Hi,
Fantastic special effects completely unmarred by plot, characterization, or originality.
Heinlein (IIRC) pointed out that if you take your material from one source, it's plagiarism. If you take it from many, it's scholarship. If so, that chamber melting pot was the most scholastic film I've ever seen. There was hardly a fantasy, science fiction, or movie cliché Cameron left out. Predictability? Ten minutes in and the whole outline of the film was clear.
To keep from getting bored, I tried to spot where various things were stolen researched from. Occhi has already named three.
Deathworld.
WoW, Night Elves, Big tree Darnassus.
Dragon riders of Pern.
Aliens, with Ripley and the company slime-ball. "Hey, Trudy, have you ever been mistaken you for a man." Much of the military hardware. The loader versus queen fight.
Stargate (the wormhole effect).
Star Wars, especially the walkers and the clone versus Gungan battle. And were there Ewoks in that forest?
Apocalypse Colonel "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." now. With maybe a touch of Slim Pickens riding the Strangelove bomb.
That's all Sue and I can think of right now, but feel free to play. :
Watched it all the way through. Almost, but not quite, want my time back. Cameron is about 90% on my ignore list. He consistently makes crap. Spectacular crap, but crap nonetheless.
--Pete
EDIT: Fixed the Aliens paraphrase.
(01-21-2010, 03:14 AM)Occhidiangela Wrote: Saw it. Cameron remade Pocahantas, with Space and Starcraft as moderating influences.
Fantastic special effects completely unmarred by plot, characterization, or originality.
Heinlein (IIRC) pointed out that if you take your material from one source, it's plagiarism. If you take it from many, it's scholarship. If so, that chamber melting pot was the most scholastic film I've ever seen. There was hardly a fantasy, science fiction, or movie cliché Cameron left out. Predictability? Ten minutes in and the whole outline of the film was clear.
To keep from getting bored, I tried to spot where various things were stolen researched from. Occhi has already named three.
Deathworld.
WoW, Night Elves, Big tree Darnassus.
Dragon riders of Pern.
Aliens, with Ripley and the company slime-ball. "Hey, Trudy, have you ever been mistaken you for a man." Much of the military hardware. The loader versus queen fight.
Stargate (the wormhole effect).
Star Wars, especially the walkers and the clone versus Gungan battle. And were there Ewoks in that forest?
Apocalypse Colonel "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." now. With maybe a touch of Slim Pickens riding the Strangelove bomb.
That's all Sue and I can think of right now, but feel free to play. :
Watched it all the way through. Almost, but not quite, want my time back. Cameron is about 90% on my ignore list. He consistently makes crap. Spectacular crap, but crap nonetheless.
--Pete
EDIT: Fixed the Aliens paraphrase.
How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?