JAMES CAMERON'S ALIENS
- By Devin Faraci
- Published 11/21/2008
- News
Market Saw really has the monopoly on Avatar news. Every time you turn around, those dudes have something new from Jim Cameron's latest megaultrablockbuster movie. This time they have concept art - possibly very early concept art - of the alien Na'vi. These beings are mostly who you'll see on screen in the film, which is the story of a paraplegic Marine who is sent to an alien planet rich in biodiversity and resources. New technology allows him to become an 'avatar' - a projection that looks like one of the Na'vi - and he eventually crosses sides and goes native.
Avatar is big, huge, giant, humongous and many other words for 'quite large.' And part of that hugeness will be these Na'vi, which will supposedly look totally photoreal. And now we have something of an idea of what form that will take.
Click over to Market Saw to see more images, and to read the dudes' near-hyperventilation about the design of the aliens, which I find to be sort of okay (they look like something from the Marvel comic Guardians of the Galaxy to me), but which has apparently changed his very life.
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Comment #1 (Posted by Multi-Pass!)
Looks kind of like the opera chick in the Fifth Element.
Comment #2 (Posted by jimmy)
or the sex fiends from Mass Effect
Comment #3 (Posted by JACK)
Man, Cameron is really cooking up something original and fucking cool again.
Comment #4 (Posted by Matt)
Looks a bit more realistic than the naked glowing blue creature art we saw earlier - which was dismissed as fan-art by Cameron. It'll be interesting to see if this turns out to look anything like the finished product.
Comment #5 (Posted by Kijen)
Apparently skimpy outfits are the rage all across the universe; all the better to show off that "photo-real" effect!
Comment #6 (Posted by Anon)
Na'vi? I'm predicting her only line will be
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HEY, LISTEN!
Comment #7 (Posted by Zombie LeFever)
Mass Effect?
Comment #8 (Posted by Zombie LaFever Edit)
Perhaps i should have fully read to the comments sections. Good looking Jimmy...
Comment #9 (Posted by Michael)
Looks hot -- and glowy! -- but I wonder how clsoe to the final design this is? Could be one of many initial concepts.
Comment #10 (Posted by bpvalentine)
Well, yeah, like Devin says, it's an OK design. But it's the technology that's gonna be the "game changer," not the story or designs, right?
Comment #11 (Posted by Shan)
It would be nice if the story was the game changer. Let's not forget the Final Fantasy: Spirits Within Movie. The technology was state of the art but remember how that turned out? (I thought the story was all right - nothing special but not worth the huge financial loss).
Comment #12 (Posted by James T. Kirk)
Eh, I'd hit it.
Comment #13 (Posted by gigagnat)
Cameron and Weta are taking a small step for man, a giant leap for filmkind. That alien design doesn't look too impressive, or even too aesthetically pleasing, but i trust its an early missing link in the development.
Comment #14 (Posted by WTF)
Looks completely retarded.
Comment #15 (Posted by an unknown user)
Has anyone else noticed that all of Devin's most interesting news items (not counting any Advocates) seem to appear between3 and 6 hours after the same news bits appearing on Ain't It Cool News?
Just throwing that out there.
Comment #16 (Posted by Alien Sex Fiend)
@ #15 - it's not the news itself, it's the commentary dumbass. Agree with above - FX SchmeFX, it's still written and directed by Cameron. He's TERRIBLE. But at least they're not "Furries".
Comment #17 (Posted by Soup)
Iiiiignore the Machiiiiine!!! Sorry, Alien Sex Fiend and all. I bet this is as close to the final prduct as the most early concepts of Vader were.
Comment #18 (Posted by masterbrocksamson)
What will Art Bell think?
Comment #19 (Posted by Glen Manning)
Devin - for future reference, if you want a quicker way to summarize the Avatar premise, try '"Dances with Wolves" on another planet.' I know it saves me time.
Comment #20 (Posted by Random McAhole)
Guardians of the Galaxy? Jesus! I'd happily forgot about that book. Thanks for returning the memory of that crap.
Comment #21 (Posted by Rat Bastard)
I wanna eat it out.
Comment #22 (Posted by an unknown user)
Great, so all that money thrown at CGI companies to make photoreal aliens and they look that close to being human? What's the point of making them CGI if they look that close to a human? Sheesh, Cameron! Use that technology to show us something we've never seen before.
Comment #23 (Posted by FAKE)
Yea, those are fake. All your complaints and bitching have now been rendered pointless. Welcome to the internet.
Comment #24 (Posted by MobyDink)
"it's not the news itself, it's the commentary dumbass." What commentary? That Devin thinks the design is "sort of OK"? Yes, that's the sort of incredible insight that lifts CHUD coverage above all the other movie sites.
Comment #25 (Posted by H. K.)
I'm not a fan of talkbacks. I just don't see the point. But I feel like I need to chime in just this once to say... Devin Faraci- you might just be the saddest little fuckwit plagarist out there. I mean, seriously, does taking time out of your "busy" schedule to crib off of AICN's articles and throw in your unfunny snark and THEN call it your own make you feel all warm and gushy inside, or is it simply to hide your own hackery? or the fact that you don't have a single unique idea in your furry little head.
I mean, do you think people respect you for it, or something? Very sad. Or maybe you're just another clueless, immature man-boy who could never quite handle being alone, and playing with childrens toys, at 40 years old?
If you want to continue this discussion, you've got my contact info.
Comment #26 (Posted by Kuato)
My buddy's working on this film at Weta and says these are old concept pieces, but there are a number of details that are present in the final alien design. These aren't fakes or just some BS portfolio pieces, they're just old.
Comment #27 (Posted by some cunt.)
Lazy....
