‘Avatar’ is like ...
By Jevon Phillips, Patrick Kevin Day, Todd Martens and Emily Christianson
“Avatar” has been described as a lot of things — a “game changer” and a “sci-fi epic” among them. In many interviews, director
Take a look at these similarities and see if you agree.
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‘Avatar’ trailer: Reviewers hopeful but not blown away. (John Shearer / Getty Images)
Obviously, there’s going to be some Cameron crossover, but soldiers fighting an alien species with loss of firepower that may not do any good (“Aliens”, left) and the pulldown apparatus in “Avatar” are evocative. (20th Century Fox / Apple.com)
So will “Avatar,” top, come out in theaters, or is it being released straight to the PS3 and XBOX 360? We can’t decide if this is a movie we want to watch — or play. (“Fable 2” shown at bottom) (20th Century Fox / Apple.com / Microsoft)
Parts of the forest scenes, left, brought back images of the struggles with the rebellion, the Empire and the tiny-but-mighty Ewoks on the forest moon of Endor. But Endor’s so iconic, anything green and forest-like from another planet will do that now. (20th Century Fox / Apple.com)
Throughout the trailer, blue aliens are seen with skin texture and bone structure a little too similar to Jar Jar Binks, left, one of the most depised sci-fi characters of all time. Let’s just hope the aliens in “Avatar” know when to shut it, unlike Anakin’s infamous friend Jar Jar. (Lucas Film / Apple.com)
Some images of the ships and the aerial fighting in “Avatar,” bottom, seem pretty Lucas-like, except without the “Clone Wars” lightsabers or Stormtroopers. (20th Century Fox / Apple.com)
