tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post8032234325738445261..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Avatar (a film)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-59407966582832370072017-06-26T02:23:48.119+01:002017-06-26T02:23:48.119+01:00Being plugged into a possibly-sentient biosphere-w...Being plugged into a possibly-sentient biosphere-wide Gaia-like super-organism involving trees isn't a million miles away from the short story 'Hunter, Come Home' by Richard McKenna.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-25001991003257700292010-02-16T14:25:54.259+00:002010-02-16T14:25:54.259+00:00You asked where the ponytail scart cable meme was ...You asked where the ponytail scart cable meme was stolen from.<br /><br />I was very strongly reminded of 'Sentenced to Prism' by Alan Dean Foster; I seem to recall that this had biosphere-wide brain interface tendrils or somesuch; leading to pervasive peace and understanding...<br /><br />So, who did ADF steal the idea from?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060932750731516470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-53894070383192186792010-02-08T05:47:17.682+00:002010-02-08T05:47:17.682+00:00I'd agree with Louise: great Grimm fairy tale ...I'd agree with Louise: great Grimm fairy tale told with amazingly beautiful effects - but no tension over plot. Still, I'll go see it again and wish I had a pigtail and dragon.Rebecca Holt Stayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-67609149580493759652010-02-07T23:19:34.664+00:002010-02-07T23:19:34.664+00:00I thought it was seriously lacking as SF (no, you ...I thought it was seriously lacking as SF (no, you really can't make your planet a moon of a gas giant and then completely ignore the physical and biological consequences, Mr Cameron) but as a fairy tale it was rather satisfying. Fairy tales don't really need characterisation so that was fine. And I've been waiting for dragons that pretty since I was 14.Louise Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120364497851844081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-37012271453357061142010-02-06T11:48:31.590+00:002010-02-06T11:48:31.590+00:00Unfortunately James Cameron seems to lack even a G...Unfortunately James Cameron seems to lack even a George Lucas level of characterisation. The original Star Wars was as predictable a battle of good against evil but at least gave you characters that were a bit interesting in their dynamics (Obi Wan thinks Luke is too impulsive, Luke thinks Han is too cynical, Han thinks Leia is too haughty, everyone thinks Chewbacca is too violent, everyone thinks C3PO is too cowardly etc.). <br /><br />My problem with Avatar was that I just found it very difficult to care about anything that was happening once I got past the 'wow that's amazing' stage. 'Will the marines win? Will the main character make the right choice?' seemed as redundant as 'will the Titanic sink'Nick Mazonowiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01672027642700116849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-52984832239296165742010-02-05T17:08:22.594+00:002010-02-05T17:08:22.594+00:00Yeah, that was pretty much how I felt about it. A...Yeah, that was pretty much how I felt about it. As that kind of movie, I'd say that it could have been improved by being rated a bit higher, and thus being bloodier. I would have been gripped more if things had been more intense.<br /><br />Oh, and there's whole "White guy saves the natives" thing, which annoyed a bunch of people. I could live with it, but it did annoy me slightly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com