It looked like an interesting movie to me. I'd probably go see it.
As for the tie-in to SL, I don't see that at all. Except maybe the Naked Cat Girls. LOL
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Kalor Rayner
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08-21-2009 15:28
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Rafe Zessinthal
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08-21-2009 17:01
I wont pay to see it in a theater, I'll download a hi-def version and watch it at home.
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Dagmar Heideman
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08-21-2009 17:28
*Yawns* We have a channel on cable where you can watch shooter games being played..why anybody would want to is beyond me. That reminded me of the same thing.  |
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Infiniview Merit
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08-21-2009 20:36
Ok, watched the trailer now. Nice special effects. I still feel not enough is being told about the story, which usually indicates a flimsy script. And I finally see the connection to SL, Naked Cat Girls.  Here is an article with a bit more info. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/movies/22avatar.html _____________________
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Raymond Figtree
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08-21-2009 22:26
Black Hawk Down meets Last of the Mohicans.
I'm gonna wait for Iron Man 2. _____________________
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say Moo
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08-22-2009 07:04
I when seeing the title, thought it would be a sort of "the net/mission impossible/bourne identity/james bond" kind of movie.
You know, instead with emails etc... using a virtual world experiment. Using avatars, that somehow infiltratie the pentagon to steal something (and thus difficult to trace who is behing the avatar (a ghost figure or something). That would better suit the name avatar, then this sci-fi rubbish (ala x-men/transformers kind). It has nothing to do with the term AVATAR at all. An avatar is a virtual representation profile/nickname graphic/model, that is used with communication per internet. |
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Kelli May
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08-22-2009 07:08
...An avatar is a virtual representation profile/nickname graphic/model, that is used with communication per internet. The billion or so people of the Hindu faith would disagree. _____________________
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Ceka Cianci
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08-22-2009 07:15
From what i read it's about someone going into the body of an alien.
I'm thinking it was the man getting off the plane in the wheel chair. _____________________
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Briana Dawson
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08-22-2009 07:28
An avatar is a virtual representation profile/nickname graphic/model, that is used with communication per internet. Is this a 21st century redefinition of the term? _____________________
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Briana Dawson
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08-22-2009 07:31
Here is an article with a bit more info. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/movies/22avatar.html Thanks for the link. It is just what i thought when i saw the guy in the wheel chair and the body in the tank. Is there supposed to be some link to SL? I do not understand the big whoop. The movie does look great. Pointy ear people rule. _____________________
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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08-22-2009 10:22
Is this a 21st century redefinition of the term? Not precisely. This usage dates to the 20th century, not the 21st. "As used for a computer representation of a user, the term dates at least as far back as 1985, when it was used as the name for the player character in the Ultima series of computer games. " The wikipedia article that quote came from is fairly interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_%28computing%29 . _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-22-2009 10:25
The tank seemed like a Matrix ripoff and the hovercraft racing through the forest seemed like a Star Wars ripoff.
Maybe it will be better than the trailer seems. _____________________
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08-22-2009 11:20
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DanielRavenNest Noe
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The movie is in 3D
08-22-2009 17:48
There was a special screening in theaters, and about a third were in 3D:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/08/avatar-fans-run-through-the-jungle.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/08/avatar-fans-run-through-the-jungle.html Now, when can we have SL in 3D? |
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08-22-2009 19:41
I have no doubt that this will be a great movie. Titanic, Terminator2, Aliens, the Abyss. Need I say more? Oh and it's Battle Angel next! Yeeeps!
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Milla Janick
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08-22-2009 20:24
I have no doubt that this will be a great movie. Titanic, Terminator2, Aliens, the Abyss. Need I say more? Oh and it's Battle Angel next! Yeeeps! Yeah, you forgot his good movie. _____________________
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Darien Caldwell
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08-23-2009 08:42
I have no doubt that this will be a great movie. Titanic, Terminator2, Aliens, the Abyss. Need I say more? Oh and it's Battle Angel next! Yeeeps! you probably should have left The Abyss off the list. *grins and waves the stink away* _____________________
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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08-23-2009 08:45
I liked The Abyss.
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Brenda Connolly
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08-23-2009 08:55
you probably should have left The Abyss off the list. *grins and waves the stink away* I'll trade you...I'll take The Abyss, you can have Titanic. _____________________
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Darien Caldwell
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08-23-2009 12:02
I'll trade you...I'll take The Abyss, you can have Titanic. Titanic made me cry, one of the few movies to ever do that to me. I have to give it props for being moving. _____________________
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Tristin Mikazuki
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08-23-2009 12:12
I was thinking is was gona be more cyberpunk/wetwire stuff...
Its ok.. but not looking like its worth full ticket price so far... _____________________
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Raymond Figtree
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08-23-2009 12:24
Titanic made me cry, one of the few movies to ever do that to me. I have to give it props for being moving. Last night I watched the brilliant "The Lives of Others". It left quite an impact. _____________________
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Briana Dawson
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08-23-2009 12:30
Not precisely. This usage dates to the 20th century, not the 21st. "As used for a computer representation of a user, the term dates at least as far back as 1985, when it was used as the name for the player character in the Ultima series of computer games. " The wikipedia article that quote came from is fairly interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_%28computing%29 . When i think of the term "Avatar" - before SL - i think Hindu way before the 20th century. _____________________
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Clarissa Lowell
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08-23-2009 12:42
That's correct.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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08-23-2009 12:44
What's correct?
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