Movies Avatar 2: Way of Water

[Argent]

I do find it funny that they are trying a re-release of Avatar to try to bring the movie back into puclic consciousness. There is a reason beyond length that you don't see Avatar as a common daytime t.v. movie. Avatar overall was a flash in the pan over special effects more then plot.


So I expect the woke level to be similar to the frist one. I am actually expecting it to be basically a repeat in that evil humans come back and are driven off by nature loving space natives just like the frist one.

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I don't expect much wokeness beyond the tree hippie stuff.

 

[Stargazer]

Didn't care about "Avatar" back in when it came out, past hating it for stealing the name of my favorite TV show. Didn't go see it in theaters because of that. Saw it on video at some point and wasn't impressed. The story was hamfisted environmentalist propaganda, the characters were uninspired, and there was nothing memorable or engaging for me about the sci fi setting (something about a giant magic tree? Which Avatar: The Last Airbender already had in one of its episodes).

The effects were decent. That's about the only thing positive I have to say about it.

So I don't care about the sequel. I feel like James Cameron didn't care about it either since it's taken almost a decade and a half to be made.

 

[Argent]

Didn't care about "Avatar" back in when it came out, past hating it for stealing the name of my favorite TV show. Didn't go see it in theaters because of that. Saw it on video at some point and wasn't impressed

While the storyline was hamfisted with the rest of the movie being generally average that it faded quickly from public attention for a reason.

But I will say that Avatar is a movie that should be seen on an RPX screen with 3D effects. I have seen it on t.v. and even the large theater rooms lose out compared to the theater. The scenes in the forest are really much more impressive that way.

 

[Buba]

I have a policy to watch movies made for cinema in cinemas. The large screen, darkness, smell of popcorn - that's the manner in which they were designed to be watched.

 

[Argent]

I have a policy to watch movies made for cinema in cinemas. The large screen, darkness, smell of popcorn - that's the manner in which they were designed to be watched.

True that is why I tend to see action or sci-fi movies in the theaters. A rom-com or college comedy doesn't really matter if you watch it on a t.v. or large screen. But a movie like Avatar needs to be seen on a big screen to get the full effect.

 

[Robovski]

I didn't care for Dances with Smurfs the first time, I'm certainly not going to partake of subsequent bizarrely late sequels. Avatar 2: Life Aquatic Boogaloo I could be tempted to see.

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Second trailer is up. Unfortunately it is only available in 1080p. 4k version will probably be made available to download from here shortly.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Reports the runtime of Avatar 2 will be 190 minutes long. By comparison Avengers Endgame was 182 minutes long while LOTR's third movie Return of the King was 201 minutes long when released in theaters

'Avatar 2' Might Have a Dreadfully Long Runtime - Inside the Magic

Might want to hold off on the drinks for this one....

insidethemagic.net

 

[Lord Sovereign]

Second trailer is up. Unfortunately it is only available in 1080p. 4k version will probably be made available to download from here shortly.

Praise the Emperor. Mankind has truly returned in force to that wretched world.

 

[Sailor.X]

Praise the Emperor. Mankind has truly returned in force to that wretched world.

Can I has Asteroids dropping on that world please?

 

[Bacle]

Praise the Emperor. Mankind has truly returned in force to that wretched world.

Can I has Asteroids dropping on that world please?

No, from what I've seen elsewhere, the RDA actually is trying for full colonization this time, not just a mining op, and Sully's group is engaged in a guerilla war against them.

Also, supposedly Quatrich is back in an Avatar body, still helping the RDA, and Jake's daughter has Segorney Weaver's character's memories.

So this time the set up makes even less sense and is even more...woke, because this time the RDA are full on trying to colonize Pandora, not just mine on it. Which, with the atmo and wildlife on Pandora being more lethal to human's than hard vacuum is, seems incredibly dumb.

 

[Sailor.X]

No, from what I've seen elsewhere, the RDA actually is trying for full colonization this time, not just a mining op, and Sully's group is engaged in a guerilla war against them.

Also, supposedly Quatrich is back in an Avatar body, still helping the RDA, and Jake's daughter has Segorney Weaver's character's memories.

So this time the set up makes even less sense and is even more...woke, because this time the RDA are full on trying to colonize Pandora, not just mine on it. Which, with the atmo and wildlife on Pandora being more lethal to human's than hard vacuum is, seems incredibly dumb.

Well that is stupid. I hope the movie bombs at the box office then for the woke mess it is.

 

[Lord Sovereign]

No, from what I've seen elsewhere, the RDA actually is trying for full colonization this time

colonization

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

So this time the set up makes even less sense and is even more...woke, because this time the RDA are full on trying to colonize Pandora, not just mine on it. Which, with the atmo and wildlife on Pandora being more lethal to human's than hard vacuum is, seems incredibly dumb.

Earth was on the brink of ecological collapse by the time of the first movie, and at the end of that movie that shipments of Unobtanium from Pandora to Earth stopped for a decade. Seems that pushed Earth over the brink into a downward spiral, leaving colonization as the only option left to save humanity.

Pandora is a really good spot. Proper distance from the Sun and temperature, electromagnetic sphere that protects from radiation, gravity is almost Earth-like, right atmospheric pressure that humans can walk around outside without exploding or being crushed. The atmospheric mix isn't quite breathable but nothing that terraformers can't fix eventually. And it is the only known source of Unobtanium, a room temperature superconductor.

The wildlife isn't a problem. Their new city, Bridgehead, is surrounded by walls and a 2 mile deep perimeter where automated weapons will kill anything that moves inside.

 

[Bassoe]

...this time the RDA are full on trying to colonize Pandora, not just mine on it. Which, with the atmo and wildlife on Pandora being more lethal to human's than hard vacuum is, seems incredibly dumb.

Well, if we want to dispose of the deathworld biosphere, the simplest method I can think of would be to set up an orbital sunshade array and freeze the planet. Once everything but the deep-sea thermal vent ecosystems have perished, we remove the sunshade and we'll have an empty planet with the proper ratios of oxygenated atmosphere/water/lack of radiation and toxicity/etc ready to reseed with terrestrial life from the shipboard clone embryos and seedbanks. On the other hand, this may be overkill, humanity's never had trouble before with exterminating any megafauna that dares prey upon us with much less technology than we've got in this situation.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Earth was on the brink of ecological collapse by the time of the first movie, and at the end of that movie that shipments of Unobtanium from Pandora to Earth stopped for a decade. Seems that pushed Earth over the brink into a downward spiral, leaving colonization as the only option left to save humanity.

Pandora is a really good spot. Proper distance from the Sun and temperature, electromagnetic sphere that protects from radiation, gravity is almost Earth-like, right atmospheric pressure that humans can walk around outside without exploding or being crushed. The atmospheric mix isn't quite breathable but nothing that terraformers can't fix eventually. And it is the only known source of Unobtanium, a room temperature superconductor.

The wildlife isn't a problem. Their new city, Bridgehead, is surrounded by walls and a 2 mile deep perimeter where automated weapons will kill anything that moves inside.

Pretty cool graphic.

I guess a two mile deep kill zone would necessitate looking into Water approaches if you are a Native.

 

[Proxy 404]

wonder if it will stick the landing. it probably has been too long. OTOH he did the 1st one and the only good squeals of a lot of scif fi so he has better odds then anyone else of pulling this off

 

[Agent23]

Earth was on the brink of ecological collapse by the time of the first movie, and at the end of that movie that shipments of Unobtanium from Pandora to Earth stopped for a decade. Seems that pushed Earth over the brink into a downward spiral, leaving colonization as the only option left to save humanity.

Pandora is a really good spot. Proper distance from the Sun and temperature, electromagnetic sphere that protects from radiation, gravity is almost Earth-like, right atmospheric pressure that humans can walk around outside without exploding or being crushed. The atmospheric mix isn't quite breathable but nothing that terraformers can't fix eventually. And it is the only known source of Unobtanium, a room temperature superconductor.

The wildlife isn't a problem. Their new city, Bridgehead, is surrounded by walls and a 2 mile deep perimeter where automated weapons will kill anything that moves inside.

FFS just throw rocks on the cat furries and their smart tree.

Also, the air mix is wrong, so some degree of terraforming would probably be required, maybe the colonists will have to stay in suspended animation longer, like a few more decades.

So when is this shitshow due to arrive?

I hope it bombs, tbh.

 

[ParadiseLost]

Eh, I don't give a fuck how woke it is.

Say what you want about James Cameron being a weirdo furry, the dude is as much of a master of cinematography and CGI art design as you can possibly get. A decade later, and Endgame, quite frankly, looks kinda shitty next to Avatar when it comes to CGI.

I'm not watching Avatar 2 for the plot, I'm watching it for the cutting edge CGI and visual effects.

Me and my brother are planning to go see it in IMAX at launch.