James Cameron's AVATAR discussion thread

[CelticPredator]

Well, if you said you were from some other country, then I would stop ragging on your english.

You dont just misspell your words, you make it very hard to understand what you're saying. You SHOULD care about spelling and grammar. It matters. No one will take you seriously if you say something like "No its worse songs makes ears bleed"

Why do you take everything I say as an insult...why dont you learn from it....

I've been saying this from day one.


By the way, I used to type like you, and everyone did what i'm doing now, and I type better then that. Oh sure, I suck ass at spelling, and I ____ up grammer stuff every now and then...but you can read what i'm saying... yes?

And it's not just me who rags on you.....other people do too.

 

[wofford29]

whatever man, i could care less if i mispell my words i dont have time to to look at all the words I type , if you care so much why dont you fix them for me.

Whatever man. I couldn't care less if I mispell my words. I don't have time to look at everything I type. If you care so much, why don't you fix them for me?


That took all of 2 seconds.

 

[ironwez20]

Well, if you said you were from some other country, then I would stop ragging on your english.

You dont just misspell your words, you make it very hard to understand what you're saying. You SHOULD care about spelling and grammar. It matters. No one will take you seriously if you say something like "No its worse songs makes ears bleed"

Why do you take everything I say as an insult...why dont you learn from it....

I've been saying this from day one.


By the way, I used to type like you, and everyone did what i'm doing now, and I type better then that. Oh sure, I suck ass at spelling, and I ____ up grammer stuff every now and then...but you can read what i'm saying... yes?

And it's not just me who rags on you.....other people do too.

So what like I said Its just a forum and I will try to improve on it.

Whatever man. I couldn't care less if I mispell my words. I don't have time to look at everything I type. If you care so much, why don't you fix them for me?


That took all of 2 seconds.

So what It may take two seconds to you but iI dont take the time to correct things which i should from now on.

 

[wofford29]

So what like I said Its just a forum and I will try to improve on it.


So what It may take two seconds to you but iI dont take the time to correct things which i should from now on.

 

[galactiboy]

I will say one thing... trying to decipher Wez's ramblings had become kind of fun

 

[King Darkness]

well its good to see that there is someone who spells more worse then me makes less sense too glad i dont be the worse one here now thnx to wez makes me look less more bad

 

[Batty]

I will say one thing... trying to decipher Wez's ramblings had become kind of fun

It sort of reminds me of p!tu back in the early days. Just with less smilies.

 

[Darren Carnall]

going to see this in IMAX tomorrow night, can't wait. When i saw it previously it was in a standard cinema with realD (or whatever its called) and my jaw was on the floor the whole time.

Can't wait to see it on a huge screen as opposed to a normal big screen. (when I saw Star Trek in the same IMAX cinema the difference in visual effects and immersion compared to a normal theatre was incredible.. and that wasn't even an IMAX film!)

so i'm really looking forward to this one

 

[galactiboy]

Darren... make sure you are dead center for the IMAX. I was off to the side a bit and had a lot of trouble with the 3D losing focus, yet no trouble when I saw it later in 3D at a normal theater.

 

[lightwave000]

Didnt like the imax experience at all.

 

[ironwez20]

Yea going to the theater is actually better.

 

[Kuzeh]

I will say one thing... trying to decipher Wez's ramblings had become kind of fun

If by fun you mean it's like trying to figure out if a baby is crying because he's hungry or because he wants to poop...
I guess it is

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Yeah, I dont get that. Not sure where or why they threw that in there.

But back to the defending the font...lol.

Im not defending it but rather its like Star Wars font. Im sure that font was around before star wars but when i see lettering like that i think star wars

I believe Star Wars used Trade Gothic, a classic, beautifully designed sans-serif font. It has a little more personality and uniqueness than something like Helvetica or Arial, and has true grace and elegance in its simple, efficient design. Also, because it is fairly neutral and at first may seem unremarkable, it has more longevity and flexibility in its uses.

Whereas Papyrus is so distinct that it has a shorter shelf life. It is so recognizable that anyone and everyone can pick up on it as the font in Medium or Serenity or any number of cheap ads. And because it is so widely used, the font becomes mundane and meaningless and fails to contribute to the overall usage. Part of the problem is that Papyrus is a font that comes free with Windows and even Macs, so a lazy or inexperienced designer will latch on to it because it's a little different than the other free fonts they have. I kinda think that's how the font came to be in Avatar. If the designer had given just a tiny bit more time and thought to the task, he or she could have found a unique, more obscure font that better embodies the qualities they were looking for, and given Avatar a little more individuality without looking like they just grabbed whatever was easiest.

Kinda like the Wilhelm scream. We can all pick up on it and it takes us out of the movie because that stock scream is overused. Or like how old laugh tracks on bad sitcoms would use the same laugh where you can recognize the exact same guffaw or chuckle. Imagine if Coke used a cheap stock photo that came bundled in Photoshop for the tutorial for one of their national ad campaigns. Now imagine if your local chiropractor used the same photo for his mail inserts. Think of how cheap it would look for Coke.

That's all I'm sayin'.

Typography rant over! Thanks for indulging me!

Ha ha! I just found these articles about Avatar and Papyrus:

https://www.iheartpapyrus.com/2009/08/cmon-james-cameron-you-can-afford-to.html

https://gizmodo.com/5430268/i-spent-300-million-on-this-movie-and-all-i-got-were-these-lousy-papyrus-subtitles

https://adambalsam.com/papyrus-really

https://twitter.com/search?q=avatar%20papyrus

I guess I'm not alone!

 

[ironwez20]

If by fun you mean it's like trying to figure out if a baby is crying because he's hungry or because he wants to poop...
I guess it is

its not that bad, wtf. You know what im saying or your atleast get the jist of it. Whatever im not writing an essay this is a forum.

its not lyke i type lyke ths tho, so yea.

 

[ironwez20]

I believe Star Wars used Trade Gothic, a classic, beautifully designed sans-serif font. It has a little more personality and uniqueness than something like Helvetica or Arial, and has true grace and elegance in its simple, efficient design. Also, because it is fairly neutral and at first may seem unremarkable, it has more longevity and flexibility in its uses.

Whereas Papyrus is so distinct that it has a shorter shelf life. It is so recognizable that anyone and everyone can pick up on it as the font in Medium or Serenity or any number of cheap ads. And because it is so widely used, the font becomes mundane and meaningless and fails to contribute to the overall usage. Part of the problem is that Papyrus is a font that comes free with Windows and even Macs, so a lazy or inexperienced designer will latch on to it because it's a little different than the other free fonts they have. I kinda think that's how the font came to be in Avatar. If the designer had given just a tiny bit more time and thought to the task, he or she could have found a unique, more obscure font that better embodies the qualities they were looking for, and given Avatar a little more individuality without looking like they just grabbed whatever was easiest.

Kinda like the Wilhelm scream. We can all pick up on it and it takes us out of the movie because that stock scream is overused. Or like how old laugh tracks on bad sitcoms would use the same laugh where you can recognize the exact same guffaw or chuckle. Imagine if Coke used a cheap stock photo that came bundled in Photoshop for the tutorial for one of their national ad campaigns. Now imagine if your local chiropractor used the same photo for his mail inserts. Think of how cheap it would look for Coke.

That's all I'm sayin'.

Typography rant over! Thanks for indulging me!

Ha ha! I just found these articles about Avatar and Papyrus:

https://www.iheartpapyrus.com/2009/08/cmon-james-cameron-you-can-afford-to.html

https://gizmodo.com/5430268/i-spent-300-million-on-this-movie-and-all-i-got-were-these-lousy-papyrus-subtitles

https://adambalsam.com/papyrus-really

https://twitter.com/search?q=avatar%20papyrus

I guess I'm not alone!

Its a freaking font whats the big deal. Am i missing somthing?

 

[galactiboy]

You definitely don't take constructive criticism well... obviously a number of people have commented on your inability to post in a way that is understandable. Take the note, post a bit slower and try out spell check if you have a browser that does it.

 

[EVILFACE]

lol, of all the movies that came out since, the actor with the worst name ever, Channing Tatum, took down Avatar.

 

[LOTRFan]

Channing Tatum > Robert Downey Jr?

 

[Something Sexy]

Was bound to happen and probably only a chick flick could have done it. If Dear John didn't do it, Valentines Day would have.

 

[LChinoz]

lol, of all the movies that came out since, the actor with the worst name ever, Channing Tatum, took down Avatar.

Of all the things that suck about Channing Tatum, you bring up the one thing he is not actually responsible for, his name.

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"You don't scare me John."

"Wea you scare mi."