I’m happy with a good story told with some explosions.

and in case somebody is arguing that they had real actors on set, hmmm.. that’s what James Cameron is doing too!!! Last time I checked, Sam Worthington was not the only actor listed on IMDB for Avatar

and also, another thing is.. the whole 3D aspectsof the movie helps you getting less annoyed with the CG characters. Like I personally watched Beuwolf in theaters with 3D and I didn’t mind that much… but once I started watching it on DVD, it looked horrible!!!

I’ll go for creative and artistic visuals like The Incredibles over realism any day.

That is a subject for another day and a different site. We could split off in all directions discussing multiple theories about emergence, establishment, control, rebellion, etc. surrounding AI both factual and speculative. In the end that would just get us more off subject than this comment already has.

On another note, I think this needs to be addressed: there’s something beyond the Uncanny Valley, even once it’s overcome. If a CG image actually reaches the point where it equals a human likeness in quality, that fact, in and of itself is creepy, and that then becomes the turnoff. It’s the same as the reason people have been writing fiction and making movies for years about what could go wrong with AI.

That’s what they said about Titanic too. And at least from a financial perspective, that was obviously premature. I wouldn’t count him out just yet, but I always find this sort of early self congratulation really annoying no matter who the director is.

Titanic aside, I generally admire James Cameron. At least he goes balls out on his projects and he is a decent screenwriter. Not great but better than most. I’m curious. I just hope it is not too gimmicky.

That being said, replacing a human actor with a CG “person” for no fucking reason is just stupid. Especially in the case of Beowolf where they just looked basically like the corpses of the actors who did the voice work.

Final Fantasy, was a flop because the entire film was nothing more that a weak story that was incased in a CGI beta test.
Who can’t forget the long shots of the main female lead… There’s shot of her face, her hair, oooo look at that sweet body, another shot of her hair. Let’s get a side shot of her face, ooooo that looks great. Ok now let’s see her interact with the wind. Ooooo look how her hair is blowing in the wind. Ooooaah. That’s great. Ok let’s get another shot of her ass, oooaahhh that’s great ok let’s do a close up of those pouty lips. Ooooaaahh. Yeah. That’s great. Ok let’s get a shot of looking real cool in the lab, ok let’s get rid of the background characters there distracting because there not as Hot as the main female. Oooaaahh yeah that’s it let’s get a close up of her reactions to this creature, aaaooooh. She’s so hot. Let’s get another shot of her ass!
And on and on, I couldn’t even finish watching thay shit.

Avitar sounds like its going to get soo caught up in its look that it possibly might not have much of a story….

Personally I think these guys “Lucas and Cameron” should write better films and leave Moores law to work itself out.
I’m not running out to see this or get a 3D version of the game.

What would SkyNet do?

lol