Second Avatar Trailer Debuts
Posted 10.23.09 by Bill
Suddenly, we are awash in sneak peeks from Avatar.
The second trailer for James Cameron's long-awaited sci-fi epic hits theaters today. Theaters, but not the Internet, at least not officially. It will be playing in front of Amelia starting today, but isn't supposed to be posted on the 'net until next Thursday, October 29th.
Of course, given the enthusiasm of some of its cheerleaders, a low-quality trailer-cam from an advance screening has already leaked onto YouTube. No telling how long that will be up before the studio has it pulled. In any case, the quality is certainly not high enough to resolve lingering questions about whether the movie can live up to the all the hype surrounding it.
It does, however, seem designed to meet other criticisms of the first trailer. There is a clear attempt to show that this is not just a special effects extravaganza, and the basic elements of the plot are laid out in a fair amount of detail. They didn't forget the eye candy though. The trailer features lots of shots of the Na'vi and all sorts of other alien life forms, along with snippets of some epic battle scenes.
On top of that, a few more high-res pictures of the blue-skinned Na'vi and their avatar imitators have been released, as well as a second video from the Avatar game that being developed in tandem with the movie. The first game video featured the human invaders killing off alien critters. This one features the Na'vi.