Avatar

Avatar is a 2009 American science fiction film written, directed and produced by James Cameron. In the film's mid-22nd century setting, Earth's natural resources have been depleted and the planet is undergoing a severe energy crisis. However, humans are colonizing the planet Pandora, home of a ten-foot tall blue-skinned humanoid species called the Na'vi, and have discovered a mineral called unobtanium, whose superconductive properties can aid in resolving Earth's energy crisis. To that end, an agency called the Resources Development Administration (RDA) is carrying out a mining operation to extract unobtanium from Pandora and ship it back to Earth. In addition to the mining, Earth is also pursuing a scientific operation to explore Pandora. Because the planet's atmosphere is poisonous to human beings, the scientists interact with the environment and with the Na'vi by means of synthetic Na'vi-human hybrid bodies, the "avatars" of the title.

The main character of the film is Jake Sully, an avatar operator who is working as a security guard in support of the scientific operation. In the course of his interactions with the Na'vi, he meets and falls in love with Neytiri, the daughter of her clan's spiritual leader. Jake later learns that the mining operations are a threat to the Na'vi, and finds his loyalties divided when he learns that the RDA are planning an attack on the Na'vi. When conflict breaks out, Jake switches allegiance and fights on the side of the Na'vi. Following the Na'vi victory, Jake's consciousness is permanently transferred into his avatar body and he begins a new life as a Na'vi.

Avatar was well-received by critics and audiences alike and became one of the highest-grossing films of all time, second only to Gone with the Wind (with box office receipts adjusted for inflation). The film was praised for its ground-breaking visual effects and won an Academy Award award in that category, as well as two others. Four sequels are planned and are anticipated to be released in the early-to-mid 2020s.

References

Television episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 22 470 "The Fool Monty" The couch gag is a parody of Avatar. 474 "Moms I'd Like to Forget" When Comic Book Guy is asked to tell the story of how Bart got the scar on his hand, he initially refuses: "The answer is no! And I can say it in Na'vi or Klingon." 23 489 "Treehouse of Horror XXII" The "In the Na'vi" segment is a parody of Avatar. 507 "Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda" The Avatar parody couch gag appears again. 25 548 "Days of Future Future" In the future, one of the women's pictures in Bart's "Little Black eBook" is of Neytiri.

Comic stories

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Chief Wiggum's Felonious Funnies 1 Future Cop! Chief Wiggum has a dream where he is a cop in the future and is putting down a riot at a space jail. In reality, however, he's attacking costumed attendees at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con. One of the convention-goers seen fleeing in panic is costumed as Neytiri.

Books

Picture Book Reference Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic One of the elements on Lisa's Table of Geeky Delights is Nv for the Na'vi.

Twitter

Account Date Tweet HomerJSimpson March 6, 2010 I wish the technology in "Avatar" was real. That way, I could make a ten-foot blue version of myself sit through that stupid movie. #oscars ComicBookGuy July 26, 2014 The laundry bleached my "Dr. Manhattan" thong white, so now I'm forced to go to the Masquerade as "Na'vi Baby Huey". #SDCC #FOXSDCC

Common cast and crew

Crew

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border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Music contractor for The Simpsons Movie and for the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Sean England | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Foley recordist; foley mixer (uncredited). | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Foley recordist for The Simpsons Movie; worked with Skywalker Sound for The Simpsons Game. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Luke Dunn Geilmuda | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Supervising foley editor. | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Sound effects editor for The Simpsons Movie. |- | style="text-align: center; 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"|Denis St. Amand | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Music engineer. | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Music engineer for The Simpsons Movie. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Christopher Scarabosio | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Sound effects editor. | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Additional re-recording mixer for The Simpsons Movie. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|John Soukup | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Sound transfer (uncredited). | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Sound engineer for the Season 28 episode "Dogtown". |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Tom Steel | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Stage manager. | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Stage manager for The Simpsons Movie and for the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Dennie Thorpe | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Foley artist. | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Foley artist for The Simpsons Movie; worked with Skywalker Sound for The Simpsons Game. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Jana Vance | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Foley artist. | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Foley artist for The Simpsons Movie; worked with Skywalker Sound for The Simpsons Game. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Supervising sound editor. | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Supervising sound editor for The Simpsons Movie.

External Links

Avatar at Wikipedia

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