Comments on: Avatar (Teaser)

By: Eldon Pase

Eldon Pase — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:58:45 +0000

I like the Avatar 3D film, particularly the story line, not only it brings a very new sensation however eye opening ideas of humanity. I heard the New Avatar 2 is comming soon, cannot wait to see it again…!

By: Krunk

Krunk — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:13:12 +0000

@NeXus – Haven’t really tried XMBC. I personally use Windows Media Center and that’s worked well for me.

By: NeXus_KB-24

NeXus_KB-24 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:22 +0000

Thanks Krunk. Do you guys use XMBC as a HTPC Media Center Program or what. What’s the best out there. Most forum users say XMBC.

By: IG3N

IG3N — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:32:38 +0000

I think this is the best shot (http://i26.tinypic.com/2qtwqck.png) from the trailer simply because of the scenes setting, lighting. It gives you better clarity of the Na’vi rather than against green lush forests and to me it does look pretty real.

By: Krunk

Krunk — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:17:09 +0000

@NeXus – with the specs you’re looking for, you probably won’t get it at normal market price. You’d probably have to keep an eye on deal sites (i.e. SlickDeals, FatWallet) and buy items as deals show up.

By: NeXus_KB-24

NeXus_KB-24 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:04:46 +0000

Agreed, but movies that are usually over-hyped by not the fans but say in this case, the producers and directors. It usually tends not to live up to the expectation by us movie fans. I’m sure Avatar will still be a HUGE [Dark Knight Caliber] success with Box Office records left and right, but I hate it when movie studious and their producers and directors are the ones creating all this hype instead of leaving it to us fans to spread the hype via word of mouth or online blogs. Just Sayin…

Thanks again guys for the MP4 Encode guys.

BTW, anyone know how I can build a $500 HTPC with a quad core, 4GB DDR3 RAM, and 512MB low-power GPU, and 1-1.5TB HDD? Newegg prices still can’t match my price range.

By: IG3N

IG3N — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:20:30 +0000

@ NeXus – according to Wikipedia the budget was $237 million, and the film has taken about 4 years in production but was first thought up 14 years ago by James Cameron.

Also I cannot believe how much negative feedback I have been reading around the internet since yesterday about this film.

The film is going to be roughly 2 hours 30 minutes, almost all of it will be CGI based in a heavily detailed make-up world and people still complain saying it isn’t what they expected and are disappointed.

Considering its heavy use of CGI I personally think they have done a phenomenal job combining live action into a CGI based world. Not sure if the film will be full IMAX, but the sound, video and 3D effect in an IMAX theatre will be amazing. This film will not disappoint but I think people were expecting too much, and if they do that they will not enjoy it as much.

By: NeXus_KB-25

NeXus_KB-25 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:25:56 +0000

sorry 400 million.

Cameron better deliver. Worthington’s next movie [Clash of the Titans] looks really good just from the ensemble cast.

By: NeXus_KB-25

NeXus_KB-25 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:24:08 +0000

Lets see what the highest budget [$400 Billion] and 10 years in the making looks like…think its over-hyped but can’t wait and see how far we’ve come in terms of 3D technology. IMAX here i come…in December

Thanks for the mp4 encode guys

By: Krunk

Krunk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:11:44 +0000

Found the issue, they’re checking to make sure the user agent is Quicktime. When I spoof the Quicktime user agent, I was able to download any Apple trailer.

Hopefully this is just temporary.

By: Krunk

Krunk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:40:47 +0000

Apple has reconfigured something due to the mass influx of people trying to watch the Avatar trailer. I’m in the process of figuring out what the issue is.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:53:44 +0000

MRJ is right; I was able to download the 1080p earlier (when it first came out), but now it doesn’t work.

EDIT: It seems that no Apple links are working right now. I’ve tried trailers posted a few days ago and they all come up as HTML files.

By: MRJ

MRJ — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:48:53 +0000

Unfortunately i cannot get the link to download i just get redirected to Apples page.

By: IG3N

IG3N — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:23:43 +0000

Haven’t seen many versions pop up on YouTube so decided to not chance it (copyright claim). So instead I have done a 720p encode and uploaded it to MU.

As for the film, loving how Pandora looks, seeing it in 3D will be mind blowing however not too sure about the design of the Na’vi race, they do look very odd.