*sigh* Okay, we need to talk about Avatar, really guys.

[Soushi]

*sigh* So, there is a lot of talk about a mountain range in China supposedly being renamed after the mountains in Avatar
For those of you bothered by this, stick it in a pail of cold water, cause it is a fucking name. Call them the "La-dee do-daa day mountains" and stop ragging on the movie like it is it's fault. Stop whining about something that you will never have a say about. It is over, done, people have seen the movie and liked it. And none of your little Dances with wolves jokes or "it sucks" variants is going to change anyone's mind.
For those of you really really excited by this, stick it in a pail of boiling water, cause once again, it is a flipping NAME! Of a pile of ROCKS!!! Does this mean you are gonna visit them? cause i guarantee you, they don't float and they don't have any Na'vi or dragon things up there, as unfortunate as it may be. Calm the fuck down, it is a movie, a good one, but still a movie, make believe, and when the movie ends, as the film so eloquently put "You have to wake up."

*ahem* and now to address those who keep on ragging on the people who got depressed from watching the movie, and those who did get depressed alike. Ahem, "Avatar was a good movie, not to all, but to some. To some of us, myself included, it changed our outlook on the world and shifted our views on certain issues. However, to be depressed about this planet not living up to the 'glory' of Pandora, is a waste of time. There are battles to be fought and won on THIS world, so don't through away your new found passion, embrace it and use it. Use this experience, not as a source of depression, but as a source of energy and passion. And if that doesn't work, just remember that your life on Pandora would last for about... ten minutes, and then you would be eaten. And for those of you who think it is stupid to have gotten depressed, then perhaps you have never been depressed by anything, cause the brain does stupid little things sometimes. We don;t get it, i don't get it. the closest i can come is that this world, from the outside, does kinda seem like it sucks. The good guys rarely win and the powerful keep on rolling, so when a very cinematic movie comes out where the opposite is the case, and where the world is pristine and clean, it only takes one plastic coke glass rolling across the parking lot to make you think "well... fuck" . BUt for those who think it is just a cry for attention, i would say "Wow, really? You could look into my head and tell that could you?"

*sigh* jsut one man's call for sanity. Okay, go bonkers.

 

[Wilbot666]

Actually I pretty much agree with everything you've just said.
It's entertainment, but if you do take something more profound away from it with you then for God's sake you need to examine why you did.
And then possibly use the results of that introspection to improve your life.

 

[madcap2112]

Boy, you're just pissed off at everything aren't you?

You're right about the whole China mountain thing, though, it's just a name. Seems kinda odd, though, since they just banned the movie.

As for the people getting emotional about the movie, it happens. People were scared shitless over The Exorcist and they were brought to tears by The Passion of the Christ, it happens. It just seems kind of extreme to kill yourself over something like being depressed that you don't live in a movie world. If that's what drives you over the edge, I can't help believe that there's something deeper there.

But it's all just a movie out of James Cameron's crazy little noggin, and it's made him uber rich (again), so it's all part of the hype as I see it.

 

[Dark Knifer]

I just liked the movie... People who act like this should probally seek help.

 

[saintchristopher]

also: it's a fucking children's movie.

 

[Mcupobob]

I think you missed the point of the internet, its made for porn and to ***** about stuff, also you didn't find It funny that china bans the movie then names there moutians after it.

EDIT: you did hit home on the deppersion thing but there is no one on this site who belives it though(I hope not) so your just preaching to the choir.

 

[A Weary Exile]

Bwuh?

They really named it after the movie? That's...strange, but I really couldn't care less what people halfway across the world call a collection of huge rocks. Do people really care about senseless things like this?

 

[Soushi]

Boy, you're just pissed off at everything aren't you?

You're right about the whole China mountain thing, though, it's just a name. Seems kinda odd, though, since they just banned the movie.

As for the people getting emotional about the movie, it happens. People were scared shitless over The Exorcist and they were brought to tears by The Passion of the Christ, it happens. It just seems kind of extreme to kill yourself over something like being depressed that you don't live in a movie world. If that's what drives you over the edge, I can't help believe that there's something deeper there.

But it's all just a movie out of James Cameron's crazy little noggin, and it's made him uber rich (again), so it's all part of the hype as I see it.

Firstly: no, not everything, close, but not quite.
Secondly: Thank you, thank you thank you for reminding everybody that other movies have had the EXACT same effect as Avatar. To kill yourself, yes, a little extreme. But all of us hve little checkboxes in our noggins that, when we see something, the brain goes "oop, check" and we change. For some people, those check boxes just got a little out of hand.

hey look, i'll be damned, we both used the word noggin, a delightful little word never seen enough, and we weren't even trying, how nice.

 

[Death on Trapezoids]

This is very interesting.
I wonder who in china is naming the mountains these days...
Just to P.O. the gov't that banned it.
I do agree with him though, it may have been an awesome movie, but it remains a movie.
Like the OP says, there are battles to be fought here.

 

[DazWolf]

It is just a movie after all, and although watching it and thinking that the floating mountains were cool, they weren't the first ones with the idea and probably won't be the last by any means. As far as the China thing goes, I think this is just whiplash from the movie being banned and someone trying to find a way to say 'Sorry, we just shafted you again, but here's something shiny to distract you...'

 

[Soushi]

it sucked.

Oh goody, a well phrased argument.
*ahem* and now i shall respond in an equally stimulating way: "No it didn't"

 

[Luffie]

well its just like the documentaries on *actual* relevant things in real life, people can go "oh thats so sad, woe oh woe what a world.." and change the channel. sure theres actual relevant underlying concepts to get riled up about but that doesnt count for anything if its just words,i havent come across anyone so far to make *that* much of a big deal about what happens in that film and how it may reflect what floats in this world, but anything past speculation and its just like "well, DO something"

basically if it takes some CGI eyecandy to make people care about whats not so good about the world then fine, as long as the message is there, if you think the movie can be used as a tool for guilt or an example of what stems from forsaken virtues then you should probably shift the scope a few lenses back towards reality. This was made for money, money upon games upon merch upon spinoff kids meals, there is no noble cause invested in this film so if any is derived its all you. And by that i mean comparatively for a human being there is still the chance of something akin to sentience and self-awareness milling around in that head, but if you just talk about it instead of taking an incentive to rewrite your moral code then you really havent done a thing other than wave your arms and make a fuss.

 

[Soushi]

Bwuh?

They really named it after the movie? That's...strange, but I really couldn't care less what people halfway across the world call a collection of huge rocks. Do people really care about senseless things like this?

Apparently, and it is begining to drive me BBBBBB (Big Burning Batshit Banana Boats Bonkers)

 

[soilent]

it sucked.

Oh goody, a well phrased argument.
*ahem* and now i shall respond in an equally stimulating way: "No it didn't"

and now to respond to your arguement with a well thought out, rational arguement.


YEA HUH! IT TOTALLY SUCKED!!!

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Judging by your previous posts it seems you've recently begun to see what's going on in the world. Welcome to the world of cynicism and despair, just remember your powerless to change it.

Or I could go an a rant about how it's much better to see the truth and feel the pain than live a lie in ignorant bliss. I'm sure you've already heard all that.

 

[Soushi]

basically if it takes some CGI eyecandy to make people care about whats not so good about the world then fine, as long as the message is there, if you think the movie can be used as a tool for guilt or an example of what stems from forsaken virtues then you should probably shift the scope a few lenses back towards reality. This was made for money, money upon games upon merch upon spinoff kids meals, there is no noble cause invested in this film so if any is derived its all you. And by that i mean comparatively for a human being there is still the chance of something akin to sentience and self-awareness milling around in that head, but if you just talk about it instead of taking an incentive to rewrite your moral code then you really havent done a thing other than wave your arms and make a fuss.

I am not sure i understand completely. But, if i understand the gist of what you said, i would argue that anything, no matter its format, can change the world; A word, a thought, a picture, a movie, another person. As such, i will shift my 'lenses' back to reality, when reality matches my vision, or at least comes close. Until then people will live in the worlds and moments that matter to them, wether they are make believe or not. the only question is, can we turn the better parts of make believe, into a reality and thus create a better world. It all has to start somewhere, and teh best place to start, is talking.

 

[Soushi]

it sucked.

Oh goody, a well phrased argument.
*ahem* and now i shall respond in an equally stimulating way: "No it didn't"

and now to respond to your arguement with a well thought out, rational arguement.


YEA HUH! IT TOTALLY SUCKED!!!

Well, once again you have provided me with a real mental puzzler here. But i think my response will be...
"NO IT DIDN'T(i can press the caps lock button too, see.). And in no way will your complex and staggeringly well phrased arguments convince me otherwise. As such, i am stopping this conversation on the note that i am aware that you are probably just trying to ruffle my feathers. Rather, i have been provided with a few chuckles."

 

[soilent]

it sucked.

Oh goody, a well phrased argument.
*ahem* and now i shall respond in an equally stimulating way: "No it didn't"

and now to respond to your arguement with a well thought out, rational arguement.


YEA HUH! IT TOTALLY SUCKED!!!

Well, once again you have provided me with a real mental puzzler here. But i think my response will be...
"NO IT DIDN'T(i can press the caps lock button too, see.). And in no way will your complex and staggeringly well phrased arguments convince me otherwise. As such, i am stopping this conversation on the note that i am aware that you are probably just trying to ruffle my feathers. Rather, i have been provided with a few chuckles."

Such was my intent.

 

[magnuslion]

AHEM ((clears throat))

Its a Fucking Movie!!! do all of you people really have that much free time??!! play some more videogames, cap some bitches on ODST, do anything but waste your time arguing the consequences of a piece of fiction on the internet!!!!! ARGHHHH!!!

That is all.