Avatar in IMAX - Page 8

dar512 · 01-07-2010, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

and Dar, sorry, but you've been talking to the wrong people.

Let's see, I hung out with the chess club & science geeks in high school. I took a semester course on science fiction when I was getting my Education degree. I went back to get a computer science degree and now work with reams of computer science geeks. And just now you're getting around to telling me I've been hanging out with the wrong people?

We'll have to agree to disagree. I don't know who your people are, but my people are not as picky about nomenclature.

Cloud · 01-07-2010, 01:53 PM

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Forrest J Ackerman used the term "sci-fi" at UCLA in 1954.[12] As science fiction entered popular culture, writers and fans active in the field came to associate the term with low-budget, low-tech "B-movies" and with low-quality pulp science fiction.[13][14][15] By the 1970s, critics within the field such as Terry Carr and Damon Knight were using "sci-fi" to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction,[16] and around 1978, Susan Wood and others introduced the pronunciation "skiffy". Peter Nicholls writes that "SF" (or "sf") is "the preferred abbreviation within the community of sf writers and readers".[17] David Langford's monthly fanzine Ansible includes a regular section "As Others See Us" which offers numerous examples of "sci-fi" being used in a pejorative sense by people outside the genre.[18]

from WikiP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction

Maybe I'm older than you? When I was involved in organizing conventions a decade or two ago, this was the feeling.

Edit: Ha! I just looked at your profile, and not only are you older than me (by a smidgeon) but you're a male and for some reason I thought you were a female. You certainly have more geek/nerd credentials than I do, but I was always taught not to use "scifi" when I was actively involved in fandom.

Elspode · 01-07-2010, 02:03 PM

You are both incredibly geeky because you are actually having a discussion about this...

Pie · 01-07-2010, 02:07 PM

dar512 · 01-07-2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Edit: Ha! I just looked at your profile, and not only are you older than me (by a smidgeon) but you're a male and for some reason I thought you were a female.

Well damn. (Not directed at you Cloud). This is not the first time that mistake has been made.

The difference might be that I've never been to a convention. The convention types might be more avid.

BigV · 01-07-2010, 02:13 PM

Some are here for the wine, some for the bottle.

I'm here for the fisticuffs.

Cloud · 01-07-2010, 02:15 PM

avid. maybe "rabid" would be a better description!

dar512 · 01-07-2010, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

You're not fooling anybody, missy.

squirell nutkin · 01-07-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

avid. maybe "rabid" would be a better description!

Awesome movie, but Horror, not SF nor SciFi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabid

TheMercenary · 01-07-2010, 10:07 PM

WOW! What a movie. One of the best in Special Effects I have enjoyed since LOTR. A must see for anyone. You have to see this in 3d or IMAX to really appreciate it. Don't miss this one.

Flint · 01-08-2010, 07:42 AM

Never! And I shall picket out in front of the theater!

Cloud · 01-08-2010, 09:21 AM

so much negativity.

you're going to be reborn as a guinea pig. in South America.

richlevy · 01-08-2010, 10:14 PM

Well, I'm locked in to IMAX King of Prussia http://www.fandango.com/uakingofprus...date=1/16/2010

on Sat Jan 16th for the 2:50 show. We'll be there with friends. If anyone from the Cellar wants to show up, buy your tickets early.

richlevy · 01-08-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

WOW! What a movie. One of the best in Special Effects I have enjoyed since LOTR. A must see for anyone. You have to see this in 3d or IMAX to really appreciate it. Don't miss this one.

Dude, I'm going to see it in 3D and IMAX. If I don't get sick to my stomach during the flight scenes, I'm going to ask for my money back.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-09-2010, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by dar512

I grew up reading asimov, clarke, and heinlein.

Wrong, those people never grow up.

btw, here's what the theaters look like after they showed avatar.

01-07-2010, 02:03 PM	#108
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	You are both incredibly geeky because you are actually having a discussion about this... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	<whistles nonchalantly> __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Some are here for the wine, some for the bottle. I'm here for the fisticuffs. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-07-2010, 02:15 PM	#112
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	avid. maybe "rabid" would be a better description! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-07-2010, 10:07 PM	#115
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	WOW! What a movie. One of the best in Special Effects I have enjoyed since LOTR. A must see for anyone. You have to see this in 3d or IMAX to really appreciate it. Don't miss this one. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-08-2010, 07:42 AM	#116
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Never! And I shall picket out in front of the theater! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-08-2010, 09:21 AM	#117
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	so much negativity. you're going to be reborn as a guinea pig. in South America. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-08-2010, 10:14 PM	#118
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Well, I'm locked in to IMAX King of Prussia http://www.fandango.com/uakingofprus...date=1/16/2010 on Sat Jan 16th for the 2:50 show. We'll be there with friends. If anyone from the Cellar wants to show up, buy your tickets early. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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