Leaked 2nd Avatar trailer - This time with plot!

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As you can see above the second trailer from James Cameron's Avatar has leaked on to the web in oh-so-not-the-best quality.  Fans of early leaks can't be picky however so there it is for your viewing pleasure.  And here is a backup because Fox may come knocking eventually.

I used to write about more non-gaming stuff but I tend to just cram it in to the Epic Drop lately for a daily dose of content overload.  Avatar is worth a post mainly because of its grand scale and the fact that it is one of the few marketed movies I am interested in the rest of the year.

You can argue that Cameron has never made a bad movie.  My least favorite is probably Titanic (Wadsworth1's man-crush on Leo means I can never get in to it) though True Lies didn't really do much for me either.  Terminator 1 and 2 bought the guy a ton of movie-cred so I will probably have my interest piqued in pretty much anything he does minus a franchise of donkey-show films.

Avatar however is of a whole new scope.  He first wrote it way back in the mid-90's and was going to direct it right after Titanic.  Things never seemed to pan out and it was pushed to the back burner on his directorial stove.  The cost of the film alone in the early years just wouldn't have been worth it and the technology really wasn't there either.

Fast forward to current times where digital motion capture has advanced exponentially and Cameron can finally bring his CGI world, mixed with real people, to life in semi-economical and realistic way.  Cameron notes "This film is a true hybrid — a full live-action shoot, with CG characters in CG and live environments”.  The film will be shot fully in 3D and at 24 frames per second as well possibly providing an amazing IMAX 3D experience.

I am cautiously optimistic about Avatar.  At this point I am leaning towards checking it out in IMAX mainly thanks to Cameron's past, it being sci-fi, this revolution of CG cinema and me being a big fan of Sam Worthington.  Reviews could change this but for now it is on the "to see" list. 

Now if only we can get Mandy Moore, Vinny Chase and Mr. Cameron together for Aquaman!