1.) Large facial scar. John Connor and Seal have both taught us that in equal measure.

2.) Broken leg. In elementary school, at least. The whole cast-signing deal makes you much more popular.

3.) Amputated arm. This is tragic, certainly, but you have a robot hand now. This will likely become cooler in the future.

4.) Shot in both kneecaps. Whatever happened, the story cannot possibly be uninteresting.

5.) Black eye. Old-fashioned and simple. And the storytelling possibilities are endless.

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I hated the new loophole about the Fire Nation and flame. It makes them so much less of a threat. In the show, it was "When the comet comes, all of the villains will become super powerful!". In the movie, it's "When the comet comes, all of the villains will be able to generate their own weaponry, while previously they would have had to either carry it with them (not difficult) or find it (not difficult), and only a few people could do this before!". Those stakes are horrible.

But yeah, the movie was laughably stupid. Literally, laughable. I saw it at midnight with some friends who were also fans of the show. 15 minutes in, I started to throw out riffs, MST3K style. A few minutes later, the rest of the theater joined in. There was absolutely nothing redeemable about the film, and that's really rare.

It's not just you. Though I didn't pick up on that precise character until I read what you wrote, I knew that Death looked oddly familiar.

I will fix.

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I'm gonna say no to the guest idea. To me, special effects are not what's important about Serenity. There are a million other things to talk about when it comes to this film, special effects and insider's knowledge should be the least of them.

I think TRON & Citizen Kane might be the most fantastic double feature that DiF has ever encountered. Better even than Transformers 2 & The Hurt Locker.

Cameron is apparently so dedicated to quality that each version will be split across two discs. Now, nine hours of film is probably reaching for a normal DVD, but I admire that whoever made that decision chose not to compress them to make them fit.

Also - and this is the cynic in me speaking - a "3-Disc Edition" is more appealing than just a "2-Disc".

Jim Cameron on Sam Worthington's accent:

"I think he would've gotten an Academy Award nomination if everyone knew that he wasn't American."

http://www.collider.com/2010/11/02/jame … 0/?_r=true (Part One, about 29:50)

So, to answer your question, yes, James Cameron thinks that Avatar is a totally solid movie. If he really thinks that Sam Worthington's accent was that fantastic, then he must think very highly of the film itself.

YES YOU WOULD. Trust me on this one.

I really don't think that's what they'e going for. The show has never come close to doing a reference like that before. The show is all about nerdy sci-fi references (Chuck's parents are played by Scott Bakula and Linda Hamilton), so for them to parody anime, particularly on a weekly basis, is a bit of a stretch.

Wikipedia:

Alien life forms have spread throughout the U.S.-Mexico border region leading to the quarantine of half of Mexico. The U.S. and Mexican militaries are battling to contain the creatures, with a wall stretching along the American border. The story follows Andrew, an American photojournalist helping his wealthy employer's daughter, Samantha, get back to America.

IMDb:

Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.