One thing that always bothered me about Avatar and similar movies.

[BuyandSave]

Is the utter unoriginality in the designs of alien life form. Think about it, when is the last time you've seen an Alien in a movie that wasn't just a variation of a human or an animal we already know? Specifically Avatar, every creature was just a play on everything we have on Earth:
A fukking monkey with four arms
A tiger or some big wolf-like thing that roars like a lion
Big blue people with dikk-hair
Come to think of it, is it even possible to create something truly alien without basing it on an animal that already exists? For instance, if we never discovered ocean life and only knew about land animals do you think humans could imagine a fish or an octopus and attribute all of the appropriate mechanics? shyt, probably not.

 

[Grand Conde]

Avatar mainly bothered me due to the horrible acting, horrible writing and the all round horribleness of the film.

 

[hex]

Is the utter unoriginality in the designs of alien life form. Think about it, when is the last time you've seen an Alien in a movie that wasn't just a variation of a human or an animal we already know? Specifically Avatar, every creature was just a play on everything we have on Earth:
A fukking monkey with four arms
A tiger or some big wolf-like thing that roars like a lion
Big blue people with dikk-hair
Come to think of it, is it even possible to create something truly alien without basing it on an animal that already exists? For instance, if we never discovered ocean life and only knew about land animals do you think humans could imagine a fish or an octopus and attribute all of the appropriate mechanics? shyt, probably not.

They could, based on scientific data about the living conditions the life form exists in. Most people just choose not to because it's too much work.

They ain't even gotta do that though. Look at the crazy shyt that lives on this planet. You could take a piece of 10 different things and make some weird new looking alien. Or hell, look at any time a tsunami or hurricane happens. All kinds of crazy deep sea fish that no one has ever seen get washed ashore.

Fred.

 

[up in here]

You should probably stay away from Star Trek

 

[Master Teacher]

its a lot of underwater creatures, on Earth, they look alien because they're not well known

I'm finishing up my sci-fi script, and there are no aliens, I hate the idea, I believe life can only thrive on Earth-like planets, and all the characters are either human or genetically engineered

Other thing I hate is how Star Wars for example, will have Ice Planet, Water Planet, Desert Planet, Forest Planet, that shyt is just too easy of a cop out and takes zero creativity

 

[up in here]

its a lot of underwater creatures, on Earth, they look alien because they're not well known

I'm finishing up my sci-fi script, and there are no aliens, I hate the idea, I believe life can only thrive on Earth-like planets, and all the characters are either human or genetically engineered

Other thing I hate is how Star Wars for example, will have Ice Planet, Water Planet, Desert Planet, Forest Planet, that shyt is just too easy of a cop out and takes zero creativity

breh, star wars is a 1970s childrens movie. how mad can you actually be?

 

[RugbyMan]

Is the utter unoriginality in the designs of alien life form. Think about it, when is the last time you've seen an Alien in a movie that wasn't just a variation of a human or an animal we already know? Specifically Avatar, every creature was just a play on everything we have on Earth:
A fukking monkey with four arms
A tiger or some big wolf-like thing that roars like a lion
Big blue people with dikk-hair
Come to think of it, is it even possible to create something truly alien without basing it on an animal that already exists? For instance, if we never discovered ocean life and only knew about land animals do you think humans could imagine a fish or an octopus and attribute all of the appropriate mechanics? shyt, probably not.

Can't find the link, but awhile back I read that James Cameron originally made all the Navi and creatures much more alien-like, but he had to humanize everything and make it applicable to earth because he feared the audience wouldn't connect/sympathize with beings so exotic looking

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Ain't no one gonna connect with some weird looking and speaking aliens

 

[Profane]

this is why Contact is the GOAT extraterrestrial life movie

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

Ain't no one gonna connect with some weird looking and speaking aliens

District 9?

I felt more of a connection to those big a$$ cockroach lookin' aliens than I did with every human in the movie, including Wikus

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Can't find the link, but awhile back I read that James Cameron originally made all the Navi and creatures much more alien-like, but he had to humanize everything and make it applicable to earth because he feared the audience wouldn't connect/sympathize with beings so exotic looking

Ain't no one gonna connect with some weird looking and speaking aliens

this.

James Cameron the gawd

If you didn't want to fukk the blue bytch in Avatar by the end of the film

 

[BlvdBrawler]

Is the utter unoriginality in the designs of alien life form. Think about it, when is the last time you've seen an Alien in a movie that wasn't just a variation of a human or an animal we already know? Specifically Avatar, every creature was just a play on everything we have on Earth:
A fukking monkey with four arms
A tiger or some big wolf-like thing that roars like a lion
Big blue people with dikk-hair
Come to think of it, is it even possible to create something truly alien without basing it on an animal that already exists? For instance, if we never discovered ocean life and only knew about land animals do you think humans could imagine a fish or an octopus and attribute all of the appropriate mechanics? shyt, probably not.

Mass Effect had some good aliens.

Hanar - Mass Effect Wiki - Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, walkthroughs and more.

Elcor - Mass Effect Wiki - Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, walkthroughs and more.

 

[dontreadthis]

District 9?

I felt more of a connection to those big a$$ cockroach lookin' aliens than I did with every human in the movie, including Wikus

the aliens from that movie are no more "out there" than Avatar's aliens though..

 

[hex]

Oh yeah.

I forgot to mention that "Avatar" ripped off an 80s comic, "Timespirits":

Fred.

 

[Batz]

Can't find the link, but awhile back I read that James Cameron originally made all the Navi and creatures much more alien-like, but he had to humanize everything and make it applicable to earth because he feared the audience wouldn't connect/sympathize with beings so exotic looking

Foxx took em down, you gotta get the book to look at the iamges, but there are a few concept sketches lurking around.