Comments on: The 40 Word Debate: Avatar Edition http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/ Wisdom about stupidity Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:27:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Wade http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-1009 Wade Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:56:41 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-1009 Sam Worthington. Is he terminator or Na'vi or marine or murderer needing redemption? You can't trust him, yet you must trust him or else your world is lost. +1 Avatar for casting the most conflicted guy in Hollywood. [38 words] Sam Worthington. Is he terminator or Na’vi or marine or murderer needing redemption? You can’t trust him, yet you must trust him or else your world is lost. +1 Avatar for casting the most conflicted guy in Hollywood. [38 words]

]]> By: stef http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-1003 stef Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:21:27 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-1003 The reason it is the highest grossing film isn't because it is a great movie. It is because it cost SO MUCH MONEY to see it in 3D and to see it NOT in 3D is a waste of money. And that, my friends, is WHY it is the highest grossing film. The reason it is the highest grossing film isn’t because it is a great movie. It is because it cost SO MUCH MONEY to see it in 3D and to see it NOT in 3D is a waste of money. And that, my friends, is WHY it is the highest grossing film.

]]> By: Davis http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-961 Davis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:31:03 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-961 Dave, I've added Sarah to my prayers. Tell her there's no reason to worry about the environment - the dolphins will fix things in no time flat. Dave, I’ve added Sarah to my prayers. Tell her there’s no reason to worry about the environment – the dolphins will fix things in no time flat.

]]> By: Dave http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-942 Dave Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:59:27 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-942 1/2 point to Ryan - Enjoyed the spectacle of Pocahontas in 3D 1/2 point to Davis - Not only was the plot predictable, but also dangerous on the weak-minded who live close to the Na'vi people like my sister in Seattle. [39 words] What can happen if over-exposed to the James Cameron Doctrines: http://sedgwick.wordpress.com/ 1/2 point to Ryan – Enjoyed the spectacle of Pocahontas in 3D
1/2 point to Davis – Not only was the plot predictable, but also dangerous on the weak-minded who live close to the Na’vi people like my sister in Seattle.

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What can happen if over-exposed to the James Cameron Doctrines: http://sedgwick.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Ben Pratt http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-941 Ben Pratt Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:50:43 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-941 Now that it's been created, it's only a matter of time until someone takes all this newfangled cinematic technology and uses it makes a decent movie. That's the movie I'll see, not Cameron's giant-blue-people-have-property-rights,-too [that's one word!] movie. Now that it’s been created, it’s only a matter of time until someone takes all this newfangled cinematic technology and uses it makes a decent movie. That’s the movie I’ll see, not Cameron’s giant-blue-people-have-property-rights,-too [that's one word!] movie.

]]> By: Troy http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-936 Troy Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:03:20 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-936 Davis just wait until they start incorporating CGI into Jersey Shore, The Hills, and The Bachelor, and then we'll see where your loyalties lie. Those are the real shows our Dolphin Overlords are monitoring. See you in the salt pits. Davis just wait until they start incorporating CGI into Jersey Shore, The Hills, and The Bachelor, and then we’ll see where your loyalties lie. Those are the real shows our Dolphin Overlords are monitoring. See you in the salt pits.

]]> By: cbs http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-933 cbs Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:55:12 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-933 All I'm saying is if you put a 40 word limit on debate, I'm out. I can't even get a good introduction to my brilliant argument finished in 40 words. All I’m saying is if you put a 40 word limit on debate, I’m out. I can’t even get a good introduction to my brilliant argument finished in 40 words.

]]> By: Davis http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-932 Davis Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:47:47 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-932 Digital effects have run amok. Think of Star Wars Episodes 4 – 6 vs. Episodes 1 - 3. Episodes 1 – 3 look real. It's a fictional universe that looks as real as ours. Episodes 1 - 3 are cartoons, like Avatar. Digital effects have run amok. Think of Star Wars Episodes 4 – 6 vs. Episodes 1 – 3. Episodes 1 – 3 look real. It’s a fictional universe that looks as real as ours. Episodes 1 – 3 are cartoons, like Avatar.

]]> By: Davis http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-931 Davis Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:44:58 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-931 Wrong. They were laughing at the image of the offspring of Smurfette and the Jolly Green Giant holding a real human being. I said it before, but this movie, in terms of special effects, was Who Framed Roger Rabbit Wrong. They were laughing at the image of the offspring of Smurfette and the Jolly Green Giant holding a real human being. I said it before, but this movie, in terms of special effects, was Who Framed Roger Rabbit

]]> By: Ryan http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/2010/02/01/the-40-word-debate-avatar-edition/#comment-930 Ryan Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:42:23 +0000 http://www.dontdodumbthings.com/?p=1299#comment-930 People weren't laughing at the contrast between his real body and her fake one. They were laughing at the contrast between his tininess and her big-ness. You would known this if you'd kept your 3D glasses on. People weren’t laughing at the contrast between his real body and her fake one. They were laughing at the contrast between his tininess and her big-ness. You would known this if you’d kept your 3D glasses on.

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