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ark_ader:
One of the trailers for the movie was Piranha 3D.
I thought it was a joke considering the last Piranha 2:The spawning (was that in 3d?) and it sucked so much it was more like a comedy. And guess who directed that mess: James Cameron.
It has been told in the inter-webs he was fired after 8 days of principle photography.
But nope its true coming out soon Piranha 3D....
Considering the 1000s of books out there which have gripping storytelling we have to make do with a remake from a flop... :banghead:
RayB:
--- Quote from: protokatie on January 07, 2010, 04:36:27 am ---As per anyone trying to look at an LCD watch using polarizing 3D glasses, it doesnt matter what kind of lighting it is, one of the filters will block it (unless you tild your head 45 degrees, then each filter will only block part of it). When I was a kid I had an LCD pocket calculator that had a removable front polarizing filter (after you took the calc apart) that I would flip over and reinstall. Kinda cool to see the digits as white on a black background.
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Yeah! Cool, I did that too! Ever play with two filters? You overlay them so they show clear, then rotate one slowly 90'. It gets darker. I used to want to use that technique to make round windows where you can make them darken by rotating one layer. (but who wants round windows). Might make a neat pair of steam punk sunglasses though...
@Shmokes: Agree with ya on the mineral name. I thought Wolverine's "admantium" was dumb, but this was dumber. One step away from calling it "rare-ium", or "hard-to-getium"
Ginsu Victim:
elusivium :lol
Loafmeister:
Unobtainium is a stupid name, but it was picked as a nod to engineers who've been using it in the 50's or 60's to describe a perfect "item/rock/whatever" that solves all issues. It was weird for Cameron to use it, but If I understand correctly, he's also an engineer so I'm understanding his nod and I moved on. The item is a mcguffin anyway, the movie Avatar isn't about unobtainium after all. If he's called the Navi a stupid name like "Bluedians", then I'd have had more of a beef with his naming convention :).
Dances with Wolves was a great movie, but Cameron was trying to make a movie that's more of a spectacle, not just great intellectual cinema. As I mentioned somewhere else before, Star Wars is a ripoff or another story done before and it's script can be pretty hokey at times. That didn't stop me from enjoying the purpose of SW: To take me to another world in a galaxy far far away. For this reason, I think Cameron hit a homerun with this movie, and the box office is proving that this is what a good chunk of the people want. Yeah, sometimes I do believe Boxoffice can indicate there's a certain level of quality achieved (just don't look at the New Moon numbers ;) ).
Obviously, not everyone want this type of movie, or there taste or expectations is different and that's cool. My favorite movie of all time is Shawshank Redemption, a perfect movie IMHO. Yet even though I find it's perfect, it's not the type of movie to draw the masses to the theatres, as it's not a spectacle, which is what Cameron targetted for Avatar.
Don't get me wrong, although I didn't thinkt the script was THAT bad, it would be nice to get a lift in that area for the upcoming sequel but I'll admit if he offers more of the same, I'll probably be pretty happy.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Loafmeister on January 07, 2010, 04:54:19 pm ---
Dances with Wolves was a great movie, but Cameron was trying to make a movie that's more of a spectacle, not just great intellectual cinema. As I mentioned somewhere else before, Star Wars is a ripoff or another story done before and it's script can be pretty hokey at times. That didn't stop me from enjoying the purpose of SW: To take me to another world in a galaxy far far away. For this reason, I think Cameron hit a homerun with this movie, and the box office is proving that this is what a good chunk of the people want. Yeah, sometimes I do believe Boxoffice can indicate there's a certain level of quality achieved (just don't look at the New Moon numbers ;) ).
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:applaud:
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Obviously, not everyone want this type of movie, or there taste or expectations is different and that's cool. My favorite movie of all time is Shawshank Redemption, a perfect movie IMHO. Yet even though I find it's perfect, it's not the type of movie to draw the masses to the theatres, as it's not a spectacle, which is what Cameron targetted for Avatar.
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Same here. Shawshank is right up there in my favourites. Which doesn't mean i can't find other types of movie just as entertaining...
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