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11/09/09
Just seems weird to spend $250+ million on a movie only to have people wear $2 crap glasses and make it all fuzzy and blurry... #3d
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Wow. #3d
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3D really made everything stand out and seem more vibrant (the flora scene in particular). #3d
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because in this article you seem like you hate avatar (you call avatar a folly), while in other Gawker articles the writers praise it for being awesome.
If you are saying just the 3d version is a POS, then perhaps the title should be,
"James Cameron's 500 million dollar foolish venture into the 3rd dimension"
instead of equating the movie overall to foolishness. #3d
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Yes, I image it will be quite difficult for the movie to make it's money back in the theater. Luckily for Cameron he does not need to rely on theater showings to make his money back. This is more than just a movie, Avatar is also a tech demo. As long as the movie does amazingly well, then he will have studios lining up to purchase rights to use that tech in their own movies.
Honestly I don't know how anybody could say the movie looks like crap. You may not like the color of something, you may think it looks like a video game, you may thing its all just a re-interpretation of stuff that has already been done before.... but all of that does not make it look like crap. The animation is beyond superb, the color shouldn't matter as it's an alien race that never existed before and could be any color the imagination chooses, the modeling for the world and creatures look amazing, even the worse of it.
The complaint that it looks like CG? Well hello, it is CG... duh? Would you rather they used puppets and models so we could then say, "but it looks like puppets and models!" #3d
11/09/09
I'd rather they used CGI effectively so that it blended easily, allowing me to be captivated by the story. Of course we know creatures aren't real, but there are definitely shitty CGI effects that just ruin the final product. Then there are triumphs of effects, acting and direction that allow us to forget we're even watching a film.
I've seen puppet and model effects that make CGI look like shit, and vice versa. In the best cases smart directors and effects masters use all available techniques to a masterful conclusion. I submit: Peter Jackson and Richard Taylor. They used effects as a means to support a brilliantly directed story. On the opposite end of the spectrum you have Michael Bay, who relies on effects as a crutch for having no sense of storytelling or directorial acumen at all. (He is successful, however, because people like still like loud and flashy bang bang, even if devoid of any lasting merit.)
So... yes, to many people Avatar looks like crap. The CGI looks like crap. James Cameron is an extremely talented writer, director and artist... but even masters of their craft occasionally make a mistake. #3d
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I see this going the same way Jennifer's Body did... Good game Fox. #3d
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11/04/09
Ugh, stuff like this just agravates the eff out of me. #rocawaterdrop3dshowerroom
11/04/09
If nothing else, just to rig the video with one of those YouTube "Shock"videos that make you look at the background till something creepy pops up with the shrieking sounds.
Sure, the better half might not appreciate it and I might have to sleep on the couch without any covers or dinner that night...
But it'd be worth it! #rocawaterdrop3dshowerroom
11/04/09
likely be a Flash .flv or Apple .mp4 video that is commonly on YouTube.
BTW: I never said they started there. #rocawaterdrop3dshowerroom
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There are probably a wide variety that could be used that might undoubtedly make my couch my bed from here to eternity.
A playlist would include:
-Shock videos of "do you see what's wrong with this picture".
-Shower Scene with sound in THX 7.1
-Electrocution scene in Faces of Death
-The "Happy Father's Day" segment of Creepshow
-Various scenes to "Dead Alive"
-THX demonstration in IMAX of an old substitute teacher with long finger nails, screeching a chalk board
-Scenes from the class horror film "Deadly Rats"
-2 Girls, 1 Cup
-And the scariest, most obscene film I have to offer for this playlist:
-Weekend At Bernies II. That film were gruesome to experience!
Every now and again, one might make a new playlist Blu-Ray to keep things fresh, provided that one would'nt want a sex life anymore - Because who needs that, right? #rocawaterdrop3dshowerroom
11/04/09
Is it wrong that I happen to love Weekend at Bernie's 2 and in fact, was Bernie Lomax this weekend for Halloween? Specifically, Bernie from the sequel. #rocawaterdrop3dshowerroom
11/04/09
Actually, I just want to my fiance to rack her head a little more at Bernie's stages of decomposition, lol
Short Explanation - It drives her to the brink of insanity that Bernie did'nt look like a ghoul in the sequel. #rocawaterdrop3dshowerroom
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