Avatar Superthread

Mitch Connor

The first trailer didn't interest me at all - second trailer was a lot better put together and gave a better sense of what the movie could be about.

Will def go see it, but not going to be camping out to get tickets.

nix

smcelhinney wrote: »

Caught the extended 3D trailer before Christmas Carol, was blown away! Tell me, is the iMax experience much better than the standard 3D? Whats the difference?

I have no idea, havent ever been to a 3D showing but i hear imax screens really push the 3d to the limits

It started off with just me and a mate going over, now theres about 15 of us

MagicMarker

It's just a movie.

It might be good, it might be bad. So far it's not making me cream myself.

Kiith

MagicMarker wrote: »

It's just a movie.

While it is just a movie, its also not just a movie....if you get me :P

This is probably the first real test of whether or not 3d cinema can work. Yes we've had 3d for animation films for a while now, but as a blockbuster, its a very big test. Considering how anticipated and expensive it has been, it could either show that 3d is a viable method for non-animation films, or it could seriously damage its future potential.

krudler

enniscorthy wrote: »

anybody else see the trailer looks brill


wonder whats it about

would it be suitable for kids

It pretty much gives away the plot in the trailer tbh,

Alien planet rich in rare mineral, humans want to farm it but a village is on top of the place they want to mine, they send a marine in to infiltrate the locals in a genetically engineered remote controlled body known as an Avatar, he learns they're not as savage as they're thought to be, falls in love with one, realises the army is bad m'kay and joins the natives to fight off the invading military, cue lots of big explosions and cool weapons

Handsome Bob

Maybe I'm nuts but I can't see what James Cameron has spent so much money on. Maybe my cinema is just ****. :pac:

nix

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Maybe I'm nuts but I can't see what James Cameron has spent so much money on. Maybe my cinema is just ****. :pac:

Or hasn't shown the Avatar trailer :P

thorbarry

Watching films in this new 3d is great. Although it really strains my eyes, am I the only one? I also hate having to put the 3d glasses over my already very thick glasses

They really need to make a solution for people already with glasses.

I'm still really excited for the move tho Its about James Cameron made another movie, its been too long

User45701

they abonded the non glases approcach to 3D so it will be glases for some time. The non glases approcach was too expensive.

enniscorthy

HI ALL WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR AN 8 YEAR OLD AND 12 YEAR OLD THANKS BRIAN

Handsome Bob

enniscorthy wrote: »

HI ALL WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR AN 8 YEAR OLD AND 12 YEAR OLD THANKS BRIAN

I don't see why not, I'm sure it's no more graphic than Star Wars or LOTR.

BopNiblets

Heh, whats with the periods in the title, it's just "Avatar"!

Alien Vertical Assault Time All Right!

nyarlothothep

Benjamin Button cg is better

humanji

Kiith wrote: »

I'm sure some people still wont be able to see past the fact that its animated. I personally cant wait though.

Ironically I had no idea it was all animated and thought it was just going to be CGI heavy, so I'm interested in seeing it now.

When's it out?

spfeno

Just watched trailer on YOUTUBE - looks good

krudler

humanji wrote: »

Ironically I had no idea it was all animated and thought it was just going to be CGI heavy, so I'm interested in seeing it now.

When's it out?

Why do people keep saying its animated? its not! its just got a lot of cgi backgrounds and characters, like the Star Wars prequels, its still got real actors and sets in it, just cgi for the alien worlds and Na'vi characters

zod

extended : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35kq3H0ISc

bigar

zod wrote: »

extended : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35kq3H0ISc

This looks amazing. I felt the hairs in my neck stand up at times.

Maybe James Cameron is the King of the World after all

Cokeistan

Anyone see South Park's take on it? xD

Galvasean

zod wrote: »

extended : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35kq3H0ISc

Regretting I watched that. While it looks fantastic, I cant help but feel that extended trailer is more or less the entire film condensed into 5 minutes.

ding-dong

LOTS of new footage/material:

James Cameron's Vision Featurette:

Themes Featurette:
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/avatar/featurette-themes

Human Hardware Featurette:

Through Eyes Of Colonel Quaritch (Spoilers! - also keep in mind there's lots of dubbing/editing going on here to make the featurettes simple and suitable to all ages. E.g. Jarhead = God Damn etc.)

Also, those of you who are on the Xbox Live Marketplace should be able to see a 4 minute chase scene in streaming HD.

Coke Zero will be branding over 140 million cans with avatar Augmented reality logos - here's a new ad:

McDonalds will also be using augmented reality for their happy meal toys.

New LG/Avatar ad:

Casio transform their London storefront:

Sample of the James Horner score (This track isn't featured on the soundtrack CD, but it is real - it's up on avatarscore.com):

New Images:

speedboatchase

I think this looks great and big fan of Cameron however the average person STILL has still not heard of this at all, Fox's marketing dropped the ball completely taking so long for a teaser and releasing a rubbish one at that, alienating its core fanbase. Read on a box office forum today that US tracking right now is indicating an opening weekend in the mid 40s. I hope I'm wrong but this could replace Waterworld as the go-to term for massive cinematic flops

ding-dong

speedboatchase wrote: »

I think this looks great and big fan of Cameron however the average person STILL has still not heard of this at all, Fox's marketing dropped the ball completely taking so long for a teaser and releasing a rubbish one at that, alienating its core fanbase. Read on a box office forum today that US tracking right now is indicating an opening weekend in the mid 40s. I hope I'm wrong but this could replace Waterworld as the go-to term for massive cinematic flops

I'm pretty sure you'll be seeing a lot of Avatar stuff everywhere by the start of December. Coke Zero cans are all going to be Avatar adverts as will McDonalds Happy Meal Toys. If there aren't posters absolutely everywhere in two weeks time I'll be very surprised. I think though, because it's not an established name or anything, they're waiting to blow the majority of their marketing budget on the few weeks leading up to the release of the film. I'm already seeing ads on the TV, so I don't know what you're talking about - how many movies run TV ads 3 weeks before their release?

Anyway LOADS of new videos here, some amazing footage (Small spoilers - probably the largest spoiler is in the Trudy Chacon video - so avoid if you're sensitive):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJpwWVLaAsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu9gspDub6M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a2GEdNjmJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7AaKjJ4YNo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCo00bdvRMg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGLSuQ4MFmE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlRzt0qmHhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oim4hbhAw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yak1drLKivw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1o1KYJASk

Galvasean

The score has been removed from Youtube. Pity, as I was looking forward to hearing some of it. I'm a big fan of Horner's music.

ding-dong

Galvasean wrote: »

The score has been removed from Youtube. Pity, as I was looking forward to hearing some of it. I'm a big fan of Horner's music.

Don't worry mate, you can hear that tune on avatarscore.com - just click the "Music" tab on the right. It's not actually on the soundtrack CD though. I actually heard 1 minute samples of all the CD tracks yesterday that a website put up, but it looks like Fox has been all over the net removing unauthorized uploads. It's really nice, the same style as Titanic. It has a catchy theme that runs through a lot of the tracks (including the Leona Lewis song lol) and there's a some electronic elements as well as tribal singing/choral work (in the Na'vi language).

Looks like someone ripped the Leona Lewis sample though:

I can make out the theme tune embedded in the song, but the pace is different. I assume it's hard to make it out if you haven't heard the other tracks. It's good though.

ding-dong

1 minute samples of the soundtrack are back up!

http://soundcloud.com/user2753116/sets/avatar_ost_samples

You can hear the theme very clearly in "Night Iridescence" and several other tracks like "Becoming One of the People", "Jakes First Flight", "Scorched Earth" etc. I really like the way that variations of that tune run through several tracks.

enfant terrible

I believe here in Limerick we have a Masterimage 3D setup.

Anyone know how they compare to the Dolby 3D and RealD setups?

seraphimvc

cant f*cking wait to see this!!!perfect movie after exams!!!:D:D

ding-dong

Full Leona Lewis end credits song released. Not my cup of tea but it's obviously doing the trick (getting the girls hooked) if you look at the YouTube comments. I think she's performing it on the X-Factor finals next weekend. Brilliant marketing. Don't understand what the lyrics are going on about at all but they'll probably make sense after watching the film.

Also, neat new TV ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StI04ssV-y8

BlitzKrieg

Don't understand what the lyrics are going on about at all but they'll probably make sense after watching the film

did my heart will go on make sense after watching titanic???