Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Remember James Cameron and his ‘Titanic’ phase? After sinking the ill-fated vessel, making a billion dollars and giving us one annoying catchphrase (“I’m king of the world!!!”) he still wasn’t content. He had to go to the Titanic and make a 3-D documentary about it. At this point he was just shy of raising the Titanic, taking it out to dinner and trying to sink his mast into its boiler room.With his love for Titanic fully explored, Aliens having petty spats with Predators and his beloved Terminator now governing Cali what was Cameron to do? That’s when you take four years off, pour a big bowl of Frosted Flakes and watch a bunch of cartoons in your underwear for inspiration.
The story centers on a mining company that has set base on the planet Pandora; home to a cat like race of humanoids called the Na’vi. The good natured scientists put their consciousness into genetically engineered Na’vi bodies (Avatars) to peacefully learn about the creatures. The marines use mech suits to blow them away.
Audiences were wowed when they saw the space military machinery. For many it felt like a throwback to the space age machinery we all loved in ‘Aliens’. The Na’vi, on the other hand, were just a little… cartoony.
Some people have taken the Avatar animation rip-off allegations very seriously. Heated discussions continue in forums where fans insist that Avatar stole its plot from this year’s ‘The Battle for Terra’ (or ‘Terra’ as it was originally titled). Avatar was even threatened with a lawsuit form the makers of ‘Delgo’, the animated film that now holds the honor of having the worst opening for a film released in over 2000 theatres.
Now, does the Spill crew think James Cameron would stoop so low as to steal the ideas from lesser known animated films, only to re-package them in shiny new CG technology and make a billion more dollars? Not really. But it does amuse us to think about some of the other cartoons and movies that may have served as his muse.
AVA! AVA!! AVATAR!!! HOOOOOOOO
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