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Have you watched the Ooscars?

Post by Commander McLane »

I didn't, because 2am-6am CET even for me exceeds the time I am usually spending in front of the tee vee machine.

Anyway, it's a shame that Oolite again didn't win (and wasn't even nominated!) in the Best Community Based Retro Video Game category. :shock:

And it's really only a very feeble excuse that this category doesn't even exist. :roll:

(Same goes, of course, for the Friendliest Board This Side Of Riedquat (Whatever May Be On The Other Side) category.

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Post by Griff »

how did Avatar do? it will probably win all the special effects awards, I haven't seen it myself, just a small clip that must be the only one allowed on TV, the one with the 2 blue aliens that look like they're from the cover of a 'learn to use 3d studio max v5' book, flying around on the back of a butterfly monster with a wingspan so small it probably wouldn't be able to support itself in the air let alone fly about with guys on it's back weaving around the branches of a giant tree *grinds teeth irritated by hollywood blockbuster*
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Post by another_commander »

Griff wrote:
...Avatar... I haven't seen it myself, ...
Stop what you're doing right now and go see it. Kthxbye.

PS: No, I don't know how it did with the Oscars and I don't really care. It's still awesome.


Edit: Just checked (I did care a bit, after all ;-)). Avatar got art direction, cinematography and visual effects awards.
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Turns out The Hurt Locker ist the overall winner over Avatar.
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Post by Diziet Sma »

another_commander wrote:
Griff wrote:
...Avatar... I haven't seen it myself, ...
Stop what you're doing right now and go see it. Kthxbye.

PS: No, I don't know how it did with the Oscars and I don't really care. It's still awesome.


Edit: Just checked (I did care a bit, after all ;-)). Avatar got art direction, cinematography and visual effects awards.
What a_c said.. watch it, and just ignore the things about it that might bug you. See it as a metaphor, and you'll get it..
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Diziet Sma wrote:
See it as a metaphor, and you'll get it..
You could say the same for In the Loop, which was up for (but didn't win) an Oscar. They showed it on BBC2 last night. Very funny. Should have got the award for Best Creative Swearing at least ... :D
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Post by PhantorGorth »

Avatar and Hurt Locker, I have seen both and Hurt Locker is the better film. Avatar has envelope pushing effects that make good use of 3D but the plot is cliched to hell and back. Hurt Locker is a slower film with some really tense moments and certainly more satisfying to watch. Avatar is good as a popcorn movie but I recommend Hurt Locker if you want something more.

P.S. James Cameron won't be happy with Hurt Locker's Director Kathryn Bigelow after all it's his ex-wife. :-)
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Diziet Sma wrote:
See it as a metaphor, and you'll get it..
This is part of what bothers me, not about Avatar itself, but of the critiques of Avatar. Because the metaphors can be interpreted numerous ways, many of which I don't agree with, it lends itself to being seen as a statement on X or on Y.... Can't it just be a movie thought up by a 12 year-old?
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Post by JensAyton »

Avatar… excellent effects, a hell of a job on the background development, pity they forgot to write a story. ;-)
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Ahruman wrote:
Avatar… excellent effects, a hell of a job on the background development, pity they forgot to write a story. ;-)
It could have been worse, just think how it might have turned out if Cameron hadn't been watching Dances with Wolves the night before... ;)
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Thargoid wrote:
Ahruman wrote:
Avatar… excellent effects, a hell of a job on the background development, pity they forgot to write a story. ;-)
It could have been worse, just think how it might have turned out if Cameron hadn't been watching Dances with Wolves the night before... ;)
Indeed! Why write a new story when a perfectly good one already exists. Just change the names, include giant blue smurfs and away you go. 8)
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Disembodied wrote:
Diziet Sma wrote:
See it as a metaphor, and you'll get it..
You could say the same for In the Loop, which was up for (but didn't win) an Oscar. They showed it on BBC2 last night. Very funny. Should have got the award for Best Creative Swearing at least ... :D
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
"I hope you're working as hard as I am because I'm sweating spinal fluid here." - classic line...
I particularly liked "Did you just say you had sex to stop a war? An anti-war shag?" ...

@ Sendraks: do you think the success of Avatar is the reason why a big-screen version of the Smurfs has been given the go-ahead for 2011? "Another movie with lots of CGI blue people in a big forest, you say? Whoopee!"
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Post by Selezen »

Thargoid wrote:
It could have been worse, just think how it might have turned out if Cameron hadn't been watching Dances with Wolves the night before... ;)
No no no... Not Dances With Wolves...

http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/
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Or, for the video generation, http://vimeo.com/9389738.
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