidyIzABeast
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no wonder James could never get the right cut of the trailer. you can't show entire scenes but you can't just show small 5 second clips for 2 minutes. When the impressions from the 16 minute preview come out they'll be much more positive.
CultureClearance
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MisterAnderson said:
You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Yes, you need some kind of human-like features, like eyeballs and or a mouth, but that's about it. Pixar (who gave completely convincing emotions to a desk lamp) and many many others would completely disagree with your premise.
MisterAnderson
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CassidyIzABeast said:
From what I understand, didn't they show 15 minutes of footage at comic con and everyone was blown away?
jett said:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40395
Just a few months ago he compared working on this movie to humans landing on the fucking moon. :lol
Doc Holliday
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You guys are nuts...already reviewing the movie from a teaser.
I showed it to my 7-year old son and he said he likes the bits that look like Star Wars.
I'd have to see more of the blue aliens but for the most parks it all looks like Attack of The Clones to me as well. The bits with General Grievous.
It looks okay...good even, but I'm not seeing the hype or revolutionary parts.
I'd have to see more of the blue aliens but for the most parks it all looks like Attack of The Clones to me as well. The bits with General Grievous.
It looks okay...good even, but I'm not seeing the hype or revolutionary parts.
bluescreenoflife
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CassidyIzABeast
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seriously? the Pixar lamp doesn't have a 4th of the emotion you get from humanoid characters.CultureClearance said:
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Can take a moment to talk about how fucking awesome the sound design in the trailer is?
Tim-E said:
:lol Okay I was wrong.
I think JC has been out of the game for too long to be that impressed with WETA's work. I figured something like this would happen. I guess we'll, or at least I will see what's up tomorrow with the 15 minute 3D trailer. My expectations are still pretty high.SCULLIBUNDO
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Good morning GAF. Its nice to see the backlash came right on cue. :lol
Circle Jerk
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oh so you anticipated the trailer being shitScullibundo said:
CultureClearance
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Sometimes even more-so because you don't have to worry about breaking through that uncanny valley and instead you can spend your time worrying about what really counts in a movie and in a character.stuburns said:
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