Poll: Does Cameron’s Avatar Trailer Live Up to the Hype?
This morning, randomly out of left field, the first teaser trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar hit the web. Many fans thought they would see the video tomorrow as an official kick off for Avatar Day. Wrong! It debuted today, and for those of you who didn’t attend Comic-Con, it was your first look at any live action footage from the film. So the question is, what did you think?
After months of CGI, 3-D imaging talk you finally got to see what Cameron and all the industry folks have been yapping about. Is it everything you expected or were you let down? Is it even possible for it to live up to the hype? Tell us your thoughts by taking our Avatar poll below.
If you need a refresher course here’s the Avatar trailer link.
Loading ...In my opinion, graphics wise I think the film’s amazing! I don’t have a complete grasp on the story, but its a teaser so you can’t expect much. Being the cynical movie watcher I am, I must admit that I along with several other fans noticed the glaring lapse of logic in the film.
Avatar takes place in a time where doctors can transport your mind into a false body, but they can’t revitalize the nerves of paraplegics? If Sam Worthington’s character wants to walk, they don’t have the technology to heal him, but they can create an entirely new alien body for him to use instead? But like I said, that’s the plot-picking nerd in me, its all in good fun.
What did you think about the Avatar trailer?
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:10PM
suck?
FOH
Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:41PM
Looks pretty damn fantastic. But I haven't really followed anything about it, so I have no expectations built up at all.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:07PM
does it suck? not like you're slanting the question at all. why not just ask how much does it suck?
Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:13PM
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:22PM
It shouldn't matter how the question in worded. It's your opinion.
Friday, August 21, 2009 12:49AM
after the first viewing of this.all i can say is the aleins they look weak at best.cgi characters just have no life to them.
Friday, August 21, 2009 1:01AM
Having seen the preview at COMICON in 3D, I can say without reservation that this film will deliver in story, spectacle and jaw-dropping visuals. Those who doubt will need to wait in longer lines on week two, because great word of mouth will spread like wildfire!
Cant wait for 12/18!
Friday, August 21, 2009 3:16AM
I like the style of the trailer, with the background harmonic. I think it would have been better with no dialogue at all. Overall, the movie looks great, but the story is going to depend on how the third act is played out. From the general summary I read, its themes are really nothing new even if the execution of them for a story within this film is. Here's hoping for a unique third act as well as hope that it doesnt fall into trying to be for general audiences. That could kill its impact, at least for me.
The only real downside for me, on first viewing is the CGI characters. They've not moved beyond them simply looking like CGI. Sort of detracts from the empathy we should probably be feeling for them. Being within the movie experience may turn it around.
Really cant wait for the movie, but aside from the styling of the trailer, I'm not particularly overwhelmed by it.
Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:37AM
James Camerons flaw is he's going against the Creator by fully promoting evolution as scientific fact!
Just like he did in producing "Jesus tomb." Slippaey slope. To bad! Antichrist!
Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:02AM
Wasnt relly blown away by the trailer. Like "okey that looked fine i gess" but I was aspecting more.
Howvever a man that have giving us Terminator, Terminator II, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, Titanic will not make a bad movie so I will give this a chance..
Saturday, August 22, 2009 1:16PM
got that right, they were riding horses too, really dumb.
Saturday, August 22, 2009 1:19PM
I can't understand those that say "it looked amazing" and "it's (gonna be) the best movie ever" etc.
It looked, at best, like a so-so Pixar animated film. Nothing more.
Certainly not up to the hype. By a long shot.
So i don't know why such different oppinions. It maybe didn't totally suck 100%, although came pretty close, but certainly it didn't "absolutely rule"
If I had to choose between watching this and The Dark Knight, Watchmen or even Transformers, guess what …
Monday, August 24, 2009 5:13PM
Looks like a cheap pc-game to me. Like a 10 year old Tomb Raider. Much worse than anything Pixar made. I don't get it. I had high expectations, but this is a let down.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:17PM
God, this really looks stupid. I mean what was James Cameron thinking? Nobody is gonna see this pile of crap! He should hang it up cause he's through! The Animation looks like CGI, man whats that all about? I thought he would really grow some aliens with the help of genetic scientists and give us the movie we are entitled to! I thought he would actually build full scale working spacecraft, travel to other planets and film the story there! WHAT THE HELL IS EVERYONE BITCHING ABOUT? This preview if F***ing awesome!!!!!!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:30AM
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:31PM
Evolution is a scientific fact, dude. Just like gravity.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 6:53PM
… Until you read the plot summary.
I have no stakes on arguing if the movie is going to be a success or not, but I have big-psychotic-hatreds toward stories that make no sense, and James Cameron's Avatar has a big flaw that if you ignore it makes your IQ drop 50 points. I really enjoyed the trailer, and it was a good thing it didn't have anyone talking on the background about what happens in the movie, but they must have an exceptional explanation to why humans after developing a technology that grants them with immortality (mind being transferred to a new body) are still running after valuable minerals. In addition, it lacks originality where the plot is similar to The Last of the Mohicans, Dance with Wolves, The Last Samurai and Shrek.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:37PM
"why humans after developing a technology that grants them with immortality (mind being transferred to a new body) are still running after valuable minerals".
First of all do you know how many people die of disentary around the world every year just because they didn't have pepto bismol? 1.8 million people. People dying from the runs these days seems a little far fetched to me. See the analogy is wrong. The question would be why are people dying from the runs these days? I'm sure the your question will be answered in the film.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:39PM
Secondly, just because you can transfer your consciousness to an Avatar does not mean that it's free! Especially as it seems in the film the technology is a hush hush millitary program! If you become immortal does that mean you instantly give up on the idea of becoming a capitialist that searches for valuable minerals? Not if history has anything to say about it. These arguments presented in context of the real world fall flat on their face. As far as the homage to other movies I'm sure the list could grow to encompass many more movies that follow a similar story line. For instance Wolfgang Petersen's "Enemy Mine" is one example. Does that make it unoriginal? It really depends on how they deal with it. The plot for Star Wars was taken from the Akira Kurosawa movie The Hidden Fortress. Did that make the movie any less influential?
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:12PM
not really, its still just a theory, srry pall, they lie to us at skools…all that stuff u took in bio, alot of the stuff they say is fact that is based on evolution, has actually been proven false….
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:59PM
Is gravity just a theory, or is it a fact? Is thermodynamics just a theory, or is it a fact? Is relativity a theory, or a fact?
In science, theory is a fact not a hypothesis: "As used in science, a theory is an explanation or model based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning, especially one that has been tested and confirmed as a general principle helping to explain and predict natural phenomena. "
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:45AM
Noodle, I'm sure anyone who would be after valuable minerals would be seeking that so one could live longer and prosper. If you're living longer than the rest and are prospering from it, why would you concern yourself with anything else? Power? For what? You are a highkander, you have the information! As I said, they must have an exceptional explanation; otherwise, it is just dumb. About originality, I don't know about you, but I'm tired of the same cliché stories with the same conflicts over and over again in all these movies. Can't they do something different for a change?! Is that ask too much?! Hey… I noticed I have the right to complain if I don't like something. So, that’s what I’m doing.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:47AM
Yeah, Star Wars was good when I was 8. I'm sure if it was today, things would be different. BTW, the new episodes didn’t added anything to the plot that I didn’t already know, but they were fun for the special effects, soundtrack and the actors’ effort. There’s a difference between saying the movie sucks, to pointing out the flaw in its plot. Like I said: I have no stocks on whether it’s going to be a hit or not, but if the plot has a flaw, I get pissed off (mind you: I liked the trailer, if you didn’t read the first time). I’ll tell you what: Let’s exchange emails, come December we watch the movie and I’ll tell you if there is a flaw or not. If doesn’t I will apologize for my harsh words. Deal?
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:47AM
Jesus Christ it's a friggen Trekkie! First of all there is no immortality being presented in this movie. The alien is his Avatar that he controls through technology. It doesn't make him live forever. He's in a stasis chamber when he's operating the Alien. So that's mute. Now if you were sharp they real flaw you would see is why can't they cure Sam Worthington of being paralized if they can grow aliens. Tell ya what you keep watching reruns of Star Trek, I use to think they were good too when I was 8!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:41PM
If you can preserve the mind then you got yourself immortality, the body is just a container, that can be replaced over and over again, despites if it is human or na’vi. I’ll grant you that, I left out they could create a human body just as easy as they created an alien one, I assumed that was included. So let's see… you got yourself genetically changed bodies, you can create them as you please… how long does the process take? How fast do you age? Can you create a genetically changed body that doesn't age? Could you create a genetically changed body that doesn’t age, is stronger and faster? See where this is going? If they don't have an excellent explanation in the movie for them not to be creating human/na’vi bodies like that, the whole plot is dumb. FYI: I've never watched Star Trek, only the new movie, and the comic fight scene of Kirk vs lizard man, that is hilarious. I don't even know what you were trying to apply by your last phrase on your last post, feel free too attack me personally, I really don't care about it, just remember it won't change the facts.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:52PM
Noodle, I forgot to mention … the time travel plot in the Star Trek movie, yeah … it is a flaw.
Cheers!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:48PM
Sub-standard animation + obvious, spoon-fed morality story. Yawn.
Why is it that so many of the great directors/producers start to turn out crap in their old age?
Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:21PM
Any one who says this looks bad has no sense of adventure or imagination and can go get f*****. This movie has amazing visual effects and is extremely unique. It looks amazing.
Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:45AM
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