I was depressed and then the movie ended. Also there were large white trash shaped objects moving around in the foreground during the movie and that didn't help.
I'm depressed I don't have a lightsaber... or a holodeck... or a hottie Twi-Lek babe with an accent *sigh*
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Glad I haven't seen Avatar then, might depress me... but if I could get placed into a universe I'd take the universe of B5. At least I wouldn't have too much of a learning curve to get up to speed.
"Beware the form-fitting black armor-clad Drow hottie with twin Mineral II Greensteel Khopeshes!"
"Liella d'Orien says, '"You're the fool, Devil. -- Witness the power of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL Titan!"'"
I mean I can understand if people felt bad and/or disappointed with Avatar for not living up to expectations storywise (I know I was), but really, I can't understand how people actually took that CGI realm to their hearts and were deluded enough to think killing themselves would result in a "rebirth on Pandora"
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For some reason, I recall a thread about this, but am unable to locate it.
Yeah, iirc this is old news..
But afaik people have been doing this with books and stories long before movies and video games.
I remember having a strange feeling when reading a book i liked once. After a while i realized it was a sadness that the story was fiction, and a wishing to meet the characters. But i didnt mope or want to kill myself over it... in fact, that sad feeling mixed with the fondness of the story to form this fascinatingly strange concoction of emotions that made me like the book all the more.
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I had a similar revelation/mindset shift somewhat recently - something that i can only describe as God-given.
These people a. need to sever their connections with the Mother Ship and b. seek some serious professional help.
Frankly I can't say it better than that. After reading about convergence cultures and the fandom world, thanks to my associations with fellow fans, This doesn't really surprise me. As others have said people can latch onto the stupidest things. If anything these viewers should be depressed over the fact that real life people do that to others all because they don't like them or want their resources.
Really. I know the difference between fantasy and reality and it is fun to rp in that realm just to have fun but man there are people who take it to the extreme and well this latest bit I've seen just about ranks the top.
You would think these people either have nothing to ever be happy about, or they have never experienced the death of one or ones close to them. Alas, even that isn't fully the case.
I'm at just as much a loss to figure out any other major causes besides what has already been posted here.
The story really isn't even all that original or grand of a tragedy, really.
Love me, I win.
Hate me, I win.
Ignore me, I've got exactly what I wanted.
Love me or hate me, you're still thinking of me either way.
I'm depressed I don't have a lightsaber... or a holodeck... or a hottie Twi-Lek babe with an accent *sigh*
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Just because you haven't seen his lightsaber doesn't mean he doesn't have one.
From MST3K's spoof of "Hercules Unchained"--heard as Roman medic soldiers carry off an unconscious Greek Hercules on a 1950's Army green canvas stretcher: "Hi, we're IX-I-I. Did somebody dial IX-I-I?"
"Beware the form-fitting black armor-clad Drow hottie with twin Mineral II Greensteel Khopeshes!"
"Liella d'Orien says, '"You're the fool, Devil. -- Witness the power of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL Titan!"'"
I liked the movie, the story and visual effects were all great! But I can see why people would think the end is depressing.
Because it was one of the biggest bull**** deus ex machinas they'd ever seen? Because they realized that even with that massive deus ex machina, humanity would still win in the real world, by bombing the Na'Vi from orbit? Because the Na'Vi were so pathetic and useless that they needed a human to give them any leadership ability at all?
The movie depressed me, not because I couldn't be part of the universe, but because it seems like an indication that the graphics vs. gameplay argument in games is coming to movies in the form of graphics vs. story, and story is losing.
Wow people are getting depressed/suicidal over this? It makes me wonder if these are the same types of people who come unglued and go postal for dropping a hot dog in the dirt or letting their ice cream fall off the cone.
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From MST3K's spoof of "Hercules Unchained"--heard as Roman medic soldiers carry off an unconscious Greek Hercules on a 1950's Army green canvas stretcher: "Hi, we're IX-I-I. Did somebody dial IX-I-I?"
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