Movie Central Get latest topics on Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Superheroes, Horror and other movies. http://www.scifirealms.com/community/index.php Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:09:34 +0000 60 AVATAR: Some Comments http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12471-avatar-some-comments/
James Cameron, who wrote, produced and directed the film, stated in an interview that an avatar is: “an incarnation of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form." In this film, though, avatar has more to do with human technology in the future being capable of injecting a human's intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body. "It's not an avatar in the sense of just existing as ones and zeroes in cyberspace,” said Cameron; “it's actually a physical body." The great student of myth, Joseph Campbell(1), should have been at the premier in London on 10 December 2009. I wonder what he would have said.

Composer James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration with Cameron after Aliens and Titanic. A field guide of 224 pages for the film's fictional setting of the planet of Pandora was released by Harper Entertainment just five weeks ago. The guide was entitled Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora. With an estimated $310 million to produce and $150 million for marketing, the film has already generated positive reviews from film critics. Roger Ebert, one of the more prestigious of film critics, wrote: “An extraordinary film: Avatar is not simply sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical breakthrough."-Ron Price with thanks to Wikipedia, 30 December 2009.

Like viewing Star Wars back in ’77
some said/an obvious script with an
earnestness & corniness/part of what
makes it absorbing/said another/Gives
you a world, a place/worth visiting/eh?
Alive with action and a soundtrack that
pops with robust sci-fi shoot-'em-ups...

A mild critique of American militarism
and industrialism.....yes the military are
pure evil........the Pandoran tribespeople
are nature-loving, eco-harmonious, wise
Braveheart smurf warriors. Received....
nominations for the Critics' Choice Awards
of the Broadcast Film Critics Association &
on and on go the recommendations for the..
best this and that and everything else. What
do you think of all this Joseph Campbell???
You said we all have to work our own myth(1)
in our pentapolar, multicultural-dimensional
world with endless phantoms of our wrongly
informed imagination, with our tangled fears,
our pundits of error, ill-equipped to interpret
the social commotion tearing our world apart
and at play on planetizing-globalizing Earth.(2)

(1)Google Joseph Campbell for some contemporary insights into the individualized myth we all have to work out in our postmodern world.
(2)The Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh, has been presented as an avatar in India beginning, arguably, in the 1960s. With only 1000 Baha’is in India in 1960 to more than 2 million by the year 2010. Baha’u’llah has been associated with the kalkin avatar who, according to a major Hindu holy text, will appear at the end of the kali yuga, one of the four main stages of history, for the purpose of reestablishing an era of righteousness. There are many examples of what one might call a quasi-cross-cultural messianistic approach to Bahá'í teaching in India.

This approach has included: (a) emphasizing the figures of Buddha and Krishna as past Manifestations of God or avatars; (B) making references to Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita, © the substitution of Sanskrit-based terminology for Arabic and Persian where possible; for example, Bhagavan Baha for Bahá'u'lláh, (d) the incorporation in both song and literature of Hindu holy spots, hero-figures and poetic images and (e) using heavily Sanskritized-Hindi translations of Baha'i scriptures and prayers.

Ron Price
30 December 2009]]> Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:09:34 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12471-avatar-some-comments/ MATRIX and The Matrix Reloaded http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12470-matrix-and-the-matrix-reloaded/
Frances Flannery-Dailey and Rachel Wagner's groundbreaking article: "Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix," published two years after the release of the film, convincingly argued that The Matrix draws on several religious traditions in its presentation of an unreal material world, a world which requires of the masses a mental liberation in order for them to participate in life’s true reality. This article has provided the impetus for much fruitful discussion of The Matrix both in the scholarly and popular press(1). The Matrix was released in Australia the very week I retired from my thirty year career as a teacher. It was in the first days of April 1999; 1999 was also some forty years after I had joined the Bahá'í Faith in Canada at the age of 15.

The film's sequel, The Matrix Reloaded(2003), came out as I was ensconced in a town by the sea, the oldest town, George Town, on the oldest continent—Australia. I had taken a sea-change as they call it in the Antipodes. I had also taken an early retirement at the age of 55 and was on a disability pension by 2003. I was writing, editing and publishing full-time by the time the 3rd millennium turned its corner in 2001 and this sequel to The Matrix was released into cinemas around the world.

The Matrix Reloaded critiques what many saw as the gnostic religious position that Flannery-Dailey and Wagner use to philosophically underpin their film The Matrix. The Wachowski brothers, the writers and directors of both films, reveal the limitations and inconsistencies of the gnostic approach to reality through their portrayal of a type of "realized eschatology" similar to that found in some outposts of the early Christian church. Eschatology is a word for the happenings when the world ends, the end times, when Jesus returns, inter alia. Gnosticism typically: (a) rejects the material world as malevolent and illusory, and (B) advocates a program of special intellectual training culminating in the possession of secret knowledge in order to escape both this world and its illusory nature. Gnosticism, of course, is quite a complex subject, far too complex to deal with in a prose-poem like this one.

In The Matrix Reloaded, Zion, the underground outpost of the free humans, is, quite literally, thy kingdom come, the kingdom of God on Earth, that realized eschatology, the time of the end. Within it the enlightened and those who are saved enjoy a foretaste of what all civilization will some day be after the machines are defeated in a final and apocalyptic showdown at some future time. This model of the future not only accepts, but also embraces and celebrates, the material world as the embodiment of spiritual reality perhaps, for some viewers of this film, it is but the metaphorical nature of a deeper spiritual reality. The illusions of The Matrix are to be found in the non-material world of: ideas, computer programs, data and information. It is and was this world that gnosticism has always claimed as the dimension of true reality.

In short, this cinematic sequel turns the first aspect of the gnostic system on its head. Flannery-Dailey and Wagner note that when we ask the question, 'To what do we awaken?', the film appears to diverge sharply from Gnosticism and Buddhism, two major religious paths. 'Waking up' in the film means a leaving behind the matrix and awakening to a dismal cyber-world which is our real material world. The Matrix leaves open the possibility that the "desert of the real," the one that Neo is shown on a computer screen, is not in fact real at all. While that reading may have been possible with the evidence of the first film alone, The Matrix Reloaded significantly alters the possibilities for a gnostic interpretation. A realm of true reality: a material, embodied, and historical realm of human existence--is the setting for much of the second film's action. -Ron Price with thanks to (1) Julien R. Fielding, "Reassessing The Matrix Reloaded," Journal of Religion and Film, Vol.7, No.2, October 2003.

Neo is the Messiah of The Matrix films;
Zion awaits the coming of a Paul & the
revel that accompanies an awakening-an
exodus, or a liberation which cannot be
productively translated into an MO, a...
modus vivendi or a modus operandi. Paul
created a Christianity with stable religious
institutions by identifying a third way that
was between an asceticism and libertinism,
a praxis of realism liberally salted with......
regeneration, undergirded by Christian hope.

This third way required the proponents of a
realized eschatology to see some very real
conditions of ongoing life in this our world
including relationships of dependence and
practicality. Salvation and enlightenment is
not the end of the story....nor does the plot..
continue only at the level of the great cosmic
battle of God, of light and darkness. We may
live authentically and mindfully or forget who
we are and fall into new errors and illusions;
both alternatives are possible for saved persons.

Paul wanted to show that the category of Christian
contains the possibility of grievous error, evil and
deceit. Blinded by gnostic underpinnings they see
that they have attained some transcendence over
dangerous illusion. A Paul must emerge to teach
them a sustainable and honest perspective on their
lives, reconciling their belief system with their......
many unstated assumptions in the practice of their
daily existence &, if not Paul, perhaps, The Return.(1)

(1) For a stimulating commentary on this film, a commentary from which I have drawn in the above prose-poem, see: Donna Bowman, “The Gnostic Illusion: Problematic Realized Eschatology in The Matrix Reloaded,” The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Volume 4, Summer 2003.

Ron Price
3 April 2010

]]> Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:07:52 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12470-matrix-and-the-matrix-reloaded/ One of the best tv show---house md dvd 1-5 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12442-one-of-the-best-tv-show-house-md-dvd-1-5/ House M.D." is one of the best shows on television right now. It has brilliant writing, great stories, and an amazing cast lead by the incredible Hugh Laurie. "House M.D." is about a brilliant doctor (named "House") who treats patients with ailments that other doctors have failed to cure. House is aided in his search for what is wrong with his patients by a skilled team of doctors. Among the more interesting cases are people suffering from hepatitus, rabies, and a tape worm.
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Danny Boyle directs most of the episodes with great style (redeeming himself after the failure of Judge Dread), even his habit of focussing in at a microscopic level (e.g. looking at blood vessels etc) works well. Setting the series in Las Vegas works well - the city, the desert, the mountains - they all provide great backdrops and look fantastic.
This is not the best CSI series (the show really got going in series 2) but it makes sense to start at the beginning.

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Iron Man 2 is an upcoming 2010 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name from Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures. It is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man, and the second film in a planned trilogy. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer, also known as the superhero, Iron Man. The film is scheduled to be released in the UK on April 30th and in North America on May 7, 2010.
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The trailer for the animated film How to Train You Dragon, voiced by Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler and Jonah Hill, has appeared online.

View Trailer]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:22 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12098-how-to-train-your-dragon-trailer-1-is-here/ Avatar Trailer is Here http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12090-avatar-trailer-is-here/

The official 3 minute 30 second trailer for the upcoming James Cameron directed Avatar is here. We have it in good quality, but with Thai subtitles.

View Video]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:44 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12090-avatar-trailer-is-here/ TRANSFORMERS 3 - 30 seconds of how the next Transformers film will look http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12091-transformers-3-30-seconds-of-how-the-next-transformers-film-will-look/

30 seconds of shots from

View Video]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:44 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12091-transformers-3-30-seconds-of-how-the-next-transformers-film-will-look/ Moon Bloodgood Topless Scene in Terminator Salvation http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12092-moon-bloodgood-topless-scene-in-terminator-salvation/

At one point director McG was considering making his Terminator Salvation film R-rated, just like the rest of the installments in the franchise. But at the last second, the rating became PG-13.

View Video]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:44 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12092-moon-bloodgood-topless-scene-in-terminator-salvation/ Star Trek - Klingons deleted scene http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12093-star-trek-klingons-deleted-scene/

Most of the trailers and TV spots for Star Trek showed Nero (Eric Bana) saying the wait is over as the camera zooms in on his face. But that scene never actually made it into the movie.

View Video]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:44 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12093-star-trek-klingons-deleted-scene/ Singer to direct Battlestar movie http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12050-singer-to-direct-battlestar-movie/ scifiwire.com

Bryan Singer to direct a new Battlestar movie

Entertainment Weekly is confirming a story—first reported by HitFix's Drew McWeeny (and passed on by SCI FI Wire yesterday)—that Bryan Singer will produce and direct a new film version of Battlestar Galactica for Universal Pictures.

Here's how the magazine somewhat condescendingly reports the news without giving credit where it's due:

"Universal Pictures has confirmed blog speculation that Bryan Singer, director of Valkyrie, will take on directing and producing duties for a BSG movie. Glen Larson, who created original series back in 1978, will produce as well. The film is not expected to be a continuation of current popular television show that's running on the Syfy network but will be a complete re-imagining of the sci-fi lore that was invented by Larson back in the '70s."

Other inaccuracies in the story: Battlestar, as we know, has completed its run on Syfy, though The Plan is still to come, as is Caprica.]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:38:39 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/12050-singer-to-direct-battlestar-movie/ Trailer #3 shot by shot Analsis http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11971-trailer-#3-shot-by-shot-analsis/


http://trekmovie.com/2009/03/08/star-trek-...-shot-analysis/]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:03:26 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11971-trailer-#3-shot-by-shot-analsis/ Star Trek - Trailer #3 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11962-star-trek-trailer-#3/

Here is the third trailer for the upcoming Star Trek movie.

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Land of the Lost




Star Trek




Transformers 2




Up




Race to Witch Mountain


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ABC News put together a great piece about the upcoming Da Vince Code sequel, called Angels & Demons. The preview contains lots of footage from the film and a detailed explanation of the Illuminati.






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View Video]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:14:22 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11793-bedtime-stories-blooper-reel/ Its A Wonderful Life - 1946 Feature Film http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11792-its-a-wonderful-life-1946-feature-film/



Here is the full leanth Christmas film Its a Wonderful Life.






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Here the teaser trailer for the upcoming Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, featuring shots of the many historical figures that will come to life.






View Video]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:14:22 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11791-night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian-teaser/ Inkheart - Trailer 2 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11790-inkheart-trailer-2/



Here is second trailer for the upcoming fantasy film Inkheart.






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Bloody-Disgusting got their hands on the trailer for the upcoming new George A Romero-directed horror film. Entitled ...of the Dead, the movie has yet to be picked up for distribution or set a release date.






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New Line Cinema has started airing ads for their upcoming theatrical release of the Friday the 13th remake.






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Here is the second TV commercial for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.






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We have a new 30-second trailer for the upcoming My Bloody Valentine remake.






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Here is the first TV commercial for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.






View Video]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:55:08 +0000 http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11786-underworld-3-rise-of-the-lycans-tv-promo-1/ Monsters vs Aliens - 3D TV Promo http://www.scifirealms.com/community/topic/11784-monsters-vs-aliens-3d-tv-promo/



NBC has been airing an ad for the first 3-D trailer to play during the Super Bowl.






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The third Ice Age short has appeared on the Horton Hears a Who DVD and features Sid the Sloth taking school children out on a camping trip.






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Here is the second trailer for the upcoming Sci-Fi animated movie Monsters vs Aliens.






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Here is the trailer for Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard which is a sequel for Arthur and the Invisibles.






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Here is a clip for the upcoming straight to DVD movie Resident Evil: Degeneration.






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Here is the trailer for the upcoming 3-D comedy/adventure G-Force, from Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The cast is comprised of Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi and Tracy Morgan.






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