The film is designed for homo superior! It's a shame your evolutionary inferiority precludes you from full enjoyment of this masterpiece. Stay warm with your cave fire, backman!
Read a book! -----Original Message----- From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 3:56 pm Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) It appeared to be the same 3D technology that Universal and Disney use on some of their 'rides', and it gives me a wicked headache. I'll take the flat, lifeless, yet pain-free film, and will strive to somehow find the joy in my otherwise pallid theatrical experience. On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 5:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > If you didn't see it in 3-D, your opinion is completely invalid. That's > like reviewing a restaurant from listening to people outside who are talking > about it. You missed an entire third of the movie, you 2-D nooooooob! > Delete that podcast, loser! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 8:10 am > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) > > If I had been 12, this would have been the greatest movie I'd ever > > seen. Unfortunately, I have seen a few movies in the past 15 years so > > yeah, as I said in the podcast this is the most beautifully done > > cliche in the history of filmmaking. Very enjoyable (although I > > couldn't bring myself to go to the 3D showing) and I'd definitely > > recommend seeing it, but beyond the visual appeal it's tired and > > trite. I noticed some Last Samurai, Dances With Wolves, and Fern Gully > > aplenty in the story. > > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Okay. So this is a Avatar thread? Is this the first one posted since the > >> movie came out two weeks ago? Maybe. I haven't been paying too close > >> attention with the holidays being so busy. > >> So, without spoilers I will say that it was an enjoyable film. Extremely > >> gorgeous, but I think I only enjoyed it for the beauty of it. The story is > >> old and has been done over many times. I almost compare it to a modern day > >> Dances with Wolves. I'm trying very hard here to not give away spoilers > >> but seriously, I believe we all have seen this same story over and over > >> again. > >> However, just for the beauty of it, I would recommend everyone go see this > >> movie, especially in 3D. It may be the most beautiful movie ever. > >> By the way, there were parts I did fall asleep due to the boring and > >> extremely cliche portions of the movie, but don't let that stop you as I > >> tend to have A.D.D., even with movies these days. > >> > >> -- > >> Have a Better One, > >> Edward Crosby > >> http://www.edwardcrosby.com > >> ----- > >> "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > >> Merlin Mann > >> > >>> I haven't seen Avatar, but I loved your story! > >>> Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee you looked for them. ;) > >>> > >>> The Irredeemable Shag > >>> http://firestormfan.com > >>> http://onceuponageek.com > >>> http://twitter.com/onceuponageek > >>> > >>> > >>> -------- Original Message -------- > >>> Subject: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> Date: Thu, December 31, 2009 6:41 am > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> > >>> Went to see Avatar on Christmas with another couple. In the car, the > >>> girls admitted neither one really wanted to see it. Who are these girls? > >>> So...we settled on Sherlock Holmes. That's why we don't buy tickets in > >>> advance! So, got to the theater. Packed! Everything sold out but Nine. > >>> Nine was beyond terrible. A true stinker from the Kingdom of Malodoria. > >>> Made not seeing Avatar worse than not seeing Avatar. It exists only to > >>> punish. > >>> > >>> The other dude and I pledged to return to see Avatar. It worked out >>> that > >>> we went tonight. Failed to buy tickets in advance, since Wednesday night > >>> and who goes to the movies on Wed.? Apparently, the answer is everyone. > >>> Packed again! Sold out in Imax, Sold out in 3D, sold out in standard > >>> (which we had no intention of seeing). > >>> > >>> We decided to buy tickets for tomorrow in advance, but since the line >>> was > >>> huge we decided to use one of the machines. I like the machines anyway. > >>> They work! > >>> > >>> This is Seattle, however, and they just got the telephone poles out >>> here, > >>> so despite the dominance of Microsoft, folks don't know how to use > >>> machines. Only two people in line ahead of us, but they were, like, > >>> reading the instructions and unsure if it was touchscreen technology and > >>> how to select their movie or how to do anything really. They were looking > >>> at the movie titles and using their Iphone to read reviews of the movie. > >>> With a line behind them. Where were they raised? The world isn't your > >>> facebook. You can't just block other people. > >>> > >>> So...without getting too Brooklyn on them, I made enough snorts and > >>> stamps to let them know there was a world beyond the selection screen, > >>> one even more finely and delicately rendered than the 3-D images of James > >>> Cameron's epic, one real enough to touch and feel and shame you into make > >>> a fucking decision. So, they chose and they left, and when I walked up > >>> to the machine...their tickets came out. And they were for tonight. > >>> > >>> It seems they were, in fact, collecting their tickets after having >>> bought > >>> them in advance, they had never done it before, and they took the receipt > >>> and not the tickets. So, by the time I pieced this together they were > >>> long gone, and since the tickets were for a showing in two hours, they > >>> weren't in the lobby being told they didn't have tickets. They were off > >>> at a juke joint or a soda shoppe or connecting antennae in the parking > >>> garage. > >>> > >>> So...we sort of looked for them, but sort of took the tickets, grabbed a > >>> five-dollar footlong, ate a five-dollar footlong and saw the movie on > >>> their dime. I swear we looked for them, but you know, in Seattle > >>> everyone wears black hoodies. So...Avatar...in 3-D....for freeeeee! > >>> > >>> It was pretty immersive and enjoyable. I liked the hell out of it. > >>> Thought it was like John Carter meets Adam Strange and then some. It was > >>> pretty and fun. Not as Ferngully as some of the haters have said. Maybe > >>> it could have been sexier? Cameron doesn't do that, though. Unless you > >>> count the drawing scene in Titanic or the headphones scene in Terminator. > >>> So, liked it, but seeing it for freeeeee probably made me like it even > >>> more. It made up for paying for Nine. Nine probably owes me two more > >>> movies. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The > > Unique Geek" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The > > Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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