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    Stare Down James Cameron's Thanator, In First Avatar Clip

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    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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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    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 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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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    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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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    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 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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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    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 dicksson dicksson
    11/02/09

    In reply to Avatar Featurette Bursts With New Pandoran Creatures And Story Secrets
    Okay, I'll say it. That typeface they're using sucks.

    It belongs on the menu of shitty Asian fusion restaurant. #avatar
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    Image of Denza Car Denza Car
    11/02/09

    @dicksson: It's called Papyrus.
    [xkcd.com] #avatar
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    Image of jamesmorrall jamesmorrall
    11/02/09

    In reply to Avatar Featurette Bursts With New Pandoran Creatures And Story Secrets
    call me joe. seriously.

    "you haven't seen anything like this before" - james cameron.

    really? it all looks pretty familiar to me.
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    Image of Scandal.ous Scandal.ous
    11/02/09

    @jamesmorrall: It looks frakking incredible to me. 8) #avatar
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/02/09

    @jamesmorrall: Like? #avatar
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    Image of paulalp47001 paulalp47001
    11/02/09

    @Scandal.ous: It does look amazing. I think everyone is far too cynical these days and I say this as a very cynical guy myself.

    The first trailers made the film look average. But some of the shots in the featurrete are really gorgeous and really should have been in the trailers.

    I think the special effects are a victim of their own success. It only just clicked that the whole jungle is computer generated it looks so real. I think my mind was fooled. It straight out bought everything my eyes were seeing was real.

    The effects on display go far beyond 300 and its crappy green screen stuff, Anything in the star wars prequels and films like Beowulf. I dodges uncanny valley by making the blue cat aliens realistic cartoons. If that was intentional it was a really clever idea, if not they got lucky.

    I hate green screen movies and movies with tons of excessive effects because they are done badly and are shit films. I can't belive I'm saying this but this film could be a pleasant experience.

    I'm not expecting anything special from the story but since its Mr Cameron it should at least be solid and will have characters that have emtions and things so you actually might give a shit for once. That would make a nice change.

    To all the haters: this the only film I would consider watching in 3d and I fucking hate 3d.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/02/09

    In reply to Avatar Featurette Bursts With New Pandoran Creatures And Story Secrets
    I am now concerned that I might see some blue cat man dick, peek out from behind a loincloth.

    #spacerape #avatar
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    Image of Dr.Quatermass: I have to say Dr. You are once again spot on with that oberservation and anything I am about to say that contradicts this statement is strictly for humor sake. Dr.Quatermass: I have to say Dr. You are once again spot on with that oberservation and anything I am about to say that contradicts this statement is strictly for humor sake.
    11/02/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Haha. Bob Segar. K-K-K-K-K-K-Kat Man Dick!

    #spacerape
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    Dr.Quatermass: I have to say Dr. You are once again spot on with that oberservation and anything I am about to say that contradicts this statement is strictly for humor sake. was starred Dr.Quatermass: I have to say Dr. You are once again spot on with that oberservation and anything I am about to say that contradicts this statement is strictly for humor sake. was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/02/09

    In reply to Avatar Featurette Bursts With New Pandoran Creatures And Story Secrets
    It's pretty, but... #avatar
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/02/09

    In reply to Avatar Featurette Bursts With New Pandoran Creatures And Story Secrets
    Lets play spot the twins on the first image.. Oh wait... #avatar
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    Image of ultra76 ultra76
    11/02/09

    In reply to Avatar Featurette Bursts With New Pandoran Creatures And Story Secrets
    I don't know, it looks nice enough, but I'm still not getting that "photo-realistic" look we've been promised in the lead up to this. It looks no better than the SW Prequels in terms of CGI "realness," and the basic story of technology vs. natural society reminds me of the end of ROTJ. I'm sure it'll be a good flick, but I think it has been hyped way too much for a property that no one knows anything about. Remember when The Matrix was released and people thought, "That looks neat, let's go see that," and THEN our minds were blown. Cameron looks like he wants to blow our minds (or at least promise they will be) and then get us into the theaters. He's pushing the spectacle of it too much and no one is asking if the story is going to be any good. #avatar
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