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Principal photography for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and=20
Wellington. Cameron described the film as a hybrid with a full live-action=
=20
shoot in combination with computer-generated characters and live environmen=
ts.=20
"Ideally at the end of the day the audience has no idea which they're looki=
ng=20
at," Cameron said. The director indicated that he had already worked four=
=20
months on nonprincipal scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot wi=
th a=20
modified version of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, devel=
oped=20
by Cameron and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D=
=20
filming for Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's=
=20
strong opinion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing =
less=20
noticeable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60%=20
computer-generated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional=20
miniatures.[69] Motion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes=20
Aircraft stage in Playa Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photograp=
hy=20
began in October 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was schedul=
ed=20
to last 31 days.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[=
70]=20
In preparation of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent=20
professional training specific to their characters such as archery, horseba=
ck=20
riding, firearm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and=20
dialect training in the Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before=20
shooting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical=20
rainforests[73] to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on t=
he=20
soundstage.[72] During filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera syst=
em,=20
a new way of directing motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the acto=
rs'=20
virtual counterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing t=
he=20
director to adjust and direct scenes just as if shooting live action. Accor=
ding=20
to Cameron, "It's like a big, powerful game engine. If I want to fly throug=
h=20
space, or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole scene into a=
=20
living miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using conventio=
nal=20
techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-capt=
ure=20
of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not diminish the=
=20
value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no need fo=
r=20
repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up touch-ups=
,=20
scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron described the=
=20
system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a tree or a=20
mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete control ov=
er=20
the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielberg and Peter=
=20
Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg said, "I like to=
=20
think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Motion capture=
=20
brings the director back to a kind of intimacy that actors and directors on=
ly=20
know when they're working in live theater."[75] Spielberg and George Lucas =
were=20
also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct with the equipment.[77] =
To=20
film the shots where CGI interacts with live action, a unique camera referr=
ed=20
to as a "simulcam" was used, a merger of the 3-D fusion camera and the virt=
ual=20
camera systems. While filming live action in real time with the simulcam, t=
he=20
CGI images captured with the virtual camera or designed from scratch, are=
=20
superimposed over the live action images as in augmented reality and shown =
on a=20
small monitor, making it possible for the director to instruct the actors h=
ow=20
to relate to the virtual material in the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's person=
al=20
convictions about climate change, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food =
to=20
be served on set.=20


A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used during productio=
n.=20
According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed since the 1990s to=
=20
allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advancement to adequa=
tely=20
portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director planned to make use of=
=20
photorealistic computer-generated characters, created using new motion capt=
ure=20
animation technologies he had been developing in the 14 months leading up t=
o=20
December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new system for lighting massive ar=
eas=20
like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture stage or "volume" six times lar=
ger=20
than any previously used, and an improved method of capturing facial=20
expressions, enabling full performance capture. To achieve the face capturi=
ng,=20
actors wore individually made skull caps fitted with a tiny camera position=
ed=20
in front of the actors' faces; the information collected about their facial=
=20
expressions and eyes is then transmitted to computers.[81] According to=20
Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers to transfer 100% of the actors'=
=20
physical performances to their digital counterparts.[82] Besides the=20
performance capture data which were transferred directly to the computers,=
=20
numerous reference cameras gave the digital artists multiple angles of each=
=20
performance.[83] A technically challenging scene was near the end of the fi=
lm=20
when the computer-generated Neytiri held the live action Jake in human form=
,=20
and attention was given to the details of the shadows and reflected light=
=20
between them.[84] The lead visual effects company was Weta Digital in=20
Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to work on the film.[85] Beca=
use=20
of the huge amount of data which needed to be stored, cataloged and availab=
le=20
for everybody involved, even on the other side of the world, a new cloud=20
computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM) system named Gaia was created =
by=20
Microsoft especially for Avatar, which allowed the crews to keep track of a=
nd=20
coordinate all stages in the digital processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta=
=20
used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packar=
d=20
servers with 35,000 processor cores with 104 terabytes of RAM and three=20
petabytes of network area storage running Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster=
=20
manager, and 2 of the animation software and managers, Pixar's RenderMan an=
d=20
Pixar's Alfred queue management system.[87][88][89][90] The render farm=20
occupies the 193rd to 197th spots in the TOP500 list of the world's most=20
powerful supercomputers. A new texturing and paint software system, called=
=20
Mari, was developed by The Foundry in cooperation with Weta.[91][92] Creati=
ng=20
the Na'vi characters and the virtual world of Pandora required over a petab=
yte=20
of digital storage,[93] and each minute of the final footage for Avatar=20
occupies 17.28 gigabytes of storage.[94] It would often take the computer=
=20
several hours to render a single frame of the film.[95] To help finish=20
preparing the special effects sequences on time, a number of other companie=
s=20
were brought on board, including Industrial Light & Magic, which worked=20
alongside Weta Digital to create the battle sequences. ILM was responsible =
for=20
the visual effects for many of the film's specialized vehicles and devised =
a=20
new way to make CGI explosions.[96] Joe Letteri was the film's visual effec=
ts=20
general supervisor.[97] Music and soundtrack Main article: Avatar: Music fr=
om=20
the Motion Picture James Horner =E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:=
32 listen to=20
a clip from the score of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? =
See=20
media help. Composer James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration =
with=20
Cameron after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score wi=
th a=20
small chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also=
=20
worked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture f=
or=20
the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take place =
in=20
early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he would n=
ot=20
work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked on the sc=
ore=20
from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the process. He stat=
ed=20
in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on =
and=20
the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed the score as two=
=20
different scores merged into one. He first created a score that reflected t=
he=20
Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separate "traditional" score=
 to=20
drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was chosen to sing the theme=
=20
song for the film, called "I See You". An accompanying music video, directe=
d by=20
Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on MySpace.

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Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in the=
=20
context of imperialism, and deep ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspiration=
 was=20
"every single science fiction book I read as a kid" and that he wanted to=
=20
update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] He=20
acknowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films At Play in the Fields=
 of=20
the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes=
=20
between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances with Wolves, where a=20
battered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture he was initially fighti=
ng=20
against.[105][106] He also cited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Princ=
ess=20
Mononoke as an influence on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 2012, Cameron=
=20
filed a 45-page legal declaration that intended to "describe in great detai=
l=20
the genesis of the ideas, themes, storylines, and images that came to be=20
Avatar."[107] In addition to historical events (such as European colonizati=
on=20
of the Americas), his life experiences and several of his unproduced projec=
ts,=20
Cameron drew connections between Avatar and his previous films. He cited hi=
s=20
script and concept art for Xenogenesis, partially produced as a short film,=
 as=20
being the basis for many of the ideas and visual designs in Avatar. He stat=
ed=20
that Avatar's "concepts of a world mind, intelligence within nature, the id=
ea=20
of projecting force or consciousness using an avatar, colonization of alien=
=20
planets, greedy corporate interests backed up by military force, the story =
of a=20
seemingly weaker group prevailing over a technologically superior force, an=
d=20
the good scientist were all established and recurrent themes" from his earl=
ier=20
films including Aliens, The Abyss, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Terminat=
or=20
and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He specifically mentioned the "water tentac=
le"=20
in The Abyss as an example of an "avatar" that "takes on the appearance of.=
..an=20
alien life form...in order to bridge the cultural gap and build trust."[108=
]=20
Cameron also cited a number of works by other creators as "reference points=
 and=20
sources of inspiration" for Avatar. These include two of his "favorite" fil=
ms,=20
2001: A Space Odyssey, where mankind experiences an evolution after meeting=
=20
alien life, and Lawrence of Arabia, where "an outsider...encounters and=20
immerses into a foreign culture and then ultimately joins that group to fig=
ht=20
other outsiders." Cameron said he became familiar with the concept of a hum=
an=20
operating a "synthetic avatar" inside another world from George Henry Smith=
's=20
short story "In the Imagicon" and Arthur C. Clarke's novel The City and the=
=20
Stars. He said he learned of the term "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk nov=
els=20
Neuromancer by William Gibson and Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. The=
=20
idea of a "world mind" originated in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.=20
Cameron mentioned several other films about people interacting with "indige=
nous=20
cultures" as inspiring him, including Dances with Wolves, The Man Who Would=
 Be=20
King, The Mission, The Emerald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle Book and=20
FernGully. He also cited as inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan stories =
by=20
Edgar Rice Burroughs and other adventure stories by Rudyard Kipling and H.=
=20
Rider Haggard.[108] In a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron was ask=
ed=20
about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarna=
tion=20
of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means =
is=20
that the human technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's=
=20
intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body."[10] Cameron =
also=20
cited the Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in the Shell, in terms o=
f=20
how humans can remotely control, and transfer their personalities into, ali=
en=20
bodies.[109][110] For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri,=
=20
Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme, which he said was in the traditi=
on=20
of Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of =
Jack=20
and Rose from his film Titanic. An interviewer stated, "Both couples come f=
rom=20
radically different cultures that are contemptuous of their relationship an=
d=20
are forced to choose sides between the competing communities."[113] Cameron=
=20
described Neytiri as his "Pocahontas," saying that his plotline followed th=
e=20
historical story of a "white outsider [who] falls in love with the chief's=
=20
daughter, who becomes his guide to the tribe and to their special bond with=
=20
nature."[108] Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love st=
ory=20
would be perceived as believable partially hinged on the physical=20
attractiveness of Neytiri's alien appearance, which was developed by=20
considering her appeal to the all-male crew of artists.[114] Although Camer=
on=20
felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in love right away, their portrayers=20
(Worthington and Saldana) felt the characters did. Cameron said the two act=
ors=20
"had a great chemistry" during filming.[113] A gray mountain in the middle =
of a=20
forest. Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired in part by =
the=20
Chinese Huangshan mountains (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie National Forest Pa=
rk=20
For the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspirat=
ion=20
from "many different types of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone=20
formations in China."[116] According to production designer Dylan Cole, the=
=20
fictional floating rocks were inspired by Huangshan (also known as Yellow=
=20
Mountain), Guilin, Zhangjiajie, among others around the world.[116] Cameron=
 had=20
noted the influence of the Chinese peaks on the design of the floating=20
mountains.[117] To create the interiors of the human mining colony on Pando=
ra,=20
production designers visited the Noble Clyde Boudreaux[118] oil platform in=
 the=20
Gulf of Mexico during June 2007. They photographed, measured and filmed eve=
ry=20
aspect of the platform, which was later replicated on-screen with=20
photorealistic CGI during post-production.


The first photo of the film was released on August 14, 2009,[124] and Empir=
e=20
released exclusive images from the film in its October issue.[125] Cameron,=
=20
producer Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver appear=
ed=20
at a panel, moderated by Tom Rothman, at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on Ju=
ly=20
23. Twenty-five minutes of footage was screened[126] in Dolby 3D.[127] Weav=
er=20
and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promote the film, speaking on =
the=20
23rd[128] and 24th[129][130] respectively. James Cameron announced at the=
=20
Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On this day, th=
e=20
trailer was released in all theatrical formats. The official game trailer a=
nd=20
toy line of the film were also unveiled on this day.[131] The 129-second=20
trailer was released online on August 20, 2009.[132] The new 210-second tra=
iler=20
was premiered in theaters on October 23, 2009, then soon after premiered on=
line=20
on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews.[133][134] An extended=
=20
version in IMAX 3D received overwhelmingly positive reviews.[132] The Holly=
wood=20
Reporter said that audience expectations were colored by "the [same]=20
establishment skepticism that preceded Titanic" and suggested the showing=
=20
reflected the desire for original storytelling.[135] The teaser has been am=
ong=20
the most viewed trailers in the history of film marketing, reaching the fir=
st=20
place of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4 million views.[136] On Oct=
ober=20
30, to celebrate the opening of the first 3-D cinema in Vietnam, Fox allowe=
d=20
Megastar Cinema to screen exclusive 16 minutes of Avatar to a number of=20
press.[137] The three-and-a-half-minute trailer of the film premiered live =
on=20
November 1, 2009, during a Dallas Cowboys football game at Cowboys Stadium =
in=20
Arlington, Texas, on the Diamond Vision screen, one of the world's largest=
=20
video displays, and to TV audiences viewing the game on Fox. It is said to =
be=20
the largest live motion picture trailer viewing in history.[138] The Coca-C=
ola=20
Company collaborated with Fox to launch a worldwide marketing campaign to=
=20
promote the film. The highlight of the campaign was the website AVTR.com.=
=20
Specially marked bottles and cans of Coca-Cola Zero, when held in front of =
a=20
webcam, enabled users to interact with the website's 3-D features using=20
augmented reality (AR) technology.[139] The film was heavily promoted in an=
=20
episode of the Fox series Bones in the episode "The Gamer In The Grease"=20
(Season 5, Episode 9). Avatar star Joel David Moore has a recurring role on=
 the=20
program, and is seen in the episode anxiously awaiting the release of the=
=20
film.[140] A week prior to the American release, Zoe Saldana promoted the f=
ilm=20
on Adult Swim when she was interviewed by an animated Space Ghost.[141]=20
McDonald's had a promotion mentioned in television commercials in Europe ca=
lled=20
"Avatarize yourself", which encouraged people to go to the website set up b=
y=20
Oddcast, and use a photograph of themselves to change into a Na'vi.[142] Bo=
oks=20
Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pando=
ra,=20
a 224-page book in the form of a field guide to the film's fictional settin=
g of=20
the planet of Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on November 24,=
=20
2009.[143] It is presented as a compilation of data collected by the humans=
=20
about Pandora and the life on it, written by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathiso=
n.=20
HarperFestival also released Wilhelm's 48-page James Cameron's Avatar: The=
=20
Reusable Scrapbook for children.[144] The Art of Avatar was released on=20
November 30, 2009, by Abrams Books. The book features detailed production=
=20
artwork from the film, including production sketches, illustrations by Lisa=
=20
Fitzpatrick, and film stills. Producer Jon Landau wrote the foreword, Camer=
on=20
wrote the epilogue, and director Peter Jackson wrote the preface.[145] In=
=20
October 2010, Abrams Books also released The Making of Avatar, a 272-page b=
ook=20
that detailed the film's production process and contains over 500 color=20
photographs and illustrations.[146] In a 2009 interview, Cameron said that =
he=20
planned to write a novel version of Avatar after the film was released.[147=
] In=20
February 2010, producer Jon Landau stated that Cameron plans a prequel nove=
l=20
for Avatar that will "lead up to telling the story of the movie, but it wou=
ld=20
go into much more depth about all the stories that we didn't have time to d=
eal=20
with", saying that "Jim wants to write a novel that is a big, epic story th=
at=20
fills in a lot of things".[148] In August 2013 it was announced that Camero=
n=20
hired Steven Gould to pen four standalone novels to expand the Avatar=20
universe.[149] ance Post released a special limited edition stamp based on=
=20
Avatar, coinciding with the film's worldwide release.


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th=20
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the=20
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storyline and a one-issue epilogue, David left the series once more, citing=
 the=20
need to do non-Hulk work for the sake of his career.[40] Writer Greg Pak to=
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nes=20
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ly=20
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rned=20
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=20
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#600.[41] The series was retitled The Incredible Hulks with issue #612 (Nov=
.=20
2010) to encompass the Hulk's expanded family, and ran until issue #635 (Oc=
t.=20
2011) when it was replaced with The Incredible Hulk (vol. 3) (15 issues, De=
c.=20
2011 =E2=80=93 Dec. 2012) written by Jason Aaron with art by Marc Silvestri=
.[42] As=20
part of Marvel's 2012 Marvel NOW! relaunch, a series called Indestructible =
Hulk=20
(Nov. 2012) debuted under the creative team of Mark Waid and Leinil Yu.[43]=
=20
This series was replaced in 2014 with The Hulk by Waid and artist Mark=20
Bagley.[44] A new series titled The Immortal Hulk, written by Al Ewing and=
=20
drawn by Joe Bennett, was launched in 2018 and ran for 50 issues. The serie=
s=20
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r of=20
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absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation. He awakens later seemingly=20
unscathed, but that night transforms into a lumbering grey form. A pursuing=
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soldier dubs the creature a "hulk".[50] Originally, it was believed that=20
Banner's transformations into the Hulk were caused by sunset and undone at=
=20
sunrise, but later, after Rick witnessed Banner turn into Hulk at daytime=
=20
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spontaneous changing. In Tales to Astonish #59 (September 1964) the Hulk=20
appeared as an antagonist for Giant-Man. The series established stress as t=
he=20
trigger for Banner turning into the Hulk and vice versa.[51] It was during =
this=20
time that the Hulk developed a more savage and childlike identity, shifting=
=20
away from his original portrayal as a brutish but not entirely unintelligen=
t=20
figure. Also, his memory, both long-term and short-term, would now become=
=20
markedly impaired in his Hulk state. Tales to Astonish #64 (February 1965) =
was=20
the last Hulk story to feature him speaking in complete sentences. In Tales=
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Astonish #77 (March 1966), Banner's and the Hulk's dual identity became=20
publicly known when Rick Jones, mistakenly convinced that Banner was dead (=
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a=20
rival to Banner for the affections of Betsy Ross, the truth. Consequently,=
=20
Glenn informed his superiors and that turned Banner into a wanted fugitive =
upon=20
returning to the present. The 1970s saw Banner and Betty nearly marry in Th=
e=20
Incredible Hulk #124 (February 1970).[52] Betty ultimately married Talbot i=
n=20
issue #158 (Dec. 1972).[53] The Hulk also traveled to other dimensions, one=
 of=20
which had him meet empress Jarella, who used magic to bring Banner's=20
intelligence to the Hulk, and came to love him. The Hulk helped to form the=
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Defenders.[54] In the 1980s, Banner once again gained control over the=20
Hulk,[55] and gained amnesty for his past rampages;[56] however, due to the=
=20
manipulations of supernatural character Nightmare, Banner eventually lost=
=20
control over the Hulk.[57] It was also established that Banner had serious=
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mental problems even before he became the Hulk, having suffered childhood=
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traumas that engendered Bruce's repressed rage.[58] Banner comes to terms w=
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Samson.[59][60] Banner is recruited by the U.S. government to create the=20
Hulkbusters, a government team dedicated to catching the Hulk. Banner final=
ly=20
married Betty in The Incredible Hulk #319 (May 1986) following Talbot's dea=
th=20
in 1981.[33][61] Banner and the Hulk were reunited in The Incredible Hulk #=
323=20
(Sep. 1986)[62] and with issue #324, returned the Hulk to his grey colorati=
on,=20
with his transformations once again occurring at night, regardless of Banne=
r's=20
emotional state. In issue #347 the grey Hulk persona "Joe Fixit" was=20
introduced, a morally ambiguous Las Vegas enforcer and tough guy. Banner=20
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Home media 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and=
=20
Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and in the UK on April 26.[176] T=
he=20
US release was not on a Tuesday as is the norm, but was done to coincide wi=
th=20
Earth Day.[177] The first DVD and Blu-ray release does not contain any=20
supplemental features other than the theatrical film and the disc menu in f=
avor=20
of and to make space for optimal picture and sound. The release also preser=
ves=20
the film's native 1.78:1 (16:9) format as Cameron felt that was the best fo=
rmat=20
to watch the film.[178] The Blu-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ 5) which some=20
Blu-ray players might not support without a firmware update.[179][180] Avat=
ar=20
set a first-day launch record in the U.S. for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million=
=20
units sold, breaking the record previously held by The Dark Knight (600,000=
=20
units sold). First-day DVD and Blu-ray sales combined were over four millio=
n=20
units sold.[181] In its first four days of release, sales of Avatar on Blu-=
ray=20
reached 2.7 million in the United States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking Th=
e Dark=20
Knight to become the best ever selling Blu-ray release in the region.[182][=
183]=20
The release later broke the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the following=20
week.[184] In its first three weeks of release, the film sold a total of 19=
.7=20
million DVD and Blu-ray discs combined, a new record for sales in that=20
period.[185] As of July 18, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled=
=20
over 10.5 million units sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar reta=
ined=20
its record as the top-selling Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015, =
when=20
it was surpassed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended=20
Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 2010. T=
hree=20
different versions of the film are present on the discs: the original=20
theatrical cut (162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), and a=
=20
collector's extended cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film across=
 two=20
discs, while the Blu-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] The collect=
or's=20
extended cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 minutes=
=20
longer than the original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, "you can sit do=
wn,=20
and in a continuous screening of the film, watch it with the Earth opening"=
. He=20
stated the "Earth opening" is an additional 4+1=E2=81=842 minutes of scenes=
 that were=20
in the film for much of its production but were ultimately cut before the=
=20
film's theatrical release.[189] The release also includes an additional 45=
=20
minutes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] Cameron initially stated t=
hat=20
Avatar would be released in 3D around November 2010, but the studio issued =
a=20
correction: "3-D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3=
D=20
Blu-ray in November."[190] In May 2010, Fox stated that the 3D version woul=
d be=20
released some time in 2011.[185] It was later revealed that Fox had given=
=20
Panasonic an exclusive license for the 3D Blu-ray version and only with the=
=20
purchase of a Panasonic 3DTV. The length of Panasonic's exclusivity period =
is=20
stated to last until February 2012.[191] On October 2010, Cameron stated th=
at=20
the standalone 3D Blu-ray would be the final version of the film's home rel=
ease=20
and that it was "maybe one, two years out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Ava=
tar=20
had its 3D television world premiere on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2=
012,=20
Cameron announced on Facebook that Avatar would be released globally on Blu=
-ray=20
3D.[196] The Blu-ray 3D version was finally released on October 16, 2012.[1=
97]=20
Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 31=
9=20
reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The site's consensu=
s=20
reads, "It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of=
=20
storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for=20
imaginative, absorbing filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assi=
gns a=20
weighted mean score =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based o=
n 35=20
critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaSco=
re=20
gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Every demographi=
c=20
surveyed was reported to give this rating. These polls also indicated that =
the=20
main draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the Chicago=20
Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of fou=
r.=20
"Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977,"=
 he=20
said, adding that like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship =
of=20
the Ring, the film "employs a new generation of special effects" and it "is=
 not=20
simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical=
=20
breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message".[201] A. O. Sco=
tt=20
of At The Movies also compared his viewing of the film to the first time he=
=20
viewed Star Wars and he said "although the script is a little bit ... obvio=
us,"=20
it was "part of what made it work".[202][203] Todd McCarthy of Variety prai=
sed=20
the film, saying "The King of the World sets his sights on creating another=
=20
world entirely in Avatar, and it's very much a place worth visiting."[204] =
Kirk=20
Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review. "The=
=20
screen is alive with more action and the soundtrack pops with more robust m=
usic=20
than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you care to mention," he stated.[205] P=
eter=20
Travers of Rolling Stone awarded Avatar a three-and-a-half out of four star=
=20
rating and wrote in his print review "It extends the possibilities of what=
=20
movies can do. Cameron's talent may just be as big as his dreams."[206] Ric=
hard=20
Corliss of Time magazine thought that the film was "the most vivid and=20
convincing creation of a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving=
=20
pictures."[207] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times thought the film has=
=20
"powerful" visual accomplishments but "flat dialogue" and "obvious=20
characterization".[208] James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film an=
d=20
its story, giving it four out of four stars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersi=
ve =E2=80=93=20
but the traditional film elements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, them=
e, emotional=20
resonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise to make e=
ven the 2-D=20
version an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar's underly=
ing social=20
and political themes attracted attention. Armond White of the New York Pres=
s=20
wrote that Cameron used "villainous American characters" to "misrepresent=
=20
facets of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[210][211] Russell D. Mo=
ore=20
of The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda exists in the film" and st=
ated=20
"If you can get a theater full of people in Kentucky to stand and applaud t=
he=20
defeat of their country in war, then you've got some amazing special=20
effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times was more positive about the=
=20
film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a 22nd-century version of the=
=20
American colonists vs. the British, India vs. the Raj, or Latin America vs.=
=20
United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of The New York Times opined that the film=
 is=20
"Cameron's long apologia for pantheism [...] Hollywood's religion of choice=
 for=20
a generation now",[214] while Saritha Prabhu of The Tennessean called the f=
ilm=20
a "misportrayal of pantheism and Eastern spirituality in general",[215] and=
=20
Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Times, on the contrary, commended the film's=
=20
message for its overall consistency with the teachings of Hinduism in the=
=20
Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 concluded that Avatar is another =
film=20
that has the recurring "fantasy about race" whereby "some white guy" become=
s=20
the "most awesome" member of a non-white culture.[217] Michael Phillips of =
the=20
Chicago Tribune called Avatar "the season's ideological Rorschach blot",[21=
8]=20
while Miranda Devine of The Sydney Morning Herald thought that "It [was]=20
impossible to watch Avatar without being banged over the head with the=20
director's ideological hammer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essenti=
al,=20
yet less visible social theme that contributed to Avatar's success concerns=
=20
contemporary fascinations with virtual avatars and "the transition from the=
=20
world of reality to that of virtual reality".[220] Critics and audiences ha=
ve=20
cited similarities with other films, literature or media, describing the=20
perceived connections in ways ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright=
=20
plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called it "the same movie" as Dance=
s=20
with Wolves.[221] Like Dances with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as=
=20
being a "white savior" movie, in which a "backwards" native people is impot=
ent=20
without the leadership of a member of the invading white culture.[222][223]=
=20
Parallels to the concept and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957=
=20
novelette "Call Me Joe", in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit =
to=20
control an artificial body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia=
=20
have noted that Avatar has elements in common with the 1960s Noon Universe=
=20
novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century on=
 a=20
forested world called Pandora with a sentient indigenous species called the=
=20
Nave.[226] Various reviews have compared Avatar to the films FernGully: The=
=20
Last Rainforest,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230] NPR's=
=20
Morning Edition has compared the film to a montage of tropes, with one=20
commentator stating that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts=
 in=20
a blender".[231] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction story that m=
ost=20
closely resembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for Wo=
rld=20
Is Forest (1972), another epic about a benevolent race of alien beings who=
=20
happily inhabit dense forests while living in harmony with nature until the=
y=20
are attacked and slaughtered by invading human soldiers who believe that th=
e=20
only good gook is a dead gook".[225] The science fiction writer and editor=
=20
Gardner Dozois said that along with the Anderson and Le Guin stories, the=
=20
"mash-up" included Alan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midworld.[232] Some sourc=
es=20
saw similarities to the artwork of Roger Dean, which features fantastic ima=
ges=20
of dragons and floating rock formations.[233][234] In 2013, Dean sued Camer=
on=20
and Fox, claiming that Pandora was inspired by 14 of his images. Dean sough=
t=20
damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 2014, and The Hollywood=
=20
Reporter noted that Cameron had won multiple Avatar idea theft cases.[236]=
=20
Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg praising=
 it=20
as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star Wars" a=
nd=20
others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master class", and=20
"brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian is also a=
=20
noted fan of the film.[237] On the other hand, Duncan Jones said: "It's not=
 in=20
my top three James Cameron films. ... [A]t what point in the film did you h=
ave=20
any doubt what was going to happen next?".[238] For French filmmaker Luc=20
Besson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now create an adaptation of the=
=20
graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laureline that technologically suppo=
rts the=20
scope of its source material, with Besson even throwing his original script=
 in=20
the trash and redoing it after seeing the film.[239] TIME ranked Avatar num=
ber=20
3 in their list of "The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[24=
0]=20
also earning it a spot on the magazine's All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN li=
sted=20
Avatar as number 22 on their list of the top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time.


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first two weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Titan=
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worldwide gross, and its continued strength perplexed box office analysts.[=
294]=20
Other films in recent years had been cited as contenders for surpassing=20
Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[295] but Avatar was considered the=
=20
first film with a genuine chance to do so, and its numbers being aided by=
=20
higher ticket prices for 3D screenings[294] did not fully explain its succe=
ss=20
to box office analysts. "Most films are considered to be healthy if they ma=
nage=20
anything less than a 50% drop from their first weekend to their second. Dip=
ping=20
just 11% from the first to the third is unheard of," said Paul Dergarabedia=
n,=20
president of box-office analysis for Hollywood.com. "This is just=20
unprecedented. I had to do a double take. I thought it was a=20
miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted second place for the film's worldw=
ide=20
gross, but most were uncertain about it surpassing Titanic because "Today's=
=20
films flame out much faster than they did when Titanic was released."[296]=
=20
Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances =
of=20
becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it =
was=20
too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He sai=
d,=20
"While Avatar may beat Titanic's record, it will be tough, and the film is=
=20
unlikely to surpass Titanic in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3 chea=
per=20
in the late 1990s."[296] Cameron said he did not think it was realistic to =
"try=20
to topple Titanic off its perch" because it "just struck some kind of chord=
"=20
and there had been other good films in recent years.[297] He changed his=20
prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time,"=
 he=20
said.[298] You've got to compete head on with these other epic works of fan=
tasy=20
and fiction, the Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the Star Treks. People want=
 a=20
persistent alternate reality to invest themselves in and they want the deta=
il=20
that makes it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. =
Like=20
Pandora. James Cameron on the success of Avatar[299] Although analysts have=
=20
been unable to agree that Avatar's success is attributable to one primary=
=20
factor, several explanations have been advanced. First, January is historic=
ally=20
"the dumping ground for the year's weakest films", and this also applied to=
=20
2010.[300] Cameron himself said he decided to open the film in December so =
that=20
it would have less competition from then to January.[287] Titanic capitaliz=
ed=20
on the same January predictability, and earned most of its gross in 1998.[3=
00]=20
Additionally, Avatar established itself as a "must-see" event. Gray said, "=
At=20
this point, people who are going to see Avatar are going to see Avatar and=
=20
would even if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing the film as a "novelty=
=20
factor" also helped. Fox positioned the film as a cinematic event that shou=
ld=20
be seen in the theaters. "It's really hard to sell the idea that you can ha=
ve=20
the same experience at home," stated David Mumpower, an analyst at=20
BoxOfficeProphets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the film and=20
international viewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned=20
overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 markets=20
globally and was No. 1 in all of them", and the markets "such as Russia, wh=
ere=20
Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today" with "mo=
re=20
screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to Variety, films in 3D=
=20
accumulated $1.3 billion in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2008 and more =
than=20
10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The increased ticket price =E2=80=
=93 an=20
average of $2 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=80=93 helped the film.[3=
00]=20
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but=20
also to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". Not only do some theaters charge up=
 to=20
$18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz" created by the new technology was t=
he=20
possible cause for sold-out screenings.[301] Gray said Avatar having no bas=
is=20
in previously established material makes its performance remarkable and eve=
n=20
more impressive. "The movie might be derivative of many movies in its story=
 and=20
themes," he said, "but it had no direct antecedent like the other top-gross=
ing=20
films: Titanic (historical events), the Star Wars movies (an established fi=
lm=20
franchise), or The Lord of the Rings (literature). It was a tougher sell=20
..."[300] The Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a combined production=
 and=20
promotion cost of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, the film turned a net p=
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0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Principal photography for Ava=
tar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and Wellington. Cameron described th=
e film as a hybrid with a full live-action shoot in combination with comput=
er-generated characters and live environments. "Ideally at the end of the d=
ay the audience has no idea which they're looking at," Cameron said. The di=
rector indicated that he had already worked four months on nonprincipal sce=
nes for the film.[66] The live action was shot with a modified version of t=
he proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, developed by Cameron and V=
ince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D filming for Avat=
ar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's strong opinion t=
hat a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing less noticeable.=
[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60% computer-generated e=
lements and 40% live action, as well as traditional miniatures.[69] Motion-=
capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes Aircraft stage in Playa Vi=
sta in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photography began in October 2007 a=
t Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was scheduled to last 31 days.[71]=
 More than a thousand people worked on the production.[70] In preparation o=
f the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent professional training =
specific to their characters such as archery, horseback riding, firearm use=
, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and dialect training in t=
he Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before shooting the film, Camer=
on also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical rainforests[73] to get a fee=
l for a rainforest setting before shooting on the soundstage.[72] During fi=
lming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera system, a new way of directin=
g motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the actors' virtual counterpa=
rts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing the director to ad=
just and direct scenes just as if shooting live action. According to Camero=
n, "It's like a big, powerful game engine. If I want to fly through space, =
or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole scene into a living m=
iniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using conventional tech=
niques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-capture =
of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not diminish the =
value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no need fo=
r repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up touch-u=
ps, scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron described =
the system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a tree or =
a mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete control =
over the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielberg and =
Peter Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg said, "I l=
ike to think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Motion ca=
pture brings the director back to a kind of intimacy that actors and direct=
ors only know when they're working in live theater."[75] Spielberg and Geor=
ge Lucas were also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct with the e=
quipment.[77] To film the shots where CGI interacts with live action, a uni=
que camera referred to as a "simulcam" was used, a merger of the 3-D fusion=
 camera and the virtual camera systems. While filming live action in real t=
ime with the simulcam, the CGI images captured with the virtual camera or d=
esigned from scratch, are superimposed over the live action images as in au=
gmented reality and shown on a small monitor, making it possible for the di=
rector to instruct the actors how to relate to the virtual material in the =
scene.[72] Due to Cameron's personal convictions about climate change, he a=
llowed only plant-based (vegan) food to be served on set. </div></div></td>=
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<table class=3D"html_block block-1" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"box-sizing: border-=
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rder-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;"><div style=
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 0;">A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used during prod=
uction. According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed since the 1=
990s to allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advancement t=
o adequately portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director planned t=
o make use of photorealistic computer-generated characters, created using n=
ew motion capture animation technologies he had been developing in the 14 m=
onths leading up to December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new system for=
 lighting massive areas like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture stage o=
r "volume" six times larger than any previously used, and an improved metho=
d of capturing facial expressions, enabling full performance capture. To ac=
hieve the face capturing, actors wore individually made skull caps fitted w=
ith a tiny camera positioned in front of the actors' faces; the information=
 collected about their facial expressions and eyes is then transmitted to c=
omputers.[81] According to Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers to tra=
nsfer 100% of the actors' physical performances to their digital counterpar=
ts.[82] Besides the performance capture data which were transferred directl=
y to the computers, numerous reference cameras gave the digital artists mul=
tiple angles of each performance.[83] A technically challenging scene was n=
ear the end of the film when the computer-generated Neytiri held the live a=
ction Jake in human form, and attention was given to the details of the sha=
dows and reflected light between them.[84] The lead visual effects company =
was Weta Digital in Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to work o=
n the film.[85] Because of the huge amount of data which needed to be store=
d, cataloged and available for everybody involved, even on the other side o=
f the world, a new cloud computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM) syste=
m named Gaia was created by Microsoft especially for Avatar, which allowed =
the crews to keep track of and coordinate all stages in the digital process=
ing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server farm ma=
king use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packard servers with 35,000 processor cores with =
104 terabytes of RAM and three petabytes of network area storage running Ub=
untu Linux, Grid Engine cluster manager, and 2 of the animation software an=
d managers, Pixar's RenderMan and Pixar's Alfred queue management system.[8=
7][88][89][90] The render farm occupies the 193rd to 197th spots in the TOP=
500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. A new texturing and p=
aint software system, called Mari, was developed by The Foundry in cooperat=
ion with Weta.[91][92] Creating the Na'vi characters and the virtual world =
of Pandora required over a petabyte of digital storage,[93] and each minute=
 of the final footage for Avatar occupies 17.28 gigabytes of storage.[94] I=
t would often take the computer several hours to render a single frame of t=
he film.[95] To help finish preparing the special effects sequences on time=
, a number of other companies were brought on board, including Industrial L=
ight & Magic, which worked alongside Weta Digital to create the battle sequ=
ences. ILM was responsible for the visual effects for many of the film's sp=
ecialized vehicles and devised a new way to make CGI explosions.[96] Joe Le=
tteri was the film's visual effects general supervisor.[97] Music and sound=
track Main article: Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture James Horner =E2=
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of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? See media help. Compos=
er James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration with Cameron after=
 Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score with a small ch=
orus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also worked =
with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture for the =
alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take place in e=
arly 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he would no=
t work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked on the =
score from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the process. H=
e stated in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have w=
orked on and the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed the s=
core as two different scores merged into one. He first created a score that=
 reflected the Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separate "tra=
ditional" score to drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was chose=
n to sing the theme song for the film, called "I See You". An accompanying =
music video, directed by Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on MySpace=
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=3D"center"><div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; display: none; width: 0px=
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; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Avatar is primarily an action-=
adventure journey of self-discovery, in the context of imperialism, and dee=
p ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspiration was "every single science fict=
ion book I read as a kid" and that he wanted to update the style of Edgar R=
ice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] He acknowledged that Avatar shares t=
hemes with the films At Play in the Fields of the Lord, The Emerald Forest,=
 and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes between cultures and civiliza=
tions, and with Dances with Wolves, where a battered soldier finds himself =
drawn to the culture he was initially fighting against.[105][106] He also c=
ited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Princess Mononoke as an influence=
 on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 2012, Cameron filed a 45-page legal d=
eclaration that intended to "describe in great detail the genesis of the id=
eas, themes, storylines, and images that came to be Avatar."[107] In additi=
on to historical events (such as European colonization of the Americas), hi=
s life experiences and several of his unproduced projects, Cameron drew con=
nections between Avatar and his previous films. He cited his script and con=
cept art for Xenogenesis, partially produced as a short film, as being the =
basis for many of the ideas and visual designs in Avatar. He stated that Av=
atar's "concepts of a world mind, intelligence within nature, the idea of p=
rojecting force or consciousness using an avatar, colonization of alien pla=
nets, greedy corporate interests backed up by military force, the story of =
a seemingly weaker group prevailing over a technologically superior force, =
and the good scientist were all established and recurrent themes" from his =
earlier films including Aliens, The Abyss, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The =
Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He specifically mentioned the "w=
ater tentacle" in The Abyss as an example of an "avatar" that "takes on the=
 appearance of...an alien life form...in order to bridge the cultural gap a=
nd build trust."[108] Cameron also cited a number of works by other creator=
s as "reference points and sources of inspiration" for Avatar. These includ=
e two of his "favorite" films, 2001: A Space Odyssey, where mankind experie=
nces an evolution after meeting alien life, and Lawrence of Arabia, where "=
an outsider...encounters and immerses into a foreign culture and then ultim=
ately joins that group to fight other outsiders." Cameron said he became fa=
miliar with the concept of a human operating a "synthetic avatar" inside an=
other world from George Henry Smith's short story "In the Imagicon" and Art=
hur C. Clarke's novel The City and the Stars. He said he learned of the ter=
m "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk novels Neuromancer by William Gibson an=
d Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. The idea of a "world mind" originat=
ed in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Cameron mentioned several other f=
ilms about people interacting with "indigenous cultures" as inspiring him, =
including Dances with Wolves, The Man Who Would Be King, The Mission, The E=
merald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle Book and FernGully. He also cited a=
s inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs an=
d other adventure stories by Rudyard Kipling and H. Rider Haggard.[108] In =
a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron was asked about the meaning of=
 the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarnation of one of the H=
indu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means is that the hum=
an technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's intelligence =
into a remotely located body, a biological body."[10] Cameron also cited th=
e Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in the Shell, in terms of how hu=
mans can remotely control, and transfer their personalities into, alien bod=
ies.[109][110] For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri, Came=
ron applied a star-crossed love theme, which he said was in the tradition o=
f Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of J=
ack and Rose from his film Titanic. An interviewer stated, "Both couples co=
me from radically different cultures that are contemptuous of their relatio=
nship and are forced to choose sides between the competing communities."[11=
3] Cameron described Neytiri as his "Pocahontas," saying that his plotline =
followed the historical story of a "white outsider [who] falls in love with=
 the chief's daughter, who becomes his guide to the tribe and to their spec=
ial bond with nature."[108] Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and N=
eytiri love story would be perceived as believable partially hinged on the =
physical attractiveness of Neytiri's alien appearance, which was developed =
by considering her appeal to the all-male crew of artists.[114] Although Ca=
meron felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in love right away, their portrayer=
s (Worthington and Saldana) felt the characters did. Cameron said the two a=
ctors "had a great chemistry" during filming.[113] A gray mountain in the m=
iddle of a forest. Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired =
in part by the Chinese Huangshan mountains (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie Nat=
ional Forest Park For the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the desig=
ners drew inspiration from "many different types of mountains, but mainly t=
he karst limestone formations in China."[116] According to production desig=
ner Dylan Cole, the fictional floating rocks were inspired by Huangshan (al=
so known as Yellow Mountain), Guilin, Zhangjiajie, among others around the =
world.[116] Cameron had noted the influence of the Chinese peaks on the des=
ign of the floating mountains.[117] To create the interiors of the human mi=
ning colony on Pandora, production designers visited the Noble Clyde Boudre=
aux[118] oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico during June 2007. They photogra=
phed, measured and filmed every aspect of the platform, which was later rep=
licated on-screen with photorealistic CGI during post-production. </div></d=
iv></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><t=
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er"><div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; display: none; width: 0px; max-he=
ight: 0px; overflow: hidden; mso-hide: all; height: 0; font-size: 0; max-he=
ight: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">The first photo of the film was releas=
ed on August 14, 2009,[124] and Empire released exclusive images from the f=
ilm in its October issue.[125] Cameron, producer Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, S=
tephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver appeared at a panel, moderated by Tom Rot=
hman, at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on July 23. Twenty-five minutes of fo=
otage was screened[126] in Dolby 3D.[127] Weaver and Cameron appeared at ad=
ditional panels to promote the film, speaking on the 23rd[128] and 24th[129=
][130] respectively. James Cameron announced at the Comic-Con Avatar Panel =
that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On this day, the trailer was released =
in all theatrical formats. The official game trailer and toy line of the fi=
lm were also unveiled on this day.[131] The 129-second trailer was released=
 online on August 20, 2009.[132] The new 210-second trailer was premiered i=
n theaters on October 23, 2009, then soon after premiered online on Yahoo! =
on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews.[133][134] An extended version in =
IMAX 3D received overwhelmingly positive reviews.[132] The Hollywood Report=
er said that audience expectations were colored by "the [same] establishmen=
t skepticism that preceded Titanic" and suggested the showing reflected the=
 desire for original storytelling.[135] The teaser has been among the most =
viewed trailers in the history of film marketing, reaching the first place =
of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4 million views.[136] On October 3=
0, to celebrate the opening of the first 3-D cinema in Vietnam, Fox allowed=
 Megastar Cinema to screen exclusive 16 minutes of Avatar to a number of pr=
ess.[137] The three-and-a-half-minute trailer of the film premiered live on=
 November 1, 2009, during a Dallas Cowboys football game at Cowboys Stadium=
 in Arlington, Texas, on the Diamond Vision screen, one of the world's larg=
est video displays, and to TV audiences viewing the game on Fox. It is said=
 to be the largest live motion picture trailer viewing in history.[138] The=
 Coca-Cola Company collaborated with Fox to launch a worldwide marketing ca=
mpaign to promote the film. The highlight of the campaign was the website A=
VTR.com. Specially marked bottles and cans of Coca-Cola Zero, when held in =
front of a webcam, enabled users to interact with the website's 3-D feature=
s using augmented reality (AR) technology.[139] The film was heavily promot=
ed in an episode of the Fox series Bones in the episode "The Gamer In The G=
rease" (Season 5, Episode 9). Avatar star Joel David Moore has a recurring =
role on the program, and is seen in the episode anxiously awaiting the rele=
ase of the film.[140] A week prior to the American release, Zoe Saldana pro=
moted the film on Adult Swim when she was interviewed by an animated Space =
Ghost.[141] McDonald's had a promotion mentioned in television commercials =
in Europe called "Avatarize yourself", which encouraged people to go to the=
 website set up by Oddcast, and use a photograph of themselves to change in=
to a Na'vi.[142] Books Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and =
Social History of Pandora, a 224-page book in the form of a field guide to =
the film's fictional setting of the planet of Pandora, was released by Harp=
er Entertainment on November 24, 2009.[143] It is presented as a compilatio=
n of data collected by the humans about Pandora and the life on it, written=
 by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathison. HarperFestival also released Wilhelm's=
 48-page James Cameron's Avatar: The Reusable Scrapbook for children.[144] =
The Art of Avatar was released on November 30, 2009, by Abrams Books. The b=
ook features detailed production artwork from the film, including productio=
n sketches, illustrations by Lisa Fitzpatrick, and film stills. Producer Jo=
n Landau wrote the foreword, Cameron wrote the epilogue, and director Peter=
 Jackson wrote the preface.[145] In October 2010, Abrams Books also release=
d The Making of Avatar, a 272-page book that detailed the film's production=
 process and contains over 500 color photographs and illustrations.[146] In=
 a 2009 interview, Cameron said that he planned to write a novel version of=
 Avatar after the film was released.[147] In February 2010, producer Jon La=
ndau stated that Cameron plans a prequel novel for Avatar that will "lead u=
p to telling the story of the movie, but it would go into much more depth a=
bout all the stories that we didn't have time to deal with", saying that "J=
im wants to write a novel that is a big, epic story that fills in a lot of =
things".[148] In August 2013 it was announced that Cameron hired Steven Gou=
ld to pen four standalone novels to expand the Avatar universe.[149] ance P=
ost released a special limited edition stamp based on Avatar, coinciding wi=
th the film's worldwide release. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></=
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eading to his parting ways with Marvel.[34] Also in 1998, Marvel relaunched=
 The Rampaging Hulk as a standard comic book rather than as a comics magazi=
ne.[4] The Incredible Hulk was again cancelled with issue #474 of its secon=
d volume in March 1999 and was replaced with a new series, Hulk the followi=
ng month, with returning writer Byrne and art by Ron Garney.[35][36] New se=
ries writer Paul Jenkins developed the Hulk's multiple dissociative identit=
ies,[37] and his run was followed by Bruce Jones[38] with his run featuring=
 Banner being pursued by a secret conspiracy and aided by the mysterious Mr=
. Blue. Jones appended his 43-issue Incredible Hulk run with the limited se=
ries Hulk/Thing: Hard Knocks #1=E2=80=934 (Nov. 2004 =E2=80=93 Feb. 2005), =
which Marvel published after putting the ongoing series on hiatus. Peter Da=
vid, who had initially signed a contract for the six-issue Tempest Fugit li=
mited series, returned as writer when it was decided to make that story the=
 first five parts of the revived (vol. 3).[39] After a four-part tie-in to =
the "House of M" storyline and a one-issue epilogue, David left the series =
once more, citing the need to do non-Hulk work for the sake of his career.[=
40] Writer Greg Pak took over the series in 2006, leading the Hulk through =
several crossover storylines including "Planet Hulk" and "World War Hulk", =
which left the Hulk temporarily incapacitated and replaced as the series' t=
itle character by the demigod Hercules in the retitled The Incredible Hercu=
les (Feb. 2008). The Hulk returned periodically in Hulk, which then starred=
 the new Red Hulk.[41] In September 2009, The Incredible Hulk was relaunche=
d as The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #600.[41] The series was retitled The Inc=
redible Hulks with issue #612 (Nov. 2010) to encompass the Hulk's expanded =
family, and ran until issue #635 (Oct. 2011) when it was replaced with The =
Incredible Hulk (vol. 3) (15 issues, Dec. 2011 =E2=80=93 Dec. 2012) written=
 by Jason Aaron with art by Marc Silvestri.[42] As part of Marvel's 2012 Ma=
rvel NOW! relaunch, a series called Indestructible Hulk (Nov. 2012) debuted=
 under the creative team of Mark Waid and Leinil Yu.[43] This series was re=
placed in 2014 with The Hulk by Waid and artist Mark Bagley.[44] A new seri=
es titled The Immortal Hulk, written by Al Ewing and drawn by Joe Bennett, =
was launched in 2018 and ran for 50 issues. The series had a spin-off one-s=
hot Immortal She-Hulk[45] and a spin-off series about Gamma Flight in June =
2021.[46] In November 2021, Donny Cates became the new writer of Hulk, with=
 Ryan Ottley joining as artist. In May 2022, the series did a crossover wit=
h the Thor series, also written by Cates, entitled Hulk vs Thor: Banner of =
War. The series ran for 14 issues, with Ottley taking over as writer for th=
e last 4 issues afters Cates left the book.[47][48] In March 2023, it was a=
nnounced that a new volume of The Incredible Hulk would launch in June 2023=
, written by Philip Kennedy Johnson and drawn by Nic Klein.[49] Fictional c=
haracter biography Hulk, as he appeared on a pin-up from the comic book iss=
ue Fantastic Four Annual #1 (July 1963). Art by the character's co-creator =
Jack Kirby. During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, scientist R=
obert Bruce Banner saves teenager Rick Jones who has dared onto the testing=
 field; Banner pushes Jones into a trench to save him, but is hit with the =
blast, absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation. He awakens later seemi=
ngly unscathed, but that night transforms into a lumbering grey form. A pur=
suing soldier dubs the creature a "hulk".[50] Originally, it was believed t=
hat Banner's transformations into the Hulk were caused by sunset and undone=
 at sunrise, but later, after Rick witnessed Banner turn into Hulk at dayti=
me following a failed attempt by Ross' men to shoot the Hulk into space, it=
 was discovered to be caused by anger. Banner was cured in The Incredible H=
ulk #4, but chose to restore Hulk's powers with Banner's intelligence. The =
gamma-ray machine needed to affect the transformation-induced side effects =
that made Banner temporarily sick and weak when returned to his normal stat=
e. In The Avengers #1 (September 1963), the Hulk became a founding member o=
f the title's eponymous superhero team. By The Avengers #3, overuse of the =
gamma-ray machine rendered the Hulk as an uncontrollable, rampaging monster=
, subject to spontaneous changing. In Tales to Astonish #59 (September 1964=
) the Hulk appeared as an antagonist for Giant-Man. The series established =
stress as the trigger for Banner turning into the Hulk and vice versa.[51] =
It was during this time that the Hulk developed a more savage and childlike=
 identity, shifting away from his original portrayal as a brutish but not e=
ntirely unintelligent figure. Also, his memory, both long-term and short-te=
rm, would now become markedly impaired in his Hulk state. Tales to Astonish=
 #64 (February 1965) was the last Hulk story to feature him speaking in com=
plete sentences. In Tales to Astonish #77 (March 1966), Banner's and the Hu=
lk's dual identity became publicly known when Rick Jones, mistakenly convin=
ced that Banner was dead (when he actually had been catapulted into the fut=
ure), told Major Glenn Talbot, a rival to Banner for the affections of Bets=
y Ross, the truth. Consequently, Glenn informed his superiors and that turn=
ed Banner into a wanted fugitive upon returning to the present. The 1970s s=
aw Banner and Betty nearly marry in The Incredible Hulk #124 (February 1970=
).[52] Betty ultimately married Talbot in issue #158 (Dec. 1972).[53] The H=
ulk also traveled to other dimensions, one of which had him meet empress Ja=
rella, who used magic to bring Banner's intelligence to the Hulk, and came =
to love him. The Hulk helped to form the Defenders.[54] In the 1980s, Banne=
r once again gained control over the Hulk,[55] and gained amnesty for his p=
ast rampages;[56] however, due to the manipulations of supernatural charact=
er Nightmare, Banner eventually lost control over the Hulk.[57] It was also=
 established that Banner had serious mental problems even before he became =
the Hulk, having suffered childhood traumas that engendered Bruce's repress=
ed rage.[58] Banner comes to terms with his issues for a time, and the Hulk=
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tainment released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[=
175] and in the UK on April 26.[176] The US release was not on a Tuesday as=
 is the norm, but was done to coincide with Earth Day.[177] The first DVD a=
nd Blu-ray release does not contain any supplemental features other than th=
e theatrical film and the disc menu in favor of and to make space for optim=
al picture and sound. The release also preserves the film's native 1.78:1 (=
16:9) format as Cameron felt that was the best format to watch the film.[17=
8] The Blu-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ 5) which some Blu-ray players might n=
ot support without a firmware update.[179][180] Avatar set a first-day laun=
ch record in the U.S. for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million units sold, breaking=
 the record previously held by The Dark Knight (600,000 units sold). First-=
day DVD and Blu-ray sales combined were over four million units sold.[181] =
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illion in the United States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking The Dark Knight=
 to become the best ever selling Blu-ray release in the region.[182][183] T=
he release later broke the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the following wee=
k.[184] In its first three weeks of release, the film sold a total of 19.7 =
million DVD and Blu-ray discs combined, a new record for sales in that peri=
od.[185] As of July 18, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled ove=
r 10.5 million units sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar retaine=
d its record as the top-selling Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015=
, when it was surpassed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Exte=
nded Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 20=
10. Three different versions of the film are present on the discs: the orig=
inal theatrical cut (162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), a=
nd a collector's extended cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film a=
cross two discs, while the Blu-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] T=
he collector's extended cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making=
 it 16 minutes longer than the original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, =
"you can sit down, and in a continuous screening of the film, watch it with=
 the Earth opening". He stated the "Earth opening" is an additional 4+1=E2=
=81=842 minutes of scenes that were in the film for much of its production =
but were ultimately cut before the film's theatrical release.[189] The rele=
ase also includes an additional 45 minutes of deleted scenes and other extr=
as.[188] Cameron initially stated that Avatar would be released in 3D aroun=
d November 2010, but the studio issued a correction: "3-D is in the concept=
ual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3D Blu-ray in November."[190] In Ma=
y 2010, Fox stated that the 3D version would be released some time in 2011.=
[185] It was later revealed that Fox had given Panasonic an exclusive licen=
se for the 3D Blu-ray version and only with the purchase of a Panasonic 3DT=
V. The length of Panasonic's exclusivity period is stated to last until Feb=
ruary 2012.[191] On October 2010, Cameron stated that the standalone 3D Blu=
-ray would be the final version of the film's home release and that it was =
"maybe one, two years out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Avatar had its 3D t=
elevision world premiere on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2012, Cameron=
 announced on Facebook that Avatar would be released globally on Blu-ray 3D=
.[196] The Blu-ray 3D version was finally released on October 16, 2012.[197=
] Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of =
319 reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The site's cons=
ensus reads, "It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a pi=
ece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for=
 imaginative, absorbing filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which ass=
igns a weighted mean score =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 =
based on 35 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled =
by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. E=
very demographic surveyed was reported to give this rating. These polls als=
o indicated that the main draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Eb=
ert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it fo=
ur stars out of four. "Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I s=
aw Star Wars in 1977," he said, adding that like Star Wars and The Lord of =
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film "employs a new generation o=
f special effects" and it "is not simply a sensational entertainment, altho=
ugh it is that. It's a technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and =
anti-war message".[201] A. O. Scott of At The Movies also compared his view=
ing of the film to the first time he viewed Star Wars and he said "although=
 the script is a little bit ... obvious," it was "part of what made it work=
".[202][203] Todd McCarthy of Variety praised the film, saying "The King of=
 the World sets his sights on creating another world entirely in Avatar, an=
d it's very much a place worth visiting."[204] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollyw=
ood Reporter gave the film a positive review. "The screen is alive with mor=
e action and the soundtrack pops with more robust music than any dozen sci-=
fi shoot-'em-ups you care to mention," he stated.[205] Peter Travers of Rol=
ling Stone awarded Avatar a three-and-a-half out of four star rating and wr=
ote in his print review "It extends the possibilities of what movies can do=
. Cameron's talent may just be as big as his dreams."[206] Richard Corliss =
of Time magazine thought that the film was "the most vivid and convincing c=
reation of a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving pictures."[20=
7] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times thought the film has "powerful" v=
isual accomplishments but "flat dialogue" and "obvious characterization".[2=
08] James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film and its story, giving =
it four out of four stars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersive =E2=80=93 but t=
he traditional film elements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, theme, em=
otional resonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise t=
o make even the 2-D version an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[2=
09] Avatar's underlying social and political themes attracted attention. Ar=
mond White of the New York Press wrote that Cameron used "villainous Americ=
an characters" to "misrepresent facets of militarism, capitalism, and imper=
ialism".[210][211] Russell D. Moore of The Christian Post concluded that "p=
ropaganda exists in the film" and stated "If you can get a theater full of =
people in Kentucky to stand and applaud the defeat of their country in war,=
 then you've got some amazing special effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New =
York Times was more positive about the film, calling its anti-imperialist m=
essage "a 22nd-century version of the American colonists vs. the British, I=
ndia vs. the Raj, or Latin America vs. United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of =
The New York Times opined that the film is "Cameron's long apologia for pan=
theism [...] Hollywood's religion of choice for a generation now",[214] whi=
le Saritha Prabhu of The Tennessean called the film a "misportrayal of pant=
heism and Eastern spirituality in general",[215] and Maxim Osipov of The Hi=
ndustan Times, on the contrary, commended the film's message for its overal=
l consistency with the teachings of Hinduism in the Bhagavad Gita.[216] Ann=
alee Newitz of io9 concluded that Avatar is another film that has the recur=
ring "fantasy about race" whereby "some white guy" becomes the "most awesom=
e" member of a non-white culture.[217] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Trib=
une called Avatar "the season's ideological Rorschach blot",[218] while Mir=
anda Devine of The Sydney Morning Herald thought that "It [was] impossible =
to watch Avatar without being banged over the head with the director's ideo=
logical hammer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essential, yet less vi=
sible social theme that contributed to Avatar's success concerns contempora=
ry fascinations with virtual avatars and "the transition from the world of =
reality to that of virtual reality".[220] Critics and audiences have cited =
similarities with other films, literature or media, describing the perceive=
d connections in ways ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright plagiaris=
m. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called it "the same movie" as Dances with Wo=
lves.[221] Like Dances with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as being =
a "white savior" movie, in which a "backwards" native people is impotent wi=
thout the leadership of a member of the invading white culture.[222][223] P=
arallels to the concept and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957 no=
velette "Call Me Joe", in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit to=
 control an artificial body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russi=
a have noted that Avatar has elements in common with the 1960s Noon Univers=
e novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century =
on a forested world called Pandora with a sentient indigenous species calle=
d the Nave.[226] Various reviews have compared Avatar to the films FernGull=
y: The Last Rainforest,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230=
] NPR's Morning Edition has compared the film to a montage of tropes, with =
one commentator stating that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scr=
ipts in a blender".[231] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction stor=
y that most closely resembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The=
 Word for World Is Forest (1972), another epic about a benevolent race of a=
lien beings who happily inhabit dense forests while living in harmony with =
nature until they are attacked and slaughtered by invading human soldiers w=
ho believe that the only good gook is a dead gook".[225] The science fictio=
n writer and editor Gardner Dozois said that along with the Anderson and Le=
 Guin stories, the "mash-up" included Alan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midwor=
ld.[232] Some sources saw similarities to the artwork of Roger Dean, which =
features fantastic images of dragons and floating rock formations.[233][234=
] In 2013, Dean sued Cameron and Fox, claiming that Pandora was inspired by=
 14 of his images. Dean sought damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismis=
sed in 2014, and The Hollywood Reporter noted that Cameron had won multiple=
 Avatar idea theft cases.[236] Avatar received compliments from filmmakers,=
 with Steven Spielberg praising it as "the most evocative and amazing scien=
ce-fiction movie since Star Wars" and others calling it "audacious and awe =
inspiring", "master class", and "brilliant". Noted art director-turned-film=
maker Roger Christian is also a noted fan of the film.[237] On the other ha=
nd, Duncan Jones said: "It's not in my top three James Cameron films. ... [=
A]t what point in the film did you have any doubt what was going to happen =
next?".[238] For French filmmaker Luc Besson, Avatar opened the doors for h=
im to now create an adaptation of the graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian an=
d Laureline that technologically supports the scope of its source material,=
 with Besson even throwing his original script in the trash and redoing it =
after seeing the film.[239] TIME ranked Avatar number 3 in their list of "T=
he 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[240] also earning it a =
spot on the magazine's All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN listed Avatar as num=
ber 22 on their list of the top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time. </div></div><=
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rflow: hidden; mso-hide: all; height: 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0; line-=
height: 0; margin: 0;"> After the film's release and unusually strong box o=
ffice performance over its first two weeks, it was debated as the one film =
capable of surpassing Titanic's worldwide gross, and its continued strength=
 perplexed box office analysts.[294] Other films in recent years had been c=
ited as contenders for surpassing Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[=
295] but Avatar was considered the first film with a genuine chance to do s=
o, and its numbers being aided by higher ticket prices for 3D screenings[29=
4] did not fully explain its success to box office analysts. "Most films ar=
e considered to be healthy if they manage anything less than a 50% drop fro=
m their first weekend to their second. Dipping just 11% from the first to t=
he third is unheard of," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office a=
nalysis for Hollywood.com. "This is just unprecedented. I had to do a doubl=
e take. I thought it was a miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted second =
place for the film's worldwide gross, but most were uncertain about it surp=
assing Titanic because "Today's films flame out much faster than they did w=
hen Titanic was released."[296] Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo,=
 believed in the film's chances of becoming the highest-grossing film of al=
l time, though he also believed it was too early to surmise because it had =
only played during the holidays. He said, "While Avatar may beat Titanic's =
record, it will be tough, and the film is unlikely to surpass Titanic in at=
tendance. Ticket prices were about $3 cheaper in the late 1990s."[296] Came=
ron said he did not think it was realistic to "try to topple Titanic off it=
s perch" because it "just struck some kind of chord" and there had been oth=
er good films in recent years.[297] He changed his prediction by mid-Januar=
y. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time," he said.[298] You've go=
t to compete head on with these other epic works of fantasy and fiction, th=
e Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the Star Treks. People want a persistent a=
lternate reality to invest themselves in and they want the detail that make=
s it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. Like Pand=
ora. James Cameron on the success of Avatar[299] Although analysts have bee=
n unable to agree that Avatar's success is attributable to one primary fact=
or, several explanations have been advanced. First, January is historically=
 "the dumping ground for the year's weakest films", and this also applied t=
o 2010.[300] Cameron himself said he decided to open the film in December s=
o that it would have less competition from then to January.[287] Titanic ca=
pitalized on the same January predictability, and earned most of its gross =
in 1998.[300] Additionally, Avatar established itself as a "must-see" event=
. Gray said, "At this point, people who are going to see Avatar are going t=
o see Avatar and would even if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing the fi=
lm as a "novelty factor" also helped. Fox positioned the film as a cinemati=
c event that should be seen in the theaters. "It's really hard to sell the =
idea that you can have the same experience at home," stated David Mumpower,=
 an analyst at BoxOfficeProphets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the=
 film and international viewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was =
earned overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 mar=
kets globally and was No. 1 in all of them", and the markets "such as Russi=
a, where Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today"=
 with "more screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to Variety,=
 films in 3D accumulated $1.3 billion in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2=
008 and more than 10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The increased ti=
cket price =E2=80=93 an average of $2 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=
=80=93 helped the film.[300] Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attributed the =
film's success to 3D glasses but also to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". No=
t only do some theaters charge up to $18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz=
" created by the new technology was the possible cause for sold-out screeni=
ngs.[301] Gray said Avatar having no basis in previously established materi=
al makes its performance remarkable and even more impressive. "The movie mi=
ght be derivative of many movies in its story and themes," he said, "but it=
 had no direct antecedent like the other top-grossing films: Titanic (histo=
rical events), the Star Wars movies (an established film franchise), or The=
 Lord of the Rings (literature). It was a tougher sell ..."[300] The Hollyw=
ood Reporter estimated that after a combined production and promotion cost =
of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, the film turned a net profit of $1.2 b=
illion. </div></div></td> </tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr>=
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