11.10.09 NEW TV SPOT MAKES AVATAR A KIDS’ MOVIE
There’s been a lot of stuff written about Avatar’s budget this week. The New York Times made the eyebrow-raising assertion that the budget was $500 million when you factor in marketing. Then David Poland said it wasn’t, and CHUD said it was again, and I decided that’s a lot of reading for something no one knows for sure that I don’t care that much about. Kind of like religion.
But then I found this new Avatar ad created especially for Nickelodeon. It clearly tries to sell the film more as a family adventure (like, say, Fern Gully…) than the game-changing science fiction revolution which will change Coke to Pepsi, find your car keys, and make God look like a child pornographer that it is. And that voice over… isn’t that Don LaFontaine? He died in 2008, but that voice is either him or someone doing a very good impression of him. I don’t want to jump to conclusions here, but I think it’s pretty clear that Avatar is so good that it brought Don LaFontaine back to life. James Cameron is truly a visionary.
UPDATE: Dave from /Film thinks the voice could be one of these guys, and I think he’s probably right:
[Nickelodeon spot via FirstShowing]
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NEW TV SPOT MAKES AVATAR A KIDS’ MOVIE
The only way they could have tricked children into seeing this more would be having Gargamel stomping through the forest with a broom yelling, “Ooo, those goody-goody Smurfs make me sick!”
$100 million of the marketing budget was used on a worldwide fleet of windowless vans filled with candy and puppies.
Are there really people who want to see this?
I’m not sure who this trailer is targeting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHaI4uZ4oeg
You’d think their first clue that this planet was dangerous would be…ITS NAME. Pandora? Why didn’t you just call it Death World James? Or maybe Planet Oh Shit!?
Is Nelson the new Rick Roll?
I’ve always hated the guy that did the Disney voice overs. Even more than that Progressive Insurance lady. Now that I know his face I can hunt him down and kill him now. Thank you Vince. Thank you.
(Loads gun. Jumps out of window)
“White Knuckle Thrill Ride” is my pet name for Chodin.
Incorrect. Robo Trippin’ with Gary Busey is the greatest adventure of all time.
Hell yeah it is.
Of course it’s a kid’s movie? “Oi looksa herey, is muy muy bad tings for maxi-big Jedis!”
BONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait until the internets Rule 34 this movie.
Ummm… didn’t you just do it?
War is good for business?
The only way I’ll watch this movie is if a 4-D keyboard cat-person plays us out over the end credits.
Fek, peace is good for business. Rule 35.
Sir Nigel, that blue chick? Rule 31.
Wasn’t Don LaFontaine getting all lawsuity a while back because, like the actors in Avatar, nerds had written software to replace him?
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