tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108048.post3623125466176634922..comments2023-05-31T04:32:47.846-04:00Comments on teleoscope: AvatarBigLeeHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720359383836864551noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108048.post-31535824396555397082010-01-29T10:26:30.662-05:002010-01-29T10:26:30.662-05:00Well Lee, that was a very generous assessment, mad...Well Lee, that was a very generous assessment, made mine look crabby and mean; it is just too hard for me to shake Cameron's "message" - he did use a sledgemhammer after all...I'll look at it again and thin of some of your points...Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08202868179995947201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108048.post-32899117509083728202010-01-23T21:42:53.106-05:002010-01-23T21:42:53.106-05:00Dear Anon,
Thanks for visiting.
Yes, I d...Dear Anon,<br /><br /> Thanks for visiting. <br /><br /> Yes, I did rather like The Passion as it happens, although I don't see that it has much to do with Avatar. I found the portrayal of Satan particularly interesting -- Gibson really captured the fallen-angel vibe there.<br /><br /> I wouldn't want you to think that I was criticizing the film because it has influences and is not altogether original. I was just pointing out what those influences might have been. To the extent that I had problems with the film it was for other reasons altogether.<br /><br /> I checked out a few of your links. Bit peculiar for me, I'm afraid.<br /><br /> Thanks again for stopping by. Keep in touch.<br /><br />Sincerely<br /><br />BigLeeH (proprietor)BigLeeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720359383836864551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108048.post-70772373699224512132010-01-22T20:47:26.220-05:002010-01-22T20:47:26.220-05:00But are not most, if not all, films, music, litera...But are not most, if not all, films, music, literature and visual arts an extension of what has already been done. Meaning that there is hardly anything new ever created.<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed Avatar because to me it had much resonance with these references by a Real Avatar.<br /><br />http://www.aboutadidam.org/readings/bridge_to_god/index2.html<br /><br />http://www.fearnomorezoo.org/trees/sacred_trees.php <br /><br />http://www.dabase.org/p2anthro.htm<br /><br />http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/reality-humanity.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108048.post-1388610458191419172010-01-22T20:39:53.256-05:002010-01-22T20:39:53.256-05:00Perhaps you preferred the deeply vile sado-masochi...Perhaps you preferred the deeply vile sado-masochistic snuff-flik The Passion, wherein the "star" was systematically beaten to death and then hung out on a cross. <br /><br />Which was hyped (at the time) as an exemplary missionary tool for Christianity.<br /><br />The "star" being effectively every-man, male and female. Holiness or "salvation" via brutalization.<br /><br />Only men and women of pleasure can possibly know and Realize the Truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108048.post-54541099808287290832010-01-13T15:56:22.568-05:002010-01-13T15:56:22.568-05:00So true. Avatar is visually appealing at first but...So true. Avatar is visually appealing at first but so plastic and overwhelmingly plagiarized from other works that it becomes difficult to see it as a movie in its own right. A day or so after viewing, my memory was not of a live action film but of a cartoon, and a very unoriginal one at that. Consider the Fail Blog comparison to the Disney Pocahontas plot for instance, or Battle for Terra.Mitchnoreply@blogger.com