“…Think of it this way. Avatar is a fantasy about ceasing to be white, giving up the old human meatsack to join the blue people, but never losing white privilege. Jake never really knows what it’s like to be a Na’vi because he always has the option to switch back into human mode. Interestingly, Wikus [...]
“…Egyptians want something to believe in and Avatar offers a vague picture that is being co-opted into something it isn’t. These arguments that Pandora represents the modern Middle East are essentially people pulling an idea out of the sand in order to connect with a very entertaining film. One could see the struggle of the [...]
I wrote about the Jewish graphic novel The Comic Torah, by Aaron Freeman & Sharon Rosenzweig, awhile ago. In an update, the creators have reached and exceeded their fundraising goal for the book; no release date has been set as of this writing, however. Here’s a recent interview with Rosenzweig at the Jewish website New [...]
“…[The book] could be about irrigation, if you want that kind of irrigation for your mind. Some people need to read to stimulate themselves. It could be that book or another book. That character [Eli] believes that he was told to take it somewhere. I can agree with the intent of that question, you know? [...]
“…We were looking for something big [for Image United], and [writer Robert Kirkman] approached me on it. Ultimately, if there’s one thing we could have done better at Image over the years, it would have been to establish more ‘A’ heroes and villains and sub-characters. So when he was looking for somebody to put into [...]
Avatar has inspired much debate along multiple fronts. One of them is the issue of the performance-capture technology employed by director James Cameron in bringing the alien Na’vi to life. Is it really the future of filmmaking, as Cameron would have you believe? The following are two arguments that use Zoe Saldana and her character [...]
“…When I first saw the film, the remote possibility of Ms. Saldana getting a nomination for her performance was tantalizing. I rationalized that Sigourney Weaver’s turn, part CG and part human, was more likely to be the breakthough nomination. But I have been struck by how many people, Academy members included, have remarked on the [...]
