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Ray Kurzweil’s Review of Avatar

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Some time ago I posted a few trailers, interviews and short docs together with a brief review of AVATAR. Today I happened to fall onto a very detailed and highly critical review written by Ray Kurzweil. I thought that it is worthwhile to republish Ray’s review in its totality for it does raise many good points that may be worth considering. The review was copied from KurweilAI.net and its orginal URL page is: http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=news_single.html?id%3D11907 Reflections on Avatar by Ray Kurzweil from KurzweilAI.net, Mar. 8, 2010 I recently watched James Cameron’s Avatar in 3D. It was an enjoyable experience in some ways, but overall I left dismayed on a number of levels. It was enjoyable to watch the lush three-dimensional animation and motion capture controlled graphics. I’m not sure that 3D will take over — as many now expect — until [...]

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Voyage to Pandora video

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After reviewing AVATAR, I happened to discover this documentary called Voyage to Pandora. The video is from the Cosmic Journeys series and examines the cosmic neighborhood of Alpha Centauri in which James Cameron‘s fictional planet Pandora is situated. It does a great job at describing the actual science and technological challenges of locating and traveling to any of the planets in the Alpha Centauri quadrant. The video may be played in High Definition and has some spectacular images of actual space telescopes and the movie AVATAR. If you enjoy documentaries about space exploration or the universe you will probably love this one. Related articles by Zemanta Moons like those in Avatar film ‘could become real’ (telegraph.co.uk) Avatar’s Moon Pandora Could Be Real (spacefellowship.com) The Real Science of ‘Avatar’ (space.com) Avatar’s moon Pandora could be real (scienceblog.com)

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