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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.


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 Hulk first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (cover dated May 1962),=
=20
written by writer-editor Stan Lee, penciled and co-plotted by Jack Kirby,[7=
][8]=20
and inked by Paul Reinman. Lee cites influence from Frankenstein[9] and Dr.=
=20
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the Hulk's creation: It was patently apparent that [=
the=20
monstrous character the] Thing was the most popular character in [Marvel's=
=20
recently created superhero team the] Fantastic Four. ... For a long time, I=
'd=20
been aware of the fact that people were more likely to favor someone who wa=
s=20
less than perfect. ... It's a safe bet that you remember Quasimodo, but how=
=20
easily can you name any of the heroic, handsomer, more glamorous characters=
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame? And then there's Frankenstein ... I've always =
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a soft spot in my heart for the Frankenstein monster. No one could ever=20
convince me that he was the bad guy. ... He never wanted to hurt anyone; he=
=20
merely groped his torturous way through a second life trying to defend hims=
elf,=20
trying to come to terms with those who sought to destroy him. ... I decided=
 I=20
might as well borrow from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well=E2=80=94our prota=
gonist would=20
constantly change from his normal identity to his superhuman alter ego and =
back=20
again.[10] Hulk comic logo Kirby also stated the Frankenstein inspiration=
=20
stating, "I did a story called =E2=80=9CThe Hulk=E2=80=9D=E2=80=93 a small =
feature, and it was quite=20
different from the Hulk that we know. But I felt that the Hulk had=20
possibilities, and I took this little character from the small feature and =
I=20
transformed it into the Hulk that we know today. Of course, I was experimen=
ting=20
with it. I thought the Hulk might be a good-looking Frankenstein. I felt=20
there=E2=80=99s a Frankenstein in all of us; I=E2=80=99ve seen it demonstra=
ted. And I felt that=20
the Hulk had the element of truth in it, and anything to me with the elemen=
t of=20
truth is valid and the reader relates to that. And if you dramatize it, the=
=20
reader will enjoy it."[11] Kirby also commented upon his influences in draw=
ing=20
the character, and recalled the inspiration of witnessing the hysterical=20
strength of a mother lifting a car off her trapped child.[12][13][14] Lee h=
as=20
also compared Hulk to the Golem of Jewish mythology.[9] In The Science of=
=20
Superheroes, Gresh and Weinberg see the Hulk as a reaction to the Cold War[=
15]=20
and the threat of nuclear attack, an interpretation shared by Weinstein in =
Up,=20
Up and Oy Vey.[9] This interpretation corresponds with other popularized=20
fictional media created during this time period, which took advantage of th=
e=20
prevailing sense among Americans that nuclear power could produce monsters =
and=20
mutants.[16] In the debut, Lee chose grey for the Hulk because he wanted a=
=20
color that did not suggest any particular ethnic group.[17] Colorist Stan=
=20
Goldberg, however, had problems with the grey coloring, resulting in differ=
ent=20
shades of grey, and even green, in the issue. After seeing the first publis=
hed=20
issue, Lee chose to change the skin color to green.[18] Green was used in=
=20
retellings of the origin, with even reprints of the original story being=20
recolored for the next two decades, until The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #302=
=20
(December 1984) reintroduced the grey Hulk in flashbacks set close to the=
=20
origin story. An exception is the early trade paperback, Origins of Marvel=
=20
Comics, from 1974, which explains the difficulties in keeping the grey colo=
r=20
consistent in a Stan Lee-written prologue, and reprints the origin story=20
keeping the grey coloration. Since December 1984, reprints of the first iss=
ue=20
have displayed the original grey coloring, with the fictional canon specify=
ing=20
that the Hulk's skin had initially been grey. Lee gave the Hulk's alter ego=
 the=20
alliterative name "Bruce Banner" because he found he had less difficulty=20
remembering alliterative names. Despite this, in later stories he misrememb=
ered=20
the character's name and referred to him as "Bob Banner", an error which=20
readers quickly picked up on.[19] The discrepancy was resolved by giving th=
e=20
character the official full name "Robert Bruce Banner."[1] The Hulk got his=
=20
name from a comic book character named The Heap who was a large green swamp=
=20
monster.[20] Series history The Hulk's original series was canceled with is=
sue=20
#6 (March 1963). Lee had written each story, with Kirby penciling the first=
=20
five issues and Steve Ditko penciling and inking the sixth. The character=
=20
immediately guest-starred in The Fantastic Four #12 (March 1963), and month=
s=20
later became a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers, appearin=
g in=20
the first two issues of the team's eponymous series (Sept. and Nov. 1963), =
and=20
returning as an antagonist in issue #3 and as an ally in #5 (Jan.=E2=80=93M=
ay 1964). He=20
then guest-starred in Fantastic Four #25=E2=80=9326 (April=E2=80=93May 1964=
), which revealed=20
Banner's full name as Robert Bruce Banner, and The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (=
July=20
1964).[21] The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). Cover art by Jack Kirby and P=
aul=20
Reinman. Around this time, co-creator Kirby received a letter from a colleg=
e=20
dormitory stating the Hulk had been chosen as its official mascot.[9] Kirby=
 and=20
Lee realized their character had found an audience in college-age readers. =
A=20
year and a half after The Incredible Hulk was canceled, the Hulk became one=
 of=20
two features in Tales to Astonish, beginning in issue #60 (Oct. 1964).[22] =
This=20
new Hulk feature was initially scripted by Lee, with pencils by Steve Ditko=
 and=20
inks by George Roussos. Other artists later in this run included Jack Kirby=
=20
(#68=E2=80=9387, June 1965 =E2=80=93 Oct. 1966); Gil Kane (credited as "Sco=
tt Edwards", #76,=20
(Feb. 1966)); Bill Everett (#78=E2=80=9384, April=E2=80=93Oct. 1966); John =
Buscema (#85=E2=80=9387);=20
and Marie Severin. The Tales to Astonish run introduced the super-villains =
the=20
Leader,[4] who would become the Hulk's nemesis, and the Abomination, anothe=
r=20
gamma-irradiated being.[4] Marie Severin finished out the Hulk's run in Tal=
es=20
to Astonish. Beginning with issue #102 (April 1968) the book was retitled T=
he=20
Incredible Hulk vol. 2,[23] and ran until 1999, when Marvel canceled the se=
ries=20
and launched Hulk #1. Marvel filed for a trademark for "The Incredible Hulk=
" in=20
1967, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the registra=
tion=20
in 1970.[24] Len Wein wrote the series from 1974 through 1978, working firs=
t=20
with Herb Trimpe, then, as of issue #194 (December 1975), with Sal Buscema,=
 who=20
was the regular artist for ten years.[25] Issues #180=E2=80=93181 (Oct.=E2=
=80=93Nov. 1974)=20
introduced Wolverine as an antagonist,[26] who would go on to become one of=
=20
Marvel Comics' most popular characters. In 1977, Marvel launched a second=
=20
title, The Rampaging Hulk, a black-and-white comics magazine.[4] This was=
=20
originally conceived as a flashback series, set between the end of his=20
original, short-lived solo title and the beginning of his feature in Tales =
to=20
Astonish.[27] After nine issues, the magazine was retitled The Hulk! and=20
printed in color.[28] In 1977, two Hulk television films were aired to stro=
ng=20
ratings, leading to an Incredible Hulk TV series that aired from 1978 to 19=
82.=20
A huge ratings success, the series introduced the popular Hulk catchphrase=
=20
"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry", and broadened t=
he=20
character's popularity from a niche comic book readership into the mainstre=
am=20
consciousness.[29] Bill Mantlo became the series' writer for five years=20
beginning with issue #245 (March 1980). Mantlo's "Crossroads of Eternity"=
=20
stories (#300=E2=80=93313 (Oct. 1984 =E2=80=93 Nov. 1985)) explored the ide=
a that Banner had=20
suffered child abuse. Later Hulk writers Peter David and Greg Pak have call=
ed=20
these stories an influence on their approaches to the character.[30][31] Ma=
ntlo=20
left the series for Alpha Flight and that series' writer John Byrne took ov=
er=20
The Incredible Hulk.[32] The final issue of Byrne's six issue run featured =
the=20
wedding of Bruce Banner and Betty Ross.[33] Writer Peter David began a 12-y=
ear=20
run with issue #331 (May 1987). He returned to the Roger Stern and Mantlo a=
buse=20
storylines, expanding the damage caused, and depicting Banner as suffering=
=20
dissociative identity disorder (DID).[4] In 1998, David killed off Banner's=
=20
long-time love Betty Ross. Marvel executives used Ross' death as an opportu=
nity=20
to pursue the return of the Savage Hulk. David disagreed, leading to his=20
parting ways with Marvel.[34] Also in 1998, Marvel relaunched The Rampaging=
=20
Hulk as a standard comic book rather than as a comics magazine.[4] The=20
Incredible Hulk was again cancelled with issue #474 of its second volume in=
=20
March 1999 and was replaced with a new series, Hulk the following month, wi=
th=20
returning writer Byrne and art by Ron Garney.[35][36] New series writer Pau=
l=20
Jenkins developed the Hulk's multiple dissociative identities,[37] and his =
run=20
was followed by Bruce Jones[38] with his run featuring Banner being pursued=
 by=20
a secret conspiracy and aided by the mysterious Mr. Blue. Jones appended hi=
s=20
43-issue Incredible Hulk run with the limited series Hulk/Thing: Hard Knock=
s=20
#1=E2=80=934 (Nov. 2004 =E2=80=93 Feb. 2005), which Marvel published after =
putting the ongoing=20
series on hiatus. Peter David, who had initially signed a contract for the=
=20
six-issue Tempest Fugit limited series, returned as writer when it was deci=
ded=20
to make that story the first five parts of the revived (vol. 3).[39] After =
a=20
four-part tie-in to the "House of M" storyline and a one-issue epilogue, Da=
vid=20
left the series once more, citing the need to do non-Hulk work for the sake=
 of=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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294]=20
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=20
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nage=20
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ping=20
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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
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per=20
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prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time,"=
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il=20
that makes it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. =
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=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
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re=20
screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to Variety, films in 3D=
=20
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than=20
10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The increased ticket price =E2=80=
=93 an=20
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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
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size: 0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Principal photography f=
or Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and Wellington. Cameron descri=
bed the film as a hybrid with a full live-action shoot in combination with =
computer-generated characters and live environments. "Ideally at the end of=
 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 nonprincip=
al scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot with a modified versio=
n of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, developed by Cameron=
 and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D filming fo=
r Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's strong opi=
nion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing less notic=
eable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60% computer-gener=
ated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional miniatures.[69] M=
otion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes Aircraft stage in Pl=
aya 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 day=
s.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[70] In prepara=
tion of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent professional tra=
ining specific to their characters such as archery, horseback riding, firea=
rm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and dialect trainin=
g 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 get=
 a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on the soundstage.[72] Dur=
ing filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera system, a new way of di=
recting motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the actors' virtual cou=
nterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing the director=
 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 s=
pace, or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole scene into a li=
ving miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using conventiona=
l techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-ca=
pture of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not diminis=
h the value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no n=
eed for repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up t=
ouch-ups, scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron desc=
ribed the system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a tr=
ee or a mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete co=
ntrol over the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielber=
g and Peter Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg said=
, "I like to think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Mot=
ion 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 an=
d George Lucas were also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct with=
 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 camer=
a or designed from scratch, are superimposed over the live action images as=
 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 i=
n the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's personal convictions about climate change=
, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food to be served on set. </div></div=
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top"><table class=3D"html_block block-1" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpa=
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g: border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;"><div st=
yle=3D"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,=
sans-serif; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><div style=3D"box-sizing:=
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mso-hide: all; height: 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; marg=
in: 0;">A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used during p=
roduction. According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed since th=
e 1990s to allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advancemen=
t to adequately portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director planne=
d to make use of photorealistic computer-generated characters, created usin=
g new motion capture animation technologies he had been developing in the 1=
4 months leading up to December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new system =
for lighting massive areas like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture stag=
e or "volume" six times larger than any previously used, and an improved me=
thod of capturing facial expressions, enabling full performance capture. To=
 achieve the face capturing, actors wore individually made skull caps fitte=
d with a tiny camera positioned in front of the actors' faces; the informat=
ion collected about their facial expressions and eyes is then transmitted t=
o computers.[81] According to Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers to =
transfer 100% of the actors' physical performances to their digital counter=
parts.[82] Besides the performance capture data which were transferred dire=
ctly to the computers, numerous reference cameras gave the digital artists =
multiple angles of each performance.[83] A technically challenging scene wa=
s near the end of the film when the computer-generated Neytiri held the liv=
e 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 compa=
ny was Weta Digital in Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to wor=
k on the film.[85] Because of the huge amount of data which needed to be st=
ored, cataloged and available for everybody involved, even on the other sid=
e of the world, a new cloud computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM) sy=
stem named Gaia was created by Microsoft especially for Avatar, which allow=
ed the crews to keep track of and coordinate all stages in the digital proc=
essing.[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 cores wi=
th 104 terabytes of RAM and three petabytes of network area storage running=
 Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster manager, and 2 of the animation software=
 and managers, Pixar's RenderMan and Pixar's Alfred queue management system=
.[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 texturing an=
d paint software system, called Mari, was developed by The Foundry in coope=
ration with Weta.[91][92] Creating the Na'vi characters and the virtual wor=
ld of Pandora required over a petabyte of digital storage,[93] and each min=
ute 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 frame o=
f the film.[95] To help finish preparing the special effects sequences on t=
ime, a number of other companies were brought on board, including Industria=
l Light & Magic, which worked alongside Weta Digital to create the battle s=
equences. ILM was responsible for the visual effects for many of the film'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 and so=
undtrack Main article: Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture James Horner =
=E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:32 listen to a clip from the sco=
re of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? See media help. Com=
poser James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration with Cameron af=
ter Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score with a small=
 chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also work=
ed with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture for t=
he alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take place i=
n early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he would=
 not work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked on t=
he score from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the process=
. He stated in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I hav=
e worked on and the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed th=
e score as two different scores merged into one. He first created a score t=
hat reflected the Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separate "=
traditional" score to drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was ch=
osen to sing the theme song for the film, called "I See You". An accompanyi=
ng music video, directed by Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on MySp=
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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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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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ten by writer-editor Stan Lee, penciled and co-plotted by Jack Kirby,[7][8]=
 and inked by Paul Reinman. Lee cites influence from Frankenstein[9] and Dr=
. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the Hulk's creation: It was patently apparent that=
 [the monstrous character the] Thing was the most popular character in [Mar=
vel's recently created superhero team the] Fantastic Four. ... For a long t=
ime, I'd been aware of the fact that people were more likely to favor someo=
ne who was less than perfect. ... It's a safe bet that you remember Quasimo=
do, but how easily can you name any of the heroic, handsomer, more glamorou=
s characters in The Hunchback of Notre Dame? And then there's Frankenstein =
... I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the Frankenstein monster. N=
o one could ever convince me that he was the bad guy. ... He never wanted t=
o hurt anyone; he merely groped his torturous way through a second life try=
ing to defend himself, trying to come to terms with those who sought to des=
troy him. ... I decided I might as well borrow from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde=
 as well=E2=80=94our protagonist would constantly change from his normal id=
entity to his superhuman alter ego and back again.[10] Hulk comic logo Kirb=
y also stated the Frankenstein inspiration stating, "I did a story called =
=E2=80=9CThe Hulk=E2=80=9D=E2=80=93 a small feature, and it was quite diffe=
rent from the Hulk that we know. But I felt that the Hulk had possibilities=
, and I took this little character from the small feature and I transformed=
 it into the Hulk that we know today. Of course, I was experimenting with i=
t. I thought the Hulk might be a good-looking Frankenstein. I felt there=E2=
=80=99s a Frankenstein in all of us; I=E2=80=99ve seen it demonstrated. And=
 I felt that the Hulk had the element of truth in it, and anything to me wi=
th the element of truth is valid and the reader relates to that. And if you=
 dramatize it, the reader will enjoy it."[11] Kirby also commented upon his=
 influences in drawing the character, and recalled the inspiration of witne=
ssing the hysterical strength of a mother lifting a car off her trapped chi=
ld.[12][13][14] Lee has also compared Hulk to the Golem of Jewish mythology=
.[9] In The Science of Superheroes, Gresh and Weinberg see the Hulk as a re=
action to the Cold War[15] and the threat of nuclear attack, an interpretat=
ion shared by Weinstein in Up, Up and Oy Vey.[9] This interpretation corres=
ponds with other popularized fictional media created during this time perio=
d, which took advantage of the prevailing sense among Americans that nuclea=
r power could produce monsters and mutants.[16] In the debut, Lee chose gre=
y for the Hulk because he wanted a color that did not suggest any particula=
r ethnic group.[17] Colorist Stan Goldberg, however, had problems with the =
grey coloring, resulting in different shades of grey, and even green, in th=
e issue. After seeing the first published issue, Lee chose to change the sk=
in color to green.[18] Green was used in retellings of the origin, with eve=
n reprints of the original story being recolored for the next two decades, =
until The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #302 (December 1984) reintroduced the gre=
y Hulk in flashbacks set close to the origin story. An exception is the ear=
ly trade paperback, Origins of Marvel Comics, from 1974, which explains the=
 difficulties in keeping the grey color consistent in a Stan Lee-written pr=
ologue, and reprints the origin story keeping the grey coloration. Since De=
cember 1984, reprints of the first issue have displayed the original grey c=
oloring, with the fictional canon specifying that the Hulk's skin had initi=
ally been grey. Lee gave the Hulk's alter ego the alliterative name "Bruce =
Banner" because he found he had less difficulty remembering alliterative na=
mes. Despite this, in later stories he misremembered the character's name a=
nd referred to him as "Bob Banner", an error which readers quickly picked u=
p on.[19] The discrepancy was resolved by giving the character the official=
 full name "Robert Bruce Banner."[1] The Hulk got his name from a comic boo=
k character named The Heap who was a large green swamp monster.[20] Series =
history The Hulk's original series was canceled with issue #6 (March 1963).=
 Lee had written each story, with Kirby penciling the first five issues and=
 Steve Ditko penciling and inking the sixth. The character immediately gues=
t-starred in The Fantastic Four #12 (March 1963), and months later became a=
 founding member of the superhero team the Avengers, appearing in the first=
 two issues of the team's eponymous series (Sept. and Nov. 1963), and retur=
ning as an antagonist in issue #3 and as an ally in #5 (Jan.=E2=80=93May 19=
64). He then guest-starred in Fantastic Four #25=E2=80=9326 (April=E2=80=93=
May 1964), which revealed Banner's full name as Robert Bruce Banner, and Th=
e Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964).[21] The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)=
. Cover art by Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman. Around this time, co-creator Ki=
rby received a letter from a college dormitory stating the Hulk had been ch=
osen as its official mascot.[9] Kirby and Lee realized their character had =
found an audience in college-age readers. A year and a half after The Incre=
dible Hulk was canceled, the Hulk became one of two features in Tales to As=
tonish, beginning in issue #60 (Oct. 1964).[22] This new Hulk feature was i=
nitially scripted by Lee, with pencils by Steve Ditko and inks by George Ro=
ussos. Other artists later in this run included Jack Kirby (#68=E2=80=9387,=
 June 1965 =E2=80=93 Oct. 1966); Gil Kane (credited as "Scott Edwards", #76=
, (Feb. 1966)); Bill Everett (#78=E2=80=9384, April=E2=80=93Oct. 1966); Joh=
n Buscema (#85=E2=80=9387); and Marie Severin. The Tales to Astonish run in=
troduced the super-villains the Leader,[4] who would become the Hulk's neme=
sis, and the Abomination, another gamma-irradiated being.[4] Marie Severin =
finished out the Hulk's run in Tales to Astonish. Beginning with issue #102=
 (April 1968) the book was retitled The Incredible Hulk vol. 2,[23] and ran=
 until 1999, when Marvel canceled the series and launched Hulk #1. Marvel f=
iled for a trademark for "The Incredible Hulk" in 1967, and the United Stat=
es Patent and Trademark Office issued the registration in 1970.[24] Len Wei=
n wrote the series from 1974 through 1978, working first with Herb Trimpe, =
then, as of issue #194 (December 1975), with Sal Buscema, who was the regul=
ar artist for ten years.[25] Issues #180=E2=80=93181 (Oct.=E2=80=93Nov. 197=
4) introduced Wolverine as an antagonist,[26] who would go on to become one=
 of Marvel Comics' most popular characters. In 1977, Marvel launched a seco=
nd title, The Rampaging Hulk, a black-and-white comics magazine.[4] This wa=
s originally conceived as a flashback series, set between the end of his or=
iginal, short-lived solo title and the beginning of his feature in Tales to=
 Astonish.[27] After nine issues, the magazine was retitled The Hulk! and p=
rinted in color.[28] In 1977, two Hulk television films were aired to stron=
g ratings, leading to an Incredible Hulk TV series that aired from 1978 to =
1982. A huge ratings success, the series introduced the popular Hulk catchp=
hrase "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry", and broad=
ened the character's popularity from a niche comic book readership into the=
 mainstream consciousness.[29] Bill Mantlo became the series' writer for fi=
ve years beginning with issue #245 (March 1980). Mantlo's "Crossroads of Et=
ernity" stories (#300=E2=80=93313 (Oct. 1984 =E2=80=93 Nov. 1985)) explored=
 the idea that Banner had suffered child abuse. Later Hulk writers Peter Da=
vid and Greg Pak have called these stories an influence on their approaches=
 to the character.[30][31] Mantlo left the series for Alpha Flight and that=
 series' writer John Byrne took over The Incredible Hulk.[32] The final iss=
ue of Byrne's six issue run featured the wedding of Bruce Banner and Betty =
Ross.[33] Writer Peter David began a 12-year run with issue #331 (May 1987)=
. He returned to the Roger Stern and Mantlo abuse storylines, expanding the=
 damage caused, and depicting Banner as suffering dissociative identity dis=
order (DID).[4] In 1998, David killed off Banner's long-time love Betty Ros=
s. Marvel executives used Ross' death as an opportunity to pursue the retur=
n of the Savage Hulk. David disagreed, leading to his parting ways with Mar=
vel.[34] Also in 1998, Marvel relaunched The Rampaging Hulk as a standard c=
omic book rather than as a comics magazine.[4] The Incredible Hulk was agai=
n cancelled with issue #474 of its second volume in March 1999 and was repl=
aced with a new series, Hulk the following month, with returning writer Byr=
ne and art by Ron Garney.[35][36] New series writer Paul Jenkins developed =
the Hulk's multiple dissociative identities,[37] and his run was followed b=
y Bruce Jones[38] with his run featuring Banner being pursued by a secret c=
onspiracy and aided by the mysterious Mr. Blue. Jones appended his 43-issue=
 Incredible Hulk run with the limited series Hulk/Thing: Hard Knocks #1=E2=
=80=934 (Nov. 2004 =E2=80=93 Feb. 2005), which Marvel published after putti=
ng the ongoing series on hiatus. Peter David, who had initially signed a co=
ntract for the six-issue Tempest Fugit limited series, returned as writer w=
hen 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 o=
ne-issue epilogue, David left the series once more, citing the need to do n=
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 DVD and Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and in the UK on April 2=
6.[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 and Blu-ray release does not c=
ontain any supplemental features other than the theatrical film and the dis=
c menu in favor of and to make space for optimal picture and sound. The rel=
ease 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 sales at 1.5 million units sold, breaking the record previously held b=
y The Dark Knight (600,000 units sold). First-day DVD and Blu-ray sales com=
bined were over four million units sold.[181] In its first four days of rel=
ease, sales of Avatar on Blu-ray reached 2.7 million in the United States a=
nd Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking The Dark Knight to become the best ever sell=
ing Blu-ray release in the region.[182][183] The release later broke the Bl=
u-ray sales record in the UK the following week.[184] In its first three we=
eks of release, 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 sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled over 10.5 million units sold wit=
h $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar retained its record as the top-selli=
ng Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015, when it was surpassed by Di=
sney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended Collector's Edition on D=
VD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 2010. Three different versions =
of the film are present on the discs: the original theatrical cut (162 minu=
tes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), and a collector's extended cut=
 (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film across two discs, while the Bl=
u-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] The collector's extended cut c=
ontains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 minutes longer than th=
e original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, "you can sit down, and in a c=
ontinuous screening of the film, watch it with the Earth opening". He state=
d 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 release also includes an additiona=
l 45 minutes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] Cameron initially sta=
ted that Avatar would be released in 3D around November 2010, but the studi=
o 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 th=
at Fox had 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 e=
xclusivity period is stated to last until February 2012.[191] On October 20=
10, Cameron stated that the standalone 3D Blu-ray would be the final versio=
n of the film's home release and that it was "maybe one, two years out".[19=
2] On Christmas Eve 2010, Avatar had its 3D television world premiere on Sk=
y.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2012, Cameron announced on Facebook that Av=
atar 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 consensus reads, "It might be more=
 impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avata=
r reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmma=
king."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assigns a weighted mean score =E2=
=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicatin=
g "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a=
n 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 film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times c=
alled the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of four. "Watchin=
g 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 t=
he Ring, the film "employs a new generation of special effects" and it "is =
not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technic=
al breakthrough. 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 t=
ime 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, and it's very much a place worth=
 visiting."[204] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a p=
ositive review. "The screen is alive with more action and the soundtrack po=
ps with more robust music than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you care to m=
ention," he stated.[205] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded Avatar a th=
ree-and-a-half out of four star rating and wrote in his print review "It ex=
tends 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 creation of a fantasy world eve=
r seen in the history of moving pictures."[207] Kenneth Turan of the Los An=
geles Times thought the film has "powerful" visual accomplishments but "fla=
t dialogue" and "obvious characterization".[208] James Berardinelli of Reel=
Views 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 the traditional film elements =
=E2=80=93 story, character, editing, theme, emotional resonance, etc. =E2=
=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise to make even the 2-D version=
 an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar's underlying soc=
ial and political themes attracted attention. Armond White of the New York =
Press wrote that Cameron used "villainous American characters" to "misrepre=
sent facets of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[210][211] Russell =
D. Moore of The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda exists in the fil=
m" 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 amazi=
ng special effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times was more positiv=
e about the film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a 22nd-century vers=
ion of the American colonists vs. the British, India vs. the Raj, or Latin =
America vs. United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of The New York Times opined t=
hat the film is "Cameron's long apologia for pantheism [...] Hollywood's re=
ligion of choice for a generation now",[214] while Saritha Prabhu of The Te=
nnessean called the film a "misportrayal of pantheism and Eastern spiritual=
ity in general",[215] and Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Times, on the contr=
ary, commended the film's message for its overall consistency with the teac=
hings of Hinduism in the Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 conclude=
d that Avatar is another film that has the recurring "fantasy about race" w=
hereby "some white guy" becomes the "most awesome" member of a non-white cu=
lture.[217] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune called Avatar "the seas=
on's ideological Rorschach blot",[218] while Miranda Devine of The Sydney M=
orning Herald thought that "It [was] impossible to watch Avatar without bei=
ng banged over the head with the director's ideological hammer."[219] Nides=
h Lawtoo believed that an essential, yet less visible social theme that con=
tributed to Avatar's success concerns contemporary fascinations with virtua=
l avatars and "the transition from the world of reality to that of virtual =
reality".[220] Critics and audiences have cited similarities with other fil=
ms, literature or media, describing the perceived connections in ways rangi=
ng from simple "borrowing" to outright plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Boston Gl=
obe called it "the same movie" as Dances with Wolves.[221] Like Dances with=
 Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as being a "white savior" movie, in =
which a "backwards" native people is impotent without the leadership of a m=
ember of the invading white culture.[222][223] Parallels to the concept and=
 use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957 novelette "Call Me Joe", in w=
hich a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit to control an artificial body=
 on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia have noted that Avatar ha=
s elements in common with the 1960s Noon Universe novels by Arkady and Bori=
s Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century on a forested world called =
Pandora with a sentient indigenous species called the Nave.[226] Various re=
views have compared Avatar to the films FernGully: 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 tha=
t Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts in a blender".[231] Ga=
ry Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction story that most closely resembl=
es Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for World Is Forest (=
1972), another epic about a benevolent race of alien beings who happily inh=
abit dense forests while living in harmony with nature until they are attac=
ked and slaughtered by invading human soldiers who believe that the only go=
od 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 Alan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midworld.[232] Some sources saw s=
imilarities to the artwork of Roger Dean, which features fantastic images o=
f dragons and floating rock formations.[233][234] In 2013, Dean sued Camero=
n and Fox, claiming that Pandora was inspired by 14 of his images. Dean sou=
ght damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 2014, and The Hollyw=
ood Reporter noted that Cameron had won multiple Avatar idea theft cases.[2=
36] Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg prai=
sing it as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star=
 Wars" and others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master class",=
 and "brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian is al=
so a noted fan 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 fil=
mmaker Luc Besson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now create an adaptat=
ion of the graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laureline that technologi=
cally 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 "The 10 Greatest Movies of th=
e Millennium (Thus Far)"[240] also earning it a spot on the magazine's All-=
Time 100 list,[241] and IGN listed Avatar as number 22 on their list of the=
 top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr>=
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fter the film's release and unusually strong box office performance over it=
s first two weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Tit=
anic's worldwide gross, and its continued strength perplexed box office ana=
lysts.[294] Other films in recent years had been cited as contenders for su=
rpassing Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[295] but Avatar was consi=
dered the first film with a genuine chance to do so, and its numbers being =
aided by higher ticket prices for 3D screenings[294] did not fully explain =
its success to box office analysts. "Most films are considered to be health=
y if they manage 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 Dergarabedian, president of box-office analysis for Hollywood.com=
. "This is just unprecedented. I had to do a double take. I thought it was =
a miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted second place for the film's worl=
dwide gross, but most were uncertain about it surpassing Titanic because "T=
oday's films flame out much faster than they did when Titanic was released.=
"[296] Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's c=
hances of becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also be=
lieved it was too early to surmise because it had only played during the ho=
lidays. He said, "While Avatar may beat Titanic's record, it will be tough,=
 and the film is unlikely to surpass Titanic in attendance. Ticket prices w=
ere about $3 cheaper in the late 1990s."[296] Cameron said he did not think=
 it was realistic 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 y=
ears.[297] He changed his prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It=
's just a matter 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 W=
ars and the Star Treks. People want a persistent alternate reality to inves=
t 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 Av=
atar's success is attributable to one primary factor, several explanations =
have been advanced. First, January is historically "the dumping ground for =
the year's weakest films", and this also applied to 2010.[300] Cameron hims=
elf 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 Jan=
uary predictability, and earned most of its gross in 1998.[300] Additionall=
y, Avatar established itself as a "must-see" event. Gray said, "At this poi=
nt, people who are going to see Avatar are going to see Avatar and would ev=
en if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing the film as a "novelty factor" =
also helped. Fox positioned the film as a cinematic event that should be se=
en in the theaters. "It's really hard to sell the idea that you can have th=
e same experience at home," stated David Mumpower, an analyst at BoxOfficeP=
rophets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the film and international v=
iewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned overseas, and Avat=
ar [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 mode=
st receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today" with "more screens and m=
oviegoers" than 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 2009 box-office gross". The increased ticket price =E2=80=93 an a=
verage of $2 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=80=93 helped the film.[30=
0] Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attributed the film's success to 3D glass=
es but also to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". Not only do some theaters ch=
arge up to $18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz" created by the new techn=
ology was the possible cause for sold-out screenings.[301] Gray said Avatar=
 having no basis in previously established material makes its performance r=
emarkable and even more impressive. "The movie might 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 (historical events), the Star Wa=
rs movies (an established film franchise), or The Lord of the Rings (litera=
ture). It was a tougher sell ..."[300] The Hollywood Reporter estimated tha=
t after a combined production and promotion cost of between $387=E2=80=9343=
7 million, the film turned a net profit of $1.2 billion. </div></div></td><=
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