Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:05 pm
Ok but we gotta do it here. I still have a wee one in public school.
Me too. So we gotta do it HEREWalkinghairball wrote:Ok but we gotta do it here. I still have a wee one in public school.
Walkinghairball wrote:Meet in the middle...........Boise?
you can't honestly tell me you went in expecting a storyElfDude wrote:Just saw Avatar.
*sigh*
Amazing visuals.
But as to the story... darkest retelling of Ferngully I ever saw. It's been a long time since I've wanted to walk out of a movie. But after two hours of time invested I figured I might was well stick around and see how it ended.
Agreed, show me your university pollitical science grades or shut the hell up and pretend you are someone else.zepboy wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^^
I pray for the day when liberal Hollywooders would quit thinking they know about international politics, and stick to being entertainers.
As revealed in the storyline, upsidaisium is a rare mineral that possesses antigravity properties (it is so rare because it's impossible to hold onto, and the only known source is Mt. Flatten, a floating mountain) ; as a result, it is usually shown as hovering above the ground to varying degrees, and requires heavy weights to keep it rooted to the ground for storage.
In the story, Bullwinkle has inherited the mountain from a late uncle, and sets out with his friend Rocky the flying squirrel to claim the mountain and turn its upsidaisium over to the United States government, though their efforts meet hindrance from the series' villains, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale.
just can't sit back and ignore something eh the unobtainium thing made me chuckle too, but they nowhere said it had anti gravity properties, I assumed it was floating by use of super conductor type properties, seeing as how it is sci-fi And when is the last time you have seen/read something truly original, could be argued easily never (don't get too worked up I am having some fun playing devils advocate with you)ElfDude wrote:I had another memory yesterday. The film wasn't just a ripoff of Ferngully and Dances With Wolves... it also got something major from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
In Avatar, the "bad guys" are after a rare mineral which was ridiculously named "unobtainium" which had antigravitational properties. It could be mined from some far away moon named "Pandora" which had floating mountains on it.
Yesterday I remembered Rocky and Bullwinkle and a rare mineral called "upsidaisium". Check out the wikipedia summary:
As revealed in the storyline, upsidaisium is a rare mineral that possesses antigravity properties (it is so rare because it's impossible to hold onto, and the only known source is Mt. Flatten, a floating mountain) ; as a result, it is usually shown as hovering above the ground to varying degrees, and requires heavy weights to keep it rooted to the ground for storage.
In the story, Bullwinkle has inherited the mountain from a late uncle, and sets out with his friend Rocky the flying squirrel to claim the mountain and turn its upsidaisium over to the United States government, though their efforts meet hindrance from the series' villains, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale.
No argument from me on that point. It was amazing to watch.Sir Myghin wrote:The movie is probably the first believable CG flick put out to date, the images had proper depth, movement wasn't mechanical, expressions were realistic (due to extensive face mocap).