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4thofelevenSo, is anyone actually looking forward to Avatar? There seems to be a massive hype machine going, but I’ve yet to encounter anyone with a more positive impression than “Meh, maybe I’ll see it.” I'm not saying it's going to flop, but it really doesn't seem to have caught anyone's attention.
It occurred to me watching the trailer that I’ve seen this movie before. Well, alright, everyone’s seen this movie before, it looks like your standard ‘evil exploiters vs noble savages’/’what these people need is a honky’ story. But what it specifically reminded me of was… Star Trek: Insurrection.
I think it’s a bad sign when your massively expensive high profile major movie seems to have little distinguishing it from the most forgettable of the Star Trek movies. And Insurrection at least had Picard, Worf and Data singing Gilbert and Sullivan, which is something I doubt Avatar includes.
I want to see one of these movies where the backward primitives are actually an advanced civilization themselves; they're just pulling a massive con game to play on people's sympathies while they get their own heavy equipment into position.
It occurred to me watching the trailer that I’ve seen this movie before. Well, alright, everyone’s seen this movie before, it looks like your standard ‘evil exploiters vs noble savages’/’what these people need is a honky’ story. But what it specifically reminded me of was… Star Trek: Insurrection.
I think it’s a bad sign when your massively expensive high profile major movie seems to have little distinguishing it from the most forgettable of the Star Trek movies. And Insurrection at least had Picard, Worf and Data singing Gilbert and Sullivan, which is something I doubt Avatar includes.
I want to see one of these movies where the backward primitives are actually an advanced civilization themselves; they're just pulling a massive con game to play on people's sympathies while they get their own heavy equipment into position.