Avatar IS Delgo

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by: Paul Tassi Aug. 21, 2009

For most of yesterday, I was trying to think of what the Na'vi reminded me of while watching the AVATAR trailer. It was on the tip of my tongue, then suddenly, I started seeing it pop up in comments everywhere.

DELGO.

That's right, the movie that you never heard of until after it set the record for the worst opening weekend in history, grossing a mere $511,920 despite wide release in 2,160 theaters. The comparisons of AVATAR to DELGO have been floating around the internet for the past 24 hours now, but now someone actually sat down and decided to make a visual side-by-side comparison of the two.

The results are pretty damn conclusive and practically warrant a likeness lawsuit from the lowest grossing movie ever to be filed against the director of the highest grossing movie ever. How’s that for irony?

Check out some of the undeniably similar comparisons below and click on them for even more.

Source: Denhilation

Extra Tidbit: Sure, the plots have practically zero overlap, but COME ON!!

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Derrida
11:51AM on 08/26/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Joblo mentioned in the Guardian
Paul Tassi's Avatar/Delgo piece is mentioned in the Guardian:

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Paul Tassi's Avatar/Delgo piece is mentioned in the Guardian:

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avoidz
7:20AM on 08/24/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Yeah, but...
It doesn't really matter. Avatar is going to make a lot of money at the box office this year.
It doesn't really matter. Avatar is going to make a lot of money at the box office this year.
 
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maic
6:48AM on 08/24/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
WHAT A RIPOFF
hehehe, i knew there was something wrong with avatar, i just knew it :D :D

lord of the movies my as* :P
hehehe, i knew there was something wrong with avatar, i just knew it :D :D

lord of the movies my as* :P
 
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Derkesthai
8:15PM on 08/23/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm sorry, but trying to suggest a 14 year old, $200million, project ripped of Delgo (of all fucking movies) is just a stretch, it's pathetic. You can grab screen shots of ANY movie and link them to another movie.
I'm sorry, but trying to suggest a 14 year old, $200million, project ripped of Delgo (of all fucking movies) is just a stretch, it's pathetic. You can grab screen shots of ANY movie and link them to another movie.
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Brer B8a
11:19PM on 08/23/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
No. No you can't.
No. No you can't.
 
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seansnake
4:46PM on 08/23/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
exactly
ive been thinking the same thing, i couldnt figure it out
ive been thinking the same thing, i couldnt figure it out
 
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X-Frog
7:40PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This is a pretty lame comparison. Avatar in 3D looks flawless.

But, the hate teen boys developed for Titanic back in the day is sure to spill over into Cameron's future films.
This is a pretty lame comparison. Avatar in 3D looks flawless.

But, the hate teen boys developed for Titanic back in the day is sure to spill over into Cameron's future films.
 
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brightboyalert
7:10PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Just saw the 3D IMAX roadshow
I was impressed enough by the 15 mins I saw to line up at Christmas -but- The "Ive seen this before...'" feeling will deny the game-changer status this movie was hyped to be.
With this Delgo comparison I feel symapthy for all those CG artists and designers slaving away for JC only to be compared to that shit-pile Delgo.
I was impressed enough by the 15 mins I saw to line up at Christmas -but- The "Ive seen this before...'" feeling will deny the game-changer status this movie was hyped to be.
With this Delgo comparison I feel symapthy for all those CG artists and designers slaving away for JC only to be compared to that shit-pile Delgo.
 
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gameslave
6:00PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I could make the same comparisons with delgo against LOTR trilogy. easily. this is stupid.
I could make the same comparisons with delgo against LOTR trilogy. easily. this is stupid.
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sbunn10
6:17PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Delgo came out in 2008...
Delgo came out in 2008...
 
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TarantinoDork
5:45PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I don't hate James Cameron
I love most of his films. I grew up on Aliens and T2.

I'm just consistently annoyed by little details in his films that I think distract from the experience and serve only to say 'I'm James Cameron, I'm awesome.'

I love Aliens, but that extended cut that now permeates television (where you find out Ripley had a daughter, you see Newt's family explore the planet ...
I love most of his films. I grew up on Aliens and T2.

I'm just consistently annoyed by little details in his films that I think distract from the experience and serve only to say 'I'm James Cameron, I'm awesome.'

I love Aliens, but that extended cut that now permeates television (where you find out Ripley had a daughter, you see Newt's family explore the planet like Lost in Space, and watch 100 poorly made paper mache aliens get blasted in succession by sentry guns) is just terrible.
 
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anarchistboy33
5:32PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
And Avatar in Imax 3D was fucking epic!!!!! I've never seen a 3D movie until that preview, and let's just say, it deserves all the hype it's getting. I mean, I will watch Avatar like 3 times at LEAST in 3D, just because once it leaves theaters, it won't be the same movie, AT ALL. Fuck all the Avatar haters, probably holding their breath for New Moon or fucking The Last Airbender, or some shit.
And Avatar in Imax 3D was fucking epic!!!!! I've never seen a 3D movie until that preview, and let's just say, it deserves all the hype it's getting. I mean, I will watch Avatar like 3 times at LEAST in 3D, just because once it leaves theaters, it won't be the same movie, AT ALL. Fuck all the Avatar haters, probably holding their breath for New Moon or fucking The Last Airbender, or some shit.
 
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anarchistboy33
5:29PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Fuck ANYONE hating on James fuckin Cameron. He has the HIGEST ratio of great movies to shitty movies than ANY other director in our time. I grew up on Terminator 1 and 2 and Aliens, and to the guy saying Aliens made you think Cameron thought his shit don't stink, Shut the fuck up! You sound like the biggest douchebag I've ever not wanted to meet, for fear of breaking your fuckin nose.
Fuck ANYONE hating on James fuckin Cameron. He has the HIGEST ratio of great movies to shitty movies than ANY other director in our time. I grew up on Terminator 1 and 2 and Aliens, and to the guy saying Aliens made you think Cameron thought his shit don't stink, Shut the fuck up! You sound like the biggest douchebag I've ever not wanted to meet, for fear of breaking your fuckin nose.

Go back to Tarantino, and his ridiculous fucking subtitled piece of shit DRAMA called Inglorious Basterds. How do you fuck up an epic premise for a movie like Jews killing Nazi's brutally and non-stop? You spend the entire movie on a jew girl running a movie theater with a negro, and make it into some half-assed love story between her and a fuckin NAZI! God, I hated Inglorious Basterds. Why on earth would you not give the spotlight to the basterds is BEYOND ME. And splitting the film into chapters was SOOOOOO Kill Bill, Quentin. Find a new calling card, for fuck sakes.
 
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aronnyc
9:44AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The average moviegoer doesn't care how long Avatar has been in production. I'm sure Avatar will make money and do pretty well, but it'll be far from the kind of hit the studios expect it to be.
The average moviegoer doesn't care how long Avatar has been in production. I'm sure Avatar will make money and do pretty well, but it'll be far from the kind of hit the studios expect it to be.
 
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TarantinoDork
2:06AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Why I'm an Avatar Skeptic
To quote Peter Griffin, Avatar 'insists upon itself.' James Cameron movies have all had this strange tendency to take their own supposed revolutionary brilliance as a given. That extended cut of Aliens makes me feel like Cameron genuinely doesn't believe his shit stinks.

And that kind of arrogance stinks just as bad here on Avatar as it did on Titanic.

I'm sick ...
To quote Peter Griffin, Avatar 'insists upon itself.' James Cameron movies have all had this strange tendency to take their own supposed revolutionary brilliance as a given. That extended cut of Aliens makes me feel like Cameron genuinely doesn't believe his shit stinks.

And that kind of arrogance stinks just as bad here on Avatar as it did on Titanic.

I'm sick of hearing about the technology to film the damn thing. Its no substitute for story telling and film direction. Chris Nolan made one of the greatest action epics of all time with almost no CG...and he didn't get a single Oscar nomination to show for it.
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Derkesthai
6:17PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Yeah, Titanic is terrible. Terrible films sweep the Oscars, are universally loved but critics, and become the highest grossing film ever based entirely on word of mouth. Yeah, that makes for a terrible film. Please.

Also, Titanic is far more than a love story. It carried a strong social commentary that far out weighed the surface level love story.
Yeah, Titanic is terrible. Terrible films sweep the Oscars, are universally loved but critics, and become the highest grossing film ever based entirely on word of mouth. Yeah, that makes for a terrible film. Please.

Also, Titanic is far more than a love story. It carried a strong social commentary that far out weighed the surface level love story.
 
TarantinoDork
5:01PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Titanic is terrible. Cameron makes a movie about one of the most searing tragedies of the past 100 years in which entire families were wiped out or cut in half and he makes it simply the background of a predictable love story. With the payoff being a poor kid killing himself so a spoiled rich girl could live (in this respect, its actually a worthy metaphor for the Titanic tragedy.) If it had...
Titanic is terrible. Cameron makes a movie about one of the most searing tragedies of the past 100 years in which entire families were wiped out or cut in half and he makes it simply the background of a predictable love story. With the payoff being a poor kid killing himself so a spoiled rich girl could live (in this respect, its actually a worthy metaphor for the Titanic tragedy.) If it had been the same story but about 9/11 we'd have all been grotesquely offended by its shallow exploitation.

And don't get me wrong, I think James Cameron is a terrific director when he can keep himself mildly in check. Aliens, T2 are both fantastic, I almost never not watch them when they're on TV. True Lies is the only post T2 movie to ever effectively use Arnold's charm and screen presence. I just wish the prick would realize not every idea that crosses his brain stem is worth $5 million worth of production money.
 
Brer B8a
4:36PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I hate how anybody that thought TDK was good is automatically a fanboy now. Fanboys didn't get the movie to number it did, it was because it was actually a great film. I think you entirely missed the whole point of TarantinoDork's post.
I hate how anybody that thought TDK was good is automatically a fanboy now. Fanboys didn't get the movie to number it did, it was because it was actually a great film. I think you entirely missed the whole point of TarantinoDork's post.
 
Derkesthai
12:46PM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
First off, The Dark Knight is fucking far from being one of the greatest action epics. Overhyped, overrated, overplotted, laughably over - the - top - Bale - Batman - voice is more like it.

Secondly, you seem like one of those people who are still sore that Titanic is #1, that it still bests all your fanboy geek films, like TDK, at the box office.
First off, The Dark Knight is fucking far from being one of the greatest action epics. Overhyped, overrated, overplotted, laughably over - the - top - Bale - Batman - voice is more like it.

Secondly, you seem like one of those people who are still sore that Titanic is #1, that it still bests all your fanboy geek films, like TDK, at the box office.
 
jubei4000
11:51AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"It insists upon itself"...Love it! but its true. CG is no sub for a good story. I'm not gonna say i'm not slightly amped to see avatar but It is a few notches lower on the belt because Cameron is a douche. (who also happens to make really good movies.) If this movie does well though, Cameron will pat himself on the back to death. Then we wont have to deal with him anymore.
"It insists upon itself"...Love it! but its true. CG is no sub for a good story. I'm not gonna say i'm not slightly amped to see avatar but It is a few notches lower on the belt because Cameron is a douche. (who also happens to make really good movies.) If this movie does well though, Cameron will pat himself on the back to death. Then we wont have to deal with him anymore.
 
Brer B8a
11:16AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Dude. Amazingly well said and I must agree 100%.
Dude. Amazingly well said and I must agree 100%.
 
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Stratburst
1:28AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Delgo vs. Avatar?
That's not too far-fetched. Delgo was in development for 10 years, starting in 1999. It was actually Anne Bancroft's last film role. And yes, Delgo is pretty mediocre; about a 3/10.

James Cameron has been successfully sued before. Harlan Ellison sued him because elements of Terminator looked too much like one of Ellison's short stories. That's why, when you watch Terminator ...
That's not too far-fetched. Delgo was in development for 10 years, starting in 1999. It was actually Anne Bancroft's last film role. And yes, Delgo is pretty mediocre; about a 3/10.

James Cameron has been successfully sued before. Harlan Ellison sued him because elements of Terminator looked too much like one of Ellison's short stories. That's why, when you watch Terminator on DVD, there's a nod to Ellison in the credits.
 
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Mr. Moe
1:26AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
All those visuals were described in the Avatar scriptment back in 1997.

Sad thing is how this site was all over McG's cock for the shitty T4, and is trashing Cameron over his original decade old project. Not cool.
All those visuals were described in the Avatar scriptment back in 1997.

Sad thing is how this site was all over McG's cock for the shitty T4, and is trashing Cameron over his original decade old project. Not cool.
 
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thundercat64
1:03AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Only Avatar has been in the works for 14 years and Delgo probably only took a few years and is shit.
Only Avatar has been in the works for 14 years and Delgo probably only took a few years and is shit.
 
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The Mattimeo
12:09AM on 08/22/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I don't see it. based on these pics. Avatar is closer to fern gully, based on a human being introduced to an Alien environment. I can se some comparison between some of these images. but most are reaching it, and others are most likely out of context.
I don't see it. based on these pics. Avatar is closer to fern gully, based on a human being introduced to an Alien environment. I can se some comparison between some of these images. but most are reaching it, and others are most likely out of context.
 
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Dead as History
11:32PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
There's no way Cameron could be sued over this, all humor aside, unless there's a vague similarity clause somewhere.

Delgo Reps "Hey it kinda looks the same!"

Judge "Get the fuck out of my court."
There's no way Cameron could be sued over this, all humor aside, unless there's a vague similarity clause somewhere.

Delgo Reps "Hey it kinda looks the same!"

Judge "Get the fuck out of my court."
 
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DeejayForte
11:18PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
James Cameron = pwned.
James Cameron = pwned.
 
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Huttjos
8:44PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
BHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hilarious. That is not only extremely funny, but extremely worth a lawsuit.
BHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hilarious. That is not only extremely funny, but extremely worth a lawsuit.
 
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TarantinoDork
8:33PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Thank You
Regardless of plagiarism concerns, it just gets to my overall reaction to the Avatar teaser. Nothing about it seems terribly original. I've seen these aliens before, I've seen these Space Marines before, I've seen these environments before. Hell, I've certainly seen stories of humans forced to fight alongside the aliens against humanity (District 9 anyone?)

The characters and ...
Regardless of plagiarism concerns, it just gets to my overall reaction to the Avatar teaser. Nothing about it seems terribly original. I've seen these aliens before, I've seen these Space Marines before, I've seen these environments before. Hell, I've certainly seen stories of humans forced to fight alongside the aliens against humanity (District 9 anyone?)

The characters and dialogue had better be damn good. Because there isn't much here to merit comparisons with Star Wars.
 
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LoCkEd_N_LoAdEd
7:27PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
AVATAR DAY
i just got home from it and just listen to me. read this with no hate or love towards avatar. i walked in the Imax 3D theater with a little dissapointment from yesterdays trailer. but then the tables turnned around when i saw this 16-minute preview. boys and girls, the trailer didnt even scratch the surface. i had a smile on my face the whole time i was sitting there with my 3D glasses on. and ...
i just got home from it and just listen to me. read this with no hate or love towards avatar. i walked in the Imax 3D theater with a little dissapointment from yesterdays trailer. but then the tables turnned around when i saw this 16-minute preview. boys and girls, the trailer didnt even scratch the surface. i had a smile on my face the whole time i was sitting there with my 3D glasses on. and the only part that sucked was when the screen went to black and the lights turned on. everyone was right that you had to watch this bad boy in IMAX to get the full effect. not even that but in IMAX 3D. it was the most beautiful thing i've seen on screen. i know thats saying alot but in my opinion it was. there wasnt alot of footage shown but they showed a good amount. if you wanna hear what i saw just reply or something cuz thats alot of typing. AVATAR will un doubtly get best movie of the year hands down. oh and this article about Delgo and Avatar is funny lol. doesnt bother me tho.
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wtf?!?
8:23PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
why would the comparisons bother you?
why would the comparisons bother you?
 
kdraines
7:53PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Forgive me, but if the quality of a movie necessitates viewing in IMAX 3D, it is a bad film.

I've never been that big a fan of IMAX or 3D anyway.
Forgive me, but if the quality of a movie necessitates viewing in IMAX 3D, it is a bad film.

I've never been that big a fan of IMAX or 3D anyway.
 
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VincentCostigan
7:20PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
A+
Lmao A+ laugh right there. Wow, Avatar's marketing is off to a bad start if this comparison catches on.
Lmao A+ laugh right there. Wow, Avatar's marketing is off to a bad start if this comparison catches on.
 
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frackinjackson
7:19PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hmmm.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Cameron's treatment / descriptions ripped off by Delgo guys or Delgo ripped off by Cameron and his design team.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Cameron's treatment / descriptions ripped off by Delgo guys or Delgo ripped off by Cameron and his design team.
 
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theshadowalker
7:13PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I agree, very funny.

Also, I had a book back in the '80s of some SciFi artworks, and 'Avatar' looks awfully like many of those that I remember...what with the flying islands and such. Of course, there was a flying island in 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships' (aka 'Gulliver's ...
I agree, very funny.

Also, I had a book back in the '80s of some SciFi artworks, and 'Avatar' looks awfully like many of those that I remember...what with the flying islands and such. Of course, there was a flying island in 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships' (aka 'Gulliver's Travels') too.

But it wouldn't be the first time that Cameron got his @$$ in a ringer by copying other artists (the infamous Harlan Ellison incident, or when Cameron apparently traced, I believe, Sally Mann's photographs for the drawings in 'Titanic' without her permission...hell, if memory serves, he even initially tried to claim credit for his wonderful artistic skills in that particular case).
 
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filmguy450
6:13PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Funny
Very funny! Having seen Delgo, yes, it's plot was nothing in common, but still, veyr funny.
Very funny! Having seen Delgo, yes, it's plot was nothing in common, but still, veyr funny.
 
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drwcomics
6:04PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
*Sigh*
Seriously Paul? Really? Ugh. I'll write a longer reply when I'm done rolling my eyes.
Seriously Paul? Really? Ugh. I'll write a longer reply when I'm done rolling my eyes.
 
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Sulaco
5:40PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
That's fuckin' funny.
That's fuckin' funny.
 
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fat-womanizer
4:44PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Anyway. Those Aliens look ugly as fuck.
The look reminds me of Luc Bessons "Arthur and the minimoys"

I just read somewhere “Avatar looks like a Jar Jar Binks family reunion”.

Funny shit. But also a bit frightening
Anyway. Those Aliens look ugly as fuck.
The look reminds me of Luc Bessons "Arthur and the minimoys"

I just read somewhere “Avatar looks like a Jar Jar Binks family reunion”.

Funny shit. But also a bit frightening
 
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sebedu
4:42PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Was anyone else thinking Battle for Terra as well?
Was anyone else thinking Battle for Terra as well?
 
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Fancyclaps
4:16PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Incredible
the effects look the same too!
the effects look the same too!
 
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Dead as History
4:11PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The similarities, at least as far as these pictures go, are entertaining, but most people watching a movie are interested in it's story. Also, one movie is going to look way fucking better, and all we've seen is the teaser trailer.
The similarities, at least as far as these pictures go, are entertaining, but most people watching a movie are interested in it's story. Also, one movie is going to look way fucking better, and all we've seen is the teaser trailer.
 
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Common Sense Man
4:03PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
LOL say what you will the similarities are too much for me to belive JC never saw this movie or saw designs from it. Did one of his designers work on both? Not saying he stole it, but damn sure makes Avatar look even less original.
LOL say what you will the similarities are too much for me to belive JC never saw this movie or saw designs from it. Did one of his designers work on both? Not saying he stole it, but damn sure makes Avatar look even less original.
 
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Digifruitella
4:02PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Mhmm...except Cameron wrote Avatar FIFTEEN fucking years ago. And last time I read that ORIGINAL scriptment the floating mountains and the Na'vi were in it.
Mhmm...except Cameron wrote Avatar FIFTEEN fucking years ago. And last time I read that ORIGINAL scriptment the floating mountains and the Na'vi were in it.
 
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Smarmy Douche
3:48PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Now, let's be fair. Cameron may have written the first script in 1994, but he didn't start seriously working on it until 2005 officially, 2004 more likely. Delgo was in development in 1999, and production in 2001. So it had already been in production for three-four years before Cameron got the ball rolling on Avatar.

Plenty of time for an acclaimed, Oscar-winning director to pla...
Now, let's be fair. Cameron may have written the first script in 1994, but he didn't start seriously working on it until 2005 officially, 2004 more likely. Delgo was in development in 1999, and production in 2001. So it had already been in production for three-four years before Cameron got the ball rolling on Avatar.

Plenty of time for an acclaimed, Oscar-winning director to plagiarize one of the most uninspired films of the decade.

I kid, however the plot's resemblance to Ferngully, a film much older, is a lot more obvious. I hope Tim Curry has a cameo as Hexxus. In 3D man! wWoow.
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ccapel
3:57PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Sure the dates are correct, but the guy had a clear vision for Avatar back when he first thought it up. That's what made him realize it couldn't be done at that time.

But all of that aside, movies have been around for too long and there are just plain too many of them out there for this comparison to be anything more than coincidence.
Sure the dates are correct, but the guy had a clear vision for Avatar back when he first thought it up. That's what made him realize it couldn't be done at that time.

But all of that aside, movies have been around for too long and there are just plain too many of them out there for this comparison to be anything more than coincidence.
 
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ccapel
3:42PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Oh come on, Joblo. I thought you had a little more class. This comparison is just plain stupid.

Put two people in seperate rooms and ask them to come up with an alien world. Odds are their ideas are going to be similar.

Wow, so Delgo has flying creatures and reptile-like humanoids. Oh and lets not forget the floating islands, cuz that idea hasn't been around...
Oh come on, Joblo. I thought you had a little more class. This comparison is just plain stupid.

Put two people in seperate rooms and ask them to come up with an alien world. Odds are their ideas are going to be similar.

Wow, so Delgo has flying creatures and reptile-like humanoids. Oh and lets not forget the floating islands, cuz that idea hasn't been around for decades.

Oh wait, Cameron has been developing Avatar for 14 years. That's right. Clearly he lifted his design choices from a crappy animated kid flick that he most likely hasn't even heard of, let alone seen.

I can just see him in a conference room with his artists.

Cameron: "I have this idea. We have these flying creatures that-"

Artist: "Delgo did it."

Cameron: "...crap. Okay, well what about floating land masses-"

Artist: "Delgo did that too."

Cameron: "Dammit! What didn't Delgo do?"

Give me a break.
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IQuitMrWhite
10:12PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Well said. I was trying to think of a reply until I read this. Took the words right out of my mouth.
Well said. I was trying to think of a reply until I read this. Took the words right out of my mouth.
 
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Booyah Achieved
3:35PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Ferngully
It's Delgo's aesthetic with Ferngully's basic arch. Human takes alternate form to fit in with forest dwelling beings. Joins them in defending their land from American's who want it's resources.
It's Delgo's aesthetic with Ferngully's basic arch. Human takes alternate form to fit in with forest dwelling beings. Joins them in defending their land from American's who want it's resources.
 
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Bicycle_Thief
3:29PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Well You Conviced Me
BTW, where the hell is the Basterds talkback? I'm itching of personal opinion
BTW, where the hell is the Basterds talkback? I'm itching of personal opinion
 
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Smarmy Douche
3:17PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hopefully Avatar does better business.
Hopefully Avatar does better business.
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Hazi
3:32PM on 08/21/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
hopefully? lol, they could advertising it now and it would still be assured to make more
hopefully? lol, they could advertising it now and it would still be assured to make more
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