Avatar As We Are

Warning, what you’re about to read is not for everybody. And no, this is not a topic about James Cameron’s movie, Avatar. Though somewhat mentioned, it certainly is not that crappy Aang’s live action.

I have a question that I ask you to answer honestly.

Which one do you choose between your current soul and body which is something you can not choose*, or you live in an avatar that you can choose yourself negates all kinds of physical (and economy) limitations you have?

*yes, we can set our life according to our effort, but you get it, right?

I think, if you are sane and have limitations like other average human beings, you will choose to be (in) an avatar.

What I See In The Movies

Just look how in James Cameron’s Avatar movie, the disabled main role can walk and even jump from tree to tree. Or maybe I need to mention Neo in Matrix? Please see for yourself the difference between the physical and his embodiment of the avatar.

Vanilla Sky (spoiler alert) is also an example of how something relative tends to be nicer. But this one is different since he didn’t know that he lived in an avatar at first because he chose not to know (maybe this is us now).

One of Bruce Willis’s movie also shows it, where the physical form that roams the streets is the “representative” of its aging original body. I assume this is also an avatar.

Sword Art Online, a very popular Japanese anime that my daughter likes, draws something comparable. In SAO, they are caught in a sophisticated neural machine, so their family takes care of how they can be “fed” automatically (although it does not explain how the bladder went).

Or because the movie itself is a man-made, the hardest to please being?

In The Reality

This can be seen when people are faced with the opportunity to choose something freely. Simple example, create a social media account, an app to chat, or play Role Playing Game, what do we do?

First of all is to use a name that is not given by your parents from birth. Then choose a profile picture that is a photo of yourself after deducting 20kg by the photo editor, adding a customization here and there and everything that is not even close to the real you.

Is this normal? In my opinion, yes!

For the preceding reasons, humans cannot be satisfied. If you are a monk who has been detached from earthly things, maybe you do not recognize this. But, hey … you’re not born into the world for the heavenly business since the beginning, right? A monk, for me, is an avatar made in himself.

What Ifs

What If… we really are avatars? What if we’re actually a perfect someone looking for more challenge in this world? What if there is an avatar that does every activity we do on the internet without us knowing it? What if we’re just an angel’s avatar? And heaven is one hell of an MMORPG server?

Playing God, Being Human

Truman Show is not about avatars, but the movie is a perfect simplification of our lives. Truman is “tied up” in a routine, responsibility, and relationship with someone who “acts” to love him. Even his father was played by an actor. The loss of Truman’s dad is one of the reasons Truman intends to break into his confinement from his “world” by searching for his father.

Also, read something about Truman Show.

Truman’s intentions have temporarily disappeared when his father is “freely given” by the director. Like when God gives us something that we are never grateful for free of charge.

Last Words

The source I have forgotten where his references say that humans will do most of their activities online. What is clear is that he is talking about Ready Player One.

Later, we will only be offline when we need to eat, and bathroom affairs.

So, do you choose to be an avatar, or hold full control over “the real” you? Where do you choose to live, a palace purchased with crypto currency in cyberspace, or live in a narrow cabin?

But you have to wonder first, which shoes should you lick to get a fun life in cyberspace? It will not be as good as the shoes that you lick now. As you know … how human behavior on the internet, especially if they have a power. Cyber-bullying is the most common among others.

Avatar As We Are

Warning, what you’re about to read is not for everybody. And no, this is not a topic about James Cameron’s movie, Avatar. Though somewhat mentioned, it certainly is not Aang’s crappy live action.

I have a question that I ask you to answer honestly.

Which one do you choose between your current soul and body which is something you can not choose*, or you live in an avatar that you can choose yourself negates all kinds of physical (and economy) limitations you have?

*yes, we can set our life according to our effort, but you get it, right?

I think, if you are sane and have limitations like other average human beings, you will choose to be (in) an avatar.

What I See In The Movies

Just look how in James Cameron’s Avatar movie, the disabled main role can walk and even jump from tree to tree. Or maybe I need to mention Neo in Matrix? Please see for yourself the difference between the physical and his embodiment of the avatar.

Vanilla Sky (spoiler alert) is also an example of how something relative tends to be nicer. But this one is different since he didn’t know that he lived in an avatar at first, because he chose not to know (maybe this is us now).

One of Bruce Willis’s movie also shows it, where the physical form that roams the streets is the “representative” of its ageing original body. I assume this is also an avatar.

Sword Art Online, a very popular Japanese anime that my daughter likes, draws something comparable. In SAO, they are caught in a sophisticated neural machine, so their family takes care of how they can be “fed” automatically (although it does not explain how the bladder went).

Or because the movie itself is a man-made, the hardest to please being?

In The Reality

This can be seen when people are faced with the opportunity to choose something freely. Simple example, create a social media account, an app to chat, or play Role Playing Game, what do we do? First of all is to use a name that is not given by your parents from birth. Then choose a profile picture that is a photo of yourself after deducting 20kg by the photo editor, adding a customisation here and there and everything that is not even close to the real you.

Is this normal? In my opinion, yes!

For the preceding reasons, humans cannot be satisfied. If you are a monk who has been detached from earthly things, maybe you do not recognise this. But, hey … you’re not born into the world for the heavenly business since the beginning, right? A monk, for me is an avatar made in himself.

What Ifs

What If… we really are avatars? What if we’re actually a perfect someone looking for more challenge in this world? What if there is an avatar that does every activity we do on the internet without us knowing it? What if we’re just an angel’s avatar? And heaven is one hell of an MMORPG server?

Playing God, Being Human

Truman Show is not about avatars, but the movie is a perfect simplification of our lives. Truman is “tied up” in a routine, responsibility and relationship with someone who “acts” to love him. Even his father was played by an actor. The loss of Truman’s dad’s is one of the reasons Truman intends to break into his confinement from his “world” by searching for his father.

Truman’s intentions have temporarily disappeared when his father is “freely given” by the director. Like when God gives us something that we are never grateful for free of charge.

Last Words

The source I have forgotten where his references say that humans will do most of their activities online. What is clear is that he is talking about Ready Player One.

Later, we will only be offline when we need to eat, and bathroom affairs.

So, do you choose to be an avatar, or hold full control over “the real” you? Where do you choose to live, a palace purchased with crypto currency in cyberspace, or live in a narrow cabin?

But you have to wonder first, which shoes should you lick to get a fun life in cyberspace? It will not be as good as the shoes that you lick now. As you know … how human behaviour on the internet, especially if they have a power. Cyber-bullying is the most common among others.

Avatar 5, Sequel Kebablasan?

Avatar 5, sequel yang akan dirilis pada 2023. Diperkirakan menjadi seri terakhir.

Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5 James Cameron mengakui kalau dia menulis terlalu banyak
Rencana awalnya adalah satu kelanjutan sebelum imajinasi James Cameron menggila.

“Cakupan cerita Avatar pada awalnya dimaksudkan untuk menjadi trilogi, tapi saya nambahin cerita dan penulis saya juga ikut nambahin,” katanya kepada Variety. “Jadi pada dasarnya yang pertama dari sekuel itu justru menjadi dua film, jadi sekarang ini ada empat film, dan studio sangat senang dengan itu. Mereka memiliki kesempatan untuk menghasilkan lebih banyak uang tapi juga merupakan kesempatan untuk mengeluarkan lebih banyak uang juga, jadi ada faktor yang berkaitan erat. “

Sekuel pertama, yang dikenal hanya sebagai Avatar 2 pada tahap awal ini, dijadwalkan tiba pada bulan Desember 2018, diikuti oleh Avatar 3 pada bulan Desember 2020, Avatar 4 pada bulan Desember 2022 dan Avatar 5 pada bulan Desember 2023. Yah pokoknya jadi film akhir tahunlah, mungkin mirip LOTR dan Harry Potter dulu yah?

Avatar pertama Cameron, yang dirilis pada tahun 2009, dengan cepat menjadi film terlaris sepanjang masa setelah menghasilkan $ 2,8 miliar di box office global. Sebagian besar kesuksesannya turun ke penggunaan teknologi 3D yang inovatif dan bukan alur ceritanya (yang jelas rata-rata), jadi akan menarik untuk melihat apa kelebihan sekuelnya di saat 3D dan CGI sekarang jadi hal lumrah.

“Jelas, harapan akan sangat tinggi pada film-film ini, terutama di Avatar 2, untuk memastikan bukan kesuksesan dulu bukan hanya kebetulan,” cetus James Cameron.

Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5 bisa jadi kesalahan mahal untuk 20th Century Fox

James mengakui trilogy yang ujung2nya jadi quadrilogy itu memang lantaran dia kebanyakan nulis, namun tetap bersikeras bahwa “pihak studio sangat menyenangi hal tersebut”.

Nah, 20th Century Fox lebih baik bersiap2 untuk kuat dan fleksibell karena kegagalan yang sangat berlarut-larut bisa terbentang di depan mereka, yg awalnya lumayan di tahun 2018 (Avatar 2) namun semakin parah pada tahun 2020 (Avatar 3), 2022 (Avatar 4) Dan 2023 (Avatar 5).

Sebagian besar orang yang melihat aslinya di bioskop, termasuk gw sendiri, melakukannya karena kegembiraan dan “kekinian” seputar pemakaian efek 3D di film. Itu tujuh tahun yang lalu, 3D sekarang udah lumrah, kadang menarik dan sangat sering hanya nyusahin.

Tanpa kudeta pemasaran untuk memicu sebuah revolusi di bioskop, Anda ditinggalkan hanya dengan narasi Avatar yang berbelit-belit dan usang, dengan efek CGI yang makin keliatan gak wow lagi. Hampir satu dekade kemudian, ada yang bisa mengingat apa yang terjadi di film pertama? Paling kita cuma inget yg iket2an “buntut” kan?

Untuk membuat keadaan menjadi lebih buruk, jika Avatar 2 tidak diterima pasar dengan baik, 20th Century Fox tidak akan benar-benar bisa keluar dari 3, 4 dan 5 saat Cameron bermaksud untuk “melakukan shooting” film2 ini (shooting : sebetulnya film ini lebih banyak dikerjakan komputer) dalam sekali jalan.

Sumber :
IMDB & Independent