From Elvish To Klingon: What's The Point Of A Fake Language?
Invented languages are perfect for science fiction and fantasy -- they force us to think in cultural terms different from our own.
Invented languages are perfect for science fiction and fantasy -- they force us to think in cultural terms different from our own.
deerfield.patch.com | Posted 12.13.2011
Kyle Antonacci joined the Navy in 2007 because he wanted to serve his country. Three years later, he was found hanging in his closet. His cause of dea...
Posted 09.08.2011
Anyone who's played Zelda is probably familiar with Navi, the little blue fairy who tries to help you and give you tips while you play. Unfortunately,...
Chris McGowan | Posted 05.25.2011
Avatar is a beautiful movie, but it isn't due to artful cinematography. Rather, the visual splendor lies in the inherent beauty of the alien world in which we are immersed.
Sheila Shayon | Posted 05.25.2011
Most important in the movie Avatar is the avatar concept itself: that consciousness shifts from amorphous space to finite body.
Posted 05.25.2011
James Cameron's Avatar may have broken ground at the box office and with advanced visual effects, but some observed that the Oscar nominated film's pl...
Posted 05.25.2011
Ben Stiller dressed head-to-toe as a Na'vi to present the best makeup Oscar and began talking to James Cameron in Na'vi language and making Na'vi sex ...
Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011
The film is a wake-up call - reminding us of the dangers of greed, unconsciousness, disconnection, insensitivity, violence, and arrogance, both globally and personally.
Peter Bosshard | Posted 05.25.2011
March 30, 2164. - I have spent a lot of time on Pandora lately. I have explored its verdant valleys, lush rain forests, and floating mountains. I have...
Jim Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama's version of "I see you" must convey to people that he understands both the extent of their problems and their hesitancy to grow government to solve them.
Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011
It was no coincidence that Wes Studi was cast an the tribal chief Eytukan in James Cameron's Avatar. From the days he was in Dances With Wolves, Studi's been a go-to guy for authentic native American characterizations.
Marlise Karlin | Posted 11.17.2011
What AVATAR points out is how different it is when people are connected through the silence, the Stillness in their hearts and minds. You know, that place where no words are needed.
Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011
Avatar was much better than good. Cameron has now set the bar so high that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas will spend the rest of their careers trying to reach the planet Pandora.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia's first indigenous president is praising "Avatar" for what he calls its message of saving the environment from exploit...
Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011
I didn't feel as that 162 minutes had elapsed by the end. But, then again, I didn't feel much of anything before, during, or after the movie.
Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 05.25.2011
My problem with Avatar is that the script was the weakest part of a transformative experience. It's already been said, but it's also sadly very true.
Michael Adams | Posted 02.13.2012