um... a friend of mine is curious about that very nice android wallpaper found in a few roms now. what is the origin of the photo. i did a search and couldnt find any info.
this one:
http://g1wallz.com/wp-content/uploads/wallz/4907/Sexy Soccer Girls.jpg
my friend says thanks
I had to steal this
Did you guys notice that's only one girl?
Damn she's hot!
nebenezer said:
Did you guys notice that's only one girl?
Damn she's hot!
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I think you are right, about it being the same girl. I know you are right about how hot she is.
Also, while I know the rest of the world call it football, the file is called sexy soccer girls. If it were sexy football girls it would be her in an Elway, Rod Smith or Atwater jersey. Shortened of course to show the curve of the bottom of her breasts.
jlem26 said:
I think you are right, about it being the same girl. I know you are right about how hot she is.
Also, while I know the rest of the world call it football, the file is called sexy soccer girls. If it were sexy football girls it would be her in an Elway, Rod Smith or Atwater jersey. Shortened of course to show the curve of the bottom of her breasts.
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I love when girls show the bottom of their titties...
it's Keeley Hazell.
In all the interviews of James Cameron regarding his movie Avatar, never does he mention, nor has any interviewer asked him the question - What is his real inspiration of using the name "Avatar", Blue Skin Aliens, who also fly on Large birds???
The answer is very obvious to anybody who knows world history, but I wonder why James Cameron is shying away from it????
Yeah, there was some news about it for giving the credit and all and then it faded away just in a few days.
Well I have no idea what the origin is, that you are implying he stole the plot from. Or is it just the name? Either way please do tell.
In his interview [linked below] he kinda' touches on what inspired him to do Avatar... the under-water world. Watch & listen for more information:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/buzz/avatar-james-cameron
It's not a full interview, only a few minutes long, but he does kinda' hint to the question being asked in the first post.
Agent Zach said:
In his interview [linked below] he kinda' touches on what inspired him to do Avatar... the under-water world. Watch & listen for more information:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/buzz/avatar-james-cameron
It's not a full interview, only a few minutes long, but he does kinda' hint to the question being asked in the first post.
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That is just a smoke screen.
bbobeckyj - Well I have no idea what the origin is, that you are implying he stole the plot from. Or is it just the name? Either way please do tell.
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Since you asked, I will tell you.
Avatar is a sanskrit word "Avatar or Avatāra (Devanagari अवतार, Sanskrit for "descent" [viz., from heaven to earth]) refers to a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation" (ref: wikipedia).
He also fails to mention that the concept of Avatar, which according to Hindus, is a Human being form that the God uses to descend to Earth, mingles with the Humans and helps the Humans by freeing them of the evil that is rampant. Isn't that what the main character essentially ends up doing in his film?
What about the Blue skin color? That is also a rip-off from the Hindu Avatar of Lord Krishna, who is a blue skinned Avatar of Lord Vishnu, came to earth to help fight for the truth and liberate us from the evil. (see my avatar - That is Lord Krishna).
Now I do not want this topic to turn in to a religious topic, but I sincerely believe that where credit is due, one should not shy away from it. I love James Cameron and I love all his movies, but just not able to understand why he does not give the credit where it is due.
It is also right that people I hang out with and who are unaware of this injustice should be educated to understand what is reality.
Thanks!
Could it not just be simple?
"Avatar: a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet. " - Dictionary.com
So basically, his avatar (which is whats its refered to in the film) is just a representation of him in a different form other than a person.
Heck, avatars are used all over the internet, so why not in a film in a real world sense?
Well, i maybe completely wrong, but then we don't know the facts yet!
Just my 2 cents, as its never been offically explained
chikoo said:
That is just a smoke screen.
Since you asked, I will tell you.
Avatar is a sanskrit word "Avatar or Avatāra (Devanagari अवतार, Sanskrit for "descent" [viz., from heaven to earth]) refers to a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation" (ref: wikipedia).
He also fails to mention that the concept of Avatar, which according to Hindus, is a Human being form that the God uses to descend to Earth, mingles with the Humans and helps the Humans by freeing them of the evil that is rampant. Isn't that what the main character essentially ends up doing in his film?
What about the Blue skin color? That is also a rip-off from the Hindu Avatar of Lord Krishna, who is a blue skinned Avatar of Lord Vishnu, came to earth to help fight for the truth and liberate us from the evil. (see my avatar - That is Lord Krishna).
Now I do not want this topic to turn in to a religious topic, but I sincerely believe that where credit is due, one should not shy away from it. I love James Cameron and I love all his movies, but just not able to understand why he does not give the credit where it is due.
It is also right that people I hang out with and who are unaware of this injustice should be educated to understand what is reality.
Thanks!
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Well I agree with him.
I hate people who steal others ideas (not specifically aimed at James Cameron). Just watched Flash of Genius.
And please don't start a 'war of words' on this.
Peace V
Am i the only person not to have seen this film? Is it worth it?
(Sorry for taking off topic, off topic....)
But I also do not like it when people don't proportion credit to where it should go, I bet he would have been more then happy to proportion blame?
chikoo said:
That is just a smoke screen.
Since you asked, I will tell you.
Avatar is a sanskrit word "Avatar or Avatāra (Devanagari अवतार, Sanskrit for "descent" [viz., from heaven to earth]) refers to a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation" (ref: wikipedia).
He also fails to mention that the concept of Avatar, which according to Hindus, is a Human being form that the God uses to descend to Earth, mingles with the Humans and helps the Humans by freeing them of the evil that is rampant. Isn't that what the main character essentially ends up doing in his film?
What about the Blue skin color? That is also a rip-off from the Hindu Avatar of Lord Krishna, who is a blue skinned Avatar of Lord Vishnu, came to earth to help fight for the truth and liberate us from the evil. (see my avatar - That is Lord Krishna).
Now I do not want this topic to turn in to a religious topic, but I sincerely believe that where credit is due, one should not shy away from it. I love James Cameron and I love all his movies, but just not able to understand why he does not give the credit where it is due.
It is also right that people I hang out with and who are unaware of this injustice should be educated to understand what is reality.
Thanks!
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OK, thanks.
I understand what you are saying, but I think that you're thinking about it too much.
There are no doubt plenty of science fiction books which are many years old which have a similar theme of a person control a remote entity (be it mechanical or biological) so I don't think that he needs to give credit to any other stories.
When I initially heard of Avatar, I immediately thought of Joe Haldeman's Forever War and Forever Peace books.
Off the top of my head, maybe he should give Charlie Kauffman a credit also, for the idea of possessing another body in Being John Malcovich.
Then another credit to the first scientists / sci-fi writers who first conceptualised genetic engineering and cloning.
JRR Tolkien for people riding giant eagles.
The smirfs for blue people.
Any number of pre industrial peoples for the use of bows and arrows...
Where do you stop?!
Also you mentioned world history?
Avatar is nothing more than a rip off of "Fern Gully - The Last Rain Forrest"....
@ the guy whos never seen it........ Dont bother, its 2.5 hours of your life you'll never get back........
bbobeckyj said:
OK, thanks.
I understand what you are saying, but I think that you're thinking about it too much.
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Probably so. I was excited to listen to James Cameron's interview and after 1 hour I was like dude....how come he mentions every freaking movie and the Vietnam war and the American-Indian(Red Indian) injustice and what-not as part of the plot. But he does not mention the meaning of the word Avatar. Why????
bbobeckyj said:
Off the top of my head, maybe he should give Charlie Kauffman a credit also, for the idea of possessing another body in Being John Malcovich.
Then another credit to the first scientists / sci-fi writers who first conceptualised genetic engineering and cloning.
JRR Tolkien for people riding giant eagles.
The smirfs for blue people.
Any number of pre industrial peoples for the use of bows and arrows...
Where do you stop?!
Also you mentioned world history?
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Agreed. But see this formula
Avatar + Blue Skin + Savior = Hindu Mythology of Lord krishna
Avatar is a Sanskrit word (Sanskrit is the original @3500 years old language of the Hindus), Some insights about Sanskrit here
You speak of cloning. That was also part of the Hindu Mahabharata Epic. Actually that book contains Artificial insemination, Cloning (the queen has 100 sons by breaking up the 1 egg she has), Flying machines (Vimana), Missiles, and last but not the least the Atomic Bomb (called Brahmastra..more here). This book is the mother-lode of all Sci-fi authors.
captainstu72 said:
Am i the only person not to have seen this film? Is it worth it?
(Sorry for taking off topic, off topic....)
But I also do not like it when people don't proportion credit to where it should go, I bet he would have been more then happy to proportion blame?
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It is a brilliant film. I love it.
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Am i the only person not to have seen this film? Is it worth it?
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I didn't see it until it came out on DVD, and it is indeed a great film, but not all its hyped up to me imo.
may continue to give it a miss then, unless I wind up with a free copy, and a blue ray player...
Thanks for the opinions
chikoo said:
Probably so. I was excited to listen to James Cameron's interview and after 1 hour I was like dude....how come he mentions every freaking movie and the Vietnam war and the American-Indian(Red Indian) injustice and what-not as part of the plot. But he does not mention the meaning of the word Avatar. Why????
Agreed. But see this formula
Avatar + Blue Skin + Savior = Hindu Mythology of Lord krishna
Avatar is a Sanskrit word (Sanskrit is the original @3500 years old language of the Hindus), Some insights about Sanskrit here
You speak of cloning. That was also part of the Hindu Mahabharata Epic. Actually that book contains Artificial insemination, Cloning (the queen has 100 sons by breaking up the 1 egg she has), Flying machines (Vimana), Missiles, and last but not the least the Atomic Bomb (called Brahmastra..more here). This book is the mother-lode of all Sci-fi authors.
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Maybe he doesn't give the credit you expect for a very simple reason: That he was unaware if the etymology of the word avatar.
We don't say 'gay' when we mean 'happy', there are many more words which have changed use over time. If all writers had to give credits for words 3500 years old...
He had also made more than one film where the simple title refers to a character(s), [the] terminator; aliens; abyss; titanic.
He has simply chosen a punchy title easily remembered by the public.
As someone one said, ' there are no original stories left, it's how you tell them '
Being blue is irrelevant to the story, there are several avatars in the film, he hardly saves all his friends, and most (all?) religions have a savoir who does god's will.
bbobeckyj said:
Maybe he doesn't give the credit you expect for a very simple reason: That he was unaware if the etymology of the word avatar.
We don't say 'gay' when we mean 'happy', there are many more words which have changed use over time. If all writers had to give credits for words 3500 years old...
He had also made more than one film where the simple title refers to a character(s), [the] terminator; aliens; abyss; titanic.
He has simply chosen a punchy title easily remembered by the public.
As someone one said, ' there are no original stories left, it's how you tell them '
Being blue is irrelevant to the story, there are several avatars in the film, he hardly saves all his friends, and most (all?) religions have a savoir who does god's will.
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Oh I wish he did not know the meaning.
Know James Cameron and his work, he very certainly knows the meaning.
He researches his work very well. There is no denying that.
Avatar is hardly an English word. The word is 3500 years old and still in use today. It is not as as if it is a forgotten word of a forgotten language.
James' Avatar hardly saves all his friends...well that is exactly how the Avatar in Hindu mythology works. He does not save everybody, at least not as a mission.....but certainly makes sure that the evil is taken care (viz crushed, finished, killed...), and in turn saves the rest of the humankind.
See, one more similarity. Thanks for bringing it up.
chikoo said:
That is just a smoke screen.
Since you asked, I will tell you.
Avatar is a sanskrit word "Avatar or Avatāra (Devanagari अवतार, Sanskrit for "descent" [viz., from heaven to earth]) refers to a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation" (ref: wikipedia).
He also fails to mention that the concept of Avatar, which according to Hindus, is a Human being form that the God uses to descend to Earth, mingles with the Humans and helps the Humans by freeing them of the evil that is rampant. Isn't that what the main character essentially ends up doing in his film?
What about the Blue skin color? That is also a rip-off from the Hindu Avatar of Lord Krishna, who is a blue skinned Avatar of Lord Vishnu, came to earth to help fight for the truth and liberate us from the evil. (see my avatar - That is Lord Krishna).
Now I do not want this topic to turn in to a religious topic, but I sincerely believe that where credit is due, one should not shy away from it. I love James Cameron and I love all his movies, but just not able to understand why he does not give the credit where it is due.
It is also right that people I hang out with and who are unaware of this injustice should be educated to understand what is reality.
Thanks!
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And here I thought it was a modern "pochahantas". I probably didn't spell that right.
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Keegan_P said:
And here I thought it was a modern "pochahantas". I probably didn't spell that right.
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Avatar made by me!
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Right!
That is where he wants the people to believe his storyline is coming from.....the old red indians, the vietnam war, la la.....
chikoo said:
Oh I wish he did not know the meaning.
Know James Cameron and his work, he very certainly knows the meaning.
He researches his work very well. There is no denying that.
Avatar is hardly an English word. The word is 3500 years old and still in use today. It is not as as if it is a forgotten word of a forgotten language.
James' Avatar hardly saves all his friends...well that is exactly how the Avatar in Hindu mythology works. He does not save everybody, at least not as a mission.....but certainly makes sure that the evil is taken care (viz crushed, finished, killed...), and in turn saves the rest of the humankind.
See, one more similarity. Thanks for bringing it up.
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I don't see it. how can he research science fiction?!!
this is coincidence, nothing more. and an example of religious believers retrofitting their theology to what they want or think fits it (groundhog day is another example, where on the dvd the director tells how many believers claimed it as an example of their faiths). no matter what I, or anyone says, you will use it as further proof.
Also, why would he intentionally lie about it? it surves no purpose.
bbobeckyj said:
I don't see it. how can he research science fiction?!!
this is coincidence, nothing more. and an example of religious believers retrofitting their theology to what they want or think fits it (groundhog day is another example, where on the dvd the director tells how many believers claimed it as an example of their faiths). no matter what I, or anyone says, you will use it as further proof.
Also, why would he intentionally lie about it? it surves no purpose.
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#1. If he really did not know the meaning of Avatar, then he has lost me as his audience. But that is not the case. He does know the meaning. In his story Jake embodies the Blue Avatar body and gains entry to the world of Na' vi. The same exact way the Hindu God Vishnu gains entry to the Human world in a Human Body of Krishna. I would not have had such an issue if James Cameron would have called it say "Spirit Within" or some such name. No. He had to use the word Avatar. That confirms that he knows the word and he understand it's etymology.
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Bruce Dickenson of Iron Maiden flew me home from Gran Caneria
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I went out with a girl (well, woman ) that was in one of his classes at uni.
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I went out with a girl (well, woman ) that was in one of his classes at uni.
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I went to college with a girl who looked just like Dave Murray
My boss went to acting school with Red Foremen from That 70's show
I knew somebody, who knew somebody, who knew someone else, that knew a person, who knew somebody else that knew Kevin Bacon!
Who woulda thunk it?
Also, my Auntie was an Ewok. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
My dad played for the, San Francisco 49ers in 59, 60, 61, until He got, injured. Then He went to, work for IBM. He recently retired as the Director of H R for the Asia Pacific, region. (my parents were in their forties when they had me )
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I knew somebody, who knew somebody, who knew someone else, that knew a person, who knew somebody else that knew Kevin Bacon!
Who woulda thunk it?
Also, my Auntie was an Ewok. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
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As soon as I saw this thread.. I was wondering if you would post that in it
Must be awesome though
MacaronyMax said:
As soon as I saw this thread.. I was wondering if you would post that in it
Must be awesome though
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What the hell Maxey? No comment on mine!?!?
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My dad played for the, San Francisco 49ers in 59, 60, 61, until He got, injured. Then He went to, work for IBM. He recently retired as the Director of H R for the Asia Pacific, region. (my parents were in their forties when they had me )
And my Mom was a catalog, showroom and, fitting model
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Wow, That's Awesome!
Babydoll25 said:
What the hell Maxey? No comment on mine!?!?
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I opened the page in a new tab then left it open for a bit before posting, I didn't see yours, Sorry Sis
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Wow, That's Awesome!
I opened the page in a new tab then left it open for a bit before posting, I didn't see yours, Sorry Sis
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Ok. Your forgiven br0.
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I have supported Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Wishbone Ash and The Electric Soft Parade.
A pub I lived in was used for scenes in a 90's BBC police drama, the name of which escapes me. There are brownie points for getting the name because its annoying me.
That's about it. (For now)
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conantroutman said:
I was once on a plane with Terry Nutkins.
I have supported Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Wishbone Ash and The Electric Soft Parade.
A pub I lived in was used for scenes in a 90's BBC police drama, the name of which escapes me. There are brownie points for getting the name because its annoying me.
That's about it. (For now)
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Awesome sauce!
"The Chief" I'm sure that was the name of the series.
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Here's mine...
I was supported by The Verve when I was a solo performer, as a teenager.
Your turn... Go!
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THAT is awesome
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THAT is awesome
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+1!
One of the biggest bands of the 90's supporting you!
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THAT is awesome
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+1!
One of the biggest bands of the 90's supporting you!
WTG!
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They went to college in Wigan with my mate and we used to go clubbing with Richard Ashcroft. The band were pretty new when they supported me and I hate to say it, but they were TERRIBLE!!!
It was about 89/90 and Next thing I heard from them was Bittersweet Symphony. A bit of a change to say the least!
I also forgot to mention that I supported my favourite band EVER - The Cardiacs.
Incidentally Conan, Sigue Sigue Sputnik FTW!!!
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