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

Mark Harris said:
I've thought about this a lot, and I think this is all by design. A lot of my complaints about the film kind of evaporate if I stop thinking of it as a film and think of it more as a video game. The cinematography makes more sense. The shot choices make more sense. The complete lack of any real dirt, grit, or anything remotely tactile makes sense, because that's what a video game is. Even the conceit of the film is a video game. You get to go out in this avatar body and do all this stuff with no stakes, because if your avatar dies, well just grow a new one.
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One thing I'd like to see in the sequel is if another military force comes back to Pandora, that they would recruit gamers from Earth to go and pilot some military made warrior avatars. To them, it would be like a really vivid game where if they die, then they don't really die. Of course, it would make sense to have the story point that the corporation would discourage carelessness due to the high cost and time scale of growing an avatar.

It's an interesting tactic, considering the fact that more and more people choose video games their entertainment. It's this that leads me to think more and more films will go that direction. Which I suppose is a natural evolution of the medium.
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What's ironic is that games are becoming much more cinematic these days.
 
I'd like to see a story that doesn't involve human's coming back to the planet... just dealing with the planet, it's natives, jake, etc. so we can further explore the creatures, races, landscape, history, mystery, etc of pandora

maybe at the very end after the happy ending, we can see a shot from space looking down on the planet with a fleet of human ships coming into view.... prelude to part III :evil:

Later,
Jason
 
Jason Ramsey said:
I'd like to see a story that doesn't involve human's coming back to the planet... just dealing with the planet, it's natives, jake, etc. so we can further explore the creatures, races, landscape, history, mystery, etc of pandora

maybe at the very end after the happy ending, we can see a shot from space looking down on the planet with a fleet of human ships coming into view.... prelude to part III :evil:

Later,
Jason
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That could be an unexpected way to do the second film. I'd love to see more of Pandora revealed in a sequel, but I doubt he'll do something that drastic from the first film though. There'd be a lot less conflict, unless there is war amongst various Na'vi tribes. If there is no human presence in the film then the general audience might not be as interested.

One more thing to add to the gamers on Pandora idea is that the real life military of today is starting to utilize gamers and computer experts as civilian contractors. I've read that they are even occasionally using civilians to pilot drones.

I find it extremely frightening that real warfare could actually become like a video game in the not too distant future.
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
Who's to say a new war needs to happen between Na'vi tribes? There may be another race of humanoids on the planet that have not crossed their path yet. :)
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Good point. Maybe it could be a much more alien looking intelligent species that threatens the Na'vi tribes?

Usually I am not a big prequel lover, but I think the story of the first humans on Pandora, and by extension, their first contact with the Na'vi could make for some interesting adventures.
 
There must be a reason the planet is named after that ancient Greek goddess.

IAccording to the myth, Pandora opened a jar (pithos), in modern accounts referred to as "Pandora's box", releasing all the evils of mankind— although the particular evils, aside from plagues and diseases, are not specified in detail by Hesiod — leaving only Hope inside once she had closed it again.
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Sounds like a point to start a plot.

Frank
 
over 1.3 billion now... geez... what is it, like 500 million away from Titanic now? Pretty epic.

I've only seen it once. Have been wanting to take my oldest daughter (will be four in April).... She likes and can handle the whole movie experience... really likes that kinda stuff, actually... Just not sure if 2:40 runtime might be a bit much for her to be in a theatre... Really my only concern in taking her. She's been to the movies a couple of times in the last year or two. Does fine. Did Christmas Carol in IMAX 3D, and it's far more "scary" than Avatar in my opinion (from a youngin's perspective).

Later,
Jason
 
Sad Max said:
Seen it three times.

Last film I saw three times in-first-run was Star Wars.
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You're really "getting it done".

Did you " get home in time for dinner" ? :) (I hope I remember those lines correctly)

Would really love to see it again, but everything over in HK, in Imax at least, is fully booked until 20th of January !
 
SPZ said:
Would really love to see it again, but everything over in HK, in Imax at least, is fully booked until 20th of January !
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Yeah, I was lucky to see it on opening day in the BEA IMAX in Kowloon Bay! Booked well advanced.

Seen it twice now. IMAX and dolby 3D. The dolby theater sucked, too dark.
 
Actually Avatar is only on rank 58 on the ALL TIME BOX OFFICE list.

Gone with the Wind, Star Wars (New Hope) and The Sound of Music still rule the list.

I doubt that Avatar will come even close.

They should count the actual viewers (audience) not the money (rising ticket prices)to evaluate the popularity of a movie.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Frank
 
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