You will be amazed

OneWithWood · January 08, 2010, 12:34:18 PM

The weather was nasty here yesterday - lots of blowing snow, icy roads and just all around yucky.

Not a good day to be out in the woods working.

But...it was a good evening to trudge into town to see this flick. We knew there would be no lines and we could pick the best seats in the theatre. ;D

What a visual treat! and we looked really cool with the 3d specs 8) 8)

Jeff · January 08, 2010, 12:48:24 PM

I think Burkraft was dissin the movie because I bet the glasses made him look just like Drew Carey.

(Hey! I coulda said Mimi...) ;)

Warbird · January 08, 2010, 01:30:24 PM

Jeff

OWW, some friends of mine and I may go watch it yet again tomorrow. It would be my 3rd time watching it, 2nd time in 3D.

SwampDonkey · January 08, 2010, 03:25:37 PM

And here I have to get my entertainment, entertaining you guys from my shop.

Life's just the doldrums in the arctic wasteland. Ho hum! :D :

isawlogs · January 10, 2010, 09:59:32 PM

I was just on the phone with my son , he told me it was his fourth viewing and not the last ... :D

Jeff · January 10, 2010, 11:28:54 PM

I'd go again if I got the chance.

Warbird · January 11, 2010, 12:06:09 AM

I have watched it 3 times and that is enough for me, for the theater. It will be interesting to see what sort of 3D technology they release for the television market over the next year or two.

moonhill · January 11, 2010, 08:41:14 AM

Wow

. So the leanings I get is Avatar is a movie worth seeing. I had a report to go see it as well. I have not seen it yet, 3 or more? Is it really that good?

So, is it an alien movie or is it a comparison of how wicked modern man has become? Controlling resources with disregard to the natives? Could it be both? Or is it just entertainment? I am going to have to go see it for the entertainment.

Tim

P.S. is this being discussed elsewhere?

Jeff · January 11, 2010, 09:27:39 AM

Go and see it, leave the politics at home and be thoroughly entertained by the spectacle.

And no, its not being discussed elsewhere.

brdmkr · January 11, 2010, 11:20:53 AM

Yeah, leave the politics out and just watch for the technology. I saw it in Imax 3d. Incredible! I found myself reaching out to touch stuff. I think I embarrassed my son :D

Warbird · January 11, 2010, 11:38:02 AM

What Jeff said. Just go see it.

moonhill · January 11, 2010, 12:30:30 PM

We are going this evening. We have to drive 2 hours one way to get to a theater showing in 3D, only 1/2 hour more than the 2D theater.

Tim

Warbird · January 11, 2010, 02:29:00 PM

Don't drink a lot of fluid before the show. With previews, it is well over 2.5 hours long!

Dodgy Loner · January 11, 2010, 02:29:40 PM

I took the fiance to see the movie on Saturday. She rolled her eyes and wasn't too interested when I suggested that we go, because she's not into sci-fi fantasies. Neither am I, but Jeff was rather convincing ;). We both were amazed. The world they created just seemed so real, it's hard to believe it only exists on somebody's computer :D.

Regarding the politics, I don't know what the big deal was. If you weren't offended by Dances With Wolves (and I wasn't), which is based in reality, I don't see why you would be offended by this movie, which is a complete fantasy. Just forget about it and enjoy the experience.

moonhill · January 12, 2010, 07:43:43 AM

What will the next phase of technology bring us in viewing entertainment? It was cool. I didn't have to "go" until I reached home, that is 5 hours from the start of the movie.

The political slant, if that is what we want to call it, was as expected, no big deal.

It appeared they were hunter gatherers, and not a agrarians. I would have liked them to have touched on that a little more. I felt something was missing in their life styles, just not part of the plot I guess.

I heard if it goes well a trilogy may come out of it. That has me wondering which direction that my go? Into the future or the past.

I found the big tree falling interesting. It didn't flatten into the ground, some of the larger branches held up the trunk. Someone watch trees fall prior to the film.

I believe it stops running on the 14th of January, at least in my area, so last call if you want to see it on the big screen.

Tim

Warbird · January 12, 2010, 09:39:12 AM

I wondered about the tree falling, as well. My conclusion is that all organics on that planet also have naturally occurring carbon fiber, much as the Na'vi. Therefore, it is much stronger and the branches were able to support more weight. Just a theory but that is what I would say if I were the writer. ;)

As for the next phase of technology, I expect holographic projection and paper thin surround screens to make an appearance somewhere. Fully immersive 3D will then be possible but I cannot yet picture how it would work at a theater.

moonhill · January 12, 2010, 05:02:12 PM

They are working on contact lenses which will be the screen for just about anything, computer, communications person to person, games, and I guess movies and much more.

Tim

Warbird · January 12, 2010, 06:16:13 PM

Have you guys seen the movie "Surrogates", with Bruce Willis? It is pretty fake from a networking perspective but still an interesting concept that ties directly into this sort of stuff.

SPIKER · January 12, 2010, 07:06:03 PM

Quote from: Warbird on January 12, 2010, 06:16:13 PM
Have you guys seen the movie "Surrogates", with Bruce Willis? It is pretty fake from a networking perspective but still an interesting concept that ties directly into this sort of stuff.

I wasnt impressed with surrogates all that much, saw it at the dollar move and glad I didnt pay full price.

'the tree falling & not smashing to bits could have been a low gravity thing as in the first part of the movie they said that the gravity was only like 80% of what earths is. That is just my take, but I doupt that any of the guys/girls that did that fancy programming have ever been close to a falling tree, or a tree that is alive & standing for that matter :D Some kid probably with a pasty computer monitor tan AT BEST ;) lol

I might like to go see it again...

Mark