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Author Topic: 2012 vs. Avatar Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-05-2009 11:53 PM                        Wow. I never thought of the 3D angle there. Having gotten "tired eyes" from 85 minutes of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," I predict major amounts of complaints about eyestrain, headaches and glasses discomfort for such a long film with NO INTERMISSION.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-06-2009 12:37 AM                     What is the maximum running time/length for an IMAX 3D film? I wouldn't be surprised if the 160 minute barrier had something to do with this cut of the movie (I refuse to call it a "film" since it was not shot on film). Cameron has clout. I think he could get away with a 4 hour cut of a movie if he felt like delivering such a thing.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-06-2009 04:00 PM                     That long running time is not good news for those folks who only have one 3D house. It translates into three shows per day as opposed to the customary four.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-07-2009 08:06 AM                     Exactly, unless you do what we will do and open at 9am and close at 3am the next day to get five shows in our only 3D house on opening weekend.  |  IP: Logged Geena Phillips Expert Film Handler Posts: 198 From: Norcross, GA / USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 11-10-2009 07:26 PM                        Every trailer I see for 2012 looks progressively worse. The latest one (attached to Michael Jackson's This Is It -- real appropriate placement, Sony) is set to a bland pop song. I can smell Sony's flop sweat on this one all the way from here in Georgia.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 11-10-2009 11:30 PM                     I almost want to not go to Avatar because I loathe 3D and its push on us by greedy studios. The fact that Cameron made it may give it some credibility though. 2012 looks ridiculous, sad, and downright awful. I'll go only if I get in free. AJG  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 11-11-2009 10:45 AM                  I don't know about you guys but I remember a time when two films were being made about Wyatt Earp - one by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner and the other by Disney and starring Kurt Russell. Now which one would you at that time have thought would turn out to be a joke? Which one today is a classic? Don't judge a book by it's cover.  |  IP: Logged Alex Edwards Expert Film Handler Posts: 114 From: Iowa Registered: Aug 2009 posted 11-11-2009 01:02 PM                  Not to ruin 2012 for anyone but apparently Roland Emmerich got a little antsy with his next project and had to reveal that maybe 2012 wasn't actually the end of the world. link Exclusive: TV version of Roland Emmerich's '2012' in the works by Lynette Rice Roland Emmerich, the director/producer of the apocalyptic film 2012 (opening Nov. 13), confirmed to EW exclusively that a small-screen version of the end-of-the-world movie is already in the works. Emmerich said there was “plenty to do in a TV show” and that 2012 executive producer Mark Gordon – who’s also an exec producer on TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice - would be attached. “The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 premiere Tuesday. “It is about the resettling of Earth. That is very, very fascinating. (2012 writer/producer) Harald Kloser and I came up with the idea and we have the luxury of having a producer on the film who is a big TV producer, Mark Gordon. We said to Mark, ‘Why don’t you do a TV show that picks up where the movie leaves off and call it 2013?’ I think it will focus on a group of people who survived but not on the boats … maybe they were on a piece of land that was spared or one that became an island in the process of the crust moving. There are so many possibilities of what they could do and I’d be excited to watch it.” Word in Hollywood is that Gordon has already entered talks with ABC to develop the disaster drama. Though Gordon wouldn’t confirm this, he did tell EW that ABC “will have an opening in their disaster-related programming after Lost ends” (An ABC spokeswoman declined to comment). “I think people would be interested in this topic on a weekly basis,” Gordon said, who also attended Tuesday’s premiere. “There’s hope for the world despite the magnitude of the 2012 disaster as seen in the film. After the movie, there are some people who survive and the question is how will these survivors build a new world and what will it look like. That might make an interesting TV series.” Added Emmerich, “The movie talks about the varied reactions people have in the face of disaster and who should survive and how we carry on and what parts of our culture do we save. The TV show could carry on all that.”  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-30-2009 11:56 PM                    Well, I heard from my 16 year old cousin today on Avatar. He's a sci-fi nut worse than I am, and he said it looks "just weird". I'm hearing that a lot lately. But then again, 2012 just barely broke 100 million so far. Question, will extra 3D/DLP/IMAX surcharge on the Avatar tickets count towards the total reported box office take?  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 12-01-2009 12:46 AM                        Of course the surcharge counts - just like the inflated ticket price for "The Princess & the Frog" counted toward its box office this past weekend.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-01-2009 12:54 AM                     What were the prices for Princess?  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 12-01-2009 05:26 AM                     At Walt Disney Studio's theatre in Los Angeles, the tickets are priced at $50 each, plus $2 surcharge. This was for the Wednesday showing at 7PM. Tuesday is sold out. There are some other goodies that the patron gets but I forgot what they were...it took forever for me to find the theatre that was playing it. It's NOT at the Downtown LA theatre they own...that one's playing A Christmas Carol through into January, then they play an exclusive showing of Dumbo.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-01-2009 10:18 AM                     Has anyone else received a call from Fox asking what type of masking you have (fixed height or width) on you digital screens?  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-01-2009 01:04 PM                     I've been waiting for the masking issue to come up. Did they give you any details as to what their plan is?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 12-01-2009 03:38 PM                     We're in a competition zone, and Fox called us about the masking, then the following week we find out our competitor is booked for it, and not us. We have horizontal masking in our 3D house, guess that won't work with Avatar.  |  IP: Logged

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