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If you have a problem with someones opinion discussion is always an option. Its real easy to throw out insults…

So you weren’t impressed? I can think of three reasons why someone wouldn’t be impressed.

1) You’re from the distant future. In your time humanity has created technology that rivals that of Star Trek’s holodeck or better yet the virtual world of The Matrix. You’ve literally BEEN to Pandora and other alien worlds so naturally seeing footage from Avatar was like showing a modern day human a black and white TV.

2) You saw the 3D footage at IMAX but you’re one of these guys who loves to hate on everything popular (either a liberal adult or a 14 year old). Either way you’re a douchebag with a keyboard who thinks being a contrarian makes them look smart. FAIL.

3) You simply watched the trailer online and think that dismissing a 2D representation of a 3D movie is an informed perspective which in that case makes you an idiot. That’s like critiquing food you’ve never tasted or music you’ve never heard.

For all those people who asked…

“They need to show off more of the performance capture”
“We need a trailer that clearly conveys the story for the masses”
“Why does it say from the director of Titanic? It should say from the director of this, dadedadeda, director of that”
“There should be more dialogue”
“I wanna see Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez…”

And especially…

“What’s up with the wheelchair? If you now have the technology to engineer a human alien hybrid and transfer your conscience into that hybrid, then why can’t they fix Jake’s legs?”

Thank you I guess. Fox must have been listening to you.

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Inside a bar, JAKE SULLY, a crippled hippie from the future, wheels up to two suits.

“Would you like to have a fresh start on a new world?” one suit says. “You can make a difference.”

A shuttle drops into Pandora, Jake wheels himself down the ramp into Hell’s Gate (yes, teaser stuff). He narrates about how he joined the military to better himself, keep well fed in these trouble times, and avoid fighting the crocodiles any way he can. Next we are introduced to COLONEL QUALRITCH. Did I spell that right?

“You’re not in Kansas anymore, ladies and gentlemen. You are on Pandora?” Qualritch tells the fresh meat.

Jake rides with TRUDY CHACON throughout Pandora past the floating mountains, beautiful and lush forests (this movie should come with the slogan- no color gets left behind), and overarching rocks. Good God, this place is a sight to see, especially in 3D.

Finally we are given our long past due exposition. SELFRIDGE, leader of the Pandora operation, explains why we are here, holding a piece of shiny gray rock in his hand. Apparently this super-mineral has an abundant supply source under the local natives’ habitat (he’s talking about the bigass blue cat people). They must evacuate the NAVI from this part of the forest. Jake does a recording explaining how the Avatar process works (all you dorks out there should already know how that works). Qualritch is in his AMP suit. All his movement nuances translate into the suits movement. He asks Jake to spy on the Navi.

“You do what I need; I’ll get you your legs back. You’re real legs,” He says. Selfridge tells GRACE AUGUSTINE to get her act together; that she should find a diplomatic solution and prevent war.

Now it gets insane. Jake goes into ‘Avatar Mode’ and takes the helicopter out to the forest. He meets a threatening Navi, threateningly hot!

“You should not be here,” whispers NEYTIRI. “This is all your fault.”

There is a montage of the exotic forest being torn apart by a huge piece of blunt machinery. I mean huge. Jake and Neytiri becoming friendly: flying over cliffs together on top of Banshees, meeting the tribe, swimming in the forbidden pool, ya know, the kind of stuff that leads to fan boys fappin it out.

Next is a montage done in similar fashion the teaser was but a lot better, with cohesive shots, dialogue, and kickass visuals. The army moves out. Qualritch drinks coffee as his men destroy everything. Trudy Chacon tells Jake that he’s going up against gun ships with bows and arrows. Qualritch confronts Jake in the cafeteria.

“You been getting lost in the woods?”

Neytiri shows distrust to Jake for not telling her the truth, and asks him if he knew this would happen, (referring to the military attack).

Great epic battle sequences prevail: Humans fighting Navi, Humans flying gunships fight Navi flying banshees, Humans controlling AMP suits fight Navi riding giant alien panthers and other strange creatures, etc.

Captions fill the screen saying: FROM THE DIRECTOR OF (everything movie he’s made)

Jake gives an emotional battle speech to the Navi.

“This is the strong taking advantage of the weak. This is our land.” Waka, Waka.

AVATAR
December 18th

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Thats exactly how it is. Some shots are obvioulsy CG in the trailer suck as the AMP suit that looks at jake (you can see his gun clip through his arm) But on Avatar Day it was stunning. Im hoping the next trailer will show what everyone has really been talking about.

I’m not 100% sure, but I think that somewhere buried DEEP inside that statement it says something about the quality of the footage or CG being different between the teaser and the 15-minute footage, not that you have to see 15 minutes of footage to be impressed…

I don’t know, maybe I’m just reading too much into it, you know me, seeing crazy things where there is nothing! lol

But seriously though, Aaron, correct me if I’m mistaken, but I noticed that the CG in some of the stills that were released AFTER the teaser looked way more “real” and finished than what was shown in the teaser. From those pics, the CG looked very impressive while in the teaser it just looked pretty good. Is that how it looked more or less in the 15 minutes of footage (the quality of the CG seen in the newer pics)??

Personally I can smell the hype on this from 5 blocks away,,,

In the rain,,,

If the trailer fails, this movie will not draw in the masses. I cant see a majority caring about a primitive vs technological war.

Someone also mentioned Fern Gulley here a while back, i just want to applaud them, that wierd night seen in the trailer with the glowing things looks like they ripped it directly.
The theme to is pretty close, you have expanding construction (humans for avatar) destroying the fairys (navvi) habitat.

Im no gulley die hard but its hard to deny the plot and setting parralells. going to be very interesting how similar they end up being.

That info wasn’t released, unfortunately. I imagine films of a similar type to appeal primarily to the same audience.