I'm chomping at the bit for big-budget sci fi I haven't seen recently or a million times before... and Avatar is one of the few I haven't seen a million times. In fact, I haven't seen it since the one time at the theater.

But the problem is, I remember it sucking so bad. I want to watch Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark... but I've already seen them dozens of times.

I dunno, I just want cool effects and balls out action.

Loved Avatar for the visuals, but I doubt I'd ever rewatch it on the small screen. Giant 3D was definitely the be-all end-all for that one. Script was laaaaaame.

Hmmm. What are some maybe options for you...

The original Stargate movie with Kurt Russell?
Dune, either version?
The Last Starfighter?

Easily my least favorite James Cameron film. It sucks that he's making two more so we won't see anything different from him for a while.

How about District 9 or Equilibrium?

I've yet to see Avatar. When it came out I was going through a lot of family stuff and then by the time it came out on blu-ray I had lost interest in it. The mention of Equilibrium is a good one. I might watch that tonight.

We just watched Equilibrium not too long ago.

I'm more in the "raw spectacle" market here anyway.

Hanzo, I forget, were you a BSG person? The quasi-standalone BSG movie, Razor, is intense and actiony and worth a rewatch if you only saw it the one time when it aired on TV.

And Stephanie Jacobsen as Kendra Shaw is mad hot.

Meh. Mediocre script, great visuals. I have seen it twice, could go the rest of my life without seeing it and not much care.

I've never watched a single episode of BSG.

Well, there's the BSG miniseries, then. At a three hour runtime it's not any longer than a LOTR flick...

mmmmmhmmmmmmm.

I vote Aliens.

Avatar has a few set pieces that rock if you have a large HDTV mated with a great sound system. But I agree with everyone else...its not much on a small screen with mono sound. One of those visual spectacle feasts but one of the lamest scripts of all time.

How about Star Trek?

I've never seen Avatar and I probably never will. I just don't have the interest. Definitely not my kind of film.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

By the way, you guys are going to like Real Steel.

And you're going to LOVE Transformers 3.

I'm hoping John Carter scratches that Avatar itch for me.

I hope so as well... hope that Avatar's success doesn't poison the thinking and creative choices of the makers of JC.

I was at a Christmas party last night, and a friend of mine was telling us about this long-time friend of his that leads a dream life -- he's a genius, etc. Ran down all the things he's done, including a major role with Pixar in getting them where they wanted to be on computer rendering stuff. (In fact, bringing up Pixar is what started him telling us about him)>

Anyway, he said he was the lead designer for Avatar.

Without thinking or missing a beat, I kind of scrunched up my nose and said "I didn't like that."

It was kind of awkward. He recovered. But my social skills were in full force.