Bayesian

I think there’s much unfair criticism for Laurent B here. Unlike some of his contemporaries when he was commissioned to do the bonus material content for Laserdisc and the early days of DVDs there was always a film music focus. It’s clearly a passion, not just a gig.
 
The original Jaws and 1941 documentaries were feature length and very in depth.
 
LB has also done superb docs on Hitchcock which accompany all Universal Studios films.
 
Yes the soundtrack releases had flaws, but even the great Shawn Murphy made errors with ones he was involved in.

Steven Spielberg: Yeah I got a better composer who could do this instead 
Narrator: He didn't 
 

That reminds me, early in TWOW, we see a flashback to the scene from the OG (sorry, Avatar) when Selfridge and his team are being led away, and the decrease in quality in the rendering from that flashback compared to TWOW is noticeable.
 
How do WETA do it, time and again?? Used to be that ILM was the top dog in the CGI business, but that's certainly no longer the case.
 
Actually, come to think of it, I think I should be a lot more conflicted by the state of this art, since I seriously dread the way AI is soon going to make it impossible to know if we can believe anything we see on a screen, yet I've got nothing but praise for TWOW. 
 

I haven't seen Avatar 2 in HFR unfortunately. Nowhere near me was doing it for some reason, but I had the exact same experience with the Hobbit. It took time for my eyes to adjust, and Bilbo walking around Bag end was like someone had pressed fast forward, it was awful. So I would assume people had the same experience with HFR for Avatar, taking time to adjust. But I wouldn't know.
 
 
 
I thought all the CGI in The Way of Water was flawless. I didn't notice a single scene with potentially rushed effects or less than finished. Everything looked perfect. Sometimes scarily perfect. Like a "how the hell is this not real" kind of way.
 
I watched the first Avatar recently, and was blown away at the massive step forward that the Way of Water took. It's as big a leap as the first film was. Just the facial animation is stratospherically more advanced. And comparing the 1 or 2 water scenes in the first film with the water effects in the 2nd film... my god. This is truly what CGI artists are capable of. Any facial CG or environmental, like water effects that we got the last few years is absolute garbage in comparison, besides things like the Apes trilogy (by WETA Digital as well, of course). By far the best effects house in the world. 
 
If only the industry gave CGI artists enough creative time and money, look what they are capable of.
 
I can't imagine what works of art they will create with Avatar 3.

The movie just passed 2 billion!
 

I know exactly the scene you're referring to and had the exact same experience (the colourful scene at night flying around the forest, lit only by the moon and bioluminescence). RealD 3D as well. 
 
It might be the first instance of rapid movement HFR in the film and thus stands out in your brain more? 
 
I remember one of the early shots in the first Hobbit looked horrifically bad in HFR, one of the shots of old Bilbo walking around Bag End. It was like the film was running at double speed, because my eyes hadn't adjusted to the HFR. 

I'm thrilled we're beginning to piece together the true scope of the Avatar franchise and understand/appreciate how impressive it will be once it's fully unveiled.
 
At the end of the day, these are just movies and the world will carry on with or without them. But within the scope of the art and science of mass audience moviemaking, Avatar represents Cameron redefining how to truly astonish and entertain a public that has long since grown bored with cheap-looking world-building or the physics-defying (and stakes-free) feats of costumed man-children -- and reminding that same public that we can allow a plot to unfurl at a more leisurely pace as long as we enjoy the ride along the way.

I only trust physical media and digital files stored on my own computer . Not even putting anything on the cloud because who knows if one day they might be able to tell if I've got bootlegs, fan edits or music I didn't purchase and block it or worse.
 
With streaming they might even remove Williams tracks or albums because someone found something "racist" or "phobic" about it  (for example it's only a matter of time before activists start a campaign to get the Harry Potter movies and soundtracks banned from streaming platforms).
 
But seriously if they can remove previously released music (SW Special Editions) because of rights expiration or whenever they feel like it , streaming is never to be trusted, ever.

Releasing The Polar Express in January is a power move!

This just keeps getting more amazing!

It sounds like the  Superman march  and Classical music at the same time .I really hope the rest of it is as good as that ending snippet.
 
Norman Labrech must be feeling suicidal right now

well this where it is now

I reckon it's John Williams's business to determine what is and what isn't beneath his dignity.  Something tells me that if he thought this was, he wouldn't have accepted the job.  Therefore, it isn't.  Simple!

I'm thrilled we're beginning to piece together the true scope of the Avatar franchise and understand/appreciate how impressive it will be once it's fully unveiled.
 
At the end of the day, these are just movies and the world will carry on with or without them. But within the scope of the art and science of mass audience moviemaking, Avatar represents Cameron redefining how to truly astonish and entertain a public that has long since grown bored with cheap-looking world-building or the physics-defying (and stakes-free) feats of costumed man-children -- and reminding that same public that we can allow a plot to unfurl at a more leisurely pace as long as we enjoy the ride along the way.

I'm thrilled we're beginning to piece together the true scope of the Avatar franchise and understand/appreciate how impressive it will be once it's fully unveiled.
 
At the end of the day, these are just movies and the world will carry on with or without them. But within the scope of the art and science of mass audience moviemaking, Avatar represents Cameron redefining how to truly astonish and entertain a public that has long since grown bored with cheap-looking world-building or the physics-defying (and stakes-free) feats of costumed man-children -- and reminding that same public that we can allow a plot to unfurl at a more leisurely pace as long as we enjoy the ride along the way.

I'm thrilled we're beginning to piece together the true scope of the Avatar franchise and understand/appreciate how impressive it will be once it's fully unveiled.
 
At the end of the day, these are just movies and the world will carry on with or without them. But within the scope of the art and science of mass audience moviemaking, Avatar represents Cameron redefining how to truly astonish and entertain a public that has long since grown bored with cheap-looking world-building or the physics-defying (and stakes-free) feats of costumed man-children -- and reminding that same public that we can allow a plot to unfurl at a more leisurely pace as long as we enjoy the ride along the way.

Here's a little snippet from the rehearsal that was included in Austrian TV news.
 
https://clipchamp.com/watch/vkhmvU3xUHk
 
Maybe we'll get something more complete from the ball itself tomorrow. A recording would be nice, though. (maybe in conjunction with his entire 2nd Vienna concert?)

This forthcoming documentary is exciting news! I hope George Lucas also gets involved and makes available any footage he has from the SW recording seshes. I'm already dead set on getting the 4K blu-ray when it comes out, no matter how long or short it ends up being.
 
 
 
(sorry, Disco Stu 😬)

I'm thrilled we're beginning to piece together the true scope of the Avatar franchise and understand/appreciate how impressive it will be once it's fully unveiled.
 
At the end of the day, these are just movies and the world will carry on with or without them. But within the scope of the art and science of mass audience moviemaking, Avatar represents Cameron redefining how to truly astonish and entertain a public that has long since grown bored with cheap-looking world-building or the physics-defying (and stakes-free) feats of costumed man-children -- and reminding that same public that we can allow a plot to unfurl at a more leisurely pace as long as we enjoy the ride along the way.

I wish my mom loved me as much as you guys love Avatar

The 80th edition of the ball was supposed to take place on that date, but it didn't happen.

I maintain the best title can only be "Music by John Williams," 'cause it's coffee table book-pretty and it's about as cleverly subtle as puns get. Subtitle: "Official companion to the Amblin/Apple TV+ documentary."

Quaritch is now in the middle of Jake’s arc, just much longer and with more redemption. I loved the scene where he crushed his human skull. This is definitely a space opera.
 
And exactly what James Cameron should be doing. This kind of broad storytelling with grand gestures plays to his strengths.

Yeah I assume they had a lot more setup at Bridgehead City about why the humans are back (probably involving Selfridge, who only cameos in the final cut but clearly has a larger role in the future), and their plans for Pandora. I wouldn't be surprised if their eventual plan is to terraform the planet with atmosphere processors, like in Aliens.
 
In the final cut of A2 they really glossed over the concept of humans abandoning earth and making Pandora the new home base, which is quite a significant plot point!
 
So it makes complete sense taking that whole chunk of story and moving it to film 3, because the primary antagonist in A2 is Quaritch and his revenge tour, not RDA. Clearly Quaritch will have some type of transformation as each film progresses, then RDA will take over as "the big bad."