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[nfpgasmask]

When I watch Avatar I admire Cameron's problem solving methods for the telling of the story; I just feel as if he told too small a story and used fantastical imagery as a replacement... yet in that department he did a fantastic job... or his team did, whatever.

This is precisely one of the things I love about Cameron's films. Like I said in my review, he is very good at walking the razor's edge of 'suspension of disbelief'. Unlike suck-ball directors like Michael Bay who would rather assume the audience is filled with idiots, Cameron puts the 'science' in sci-fi. I don't think he does anything in his films without thinking about it realistically. That is what makes him a great film maker.

And Justin, I know the feeling. I have had so many ideas over the years that I see fleshed out by someone else on the big screen. The bottom line is, that there is always someone out there thinking the same thing as you, or pretty damn close anyways.

Look at 'Book of Eli'. I saw so much in that film that I have already thought about, visually anyways.

Bart

[ZEUS]

This is precisely one of the things I love about Cameron's films. Like I said in my review, he is very good at walking the razor's edge of 'suspension of disbelief'. Unlike suck-ball directors like Michael Bay who would rather assume the audience is filled with idiots, Cameron puts the 'science' in sci-fi. I don't think he does anything in his films without thinking about it realistically. That is what makes him a great film maker.

And Justin, I know the feeling. I have had so many ideas over the years that I see fleshed out by someone else on the big screen. The bottom line is, that there is always someone out there thinking the same thing as you, or pretty damn close anyways.

Look at 'Book of Eli'. I saw so much in that film that I have already thought about, visually anyways.

Bart

Right you are, I feel it's a deal breaker to insult your audience... After Trans2 I figured MB may as well walk up to you in the theatre and slap you across the face and tell you that you are stupid!
I have tried really hard to involve science in my stories - National Geographic is the greatest mag for inspiration. I only have the one epic but my smaller stories invoke believability at all times. I'm casually working on a 'based on a true story' story that seems more unbelievable than my scifi-fantasy!

[vt_maverick]

Look at 'Book of Eli'. I saw so much in that film that I have already thought about, visually anyways.

... and you have the cars to prove it.

[don moore]

seen it twice... love it..i went out and got one of the toy helicopters ..
very good detail..