The more I see the "Avatar" trailer...

RichA · External Since: Apr 21, 2007 Posts: 110

....the WORSE it looks!

MFalc1 · External Since: May 22, 2007 Posts: 38

On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...the WORSE it looks!

Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.

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nick · External Since: Apr 21, 2007 Posts: 150

On Nov 1, 3:11 am, MFalc1 <mfa... DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ...the WORSE it looks!
>
> Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.
>
It reminds me to much of that Final Fantasy movie from a few years
back, "revolutionary" effects work attached to a story that looks
deadly dull. Sure, A Christmas Carol has been done to death over the
centuries so maybe there's no point doing it again, but at least it's
a good story.

moviePig · External Since: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 1701

On Nov 1, 7:59 am, nick <nickmacpherso....DeleteThis@AOL.com> wrote:
> On Nov 1, 3:11 am, MFalc1 <mfa....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:> On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > ...the WORSE it looks!
>
> > Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.
>
> It reminds me to much of that Final Fantasy movie from a few years
> back, "revolutionary" effects work attached to a story that looks
> deadly dull. Sure, A Christmas Carol has been done to death over the
> centuries so maybe there's no point doing it again, but at least it's
> a good story.

Possibly by coincidence, you're referencing both of the eminent and
imminent IMAX-3D productions. Even if their stories are yesterday's
cold cocoa, I don't see how they can be missed...

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trotsky · External Since: Dec 07, 2004 Posts: 2503

nick wrote:
> On Nov 1, 3:11 am, MFalc1 <mfa....RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ...the WORSE it looks!
>> Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.
>>
> It reminds me to much of that Final Fantasy movie from a few years
> back, "revolutionary" effects work attached to a story that looks
> deadly dull. Sure, A Christmas Carol has been done to death over the
> centuries so maybe there's no point doing it again, but at least it's
> a good story.

Well, I can say from my personal preference that I would sooner see
Cameron make a movie about the phone book than see Zemeckis make a movie
about anything. That guy should never have gotten a job beyond script
editor or best boy or something like that.

RichA · External Since: Apr 21, 2007 Posts: 110

On Nov 1, 7:59 am, nick <nickmacpherso....TakeThisOut@AOL.com> wrote:
> On Nov 1, 3:11 am, MFalc1 <mfa....TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote:> On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > ...the WORSE it looks!
>
> > Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.
>
> It reminds me to much of that Final Fantasy movie from a few years
> back, "revolutionary" effects work attached to a story that looks
> deadly dull. Sure, A Christmas Carol has been done to death over the
> centuries so maybe there's no point doing it again, but at least it's
> a good story.

And has what looks like FAR superior visual quality. Avatar is
cartoonish beyond belief.

TBerk · External Since: May 08, 2007 Posts: 67

On Nov 1, 11:31 am, RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 1, 7:59 am, nick <nickmacpherso... DeleteThis @AOL.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 1, 3:11 am, MFalc1 <mfa... DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote:> On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > ...the WORSE it looks!
>
> > > Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.
>
> > It reminds me to much of that Final Fantasy movie from a few years
> > back, "revolutionary" effects work attached to a story that looks
> > deadly dull. Sure, A Christmas Carol has been done to death over the
> > centuries so maybe there's no point doing it again, but at least it's
> > a good story.
>
> And has what looks like FAR superior visual quality. Avatar is
> cartoonish beyond belief.

But we already know that you are allergic to cartoons. Thats OK, but
it skews otherwise reasonable comments.

As I type this I have just seen the televised trailer; it _is_
cartoonish. I don't think that can be helped based on what the Aliens
need to look like.

My reason for adding to the thread isn't the cartoon like quality but
that this is the 1st time it came to my attention that they are
blatantly says: "We are on this planet, that already has a native
peoples, and they are 'inconvenient' to our plans...".

This sets up the whole 'us' vs 'them' and the going behind Enemy lines
plot threads. makes for drama, but damn.

berk

MrBuddwing · External Since: Sep 01, 2009 Posts: 2

On Nov 1, 3:11 am, MFalc1 <mfa....RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ...the WORSE it looks!
>
> Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.
>

Actually, the trailer (or the version they showed on TV) reminds me of
an episode of the original "Outer Limits" series called "The
Chameleon," guest-starring Robert Duvall.

Madara0806 · External Since: Jun 17, 2009 Posts: 16

On Nov 1, 6:30 pm, MrBuddwing <MrBuddw....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
> On Nov 1, 3:11 am, MFalc1 <mfa....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On Oct 31, 9:34 pm, RichA <rander3....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > ...the WORSE it looks!
>
> > Think of it as THE ABYSS meets DANCES WITH WOLVES.
>
> Actually, the trailer (or the version they showed on TV) reminds me of
> an episode of the original "Outer Limits" series called "The
> Chameleon," guest-starring Robert Duvall.

Ummm, Cameron has a history of ripping off "Outer Limits." Just ask
Harlan Ellison.

BroTHeR zAcHaRy · External Since: Apr 30, 2007 Posts: 7

On Oct 31, 8:34 pm, RichA <rander3....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...the WORSE it looks!

One can't but help to think that your distaste of it stems primarily
from its "liberal" plot of big bad evil military-industrial
corporation vs. innocent indigenous people. It's been done so many
times that it bores to tears.

That being said, I'll still be in line...

Rich · External Since: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 31

BroTHeR zAcHaRy <victorthecleaner.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in news:c55cb6e3-437c-
4030-b422-b33c9e710e6c.RemoveThis@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> On Oct 31, 8:34 pm, RichA <rander3....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...the WORSE it looks!
>
> One can't but help to think that your distaste of it stems primarily
> from its "liberal" plot of big bad evil military-industrial
> corporation vs. innocent indigenous people. It's been done so many
> times that it bores to tears.
>
> That being said, I'll still be in line...
>

To get sheared.