It had to happen: Avatarize yourself with the Avatar Na'vi Face Generator

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

Avatarize Yourself!

Seen Avatar, the James Cameron movie? Can't wait to become an Avatar yourself and look like one of the blue-skinned, humanoid species of the Na'vi tribe living on Pandora? Then here's your chance. The official Avatarize Yourself generator allows you to upload a picture of yourself and get Avatarized. You can also choose between different Pandora-staged backgrounds, and even change your gender.


http://reface.me/profile-pictures/avatarize-yourself/

http://kaburagi.sakura.ne.jp/avatarize/


 

[Kelda]

Are they famous folk? the second one looks like Michael Jackson I reckon!

[serious crayons]

Are they famous folk? the second one looks like Michael Jackson I reckon!

And the first, I gather, is Whoopi Goldberg. But do the Na'vi wear corrective lenses?

I just this very morning noticed a Facebook friend with an Avatar profile pic, and deduced that there's such a thing available. Of course there is.

[Kelda]

I did wonder if the first was Whoopi!!

[Front-Ranger]

I'm having so much trouble finding a photo that will work, since I am either wearing a hat or smiling in all my photos!!

[Meryl]

    

[Front-Ranger]

Niiiiiccceee, Meryl!

[Front-Ranger]

[Jeff Wrangler]

I see blue Brokies. ...

[oilgun]

The New Klingon
Without so much as a dictionary, Avatar fans are learning how to speak Na'vi.
By Arika OkrentPosted Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at 10:51 AM ET

Twenty-four hours after Avatar appeared in theaters, the Web site Language Log was teeming with comments about Na'vi, the alien tongue spoken in the film. The site is always lively, but it was especially so that day because Paul Frommer—who created the language—had shown up to discuss Na'vi syntax and phonetics. His fans were asking questions. How to say "I don't speak Na'vi" or "I love you," for example. An especially ambitious commenter named "Prrton" even posted a lengthy statement in the new language:

    "Ngaru ätxäle … oel set futa Hal'liwutta tsayeyktanru ngal peng futa lì'fyati Na'viyä nume nereeiu a ngeyä wotxa lì'utìtäftxurenu sì aylì'uyä sänumeti perängey ayoel. Ayoel nereu a tsa'u ke tsayängun lu txo ayoel pänutìng futa rawketi sayi nìwotx ulte Eywafa ke txayey. Kawkrr!!;-) Eywa ngahu."

Or, in English:

    "I now ask you to tell the Hollywood bosses [Hal'liwutta tsayeyktanru] that those of us who want to learn the Na'vi language are waiting (impatiently) for your full grammar and lexicon. We promise to raise a lotta hell if what we want is not forthcoming, and 'by Eywa' we wont stop. Ever!! ;-)"

Continues: http://www.slate.com/id/2248683/

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

New York Magazine 's Year End Wrap-Up


A Very, Very Big Year
In 2010, over-the-top was often just right.

By Adam Sternbergh
Published Dec 5, 2010


If you were to gather the culture stars of 2010 in a room and ask them to retroactively pitch their biggest ideas, it would sound like an inmate’s meeting at an asylum for the delusionally grandiose....Yet if there was one thread that connected the highlights (and a few failures) of the last year, it was this: the Grand Gesture, the Big Gamble, the all-out Swing for the Fences....

Avatar

Yes, technically it was released in 2009—December 18, to be exact. But subtract that half-month of revenue and it was still the top-grossing film of 2010—and of all time. Prior to the film’s opening, one skeptical article asked, “Can a movie studio make money on a film based on an original and unfamiliar story, with no Hollywood superstars, a vanishing DVD market, and a price tag approaching $500 million?”

Answer: Yes.