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[angry.bob]

Starring Clint Eastwood and Michael Cera

My vision demmands Abe Vigoda. The original purpose was that since he's dead Cameron would break another boundary by having one of the main characters be played by an entirely computer generated representation of a real actor. However, it turns out that Abe isn't dead so he'd probably sue or something. Plus, a real live Abe Vigoda would be much mess cool. Though I do like the guy.

And the reason why Battlemechs being concentrated awesome is missing is that they're actually concentrated crap. They're usually cool in science fiction, but in real life they'd be pointless and stupid. The situations where a different, existing vehicle would be better are nearly infinite.

[WindupAtheist]

As much as I'd like to see this thread veer back into insanity as a "Tanks Versus Mechs" redux, I don't think it's going to happen. Mechfucker hasn't been around in weeks. He did something stupid in Politics and either got perma-banned or else ran off in a butthurt snit after yet another temp-banning.

WHO WILL TAKE UP THE MANTLE? THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A MECHFUCKER.

[Sheepherder]

They're usually cool in science fiction

[Khaldun]

It has to be said that Colonel Angry Marine's battlemech having a battlemech-sized combat knife was a fucking awesome bit of makes-no-sense-but-I-don't-care staging.

[Mrbloodworth]

Or it sunk because of the battlemech attack. 

Also, FYI, no battlemechs in Abyss and True Lies.

Small deep sea subs, giant alien underwater crafts, and F-16 and horses jumping buildings. I think he had it covered :)

[Sheepherder]

Small deep sea subs

Newt suit.

[Oban]

Newt suit.

Mechanized aquatic knife delivery device.

[Bunk]

Or it sunk because of the battlemech attack. 

Also, FYI, no battlemechs in Abyss and True Lies.

Small deep sea subs, giant alien underwater crafts, and F-16 Hawker AV-8B and horses jumping buildings. I think he had it covered :)

[Mrbloodworth]

Details, details. 

[naum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cI5GxM4f50

Avatar is New Age, Satanic, Demonic Paganism

[Slayerik]

Saw a 3d imax showing of this a week ago Saturday and the place was packed. Still pullin' in cash. Pretty entertaining flick.

[sickrubik]

Saw a 3d imax showing of this a week ago Saturday and the place was packed. Still pullin' in cash. Pretty entertaining flick.

It's going to be interesting to see if there is an IMAX fight around next weekend after Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland opens. I can't imagine that it's going to have the draw that Avatar has, and if theaters revolt and put Avatar back in, or if we do go on our merry way fo the rest of the year, with the other releases like How To Train Your Dragon, etc.

[Cyrrex]

I, too, saw it about a week ago in an IMAX theater, and there wasn't an empty seat.  It's hard to imagine the theaters cock-punching themselves by putting Alice in Scaryland in its place.  Maybe they have no choice?  No idea wo makes those decisions, but I bet Avatar could sail along just fine until Clash of the Titans comes out.

[Velorath]

I, too, saw it about a week ago in an IMAX theater, and there wasn't an empty seat.  It's hard to imagine the theaters cock-punching themselves by putting Alice in Scaryland in its place.  Maybe they have no choice?  No idea wo makes those decisions, but I bet Avatar could sail along just fine until Clash of the Titans comes out.

In the case of Alice in Wonderland, Disney already pissed movie chains off when they announced that they'd be releasing the DVD 12 weeks after the theatrical release instead of the 17 weeks minimum that is generally agreed upon (some European theaters are actually boycotting the movie).  Even major U.S. chain AMC was holding off on agreeing to show Alice, and I assume they used the threat of a boycott to get a better bargaining position for their cut of the grosses and such.  Theoretically, it might have allowed them to continue showing Avatar on some of their IMAX screens.  Especially since for a movie that's been out for so long, they'd likely make more money off a sold out showing of Avatar than they would a sold out showing of Alice.

[Merusk]

Clearly the answer is to put in more IMAX theaters.  I know I want to see that kick ass NASA one I saw the trailer for, but can't imagine them kicking any of the upcoming blockbusters to the curb for a geeky science flick.

[Velorath]

Clearly the answer is to put in more IMAX theaters.  I know I want to see that kick ass NASA one I saw the trailer for, but can't imagine them kicking any of the upcoming blockbusters to the curb for a geeky science flick.

The economy made it hard for a lot of theater chains to get funding for that sort of thing for a bit (it certainly slowed down progress in chains converting more screens from 35mm to digital projectors, and I assume it slowed down funding for new IMAX screens for a while).  Funding seems to be going through more now, although it's already too late now to capitalize on Avatar's success, and I'm not sure if anything coming out in 3D the next year or so has much potential for huge success.

[Nerf]

Both new harry potter movies are coming out in 3d, as is the clash of the titans remake.  Apparently Avatar streamlined some new 3d tech and now its the new hotness that every movie must have.  I wish I owned a glasses manufacturing company, someone could make a fucking killing selling "High end" $15 super-comfy 3d glasses right now.

[Riggswolfe]

I saw you guys mentioning that Avatar is still raking in cash so I decided to check its grosses to date. Worldwide it is sitting at 2.5 billion. That's just...amazing. It makes Titanic look like a borderline failure at this point...

[Velorath]

Clash of the Titans is a last minute conversion into 3D.  I'm not really expecting much from it.

[UnSub]

New 3D tech has been hailed as the temporary saviour of the film industry. It will end when 3D technology comes to our home screens, but for now, expected to see pretty much everything in 3D.

[Tannhauser]

New 3D tech has been hailed as the temporary saviour of the film industry. It will end when 3D technology comes to our home screens, but for now, expected to see pretty much everything in 3D.

Very good point.  3D is the about the only thing to entice me into a movie theater anymore.  I'm so sick of cellphones, babies crying, crinkling candy wrappers, talkers, etc.

[KallDrexx]

New 3D tech has been hailed as the temporary saviour of the film industry. It will end when 3D technology comes to our home screens, but for now, expected to see pretty much everything in 3D.

Which will be relatively soon once Avatar comes out using that new 3d Blue ray spec.

[Amarr HM]

This movie was the first to truly try the technology. Even though it flopped in relation to it's all star cast, the 3D was epic and was a much better film than people gave it credit for.

[Mrbloodworth]

The game already supports it.

[WindupAtheist]

Someone rented this, so I finally saw it. It wasn't T2 or Aliens, and you could see every plot point coming from a hundred miles away, but it wasn't bad. I thought Sam Worthington came off pretty well, and the whole thing had that "whole well-developed world going on" vibe that makes my inner lore nerd happy.

That having been said, here's the stuff you knew was coming. I'm not making you click.

[taolurker]

Well, with the DVD release (breaking records) they're now talking about the Avatar sequel...

Now with underwater blue people.

Even more details in an article on SciFiWire

[Slyfeind]

Heh. He's re-releasing it four months after the DVD came out. That's awesome.

[Lakov_Sanite]

WUA

That's the thing though isn't it? I agree with nearly all your points, I went in expecting all that scholck and even still it was a fun movie.  I know this sort of thing has been done before, it's high fantasy/low story akin to something like a disney movie.  Sure, it could have used some script tweaking but we can't know it would have come out of that for the better.

I'm content with avatar the way it is and I think I'll have to pick it up just for the commentary.

[LK]

Oh, of course it'll be in the ocean. It's not like it's new territory for him. (Examples One, Two, and Three)

[Ratman_tf]

it's high fantasy/low story akin to something like a disney movie.

This is what I thought. That, and it was very shiny and polished. Kind of like a Stepford Wife. Pretty and does everything right and is a soulless machine.

[HaemishM]

Finally watched it. I was as bored by the movie itself as the trailers made me think I would be. I fell asleep during the action scenes (granted I was tired but still). Way too long, way too self-indulgent and without the 3D effects, it's just a pretty, vapid movie that isn't interesting enough to poke my fingers through the ginormous holes in the plot, setting and science. The last movie that took this long to tell a 2 sentence story in such a pretty yet boring fashion was Peter Jackson's King Kong.

[schild]

Got it on blu-ray. Will judge it tonight.

[Wasted]

The only reason to watch this movie was for the 3d on a big screen, I'm surprised so many people are bothering with the DVD.

[Riggswolfe]

Yeah, yeah. We get it. You guys are jaded. It says right in the title. The reason to watch this movie is to experience living on a truly Alien world.

[Ratman_tf]

The only reason to watch this movie was for the 3d on a big screen, I'm surprised so many people are bothering with the DVD.

To bitch about it on the internet! 
That, and for the Rifftrax.