do you know what's CGI? (web history personal story)

[Rainy]

On Jan 15, 5:22 pm, Alice Bevan–McGregor <al... at gothcandy.com> wrote:
> On 2011-01-15 08:55:47 -0800, rantingrick said:
>
> > On Jan 15, 10:38 am, Grant Edwards <inva... at invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> >>> Yeah, James Cameron made a *ton* of money using it to make Avatar.
>
> >> Too bad he couldn't have used it to make a better movie.
>
> I found the graphics impressive; the "blue people" was merely an effort
> to avoid a more clear representation of the Na'vi as North American
> indigenous people.
>
> > Avatar was very disappointing (Both in graphics and story) but maybe i
> > expect too much...?
>
> The story was clearly "Pocahontas… in Space!", which was very disappointing.
>

I have to disagree.. without writing
a dozen pages of my thoughts on Avatar,
I think this comment from Metafilter
sums it up best:

http://www.metafilter.com/88197/Even-better-without-special-effects#2897157

<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/88197/Even-better-without-special-
effects#2897157">link</a>