Avatar - James Cameron Returns! (Spoilers in thread, obviously!)

Nektonic said:
At first I thought this too, but then after seeing it a few more times, I began to feel that there will be plenty of room for sequels if Cameron chooses to go there.
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Perhaps at the end of the trilogy the humans will give the Na'vi casinos.
 
So with the weekend mostly, but not entirely, over -- 23,174 votes have come on on IMDB for Avatar. 23,174 votes in the first two and a half days. And so far, they've given it an 8.9, and it's climbed UP the top 250 list, up to #25 so far.

I think it is pretty safe to say that audiences, in general, like it.
 
Nektonic said:
I have to admit though, that after my first screening of Avatar, I was thinking how awesome a proper Aliens sequel Cameron could make using the 3D tech and the amazing digital effects tech that was developed for Avatar.
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I think Avatar is Cameron's Aliens sequel. :D

Rodney V. Smith said:
God no. It felt complete when I left the theater. Sure I wanted to spend more time there, but not with a sequel. I felt the same way after seeing the Matrix and it was that it was complete: no need for a sequel. Look how THAT mess turned out...
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Yeah, I'm totally with you on this. What I think might work, though, is another movie set in the same "universe," but using the "avatar" technology on another planet for another reason. Or, for that matter, using the Marines' technology on another planet for another reason. Or both. :) I don't want to see Pandora again, I think that story is over, but I think if Cameron wants to play around with these themes again, I think there's a way for him to do it without making a literal "sequel."
 
MattinSTL said:
Watching it made me feel warm and simultaneously lonely.
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Makes me think of some research of how our brainwaves respond to screens, and how we switch to the emotional animalistic side of our brain(and lose much of our logical capabilities).

3d, and other immersive consumer technology, makes me leery of the future. I don't know how healthy it is to drool in films...
 
Came back from my second viewing, and I completely agree with MattinSTL. I came out feeling amazed but strangely lonely.

I may go back for a third viewing in a week or two.
 
Going back to visit with the folks in DC this week.

This will be the first time I'll take my Mom to see something I've worked on, in a theater. Brought her to sets, given her the $10 tour on a bunch of studio lots, introduced her to the Alphas, but oddly enough this will be the first time I'll buy her a ticket and sit next to her to see the show...
 
One ruler I've always used to measure a film is how much I'm still thinking of it a few days or weeks after viewing it. It's been three days and the movie is still consuming much of my thoughts. Cameron said viewing a film in 3d creates different memories than viewing one in 2d and I think their might be something to that.
 
Batutta said:
One ruler I've always used to measure a film is how much I'm still thinking of it a few days or weeks after viewing it. It's been three days and the movie is still consuming much of my thoughts. Cameron said viewing a film in 3d creates different memories than viewing one in 2d and I think their might be something to that.
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He may be right. This is the only movie I am going to see more than once since the Matrix.
 
I think that the "memories" it produces, is more of your body recalling the tremendous release of endorphins (also called opioid peptides) that is happening due to the 3d sensory experience. Any activities that have such big and long releases are usually habit-forming.

That warm feeling is the same reason you reach for chocolate or a cigarette. TV has been an opiate for the masses for a long time now, the new 3d experience is just anther step into increasing the addictive high when doing this kind of activity.
 
Jim Klatt said:
I think that the "memories" it produces, is more of your body recalling the tremendous release of endorphins (also called opioid peptides) that is happening due to the 3d sensory experience. Any activities that have such big and long releases are usually habit-forming.

That warm feeling is the same reason you reach for chocolate or a cigarette. TV has been an opiate for the masses for a long time now, the new 3d experience is just anther step into increasing the addictive high when doing this kind of activity.
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Possibly. I also recall that he had seen studies of brain scans of people watching 3d material and it engages much more of the brain than 2d material.
 
Jim Klatt said:
I think that the "memories" it produces, is more of your body recalling the tremendous release of endorphins (also called opioid peptides) that is happening due to the 3d sensory experience. Any activities that have such big and long releases are usually habit-forming.

That warm feeling is the same reason you reach for chocolate or a cigarette. TV has been an opiate for the masses for a long time now, the new 3d experience is just anther step into increasing the addictive high when doing this kind of activity.
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Actually TV's success (at least as it pertains to episodic programs) actually comes from our brain's inability to distinguish between TV friends and real life friends. Our brains were hardwired long before television existed. So when we see Rachel or Chandler or House on the television, our brain responds the same way we do when we see our actual friends.

I can only imagine the complete loss of life 3D episodic television would bring.
 
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