Finally got the chance to watch this in IMAX 3D....IMO it was alright..by that I mean the story and the whole 'double vision' thing....but then again I had to sit in the third from the front row because the theater was super packed....IMO 2D is more than efficient for this movie....
we don't know if it is magnetism or even the flux vortex, it could be a force that we don't know as of yet or maybe like magnetic hill it is some kind of optical illusion and lets face it the world created is extremely odd and "unnatural" that it would not be surprising if in a follow up we find out that it is not real or natural.
And yes gravity is a weak force it is actually the weakest of the four forces (strong nuclear force, electromagnetism, weak nuclear force, gravity) known to man kind with the weak nuclear force being 10^25x stronger. It takes a planet as massive as the earth to hold me down as it does and I can still stand up with no problem and even jump when I need to. And the only reason all of the examples stop eventually is because the opposing force stopped and gravity is stronger then nothing.
I hope you enjoy it, just sit back and enjoy the ride. It is not strong on the sci like Trek, it is more like Star wars in that respect, a cool story that takes place in a different place which just happens to be the stars. On the other hand it does appear to be allegorical (i.e. using the space and future to tell a story that can’t be told in the present) so in that way it is good sci-fi. In a way it is like a Salvador Dali painting, looks odd and nothing makes sense when you see it superficially, but it drags you in (if you leave it) and makes you think
I googled "Avatar floating mountains" to see what i could find. I did find quite a few people in different forums demanding an explanation....geeks but also found this which satisfys my curiosity and doesnt sound to far away from your theory. Glad to see Cameron has written a science behind it all for the more questioning viewer
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The floating Hallelujah Mountains
The topic of how an entire mountain range can bob over the landscape like corks is never explicitly addressed in the film, yet the explanation is woven throughout the story.
It all has to do with superconductors.
When superconductors are in the presence of a magnetic field, they can float. “Avatar’s” alien world of Pandora, it turns out, is simply a massive superconductor.
At the very beginning of the story, we are told that humans have come to Pandora to mine unobtanium. Unobtanium is the ultimate superconductor. (The very name, “unobtanium,” is a nod to sci-fi afficionados, who coined the word to describe a material with mythical properties.)
In Cameron’s world, unobtanium can conduct electricity without resistance at room temperature; the best current superconductors work only when the temperature is below minus 200 degrees F.
The discovery of unobtanium, which exists only on Pandora, revolutionized technology on Earth, the story goes, and the future human economy is dependent upon it.
On Pandora, however, entire mountains loaded with unobtanium float in the world’s massive magnetic field.
In a glimpse of how thoroughly Cameron has thought through the science behind his creation, he and his team have written a 380 page “Pandorapedia” that explains (among other things) the tectonics behind how such mountains could form.
In effect, they crumble upward.
This happens because Pandora is not a planet but a moon of a gas giant the size of Saturn – the fictional planet Polyphemus. Moons of gas giants are constantly tugged and deformed by the stresses of gravity.
One of Jupiter’s moons, Io, is pulled so violently by the gravitational forces of both Jupiter and Jupiter’s other large moons, that it has ground tides – the ground literally rises and falls like a sea tide on Earth. On a second moon of Jupiter, Europa, these tidal forces have heated the interior of the moon to the point that part of its crust has melted, creating a sea of liquid water beneath a surface of ice, scientists say.
On Cameron’s Pandora, those tidal stresses have fractured the landscape, and, in the case of the Hallelujah Mountains, sent it up into the sky. A companion book to the movie explains the larger process: “This … energy drives continental drift at a much faster rate than on Earth, causing tectonic plates to fracture more extensively because of the increased stress.”
Finally got the chance to watch this in IMAX 3D....IMO it was alright..by that I mean the story and the whole 'double vision' thing....but then again I had to sit in the third from the front row because the theater was super packed....IMO 2D is more than efficient for this movie....
Don't sit in the front row(s) for 3D. If all the center/middle to back are taken, then refund and catch a different showing.
Didn't your theater have the head-rest covers on those front seats saying "Not for 3D viewing?"
No problem, I have 2 sets of real3D glasses sitting under my Avatar poster, but the Imax3D were too gaudy to keep - maybe they did that on purpose...
Grevlin
A question for you since you have seen the movie.
Monday I am taking an older gentleman to seen Avatar and he has never see 3D.
He is not in tip top shape and I worry that he might get a headache from trying to focus his eyes at IMAX 3D vs less a problem with RealD 3D (I got this info. from reading reviews regarding both types of 3D)
Of the two types, which would you choose if you were only going to see it once, have never seen 3D and possibly get a headache from eye strain?
Monday I am taking an older gentleman to seen Avatar and he has never see 3D.
He is not in tip top shape and I worry that he might get a headache from trying to focus his eyes at IMAX 3D vs less a problem with RealD 3D (I got this info. from reading reviews regarding both types of 3D)
Of the two types, which would you choose if you were only going to see it once, have never seen 3D and possibly get a headache from eye strain?
In this particular situation, I would say real3D - Both times I saw it in real 3D, the screen was the normal (but still big) size. I sat at my usual spot which is about dead center of the theater both left to right/back to front. The screen size seems most manageable with the 3D images in your field of view.
I prefer the imax3D for the larger screen and ridiculously loud audio, but for your guest, I would say real3D. The showtime might just say 3D. Imax will be labeled as such.
I've seen it 3 times, and I have a 4th tonight. ZERO eye strain or headaches all three times.
In this particular situation, I would say real3D - Both times I saw it in real 3D, the screen was the normal (but still big) size. I sat at my usual spot which is about dead center of the theater both left to right/back to front. The screen size seems most manageable with the 3D images in your field of view.
I prefer the imax3D for the larger screen and ridiculously loud audio, but for your guest, I would say real3D. The showtime might just say 3D. Imax will be labeled as such.
I've seen it 3 times, and I have a 4th tonight. ZERO eye strain or headaches all three times.
Cheers!
RealD 3D will be the choice. You have helped greatly and I thank you.
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but also found this which satisfys my curiosity and doesnt sound to far away from your theory. Glad to see Cameron has written a science behind it all for the more questioning viewer
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