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[Robh3606]

I took my son to see it today and it was great fun. The 3D is simply amazing you feel like you are in the forest on Pandora. It's a bit predictable but other than that if you are a Sci-Fi fan just go with it. The alien world is just beautiful, reminded me of alien worlds drawn but Roger Dean.

Rob

[Mr. Widget]

The alien world is just beautiful, reminded me of alien worlds drawn but Roger Dean.

YES... yes it did.

A friend of mine invited me to see the movie at Skywalker Ranch. Wow! I have never seen or heard anything quite like it.

The story? Way too predictable and a bit saccharine but it is still worth seeing at a major theater.


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[boputnam]

The story? Way too predictable and a bit saccharine but it is still worth seeing at a major theater.

That was my take just from the endless "trailers" shown everywhere. It seemed to have potential at the start, but once things got animated it became all so Disney-fied, to me.

I would have loved that Skywaker Ranch experience! Did you take any pictures of the room?

[Mr. Widget]

I would have loved that Skywaker Ranch experience! Did you take any pictures of the room?

No, I didn't have Doug's cell phone with me.

Seriously though, it was an audio and video WOW! experience. Avatar was shown at the main theater at Skywalker Sound... the place is as beautiful as it technically advanced. We used the same plastic dichroic filter glasses that regular Dolby 3-D theaters would have. If this 3-D craze continues, I think I'd pop for the $80 glasses that my buddy's team used while working on the film.

For those interested in such things... except for the stainless steel railings, light fixtures, and projection room window, every inch of every surface was covered in fabric... the walls and ceiling were all covered in acoustic fabric and quite amply padded.

Here are a couple of web pics.


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[rlsound]

That's the " Stag " theater at Skywalker. Custom 3 way TADs for L C R with Meyer Subs. Processing by Dolby Lake.

[toddalin]

We saw it in IMAX 3-D last Tuesday. Very cool!

I leaned over to Linda during the movie and said, "They modeled the landscape (floating mountains, arches, foilage, and all) after the YES albums' artwork.

Went home, looked at the Yes Fragile album and saw (remembered) that Roger Dean did Yes, Asia, Uriah Heap, and a few others artwork. Went on-line to find a larger sampling of his art, showed it to Linda, and she agreed that it looked like a rip-off.

Flight of Icarus


Floating Islands


Freyja's Castle

[Allanvh5150]

I leaned over to Linda during the movie and said, "They modeled the landscape (floating mountains, arches, foilage, and all) after the YES albums' artwork.

Or you could say it was modeled from the New Zealand native bush where most of the special effects were done...........

Allan.

[stephane RAME]

Link to the studio http://www.skysound.com/

Stéphane

http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...ad.php?t=11750
http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...ad.php?t=19282

[toddalin]

Or you could say it was modeled from the New Zealand native bush where most of the special effects were done...........

Allan.

I had no idea that the mountains in New Zealand floated in the air. :dont-know

I hope that my old '70 Corvette, now located in Christchurch, stays earthbound.

[Allanvh5150]

I had no idea that the mountains in New Zealand floated in the air. :dont-know

I hope that my old '70 Corvette, now located in Christchurch, stays earthbound.

That completely depends on what you have been smoking...........

[toddalin]

That completely depends on what you have been smoking...........

Kush!

[JBL 4645]

it appears that this thread is in a forum reserved for :

Music
How you apply your Lansing gear.

it really s/b moved to:

Non Audio Discussions
Forum For Non Lansing Discussion on Recreational Topics

Now someone here has gone, bah humbug on us?

I think it would easier if there was JBL movie forum added to the site.

Keep the JBL music on its side
Keep the JBL movie on its side

[hjames]

Yes, definately in the style of the classic Roger Dean art ...

Seems others are seeing the same thing ...

http://www.google.com/search?q=avatar+roger+dean

I leaned over to Linda during the movie and said, "They modeled the landscape (floating mountains, arches, foilage, and all) after the YES albums' artwork.

Went home, looked at the Yes Fragile album and saw (remembered) that Roger Dean did Yes, Asia, Uriah Heap, and a few others artwork. Went on-line to find a larger sampling of his art, showed it to Linda, and she agreed that it looked like a rip-off.

[speakerdave]

It was fun. I ducked once.

. . . . and she agreed that it looked like a rip-off. . . .

borrowings or homages or outright thefts
--as discussed above--Roger Dean landscapes
--Alien connection (Sigourney Weaver)
--open with a camera journey along a long space ship (Star Wars?)
--gentle, peaceful tree-dwelling natives nevertheless willing and able to fight for their homes using primitive technology (ewoks)
--monsters and fighting machines in a jungle (Terminator)
--characters going into technologically controlled submerged state to manifest in another reality (The Matrix)
--the huge flying steeds are an old motif from a childhood story which I can remember, but cannot place

also

politically correct green theme
politically correct hero in a wheelchair
ambivalent characterization of the military

As I said, I enjoyed it, but James Cameron's mind is deeply cliched or he is a shameless expropriator of other peoples ideas and successes, and public sentiments.

[kenratboy]

I've got to say, I pretty much forgot the story or the characters. I just got so caught up in the geeky technical aspects, I was in heaven for that 2.5 hours. It was almost like a less-dumb Michael Bay movie!

Going to see it again probably tomorrow. There is a nice Barco waiting for me.

Oh, and I would love to spend the money for some better 3D glasses if this caught on. I know I am missing something with the cheapies they give you (in terms of comfort and performance.