After the jump is the just-released trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar (courtesy of TrailerAddict). The HD trailer was supposed to be available at Apple at 9 AM CST but, surprise, it didn’t work (link may be working now). This Frenchy MSN site has an HD trailer that works if the one below doesn’t suit you, your majesty. I’m still wondering just how badly mishandled the marketing for this movie is going to be. Remember how Fox dropped the ball on Avatar Day? Well it gets worse:
Fox called a do-over and sent out random emails today (some as early as 3am) scuttling the Monday confirmations and asking moviegoers to pick again. So, is the site fixed? Haha, no. The actual physical act of selecting a time went smoothly enough, and there even seemed to be additional showtimes added, but I was amused to find that a simple selection and click-thru produced a random, broken debug menu on the top part of Fox’s confirmation page. Guys, even the fake Avatar trailer had better production values than this whole endeavor. [movieline]
Oh, Fox, I love to hate you so. I’m going to rape you with kindness.
I may be going against the grain here, but I’ve got to be honest: these CGI characters look cheesy as hell.
~ robopanda
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I’ll probably end up going to see it but I’m already beyond caring about any advertising for it.
Good work Fox, you pulled off another miracle.
Apart from those blue Manute Bols, I think you’re right about the CGI not looking special. But those aliens look pretty damn good.
I’ll admit I’m probably being harsh about the CGI on account of Apple and Fox constantly fucking up and making my job harder. Jerkbags.
Let me guess: main character goes undercover as blue furry, falls in love with peaceful ways of blue furries (also, a female blue furry), goes turncoat, and helps save the blue furry planet from the evil war monger humans. Then you get either your “happily ever after” ending, or the tragic ending where the main character dies saving everybody else.
Long story short, I’m still not impressed.
If the furry inside you is getting hard, take a deep breath.
Tell him maybe some other time.
Needs more Gungan.
Everyone at Fox should be Avatarred and feathered.
That video was jerkier than my ‘batin sessions.
This movie looks like a cross between the Final Fantasy Movie and the Smurfs… Meh.
The narration did not start out with “In a world….”. I don’t see movies whose trailers don’t start out that way.
This looks like it could be a bigger failure than Waterworld on every level.
Somebody on twitter (I forget who) called this “Final Fantasy with Jar Jars.”
That shit gave me a total nerd boner. Great, now I’m gonna have to beat myself up. In the boner.
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Uhm…they look like Lion-o and Smurfette had fucking babies. What the hell is this? Wow, color me (blue) and disappointed.
I dunno… Looks a little DELGOish
Star Wars: Clone Wars meets Ferngully.
District 9 is better
BadKarma….I think always.
I agree with the Ferngully comment too. How screwed is it that Lucas and his damn Jar Jar are more realistic than a Cameron movie?
I heard the 2012 prequel is all about how a smurf colony ingested Ninja Turtle ooze. And yes, Vanilla Ice will be attached.
Does anyone else think this looks like the Ghost and the Darkness meets Waterworld meets Fern Gully? Just sayin…