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alphabassettgrrl · 01-13-2010, 10:53 AM

Yeah, the movie is just a symptom, not the actual cause.

While I understand the desire to withdraw, to live what seems like a simpler life, real life is never as smooth as the fantasy is. Fantasy is perfect because it's a fantasy. It can be.

A bacon commune? Awesome! Where do I sign up?

Jazzman · 01-13-2010, 11:42 AM

I guess one of the things that I find most laughable, or perhaps maddening, about that whole thing is that their depression is based on the belief that Earth sucks and can never be the utopia in the film. Well, yeah, Earth will never have glowing neon trees, disco ferns or six foot Smurfs, but come on, the Earth is not bad at all. It's pretty kick ass, in fact. Visit Yosemite, or Yellowstone, or the Caribbean, or Hawai'i, or the Maldives, or the Alps, or any number of Earth's beautiful wonders. You'll see that this planet still has it going on, so pull your mopey asses together and get out of the house!

Gemini Cricket · 01-13-2010, 02:51 PM

I don't want to live on Pandora. I'd hate to live somewhere where I could be eaten at any moment by huge monsters. F*ck that.

Then again, I said a couple of times in passing that I'd love to live at Disneyland. So, I guess that's just as cuckoo as those people wanting to live in Avatarland.

I wouldn't want to live in Harry Potter's world either. I'd lose my temper and then Aveda Kedavra every dinglecheese that cut me off in traffic. Heck, I might even say it in my sleep and then what, how could I manage to keep a long term relationship with anyone then?

Ghoulish Delight · 01-13-2010, 05:44 PM

Paula Poundstone, in response to a joke that included the word "ablutions":

"I thought ablutions were the people in Avatar."

Nephythys · 01-13-2010, 08:43 PM

Saw it tonight- loved it.

€uroMeinke · 01-13-2010, 09:59 PM

The DVD is now available on the Blue Line just north of Compton. Someday I'll see it.

Moonliner · 01-14-2010, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

The DVD is now available on the Blue Line just north of Compton. Someday I'll see it.

You might have to allow for the slight possibility that the "Blue Line" edition could be lacking some of the fundamental elements intrinsic to this movies mass appeal.

Gemini Cricket · 01-16-2010, 05:01 PM

Avatar is about to overtake Star Wars on the All Time chart.

Moonliner · 01-16-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Avatar is about to overtake Star Wars on the All Time chart.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Jazzman · 01-17-2010, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Avatar is about to overtake Star Wars on the All Time chart.

No worries. With inflation, the next Hannah Montana flick will probably overtake Star Wars too. I can even imagine the weekend figures in the year 2045:

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Originally Posted by LA Times, Monday, December 11th 2045

"Van Wilder 38 overtakes Star Wars and Avatar on All Time Highest Grossing Movie List! First place still easily held by Dude, Where's My Shuttlecraft."

01-13-2010, 10:53 AM	#1
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Yeah, the movie is just a symptom, not the actual cause. While I understand the desire to withdraw, to live what seems like a simpler life, real life is never as smooth as the fantasy is. Fantasy is perfect because it's a fantasy. It can be. A bacon commune? Awesome! Where do I sign up? __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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01-13-2010, 11:42 AM	#2
Jazzman Sax God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland's Tijuana Posts: 510	I guess one of the things that I find most laughable, or perhaps maddening, about that whole thing is that their depression is based on the belief that Earth sucks and can never be the utopia in the film. Well, yeah, Earth will never have glowing neon trees, disco ferns or six foot Smurfs, but come on, the Earth is not bad at all. It's pretty kick ass, in fact. Visit Yosemite, or Yellowstone, or the Caribbean, or Hawai'i, or the Maldives, or the Alps, or any number of Earth's beautiful wonders. You'll see that this planet still has it going on, so pull your mopey asses together and get out of the house!
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01-13-2010, 02:51 PM	#3
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I don't want to live on Pandora. I'd hate to live somewhere where I could be eaten at any moment by huge monsters. F*ck that. Then again, I said a couple of times in passing that I'd love to live at Disneyland. So, I guess that's just as cuckoo as those people wanting to live in Avatarland. I wouldn't want to live in Harry Potter's world either. I'd lose my temper and then Aveda Kedavra every dinglecheese that cut me off in traffic. Heck, I might even say it in my sleep and then what, how could I manage to keep a long term relationship with anyone then?
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Paula Poundstone, in response to a joke that included the word "ablutions": "I thought ablutions were the people in Avatar." __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	Saw it tonight- loved it.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	The DVD is now available on the Blue Line just north of Compton. Someday I'll see it. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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01-16-2010, 05:01 PM	#8
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Avatar is about to overtake Star Wars on the All Time chart.
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