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First Official AVATAR behind the scenes image appears at the LA Times!
Hey folks, Harry here... The LA TIMES has the first official AVATAR behind the scenes image. It doesn't show much, and I'm hesitant to state that what is behind Cameron and Sam is "Set" because as far as I know - that's just the specialized transport vehicle insides that he rides to work in each day. BUT - having said that... it does FEEL like a Cameron bit of Science Fiction set work. Go click above and then talk about AVATAR fucking your eyes in 2009.
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What what in the butt!
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Oh, wait a second, it's just Cameron and another guy looking at something.
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Maybe just a litlle felt up.
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whatever.
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James Cameron is making a movie???
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The rest of me didn't Orgasm either. Kind of a nothing pic.
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it means something. And I meant *"little", damn fingers.
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"Yeah- over there by the fat grip. He'll be painted out with a big cool thing."
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Here I was expecting my eyeballs to be properly fucked, and instead it's more like they got prematurely ejaculated on.
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And I can't wait to be enlightened.
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Dec 23, 2008 10:27:07 AM CST
"Yeah, we are using the jumper space-ship from Aliens. No one wi
by ronnie__dobbs
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"Okay, you walk to that spot, and in the time it takes you to get there, I'll have spent another $10 million of the studio's money."
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Dec 23, 2008 10:30:39 AM CST
WHO CARES WHEN JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR WILL BE
by total fucking destruction
granting your eyeballs TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION?
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Dec 23, 2008 10:30:42 AM CST
I'm seriously scared of the whole eyeball fucking thing.
by derlanghaarige
Imagine you are in a sold out theatre on opening night. The movie starts and every single person in the theatre starts screaming in pain something like: "Oh my god! My eyeballs! They are fuckying my eyeballs! No, please stop! Help me! Anybody! I'm blind and my eyes hurt! They hurt from getting fucked! How long is that movie? More than 2 hours? Kill me! Please kill me! My eyeballs! AAAAAAH!!! It hurts so much! Tears are the worst possible lubrication! It hurts! It hurts so much! SO! MUCH! Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah!"
It will make you blind AND deaf! -
First I stick my finger in and work it around for a little while. It helps to get everything nice and ready for the eyeball fuckin' that's to come."
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Someone had to say it.
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He's pointing at something, so that must mean he's a director. And that guy beside him has a backpack. Is he, like, a hippie or something, bumming a ride from James Cameron?
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Can't wait!
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"Okay, see that pile of Michael Bay movie DVDs over there? I want you to go over and piss on them. Yes, you heard me correctly. Okay, hang on -- I'll show you exactly how I want it done." [Walks over, demonstrates]
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I mean you can fuck the socket if the eyeball is gone but fucking an actual eyeball seems difficult, unless your dick is small enough to fit through the pupil....nevermind. Got it now.
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They're not that easy.
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I don't understand this slave-like obsession to this movie. We have gotten NO clarification of whether or not this will even be good, and you follow it blindly.
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reminds of Ebert's Armageddon review which he recently quoted on his blog as follows/
I found a big poster that was fresh off the presses with the quotes of junket blurbsters. "It will obliterate your senses!'' reports David Gillin, who obviously writes autobiographically. "It will suck the air right out of your lungs!'' vows Diane Kaminsky. If it does, consider it a mercy killing. -- "Armageddon"
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something tells me that you will be amongst the first in line to have your eyeballs receive TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION.
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Dec 23, 2008 10:47:39 AM CST
I've seen James Cameron before.
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Still haven't seen anything from Avatar.
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The definition of cool.
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Dec 23, 2008 11:00:03 AM CST
people are excited over this image? Pathetic.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Stop being a tool.
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Go and fuck yourself you dumb fuck. Seriously, you know fuck all about movies you troll. And Dickblood, you're deperately in need of some Viagra - because you were mildy funny before, but now you're just a annoying 'look at me' twat.
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so true. damn james, built another interior.
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What do you mean there is no clarification on whether this will be good or not? The scriptment (very rough draft of the script) has been online for years, and it's great. You don't get this kind of clarification on most movies.
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...says this movie will most likely be shit? The outcome of this film is really that important to you? Fuck. You need to sort out your priorities man. James Cameron does not make the world go round. I'm sorry.
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I only actually converse with my group. The rest of the site I can give a fuck about. Oh look at that!! Another James Cameron set looks like its made out of plastic!
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No, be he's without doubt a cinematic genius and without doubt the greatest director in the world - and yes, better than Spielberg.
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The thing on his shirt is from Battle Angel. This is also the next film he's making according to IMDB.
http://tinyurl.com/8b4ecf
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... AVATAR becomes the film of the decade. I really can't.
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MY EYES ARE BEING FUCKED!!!! AND IT HURTS!!! IT HUUUUUURRRRRRTSSSS!!!!
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Okay, hold on a minute cowboy. I admit I have bizarre taste in films sometimes. But seriously-- you believe Cameron is the greatest director in the world? Really? And I know fuck all about movies? And I'm the troll? Fuck me. That is just asinine. I understand if you like the guy's work. But saying he is greatest director in the world just makes you a fucking moron, and further validates my opinion that most Cameron fanboys are clueless douche bags. Good day to you.
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Dec 23, 2008 11:27:51 AM CST
"You go right straight through this door here, down the hall....
by bobman46
...turn right.....and then there's a little jog there, about thirty feet.....jog to the left......go straight ahead......go straight ahead, go straight ahead, turn right the next two corners, and the first door the sign "Authorized Personnel Only"...Open that door, that's the stage!"
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Cameron is the most talented sci-fi action director in the world. But i'm not going to waste time debating with someone that enjoys Brett Ratner films.
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...James Cameron pointing at something. My interest in this film is definitely piqued now.
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God, it feels so good to see him direct a feature length film again. Ah! My eyeballs will be getting fucked by christmas of 09. :)
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Dec 23, 2008 11:36:11 AM CST
I can extrapolate the whole movie from this image and it RAWKS!
by yotzvonfrelnik
Plus, if I cross my eyes it looks like Cameron's finger is poking at me. Whoahhh!!!
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"okay, see that green mat over there? no, no, THAT one. beside the blue mat. okay, well, i want you to stand THERE and look at the tennis ball on a string like it's the awesomests sexy blue alien warrior chick you've ever seen. i want you to cum in your pants while you imagine her fucking your eyeballs with her alien powers. right there, on that green mat with the tennis ball on a string. this is going to be so awesome'
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...but below is a link to a pretty good interview with mark goerner, a designer who worked on preproduction for battle angel with cameron.
http://tinyurl.com/6fz5u3
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I don't get why he is calling this movie Avatar when there is a cartoon of the same name. Even a movie version of that cartoon in the works. But it will be called "The Last Airbender". Weird
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but i guess things like war of the worlds, ALIENS, etc were already taken ;)
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Too soon?
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Uhhhhh. I've said positive things about The Family Man, the one Brett Ratner film I enjoy. So fuck off.
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my bad
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was DELGO. i'm just saying. i swear i've been hearing about this movie since i was in second grade.
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So I'd be surprised if this is even a little bit accurate. Then again this is "Hollywood" news. The lazy ass reporters may have put in a little effort into it.
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From the caption of the photograph linked in this AICN article: "Mix that with the promise of large-scale, hard science fiction that hasn't been attempted much in the past few years..." I've read a short description of the story and it doesn't sound very much like hard science fiction. Is this just a case where an entertainment writer thinks that anything a bit more cerebral than space opera is hard sci-fi?
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large scale, hard SOMETHING all right
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Dec 23, 2008 11:57:14 AM CST
WHO CARES WHEN JAMES CAMERON WILL FINGER-BANG OUT EYEBALLS IN 09
by bringingsexyback
Look at the size of that finger!! Woooohooo!!
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avatar will now finger-fuck your eyeballs! so says AICN, so be it true!!!!!
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That belly is something. Yowza!
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"ARRGGARRGGHHHH"
"Smell my finger."
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in between the godly bursts of lighting that shoots from the almighty CAMER-ON's lordly fingers.
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I can't wait until Cameron's latest vaporware becomes the new Phantom Menace. Ava-tards around the world will be committing seppuku.
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Dec 23, 2008 12:12:57 PM CST
"How many drops is this for you, Lieutenant?" "38. Simulated."
by tallboy66
"How many combat drops?" "Uh, two. Including this one." Good to see Cameron is at least saving a few bucks by dusting off the old dropship. You know, as much eyeball fucking is going on here, I hope in the third act the alien queen shows up and just fucking smashes the hell out of everyone. Actually, I'd be happy if at least one of the creatures in this flick was as freaky and gooey as any of the Aliens, but, yeah, I get the feeling these will be more day-glow-y and life-affirming.
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Dec 23, 2008 12:13:07 PM CST
That one single image is more awe inspiring than....
by standundermyumbrella
.... the Mona Lisa!
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...that was REALLY funny!!!
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LOL.
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In a James Cameron movie! How groundbreaking!
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"Do you miss him, Linda?"
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Dec 23, 2008 12:32:20 PM CST
Renny Harlin to direct Avatar: Resurrection...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Dec 23, 2008 12:34:46 PM CST
BSB....thats not what she said. It was actually:
by dannyglovers_dickblood
"Do you miss him, Linda?" "Just his nose. When I sat on his face it was like getting fucked by Toucan Sam."
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an air traffic controller who attempts to teach life lessons to a wandering teenage runaway?
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An ex-marine travels to another planet and leads a revolution. Sound familiar to anyone?
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The alien queen doesn't have a dick in this one.
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Dec 23, 2008 12:42:46 PM CST
finally Rickey Henderson drops the truth on this bitch...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Dec 23, 2008 12:45:54 PM CST
thats the thing....you can rip off a movie...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...completely and throw in some new flashy effects and be considered a genius-- IF, you are James Cameron, and/or the director you are ripping off is hailed by many round these parts to be shit (sorry Roland). If you carefully follow this forumula, not only will you get away with it-- but you'll also be felated by several overweight 30 year olds for the next 5 or 6 years. Oh yeah, AND they swallow. Boy oh boy do they swallow.
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How mindblowingly imaginative. Rickey wonders if, at the end, when almost all the character are dead after the obligatory epic battle, somebody will say "Wow, naming that planet Pandora was almost like foreshadowing or something." And then they all stare at the camera. Fade to black.
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Hudson, come here. COME HERE.
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Beauty And Teh Schnoz
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Dec 23, 2008 12:52:31 PM CST
mmmmmm nothing like the Gonzo The Great Ass Fuck!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Why does every sci fi movie need to feature aliens that look "humanoid but a bit different"? Give Rickey a weird fucking looking alien again. Like E.T. What ever happened to sci fi that challenged our sensibilities? Why does Cameron get a pass for making a cookie cutter unimaginative movie? Because he's filming his movies on some ridiculous fusion-powered camera that allows him to create a rift in the very space time continuum? Please.
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Dec 23, 2008 12:53:18 PM CST
I'd put money on it the Sunshine crew is cooler....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Gruff voiced vigilante with a tendency for brute force battles a flamboyant killer who terrorizes a city. Dirty Harry anyone?
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Dec 23, 2008 12:57:10 PM CST
Cameron get a pass for making a cookie cutter unimaginative movi
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...with a grand baiting gimmick of "GROUNDBREAKING EFFECTS" because of dumb shit fanboys that populate this very site. Call me whatever the fuck you want people....but I have never had blind devotion to something like you have for this. Keep fueling the fire of Cameron's massive ego boys.
"LOOK DADDY, TEACHER SAID EVERY TIME AN AVATAR FANBOY CUMS, CAMERON'S NOSE GROWS WINGS!!" -
Pardon Rickey if this doesn't render his nipples hard enough to cut glass with. Cameron has spent 10 years making a tech demo to warm himself up for Battle Angel (which better be decent). This summer, we get some matte paintings and some CGI blue alien cosplay. Big freaking deal.
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Memories-Of-Murder...is that really you?!?!
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Dec 23, 2008 1:06:15 PM CST
Cameron is a business man...he knows what he's doing....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Make the highest grossing movie of all time and then go away for 10 years to build hype. You methodically drop little bits of info over the years, a bit of concept art here, a treatment there. You tease the fanboys for 10 fucking years until their little underdeveloped testicles are about to explode and then finally-- you drop the film. Is it good? Who fucking cares. It was a massively successful bait and switch operation. Of course nothing will live up to the hype, and that will also work in his favor. You'll hear things like "Well-- nothing could make the fans happy after so many years of expectation."
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Snappy comeback. Sadly I won't be fucking off though, i'll be discussing Avatar here for the next year. Enjoy.
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I willingly admit my taste is bizarre and I enjoy many a shit films. Neither of those two would ever utter such words.
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Xmas really doesn't seem to exist in this dojo, way this particular talkback is going, but even so. I'd like to wish all at AICN, from the writers to the readers, to the talkbackers a happy xmas. A time to enjoy our families and friends, reflect on those that are no longer with us, and of course to get and give some cool gifts. See you all on the other side compadres.
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Thanks dude. Have fun.
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You know what would be great? If everyone packed into the theaters on opening night for this massively hyped movie and "Amazon Women on the Moon" starts playing on every digital projector across the nation. That would be sheer brilliance. And a helluva lot more entertaining than a regurgitated sci-fi mess.
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Thats cool. I would never want to silence my opposition. These back and forths are fun, and I'm feelin' the Christmas spirit!!
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First, DocPaz admits to enjoying many shit films. M-O-M would never do such a thing.And when it comes to Cameron, you sound like classic M-O-M on a signature AICN coke-infused anti-Bay rant. The moment "Bayformers" rolls out of your keyboard, I've got you dead to rights.
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What happened to the 3rd person, more urban TB approach?
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Dec 23, 2008 1:15:06 PM CST
Rickey, when's your review getting posted?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Because you're talking like you seen the film.You're giving the film shit, but since there is no way you've seen it, you're just talking shit.
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Dec 23, 2008 1:15:13 PM CST
No way. Bay is on his way into Boll territory...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....which means he is quickly becoming one of my favorite comedy directors.
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nothing i have read about avatar sounds fresh or original. the art i have seen has been underwhelming.
the hype i have heard has been deafening, but mainly based on the fact that cameron is going back to sci-fi after titanic. from all accounts, i am sure the movie will be the 'first' to employ a new technique that will be aped and improved upon in the next few years by everyone else. and that's all it will be known for. people don't really sit around and discuss matrix anymore, nor do 99% of people even know the name of the first talkie or the first color film. this sounds like a thin movie made to display a new gimmick, and that's it. -
Rickey primarily still speaks in the third person. Sometimes he pontificates in the editorial voice. The important thing is that Rickey never ever speak in the first person voice. That's Rickey's golden rule.
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Dec 23, 2008 1:18:08 PM CST
for some reason, I always heard Rickey's voice...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...in my head as a snappy black preacher.
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Rickey knows what most folks do: the movie's about a space marine who travels to a distant planet and fights in an alien revolution. That's the core plot and Rickey is wholly justified in being critical of its unoriginality. Snazzy fx do no a great movie make. Witness Cameron's Terminator, which is inferior to T2 in Rickey's eyes.
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Oh wait...
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now will this be a 'aliens' space marine, true to form? because if they cross and sort of expand the universe cameron has created (possibly evidenced by this 'dropship') then that may be interesting. if the two things are not related, and cameron is just out of ideas and recycling props and designs, then that is sad
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If Rickey speaking like Reverend C.L. Franklin is what does it for you, then who is Rickey to judge? Oh right, in that scenario, Rickey is completely within his rights to judge you.
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a drooling mongoloid mommys boy. "Rickey don't want it!""Rickey want to pee pee.""Rickey likes it when Billy touches his whoopsy. It makes Rickey feel funny."
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Dec 23, 2008 1:24:47 PM CST
well James Horner is doing the score it seems....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....at least that will be decent.
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Somebody likes Devin Faraci a whole lot.
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McG, Michael Bay, Len Wiseman and Brett Ratner are all out there 'directing' and you're criticising James Cameron?
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sitting in from of some piece of machinery pointing to something is enough to make you all jizz in your pants?
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Rickey is great. We used to get into it many moons ago, but he was always a cool dude, IMO.
And about the drop ships......nothing is as cool as Starship Troopers design.
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How awesome would shakey 3D be?
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Happy Hanukkah to you too buddy! Rickey addressed your question above if you wish to continue. Point is, after a shitload of years spent on AICN talkbacks, Rickey's seen more than enough overhyped movies to make an educated guess concerning the merits of Cameron's tech demo.
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LOL...because they are big boys that need big, chunky toy buttons and handles and caution tape
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Just messing with Rickey because he's talking trash about a film he knows little about (by his own admittance).I do that on occasion and welcome anyone to do the same to me.You on the other hand... Your irrational hatred of Cameron is amusing. But your powers could be used elsewhere.
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I think you hit it on the head with the Tonka factory. Just that one wall already looks cheap and plastic like all the set design in Aliens. Seriously...what did Cameron tell the set designers? "What Ridley did with the sets and look of the film was okay.....but I wanna brighten it up and make it look a lot fucking cheaper."
"How so?"
"Oh I dunno....just paint everything battleship grey and make it look like fucking plastic." "You sure James?" "Trust me man, if I have Marines fighting aliens-- no matter what I do the fans will be sucking my balls for the next 30 years. Watch and learn." -
Dec 23, 2008 1:32:30 PM CST
All Rickey knows is that he liked this movie better when it was
by rickey henderson
MAN-CATS!
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Hhhhhhmmmmm. Good point. I agree. I waste too much of my life on Cameron. Linda Hamilton said the same thing. ZING!!
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that's where the money's at. recast michelle rodriguez as vasquez...and we can learn if she was really a dyke or if she and Drake had more than just a special friendship.and also because i want to know the story about them rescuing those other colonists from their virginity, and i need to know more about octurian poon-tang.
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very rational, he just expresses it in a very colorful manner.
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There's overhyped because a good filmmaker is making a film for the first time in 12 years, and theres Watchmen-type hype which is mostly bullshit. As a longtime TB'er, you should have better judgement. IMO of course.Merry Festivus everyone!
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crow t robot got his name from a space marine. when the aliens are coming out of the walls and chaos is ensuing, the feed from one of the marine's cams is labelled 'CROWE, T'..... seriously.
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....if Terminator Salvation ends up being twice the film this fucking gimmick Avatar is?! Its possible -- Stan Winston/Practical Magic VS. 3D Weta Gimmick. Hhhhhmmmmmm....
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Thing is, Cameron has been working on this movie for 12 years, hasn't he? Remember the last time a beloved sci fi director took so long to make a new movie? Have we forgiven Lucas for the Phantom Menace? Hell no. Cameron is too wrapped up in himself to make a decent movie anymore. Hopefully he just needs to get this out of his system and gear up for Battle Angel, because yes, the man does make damned entertaining popcorn flicks. He just needs to stop it with the Ahab shtick.
Concerning Watchmen, now there's a movie that Rickey is definitely hyped for, calamari or not. Unlike 300, that's definitely a property that benefits from the fetishistic shot for shot loyalty to the comic panels that Snyder is known for. -
but it will daterape you, by looking all nice and well-groomed, until you actually go see it, then it will put something in your drink and forcibly stick it up your ass while you plead and whimper in pain, wishing you hadnt turned down that sometimes scruffy looking but always fun to hang out with Ratner fella.
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...saying Cameron is a good popcorn flick director is fine. I can live with that. When people (unionJACKass.webs.com) say shit like "He is without a doubt the greatest director in the world," it sorta makes me cringe.
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And these few have signed a non-disclosure agreement but have been "hinting" about what they saw ever since.
The fans of Cameron being rather excitable about him finally making a new Movie is in evidence cetainly, but it doesn't totally explain all the Hype.
My caution would be that if some people were shown a Demo of the 3D Tech were they REALLY excited about the material or just blown away by the cool new 3D Tech ?
Not that I'm going to dismiss this out of hand yet as there is real promise particularly IF the C.G. is also a Quantum Leap and shows a highly detailed Alien World in amazing detail and fidelity. Likewise IF the Aliens are pretty awesome and a good deal more than glowing humanoid Abyss type Aliens then it's well on it's way to being a Landmark Movie.
The plot COULD also be very good IF it's a bit more complex than an unsubtle "man fucks up planet, nice man leads Alien revolution against bad men."
It's going to be a loooooooong wait till Christmas if the Hype stays this relentless with little to back it up though. I look forward to something, ANYTHING from the actual Movie to guage just how much the Movie or the Tech is pushing expectations. -
Dec 23, 2008 1:53:47 PM CST
if Cameron had balls, this would be coming out in the summer
by rickey henderson
What's the matter Jimmy, scared that your CGI bonanza is going to get overshadowed by the rest of the summer fare?
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You're the bizarro Droid because we are polar opposites. I couldn't give a shit about Watchmen. I didn't even know what a Watchmen was until about a year ago. Zack Snyder is not a filmmaker I associate with quality. I started the book about 2 months ago and have got 4 chapters in. The blue guys on mars reflecting on his life. Forgive me if I say it's not getting me excited. What I hope is that its an ok movie. Not great, not even good, just ok. Then it won't get raves from every fucking fanboy, but it also won't get completely derided. It will be put down as a missed opportunity. Then forgotton about. Like the Matrix sequels. Those shut the fanboys up quick smart.As for Cameron. I understand your Lucas comparison, but IMO Cameron is a much more talented director than Lucas. But in one year we can discuss this again, when we've seen it and its the new Phantom Menace or it's the new Aliens.
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Sold!
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Dec 23, 2008 1:58:51 PM CST
Did someone just say Quantum Leap!?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Man, I used to love that show!
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No thanks I already got one.
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Dec 23, 2008 2:01:46 PM CST
"Zack Snyder is not a filmmaker I associate with quality."
by bringingsexyback
I can't even believe you uttered those words. What the hell is wrong with you?
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Time to turn in your geek credentials buddy. It's certainly not your typical Zing Bam Boom comic. It's a graphic novel about how reality can be deadlier to superheroes than Kryptonite. It's an incredible psychological profile on the modern day superhero genre. And it's a fucking masterpiece in Rickey's opinion.
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But whatever Snyder puts out, I am fucking watching it, and enjoying it.
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An early cut anyway. So it's not just "Vaporware" people have been judging Watchmen on the merits of ACTUAL FOOTAGE. And Rickey is quite correct, Watchmen HAS a great story that, if translated fairly faithfully will deliver.
There are just too many imponderables in Avatar for me to jump aboard the eyeball fucking Hype bandwagon yet. But I certainly welcome a new leap into 3D IF it's as effetive and free from previous attempts problems as we are led to believe. (if the 3D just gives people a sore head, eyestrain and little better than the red and blue glasses Cameron is going to look a complete chump.) So I think he's probably tested it to death by now and it must work pretty amazingly.
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NERD RAGE! Seriously, WTF Zack. If you don't want to put him in the gimp mask, that's maybe somewhat understandable though still unforgivable. But to not even have the fucked up, hideous scar? Why's he kill the Vietnamese wench then? And if he doesn't kill the Vietnamese wench then does the situation that has him saying "God help us all" not involve his noting that Dr. Manhattan is turning into a flake? No scar > no squid >> no Black Freighter >> no Alan Moore seal of approval > possibly too much slow motion >> no shiny Rorschach mask > Laurie being too young and hot.
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Dec 23, 2008 2:04:43 PM CST
Your a tough man to please BSB.
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Those are some high expectations.
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Yeah, I readily admit to not reading comics. I felt I had to read it because so many TB'ers were masturbating all over their keyboards about how life changing it was. My keyboard remains dry.
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I read an article a while back about new LCD's that were capable of delivering 3D without the goggles. And Cameron was all over it if I remember correctly.
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fake thundercat trailer..very inventive..better than if the studios made it..
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Certainly, it's not Princess Leia pissing and moaning about some Rebellion in luvverly flickery projected 3D... but still!
It's an entirely new tool to wield and even regardless of Avatar seeing what certain Directors could come up with when let loose in 3 Dimensions is a genuinely exciting prospect.
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AUGH!!!!
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Some dudes have way too much time on their hands.
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I weep for film.
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I'd rather watch a James Cameron movie!! Snyder is no filmmaker. He is a little punk with access to expensive toys. Fuck him. Watchmen does look mildly entertaining but anything he has previously done is pure butthole.
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Rickey doesn't agree with the idea of heaping praise on a director simply for trying something new. In order to earn that praise, whatever they're doing has to actually WORK. A lot of buzzwords are being tossed around, but can anyone here actually tell Rickey what in the name of god Cameron has created? Digital CGI puppets that learn and evolve? A beryllium fueled camera that travels back in time? Boom mikes that defy Newtonian physics? What the fuck has Cameron done that will change the way we look at cinema? Hasn't someone told this guy that CGI has already hit it's saturation point? It's all been diminishing returns since Jurassic Park.
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God I hope you are being sarcastic with that Zack Snyder love. You seem like too smart of a guy to like him, unless your a self-flagellating closeted homosexual of course. But aren't you married? Just the fact that he spells Zack with a "k" is enough to hate him and his parents.
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Dec 23, 2008 2:33:40 PM CST
my eyeballs are huddled in the shower with their clothes on.
by samsquanch
this is news? COME ON.
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List of living directors better than Cameron: Steven Speilberg, PT Anderson, David Fincher, Brian De Palma, Roman Polanski, Sydney Lumet, Ang Lee, Martin Scorsese, Joel/Ethan Coen, Bernardo Bertoluci, Francis Ford Coppola, and Ridley Scott just to name a few.
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He is using old claymation techniques and telling everyone it is new stuff.
This will make everyone agree in unison and then fall in line to lick the pre-ejaculatory fluid from his cock as he laughs all the way to the bank.
And I say this as someone who enjoys Cameron films for the most part.
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I never heaped praise on Cameron. I just said he's a good filmmaker and said you were talking shit because you were saying the film was shit.There are no free passes. But Cameron has a good track record (particulary with sci-fi) and I think (hope) this will be a good film, with good story and characters.That Cameron hasn't been sitting at home counting his Titanic loot, or churning out blasphemous retreads of past hits (ie. Lucas), but working on the technology side of the industry is a good thing.Hopefully he can back it up with a good film. And then Battle Angel.
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Rickey totally agrees: as he proved in 300, all Snyder is good for is meticulously translating comic books to film. He's a director without a sense of self or style. He's a scribe, no more. And you know what? THAT TOTALLY WORKS for Watchmen. Dude doesn't have to understand the property at all. All he needs to do is get the shots right and copy the dialogue and he'll make a great movie. Rickey doesn't want to see an artistic re imagining of Watchmen. Just let this hack transcribe the comic panels to celluloid verbatim. Rickey's cool with that.
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Sorry, I'm all out.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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Ratner can't even dream of the accuracy of Cameron's pointing!
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Rickey thinks we're on the same page. You suggest that Rickey is unfair in calling the film to be complete shit at this early stage. Rickey agrees with you. You are correct.
Rickey suggests that you are premature in deeming this film to be the second coming. You agree with Rickey. Rickey is correct.
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Not only am I serious about Snyder but I am really perplexed by those who actually don't like him. The moment I saw the Watchmen trailer I was in awe. There's an otherworldy dimension to it. Nothing gay about that. Yes, 300 had homoerotic overtones (strong ones) but lest we forget the Oracle and the Queen's titty shots? And I can't see how anyone could deny that it had great dialogue, superb acting and one of the greatest endings/climaxes to a film ever.
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Man, I understand you're busy and all, but it's been 3 WEEKS without a DVD column, and this is just getting ridiculous! BNATX has been over for days and there still seems to be posts daily about it, but you can't find the time to catch up on the DVD's. Hand them over to someone else for Chrissakes! I know it holds a place in your heart, but sometimes you just have to face the reality that you DON'T HAVE THE TIME. You even spaced on the Dark Knight release week! That HAS to be a clue that you've got too much on your plate. Please, for the love of God, let someone else do it on the weeks you're going to be busy. Hell, I'll volunteer for free. But that column is an expected, weekly part of this site that has been missing for almost the entire month of December. And the longer you wait, the more behind on it you're going to get. Traitor, Hamlet 2, Burn After Reading, Death Race, The Dark Knight, The House Bunny, Generation Kill, Mamma Mia, The Mummy 3, Lost Sea. 4...all these, for better or worse, have all come and gone without so much as a word from Headgeek. And it's THE CHRISTMAS SEASON! When those link clicks mean more to Amazon than any other time of the year. They have to be getting a bit upset, too at this point. C'mon, Harry. Man up, admit you don't have the time, and hand over the reigns. We'll still get plenty of you elsewhere on this site, and we'll finally get back to a weekly column that can meet a deadline. You created this site, and now you're starting to embarass it. Not good, my man, not good...
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Whose finger will reign supreme?!?!
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While I never called it the second coming (there was a first coming?), we are on the same page.Since Watchmen isn't too far away, I expect some post release banter.Happy Festivus.
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FYI, Watchmen might not be coming out anytime soon. Warners and Fox are in quite a snit over the property at the moment. And since you're apparently very keen on the festivus, enjoy:
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Good list.
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Oh shit, if Toad reads your last post he will freak the fuck out on ye.
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Dec 23, 2008 2:57:38 PM CST
thats true-- should Harry have been on the Amazon column?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I would assume its the time to get it right with Christmas season and shit. But no. We've gotten like 3 in the past 2 months.
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Fuck, you might as well just read the original material if there is not going to be an artistic interpretation of it. That way leads to the dark side, or as I like to call it, work for Leterrier.
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No wonder Drew had a rough adolescence ...
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No no. I'm specifically thinking of either D. Vader or milf lover bringing up that chick from Race to Witch Mountain and saying she is going to be attractive and he got all pissed off. You were there that day-- but you ignored the topic.
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Dec 23, 2008 3:02:09 PM CST
I'm going to name my Folk Rock band BUSTED HYMENS.....
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Dec 23, 2008 3:04:28 PM CST
HOLY SHIT I didn't mean little Gert ALERT! ALERT!
by chittychittygangbang
Good Gosh, I meant some 23-year-old reject from the MTV Road Rules Challenge trying to extend her 15 minutes of fame by trying to latch on to ET and his riches.
No way in fucking hell did I mean ET finger banging a kid.
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Dec 23, 2008 3:07:09 PM CST
I had a friend wash some busted hymen from his truck
by chittychittygangbang
He banged her right in the back and had some meat left over the next morning.
Just popped 75 cents into the slot and power sprayed that shit off.
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That fucking sounds amazing, but the price of a bottle is steep.
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God I miss Jr. High.
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What, no Criterion Collection edition of "Armageddon" for you? (yes one actually exists).
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so the sun had turned the hymen meat a whitish color, sort of like that alien-ripley lovechild at the end of Alien:Erection.
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Why didn't anyone tell me about that Criterion release?
When Willis tells Affleck that he always thought of him as a son and Affleck screams that he loves him...
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Dec 23, 2008 3:17:47 PM CST
This is an actual quote from the Criterion website
by chittychittygangbang
Armageddon
by Jeanine Basinger Jun 22, 1999
Despite what you may have heard, Armageddon is a work of art by a cutting-edge artist who is a master of movement, light, color, and shape—and also of chaos, razzle-dazzle, and explosion. (It was no surprise to me to learn that as a thirteen-year-old, director Michael Bay blew up his toy...
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Doesn't automatically make it a good film, or a film worth paying 40 bucks for. I'm sure if they were able to get cheap rights to Batman and Robin they would put out a deluxe DVD with a booklet written by Martin Scorsese and audio commentary comparing to the works of Nicholas Ray and Luis Bunel.
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...just sayin...
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Not trying to be a smartass or anything, but is it better materials that go with the dvd in the case or something?
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They try to get the best materials together possible for a film and usually have extensive extra materials. They also have to pay some sort offee to distribute the films. Still, I think that 40 bucks is a bit much to ask for a film. At least they are releasing a "value" line called art house essentials where the common man can (if he chooses) to buy DVDs of Rashomon, Grand Illusion, Kife in the Water for 15 bucks, without the extras of course. Honestly though anymore their extras are the same rehash (some critic or film maker or famous person gushes in the linear notes about the film you've purchased, a rather dull commentary by a film scholar that if you're a true fan of the film illuminates nothing, a restoration reel, and some barely inaudible audio interview conducted with the director of the film decades ago).
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I guess barely inaudible would be very audible.
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Uncle Buck and Beastmaster.
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It should be required viewing.
I am lucky enough to have seen it in the theater.
Shanice: "I want to hear the pitter-patter of little feet before I die."
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Yeah, looks like they really put forth and effort to make sure you get a quality copy of a movie, but fuck they are costly.
I also read they had a 280-something dvd package that costs $5,000.
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It's sort of like how food that's good for you costs a lot more than food that's bad for you. I'm glad they put out these films on DVD, but at the same time is a little disheartening to think that if someone wants to own some wonderful Truffaut film they have to plop down 40 bucks. I guess maybe they're trying to remedy this situation with the essential art house line, but it's still strange how films that are in their collection that you know have made a lot of money for Criterion (I'm thinking Seven Samurai) are still extremely expensive.
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All I know about this movie is that Cameron is directing it and that, somehow, will lead to incidents of ocular coitus. Oh, and apparently, there is a picture of him wearing an anime t-shirt with some guy on a set. How the hell you guys turned this into AICN's next epic flame war, I have no idea.
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i wonder if in a few years it will lead to eye problems or things yet undiscovered, like eye cancer or eye std's, seeing as how they are going to be fucked.
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the only 'chick from Witch Mountain' I said anything about is lovely Carla Gugino. With a hot piece of ass like the sublime Miss Gugino, why in the hell would anyone care about a 14 year old girl?
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DAMNED if I don't know Jim is a manga/anime fan. Can't wait for Battle Angel to commence filming next year! It amazes Jim still have a passion for manga despite middle age. Me, I still dig manga and American comic books more than anime. I gave up anime geek-out as soon as my 7th viewing of SPIRITED AWAY in the theaters ends. I'm waiting for the next anime film to blow me away.
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Is probably the computer that needs to do the effects. It's as big as three houses stacked on one another.
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John Candy was a genius. The stuff with Bucks niece and her boyfriend was brilliant. I loved how he tied him up put him in the boot of his car and used him as a golf tee. brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. PLane trains and automobiles. was exceptional. What loved about that was how serious candy became in the end. Really great film. They dont make them like that anymore. mores the pity.
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and praising Zack Snyder. Are 8 year olds taking over this site or what?
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Like it's been pointed out in this talkback already, you love the SPLAT sound of all those smelly shitballs you continuously lob around here. There has never been a greater attention whore in talkback than you, and that includes Mercier KOTB.
"I only converse with my own group".
Wow, I LOVE that excuse. It tends to crop up whenever you feel cornered or someone has called you on your abrasive horseshit. The fact is that you yell out your inane posts in all kinds of talkbacks, not just the ones with "your group".
Listening to you talk about movies and passing judgment on directors and actors is just laughable. Nothing you say can be taken seriously in this regard because of your utter lack of taste -- even when it comes to bad cinema. See, when I love bad films it's actually BECAUSE they're bad. You love truly horrible films, but argue that they're GOOD, like You've Got Mail or Black Knight.
To put your Cameron views in perspective, one has to take into consideration that you think Aliens is the WORST movie in the series. The same pertains to Big Trouble in Little China. I love BTILC, but you consider it to be the "only good movie" John Carpenter ever made. You also think The Phantom Menace is better than A New Hope.
And that's just scratching the surface of the sheer torrent of retarded statements you have made about movies. This goes beyond individual taste and into the realm of sensibility vs utter fucktardism.
It's certainly a mystery for the ages as to why a number of talkbackers, who I like and respect a great deal, have decided to put up with your assholery when they wouldn't have tolerated it from anyone else. Maybe it's because you've learned a few simple feats of human mimicry which allow you to pass as something other than a proto-simian, like lifting your shoulders a bit to keep your knuckles from dragging on the floor. You're nothing but a troll and a lush, a drink-and-typer who's distinguished himself as being abusive, abrasive and shrill even in the context of AICN talkback, which is nigh unheard of.
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and hoping against hope that this will be the return of a filmmaking messiah. Cinemas seceond coming. Calm the feck down. Cameron has not prodcuced one single frame of footage. The jury is still out of the technology. As a someone who has seen all of camerons films. So far. I will be seeing this one. I am just not getting my hopes up. I dont by into hype. Hyping of films makes me think that an overly hyped film stinks. I get put off. Even with this sites blatant use of negative hype. Please tone the hype on this one.
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Tell me I missed something. We're running a talkback on a single picture that shows nothing about a movie? how do you know it's not Cameron just touring an electric power plant in Canada or something?
Lame.
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"And I can't see how anyone could deny that it had great dialogue, superb acting and one of the greatest endings/climaxes to a film ever." - If you were talking about The Godfather I might agree, but 300?!
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Sam is awesome. He's been working pretty hard here in Australia for a long time. It's great that he's finally going to get the attention he deserves.
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Look at the size of that backpack! Based on the backpack alone I think we can safely assume Avatar will be the greatest movie of all time.
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Seriously dude, be honest....do you keep details of me written down in a composition book? Its sorta flattering, but sorta freaky at the same time. You remember more of my posts than I do.
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While I was entertained by your psychological profiling of Mr. DICKBLOOD, I have to say that you are full of shit and of yourself. (wait, shit and yourself, wouldnt that be the same thing?)
You accuse him of being a troll because he makes outrageous comments, and because his taste in movies is somehow not up to YOUR standards?
Well, guess what dumbass, if that's how you define a troll, then EVERYBODY who posts in these talkbacks is a fucking troll too! We've all come on here to bash some movie/actor/director/whatever at some point. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US has done it! You cant even try to deny it! That's what these talkbacks are about!!! So take your holier than thou attitude and shove it up your ass, you're not better than any of us! -
Because that's the length of time that CGI has advanced to where it is now. Now reflect on James Cameron taking note of all these advances, taking into consideration the visual advances his team made with T2, Aliens and The Abyss. Imagine all those creative juices flowing around in his mind during all that time. And now he's working on something that will not only raise the bar higher than anyone has ever taken it. You're gonna need NASA's help to see it. AVATAR!!! Fucking your eyeballs this summer in zero gravity.
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"2 men sit in front of a control panel, the 1 on the left is pointing." Goddamnit, you ruined the whole fucking movie for me yet again Harry Knowles!!!I can't remember the last movie with so much buzz and hype that said absolutely nothing the way this film has.
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"You think Bay has a big fucking pile of coke? Fucking please...You walk right past that repainted xenomorph over there and take a gander at Cameron Dunes! And no, that ain't fucking sand. That shit is still pouring in from Titanic! From fucking Titanic! You Know how much money a billion dollars is you little shit? Step right over there and do an upside down snow angel pronto..."
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In case it wasn't clear, it's not his taste that makes him a troll, it's his ceaseless, braying, sensationalist posts in which he's literally trying to annoy as many people as possible. THAT'S a troll. Like I said, even in the context of talkback Dickblood's a complete cunt.
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I think it only ended this morning. Don't forget he made that terrible drag of a movie too. I love aliens as much as the next guy but come on now. It's a picture of him pointing.
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cunt-rag elitism as well. Its true Milf, disagree with Doc a few times too many and suddenly you're a fucking troll. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Thats not being a douche bag at all, keep telling yourself that old man. And lets not forget how this all began. When you busted through the fucking door and started ranting about what a dumb fuck I was for not loving the mother/daughter relationship in Aliens. From then on I was nothing more than a troll. Uh huh-- you're nothing like MoM. Nothing at all. I'm a troll, Hobo is a Nazi, and anyone I regularly converse with in the CoC talkbacks are all under my voodoo spell, and thats how they put up with my shit, right? Fuck off dude. Its not even fun to call you out anymore. Just FUCK OFF.
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I'd really like to see the talkback you're referring to about Aliens. See, as I recall, it started out as a friendly ribbing until you went into your usual drunk "fuck you" mode. Maybe you have the link to prove me wrong?
While you're at it, maybe you can find a talkback where I called Hobo a "nazi"? Good luck on that one, chief.
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...if it is indeed my "ceaseless, braying, sensationalist posts in which he's literally trying to annoy as many people as possible," that makes me a TROLL-- then would you be bitching and crying the same way if I were posting just as many posts on Cameron from a lover's perspective. If I were on here saying EVERYONE KNOWS THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST FILM OF 2009-- would you have the same hostile reaction to me? If you say yes, you're a fucking coward and a liar. You know damn well you wouldn't have a problem with it. Even though I would in fact be just as ceaseless and annoying. If I were endlessly raving about how great Cameron is, you wouldn't have fuck to say about it. So that proves it. Milf was right. Its not my attitude or approach-- its my opinions that piss you off. So the minute I trash Cameron-- I become a troll in your eyes. Seriously....get a fucking life. Not everyone has to agree with you for your life to appear significant. Fucking coward.
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I deal with it just fine. You've always been a fucking joke and provided me with hours of laughs. Stick around asshole.
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the simple fact that you can be so annoyed at Danny's behavior shows that you're taking this waaaaaaaaaaaay too fucking seriously. Chill the fuck out dude. You do realise that you're on some stupid movie site, dont you?
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Okay okay....I didn't mean you directly called Hobo a Nazi. You just went on a giant rant about how "Dangerous" he is because of his views on the Holocaust and called him an Anti-Semite, as if thats any different you stupid fuck.
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I'm off folks. Goodnight to all. Doc P. if I don't see you again before Christmas, FUCK OFF.
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"Fuck off" or "stick around"?
What does Cameron have to do with anything? You're a troll in virtually every talkback you visit. So far I haven't seen any Cameron-loving troll bomb as wide an array of talkbacks as you have. Trust me, I'm an equal opportunity loather of trolls. We'd be having this same conversation in a Carpenter, Pasolini or Fred fucking Olen Ray talkback if you had called me out there instead.
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Yes, please find a talkback where I call hobo an "anti-Semite" and discuss his views on the Holocaust. Maybe it's at the bottom of that bottle.
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MY EYES ! MY EYES !!!!!
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Baby Yeshua does not approve, don't stir His wrath.
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Dec 23, 2008 6:17:05 PM CST
Actually DocPazuzu,,, There's a case to be made...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
that Motoko whateverhisnameis is a "Cameron-loving troll" and he infects every fucking talkback with his annoying catchphrase. Dislike DGDB all you want, but that Motoko dumbfuck just repeats the same shit in every single talkback. Yet he's suspiciously absent from this one. (That's not an invitation, motoko)
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... yes
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calls me an anti-semite, troll and attention whore. Probably all in one post too.
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Dec 23, 2008 6:24:28 PM CST
But does he call you an anti-dentite?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
And even a honky.
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There is an actual physical set?? No green screen? How 20th century! George Lucas should beat his ass! What a moron! A physical set indeed!
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I'm not entirely convinced Motoko's not employing sarcasm there. Either way, yes, it can be annoying, but neither his posts nor the "damn you michael bay" guy are anywhere near as obnoxious as Dickblood is.
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That's fucking badass!
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I'm afraid you don't have much of a case there, bub. While TBer Motoko Kusanagi may be a Cameron-lover and a "catchphrase troll", he doesn't attack people for disliking Cameron. That's the difference here and it seems to be lost on some people in this TB. Because what the attacker means to imply is if you're someone who is looking forward to AVATAR, then you're some sort of "AVA-TARD" and a whore for the so-called Cameron hype. Well, sooner or later, that someone is going to call, "BULLSHIT".Now, it's one thing for someone like DICKBLOOD to strafe a talkback with anti-Cameron invective. It's another to take shots at those who enjoy the man's movies and look forward to his next project(s). If he can't deal with a little retaliation in the form of counter-arguments or a well-placed broadside, then we're all gonna have a problem.
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I got a whole shitload of 'em.
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Remember when that retarded Segway scooter was going to revolutionize the entire world and how we travel? Um. Yeah. I predict massive over-hyped bomb here. Then, Cameron will work on Titanic 2.
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Ohhhh my God. That is James Cameron! He has aged, like, 40 years since Titanic! That's what 10 years of diving under extreme water pressures do to you!
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No offensive, Gaius, but he totally does. I give it three seconds before he comes on here and lamely insults me for hating the hysterically awful and insipid T2: WEE WUB WOO ROBODADDY.
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Movie will probably end up sucking balls anyway.
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once people see it used by Kevin James in Paul Blart Mall Cop!
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Can't we all be friends and all agree to have our Sleighbells fucked for Christmas instead?
God bless us every one.
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Seriously. Titanic was boring. Teenage girls made that film a success because they wanted to see Leo! Also the pretty music and that Celine Deon song helped. And once the media started to hype it up, well then it became the "it" movie to see. Also, even though "Aliens" was good, it's not a movie in which you can see over and over again. There's some good scenes of course, but nothing life changing. Now, the first "Terminator" was superior to the second film. The first Terminator film struck chords with people, the second had bad acting. Also, the effects wasn't great for the t-1000. Ha! I've seen the same effects back then on "The Secret World of Alex Mack", and at least Alex Mack had the hot Larissa Olyenik and Jessica Alba in it! Also, "The Abyss" sucked! Most main stream audience hated it. "True Lies" was a James Bond wanna be. It was nothing special, except it had the hot teenage Eliza whatshername! Damn, whats her last name again? The girl in Josh Wehdon's Buffy and Dollhouse? Anyway, she was hot in that film. Other than that, Cameron films were and still just....o.k.
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Every single point you just made there to argue that James Cameron is over rated was just utter - and I mean utter - drivel. laughable. seriously. I can only assume you're about 9 years old. As for the picture, well-are we possibly looking at the interior of the gunships that the troops on Pandora use? By the way, Cameron needs to grow his beard back - he looks better with facial fuzz. I bet that's his wife's doing. women like feminized males these days. porn star moustaches and thick beards are due for a comeback-let's have a 70's revival. Reclaim your manhood!
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ALL directors no matter how good have shit on thier resumes and arguing about a movie nobody nows anything about is dumb.My eyeballs could be fucked by Avatar in 2009, but that doesn't mean they might be fucked because Avatar is awesome. It could also be because I just got skull fucked by a bad movie. So how about everbody take a collective step back and wait until we see something concrete about Avatar. By concrete, I mean something more profound then a picture of Cameron pointing out where he wants the portashitters to be placed.
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AND YOU ARE THERE
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I'm willing to bet that both Star Trek and Terminator are better than this. The only thing out there is the ten-year-old scriptment, so that's all I have to go on.
It's bad. The whole thing is a Envoirnmental peace, with a heavy dose of American indian guilt, mainly taking place with what will undoubtably cgi felines. Which the main character falls in love with. And they do it.
The environmentalists and furries might go nuts for it. But if it hasn't been changed significantly, this is going to be a disaster. It's the 2009 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. -
AAAAAAAH MY EYEBALLS
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I'll stick to my usual covert hand-job via girlfriend and Popcorn bucket with a hole in the bottom.
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There are only a few movies that I've seen more than say 20 times, and James Cameron has 3 movies in the list... T1,T2 and Aliens.
( The rest of the list, for those who care... for good or bad is: Braveheart, The Original SW trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Back to the Future, The Godfather, Robocop, Blade Runner, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Last of the Mohicans, Say Anything, 16 candles, Glory, The Sting, Silence of the Lambs, Young Guns, The Right Stuff, Maverick, Shawshank Redemption, Terminator 1&2, Aliens, Tron, Last Starfighter, Ghostbusters, South Park movie, The Naked Gun, Patriot Games & Clear and Present Danger, Basic Instinct, Much ado about Nothing, Swing Kids, Dead Poets Society, Aladdin, Wizard of Oz, 2001, Ten commandments, miracle on 34st street, Predator, and Star Trek II, oh and RHPS if that counts.)
Not that all of them are good, in fact some of them are crappy, but they are all movies I have seen so often that I remember ever line and every scene for most of them.
Aliens is so ingrained in my brain, I never could watch an Paul Riser shows without hating him.
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Finally someone here with a good idea.
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Avatar...personally I think this will be another Abyss...interesting sfx...but a film too butchered in the editing bay by the suits to make sense.....fans left wondering what happened and waiting for the inevitable directors cut...
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But they do not come close to: The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Godfather II, The Dark Knight, or even Jaws. Let's face it, Cameron's films are good, but not that good. His "Abyss" and "True Lies" were weak! Why get so excited over this film? You haven't even seen a trailer yet. Hell, his "Dark Angel" tv show sucked. The only good thing about that was Alba.
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You might call it sappy, but it's nonetheless true: the end of The Abyss (no, not the end end) moved me far more than did anything in The Dark Knight. Your other movies you can leave in that list, but it's too soon for TDK.
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...to the three-letter word "eye", which has already made an appearance 44 times in the preceeding 91 posts. Nicely done for a non-article non-conjunction.
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The original 9 graphic novels are some of the best cyberpunk out there. The second series (Last Order) isn't nearly as good however.
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Show up you dirty rotten eyeballz you.
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No offense taken.Now, is Motoko just randomly attacking people? Or is he defending himself from those who snipe at his "Who Cares When AVATAR Is Fucking Your Eyeballs" schtick? I'm curious because I've never really interacted with Motoko and he doesn't seem to stir up the controversy like DICKBLOOD.
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Dec 23, 2008 11:48:09 PM CST
"See that, Its awful isn't it? Thats why we are not showing anyt
by fisheater
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Thank you for making the most astute point in this TB. Cheers, sir.
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Dec 23, 2008 11:51:24 PM CST
"The large Hadron Collider shoots particles, see its amazing isn
by fisheater
Worthington thinking,This guy is FUBAR'd bigtime
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Dec 23, 2008 11:53:04 PM CST
Xiphos_2- "Were going to release a teaser showing that concrete
by fisheater
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...has anyone posted this story? http://tinyurl.com/5vjwcu
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You know things have gone from bad to worse if I'm the one making astute points in a talkback.Hey man I hope you and yours have a good Chritmas.
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This won't be like anything we've seen before. If all JC was going to do was film live action with his Pace 3D cameras, then other movies would be comparable that use the Pace cameras.
But JC is using WETA. They did LOTR and Kong. This movie is going to use technology not done before. Just the photo realistic performance capture will be something worth checking out. On top of that is the world that this takes place in. An alien world with some super cool shit. Floating islands, some crazy species that roam the planet. Expect a flight on a creature probably in the same fashion as in the end of the Abyss when Bud hitches a ride. How cool that would of been in 3D.
The Earth scenes and the set up of the story will no doubt be awesome and foreplay to what's to come. Once the space traveling starts and the arrival to the alien planet is where the eyeball fucking will begin.
You'll have an optical hard-on so bad you'll be begging the movie to jerk off your irises so you can shoot jizz out of your pupils.
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I'm enjoying it! And there's nothing wrong with getting hyped up over a movie's effects. I love effects! So I'm excited over that alone!
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of all this witless hype. Seriously, a couple blurry images of some chick that Cameron debunked, an image of some christing teaser stock and this? I'll get excited when I see something cool.
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look, he's not the greatest director that has ever lived. that would be fellini, or truffaut, or kurosawa. pick either one. but when it comes to big budget spectacle, no one, i mean absolutely no one comes close to cameron. especially not the hack who just did indy4.
cameron knows his story structure, he's extremely precised in designing his action set pieces, always strive to achieve something never before seen in films. and moreover, his standard for coolness is second to none.
only clueless jackasses and attention-seeking whores would look at cameron's return to film and not be excited. -
forget the effects! forget 3D camera and all those newly developed tech used for the movie! those are just icing on the cake. that's not what's cool about cameron. the effect is just there to support his vision. and no matter how cool the effect going to be, it would still look dated 10 years from now. just look at his t-1000.
what makes cameron cool is that he KNOWS what is cool. one bullet shattering t-1000 into million pieces, those same pieces coming back together, arnold standing still from night to day, arnold trying to get his horse off of the top of a highrise hotel and onto a pool way down below, the much imitated bridge versus harrier jets, alien queen versus ripley in loader, t-1000 versus t-800. i can go on.
these are cool ideas ONLY he could come up. i cant wait what that brain of his think up next after 12 years of imagining and dreaming.
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The Terminator and Aliens now? Sheesh. I'm wondering how the poster above can justify saying Star Trek and Terminator Salvation will be 'better' than Avatar. Abrams and McG simply have no idea how to put together a film on the same level as Cameron. I mean, it's not rocket science here guys. Go away and analyse Cameron's action sequences and how brilliantly and thoughtfully they're put together. Then compare them to the action sequences in Mission Impossible 3 and the Charlie's Angels films. A little simple research and thought that spares us all coming on here and having to read through shit. Jesus.
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...until my eyeballs instantly forgive the dull soreness upon Avatar apologizing for being so rough.
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call me old fashioned, but i never care for the current trend of shaky cam & fast edit type of filmmaking. as much as love bourne ultimatum(dont care for the first 2) and dark knight, they are not in the same filmmaking league as any cameron's film. what's the biggest set piece in dark knight? a truck getting flipped??? the movie cost over 150 million and that's what nolan has to show for it?
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...they basically rented the city of Chicago all last summer?
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just because it's a "weak"er cameron film, doesn't make it a weak film. it shows that cameron knows funny, and is better at comedy than all the current big name hollywood comedians(yeah, i'm looking at you will ferrel, sandler, murphy, myers). and then those set pieces. the bridge sequence alone is already imitated in the first matrix movie, mission impossible 3, die hard 4.
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spot on. The action sequences in True Lies have yet to be surpassed.
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didn't emmerich rent the whole of new york city a few times for his disasters movies? and i dont remember his films ever costing that much. i dont care if nolan rented the whole city or created it with 1s and 0s. for a $150 million movie it's severely lacking the big money shots.
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..wasn't that pricey as well? And I think Independence Day was mostly soundstages and miniatures. Either way I don't think it was as extensive as the DK production. Shutting down several blocks at a time for days. I can only think of I am Legend doing something similar in modern times. Not that I necessarily disagree with you; why not use SOME CG to spruce up the city? hell, they did in Batman Begins. I guess the Bays and Ratners have turned CG into a crime.
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i'm too lazy to research the actual cost for his films, but at least with those films, the money is up there on the screen. and that's my point. dark knight does not LOOK like it should cost that much. and to go back to cameron, every penny he spent is always up there on the screen, fucking your eyeballs.
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Can't wait to see the top of my head in 2009...
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...goddamn.
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I know we all think of Cameron as a growly guy who loves guns and blowing up shit, but I was really impressed with his sensitivity on the commentary for the Soderbugh SOLARIS. Great movie, and his appreciation of S's film-making was quite touching. And, of course, we should never forget that Cameron made Ripley in Aliens one of the top 20 great female roles.
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Can't you dumbasses tell from this picture? It's fucking obvious.
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let me drop my pants so I can spank it.
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James Cameron is overrated. Aliens is dumb fun but it isn't a patch on Alien. True Lies has awesome action, yes, but it is corny and the humiliation of Jamie Lee Curtis' character was vaguely disturbing. Speaking of corny: Titanic. Terminator is great. T2 is almost great. Abyss is almost great. I'll give him credit there, but I have no faith in Avatar being an amazing movie. It might be amazing from a technological / novelty POV, but Cameron is mainly a kick-ass big-bang action director. And this doesn't sound like much of an action movie.
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'Cos I'm getting one.
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alita as in battle angel alita. as in the other cameron's dream project.
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no one sees anything but a director giving direction to his actor in that one picture. your bias is showing, that's why you see something else no one else is seeing.
like i said already, if you're not the least bit excited about cameron's big return to film, you're either clueless about filmmaking or just an attention seeking whore. -
Very quick. Very sharp.
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it's funny people would attack cameron for jamie lee's role in true lies, and forget the fact that all other females roles in cameron's films have been strong. ripley, sarah connor, angela basset in strange days(he wrote it), the woman in abyss, winslet as rose. all these are strong role models for women. name me one other director who has a better track record in potraying women in action movies.
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for his ginormous belly?
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Cameron has raised the CGI bar once again.
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...information about the AVATAR film. It took me a while to find them, but the images are blend into the background.
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Don't sell yourself short. You've got mad skillz, man.In the meantime, stay safe. My best to you and yours - have a Merry X-mas and a rockin' New Year!
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. . .and nothing has been seen yet. At least when the hype for TDK began, it was based off of Pictures and Trailers. They are setting this one up for failure. JC has got to deliver something epic, like T2/Aliens Epic, not the pussafied Titanic for it to be successful and not just count on the hype and 3-D.
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In seeing what kind of tech Mr. Cameron brings to bear. He is very much an innovator when he makes a movie. Quality audio and full-face diving gear? Never done consistently before prior to 'The Abyss'. Let's not forget about the AR nature of being able to film two sides of the boat in 'Titanic' with a set that only had one camera facing side. Had to do stuff backwards for goodness sake! Had to deal with special electrical wiring so they could submerge and submerge again without significant risk of life and limb.
If he's developed 3D technology and was able to get some major camera player to help develop a motion picture quality piece of equipment to film 'Avatar', it should be pretty awesome.
Now, if we can only get him to do something REALLY cool...like a movie based off of the retro Gerry Anderson show 'U.F.O.'! -
Yes he comes up with some of the coolest shit. But we know that. You are stating the obvious. We've seen what he can do with a 2D camera and some live props and F/X mixed in. Aliens is a fantastic film that holds up and then some today 23 years later.
What I'm saying is take all that cool shit and NOW add a way of presenting it we haven't seen yet. JC isn't gonna let his story suffer just because of some techy stuff he's using.
I don't need to see anything to know if it's gonna be any good or not. It'll be a awesome cinematic experience. Probably the best ever. But there's no way of knowing how well the story is until you watch all 2 1/2 hours of it. His biggest challenge is that the story holds its own against the dazzling display. He won't even know until the final cut.
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Lo and behold... this article is here. I was wondering what happened.
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Merry Xmas, man if I don't catch you in the chatroom. Take good care and celebrate a little extra if you can. May it not hurt later.
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and a merry christmas to you sir!
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Such a big hoo haa about something i know nothing about.
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Not all film directors can be as good as Zack Snyder you know.
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...look at those fucking pecs!!
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Him, Verhoven and McTiernan made THE greatest Sci-Fi action movies EVER,
Like DannyGloverDB said above about Cameron being a popcorn director, I sort of agree, but he is one of, if not THE best popcorn directors then.
And it just so happens that Sci-Fi action might be some peoples favorite genre of movie, if they like to admit it or not, I love my highbrow foreign movies to but sometimes you can't beat some, Aliens, Terminators, Predators and Robocops action. -
In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet 'Alpha Centauri B-4', and for those scientists and astronauts who've traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as 'Pandora'. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing lifeforms. Its also a world that harbors treasures and resources almost beyond price. But just as the original Pandora's Box wrought devastation on those who would use it for their own gain, so too this world may destroy not just the Pandorans home, but ours as well.
Avatar is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival. -
A wounded ex-marine (Sam Worthington) is sent to settle the planet Pandora against his will. He gets caught by the planet's natives, called Na'vis, and falls in love with one of them (Zoe Saldana). On their planet, he undergoes an experiment to transform into an avatar, another physical version of himself, which is a giant otherworldly creature who he can control through his mind. Filmed half live-action and half-CGI, director James Cameron attempts to create a virtual universe that is realistic and seamless to the naked eye.
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fuck all the naysayers. CAMERON OWNS YOU ALL. yOU little xenomorphs behind your keyboards and screens aren't worth him giving you the time of the day. Cameron is GOD.
Damn, this will get me fired by Fox. -
Dec 25, 2008 4:57:57 AM CST
it's a CAMERON movie with a title that starts with an A
by sherlock_junior
ITS FUCKING GOING TO FUCKING RULE!!!!!
Same for the 'T'
(ALIENS, ABYSS, AVATAR)
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Next for Cameron will be an M titled movie, so that he will keep laughing all the way to the bank
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