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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/30/09

    In reply to 10 Minutes Of New Footage Compares Actor To Avatar
    why does Neytiri sound like Natasha from Bullwinkle?

    Well, I guess if you're going to have an alien species that somehow speaks the same language that you do, the easy way to explain that astronomical wtf coincidence is to give them an accent.
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    Image of ILikeToLevelUp ILikeToLevelUp
    11/30/09

    @Smeagol92055: It the Project Valkyrie effect.
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    Smeagol92055 promoted this comment ILikeToLevelUp was starred ILikeToLevelUp was unstarred
    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/30/09

    In reply to 10 Minutes Of New Footage Compares Actor To Avatar
    Scream Zoe Saldana... SCREAM!!
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/30/09

    In reply to 10 Minutes Of New Footage Compares Actor To Avatar
    Yay! Everyone around the world loves Hulu.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/30/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: @Menouthis: added the youtube.
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    Meredith Woerner was starred Meredith Woerner was unstarred
    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/30/09

    @Meredith Woerner: Thanks Meredith. :)
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/30/09

    In reply to 10 Minutes Of New Footage Compares Actor To Avatar
    Now they can make the Dragonrider series.
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    Image of W10002 W10002
    11/30/09

    In reply to 10 Minutes Of New Footage Compares Actor To Avatar
    You know, with tons of people ripping on this film based solely on the trailer, I don't think they realize how much effort was really put into the film. It's kinda sad really. I think there's too much over saturation of films that heavily relies on CGI that most people think it's really easy to put together and tend to forget how difficult it can actually be. This clip is a good reminder that making movies is not as easy as it seems.

    Now we just have to see if all that effort pays off with a good movie.
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    Alasdair5000 promoted this comment W10002 was starred W10002 was unstarred
    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/30/09

    @W10002: it is really difficult to get this kind of quality...this is a pretty good over view of the process...
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/30/09

    @W10002: I think a lot of criticism was on the plot, not the technology.
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    Image of W10002 W10002
    11/30/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: I think a little bit of both. I remember when the first trailer came out, people bashed out the CGI seemed pedestrian, or how it wasn't revolutionary or up to their standards. But then again, Cameron did hype the movie to be the end all of CGI movies.
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    Image of Shokract Shokract
    11/30/09

    @W10002: I'm not agreeing or disagreeing w/ what you're saying, I'm just taking your point one step further.

    When talking about "how much goes into item-X" it is an odd thing to talk about b/c the amount of work hardly ever reflects the acceptance. There are tons of movies where the budget was crap, which lead to ingenuity where as a movie that has a monster budget is not guaranteed a monster win. Apply that mentality to something like art and we find that a person can know how to do something (think Ansel Adams and his b&w landscapes) exactly the same as the artist (in this case, use proper chemicals to develop the film properly) but that doesn't necessarily make that person AN artist. It is more than just technological/financial-awe, it is the actual spirit of it all.
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    Alasdair5000 promoted this comment Shokract was starred Shokract was unstarred
    Image of Golf_Nut Golf_Nut
    11/25/09

    In reply to 13 Video Featurettes Lay Out The Characters And Designs Of Avatar
    Interesting Adobe Air "Avatar" app has been released:
    [news.cnet.com]
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    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Golf_Nut was starred Golf_Nut was unstarred
    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/25/09

    @Golf_Nut: Trailer with built in buffering!
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    Image of Golf_Nut Golf_Nut
    11/25/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Oh, I thought that was part of Cameron's 3d effects! :P
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/25/09

    In reply to 13 Video Featurettes Lay Out The Characters And Designs Of Avatar
    so what i was going for here was an approachable, feline femininity that every individual so inclined would want to engage in acts of a physical congress with.

    so you were going for cat people sex?

    yes.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/25/09

    @tetracycloide: ... and I like tails.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    i am just glad there is a new movie for scifi that is not a remake/reboot
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Are those spoilers also spoilers for those who have read the novel?
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    I'm so excited! The Road is the kind of book where I won't mind if they make changes in adapting it to a movie.

    I pretty sure that it wasn't a nuclear disaster in the book, but I'm still going to spend a lot of the movie worrying about their exposure to radiations (No! Don't drink that! It's +10 rads/sec). I blame Fallout 3.
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    Image of Traveshamockery Traveshamockery
    11/24/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: What else could it have been? Massive earthquake? Worldwide meteor shower?
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment Edited by Traveshamockery at 11/24/09 10:33 AM Traveshamockery was starred Traveshamockery was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    @Traveshamockery: It doesn't really specify in the book. I've always assumed multiple meteor impacts worldwide. It's the explanation that makes the most sense given the available information.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/24/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Why do you think it wasn't nuclear in the book? It doesn't specify it, but it seems clearly a nuclear-winter scenario (yeah, meteorites would do that as well), and well... they wouldn't talk about radiation because there's nothing they can do about it. Also, It doesn't need to be radioactive everywhere for there to be a nuclear winter, just several big explosions that release enough dust
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    Image of WLDaywalker WLDaywalker
    11/24/09

    @Dirk Anger: While reading the book I went back and forth between a nuclean conflict and massive volcanism. On the one hand you had the flashback of the power going out/glow on the horizon, which led me to think of a nuke stike/EMP. On the other, you have the idea that this unnamed cataclysm has wiped out civilization on the entire planet, with massive amounts of ash still blocking the sun and coating things years later.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    @WLDaywalker: @Dirk Anger: The glow on the horizon is what made me think it wasn't nuclear - if they were close enough to see a nuclear strike of that size I figured they'd be pretty nuked. That's why I assumed meteor. Super volcano makes sense too.

    I guess my reading of it just gave me more of a "man destroyed by nature" vibe. McCarthy's never said what it was - I think we're supposed to be debating it.

    You win this time Cormac.
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    Edited by RandomFrequentFlierDent at 11/24/09 6:14 PM RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of cletar cletar
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    The trailer kind of makes me weepy, so I'm not sure I could go see the entire thing.

    I never read the book, by the way. Should I? Should I read the book then see the movie, or vice versa?
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    11/24/09

    @cletar: It's a good book, it's not great.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    @cletar: I'd recommend it. It's a nice story and a fast read. If you like post-apocalypse settings (admittedly I'm a huge fan of the genre) you should enjoy it.
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    Image of tonilost tonilost
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Viggo can do no wrong in my eyes. He could have gone Hollywood after LOTR, he turned down scripts and continued on his own path instead.
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    Image of Driadon, A Post Nuclear Role Playing Commenter Driadon, A Post Nuclear Role Playing Commenter
    11/24/09

    @tonilost: After seeing a preview screening last night I can definitely say this is true. The acting in this, on all fronts, is astounding. To top it off, the script is a great adaptation of the novel, keeping the true feel of the source material and adding just a little more for that emotional impact.

    Great film, go see it.
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    cletar promoted this comment Driadon, A Post Nuclear Role Playing Commenter was starred Driadon, A Post Nuclear Role Playing Commenter was unstarred
    Image of tonilost tonilost
    11/24/09

    @Driadon: Clone number 5481: I will, and I'm bringing the kleenex along.
    [spin.com]
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    @tonilost: I'm constantly impressed by how much work he puts into his characters. His acting is obviously more than just a way to make money. I have to say that I really respect him, which isn't something that can be said about many actors.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    11/24/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Indeed! Viggo really gets into his roles, and you've got to respect that!
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    Edited by d_r_e at 11/24/09 9:04 AM d_r_e was starred d_r_e was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/24/09

    @d_r_e: His devil was the most memorable part of The Prophecy.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Is the spoiler that it was really Earth the whole time?
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/24/09

    @Dunny0:
    Omigod, I was wrong!
    It was earth, all along!
    Oh, you finally made a monkey...
    out of MEEEEEE!
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    Image of ragincajun67 ragincajun67
    11/24/09

    @cletar:
    "I hate them all,
    from Chimpan A
    to Chimpan Z!"
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    NerD: Blattella promoted this comment ragincajun67 was starred ragincajun67 was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    11/24/09

    @cletar: I LOVE LEGITIMATE THEATER!!!!
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of allium allium
    11/24/09

    @NerD: Blattella: That's "theyaytur".
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    Image of queensowntalia queensowntalia
    11/05/09

    In reply to Wil Wheaton's Star Trek Cameo And How You Made Quinto Spock Happen
    you all should be nice to Hwil Hwheaton, he seems like a nice guy. ;) #startrek
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    BlueBeard promoted this comment queensowntalia was starred queensowntalia was unstarred
    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    11/05/09

    @queensowntalia: You're saying it funny. Why do you keep saying it that way? #startrek
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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    11/05/09

    In reply to Wil Wheaton's Star Trek Cameo And How You Made Quinto Spock Happen
    Wil Wheaton loved you all. #startrek
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    geesejuggler promoted this comment Jesse Astle was starred Jesse Astle was unstarred
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