So, they can wire the guy's brain into a 10-foot tall smurf

[Orrex]

but they can't just fix his legs for him?

[rcrush]

1. He goes down with the ship at the end of the movie.

Stupid CGI ship.

[AllenVanAllen]

2. You and your troublesome logic.

Let me have my big-ass smurfs in peace why don't cha'.

[Lorien]

3. Well, since corporations still control America in the future and RW dicks

are still in charge, in shouldn't surprise you that there is plenty of money to develop avatars, but none to help paraplegics walk because of those darling STEM CELLS.

(Note: the bad guy in the film promises that he'll restore the Marines working legs IF he helps him with the corporation's mission, so obviously we don't have Universal Health care 100 years from now either).

[NJmaverick]

4. LOL! Damn! I was thinking that same thing when I was reading the reviews

they can create a whole new alien body but they can't fix the guy's legs

[Lorien]

5. They can, but there's no universal health care in the future

didn't you see the trailer?

[NJmaverick]

6. or according to Star Trek no cure for male pattern baldness

[EOTE]

45. Exactly. The sarge even offers to pay to have them fixed.

Just like now, in the future, only those who can afford it are deemed worthy of healthcare.

[Alexander]

7. Unobtainium? Really? That's the dumbest name for an element, ever.

The first time I heard it, I thought "They couldn't possibly give it such a stupid name, could they? I must have misheard the dialogue."

Nope. Unobtainium.

[kedrys]

8. They didn't invent it

It's a whimsical aerospace engineering (among other things) term for anything that's either very rare or a huge pain to make. The ship in The Core was made of unobtainium. It also applies to theoretical materials that can't actually exist.

Still weak, though.

[Alexander]

12. Well, I learned something new today. Thanks!

It would be nice if they at least explained their use of the word.

[targetpractice]

10. Perhaps, "mcguffinium" would have worked instead. n/t

[WildEyedLiberal]

9. They can, but it cost more money than he could afford on a grunt's salary

That was part of the first ten minutes of narration. That was part of how the general roped him into spying on the Navi; he promised that the corporation would front the cost of his spinal cord operation.

[Orrex]

14. So we've got interstellar travel, but medical care is still a pipe dream?

Bodes ill for the future.

[WildEyedLiberal]

15. I think it was pretty obvious that the future portrayed in the film is not a positive one

Wars of conquest and greed continued on an interstellar scale, and humanity had essentially destroyed Earth in its rapacious need for more money. Why would such a society give someone a pricy medical operation for free?

It makes perfect sense within the context of the film, so I'm not sure why you're trying so hard to poke a hole in this particular plot point.

[Orrex]

16. Only because it's the most obvious, and because the movie makes a point of foregrounding it

Have patience--I'll get around to the others in due course.

[dysfunctional press]

18. actually, the movie makes a point of explaining both aspects...

first off- the 10-foot smurf wasn't 'wired' for him...
second- they could fix his legs- if he could afford it(apparently he didn't qualify for subsidies)...they even dangle a new pair of legs in front of him like a carrot on a stick(the effect is best viewed in 3d).

did you not see the movie- or just not pay attention...?

[Orrex]

19. Shouldn't you be smooching True Lies?

So the smurf-wiring is a macguffin. And the expensive medical procedure is a macguffin.

Got it.


Gosh. I'm sure I remember playing this video game before...

[dysfunctional press]

20. typical.

your obvious envy of james cameron's career successes comes across very clearly from the tenor of your posts.

it's kinda cute, actually.

[Orrex]

22. That's close to the craziest thing I've ever seen posted on DU

And I'm a baritone.

[dysfunctional press]

23. of course it is...and of course you are...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

don't feel bad- MOST people can't do what james cameron does- it doesn't make you any less of a person that you can't come close to matching his career accomplishments...to date. :shrug:

btw- did you design and render your DU avatar image all by yourself??? it sure seems like oscar-caliber graphic design work...:snicker:

[Orrex]

24. So...

Because I think that Cameron is a schlocky director--and that his current offering is more or less indistinguishable from a video game--this means that I must somehow be jealous of him? What crazy CGI planet are you from, anyway? Off the top of my head I can think of three of his films that are unwatchably bad. Whatever his accomplishments, he's also capable of really terrible film-making.

btw- did you design and render your DU avatar image all by yourself??? it sure seems like oscar-caliber graphic design work...:snicker:

Gosh, that's a zinger. What time is recess over? Give me Cameron's budget and creative control, and I'll put together an avatar worthy of the most pandering Happy Meal toy you've ever seen, just like Jimmy has done.

And did you stuff your head up your ass all by yourself? That's some USGS-caliber spelunking.

[rcrush]

25. Its a half CGI half live action planet with lame CGI characters!

[Orrex]

26. But the CGI creatures are almost twice as tall as non-smurfs

So it kind of evens out.

[rcrush]

27. So far I've only seen clips and trailers

But is it me or does Gollum seem more real than those 10 foot tall Smurfs? Maybe they should have gotten Peter Jackson to make this movie.

[Orrex]

28. Tony the Tiger seems more real than those 10 foot tall smurfs.

And he's GRRRRRR-EAT!

[zerox]

30. The CGI in Avatar was done by Jackson's company, WETA.

The trailers do not do this film justice.

[dysfunctional press]

31. so...what format did you see the entire film in...?

2d, 3d, or 3d-imax?

considering how much you trash you like to talk about avatar- i have to assume that you've seen the entire film...otherwise your posts would reek of incessant & ignorant jealousy of cameron's success- and you claim that isn't it- so you must be making an informed judgement after seeing the film in it's entirety, and i'm just curious as to which format you saw it in. i saw it in 3d-imax, and it's NOTHING like the movie you describe, so i have to believe that perhaps you viewed it in a 'lesser' format, or at a sub-standard theatre. :shrug:

[Orrex]

32. Where the hell are you getting that bullshit about jealousy?

Am I only permitted to mock things of which I'm jealous? How the hell does that figure?

Tell you what. Send me $40 to offset the cost of seeing it in Supercolossal Realer-than-Real IMAX, if it's that important to you.

Until then, I'll be happy to complain about the glimpses that Jimmy himself has given us re: the horrible previews that he greenlighted.

[dysfunctional press]

33. incessant & ignorant jealousy it is then....pretty much what i figured.

$40 for an imax movie?

the people at the box office must know you all too well, and be able to see you coming...:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Orrex]

34. Well, let's see

$10 for the ticket, gas for the 90 mile round trip, parking, refreshments, etc. I am happy to accept PayPal, for your convenience.

For the life of me, I can't see how you come up with jealousy as the source of my derision. Am I also jealous of Carlos Mencia for that same reason?


I mean, gee. I suppose it's cool that you get a special feeling form 10-foot-tall smurfs, but why do you have to take it out on everybody else?

[dysfunctional press]

36. you simply protest too much about something you admit knowing next to nothing about...

so there must be some underlying reason...

"Give me Cameron's budget and creative control, and I'll put together an avatar worthy of the most pandering Happy Meal toy you've ever seen, just like Jimmy has done."

yep...jealousy, plain and simple. the green-eyed monster strikes again...

don't feel bad though- you're only human.

but then- so is cameron. :shrug:

[Orrex]

37. I've been reading back through your posts to find the one that makes sense.

The search continues.

"Give me Cameron's budget and creative control, and I'll put together an avatar worthy of the most pandering Happy Meal toy you've ever seen, just like Jimmy has done."

yep...jealousy, plain and simple. the green-eyed monster strikes again...

Well, in fairness, I was responding to your nonsensical and pointlessly petty attack on my avatar.

[dysfunctional press]

38. you don't have to back-pedal on my account.

i didn't say that there was anything wrong with your jealousy of someone more talented.

it's perfectly natural, in fact.

[Orrex]

39. But you're assuming your (ridiculous) conclusion

My derision isn't motivated by jealousy at all. Every point that you've tried to make based on that assumption is therefore baseless.

[dysfunctional press]

40. then it must be...love.

you. LOVE. him.



thanks for the clarification- that would explain your obsessive behaviour in regard to his movies and his career.

it's even kind of...cute.

[Orrex]

41. It's a test.

To determine what ridiculous lengths Cameron's acolytes will go to in defending their icon.

So far, there appears to be no limit.

[dysfunctional press]

42. which is naturally why you've started at least three threads about him so far today...

you're behaving like a 3rd grader with his first crush on a girl...:loveya:

i was wrong- it's not cute.

it's ADORABLE!

[Orrex]

44. You get weirder and weirder

[dysfunctional press]

49. hey- i know the feeling...but 'you' don't have to explain your man-crush to me...

everyone gets a little weird now and then.

(especially when you they can't have what you they obviously want so badly. )

[EOTE]

47. Oooooh, snap! You win the smackdown of the thread award.

To you sir, 5 internets. And for the record, his Cameron crush is kinda sweet.

[Orrex]

50. You're just jealous that Cameron likes me more.

And he doesn't even return DP's phonecalls.

[EOTE]

51. Eh, I had Cameron in the early 90s.

That was when he was at his prime. Couldn't get him to stop calling afterward, I had to change my number. You're just getting my sloppy seconds.

[Iggo]

11. New eyes for Geordi...

...but nothing we can do about that baldness. Sorry, loser!!!!

[Bucky]

13. Maybe he *wants* to be bald.

[crispini]

17. Cause bald guys are hawt.

and don't you think Capt. Picard didn't know that, either. :D

[LynneSin]

21. Don't look at me - I was stuck inside still figuring out the logic of "The Day After Tomorrow"

I thought it was a good film to watch in light of the fact that I was trapped inside my house.

[Duncan Grant]

29. I saw it last night in 3-D and loved it! I'm planning to see it again.

Too each his or her own.

[Orrex]

35. "To each his or her own"

Apparently not. According to some, if you don't like the film, then you're suffering from pathological jealousy.

[Swede]

43. You do seem obsessed with James Cameron.

For days now. Maybe you shouldn't go to the movie.

[EOTE]

48. *snort* A film you admit to not seeing.

Yeah, if you claim to not like a film that you haven't seen and then start multiple threads about it, that pretty much smacks of jealousy of some sort.

[EOTE]

46. Did you actually see the movie? Or did you just want to bitch? NT