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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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The Pentagon plans to spend an extra $37.2 billion on next-gen weapons over=
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the next 12 months.

 And they've been moving fast.

 The Army awarded $2.2 billion in contracts on June 27...

The Visions Once again wishing a family of his own and a life outside of=20
superheroics, Vision moves to Fairfax, Virginia with a newly created synthe=
zoid=20
family: wife Virginia, son Vin, and daughter Viv Vision (it is indicated he=
=20
used Wanda's saved brain patterns for Virginia and a mixture of hers and hi=
s=20
own to create the children). They attempt to live a normal suburban life bu=
t=20
find socializing with neighbors difficult.[74] When the Grim Reaper attacks=
=20
their house and nearly kills Viv, Virginia kills him in self-defense. A=20
neighbor then tries to blackmail Virginia over the murder. When she confron=
ts=20
him, another death is accidentally caused, a classmate of Viv's. Vision fin=
ds=20
the Reaper's remains and lies to the police regarding Virginia's whereabout=
s=20
during the death of Viv's classmate.[75] To reinforce a sense of normalcy, =
he=20
creates a synthezoid dog named Sparky for the family. Meanwhile, Agatha=20
Harkness warns the Avengers that in the future, Vision's desire to maintain=
 his=20
view of a happy, normal family, may lead to mass murder or genocide to prot=
ect=20
them.[76] The Avengers send Victor Mancha to secretly investigate the famil=
y.=20
When Vin discovers Victor reporting back to the Avengers, he panics and=20
attacks, accidentally causing irreparable damage to his own nervous system.=
[77]=20
Virginia reveals the truth to Viv, leading to an angry confrontation. Virgi=
nia=20
lets out her anger on Sparky, killing the dog. To prevent Vision from=20
compromising his morals by taking revenge on Victor Mancha for Vin, Virgini=
a=20
murders Victor herself.[78] She then calls the police and claims full=20
responsibility for the recent crimes and deaths, stating she tampered with=
=20
Vision's operative system as well. It is left unclear if she is clouding th=
e=20
truth to absolve Vision from any part he played or if she is telling the tr=
uth=20
and Vision's perceptions were tampered with. After meeting with Vision agai=
n,=20
Virginia drinks water with corrosive properties from a Zenn-Lavian water va=
se=20
they have in their home. Vision sits with her as she dies.[79] During the=
=20
Secret Empire crossover, a new, villainous version of Steven Rogers, Captai=
n=20
America, is created who is actually a Hydra sleeper agent.[80] As Hydra beg=
ins=20
its plans for conquest, it creates its own Avengers team, recruiting Vision=
 by=20
influencing him with an A.I. virus (though he continually resists its=20
control).[81] During a final battle in Washington DC, Vision sees Viv and i=
s=20
finally able to resist the virus. The reappearance of the true Steve Rogers=
=20
leads to victory and the events of Secret Empire being undone.[82] His mind=
=20
free once more, Vision returns to the Avengers. Mortal Vision After an=20
encounter with the Hulk,[83] Vision is seemingly destroyed again. Later=20
rebuilt, his nano-core remained seriously damaged, causing decay throughout=
 his=20
body.[84] Given the option to be rebuilt completely, Vision opted not to do=
 so,=20
deciding that his experiences (particularly in regards to his android famil=
y)=20
had taught him that life is precious because it is finite, later adding tha=
t to=20
be mortal is to be human.[85] Months later, an adventure with the Avengers=
=20
leads to Vision meeting Conan the Barbarian, who argues death happens=20
regardless and humanity is proven by fighting it.[86] Soon afterward, Visio=
n=20
enters the other-dimensional House of Ideas, a place said to exist in the c=
ore=20
of all reality and is possibly the birthplace of time and space. Being pres=
ent=20
in the House of Ideas caused Vision's body and nano-core to be restored, hi=
s=20
degeneration now cured and his emotions seemingly restored.[86] Vision is t=
hen=20
able to defeat an enemy by utilizing his joy, admiration, and faith in Eart=
h's=20
heroes and in the fact that he lives in a universe of heroic stories.[86]=
=20
Powers and abilities The Vision's android body is originally a functioning=
=20
replica of a human body, described as "every inch a human being=E2=80=94exc=
ept that all=20
of his bodily organs are constructed of synthetic materials."[2] This body =
was=20
made with Horton Cells that mimic human biology but have greater adaptabili=
ty=20
and resistance to injury. Ultron took this "synthetic man" and added advanc=
ed=20
robotic systems and solar energy power cells.[2] Later still, Vision was=20
updated by the science of Miles Lipton,[41] as well as Tony Stark and the=
=20
Vision himself, as he effected some of his own upgrades.[48][71] Soon befor=
e he=20
joined the Avengers A.I. team, Vision's "evolve" protocols changed his body=
's=20
construction to now be composed of microscopic nanobots that act with each=
=20
other to replicate his original basic construction but inherently now allow=
 new=20
abilities,[86] such as regeneration from damage he suffers in battle and=20
Vision's new power to change shape and even split into different parts whil=
e=20
maintaining control.[71] Because Vision's cells and nanobots each carry the=
=20
information of his entire system, similar to human DNA, it is possible for =
him=20
to eventually come back from even catastrophic injury as long as his=20
programming is not lost as well. If his energy or systems are taxed, he may=
=20
require outside help and significant rest. Vision is a "living" android (or=
=20
"synthezoid" as Hank Pym has described him) who has a full capacity for=20
emotions as well as emotional growth. His capacity for emotions is reliant =
on=20
adding a recording of human brainwave patterns to his programming, without=
=20
which his initial operating system could develop problems.[41] Originally=
=20
programmed with the brain pattern of Simon Williams (Wonder Man), Vision's=
=20
experiences quickly made his own brain patterns unique.[48] Later still, he=
=20
acquired a partial recording of the brain patterns of Alex Lipton,[41] furt=
her=20
adding to his emotional growth and making him a different person at the cor=
e=20
than Wonder Man.[48] Trained in hand-to-hand combat by Captain America, Vis=
ion=20
is an expert in the combat use of his superhuman powers, and is a highly=20
skilled tactician and strategist. He is also an expert on his own construct=
ion=20
and repair. Vision has superior strength and resistance to injury, as well =
as=20
enhanced senses. He can see various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum t=
hat=20
are invisible to the human eye. Vision's reflexes are likewise enhanced, an=
d he=20
can achieve short bursts of superhuman speed. His artificial mind can asses=
s a=20
situation and possible solutions several times faster than a human brain.=
=20
Following Heroes Return, Vision upgraded his system with technopathy. He ca=
n=20
access different computer networks and databases remotely, even gaining con=
trol=20
of them if given enough time. Vision has a personal holographic system that=
=20
allows him to disguise himself and his clothing.[41] Vision can also alter =
his=20
voice in a variety of ways, aiding in the disguise. A later upgrade allows =
him=20
to cast holographic illusions as well. If Vision is injured, he can communi=
cate=20
with others via a holographic projection of himself. The Vision absorbs and=
=20
regulates ambient solar energy with the solar gem on his brow.[2] If the Vi=
sion=20
wishes, he can convert the solar energy into beams of infrared or microwave=
=20
radiation, releasing it from his eyes or as a high-intensity blast from the=
=20
solar gem itself. Vision can alter his density.[2] This can increase his=20
strength and resistance to injury dramatically, making his skin and muscle=
=20
comparable to the hardness of a diamond and denser than uranium.[87] At ful=
l=20
power and density, he can press roughly 50 tons.[88] Likewise, he can shift=
 his=20
density in such a way that he can achieve flight, or make himself completel=
y=20
intangible, able to phase through solid matter without disturbing it. At ti=
mes,=20
Vision has phased a hand through an opponent only to then allow some of his=
=20
density to return, causing the opponent extreme pain and a disruption to th=
e=20
nervous system that is usually extreme enough to stun them into unconscious=
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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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its=20
first two weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Titan=
ic's=20
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
Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attributed the film's success to 3D glasses =
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=
rofit of=20
$1.2 billion.=20
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for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and Wellington. Cameron descr=
ibed the film as a hybrid with a full live-action shoot in combination with=
 computer-generated characters and live environments. "Ideally at the end o=
f the day the audience has no idea which they're looking at," Cameron said.=
 The director indicated that he had already worked four months on nonprinci=
pal scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot with a modified versi=
on of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, developed by Camero=
n and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D filming f=
or Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's strong op=
inion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing less noti=
ceable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60% computer-gene=
rated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional miniatures.[69] =
Motion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes Aircraft stage in P=
laya Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photography began in October=
 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was scheduled to last 31 da=
ys.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[70] In prepar=
ation of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent professional tr=
aining specific to their characters such as archery, horseback riding, fire=
arm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and dialect traini=
ng in the Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before shooting the film=
, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical rainforests[73] to ge=
t a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on the soundstage.[72] Du=
ring filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera system, a new way of d=
irecting motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the actors' virtual co=
unterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing the directo=
r to adjust and direct scenes just as if shooting live action. According to=
 Cameron, "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 l=
iving miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using convention=
al techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-c=
apture of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not dimini=
sh the value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no =
need for repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up =
touch-ups, scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron des=
cribed the system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a t=
ree or a mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete c=
ontrol over the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielbe=
rg and Peter Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg sai=
d, "I like to think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Mo=
tion capture brings the director back to a kind of intimacy that actors and=
 directors only know when they're working in live theater."[75] Spielberg a=
nd George Lucas were also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct wit=
h the equipment.[77] To film the shots where CGI interacts with live action=
, a unique 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 time with the simulcam, the CGI images captured with the virtual came=
ra or designed from scratch, are superimposed over the live action images a=
s in augmented reality and shown on a small monitor, making it possible for=
 the director to instruct the actors how to relate to the virtual material =
in the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's personal convictions about climate chang=
e, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food to be served on set. </div></di=
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margin: 0;">A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used duri=
ng production. According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed sinc=
e the 1990s to allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advanc=
ement to adequately portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director pl=
anned to make use of photorealistic computer-generated characters, created =
using new motion capture animation technologies he had been developing in t=
he 14 months leading up to December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new sys=
tem for lighting massive areas like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture =
stage or "volume" six times larger than any previously used, and an improve=
d method of capturing facial expressions, enabling full performance capture=
. To achieve the face capturing, actors wore individually made skull caps f=
itted with a tiny camera positioned in front of the actors' faces; the info=
rmation collected about their facial expressions and eyes is then transmitt=
ed to computers.[81] According to Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers=
 to transfer 100% of the actors' physical performances to their digital cou=
nterparts.[82] Besides the performance capture data which were transferred =
directly to the computers, numerous reference cameras gave the digital arti=
sts multiple angles of each performance.[83] A technically challenging scen=
e was near the end of the film when the computer-generated Neytiri held the=
 live action Jake in human form, and attention was given to the details of =
the shadows and reflected light between them.[84] The lead visual effects c=
ompany was Weta Digital in Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to=
 work on the film.[85] Because of the huge amount of data which needed to b=
e stored, cataloged and available for everybody involved, even on the other=
 side of the world, a new cloud computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM=
) system named Gaia was created by Microsoft especially for Avatar, which a=
llowed the crews to keep track of and coordinate all stages in the digital =
processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server =
farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packard servers with 35,000 processor core=
s with 104 terabytes of RAM and three petabytes of network area storage run=
ning Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster manager, and 2 of the animation soft=
ware and managers, Pixar's RenderMan and Pixar's Alfred queue management sy=
stem.[87][88][89][90] The render farm occupies the 193rd to 197th spots in =
the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. A new texturin=
g and paint software system, called Mari, was developed by The Foundry in c=
ooperation 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] It would often take the computer several hours to render a single fra=
me of the film.[95] To help finish preparing the special effects sequences =
on time, a number of other companies were brought on board, including Indus=
trial Light & Magic, which worked alongside Weta Digital to create the batt=
le sequences. ILM was responsible for the visual effects for many of the fi=
lm's specialized vehicles and devised a new way to make CGI explosions.[96]=
 Joe Letteri was the film's visual effects general supervisor.[97] Music an=
d soundtrack Main article: Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture James Horn=
er =E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:32 listen to a clip from the =
score of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? See media help. =
Composer James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration with Cameron=
 after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score with a sm=
all chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also w=
orked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture fo=
r the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take plac=
e in early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he wo=
uld not work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked o=
n the score from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the proc=
ess. He stated in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I =
have worked on and the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed=
 the score as two different scores merged into one. He first created a scor=
e that reflected the Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separat=
e "traditional" score to drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was=
 chosen to sing the theme song for the film, called "I See You". An accompa=
nying music video, directed by Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on M=
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0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Avatar is primarily an action=
-adventure journey of self-discovery, in the context of imperialism, and de=
ep ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspiration was "every single science fic=
tion book I read as a kid" and that he wanted to update the style of Edgar =
Rice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] He acknowledged that Avatar shares =
themes with the films At Play in the Fields of the Lord, The Emerald Forest=
, and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes between cultures and civiliz=
ations, and with Dances with Wolves, where a battered soldier finds himself=
 drawn to the culture he was initially fighting against.[105][106] He also =
cited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Princess Mononoke as an influenc=
e on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 2012, Cameron filed a 45-page legal =
declaration that intended to "describe in great detail the genesis of the i=
deas, themes, storylines, and images that came to be Avatar."[107] In addit=
ion to historical events (such as European colonization of the Americas), h=
is life experiences and several of his unproduced projects, Cameron drew co=
nnections between Avatar and his previous films. He cited his script and co=
ncept 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 A=
vatar's "concepts of a world mind, intelligence within nature, the idea of =
projecting force or consciousness using an avatar, colonization of alien pl=
anets, 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 "=
water tentacle" in The Abyss as an example of an "avatar" that "takes on th=
e appearance of...an alien life form...in order to bridge the cultural gap =
and build trust."[108] Cameron also cited a number of works by other creato=
rs as "reference points and sources of inspiration" for Avatar. These inclu=
de two of his "favorite" films, 2001: A Space Odyssey, where mankind experi=
ences an evolution after meeting alien life, and Lawrence of Arabia, where =
"an outsider...encounters and immerses into a foreign culture and then ulti=
mately joins that group to fight other outsiders." Cameron said he became f=
amiliar with the concept of a human operating a "synthetic avatar" inside a=
nother world from George Henry Smith's short story "In the Imagicon" and Ar=
thur C. Clarke's novel The City and the Stars. He said he learned of the te=
rm "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk novels Neuromancer by William Gibson a=
nd Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. The idea of a "world mind" origina=
ted in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Cameron mentioned several other =
films about people interacting with "indigenous cultures" as inspiring him,=
 including Dances with Wolves, The Man Who Would Be King, The Mission, The =
Emerald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle Book and FernGully. He also cited =
as inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs a=
nd other adventure stories by Rudyard Kipling and H. Rider Haggard.[108] In=
 a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron was asked about the meaning o=
f the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarnation of one of the =
Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means is that the hu=
man technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's intelligence=
 into a remotely located body, a biological body."[10] Cameron also cited t=
he Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in the Shell, in terms of how h=
umans can remotely control, and transfer their personalities into, alien bo=
dies.[109][110] For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri, Cam=
eron applied a star-crossed love theme, which he said was in the tradition =
of Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of =
Jack and Rose from his film Titanic. An interviewer stated, "Both couples c=
ome from radically different cultures that are contemptuous of their relati=
onship and are forced to choose sides between the competing communities."[1=
13] Cameron described Neytiri as his "Pocahontas," saying that his plotline=
 followed the historical story of a "white outsider [who] falls in love wit=
h the chief's daughter, who becomes his guide to the tribe and to their spe=
cial bond with nature."[108] Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and =
Neytiri 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 C=
ameron felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in love right away, their portraye=
rs (Worthington and Saldana) felt the characters did. Cameron said the two =
actors "had a great chemistry" during filming.[113] A gray mountain in the =
middle of a forest. Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired=
 in part by the Chinese Huangshan mountains (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie Na=
tional Forest Park For the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the desi=
gners drew inspiration from "many different types of mountains, but mainly =
the karst limestone formations in China."[116] According to production desi=
gner Dylan Cole, the fictional floating rocks were inspired by Huangshan (a=
lso known as Yellow Mountain), Guilin, Zhangjiajie, among others around the=
 world.[116] Cameron had noted the influence of the Chinese peaks on the de=
sign of the floating mountains.[117] To create the interiors of the human m=
ining colony on Pandora, production designers visited the Noble Clyde Boudr=
eaux[118] oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico during June 2007. They photogr=
aphed, measured and filmed every aspect of the platform, which was later re=
plicated on-screen with photorealistic CGI during post-production. </div></=
div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><=
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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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ht: 0; margin: 0;">The Visions Once again wishing a family of his own and a=
 life outside of superheroics, Vision moves to Fairfax, Virginia with a new=
ly created synthezoid family: wife Virginia, son Vin, and daughter Viv Visi=
on (it is indicated he used Wanda's saved brain patterns for Virginia and a=
 mixture of hers and his own to create the children). They attempt to live =
a normal suburban life but find socializing with neighbors difficult.[74] W=
hen the Grim Reaper attacks their house and nearly kills Viv, Virginia kill=
s him in self-defense. A neighbor then tries to blackmail Virginia over the=
 murder. When she confronts him, another death is accidentally caused, a cl=
assmate of Viv's. Vision finds the Reaper's remains and lies to the police =
regarding Virginia's whereabouts during the death of Viv's classmate.[75] T=
o reinforce a sense of normalcy, he creates a synthezoid dog named Sparky f=
or the family. Meanwhile, Agatha Harkness warns the Avengers that in the fu=
ture, Vision's desire to maintain his view of a happy, normal family, may l=
ead to mass murder or genocide to protect them.[76] The Avengers send Victo=
r Mancha to secretly investigate the family. When Vin discovers Victor repo=
rting back to the Avengers, he panics and attacks, accidentally causing irr=
eparable damage to his own nervous system.[77] Virginia reveals the truth t=
o Viv, leading to an angry confrontation. Virginia lets out her anger on Sp=
arky, killing the dog. To prevent Vision from compromising his morals by ta=
king revenge on Victor Mancha for Vin, Virginia murders Victor herself.[78]=
 She then calls the police and claims full responsibility for the recent cr=
imes and deaths, stating she tampered with Vision's operative system as wel=
l. It is left unclear if she is clouding the truth to absolve Vision from a=
ny part he played or if she is telling the truth and Vision's perceptions w=
ere tampered with. After meeting with Vision again, Virginia drinks water w=
ith corrosive properties from a Zenn-Lavian water vase they have in their h=
ome. Vision sits with her as she dies.[79] During the Secret Empire crossov=
er, a new, villainous version of Steven Rogers, Captain America, is created=
 who is actually a Hydra sleeper agent.[80] As Hydra begins its plans for c=
onquest, it creates its own Avengers team, recruiting Vision by influencing=
 him with an A.I. virus (though he continually resists its control).[81] Du=
ring a final battle in Washington DC, Vision sees Viv and is finally able t=
o resist the virus. The reappearance of the true Steve Rogers leads to vict=
ory and the events of Secret Empire being undone.[82] His mind free once mo=
re, Vision returns to the Avengers. Mortal Vision After an encounter with t=
he Hulk,[83] Vision is seemingly destroyed again. Later rebuilt, his nano-c=
ore remained seriously damaged, causing decay throughout his body.[84] Give=
n the option to be rebuilt completely, Vision opted not to do so, deciding =
that his experiences (particularly in regards to his android family) had ta=
ught him that life is precious because it is finite, later adding that to b=
e mortal is to be human.[85] Months later, an adventure with the Avengers l=
eads to Vision meeting Conan the Barbarian, who argues death happens regard=
less and humanity is proven by fighting it.[86] Soon afterward, Vision ente=
rs the other-dimensional House of Ideas, a place said to exist in the core =
of all reality and is possibly the birthplace of time and space. Being pres=
ent in the House of Ideas caused Vision's body and nano-core to be restored=
, his degeneration now cured and his emotions seemingly restored.[86] Visio=
n is then able to defeat an enemy by utilizing his joy, admiration, and fai=
th in Earth's heroes and in the fact that he lives in a universe of heroic =
stories.[86] Powers and abilities The Vision's android body is originally a=
 functioning replica of a human body, described as "every inch a human bein=
g=E2=80=94except that all of his bodily organs are constructed of synthetic=
 materials."[2] This body was made with Horton Cells that mimic human biolo=
gy but have greater adaptability and resistance to injury. Ultron took this=
 "synthetic man" and added advanced robotic systems and solar energy power =
cells.[2] Later still, Vision was updated by the science of Miles Lipton,[4=
1] as well as Tony Stark and the Vision himself, as he effected some of his=
 own upgrades.[48][71] Soon before he joined the Avengers A.I. team, Vision=
's "evolve" protocols changed his body's construction to now be composed of=
 microscopic nanobots that act with each other to replicate his original ba=
sic construction but inherently now allow new abilities,[86] such as regene=
ration from damage he suffers in battle and Vision's new power to change sh=
ape and even split into different parts while maintaining control.[71] Beca=
use Vision's cells and nanobots each carry the information of his entire sy=
stem, similar to human DNA, it is possible for him to eventually come back =
from even catastrophic injury as long as his programming is not lost as wel=
l. If his energy or systems are taxed, he may require outside help and sign=
ificant rest. Vision is a "living" android (or "synthezoid" as Hank Pym has=
 described him) who has a full capacity for emotions as well as emotional g=
rowth. His capacity for emotions is reliant on adding a recording of human =
brainwave patterns to his programming, without which his initial operating =
system could develop problems.[41] Originally programmed with the brain pat=
tern of Simon Williams (Wonder Man), Vision's experiences quickly made his =
own brain patterns unique.[48] Later still, he acquired a partial recording=
 of the brain patterns of Alex Lipton,[41] further adding to his emotional =
growth and making him a different person at the core than Wonder Man.[48] T=
rained in hand-to-hand combat by Captain America, Vision is an expert in th=
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Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and in the UK on April 26.[176] T=
he US release was not on a Tuesday as is the norm, but was done to coincide=
 with Earth Day.[177] The first DVD and Blu-ray release does not contain an=
y supplemental features other than the theatrical film and the disc menu in=
 favor of and to make space for optimal 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.[178] The Blu-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ =
5) which some Blu-ray players might not support without a firmware update.[=
179][180] Avatar set a first-day launch record in the U.S. for Blu-ray sale=
s at 1.5 million units sold, breaking the record previously held by The Dar=
k Knight (600,000 units sold). First-day DVD and Blu-ray sales combined wer=
e over four million units sold.[181] In its first four days of release, sal=
es of Avatar on Blu-ray reached 2.7 million in the United States and Canada=
 =E2=80=93 overtaking The Dark Knight to become the best ever selling Blu-r=
ay release in the region.[182][183] The release later broke the Blu-ray sal=
es record in the UK the following week.[184] In its first three weeks of re=
lease, the film sold a total of 19.7 million DVD and Blu-ray discs combined=
, a new record for sales in that period.[185] As of July 18, 2012, DVD sale=
s (not including Blu-ray) totaled over 10.5 million units sold with $190,80=
6,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar retained its record as the top-selling Blu-ra=
y in the US market until January 2015, when it was surpassed by Disney's Fr=
ozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended Collector's Edition on DVD and Bl=
u-ray was released on November 16, 2010. Three different versions of the fi=
lm are present on the discs: the original theatrical cut (162 minutes), the=
 special edition cut (170 minutes), and a collector's extended cut (178 min=
utes). The DVD set spreads the film across two discs, while the Blu-ray set=
 presents it on a single disc.[188] The collector's extended cut contains 8=
 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 minutes longer than the origina=
l 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 "Ea=
rth 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 release also includes an additional 45 minu=
tes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] Cameron initially stated that =
Avatar would be released in 3D around November 2010, but the studio issued =
a correction: "3-D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on=
 3D Blu-ray in November."[190] In May 2010, Fox stated that the 3D version =
would be released some time in 2011.[185] It was later revealed that Fox ha=
d given Panasonic an exclusive license for the 3D Blu-ray version and only =
with the purchase of a Panasonic 3DTV. The length of Panasonic's exclusivit=
y period is stated to last until February 2012.[191] On October 2010, Camer=
on 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 Chr=
istmas Eve 2010, Avatar had its 3D television world premiere on Sky.[193][1=
94][195] On August 13, 2012, Cameron announced on Facebook that Avatar woul=
d be released globally on Blu-ray 3D.[196] The Blu-ray 3D version was final=
ly released on October 16, 2012.[197] Reception Critical response On review=
 aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 319 reviews are positive, and the avera=
ge rating is 7.4/10. The site's consensus reads, "It might be more impressi=
ve on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffir=
ms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking."[19=
8] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assigns a weighted mean score =E2=80=94 th=
e film has a score of 83 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating "univer=
sal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average=
 grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Every demographic surveyed was reported =
to give this rating. These polls also indicated that the main draw of the f=
ilm was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the=
 film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of four. "Watching Avatar,=
 I felt sort of the same as when I saw 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 of special effects" and it "is not simpl=
y a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical breakt=
hrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message".[201] A. O. Scott of =
At The Movies also compared his viewing of the film to the first time he vi=
ewed 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 p=
raised the film, saying "The King of the World sets his sights on creating =
another world entirely in Avatar, and it's very much a place worth visiting=
."[204] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive r=
eview. "The screen is alive with more action and the soundtrack pops with m=
ore robust music than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you care to mention," =
he stated.[205] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded Avatar a three-and-a=
-half out of four star rating and wrote in his print review "It extends the=
 possibilities of what movies can do. Cameron's talent may just be as big a=
s his dreams."[206] Richard Corliss of Time magazine thought that the film =
was "the most vivid and convincing creation of a fantasy world ever seen in=
 the history of moving pictures."[207] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Tim=
es thought the film has "powerful" visual accomplishments but "flat dialogu=
e" and "obvious characterization".[208] James Berardinelli of ReelViews pra=
ised the film and its story, giving it four out of four stars; he wrote "In=
 3-D, it's immersive =E2=80=93 but the traditional film elements =E2=80=93 =
story, character, editing, theme, emotional resonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are p=
resented with sufficient expertise to make even the 2-D version an engrossi=
ng 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar's underlying social and poli=
tical themes attracted attention. Armond White of the New York Press wrote =
that Cameron used "villainous American characters" to "misrepresent facets =
of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[210][211] Russell D. Moore of =
The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda exists in the film" and state=
d "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 e=
ffects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times was more positive about the =
film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a 22nd-century version of the A=
merican colonists vs. the British, India 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 pantheism [...] Hollywood's religion of ch=
oice for a generation now",[214] while Saritha Prabhu of The Tennessean cal=
led the film a "misportrayal of pantheism and Eastern spirituality in gener=
al",[215] and Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Times, on the contrary, commend=
ed the film's message for its overall consistency with the teachings of Hin=
duism in the Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 concluded that Avata=
r is another film that has the recurring "fantasy about race" whereby "some=
 white guy" becomes the "most awesome" member of a non-white culture.[217] =
Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune called Avatar "the season's ideolog=
ical Rorschach blot",[218] while Miranda Devine of The Sydney Morning Heral=
d thought that "It [was] impossible to watch Avatar without being banged ov=
er the head with the director's ideological hammer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo bel=
ieved that an essential, yet less visible social theme that contributed to =
Avatar's success concerns contemporary fascinations with virtual avatars an=
d "the transition from the world of reality to that of virtual reality".[22=
0] Critics and audiences have cited similarities with other films, literatu=
re or media, describing the perceived connections in ways ranging from simp=
le "borrowing" to outright plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called i=
t "the same movie" as Dances with Wolves.[221] Like Dances with Wolves, Ava=
tar has been characterized as being a "white savior" movie, in which a "bac=
kwards" native people is impotent without the leadership of a member of the=
 invading white culture.[222][223] Parallels to the concept and use of an a=
vatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957 novelette "Call Me Joe", in which a paral=
yzed man uses his mind from orbit to control an artificial body on Jupiter.=
[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia have noted that Avatar has elements i=
n common with the 1960s Noon Universe novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky=
, which are set in the 22nd century on a forested world called Pandora with=
 a sentient indigenous species called the Nave.[226] Various reviews have c=
ompared Avatar to the films FernGully: The Last Rainforest,[227][228] Pocah=
ontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230] NPR's Morning Edition has compared th=
e film to a montage of tropes, with one commentator stating that Avatar was=
 made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts in a blender".[231] Gary Westfahl =
wrote that "the science fiction story that most closely resembles Avatar ha=
s to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for World Is Forest (1972), anoth=
er epic about a benevolent race of alien beings who happily inhabit dense f=
orests while living in harmony with nature until they are attacked and slau=
ghtered by invading human soldiers who believe that the only good gook is a=
 dead gook".[225] The science fiction writer and editor Gardner Dozois said=
 that along with the Anderson and Le Guin stories, the "mash-up" included A=
lan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midworld.[232] Some sources saw similarities =
to the artwork of Roger Dean, which features fantastic images of dragons an=
d floating rock formations.[233][234] In 2013, Dean sued Cameron and Fox, c=
laiming that Pandora was inspired by 14 of his images. Dean sought damages =
of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 2014, and The Hollywood Reporter=
 noted that Cameron had won multiple Avatar idea theft cases.[236] Avatar r=
eceived compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg praising it as "=
the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star Wars" and o=
thers calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master class", and "brilli=
ant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian is also a noted f=
an of the film.[237] On the other hand, 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 B=
esson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now create an adaptation of the g=
raphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laureline that technologically suppor=
ts 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 "The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium=
 (Thus Far)"[240] also earning it a spot on the magazine's All-Time 100 lis=
t,[241] and IGN listed Avatar as number 22 on their list of the top 25 Sci-=
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 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;"> After the fil=
m's release and unusually strong box office performance over its first two =
weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Titanic's world=
wide gross, and its continued strength perplexed box office analysts.[294] =
Other films in recent years had been cited as contenders for surpassing Tit=
anic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[295] but Avatar was considered the fi=
rst film with a genuine chance to do so, and its numbers being aided by hig=
her ticket prices for 3D screenings[294] did not fully explain its success =
to box office analysts. "Most films are considered to be healthy if they ma=
nage anything less than a 50% drop from their first weekend to their second=
. Dipping just 11% from the first to the third is unheard of," said Paul De=
rgarabedian, president of box-office analysis for Hollywood.com. "This is j=
ust unprecedented. I had to do a double take. I thought it was a miscalcula=
tion."[296] Analysts predicted second place for the film's worldwide gross,=
 but most were uncertain about it surpassing Titanic because "Today's films=
 flame out much faster than they did when Titanic was released."[296] Brand=
on Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances of be=
coming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it wa=
s too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He s=
aid, "While Avatar may beat Titanic's record, it will be tough, and the fil=
m is unlikely to surpass Titanic in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3=
 cheaper in the late 1990s."[296] Cameron said he did not think it was real=
istic to "try to topple Titanic off its perch" because it "just struck some=
 kind of chord" and there had been other good films in recent years.[297] H=
e changed his prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a ma=
tter of time," he said.[298] You've got to compete head on with these other=
 epic works of fantasy and fiction, the Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the =
Star Treks. People want a persistent alternate reality to invest themselves=
 in and they want the detail that makes it rich and worth their time. They =
want to live somewhere else. Like Pandora. James Cameron on the success of =
Avatar[299] Although analysts have been unable to agree that Avatar's succe=
ss is attributable to one primary factor, several explanations have been ad=
vanced. First, January is historically "the dumping ground for the year's w=
eakest films", and this also applied to 2010.[300] Cameron himself said he =
decided to open the film in December so that it would have less competition=
 from then to January.[287] Titanic capitalized on the same January predict=
ability, and earned most of its gross in 1998.[300] Additionally, Avatar es=
tablished itself as a "must-see" event. Gray said, "At this point, people w=
ho are going to see Avatar are going to see Avatar and would even if the sl=
ate was strong."[300] Marketing the film as a "novelty factor" also helped.=
 Fox positioned the film as a cinematic event that should be seen in the th=
eaters. "It's really hard to sell the idea that you can have the same exper=
ience at home," stated David Mumpower, an analyst at BoxOfficeProphets.com.=
[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the film and international viewings help=
ed. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned overseas, and Avatar [tracked]=
 similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 markets globally and was No. 1 in all of=
 them", and the markets "such as Russia, where Titanic saw modest receipts =
in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today" with "more screens and moviegoers" t=
han before.[300] According to Variety, films in 3D accumulated $1.3 billion=
 in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2008 and more than 10% of the total 20=
09 box-office gross". The increased ticket 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". Not only do some theaters charge up to $=
18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz" created by the new technology was th=
e possible cause for sold-out screenings.[301] Gray said Avatar having no b=
asis in previously established material makes its performance remarkable an=
d even more impressive. "The movie might be derivative of many movies in it=
s story and themes," he said, "but it had no direct antecedent like the oth=
er top-grossing films: Titanic (historical events), the Star Wars movies (a=
n established film franchise), or The Lord of the Rings (literature). It wa=
s a tougher sell ..."[300] The Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a co=
mbined production and promotion cost of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, t=
he film turned a net profit of $1.2 billion. </div></div></td> </tr></table=
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