Avatar Tickets Already On Sale, New Photos Reveal Na’vi

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 27, 2009

If you are both a subscriber to Empire magazine (which you should be) and someone who is excited about James Cameron’s upcoming film Avatar (which is debatable), you are in for a treat. The folks over at MarketSaw have received several scans from the upcoming issue of Empire showing off the Na’vi avatars at the heart of the upcoming sci-fi film, and boy do they look cool.

As our own Kevin Carr pointed out in his report from Avatar Day, the design of the Na’vi are “visionary” work of CGI. Sure, they look a little bit like cat people, but I think there is potential here for them to be really cool. As we are seeing, the Na’vi characters are less photo-real and more video gamey, but I think once we accept that fact we can move on and possibly enjoy the spectacle that Cameron is trying to create. Personally, I’m still very curious to see these things in action in IMAX 3D.

Check out the photos below, courtesy of MarketSaw and Empire.

Also making news today is Avatar ticket sales. Yes, months ahead of time tickets are already on sale for midnight showings. According to a THR report, AMC has begun selling tickets at more than 75 locations, most of which are IMAX 3D venues. The idea came from inside AMC, who decided that they would like to pre-sell tickets four months in advance after seeing strong turnouts for last week’s 16-minute IMAX previews on “Avatar Day.” However, the film is still without a running time, meaning they will only be able to sell tickets for midnight shows, as screening times beyond that will still be unknown for a while.

According to the report, the running time of Avatar will be between 2 1/2 and 3 hours.

Can you imagine watching an IMAX 3D presentation for 3 hours? Talk about eye strain…

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mayonnaise

They're meant to look like cat people! So it's not weird that they "look a little like cat people". That's what makes them look cool!

Aleric

Why do all "Aliens" have to be humanoid? How narcissitic do we have to be to believe that life on another planet will be good looking humanoids?

justadude

I think in the past it was easiest to have your aliens be humanoid to minimize on the difficulty of giving them extensive screen time. CGI isn't cheap and props can be hard to maneuver. So what easier way to make an alien than to paint somebody up or put them in a costume. Now the real question, why is Cameron doing it now with his near unlimited budget? My guess is that there is the likely possibilty that audiences won't sympathize or relate to beings that they can't easily identify with. Facial expressions convey emotions that humanoids can take advantage of. I'm sure every director has a large imagination, but perhaps its the nature of the public that is holding them back from being adventurous. Just a guess...

LeeAnna

After seeing the eyes on the prawns in D9, I don't think aliens have to be humanoid to be identified with. I know that it is easier for production to do humanoid aliens (which is why most of Star Trek aliens are humanoid) but with Cameron's budget, I think he could have been more creative. Mentioning D9 again, with a budge of $30 million, those prawns sure looked really good. I admit, the movie may be awesome (I am definitely going to see it in 3D), but I am disappointed at the lack of creativity I've seen so far.

ladyofthelake

I can't take this movie seriously. Everytime I see photos or even the trailer I laugh my ass off. I'm not supposed to be laughing am I. I'm sad, I was looking forward to it. I mean it might be awesome, most likely, I just can't take it seriously.

Rohith

Four months advance tickets - rofl
I might like this movie a lot but I don't think I will watch it on midnight in IMAX 3D. No one knows what you will be doing four months from now on a certain date at a certain time. I think it would be stupid to buy tickets 4 months in advance.

Since the run time of Titanic is 3hrs 14min, I am guessing Avatar will be somewhere close to 3 hours. I like lengthy movies with good story and awesome effects. I am pretty sure that this movie will not disappoint us.

I think we will get used to the weird look of the aliens as we watch the movie when it releases. I guess I was too picky about finding something negative in the preview.I hope they release another trailer soon so that my friends can begin liking this movie too.

pupu809

one of the reasons they look human like is to show the emotions on their face expression and why do people always think aliens have to look weird and ugly to tell u da truth i find these aliens one of da most realistic.

Avatar Tickets Already On Sale, New Photos Reveal Na’vi

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