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I Finally Saw Avatar...

MCDesigns said:
It's with tigisfat, for the sequel, less war and more immersion on the planet. When they showed the different areas the other Navi clans lived at, it really gave a good sense of how diverse Pandora was and I'd like to see more of it.
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Roger that Michael.

I can see this turning into a sort of Star Wars with all of those other area's.

What really got me was when they showed those quick 'seconds' of other shots of other parts of Pandora, was how cool each one was. The one with those odd tent like structures, the ocean edge group.. I imagine James is already sketching out idea's for sequels..



Bill
 
my avatar says the more blue people the better :d i agree with Ken this is shares a similar theme with Dances with Wolves and you might even say that DWW was similar in some ways to the classic 'A Man Called Horse'. I recall an original series Trek episode where Kirk is left with a planet's native tribe and befriends the natives, falls in love, begins to live like a native himself...can't for the life of me remember the name of the episode.

Cheers
TJ
 
Lionheart said:
Roger that Michael.

I can see this turning into a sort of Star Wars with all of those other area's.

What really got me was when they showed those quick 'seconds' of other shots of other parts of Pandora, was how cool each one was. The one with those odd tent like structures, the ocean edge group.. I imagine James is already sketching out idea's for sequels..



Bill
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I'm hoping for more creatures also, especially some aquatic ones. I loved the flying banshee scenes

Wonder how hard it would be to design the hallelujah mountains for FSX, hmmmm

You need to get us a SA-2 Samson transport..........

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......to go along with the AT-99 Scorpion gunship, LOL

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Lionheart said:
It is quite similar to Dances with Wovles in that he learns their spoken language, the 'elder to be' is quite like the guy (indian brave) in DwW, the girl, the outcome, etc.

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Bill
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Almost a carbon-copy of "Dances With The Wolves"...

1) Hero works with the bad guys, goes to live with the natives..
2) Hero immerses himself with the natives, learns native language and customs
3) Hero earns the respect of the highest natives and is subsequently considered to be one of the natives
4) Hero begins to dislike "his people" feels more natural with the natives
5) Hero joins the natives to fight back against his evil people...
 
Panther_99FS said:
Almost a carbon-copy of "Dances With The Wolves"...

1) Hero works with the bad guys, goes to live with the natives..
2) Hero immerses himself with the natives, learns native language and customs
3) Hero earns the respect of the highest natives and is subsequently considered to be one of the natives
4) Hero begins to dislike "his people" feels more natural with the natives
5) Hero joins the natives to fight back against his evil people...
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That's exactly right. It was a nice concept and very well acted out in Dances With Wolves. Because amid the plot summary you rightly offered, at least DWW attempted to balance the equation by showing various indian tribes fighting each other, plus also a raiding party that murdered whites.

Also, the way the Costner character earned that respect was pretty well done. For a while there, it was as likely he'd get killed!

Ken
 
MCDesigns said:
I'm hoping for more creatures also, especially some aquatic ones. I loved the flying banshee scenes

Wonder how hard it would be to design the hallelujah mountains for FSX, hmmmm

You need to get us a SA-2 Samson transport..........

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......to go along with the AT-99 Scorpion gunship, LOL

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Everything was just so perfect in that movie. I don't like futuristic space vehicles, but these captured my imagination because they were so believable.
 
Snuffy said:
Believe me, I don't feel like I'm missing anything either, so I'm not saddened by the fact that I haven't seen it yet.
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Same here.



Chris H said:
Not really, in my opinion anyway. I mean, it wasn't 2012 or Meet The Spartans bad, and it was very pretty to look at. But that's about the best praise I can come up with.

It reminded me of a made for IMax film, all style and no substance.
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The Megan Fox of movies. :d
 
lol Flash Gordon wasnt all that bad, soundtrack by Queen and i got a thing for those early synths. It also some good air footage of a DeHavilland Heron :D. The princess wasn't bad to look at either :mixedsmi:
 
pilottj said:
lol Flash Gordon wasnt all that bad, soundtrack by Queen and i got a thing for those early synths. It also some good air footage of a DeHavilland Heron :D. The princess wasn't bad to look at either :mixedsmi:
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Oh yeah, Ornella Muti (Princess Aura) was hot back in the day. I enjoyed that movie, loved Max Von Sydow as Ming.
 
lol now I cant remember if it was a Dove or a Heron in Flash Gordon, its been a while since I've seen it. Either plane would be a nice 'peculiar' addition to FSX :)
 
I just watched Avatar for the first time here at home and immediately thought of Dances With Wolves but with aliens instead. I did enjoy it though.
 
I finally just saw it. Borrowed a friends DVD and watched it on a regular TV. Still very cool. Best friends wife who had seen it on the big screen thought it was lame that they were still shooting bullets and not using phasers or something Star Wars-ish. That didn't bother me at all. A chunk of lead will ruin your day just as bad as an energy blast.

Anyone have plans to make one of the small choppers? Now those were cool.

[insert two thumbs up icon here]
:ernae:
 
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