<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post670746336941687602..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2181324372485405392</id><published>2010-01-11T18:04:27.596-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T18:04:27.596-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Avatar, the most expensive film ever made, has cle...</title><summary type='text'>Avatar, the most expensive film ever made, has cleared $1 billion &lt;b&gt;IN PROFIT&lt;/b&gt; in the past month. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps the critique of the function of music and plot (and characterization and dialogue and so on) in popular cinema is off target? It&amp;#39;s hard to imagine James (or Fox) doing anything but enjoying commentary that highlights their billion-dollar goose&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;real weakness&amp;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/2181324372485405392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/2181324372485405392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1263251067596#c2181324372485405392' title=''/><author><name>functional nomad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14092338988269338147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1081177082"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 11, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7310967200242714046</id><published>2010-01-07T16:23:13.858-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T16:23:13.858-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Those looking for a genuinely interesting - and mo...</title><summary type='text'>Those looking for a genuinely interesting - and moving - sci-fi movie from this year, should check out Moon, the debut film by Duncan Jones. I thoroughly enjoyed the &amp;#39;experience&amp;#39; of Avatar at the same time as knowing that its &amp;#39;content&amp;#39; was both aesthetically lame and ethically questionable - feeling that division and going with it worried me a little in itself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/7310967200242714046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/7310967200242714046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262899393858#c7310967200242714046' title=''/><author><name>Rob</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12052286287306109429</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-236737005"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-48459397413875267</id><published>2010-01-05T21:37:38.954-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T21:37:38.954-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gee, I kinda liked the 3-D . . . loved those ashes...</title><summary type='text'>Gee, I kinda liked the 3-D . . . loved those ashes kindling in the row just ahead of me. Of course, I wasn&amp;#39;t going in looking for poetry, and didn&amp;#39;t mind that I could see all the plot twists coming a mile away; I guess I just can&amp;#39;t be as eternally high-minded as the participants on this blog . . . who should, sometimes, lighghten up . . .</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/48459397413875267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/48459397413875267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262745458954#c48459397413875267' title=''/><author><name>Joe Safdie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10146108321237585329</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1160934350"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-620679287064538524</id><published>2010-01-05T10:27:01.408-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T10:27:01.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Also, I might add that Avatar was somewhat of a re...</title><summary type='text'>Also, I might add that Avatar was somewhat of a relief after the travesty of District 9!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/620679287064538524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/620679287064538524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262705221408#c620679287064538524' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://home.comcast.net/~mark.lamoureux/spaceglider.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-209547533020517521</id><published>2010-01-05T10:23:19.759-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T10:23:19.759-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, it started out retro so in that respect it w...</title><summary type='text'>Well, it started out retro so in that respect it was doomed from the getgo!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the reference to the old (admittedly ham-fisted) utopias of old pulp sci-fi imagery is a nice counterpoint to the cyberpunk gloom of the past 10 years of sci fi or so--a look which, to my eyes at least, is more rehashed and predictable than the paen to classic 60&amp;#39;s &amp;amp; 70&amp;#39;s book covers.  &lt;br</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/209547533020517521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/209547533020517521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262704999759#c209547533020517521' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://home.comcast.net/~mark.lamoureux/spaceglider.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4573741386222205238</id><published>2010-01-05T10:14:58.926-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T10:14:58.926-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I stand with the aboriginals of Pandora on this on...</title><summary type='text'>I stand with the aboriginals of Pandora on this one...their relationship to the land and to each other was poetry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/4573741386222205238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/4573741386222205238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262704498926#c4573741386222205238' title=''/><author><name>e b bortz</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10699593136231380850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bYJRgoZEAtk/SXRxxvQZeNI/AAAAAAAAADc/Zt5sbmr6DsU/S220/eb_soa.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2056763724"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8369127152534316644</id><published>2010-01-05T09:52:57.827-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T09:52:57.827-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark,&#xa;&#xa;I want to be surprised. I don&amp;#39;t want a ...</title><summary type='text'>Mark,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to be surprised. I don&amp;#39;t want a visual world that will look retro in about 6 weeks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/8369127152534316644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/8369127152534316644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262703177827#c8369127152534316644' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5347403931276126239</id><published>2010-01-05T09:41:29.640-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T09:41:29.640-05:00</updated><title type='text'>To discuss Avatar&amp;#39;s treatment of violence or n...</title><summary type='text'>To discuss Avatar&amp;#39;s treatment of violence or non-industrial, non-white (non-human!) cultures, real or imagined is tiresome--like blaming a lion for being a carnivore.  I think we should be at least marginally happy that an even vaguely left-leaning Science Fiction film has had any mainstream success.  Especially in the light of the Apollonian fascism of &lt;i&gt;Star Trek&lt;/i&gt; and thinly-veiled </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/5347403931276126239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/5347403931276126239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262702489640#c5347403931276126239' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://home.comcast.net/~mark.lamoureux/spaceglider.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4005673593306484636</id><published>2010-01-04T13:22:08.130-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T13:22:08.130-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Huzzah!</title><summary type='text'>Huzzah!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/4005673593306484636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/4005673593306484636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262629328130#c4005673593306484636' title=''/><author><name>Halvard Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01464580122014170701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W4N1E5s3nXo/SGaeLwGqs9I/AAAAAAAAAKM/2-8Xs63G42k/S220/51DrSbBAPVL._SS500_.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1589256002"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8243877004449576801</id><published>2010-01-04T12:30:30.719-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T12:30:30.719-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I see from the photo, and the details you include ...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see from the photo, and the details you include in your post, that the imagined world has plants and trees and arrows and hairdressers and bead makers and large and small machines, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What about poetry?  Does the Na&amp;#39;vi world, or that of the sky people, as portrayed, include poetry? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shouldn&amp;#39;t that be a litmus test, a question you always ask and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/8243877004449576801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/8243877004449576801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262626230719#c8243877004449576801' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1895841147258095349</id><published>2010-01-04T10:58:52.972-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T10:58:52.972-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The one thing that all the movies you mention here...</title><summary type='text'>The one thing that all the movies you mention here have in common is their badness.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very rarely, movie audiences can be completely fooled into believing that what they&amp;#39;re watching is quality art, when it&amp;#39;s really just pap.  Most of what Hollywood does is created out of imitation, because the financial backers want a guaranteed return on investment, and even a mild repro seems</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/1895841147258095349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/1895841147258095349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262620732972#c1895841147258095349' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3641151080046787485</id><published>2010-01-04T10:41:51.104-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T10:41:51.104-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;anyone who has ever cringed at the bridge of...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;anyone who has ever cringed at the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what&amp;#39;s that supposed to mean?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(btw you don&amp;#39;t need to italicize &amp;quot;starship&amp;quot;. the name of the ship is simply &lt;i&gt;Enterprise&lt;/i&gt;)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/3641151080046787485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/3641151080046787485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262619711104#c3641151080046787485' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SXXMvQ7yRrI/AAAAAAAAAWs/iHgQG5bXM88/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5085653411534804518</id><published>2010-01-04T07:23:50.080-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T07:23:50.080-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad you singled out Avatar&amp;#39;s James Horner sou...</title><summary type='text'>Glad you singled out Avatar&amp;#39;s James Horner soundtrack as a key liability.  Between that and the not merely thin but logically incoherent script, by the time the credits started rolling the film had managed the difficult trick of making its remarkable 3D and CGI effects seem quite boring.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/5085653411534804518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/5085653411534804518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262607830080#c5085653411534804518' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2139378958279341561</id><published>2010-01-04T07:03:21.562-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T07:03:21.562-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought it was worth seeing. But the plot, even ...</title><summary type='text'>I thought it was worth seeing. But the plot, even if it is babyish, is repulsive and troubling to anyone with an ounce of pacifism in his or her moral make-up. That people ooh and ahh over the technical brilliance and not even notice or mention this harkens back to your cautionary new year&amp;#39;s blogpost; and I&amp;#39;m thinking we&amp;#39;re all getting a little numb.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The film was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/2139378958279341561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/2139378958279341561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262606601562#c2139378958279341561' title=''/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7713015430700137374</id><published>2010-01-04T03:46:06.143-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T03:46:06.143-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve seen neither film so I can&amp;#39;t pass com...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve seen neither film so I can&amp;#39;t pass comment other than to say that for one who normally jumps at anything SF-related nothing about &lt;i&gt;Avatar&lt;/i&gt; that I&amp;#39;ve seen has made me want to actually pay money to see the thing bar the opportunity to see Sigourney Weaver on screen again. I will get round to it simply to satisfy my curiousity but I&amp;#39;m in no rush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have heard both</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/7713015430700137374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/7713015430700137374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262594766143#c7713015430700137374' title=''/><author><name>Jim Murdoch</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kmVGrSP_9gU/Sn_1Si4bZII/AAAAAAAABds/z2ATgAPe--M/S220/zzjim_avatar.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-368357737"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7659694412186252915</id><published>2010-01-04T02:00:55.911-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T02:00:55.911-05:00</updated><title type='text'>agree with you point about the standard Hollywood ...</title><summary type='text'>agree with you point about the standard Hollywood plot of Avatar. :)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/7659694412186252915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/7659694412186252915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262588455911#c7659694412186252915' title=''/><author><name>tomato cafe</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09614242019011579912</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AeaeRDQ8GKo/Sg_a95U9hUI/AAAAAAAAABw/6VTJwDAsaLU/S220/tomato.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1756443677"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8113410085240560764</id><published>2010-01-04T01:52:01.943-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T01:52:01.943-05:00</updated><title type='text'>http://i.imgur.com/JmRmb.jpg&#xa;&#xa;Avatar is just anoth...</title><summary type='text'>http://i.imgur.com/JmRmb.jpg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avatar is just another presentation of the &amp;quot;noble savage.&amp;quot; Still as troublesome (racist) as it always was.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/8113410085240560764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/670746336941687602/comments/default/8113410085240560764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html?showComment=1262587921943#c8113410085240560764' title=''/><author><name>Aaron Apps</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11387237324417934642</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-is-that-most-curious-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-670746336941687602' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/670746336941687602' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1272311462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2010"/></entry></feed>