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Henning
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James Cameron's Avatar has been championed as an attempt at original science fiction storytelling in film amongst a sea of remakes and adaptations. But Cameron may have borrowed some of the key aspects of his tale from author Poul Anderson.
Reader Goldfarb pointed us to Call Me Joe, a novella written in 1957 by Golden Age science fiction writer Poul Anderson. Many fans of Anderson suspect that the story was an important influence on Avatar, and some are calling for Anderson to be credited on the film. And it's easy to see why.
Like Avatar, Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic — Ed Anglesey — who telepathically connects with an artificially created life form in order to explore a harsh planet (in this case, Jupiter). Anglesey, like Avatar's Jake Sully, revels in the freedom and strength of his artificial created body, battles predators on the surface of Jupiter, and gradually goes native as he spends more time connected to his artificial body.
Now, there's nothing wrong with being inspired or influenced by other writers, and Cameron has mentioned a host of influences for Avatar: Dances with Wolves, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Rice Burroughs. But it's odd, given some remarkable similarities in the plots, that he doesn't appear to have mentioned Anderson as a specific inspiration.
Should the similarities between Avatar and Call Me Joe cause problems for Cameron, it wouldn't be the first time. After The Terminator came out, writer Harlan Ellison sued the production company for plagiarizing two episodes he wrote for The Outer Limits. Even though Cameron took Ellison's ideas in a very different and novel direction, the company settled with Ellison, who is now acknowledged in the film's credits.
http://io9.com/5390226/did-james-cameron-rip-off-poul-andersons-novella"
Unless this movie gets insanely positive reviews (which I doubt) I will wait for this to come out on video I think.
Henning
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From what we have seen so far you could also argue that the movie resemble the likes of "Last Samurai, The" and even "King Kong" and "E.T."
The story that we are all the same and if we just knew our enemy we would think twice about killing them. As Kennedy said:
[Post edited by Henning on Oct 29, 2009 - CDT 11:58 AM]
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Henning,
I completely agree. When I reviewed Cameron's IMAX Aliens of the Deep for DVD Town a few years ago, I learned quite a bit about James Cameron as a director. The man is nothing if not tenacious, and won't settle for anything less than the perfect shot or take.
The trailer looks phenomenal. It reminds me of the level of excitement I had when I saw the first trailer for Star Wars E1: The Phantom Menace. This looks like it has the potential to be a very good movie.
I don't think James Cameron has let us down yet. With movies like Aliens, Terminator 1, 2 and 3 and Titanic I'm sure this will be his next big movie.
- Josh
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Once again, this trailer didn't make me feel anything, and Sam Worthington keeps being a MEH actor...
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