is never going to use a phrase that includes...
'opening Pandora's box' again for fear of getting on some sort of list.
Avatards rush to name sprogs Pandora
Film fans are reportedly rushing to celebrate world-changing, paradigm-busting 3D celluloid epic Avatar by naming their poor babies after characters from the Film That Changed The World Forever™. According to a rather sketchy report in the Sun, some parents have inexplicably decided it's a bright idea to name a kid Neytiri or …
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 00:46 GMT Inachu
Very true!
Many people watched this movie and took many of the themes and applied it to the war in the middle east.
A race of people go out of their way for oil(floating rocks) to ensure their nation survives at
any and all costs in the name of a god as if it was their god given right to kill people
who are 100% innocent living in their own land and majority who have never seen a TV before.
So many in the military start to questions the motives and are told either they hate their own kind or country. The militancy of the mind needs to stop. The agressive nature of mankind neeeds to stop be it for religion or oil or whatever resource.
Fantasy or not the message is clear and well understood and other comments made on TV makes the Marines look like total jerks. Well I am sure the film is not too far off base as where there is killing of innocent people will alway sbe nearby an marine bending down to pet a dog or baby kitten for press coverage. Too bad the leaked video of the puppy tosser was made
or the leaked video of the blood lust army dude on the tank firing into people being checked.
Lets call an inquiry into what happened to those blood lust creeps.
And yet some fanatic calls these creep honorbal as they fought for my freedom.
Sorry people but if you have blood lust and toos puppies then you are not fighting for anything but a psychologist.
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 00:51 GMT Anonymous Coward
And?
"Only Empire building warmongers would hate the movie."
You make it sound like that's a bad thing. Where do you think the money to finance films like this comes from anyway?
As for moral and right, this is from the industry that would remove your nostril hairs individually via your rectum if you even thought of not paying to watch their movie. Still, seldom get to see 'moral and right' in the same sentence about Hollywood.
With luck though, legions of lawyers will track these poor sprogs down, do'em for trademark infringement and charge them royalties for life!
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Monday 18th January 2010 15:30 GMT Kevin Dwyer
We Avatards are already here!
My mother, God rest her soul, named me K' evin after my Grandfather who was a N'avi and came to this country from from Dubh Linn , a city in a green and pleasant land, to work on the roads.
She also told me that I was a bit blue when I was born. This genetic inheritance usually reveals itself during periods of intense cold.
Mines the one with the lump of Unobtanium in the pocket.
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 11:48 GMT Kevin Dwyer
Kxevin- I think not
Vincent, your post has got me thinking that perhaps I am a foundling. I can recall my mother, in times of stress, calling me an " Ee'Jit. I think that I may I originally came from a place called " F'eckin" as she would occasionally address me as a "F'eckin Ee'jit", usually after some misdemeanour on my part.
I have spoken with my wife who takes a keen interest in Geneology and she tells me that I often behave lika a "F'eckin Ee'jit"
Off to the cinema on Friday for another viewing of Avatar, I am sure that my tribe gets referred to in the dialogue.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction,
K'evin, nee F'eckin Ee'jit
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 11:52 GMT Jimbo 6
Point of information, your honour :
In the original story, Pandora's box (actually, probably an amphora jar) contained all the GOOD things that the gods gave to humans - health, happiness, wisdom etc. When it was opened they all escaped - except for Hope, the only gift that humanity still has.
See, I knew that degree in Classical Civilisation & Latin would be handy at some point in my life !
On a lighter note, the silliest name I know of someone giving their sprog was 'Brew', as in 'Special'.
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Monday 18th January 2010 15:40 GMT Sarah Bee
Re: So?
'Spat out at me' is an awfully aggressive-sounding phrase that doesn't quite marry up, in my mind, with the actual process of clicking and reading required for you to absorb this story.
I could work here for a thousand years (and god knows some days it feels like I have already) and I'd never get to the end of you IT-angletards. I can't even be arsed to explain our editorial policy any more - in future, I'm just going to make this sort of droning noise in the back of my nose and leave it at that.
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Monday 18th January 2010 16:24 GMT Anonymous Coward
They're not that dumb then!
I only saw the movie 2 days ago and already I can't remember what any of the characters were called - not even the human ones.
Anyone who can evidently isn't as dumb as we think.
Or maybe it's because they were so 2 dimensional (ironically) that there's no point remembering their names. Yeah... I'm going to go with that as I wouldn't like to think I have a shite memory.
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Monday 18th January 2010 16:27 GMT ElReg!comments!Pierre
Pandora, he?
I guess it's a good thing that they teach stock exchange gambling in school instead of Greek mythology then. As long as you don't call your sprog "Naked Short Selling" they should not be bullied too much.
I mean, Pandora, really? No lunchbox for you gal, ziplock bags only! And beware the nasty jokes should you happen to get a STD. Oh, and don't have kids either.
Come to think of it I do have a friend named Io. Mooo!
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Monday 18th January 2010 23:47 GMT Dick Emery
Actually...
On true IMAX cinemas (Not digital LieMAX) they show celluloid on twin projectors syned to shutter glasses. I have a ticket booked for the London BFI IMAX cinema next month (It's booked solid).
Most other cinemas use either digital IMAX (Linear polarisers), RealD (Circular polarisers), Dolby 3D (Light interference or something like that).
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Monday 18th January 2010 23:22 GMT Laie Techie
Brazilian law
Brazil has a list of approved names. Parents wanting something different pay a fee and sign a waiver allowing their child to sue for undue hardships due to their name.
I guess it got out of hand with "Noite da Paixao" (Night of Passion) and "Um Dois Tres de Oliveiro o Quatro" (One Two Three de Oliveiro the Fourth).
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Monday 18th January 2010 23:47 GMT pctechxp
Distinct lack of imagination
I mean if you must call your offspring after a fictional character there are much better choices
How about
Chewbacca
Optimus Prime
Gollum
Or to cover an IT angle so you can call them after a product
Pentium
Catalyst (as in Cisco)
or the very topical Nexus (both a phone and range of network switches)
Or the more normal sounding but still based on a fictional character
Alan Wake
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 11:38 GMT Coruscating Frenzy
Yee-haw
My younger brother went to school with a kid called 'Shane'. According to my parents, his mother claimed he was so named because "that was the movie that was on the night he was conceived". However, that would have been 13 years after the original release date. They were from New Zealand, so moving pictures were probably a huge technological leap for them in the 60's.
Presumably, somewhere in the world, there is a man called Horse.
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 14:57 GMT Coruscating Frenzy
Aussie Shanes
I wouldn't dispute it - I was making no claims for this ex-pat Kiwi's uniqueness in the world of Shanes. It was more the connection to the movie aspect.
Sounds like any Australian Western afficionado would have had a hard time hearing the dialogue for all the grunting going on at the back of the cinema.
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 17:06 GMT Anonymous Coward
Why not cut to the chase?
If the movie affected you that much (I saw it, looks great, rather trite plot) then why not just go all out and name your kid "Danceswithwolves" Smith or something like that.
I'm glad Avatar was made, but never have so many endured so much hysteria about a movie that will be all but forgotten in 10 years.
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