Get Excited: A Really Grainy Photo From ‘Avatar’

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 26, 2009

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Back in the early 1990s, James Cameron could do anything he wanted. He still can, technically. But back then he was desperate to make an adaptation of Spider-Man and to get to work on a space epic called Avatar that would be done completely using sweet new computer technology. One of those films didn’t happen. The other has taken almost two decades to get rolling.

So course, Cameron is celebrating by taking fans who are already foaming at the mouth and kicking them in the teeth in photograph form by releasing only tiny, blurry, grainy, terrible images of his upcoming film. And those are just the ones of him standing by cameras and such.

Another such photo has hit the internet after being somehow lifted from the very pages of Empire Magazine and recreated using bits and bytes. Where did we get SUCH TECHNOLOGY? An image that was on paper is now on the internet. That’s far more impressive than the actual image:

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According to /film, the picture is of a monitor view where Cameron is placing in real-time, scratch CGI in order to get a strong idea of what the finished product will look like. That’s right, he’s making CGI that won’t even be in the film. What a lush. Throwing massive piles of cash just to make CGI renderings for his own benefit, stuff that audiences will never get to see. Geez. How absolutely decadent.

Wait…a ton of other directors do that. Guess your film isn’t so “revolutionary” now is it, Mr. Cameron?

Just kidding. Of course it’ll be a serious spectacle, but we’ll have to continue to wait while not even getting teased. These images are the visual equivalent of if you girlfriend promised to give you blue balls. She’s not even going to get you close enough to give them to you – she’s just going to talk about how awesome it’s going to be when she does later and you get sore.

So it’s time to play The Guessing Game!

Today’s question: What is that odd thing taking up the entire left side of the image?

A) Some sort of awesome future-vehicle that has the power to do things unimagined. Like shift into parallel universes, move at speeds beyond hyper-light, or make an electronic copy of an image from a piece of paper.
B) The delivery truck that drops off James Cameron’s paychecks.
C) A piece of equipment that is majorly ruining the shot.
D) All of the above

Choose….wisely.

What do you think? Did you really choose D? Can’t make up your mind?

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Aleric

I will go for D. All of the Above.

I have always liked James Cameron, but when you thumb your nose at the fans that made you and run off to make a film like Titanic, a lot of people are going to be rooting for your next failure. So if this turns out to be a hugly funded disaster will this even ding the armor of JC?

shotgun ben

I like your blue-ball analogy. Very profound. Shit like that is why I read your site despite receiving a never-ending flood of Daily Variety in my mailbox.

Chille

He is throwing alot of money at this, but if anybody can handle a big budget, its James Cameron!

_Christopher_M

all I know is that I'm tired of Cameron releasing images of himself behind the camera...it's beyond annoying at this point and I think James is being quite the egomaniac...I really could careless seeing him holding a camera and looking all directorish....I mean it's been twelve years since he's worked with actors, maybe he forgot they even exist...he's pissing off anyone who is following this project as closely as we are...all he needs to do is release a few stills of the actors in actual sets, to shut people like me up....

Mladen

I'm trying so very hard to be positive about this movie...

Kevin

interesting...I seem to remember this exact discussion among critics BEFORE Titanic was released. "Can the director of 'Terminator pull off such a well known story, with such a well known ending and in a way that people will care about?" Last time I checked "Titanic" is still (and will probably remain for a long while) the highest grossing film of all time. From what I know, Cameron has not made a critically panned film nor a flop - even "The Abyss" got good reviews.

There's a reason Cameron has taken so long to do this film, he was waiting for technology to catch up to his vision. And if it hasn't he'll invent it - like he did for "Terminator 2" and "Titanic". Why do people love to want to see successful people fail? Is it make yourself feel better? I don't get it. Just let the movie come out and judge for yourself. Knowing Cameron's attention to detail, unbelievably good story telling and perfectionism I'm sure he will never release a film that isn't 100% what he wanted.

Get Excited: A Really Grainy Photo From ‘Avatar’

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