On the fourth (Toruk-sized) episode of The Avatar Podcast, I take one last look at 2024, shares some hidden or overlooked ‘Fire and Ash’ teases from some recent interviews, and much more (including Avatar: The Musical)! We end the episode as we do each week with the Weekly Showcase and Member Mailbag. Enjoy, my friends (Txasunu, ma 'eylan)!
Chapters
00:00:00 Start (Who Is ‘Pandorapedia Person’?)
00:00:35 Welcome! (Segment Overviews)
00:01:00 Preview of upcoming segments
00:02:50 Mailbag announcement
00:03:19 Segment 1 - Avatar’s 2024 (Recap)
00:04:50 Jim’s Disney Legend Ceremony
00:15:25 Segment wrap-up (Pinar’s nomination)
00:15:52 Gratitude for the community
00:17:20 Segment 2 - The Interviews
00:17:50 Interview 1 - Writing Avatar
00:19:30 ‘Auditioning’ writers
00:20:30 Silver and Jaffa (A2/A3)’s adventure
00:21:25 Shane (A5) talks working with Jim
00:23:35 Josh (A4) talks working with Jim
00:27:00 The ‘bullshitting around’ bylaw
00:28:25 Shane describes the art department
00:29:30 The ‘uncollapsed superposition’
00:31:24 Shane clarifies who wrote which film
00:32:10 Breaking A2’s first act
00:35:45 Jim talks about The High Ground
00:37:35 We’ve only seen Avatar 1.5
00:43:00 Gen Z in Avatar
00:45:30 Expensive Indie Movies
00:51:00 Pandorapedia Person Revealed (Dani)
00:55:00 Silver: It takes guts to not be cynical
01:00:40 Jim: ‘I cannot f-ing wait’
01:01:53 Interview 2 - French Interview
01:04:10 Jim’s Bioluminescent Dream
01:04:55 The metaphor of Humans/Na’vi
01:06:22 ‘We shouldn’t feel defeated’
01:13:10 ‘We have a lot of fun’
01:15:45 Interview 3 - Edith Bowman
01:22:30 Music in the Sequels
01:25:00 ’Songcord’ Origins
01:29:55 How P-Cap is less artificial
01:33:40 Music in Avatar: Fire and Ash
01:34:20 The Avatar Troupe
01:37:20 A3 is in the can/bringing Lo’ak forward
01:39:20 Kiri comes into her own in A3
01:44:00 ‘More goddess energy’
01:45:15 Interview 4 - Editing Avatar
01:48:10 Proxy scenes
01:49:20 Kevin 's versatility
01:51:40 Jim’s directing
01:56:50 Weta’s shot maturation
02:03:50 shots as springboards for ideas
02:05:05 The Infinite Choice Problem
02:13:00 What Jim sees (viewfinder)
02:17:10 Nobody is keyframe animated
02:18:10 How complex P-cap gets
02:19:10 Roxto pronunciation
02:28:25 Editing ‘Fire and Ash’
02:30:12 Interview 5 - Q&A with Jim and Jon
02:34:10 Fox’s reaction to A3
02:37:10 Ilu and Skimwing differences
02:40:35 ‘no pre-viz, just viz’
02:43:45 Avatar’s narrow band of expression
02:48:30 Filming Spider
02:56:10 ‘A Window into a World’
03:00:10 What A2 survived
03:03:15 ‘Cinemas are dying’ since 1983
03:05:15 ‘Cinemas are dying’ since 1963
03:06:32 Ponzi streaming
03:09:10 Segment 3 - 8 Artforms, 8 Ideas
03:11:35 Avatar’s Meta Headset Experiences
03:12:50 Eywa’s Amplified Involvement
03:16:05 Segment 4 - Daily Avatarisms + NYE
03:17:55 Nomenclature speculation: Na’vi
03:19:00 Honouring natural growth (self)
03:20:00 Echo of Eywa: “Let’s Get It Done”
03:22:00 Segment 5 - Weekly Showcase
03:22:10 Activist - Avelin Kambiwa
03:24:05 Animal - Flying Fish
03:25:35 Area - Upper Plains
03:25:53 Artist - Nalei Nimun
03:26:25 Cast - Kevin Dorman
03:29:05 Cosplay - Michael Martel
03:30:20 Craft - Ganjamira
03:30:45 Crew - Ben Milsom
03:32:05 Editor - JL Entertainment
03:32:45 Fact - 10,000 Trees
03:33:28 Fauna - Thanator (Palulukan)
03:35:35 Flora - Warbonnet Fern
03:35:45 Person - Upiter J
03:36:25 Na’vi - So’lek
03:37:55 Photo - Visions of Pandora (Ta’nari)
03:39:10 Place - The Great Plains (Canada)
03:40:10 Plant - Cycads
03:40:30 Phrase - I See You
03:41:10 RDA - Crab Suit
03:41:35 Theorist - Avatar Theory (Basil)
03:42:45 Tease - Bazooka Mangkwan
03:41:50 Trivia - 2,600 Na’vi Words
03:42:25 Wish - Avatar on the rise!
03:43:00 Shout ot to Reddit
03:43:10 Merch - Shoulder Banshee
03:43:30 Culture - Alcheringa and TSI
03:44:20 Thanks - Daphne Yap’s Patterns
03:44:55 Wrap Up
03:45:10 Like, Share, Subscribe, Join, Ring the Bell, leave a review, and be well! Kiyevame!
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