SCULLIBUNDO
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The only really big news that could occur is casting news. Or that Cameron has died at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
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ArachosiA 78
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TacticalFox88 said:
Avatar 2 and 3 are the only movies I am looking forward to. Then again, the only movies I ever look forward to are James Cameron movies.
Anyway, I try not to think about the sequels because they are an eternity away. I mean, the scripts aren't even done yet. But at least it won't be as bad as the 12 year wait between Titanic and Avatar 1.
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ArachosiA 78 said:
No, that wait will be saved for Battle Angel.
To be honest I wouldn't even be surprised if part 2 gets delayed to 2015 lol
Wasn't part 1 originally slated for summer 08? rofl. Delayed a year and a half and they still barely finished on time, despite a, what Im assumeing was a shorter than originally planned runtime
I swear, one of the most enlightening things I heard about how arduous the production must have beeb, was hearing Joe Letteri say (paraphrasing) "we were hoping to complete all 200 minutes of the film ourselves" regarding Weta's involvement
Wasn't part 1 originally slated for summer 08? rofl. Delayed a year and a half and they still barely finished on time, despite a, what Im assumeing was a shorter than originally planned runtime
I swear, one of the most enlightening things I heard about how arduous the production must have beeb, was hearing Joe Letteri say (paraphrasing) "we were hoping to complete all 200 minutes of the film ourselves" regarding Weta's involvement
ArachosiA 78
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Yeah, I'm not holding my breath for BA. 12 years sounds about right, if we ever get it.Scullibundo said:
Dead said:
I'm thinking at least one of the Avatar sequels will get pushed back. I don't know how they expect to do all the post-processing for Avatar 3 in just 1 year. The movies are being shot at 48fps I believe, which is going to double the rendering time needed, if I understand that correctly. I don't see how there's enough time.
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You can add me to the list.TacticalFox88 said:
I want to see Battle Angel, but I'll probably see it with my son when he's a teenager lol.SCULLIBUNDO
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jett said:this thread is alive because sculli doesn't do dare post new threads for inane news again.
Just you wait till Cameron comes out wearing Battle Angel socks.
Dead: Cameron once said that they were hoping for an 07 release. Lulz.
PhoncipleBone
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TacticalFox88 said:
*raises hand* It is a James Cameron movie. I am there no questions asked.
Cpt.Underpants
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So I just finished watching the dvd collectors edition of Avatar featuring an extra 16 min of addtional footage and the scene that was only worth watching that was cut from the theatrical release was
Great film, should've watched it on 3-D
Tsu'tey asking Jake Sulley to be his last shadow (mercy kill) and giving him the "reins" to lead his people
Great film, should've watched it on 3-D
TacticalFox88 said:
Previous to last November, I never let myself have a backlog. I'd have the game or movie I was about to play/watch, and that was it. But then I went batshit insane on Black Friday and its taken me the better part of 8 months to clear out my backlog, which I'm close to finally doing. The Avatar set is rather daunting, so I've held off on it.
TacticalFox88 said:
Thats:
- 16 posters with over 200 posts
- 10 posters with over 300 posts
- 6 posters with over 500 posts
- 3 posters with over 700 posts
- 1 Sculli with over 1000 posts
I'd say there are plenty of us looking very much forward to Avatar 2. Cameron's sequels are always godly.
Every time I see this thread bumped by Sculli I think of jeff_rigby endlessly bumping the PS3 internet browser thread over in Gaming.
(Not at all hard to find seeing as he last posted in it yesterday.)
Only it's far less annoying because this thread is actually interesting.
(Not at all hard to find seeing as he last posted in it yesterday.)
Only it's far less annoying because this thread is actually interesting.
cloud_sleep
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TacticalFox88 said:
I'm totally hyped but it's a long way off. Gotta pace yourself. Also, I kind of soaked up too much stuff in the lead up to Avatar - watching all the youtube features, reading all the reviews etc. I will try to go in as cold as possible for 2 and 3. Would love to be able know next to nothing about them except the release date and where the nearest IMAX showing is.
I see it's exclusive to Panasonic until February 29th 2012:
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=5953
Blu-ray.com say quality is absolutely pristine like expected:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Avatar-3D-Blu-ray/11908/
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=5953
Blu-ray.com say quality is absolutely pristine like expected:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Avatar-3D-Blu-ray/11908/
SCULLIBUNDO
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Shit is still THE reference quality blu movie.
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jett said:
I love that the person who had the most ridiculous and closest bet out of anybody was still more than a billion dollars off the WW.
Solo said:
I feel like I posted more than that. I guess I was too busy watching the film in theaters =)
Listened to the soundtrack on my way to work the other day again, been awhile. Ended up watching the movie when I got home (first time in awhile)...movie is still so fucking beautiful. Can't wait for casting news on the 2nd/3rd.
edit: Also the making of on the extended edition is great. Love the detail they go into about the process they took to make the film.
Scullibundo said:
It's still crazy that Cameron came around and beat his own record by around a billion. It's crazy to think that the closest movie to beat Titanic other than Avatar right now is at 1.18 billion and still needs to do another 600 million to beat Titanic and then another billion to beat Avatar.
Count Dookkake
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It's crazier that anyone thought it would be a bomb.
jett said:
Haha went and looked back at my old Avatar posts to see if I had a box office pred. This is from the Comic-Con '09 thread where there was so much hand-wringing over Fox's lack of marketing:
Zeliard said:
Solo said:
Cheebs said:
Tobor said:
Zeliard said:Buncha pessimists.
If the movie does live up to the hype and sets a new standard for film-making tech, people will go see it in droves even if they have no idea what it is right now. These sorts of huge tech undertakings are often seen as a big can't-miss event, ala Jurassic Park.
If it's your typical 3D movie, then I'd agree that it may not do that well. If it's something more, it will be huge. It isn't just Cameron's name that will do it, but even moreso the type of movie it potentially is.
I'll eat some crow if it bombs at the box office. I just really don't see that happening.
heh
TacticalFox88
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Oh, PhoenixDark.Count Dookkake said:
Mission: accomplished. Some 600 days since I last saw the movie, and 9 months since I bought the Blu-ray, I finally watched it.
I watched the entire Capturing Avatar doc - what a great feature that is a rather nicely tied up package of the entire production. As for the deleted scenes, they really should have left The Hunt Festival in there. It was great to see Tsu'sey warm up a bit to Jake, and Ney'tiri getting to have fun and dance was something they should have left in the film.
As for the movie itself: goddamn, I fell in love with it all over again. It's just a hair short of 3 hours long but I'll be damned if it has a wasted scene in it. The whole thing is engaging from start to breathless finish. The first flight sequence was as joyous and exhilirating as I'd remembered it being. That final action sequence once again just knocked by balls off. The added scenes worked wonderfully. And almost 2 years later, the effects still left my mouth agap. How did they manage to do it? Jesus christ. Whenever Neytiri has a close-up (particularly ones featuring wind blowing, or fire in the background, or warpaint on her face, or sweat/tears on her face), that is some next level shit the likes of which I can't see being topped until Cameron himself does it with the sequel. The scene where she drinks water from the plant was worth the Oscar alone.
Finally, the Blu-ray. Holy fuck. I now have a new reference audio presentation and transfer for Blu-ray. Pristine on both fronts, with the transfer particular inducing eyegasms about every 30 seconds. Dat glorious Avatar Blu-ray!
I watched the entire Capturing Avatar doc - what a great feature that is a rather nicely tied up package of the entire production. As for the deleted scenes, they really should have left The Hunt Festival in there. It was great to see Tsu'sey warm up a bit to Jake, and Ney'tiri getting to have fun and dance was something they should have left in the film.
As for the movie itself: goddamn, I fell in love with it all over again. It's just a hair short of 3 hours long but I'll be damned if it has a wasted scene in it. The whole thing is engaging from start to breathless finish. The first flight sequence was as joyous and exhilirating as I'd remembered it being. That final action sequence once again just knocked by balls off. The added scenes worked wonderfully. And almost 2 years later, the effects still left my mouth agap. How did they manage to do it? Jesus christ. Whenever Neytiri has a close-up (particularly ones featuring wind blowing, or fire in the background, or warpaint on her face, or sweat/tears on her face), that is some next level shit the likes of which I can't see being topped until Cameron himself does it with the sequel. The scene where she drinks water from the plant was worth the Oscar alone.
Finally, the Blu-ray. Holy fuck. I now have a new reference audio presentation and transfer for Blu-ray. Pristine on both fronts, with the transfer particular inducing eyegasms about every 30 seconds. Dat glorious Avatar Blu-ray!
TheKaeptain
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Backlogs suck. I have like 20 films I need to see.
With being really disappointed by the trailers for Tintin, I've been more tempted than ever to buy a 3DTV to watch Avatar again. I've not quite convinced myself yet, but the 3DS isn't helping my restraint.
My film backlog is about twenty/thirty films. I tend to rewatch films more than I watch new ones for some reason. I just ordered Black Swan on BluRay and I've already seen it twice, I could have saved the money and watched something new. I like the comfort of knowing a film will be good I guess.
My film backlog is about twenty/thirty films. I tend to rewatch films more than I watch new ones for some reason. I just ordered Black Swan on BluRay and I've already seen it twice, I could have saved the money and watched something new. I like the comfort of knowing a film will be good I guess.
you guys mention movie backlogs, I saw avatar in the theatre and enjoyed it enough to grab that barebones release the week it came to bluray. I still haven't watched it. Along with about 30 other blurays , most of which I've seen theatrically.
I've kind of been in the mood to watch it some days and then I recall how long it is and do something else instead.
I've kind of been in the mood to watch it some days and then I recall how long it is and do something else instead.
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Solo said:
How many was on your list? I went through 70 movies this summer break.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Good to hear, dude.
Did you check out all the deleted scenes Solo? Especially The Dream Hunt?
Most importantly though, get around to watching the individual documentaries outside of the Capturing Avatar - where they take you through shit like testing out the weapons (Cameron firing them live etc.)
Did you check out all the deleted scenes Solo? Especially The Dream Hunt?
Most importantly though, get around to watching the individual documentaries outside of the Capturing Avatar - where they take you through shit like testing out the weapons (Cameron firing them live etc.)
The Dream Hunt was kind of underwhelming after your guys' praise. Hunt Festival > Dream Hunt. And yeah, I watched those individual ones too.
Oh, something else I meant to say before I forgot: it really occurred to me this time, and I really appecriate that it is the case, but here is the rare $200M+ budget movie where you can actually see every last cent up on the screen.
Oh, something else I meant to say before I forgot: it really occurred to me this time, and I really appecriate that it is the case, but here is the rare $200M+ budget movie where you can actually see every last cent up on the screen.
Just the visual direction really, I think they're pretty much dancing in the uncanny valley from the little I've seen. Although that could be premature, maybe after a few minutes it'd be fine, but the times when I've had that as an issue, it's always been a pretty consistent thing.Solo said:
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Absolutely. Which is why I'm aching to see the projected budgets for the sequels.
Anyway, one deleted sequence that I love that doesn't get much mention is the extended suit up for war on the human side - 'Kick Some Blue Ass.' Absolutely the kind of thing I would have loved to stay in. Otherwise 'A long way from Earth' and - as you mentioned - The Hunt Festival.
And yeah, the alternate death of Waynefleet with Neytiri going apeshit was much better than his 'AHHHHH!' death in the film.
Oh oh - and the alternate montage was better I thought. Some nice pieces of music in there.
Anyway, one deleted sequence that I love that doesn't get much mention is the extended suit up for war on the human side - 'Kick Some Blue Ass.' Absolutely the kind of thing I would have loved to stay in. Otherwise 'A long way from Earth' and - as you mentioned - The Hunt Festival.
And yeah, the alternate death of Waynefleet with Neytiri going apeshit was much better than his 'AHHHHH!' death in the film.
Oh oh - and the alternate montage was better I thought. Some nice pieces of music in there.
TheKaeptain
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Solo said:
My summer break was only a month long.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Yeah. The full cut of the film should have been 3.5h. Everything else can remain cut out.
A part of me kinda wishes that the ISV leaving orbit was in the extended cut. The shot looked finished.
A part of me kinda wishes that the ISV leaving orbit was in the extended cut. The shot looked finished.
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