Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues (http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html) (may contain spoilers)
Watch out, PD. Apparently this movie is so depressing it will not only cause you to contemplate suicide--it will make you start another thread about it. Thank god we have CNN to warn us about these things.
:lulz:
Didn't the American right also spazz out about Avatar because of the way it contradicted Christian teachings and promoted pantheism or something.
Because as we know, Gigli was so fucking Christian it practically shat Virgin Mary statues.
Quote(CNN) -- James Cameron's completely immersive spectacle "Avatar" may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/t1larg.avatar.blues.gi.jpg)
(http://anticopyrighttr.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gosteri-toplumu.jpg)
Sorry for the Law of Fives intrusion, carry on.
edit: gosh darn rassum-frassum hotlinking failure
The blue things were strangely erotic
GAAAAAHHH
Separation anxiety? I mean, really people, really?
Goddammit.
:horrormirth: :lulz: :lulz: :horrormirth:
Quote from: Brotep on January 11, 2010, 07:28:26 PM
Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues (http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html) (may contain spoilers)
Watch out, PD. Apparently this movie is so depressing it will not only cause you to contemplate suicide--it will make you start another thread about it. Thank god we have CNN to warn us about these things.
Oh, THAT makes me feel better about existing.
That scarily reminded me of a short animated film called More which was about selling an escape from reality - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8aFxk0aUuU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8aFxk0aUuU)
I'm surep people will get over it, sometimes when you go to a major event-thing you feel all high and happy, but when your out of it you just feel like your lacking and can't replicate the feeling.
Just like Defqon
Quote from: NotPublished on January 11, 2010, 09:23:13 PM
The blue things were strangely erotic
punch yourself hard in the nuts, twice, and repeat the following phrase: I am NOT a furry. I am NOT a furry. I am NOT a furry.
I hope to christ that every citizen becoming depressed after separation anxiety from this movie DOES kill themselves. Why does eugenics get such a bad rap?
Quote from: NotPublished on January 11, 2010, 10:12:33 PM
I'm surep people will get over it, sometimes when you go to a major event-thing you feel all high and happy, but when your out of it you just feel like your lacking and can't replicate the feeling.
Just like Defqon
NO I WILL NEVAR GET OVER IT
NEVAR :cry: :argh!: :cry:
Quote from: Hoopla on January 11, 2010, 10:17:54 PM
I hope to christ that every citizen becoming depressed after separation anxiety from this movie DOES kill themselves. Why does eugenics get such a bad rap?
Jewish propaganda.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on January 11, 2010, 10:17:37 PM
Quote from: NotPublished on January 11, 2010, 09:23:13 PM
The blue things were strangely erotic
punch yourself hard in the nuts, twice, and repeat the following phrase: I am NOT a furry. I am NOT a furry. I am NOT a furry.
I need someone to hold my hand... I'm scared... :cry:
Naked giant smurfs with fetal alcohol syndrome aside, the movie wasn't bad and the 3D was pretty kickass.
http://avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=43
Check that out for the furry training camp that is the avatar forums.
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on January 11, 2010, 10:23:49 PM
Naked giant smurfs with fetal alcohol syndrome aside, the movie wasn't bad and the 3D was pretty kickass.
Cool, I might go see it Friday night, 3D IMAX style
Oh....god......
Give them a week and they'll kick themselves, you can only hope.
@Brotep I only saw it in 2D and I thought it was pretty cool to.
I wonder how long I could pretend to be a confused Avatar-the last Airbender fan over there for?
Indefinantly .. They seem to be putting themselves down for the love of it
Quote from: Brotep on January 11, 2010, 07:28:26 PM
Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues (http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html)
BECAUSE THEY WERE
BLUE ALIENS, GET IT
I understand getting swept up by a movie emotionally, to some degree, but this is just ridiculous.
Goddamnit, humanity. :argh!:
Quote from: Faust on January 11, 2010, 10:26:51 PM
http://avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=43
Check that out for the furry training camp that is the avatar forums.
Oh. GAWD.
QuoteStart living like Neytiri: in touch with nature, the environment, and not being greedy and wasteful. Pass on the burger, for something more healthy for you and less cruel to animals. Spend your time on this forum, or volunteering in your free time, instead of getting high or drinking, twiddling your thumbs, being apathetic and complaining about how bad the world is. Don't get swept away by the wave of negativity, live your dream. Your life has only two switches, to shine or not to shine. There is no "apathy" setting. If you're on apathy setting you might as well sign your world away to destruction. When you get discouraged by everyone around you, be courageous like Jake, and jump on the leonopteryx. Be the change you want to see in your world. There are only so many people on this earth, the more of them that are doing positive things, the less of them that are out there doing negative things. It's unfortunate that we live in a world where, just by pulling a trigger or making a corporate decision, one single greedy human being can wipe out the hard works of love of many people. But this is why we need to stop focusing on money and start focusing on our environment. Because we have the intelligence to kill ourselves, but not the wisdom to stop it. What will our money buy, when everything that is worth having is destroyed? The only way you can fill the emptiness you feel after this movie, is to jump on the leonopteryx.
:horrormirth:
I suspect that this forum is already loaded with trolls.
What:
QuoteOriginally Posted by Cremedelacalvin
Now that i think of it, I'm sure plenty of people died on December 17th 2009. I'm so glad i didn't, because i would have never had the amazing experience of watching this film in IMAX! :)
:horrormirth:
I'm hoping against hope that this is from a troll, but given the rest of the posts, I just don't know anything anymore.
ITT: People watch Pocahontas In Space, get depressed, make news.
I make a good effort to be a positive person for the benefit of my fellow hominids, but this is inexcusable.
Anybody who mentions to me that they have "Avatar depression" is going to get a claw hammer to the sinuses.
Quote from: Shrunkenheadspace on January 12, 2010, 12:12:50 AM
ITT: People watch Pocahontas In Space, get depressed, make news.
glad to know I'm not the only one who saw that. lolracistundertoneslol
That said, I actually liked the movie a lot more than I thought I would, and the graphics are AMAZING (at least by my standards, which...admittedly, aren't that high lol).
GFX were awesome, character animations were a bit stilted, 3d blew my fucking mind, story was typical treehugger bullshit.
Quote from: EmmaE on January 11, 2010, 11:40:12 PM
What:
QuoteOriginally Posted by Cremedelacalvin
Now that i think of it, I'm sure plenty of people died on December 17th 2009. I'm so glad i didn't, because i would have never had the amazing experience of watching this film in IMAX! :)
:horrormirth:
I'm hoping against hope that this is from a troll, but given the rest of the posts, I just don't know anything anymore.
Either the entire forum is one big troll (not impossible, Landlover Baptists etc) or people really, really disturb me. I'm opting for the latter.
Quote from: Brotep on January 11, 2010, 11:01:27 PM
Start living like Neytiri: in touch with nature, the environment, and not being greedy and wasteful. Pass on the burger, for something more healthy for you and less cruel to animals. Spend your time on this forum, or volunteering in your free time, instead of getting high or drinking, twiddling your thumbs, being apathetic and complaining about how bad the world is. Don't get swept away by the wave of negativity, live your dream. Your life has only two switches, to shine or not to shine. There is no "apathy" setting. If you're on apathy setting you might as well sign your world away to destruction. When you get discouraged by everyone around you, be courageous like Jake, and jump on the leonopteryx. Be the change you want to see in your world. There are only so many people on this earth, the more of them that are doing positive things, the less of them that are out there doing negative things. It's unfortunate that we live in a world where, just by pulling a trigger or making a corporate decision, one single greedy human being can wipe out the hard works of love of many people. But this is why we need to stop focusing on money and start focusing on our environment. Because we have the intelligence to kill ourselves, but not the wisdom to stop it. What will our money buy, when everything that is worth having is destroyed? The only way you can fill the emptiness you feel after this movie, is to jump on the leonopteryx.
I wish i could flip the "shine" switch.
I wish i could jump on a fucking leonopteryx.
And oh, i wish that just by spending time on the Avatar forum, and, by "focusing on the environment instead of on money" (i.e. recycling while ignoring the pillaging) it would make all the giant blood-sucking insects go away.
Seems half of it is will, but, WHERE DO I FIND ONE OF THESE BECAUSE I APPARENTLY NEED IT????(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/jamescameronsavatar/images/c/c4/Leonopteryx_Action_Figure_Box_Art.jpg)
This is from SA
Quote from: Brendle
the irony of a multi-billion dollar jew money machine further engorging itself by selling the fantasy of pastoral simplicity to spoonfed cretins is almost too much to bear
Quote from: Faust on January 12, 2010, 01:51:50 PM
This is from SA
Quote from: Brendle
the irony of a multi-billion dollar jew money machine further engorging itself by selling the fantasy of pastoral simplicity to spoonfed cretins is almost too much to bear
:spit:
you know, nobody ever felt this way about Fern Gully...same message, nice visuals, just sayin'....
I just think that now, it's not the loss of the rainforest or people's psychoses that are causing this "avatardation", it's that they're all looking to be spoonfed their belief systems from idiotboxes. When they're shown something pretty and shiny from the glimmering silver GOD in front of them there is no possible way they could ever come away from it wanting to learn more about the issue from, oh, say, a book.
P.S.
not going to see Avatar, and having a fern gully VHS burning if anybody wants in.
Fuck 'em.
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/savy_bee/untitled.jpg)
I feel like I'm watching a new cult being born. Not like Christianity or Islam, but more like Aum Shinrikyo for Fetal-Alcohol Syndrome Babies.
SRSLY
This is almost as scary as Twilight Moms.
Quote from: Cain on January 12, 2010, 02:56:21 PM
I feel like I'm watching a new cult being born. Not like Christianity or Islam, but more like Aum Shinrikyo for Fetal-Alcohol Syndrome Babies.
The only difference is the membership count.
Quote from: General Stuart on January 12, 2010, 03:13:24 PM
SRSLY
This is almost as scary as Twilight Moms.
"Team Blue Noble Savage"?
How long before they're selling hair extensions wiff tentacles in?
I have absolutely zero interest in Avatar. Just looks like a bunch of Smurfs who took steroids so they could join the NBA.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on January 12, 2010, 04:06:33 PM
I have absolutely zero interest in Avatar. Just looks like a bunch of Smurfs who took steroids so they could join the NBA.
THIS
the next big blue thing I see walking around anywhere costuming is involved will meet with a bad end at the hands of Richter's oversized wrench (dubbed EXCALIFUR) and then I can go on to preaching anti-avatar hate in the state penal system.
They may be blue, but their money is still GREEN.
Transfering this idea from the meatup thread: Avatar camp / LARP thing.
We rent out a nudist camp and market it as a utopian, blue painted outing in a pastoral setting to all those feeling depressed about the film. We bascially channel their angst into a paid weekend of fun in a pre - made outdoor locale.
Quote from: Cainad on January 12, 2010, 03:59:44 PM
Quote from: Richter on January 12, 2010, 03:56:00 PM
Quote from: General Stuart on January 12, 2010, 03:00:24 PM
Then we'll all go see Avatar and indulge ourselves in toaster baths afterward, because apparently we won't be able to deal with reality anymoar.
General, we must not be afeared. We need to capitalize on this. I propose we set up weekend events where we charge people to paint their asses blue and run through the woods naked.
I only spag up the meatup thread so because this stands to make us fabulous amounts of money.
OMG
We can totally build a treehouse or some shit... or better yet, have them pay us for the privilege of building a treehouse with scrap lumber.
EXACTLY.
Quote from: General Stuart on January 12, 2010, 03:13:24 PM
SRSLY
This is almost as scary as Twilight Moms.
EXACTLY
I thought that Twilight was going to top my horror-o-meter, but it looks like Avatar wants to fight for it.
It's alright.
Richter's a traitor to my cause and has thus been found guilty of treason to the principality of Kaousuu.
Richter, how do you plea?
Do not undermine my authority. The man has freedom to capitalize off of any popular money making thing he wants. It's in our bylaws.
-Princess Kaousuu
Yes, I'm drawing Twilight artwork, because I can make money. Like Naruto.
Would you draw a cover for my Naruto-Twilight-Avatar crossfic novel?
Quote from: Cain on January 12, 2010, 05:07:14 PM
Would you draw a cover for my Naruto-Twilight-Avatar crossfic novel?
...You got money?
10% of all of my sale profits
Projected 15% up front or no deal.
This has to be a troll, but still :lulz:
QuoteI was there just thinking and crying for about 15 minutes before an usher asked me to leave. I told him I never wanted to leave and he was confused for a second. Then he said I had to go and if I wanted to see this "crappy movie" again I'd have to pay for another ticket. Well to cut to the chase it got a bit heated at that point and we ended up in a shoving match. The police officer who took me out of there didn't seem to care either. When I told him he was a tool of an oppressive society that is destroying the world he laughed at me. Now I've got a charge against me for public disturbance but I don't care. Hopefully that jerk usher got fired.
The next day I saw it at a different theater in 3d. All of a sudden the world was as real as my own. At the end I stood up and started telling the people that they were the bad guys and were killing the Na'vi everyday with their western society. I said look at Afghanistan! I got cussed out and had a soda thrown on me but I wore those like a badge of honor, I felt like a Na'vi standing against human oppression and sickness. I just wished I had a weapon at that point and could have fought like Jake did. Jake was so strong. I began to wish that I could be like a new Hitler, only instead of exterminating one race I'd do the whole human race then shoot myself at the end. My mom always said I get too wrapped up in this stuff but she is an idiot who is just as much part of the problem as every other American. I told her when I got home and she cried but I don't care anymore, I'm 35 and I can do what I want in my room and don't have to take any "medicine" if I don't want to. Did the Na'vi take pills to "get better" Did the Indians? Nope. I just wish I could stop thinking of this; it's more than a movie. My Mom used to think I was too into WoW but that was just a game. I quit playing and told my guild wife there to just forget me. This feels real, that is just stupid now. I don't even really want to go into work.
:lulz: That is epic.
I don't even know what the Na'vi are, but I want to kill them after reading that.
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/658/roflbotw5bw.jpg)
The navi are tall, blue, badly animated aliens
The real question is, is it worth it if it's in 3D and you're blazed out of your mind?
I'll let you know in about 5 hours after I get back. Last thing I saw in imax was AI... it's been a while ;-)
Quote from: Brotep on January 12, 2010, 06:22:46 PM
The real question is, is it worth it if it's in 3D and you're blazed out of your mind?
Yes, but you need to be
really blazed. The 3d tech they're using is cool, but still not super mind-blowing. Plus it'll cost you extra. The funny thing is they tell you to turn in your 3d glasses at the end of the movie so they can be "recycled." More like sprayed with cheap disinfectant and re-sold. They're making bank of the glasses alone.
This may be a little off topic, but the premise of this movie seems to be borrowed from a short story "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" by Ursula Le Guin. Any one here ever heard of it?
Quote from: FP on January 12, 2010, 06:33:07 PM
I'll let you know in about 5 hours after I get back. Last thing I saw in imax was AI... it's been a while ;-)
:lulz: Thanks, I knew I could count on you.
brb gonna go fly a dragon thing. :D
Quote from: dimo on January 12, 2010, 06:44:43 PM
Quote from: Brotep on January 12, 2010, 06:22:46 PM
The real question is, is it worth it if it's in 3D and you're blazed out of your mind?
Yes, but you need to be really blazed. The 3d tech they're using is cool, but still not super mind-blowing. Plus it'll cost you extra. The funny thing is they tell you to turn in your 3d glasses at the end of the movie so they can be "recycled." More like sprayed with cheap disinfectant and re-sold. They're making bank of the glasses alone.
This may be a little off topic, but the premise of this movie seems to be borrowed from a short story "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" by Ursula Le Guin. Any one here ever heard of it?
Depends. Is that the same as "Pocohontas" ?
The stupid thing about this is...ok, well, everything about this is stupid. But I don't get how these people can honestly hate the human race or 'Western' society after seeing Avatar - because they seem to accept intellectually that it's just a movie. And it's a movie completely crafted BY HUMANS, IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
people make me so :mad:
Quote from: Brotep on January 12, 2010, 06:53:26 PM
Quote from: FP on January 12, 2010, 06:33:07 PM
I'll let you know in about 5 hours after I get back. Last thing I saw in imax was AI... it's been a while ;-)
:lulz: Thanks, I knew I could count on you.
What ended up happening is that all the computer generated stuff looked more "real" than the live-action stuff - sets and props just looked like plastic and chipboard with stickers and flashy lights. So during the entire movie I felt completely un-blazed, despite more-than-adequate preparations :argh!:
Though I have an idea why audiences and the vatican are going crazy about it.. trope-wise it's completely over-loaded, but expertly crafted together. Stealing a thought from the "narratives" thread - religions tend to claim some of the most evocative stories for themselves.. and from that perspective Avatar can be made to look like it's promoting a secular religion.. in a manner more compelling than anything a church has to offer.
Many of the tropes I had fun recognising, and others I found myself vulnerable to regardless. I'm not too ashamed to admit that I laughed in places and teared up in others. In terms of memes and pop-culture references and coffee-table psych, I predict it'll be about the same as The Matrix.
Quote from: Epimetheus on January 13, 2010, 02:14:08 AM
The stupid thing about this is...ok, well, everything about this is stupid. But I don't get how these people can honestly hate the human race or 'Western' society after seeing Avatar - because they seem to accept intellectually that it's just a movie. And it's a movie completely crafted BY HUMANS, IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
people make me so :mad:
My guess would be simple them vs. us - there were a bunch of "honourable" humans in the film, and plenty of OTT caricatures to boo and hiss at.
It's funny...the religions of the exploited are always held more highly by wannabe hippie nincompoops than the ruling religions...
Actually, in a different light, FP, I would say that the bad guys in Avatar were being too secular and not respecting the sacredness of life and that. I mean, the bad guys didn't have any religion. The Na'vi, though, were utterly religious (although it had a natural basis).
Which group would the Vatican prefer?:
Burguoise atheists vs. revolting heretics pagans
Finally we have an answer for this long unanswered hypothetical !!!
i thought it was a nice shiny movie and enjoyed all the blue things popping out at me
and i wont let my enjoyment be ruined by what a bunch of depressed hippie retards on a forum said :argh!:
Quote from: Epimetheus on January 13, 2010, 02:30:37 AM
It's funny...the religions of the exploited are always held more highly by wannabe hippie nincompoops than the ruling religions...
Actually, in a different light, FP, I would say that the bad guys in Avatar were being too secular and not respecting the sacredness of life and that. I mean, the bad guys didn't have any religion. The Na'vi, though, were utterly religious (although it had a natural basis).
This is also why Kai's talk about an emergence-based religion excites me - once you take paranormal out of the list of requirements, by creating an alternative belief-system without it - the old-school religions loose ground. The Na'vi had a God constructed from a giant neural net (?), which to all intents and purposes was superior to any concept of a God we've been given - they could communicate with it as easily and trivially as a generation today checks twitter on their mobile phones.
The bad guys were just dicks - I really think it is the religious aspect rather than the secular one which is perceived as more of a threat by other belief systems.
Maybe "secular religion" was a stupid term for me to use..
Quote from: FP on January 13, 2010, 02:25:34 AM
Quote from: Brotep on January 12, 2010, 06:53:26 PM
Quote from: FP on January 12, 2010, 06:33:07 PM
I'll let you know in about 5 hours after I get back. Last thing I saw in imax was AI... it's been a while ;-)
:lulz: Thanks, I knew I could count on you.
What ended up happening is that all the computer generated stuff looked more "real" than the live-action stuff - sets and props just looked like plastic and chipboard with stickers and flashy lights. So during the entire movie I felt completely un-blazed, despite more-than-adequate preparations :argh!:
Though I have an idea why audiences and the vatican are going crazy about it.. trope-wise it's completely over-loaded, but expertly crafted together. Stealing a thought from the "narratives" thread - religions tend to claim some of the most evocative stories for themselves.. and from that perspective Avatar can be made to look like it's promoting a secular religion.. in a manner more compelling than anything a church has to offer.
Many of the tropes I had fun recognising, and others I found myself vulnerable to regardless. I'm not too ashamed to admit that I laughed in places and teared up in others. In terms of memes and pop-culture references and coffee-table psych, I predict it'll be about the same as The Matrix.
Quote from: Epimetheus on January 13, 2010, 02:14:08 AM
The stupid thing about this is...ok, well, everything about this is stupid. But I don't get how these people can honestly hate the human race or 'Western' society after seeing Avatar - because they seem to accept intellectually that it's just a movie. And it's a movie completely crafted BY HUMANS, IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
people make me so :mad:
My guess would be simple them vs. us - there were a bunch of "honourable" humans in the film, and plenty of OTT caricatures to boo and hiss at.
God, I hope it doesn't end up being the next Matrix. That got pretty annoying.
So how many blank stares would you give it, out of five?
You could pretty much get all the enjoyment possible out of Avatar by blocking your ears. It's purely a visual experience, and one that I thought was fairly impressive in IMAX 3D.
So basically Avatar is that smokin' hot pseudointellectual that you didn't invite over to talk with?
Just go watch it, who cares what others say. If you like it - you do, if you hate it - you do.
Just take a friend that you can easily get amused with, if your somewhat bored just start making fun of people.
I know I enjoyed the movie, and it helped that I found the main actor a bit of eye candy .. I got sad when he became one of them :(
the human lead guy in it is hawt. :fap: :fap: :fap:
WHY DID HE HAVE TO TURN?!
If I met him I'd jump him :(
ME TOO :fap: :fap:
Back off! :argh!:
NO. I SAID HE WAS HAWT FIRST :argh!:
:fap:
(http://liveforfilms.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/sam_worthington.jpg)
:fap:
One day my sweet ... one day....
I don't even know his name :cry: But he's an Australian! So via nation I win
Quote from: NotPublished on January 13, 2010, 03:53:13 AM
:fap:
One day my sweet ... one day....
I don't even know his name :cry: But he's an Australian! So via nation I win
you cant defeat me bro! (plus i knoa his name haw haw)
but lets stop spagging up this thread
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on January 13, 2010, 04:03:15 AM
Quote from: NotPublished on January 13, 2010, 03:53:13 AM
:fap:
One day my sweet ... one day....
I don't even know his name :cry: But he's an Australian! So via nation I win
you cant defeat me bro! (plus i knoa his name haw haw)
but lets stop spagging up this thread
A CHALLENGER APPEARS
:lulz:
This can only get dangerous
I FAPPED FIRST, THEREFORE MARKED MY TERRITORY.
YOU GO GET YOUR OWN UNATTAINABLE MOVIE ACTOR
:argh!: :argh!: :argh!: :argh!:
That star trek guy was hot.. Chris Pine was it?
I wonder if it was photoshop or not though :(
*refuses to derail fred any further*
HE HAS NO LEGS, GIRLS
We can work through his problems together :) :) I know we can make it work.
HE HAS LEGS IN REAL LIFE
ALL THE PHOTOS YOU HAVE SEEN OF HIM ARE NOT FROM REAL LIFE. :aaa:
NUH UH I SAW HIM ON TEEVEE WITH LEGS! LEGGGGGGS!
He's a fucking cyborg in real life
(http://www.scifiscoop.com/wp-content/gallery/movie-posters/terminator_salvation_poster7.jpg)
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on January 13, 2010, 09:29:43 AM
He's a fucking cyborg in real life
(http://www.scifiscoop.com/wp-content/gallery/movie-posters/terminator_salvation_poster7.jpg)
ZOMG! three headed cyborg!
SRSLY - Helena Bonham Carter shaved her head and built him out of legos :eek:
This was the cover of today's TBT* (Tampa Bay Times) - we get it everyday on campus. Thought it may be relevant to your interests:
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2s16rfp.jpg)
Let's do drinks!
Ahhahahahaha :lulz: :lulz:
Oh roadkill gravy, are Na'vi fans going to become a 'thing'?
It would be pretty lulzy to stage some protests.
Quote from: EmmaE on January 13, 2010, 11:15:59 PM
This was the cover of today's TBT* (Tampa Bay Times) - we get it everyday on campus. Thought it may be relevant to your interests:
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2s16rfp.jpg)
Let's do drinks!
:lulz: Yes, that is relevant to my interests.
You buying?
apparently, it's the most offensive movie of the year:
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/racist-sexist-and-anti-christian-is-avatar-the-most-offensive-movie-of-the-/14925
Quote from: Brotep on January 13, 2010, 11:20:59 PM
:lulz: Yes, that is relevant to my interests.
You buying?
Most excellent.
I'll think about it ;D
Quote from: General Stuart on January 14, 2010, 12:16:39 AM
apparently, it's the most offensive movie of the year:
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/racist-sexist-and-anti-christian-is-avatar-the-most-offensive-movie-of-the-/14925
Aaaannnd, now I begrudgingly like it more. :lulz:
It abuses so many tropes that you can lo5 it to "be about" anything you want. OMFG it didn't feature Eris, screw you Greyface!
Quote from: Brotep on January 13, 2010, 03:36:56 AM
So how many blank stares would you give it, out of five?
I had about as much fun watching it as I did when I was twelve and watched "Aliens" or "The Terminator" for the first time. Of course, I just laughed at the cliches and occasional stumble instead of letting them piss me off - that probably helped.
Great response to this that I just read on toplessrobot:
"I'm certainly having feelings of disgust with the human race, although I think everyone else but me has disengaged from reality. Seriously, you Avatar-worshipping morons? You're letting a freaking Science Fiction 101 -- an admittedly pretty one -- story bum you out so much that life doesn't seem worth living? Goddamn, you people, don't ever read Ender's Game, because you will shit yourself. to death. Actually, do. DIE. PLEASE STRAP YOURSELF IN A ROCKET AND SHOOT YOURSELF TO PANDORA. WE DO NOT NEED YOU."
Quote from: FP on January 14, 2010, 12:37:28 AM
It abuses so many tropes that you can lo5 it to "be about" anything you want. OMFG it didn't feature Eris, screw you Greyface!
All that "harmony with nature" stuff implies that there is some kind of natural ORDER that we're supposed to live in accordance with! Fuck yuo Greyface!
HA! CONTINUING FROM MY PREVIOUS POST:
'And don't you look smug, CNN reporters. Seriously -- "On the fan forum site 'Avatar Forums,' a topic thread entitled 'Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible," has received more than 1,000 posts'" -- are you fucking kidding me? You're reprting shit idiots say in online forums as news? GODDAMMIT, I AM A NERD WRITING A NERD NEWS SITE AND EVEN I DON'T "REPORT" "NEWS" FROM ONLINE FORUMS. THAT'S THE STUPIDEST BULLSHIT EVER. YOU ARE OFFICIALLY NO LONGER REPORTERS. YOU'VE FAILED. Your punishment is to join the Pan-depressives on the rockets and let them dictate all their horrible Na'vi poetry to you for eternity.
Fuck. FUCK. Thanks to all jillion of you who sent this ridiculous bullshit in."
Mittens to GS!
Incidentally, what would it take for this forum to get on the news?
Cry about how we all want to die because Palin hasn't been elected yet? And make a support thread for it?
maybe we should all write about how we've seen avatar and now we're depressed that we can't destroy space smurfs and rape their planet.
ADDENDUM
Somebody needs to put a thread on here entitled "Smurf Killers from Planet Rape".
Speaking of rape... there is the one scene where the hero wrestles and mind-rapes a dragon in order to "tame" it. There's got to be some mileage in that.
Quote from: General Stuart on January 14, 2010, 02:59:36 AM
maybe we should all write about how we've seen avatar and now we're depressed that we can't destroy space smurfs and rape their planet.
Maybe
you can't. :fap: :argh!:
Quote from: FP on January 14, 2010, 03:06:53 AM
Speaking of rape... there is the one scene where the hero wrestles and mind-rapes a dragon in order to "tame" it. There's got to be some mileage in that.
HOW DARE THOSE BLUE SONS OF BITCHES GO AROUND RAPING THE MINDS OF ALIEN HORSES AND DRAGONS!!?!
:lulz:
I am tempted to try a variant on "is it ever okay to 'force yourself' on an earth spirit/elemental like in avatar" on some pagans, although I think my *kitten accounts on TCC and ESF are toast.
Quote from: General Stuart on January 14, 2010, 02:59:36 AM
maybe we should all write about how we've seen avatar and now we're depressed that we can't destroy space smurfs and rape their planet.
ADDENDUM
Somebody needs to put a thread on here entitled "Smurf Killers from Planet Rape".
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=23753
Quote from: EmmaE on January 13, 2010, 11:15:59 PM
This was the cover of today's TBT* (Tampa Bay Times) - we get it everyday on campus. Thought it may be relevant to your interests:
http://i48.tinypic.com/2s16rfp.jpg
Let's do drinks!
After seeing that front page, doing drinks may be inadequate, I fear.
Agreed, let's inject paraffin directly into each other's brainstems :x
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on January 13, 2010, 03:02:59 AM
i thought it was a nice shiny movie and enjoyed all the blue things popping out at me
and i wont let my enjoyment be ruined by what a bunch of depressed hippie retards on a forum said :argh!:
Hey!! :argh!:
Some of those depressed hippie retards on this forum are pretty cool and I like them!
Quote from: FP on January 14, 2010, 06:39:41 AM
:lulz:
I am tempted to try a variant on "is it ever okay to 'force yourself' on an earth spirit/elemental like in avatar" on some pagans, although I think my *kitten accounts on TCC and ESF are toast.
Try the otherkin/dragon-furry fora?
Quote from: AlphaNaviI believe I am a Na'Vi trapped in this human shell.
Quote from: Cain on January 14, 2010, 06:59:38 PM
Quote from: AlphaNaviI believe I am a Na'Vi trapped in this human shell.
I like you Cain, but I hate the things I learn from your posts.
Quote from: Cain on January 14, 2010, 10:43:44 AM
Quote from: EmmaE on January 13, 2010, 11:15:59 PM
This was the cover of today's TBT* (Tampa Bay Times) - we get it everyday on campus. Thought it may be relevant to your interests:
http://i48.tinypic.com/2s16rfp.jpg
Let's do drinks!
After seeing that front page, doing drinks may be inadequate, I fear.
HIMEOBS: You cannot drink hard enough.
(http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/epic-fail-avatar-plot-fail.jpg)
Thats an epic find!
Quote from: Cainad on January 11, 2010, 08:32:41 PM
Quote(CNN) -- James Cameron's completely immersive spectacle "Avatar" may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/t1larg.avatar.blues.gi.jpg)
(http://littleblackcart.com/images/society_of_the_spectacle.jpg)
Sorry for the Law of Fives intrusion, carry on.
If people are willing to become attached to a poorly animated and poorly written rehash of a cliche plot, they are willing to become attached to anything.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within had better art AND was more original, ffs!
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on January 20, 2010, 07:44:46 PM
Quote from: Cainad on January 11, 2010, 08:32:41 PM
Quote(CNN) -- James Cameron's completely immersive spectacle "Avatar" may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/t1larg.avatar.blues.gi.jpg)
(http://littleblackcart.com/images/society_of_the_spectacle.jpg)
Sorry for the Law of Fives intrusion, carry on.
If people are willing to become attached to a poorly animated and poorly written rehash of a cliche plot, they are willing to become attached to anything.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within had better art AND was more original, ffs!
Who gives a rancid fuck? We have to shoop that pic for propaganda pictures TODAY.
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3471/18971913.png)
Avatar changed my life!
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He painted his ginger unibrow blue :vom:
I probably won't see this money. From what I hear, GS is right; Fern Gully did it better.
However, here's how the movie could have been really good. Say the humans came, delt a bunch of distruction, the love story turns out to be a rape story (all the humans are self serving), they pillage half the planet. Then the blue furries start getting smart. They, on their own, start technological production in secret, get vicious, and throw a monkey wrench in the operation. the humans are beat back, but not before they have done massive damage to the planet's climate and ecosystems. Blue furries want revenge, steal technological knowledge, and bring a far superior force to earth, enslaving the humans and sending them to other worlds to dig minerals for the blue furries superior technology.
A wonderful, ironic "tragedy".
Shit! That is a great twist Kai
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on January 23, 2010, 11:00:02 PM
Avatar changed my life!
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(http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqch9rVQuk1qzds5yo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1264370827&Signature=kypSYnFAfEiwinRgZWMRXYehOz8%3D)
It took me a bit to figure out if all the red was part of the costume... then I read "avatar changed my life" and I realized it was acne.
Quote from: Kai on January 24, 2010, 01:09:58 AM
I probably won't see this money. From what I hear, GS is right; Fern Gully did it better.
However, here's how the movie could have been really good. Say the humans came, delt a bunch of distruction, the love story turns out to be a rape story (all the humans are self serving), they pillage half the planet. Then the blue furries start getting smart. They, on their own, start technological production in secret, get vicious, and throw a monkey wrench in the operation. the humans are beat back, but not before they have done massive damage to the planet's climate and ecosystems. Blue furries want revenge, steal technological knowledge, and bring a far superior force to earth, enslaving the humans and sending them to other worlds to dig minerals for the blue furries superior technology.
A wonderful, ironic "tragedy".
It's a Jim Cameron movie. Story is irrelevant. Characters are two dimensional, if that. It's all about awesome splodeys. IN THREEDEEEEEE!
Avatar is the greatest 3d splodey movie evar made. Fuck you haters :argh!:
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on January 24, 2010, 11:17:54 AM
Quote from: Kai on January 24, 2010, 01:09:58 AM
I probably won't see this money. From what I hear, GS is right; Fern Gully did it better.
However, here's how the movie could have been really good. Say the humans came, delt a bunch of distruction, the love story turns out to be a rape story (all the humans are self serving), they pillage half the planet. Then the blue furries start getting smart. They, on their own, start technological production in secret, get vicious, and throw a monkey wrench in the operation. the humans are beat back, but not before they have done massive damage to the planet's climate and ecosystems. Blue furries want revenge, steal technological knowledge, and bring a far superior force to earth, enslaving the humans and sending them to other worlds to dig minerals for the blue furries superior technology.
A wonderful, ironic "tragedy".
It's a Jim Cameron movie. Story is irrelevant. Characters are two dimensional, if that. It's all about awesome splodeys. IN THREEDEEEEEE!
Avatar is the greatest 3d splodey movie evar made. Fuck you haters :argh!:
The spirits within :D
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on January 23, 2010, 11:00:02 PM
Avatar changed my life!
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(http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqch9rVQuk1qzds5yo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1264370827&Signature=kypSYnFAfEiwinRgZWMRXYehOz8%3D)
:spit: :lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: Faust on January 24, 2010, 01:07:08 PM
Quote from: MÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜV
Avatar is the greatest 3d splodey movie evar made. Fuck you haters :argh!:
The spirits within :D
MADAGASCAR 2 OR GTFO :argh!:
Avatar obsession is not only bringing me endless entertainment, it is also destroying my soul.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978037639
http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/photo-editing/na-vi-avatar-photo-manipulation-exclusive-tutorial.18015.html
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Love Stoat on February 18, 2010, 11:37:05 PM
Avatar made me bemoan the fact that the 3d does not work on cam rips.
To be fair, 3d doesn't work all that well on anything.
apparently, by drinking silver colloidal solution daily, your skin ACTUALLY TURNS BLUE:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5843725
it's some kind of quack alternative medicine that is supposed to keep you healthy or something.
anyway, as far as I read, except for getting blue skin, it's not actually dangerous or unhealthy.
so I wondered two things:
1) why isn't those BMEzine bodymodding freaks all over this?
and
2) we should totally pimp this on the Navi wannabe furry forums or whatever they are
It's not really the right shade of blue. Looks more purply.
It's a good base, though. It'd help their makeup look more realistic. :lulz:
Totally pimp it out to them. DOOOO EEEET! You know you want to.
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on February 19, 2010, 12:36:51 AM
It's not really the right shade of blue. Looks more purply.
Doesn't matter! The fun thing is, once they have it, it'll never go away :D :D :D
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:41:10 AM
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on February 19, 2010, 12:36:51 AM
It's not really the right shade of blue. Looks more purply.
Doesn't matter! The fun thing is, once they have it, it'll never go away :D :D :D
\
Never? Genius! When they realize what retards they've been, they'll go "Fuck." and then it will be lulz forever. :lulz:
well that's what it says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria
I happened across it when I went on a random wiki binge this afternoon :)
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:30:52 AM
apparently, by drinking silver colloidal solution daily, your skin ACTUALLY TURNS BLUE:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5843725
it's some kind of quack alternative medicine that is supposed to keep you healthy or something.
anyway, as far as I read, except for getting blue skin, it's not actually dangerous or unhealthy.
so I wondered two things:
1) why isn't those BMEzine bodymodding freaks all over this?
and
2) we should totally pimp this on the Navi wannabe furry forums or whatever they are
Papa Smurf!
I don't know why body mod freaks aren't turning themselves blue, but I'm kind of glad they aren't.
Also, what odd wording the article uses on argyria:
QuoteBut a medical condition called Argyria has been linked to such discoloration since the days when silver solutions were used as antibiotics.
Argyria isn't "a medical condition" that's linked to silver discoloration, it IS the medical condition of silver discoloring, and the earliest known cases of it were from silver fume inhalation by silversmiths.
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:30:52 AM
apparently, by drinking silver colloidal solution daily, your skin ACTUALLY TURNS BLUE:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5843725
it's some kind of quack alternative medicine that is supposed to keep you healthy or something.
anyway, as far as I read, except for getting blue skin, it's not actually dangerous or unhealthy.
so I wondered two things:
1) why isn't those BMEzine bodymodding freaks all over this?
and
2) we should totally pimp this on the Navi wannabe furry forums or whatever they are
HOLY SHIT! IT'S PAPPA SMURF!
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/kfsn/cms_exf_2007/_video_wn_images/5844760_600x338.jpg)
Quote from: Annabel the Destroyer on February 19, 2010, 03:11:08 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:30:52 AM
apparently, by drinking silver colloidal solution daily, your skin ACTUALLY TURNS BLUE:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5843725
it's some kind of quack alternative medicine that is supposed to keep you healthy or something.
anyway, as far as I read, except for getting blue skin, it's not actually dangerous or unhealthy.
so I wondered two things:
1) why isn't those BMEzine bodymodding freaks all over this?
and
2) we should totally pimp this on the Navi wannabe furry forums or whatever they are
HOLY SHIT! IT'S PAPPA SMURF!
That reminds me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3srJeD0mJoE
*Is still waiting for some freak to join the navy by accident.
Also, I'm going paintballing in full 3D soon.
....and then, one time, I found this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc
Quote from: General Anthrohilter von Ignorantdikk on February 19, 2010, 04:15:58 PM
....and then, one time, I found this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc
I thought you were leaving because we're all boring? :?
ehh, i was in a bad mood. I bounced back.
Hey wait a minute.....
This is MY BOARD! YOU LEAVE! MIIIIIIINE!
Quote from: General Anthrohilter von Ignorantdikk on February 19, 2010, 04:15:58 PM
....and then, one time, I found this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ucjBIa4-fx4/R4T4ZUzyT5I/AAAAAAAAALI/f3A3FnF-dAY/s320/My+cock.jpg)
+
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_70rJ1ndenM0/S0Ys1mP9hCI/AAAAAAAALNY/N6YvO7EXkw8/s400/fence4.jpg)
chicken fence?
Rage in the Cage?
Cock and riposte, heathens!
Quote from: EoC on February 19, 2010, 07:07:19 PM
Cock and riposte, heathens!
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH