My opinion...

OT: *Absolutely Shameless Pluggage* by Gandalf the Beige on 2010-09-03 05:24:00 UTC Reply

Some of you my remember my topic where I expounded my desire to write... or rather, rewrite a version of Cameron's Avatar. There was.. a bit of debate, but I am glad to inform everyone that the first chapter of this project is now up on the Vole Pit, and hopefully soon on Livejournal.

It isn't Canon... but it takes the story in other directions: all the pieces are there, but are arranged a little differently.

I invite you to come and comment.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6291316/1/WhattheEyecansee

Re: OT: *Absolutely Shameless Pluggage* by Miah on 2010-09-05 01:24:00 UTC Reply

I like it so far, but I can't tell exactly how different it is. My toddler decided to sing loudly through large chunks of this movie when we watched it, and we never got around to re-watching it before we had to return it.

I saw a few typos.

trying again everything not to cry again.

showing a band blue gold identical to the one she wore.

by offering to pay of the surgery when you get back.

Thanks alot. by Gandalf the Beige on 2010-09-05 04:52:00 UTC Reply

Fixed the typos. To be honest... I've said it enough already, but the main difference here is basically contraindicating Cameron's official description of Earth, which some have pegged as the apocalypse scenario from the environmentalism of the 1970s (Cameron's Generation). If there's fusion, where does the air pollution come from? As the population increases and exploitation space expands, Earths value shifts from land and resources to the amount of food it can produce and the quality of life for it's inhabitants.

Well done. by Aeidhryn on 2010-09-03 23:30:00 UTC Reply

I think that the introduction showed more insight than the original introduction; but, you can always stuff more into all 200 pages of a very good book than you can a very good movie. The bit about Susan was good, in my humble opinion. Although, I'm not sure if Avatar was a very good movie.

Judging by some of Aristotle's Elements of Drama:
PLOT: Well, I could compare it to Pocahontas extensively, but I'll just be lazy and post this: http://www.whatsgoodblog.com/2010/02/disneys-pocahontas-james-camerons-avatar/

CHARACTER: Rather stereotypical

SPECTACLE: Simply amazing. The 3d and realistic computer effects blow my (easily impressed) mind and the wonderfully created creatures, plants, and geography is astounding.

My opinion... by Gandalf the Beige on 2010-09-04 05:05:00 UTC Reply

Amazing world but a lousy script. Casting I didn't have many gripes with, though if you beg to differ, proffer up.

Re: My opinion... by Aeidhryn on 2010-09-06 20:06:00 UTC Reply

Yeah, hard to tell if it's the actor or the director or the writer's fault sometimes.

Looks interesting... by OpinionedAngel on 2010-09-03 15:16:00 UTC Reply

I'll give it a look. I'm pretty neutral about the original movie, and think it could have been done better, so pretty much any good interpetation is fine by me.
Ooh, shiny. by Techno-Dann on 2010-09-03 05:51:00 UTC Reply

Having seen the movie since the previous discussion and now, I definitely appreciate what you've written a good bit more. It's rather good - provides a lot more context than the original, even if it has yet to diverge very much.

More than you think... by Gandalf the Beige on 2010-09-03 07:04:00 UTC Reply

This chapter is more about relating how... overblown I thought Camerons depiction (or tale) of an environmentally decrepit Earth seemed to me. Warmer, certainly. More erratic climate? We're getting that now. Higher ocean levels? Very likely. Ocean warming, de-oxygenation and acidification? Very unfortunate and possibly calamitous due to the speed.

However... non of that, combined with modern population forecasts (of 10-12 billion as opposed to a whopping 32), could account for the mess that Cameron predicts.

Also, RDA here is an arm of the UN and, by the time Jake arrives, will have just installed an instantaneous Comm connection with earth. That probably accounts for something.