by kyoko May 3, 2005
A 2009 movie by James Cameron that is basically Pocahontas dipped in blue paint and exposed to enough radiation to make them grow 10 feet tall and ride dragon-birds, space llamas, and listen to the "flying jellyfish".
"Hey have you ever seen Pocahontas?"
"oh you mean Avatar, the movie with that giant blue girl who falls in love with a human and worships trees?"
"oh you mean Avatar, the movie with that giant blue girl who falls in love with a human and worships trees?"
by The River Wolf February 12, 2010
An awesome show on Nickelodeon that includes the manifestation and controlling of the four elements (water, earth, fire and air) The Avatar is the only one who can control all four. The show is an awesome show that combines comedy with drama and awesome storytelling.
Will: "Hey did you see Avatar on Friday?"
Abby: "Yeah, that was funny with the whole 'Sokka's Boomerang' bit"
Abby: "Yeah, that was funny with the whole 'Sokka's Boomerang' bit"
by RandomAvatarFan June 16, 2008
James Cameron's pet project for 10 or so odd years that, similar to Zepplin's pet project called the 'Hindenburg' might have gotten off, but utterly failed to deliver. The premise is a Dances with wolves like atmosphere, were the Army is now a corporate mercenary force sent out to protect galactic miners from the indigenous aliens that inhabit the mined planet of Pandora. A diplomatic approach is conceived where a chosen few will be mentally connected to living Human-Alien hybrids and take on their bodies, hence the title of Avatar. Once these people are avatars, they will go into the forest and gain the trust of the native Na'vi, tall slender, and blue aliens that need to be relocated so the Company can mine their area for a precious element called Unobtainium. Trouble brews and drama grows, money is spent, and this IS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES YOU CAN ONLY SEE AND ENJOY IN THEATERS.....sadly you can't watch it at home for a dollar and be disappointed.
Jack: " Jane! Did you see Avatar"
Jane: "Yes Jack, I did."
Jack: "didn't you just love that cool 3D and the special effects?
Jane: " Jack, quite frankly, I did not. I thought the entire film was a giant waste of $13.50 and 2 and half hours. James Cameron cannot write for shit, cannot create decent characters, cannot cast properly, and has way to much fuckin' money in his back pocket. How you could like it, you little waste of jizz, is way beyond my comprehension."
Jack: "But, but, the effects..... the 3D.......the sexy blue chick....."
Jane: "Yes Jack, I did."
Jack: "didn't you just love that cool 3D and the special effects?
Jane: " Jack, quite frankly, I did not. I thought the entire film was a giant waste of $13.50 and 2 and half hours. James Cameron cannot write for shit, cannot create decent characters, cannot cast properly, and has way to much fuckin' money in his back pocket. How you could like it, you little waste of jizz, is way beyond my comprehension."
Jack: "But, but, the effects..... the 3D.......the sexy blue chick....."
by Yikker Yakker January 2, 2010
An icon which represents a user in a virtual reality/Internet setting, currently attempted with varying success. The term is adopted from Neal Stephenson; another word used for the same concept is Rudy Rucker's term "tuxedo."
First used from an Internet perspective in 1992 in SNOW CRASH, by Neal Stephenson, in one of those self-fulfilling SF prophecies. Stephenson got the name from the Hindu concept of avatars, which are the personification of various deities or entities.
by LarstaiT November 7, 2003
1. In Hinduism, and avatar (or avatara) is a deity who descends from heaven to earth to help humanity and restore balance between good and bad during a period of great evil.
2. In the amazing American Nickelodeon TV show Avater: the last airbender (ATLA) created by Mike Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko (called "Bryke" by ATLA fans), an avatar is a person who's able to bend and master all the four elements and thereby keeps balance into the world. ATLA was heavily influenced by Asian cultures, the definition of an avatar in the show is based on and derived from the definition of an avatar in Hinduism.
3. an Avatar in the 2009 James Cameron movie is a Na'vi-human hybrid. Basically, it's a Na'vi (original inhabitants of a fictional planet called "Pandora") who's mentally controlled by a genetically matching human.
2. In the amazing American Nickelodeon TV show Avater: the last airbender (ATLA) created by Mike Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko (called "Bryke" by ATLA fans), an avatar is a person who's able to bend and master all the four elements and thereby keeps balance into the world. ATLA was heavily influenced by Asian cultures, the definition of an avatar in the show is based on and derived from the definition of an avatar in Hinduism.
3. an Avatar in the 2009 James Cameron movie is a Na'vi-human hybrid. Basically, it's a Na'vi (original inhabitants of a fictional planet called "Pandora") who's mentally controlled by a genetically matching human.
1. Krishna is one of the most widely known Hindu avatars.
2. Aang has to master all four elements and defeat the Fire Lord because he is the avatar.
3. Humans created avatars to improve their relations with the Na'vi.
2. Aang has to master all four elements and defeat the Fire Lord because he is the avatar.
3. Humans created avatars to improve their relations with the Na'vi.
by Xiao Ling February 14, 2010
It's James (Titanic) Cameron's Iliad, a fully rendered CGI world with Star Trek geek-level attention to detail (i.e. language) and robustness layered on a halfway decent story of love and existential morality.
Avatar is a movie
by AppealToReason December 26, 2009