Holy crap!
Strong like an Amazon.
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Frankenbuddha - Jun 04, 2009 6:10:18 am PDT #2262 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
sj - Jun 04, 2009 6:15:15 am PDT #2263 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
How awful.
Ash - Jun 04, 2009 6:40:05 am PDT #2264 of 30000
That's so sad.
Tom Scola - Jun 04, 2009 8:07:25 am PDT #2265 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This is the first I've heard about the plot of Avatar: [link]
John Landau, the film's producer, revealed that the plot of the movie is about a paraplegic ex-marine played by Sam Worthington who, though a series of circumstances, is brought to an alien world where people mine for a rare mineral via proxy bodies called Avatars. Avatars are genetically engineered bodies capable of surviving the planet's environment that are controlled through remote mental control. The protagonist, however, winds up caught between the natives of the planet, whose home is being destroyed by the planet's strip-mining, and the Resource Development Administration of Earth, which happens to be controlling the mining operations.
Dana - Jun 04, 2009 8:08:04 am PDT #2266 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I was not particularly impressed by Sam Worthington in Terminator.
amych - Jun 04, 2009 8:10:55 am PDT #2267 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That is... not at all the same Avatar I was thinking of before I read through.
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2009 8:17:48 am PDT #2268 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
amych, that's why the Avatar movie has to be called The Last Airbender.
And that plot summary is about what we've known all along, isn't it? I knew the general sort of Avatar concept thing-ish. I think.
I was impressed by Sam Worthington in Terminator.
amych - Jun 04, 2009 8:21:14 am PDT #2269 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
that's why the Avatar movie has to be called The Last Airbender.
A-ha! I didn't even know about that -- I'm so used to hearing it talked about (generally as "the Avatar movie") but haven't seen much coming from official channels. So I actually got about halfway through the Cameron-Avatar blurb going "... combat dudes transported to an alien planet? And, what, then they meet Aang there? I knew he was taking some liberties, but..."
Jessica - Jun 04, 2009 8:33:04 am PDT #2270 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh - the first I heard of Avatar was when I was recounting for DH some of the fandom response to the racial casting of the Airbender movie (but calling it "Avatar" because that's what it's called by everyone on the entire internet everywhere). It took us AGES to figure out what the hell we were actually talking about.
amych - Jun 04, 2009 8:33:55 am PDT #2271 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
YES! I am not crazy, then! or, not for that, at least.