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    Sam Worthington Can't Stay Away From Criminal Futures

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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/23/09

    In reply to Sam Worthington Can't Stay Away From Criminal Futures
    I think it's great that he is willing to be typecast into scifi roles, anything or anyone that is a force for expanding the genre is okay in my book. Of course it helps if the material is actually good, and he was the better part of Terminator Salvation.
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    11/23/09

    @Makidian: yes he was .... Bale was just Bale in that film .
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/23/09

    @disatess: Bale is completely overrated in my eyes, and the only movie I can think of that I enjoyed him in was Equilibrium. The Dark Knight was a good movie no doubt about it but Ledger stole that show and Aaron Eckhart was better. I think it's his low Batman voice, it's just incredibly annoying.
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    11/23/09

    @Makidian: talking about hitting the nail on the head . I agree with the entire comment .
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/23/09

    In reply to Sam Worthington Can't Stay Away From Criminal Futures
    Lets not forget 'Clash of the Titans'. This guy is made for life!!!! He may never need to work again!
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/23/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I don't know. Harry Hamlin's hair is a tough act to follow.
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment TotalFanGirl was starred TotalFanGirl was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    I do want to see this, but its feeling over exposed. I am just tired of hearing about it. #avatar
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    But I have already seen that scene! in 3D! #avatar
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    I just can't see anything Avatar-related without thinking that it's really about the Smurfs. #avatar
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    11/17/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Which are all incarnations of Krishna. #avatar
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    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    "James Cameron/Transformers2 is a _____"
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    Those cat-people look weird wearing hats and speaking like a guy down the sreet. I keep laughing. #avatar
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    Image of danataf2 danataf2
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    Wow, people will complain about anything.

    If the best video games in the world look remotely this good it's because this is the edited down, two dimensional version of the graphics. The real thing will be as gorgeous as the liquid metal T-1000 was in 1991, or the set of the Titanic was in 1998. #avatar
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    11/17/09

    @danataf2: didn't you know this site is exclusively for professional CG artists and world renowned filmmakers? We come here to critique our peers because our own work is so much better. How do you get in here?
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/17/09

    @cylon_conspiracy: I think the movie looks good, but I also think the Na'vi do look like immigrants from Uncanny Valley. I don't need to be a filmmaker or special effects guru to tell that. But I'm holding off on my final judgement until I can actually see it in theaters.
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11/17/09

    @atrus123: i don't really care how real they look. we've been watching all CG movies for over a decade now and no one complains about Up not being realistic enough. It's a medium for storytelling, that's all I'm really concerned with. The 3d will be fun, I'm mainly looking forward to Cameron's "Return To Science Fiction", you know, like the the Resurrection of Christ. #avatar
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    Image of allium allium
    11/17/09

    @atrus123: I suspect after an hour or so into the movie it won't be as noticable. I distinctly remember watching the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager and wondering how in the name of The Great Mother I'd get use to Kate Mulgrew's voice. By the fourth episode it was no biggie. #avatar
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    Looks video-gamey to me. To me, it's less "OMG it's so real I'm loooosing myself in its immersive realness!!" and more "that game looks nice." #avatar
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    11/17/09

    @cletar: IMAX + 3D + good audio is the difference in this case...
    Fox has a real job ahead of it to get past (valid) reactions like yours... #avatar
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11/17/09

    @goldfarb: why does it matter that much?! oi sfx nerds sometimes really irk me. #avatar
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    11/17/09

    @Byronotron:
    this is why... [marketsaw.blogspot.com]

    oh and it's VFX ;) #avatar
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11/17/09

    @goldfarb: I was at avatar day, I was mightily impressed by the achievement, and can say that none of the trailers have yet done it justice. does it cross the uncanny valley? no, but I also don't think we're gonna get even close for a while, until we can master the random patterns of movement. the 3d is really the stuff i'm most interested in. it really has never been used as a cinematic device before by a cinematographer that knows what they're doing, and I am excited for it's potential application as a new tool for artists. #avatar
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    I do not see Thanatos in this clip. FAIL! #avatar
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    Image of Courteous_Gentleman Courteous_Gentleman
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    I'm sorry, but why do these aliens need to be CG? The effect could easily be achieved with makeup, and without that horrendous glossy rendered look. #avatar
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/17/09

    @Courteous_Gentleman: you've actually watched these clips right? seen the different facial proportions? the tails?
    I do exactly this kind of work and I can tell you that what you're seeing in Avatar CAN NOT be done with makeup. #avatar
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    Image of Courteous_Gentleman Courteous_Gentleman
    11/17/09

    @goldfarb: Right, but as an animator, I'd rather see mediocre prosthetics than shiny 3D video game people. #avatar
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    11/17/09

    @Courteous_Gentleman: I saw the sneak peak of this in theaters, and I can assure you they did not look like "shiny 3D video game people." I don't know if the film is going to be any good, but the CG is fucking unreal. (in my very unprofessional opinion) #avatar
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/17/09

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.:
    yep, and in my actual professional opinion this is some of the best work ever done, (that doesn't mean that everyone is going to like it)

    clips like this (450pxX300px) do a huge disservice to the real content - like watching a movie on an iPhone... #avatar
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    11/17/09

    @goldfarb: Seeing it in IMAX 3-D was absolutely unlike anything I have seen before, and there has not been a clip on the internet yet that does it justice. #avatar
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    Image of sgtzim sgtzim
    11/19/09

    @goldfarb: It's actually more like seeing a movie FILMED with an iPhone...
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    11/19/09

    @sgtzim: haha...thats the new style of film making called iDogma...

    I know where you live sgtzim!
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    this is a very edited down version of what was shown on Avatar Day...
    and yeah, very temp audio track...
    what comes next is a huge chase - it's pretty amazing.
    according to friends at Weta the VFX should be finishing up this week... #avatar
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/17/09

    In reply to Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip
    Ha. Ha. Ha. You see, it's funny because he thinks he's the one scaring the monster away but he doesn't realize it's really the bigger, scarier monster behind him. It's humour!

    Also, something about the aliens in people clothes kind of freaks me out. It might be their longer proportions, but it looks weirdly wrong to me. It also might be the tails. #avatar
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/17/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Nice to know they stock military uniforms in 5X-Long #avatar
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/17/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent:
    Puzzled, the aliens speak English, they do.
    WTF? #avatar
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    Image of CarrerCrytharis CarrerCrytharis
    11/17/09

    @phoghat: Well, those are the humans in alien cosplay. Does anybody know whether the actual aliens themselves speak English? (That would be a strike against this movie, unless it were just one interpreter dude.) #avatar
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    11/17/09

    @CarrerCrytharis: from what I hear the Humans have been there for a while - 10 years(?), so some of the Na'Vi can speak some english... #avatar
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    Image of CarrerCrytharis CarrerCrytharis
    11/17/09

    @goldfarb: That's a much better way to handle it. Respeck for James Cameron, especially if he invents an entirely new language for them a la Tolkein. #avatar
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    Image of allium allium
    11/17/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Welcome to the Uncanny Valley squared (CGI + wrong proportions).

    Cubed would be an animatronic Na'vi tapping you on the shoulder, and the Uncanny Tesseract would be if it spoke with the G-Man's voice from Half-Life. #avatar
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    Image of joetato joetato
    11/02/09

    In reply to Terminator Salvation Deleted Scene: Is This What The Fuss Was All About? [Maybe NSFW]
    Giant Killer Robots, blowing up cyborgs, AND Moon Bloodgoods norkage would have been too much for me. My head would have exploded! Thank heavens this was cut.

    (Of course I'm being sarcastic! Boobs are ALWAYS welcome.) #terminatorsalvation
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    11/02/09

    In reply to Terminator Salvation Deleted Scene: Is This What The Fuss Was All About? [Maybe NSFW]
    I don't see how keeping this scene in the movie would have fixed the really awkward jump from 'night time and raining' to 'daylight and being attacked by losers'. #terminatorsalvation
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