Avatar has made more than $1 billion. That's a lot of dollars.
Pretty sure none of us here ever said that Avatar would tank at the box office, but did we think it’d make a billion dollars in just a few days? I sure didn’t! (To be fair, I never really gave the...
View ArticleThe Avatar sex scene
First SNL did it and then reader Alex sent us this little bit of text, purportedly from the actual Avatar script. WTF indeed. Both comically NSFW items can be found after the jump....
View ArticleU.S. military now wants 3D surveillance cameras. Avatar invented 3D, you know.
In a sense, the following story can be summed up thus: the US military wants new, hi-tech equipment. That’s not exactly breaking news, no, but there’s an Avatar connection, so if the world could stop...
View ArticleDIY: Avatar fiber optic jungle
Inspired by Avatar, this crafty fellow created his own version of the Pandora jungle. Made using conductive thread, fiber optic strands, and LEDs, he built a rather impressive looking patch of grass...
View ArticleWe never named a mountain after Avatar. What are you talking about?
Monday could have marked one of the greatest acts of trolling of the decade. An official ceremony was held to change the name of a mountain in the Hunan province to commemorate James Cameron’s Avatar....
View ArticleThe best Avatar review ever
The same guy who reviewed the Phantom Menace, apparently while sloppy drunk on a mixture of Percocet and vodka, just reviewed Avatar. His bottom line? Cameron made an affective film – affective in its...
View ArticleAvatar has made a billion dollars. Twice.
Prepare yourself for motion picture history. Seems that Avatar is the first movie in the history of ever to pull in 2 billion USD worldwide. Uncork the champagne people. It only took three weeks to...
View ArticleKoreans watch Avatar in "4D"
One important factor that can explain Avatar’s success at the box office is certainly the 3D experience viewers can have when they walk into the right movie theater. But what about watching Avatar in...
View ArticleAn Oscar win for Avatar tonight is a win for 3D technology as a whole
Tonight’s Oscars are as much about technology as they are good movies. Granted, movie-making has always been about embracing new technology—critics complained when movies first appeared, when they...
View ArticleHollywood has its best year ever in 2009 (but piracy is killing the business?)
I could have sworn “piracy” was killing the movie industry. Apparently not, when you actually look at the data! The year 2009 was the single best year in Hollywood history as far as “money” is...
View ArticleGimped "Avatar" Blu-ray coming soon
Everyone’s favorite Dances With Wolves remake, Avatar, is coming soon to Blu-ray and DVD. Just don’t expect many extras. Or 3-D. As reported by the great TheDigitalBits.com, 20th Century Fox will...
View ArticleThis is why early adopting sucks: Avatar doesn't play on some Samsung BR players
This is not for you Hey, cutting edgers! How does it feel to be the first kid on your block not to be able to play a brand new movie because of some wonky firmware issue. I have a Samsung BD-UP5000,...
View ArticleThis lady hates Avatar, James Cameron and his mom (really)
Wow, this woman knows how to hate. She could write a book on hate that would outsell the classic Guide To Proper Hating by Brandon Barbee. 10 bucks says she loved Dancing with Wolves, though.
View ArticleAvatar fast becoming the most pirated Blu-ray movie of all time
Call me crazy, but wasn’t the point of Avatar to go see it in 3D on the big screen? Otherwise, why bother? Be that as it may, Avatar is on track to hold the distinction of being the most pirated...
View ArticleAvatar to return to theaters August 27th
Avatar is coming back to theaters August 27, 2010 and will bring an extra eight minutes of “never before seen footage” I know, right? Unbelievable. It’s unbelievable that the 20th Century Fox or James...
View ArticleAvatar 3D Blu-ray Launch To Be Exclusive To Panasonic TV Buyers
Big Avatar fan? Bought a 3D-capable TV just so you could watch it again in all its glory? Well, you might want to sit down. Panasonic and 20th Century Fox have arrived at a deal whereby the upcoming...
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Video: Telepresence Robot Avatar TELESAR V
Professor Tachi from Japan’s Keio University has been working on telepresence robots since the 1980s, and TELESAR V, a so-called telexistence robot avatar, is the finest work of his lab yet. The robot...
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iTunes-Only, $15 Special Edition Of AVATAR Lets You ‘Deconstruct Scenes’
Starting next Tuesday, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lightstorm Entertainment will be selling a special edition of blockbuster movie AVATAR with nifty behind-the-scenes features and...
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Twitter’s Laying Eggs: Many Avatars Missing
Twitter’s having a rough day. It was down for nearly an hour earlier today, and now, many users are complaining that their Avatars have been replaced by an egg, the Avatar given to newcomers who have...
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Twitter Bug Randomly Swaps Out Avatars For Some Accounts, Profile Settings...
Well here’s a Twitter bug that is kind of alarming. Apparently, for some verified accounts, avatars were swapped out with other random users’. Currently, the profile settings are disabled for all...
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