I don't know how long I've been saying the same kind of thing about tv and movies. It wasn't original to me. I saw it years and years ago in a film special effects magazine, and the article was specifically about James Cameron's "Terminator 2" movie. The special effects guy interviewed said the story wasn't going to matter, whether it was good, bad, or mediocre, because it was going to look awesome. "Just make it look cool" was the title of the article. I realized then that was going to be the wave of the future, and indeed I was spot on.
I rather figured "Avatar" was going to be the same: stellar computer animation and graphics and a fabulous musical score... and the same old story of conquest/colonization and the hero that defies his "masters" and goes native and becomes the leader of the very people he was sent to destroy/infiltrate. (I haven't seen the movie, but I figured that's what it was about from the previews.)
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Date: 2010-01-04 10:26 am (UTC)I rather figured "Avatar" was going to be the same: stellar computer animation and graphics and a fabulous musical score... and the same old story of conquest/colonization and the hero that defies his "masters" and goes native and becomes the leader of the very people he was sent to destroy/infiltrate. (I haven't seen the movie, but I figured that's what it was about from the previews.)