James Cameron's AVATAR discussion thread

[SOLIDSNAKE]

got my tickets booked for the 18th for 3d imax with my mate.
Can't wait.

bro !!! so pumped.
I cant wait.

watching UFC last nite they kept playing the tv spots and I was having chills !

This movie will be behond epic !!

 

[Ktjn]

I didn't think it would. But now I'm kinda pissed that they hyped it up like it was special (even Cameron came up during E3 to talk about it for 15 minutes) and it's a piece of crap.

Seriously and it took them 2 years to make it...makes me wonder about the movie since it has such hype riding on it's back.

 

[darthviper107]

Seriously and it took them 2 years to make it...makes me wonder about the movie since it has such hype riding on it's back.

I doubt it took them that long, when making movie-based games they don't hardly have anything to go on until about a year before the movie comes out, which is also what makes it so hard to make good games, they don't even know what the final movie will be like.



Anyways, got IMAX 3D tickets, first time I'll see something cool in 3D, last 3D thing I saw was a lame ocean thing at the IMAX in New Orleans.

 

[lightwave000]

You should find out the exact numbers. A recent Cameron interview, he talked about the effects shots and I think he mentioned how many Avatar has. And in a nutshell pretty much everyshot in the film had effects in it.

Over 3000 shots have effects

 

[lightwave000]

Seriously and it took them 2 years to make it...makes me wonder about the movie since it has such hype riding on it's back.

The movie already looks good where as the game was suspect from the beginning since they didnt show much of it.

 

[lightwave000]

I doubt it took them that long, when making movie-based games they don't hardly have anything to go on until about a year before the movie comes out, which is also what makes it so hard to make good games, they don't even know what the final movie will be like.



Anyways, got IMAX 3D tickets, first time I'll see something cool in 3D, last 3D thing I saw was a lame ocean thing at the IMAX in New Orleans.

Actually over 2 years in development at Ubisoft. Their goal was to not just make another movie game. I would say their goal was met 50/50.

 

[Bamboota]

YO! I'm not sure if u guys already mentioned this on this very....very long thread.....but this Avatar Theme is LAME:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/-SKcUQIAs_c&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/-SKcUQIAs_c&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

DEFINITELY A THUMBS DOWN!

 

[agen_kolar]

YO! I'm not sure if u guys already mentioned this on this very....very long thread.....but this Avatar Theme is LAME:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/-SKcUQIAs_c&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/-SKcUQIAs_c&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

DEFINITELY A THUMBS DOWN!

Agreed! Don't care for that song at all.

 

[Bamboota]

Agreed! Don't care for that song at all.

First the melody is whack.
Second Leona Lewis doesn't really sing it that good.
Third ..doesn't it sound like it should be from some Disney movie?

I dunno....it's NO "My heart will go on"..thats fo' sho.

 

[cr`]

interview with michelle rodrguez:
https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/he...-like-working-on-star-wars-the-first-one.html

that site is also doing a 30 days countdown to avatar, one article a day for 30 days to the dec 18. click 'previous' to read previous article. read also the user's comments way down below. cameron just commands respect.

 

[plasmid303]

interview with michelle rodrguez:
https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/he...-like-working-on-star-wars-the-first-one.html

that site is also doing a 30 days countdown to avatar, one article a day for 30 days to the dec 18. click 'previous' to read previous article. read also the user's comments way down below. cameron just commands respect.

Michelle Rodriguez (from above interview): "To me, it was like working on "Star Wars" -- the first one. You know how now you watch "Star Wars" ["Episode I" in 1999] and you're like "I could've rented or bought the video game then I'd be in control of what's happening' -- because everything's so digital and it doesn't feel real. But you watch the first one ["Episode IV" in 1977] and I don't know how you feel, but I wonder, 'Why does this feel so much greater than the digitized world he [George Lucas] created now?' And I realize it's because of the props. And that's the kind of live-action world that Jim created."

Wouldn't Avatar have more in common with The Phantom Menace than A New Hope? I mean, Lucas used some props and half-sets for some sequences intercut/combined with CG, right? Whereas A New Hope was mostly all physical props and real sets?

 

[cr`]

i'd take it to mean that whenever necessary or possible, cameron would opt to do things practical first, that CGI is not always the answer. the sw prequels look completely fake precisely because of that aesthetic.

but here's the best part:

MR: Yeah. I was definitely overwhelmed ... I mean you're talking about a guy [James Cameron] who's a freaking genius. He's thought about the realistic aspects of everything that he imagined in the film. I definitely spent a lot of time geeking out with him and figuring out what he thinks the future is going to look like in real life! He's got a lot of theories that are based on scientific fact, so it was cool to watch him implement this kind of stuff into his imaginary world in "Avatar."

"he's thought about realistic aspects of everything that he imagined".

the guy served on NASA advisory board, befriends real scientists(space and underwater), is himself an avid adventurer and deep sea diver, he collects dinosaur bones as a hobby, and we just learned he's even a licensed helicopter pilot. add that to the fact that he wrote and directed terminator and aliens, there's just no one around more qualified to make a kickass sci-fi epic than cameron. if he can't do it now with all the resources available to him, then no one can.

 

[darthviper107]

Michelle Rodriguez (from above interview): "To me, it was like working on "Star Wars" -- the first one. You know how now you watch "Star Wars" ["Episode I" in 1999] and you're like "I could've rented or bought the video game then I'd be in control of what's happening' -- because everything's so digital and it doesn't feel real. But you watch the first one ["Episode IV" in 1977] and I don't know how you feel, but I wonder, 'Why does this feel so much greater than the digitized world he [George Lucas] created now?' And I realize it's because of the props. And that's the kind of live-action world that Jim created."

Wouldn't Avatar have more in common with The Phantom Menace than A New Hope? I mean, Lucas used some props and half-sets for some sequences intercut/combined with CG, right? Whereas A New Hope was mostly all physical props and real sets?

What's still interesting is that just one of the SW Prequels has more miniatures (physical models for effects) than the entire OT.

 

[cr`]

avatar was just screened for golden globe voters:

https://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-1...sts/golden-globes-ready-to-go-gaga-for-avatar

still have doubt?

 

[lightwave000]

Agreed! Don't care for that song at all.

I disagree, I like this song. It grows on you. I think its a perfect song for the end credits. You really have to wait to judge it till you hear it in context with the emotion of the movie. But, to each his own

 

[cerealkeller]

Dammit, I CAN"T WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, nothing to add, just am getting antsy.

 

[agen_kolar]

Love these photos:

 

[KAOSINLA]

You really have to wait to judge it till you hear it in context with the emotion of the movie. But, to each his own

What??? I didn't have to wait to judge "You Could Be Mine" in T2.

 

[LOTRFan]

What??? I didn't have to wait to judge "You Could Be Mine" in T2.

Or T:S for that matter.

 

[Figurefreaks]

I disagree, I like this song. It grows on you. I think its a perfect song for the end credits. You really have to wait to judge it till you hear it in context with the emotion of the movie. But, to each his own

Agreed, I love the song and think it’s a great epic song.

Going to see 32min. from Avatar in 3D tomorrow.