China renames mountain range after "Avatar" mountains

NewJeffCT

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Tue Jan-26-10 08:55 AM
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China renames mountain range after "Avatar" mountains

BEIJING (Reuters) � A craggy peak in a scenic part of southern China has been renamed after floating mountains featured in Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar," with the province hoping to cash in on the movie's massive success.

The "Southern Sky Column" in Zhangjiajie in southern Hunan province formally had its named changed to "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" in a ceremony on Monday, according to the Zhangjiajie government's official website (www.zjj.gov.cn).

The government said the floating "Hallelujah Mountains" in the movie were inspired by the "Southern Sky Column," as a Hollywood photographer spent time shooting there in 2008.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/lf_nm_life/us_china_avatar_2

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MilesColtrane

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:39 PM
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1. What's the Xiang word for "derivative plot"?

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Swede

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:44 PM
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3. All stories are based on previous stories.

No one can name a plot that has not already been explored. Enjoy the story or don't bother.

The "Basic" Plots in Literature - Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/plotFARQ.html

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MilesColtrane

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:54 PM
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5. OK, how about, "lazily derivative plot"?

Edited on Tue Jan-26-10 12:56 PM by MilesColtrane

"Enjoy the story or don't bother."

No, I won't be doing that.

I don't like to read spoilers before I see a movie.

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Swede

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:58 PM
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6. You misunderstand,the link is to the internet library,where librarians

list the basic plots of all literature. Here are some of the ones we�ve found:

1 Plot | 3 Plots | 7 Plots | 20 Plots | 36 Plots

ex:

20 Plots:
Tobias, Ronald B. 20 Master Plots. Cincinnati: Writer�s Digest Books, 1993. (ISBN 0-89879-595-8)
This book proposes twenty basic plots:

Quest
Adventure
Pursuit
Rescue
Escape
Revenge
The Riddle
Rivalry
Underdog
Temptation
Metamorphosis
Transformation
Maturation
Love
Forbidden Love
Sacrifice
Discovery
Wretched Excess
Ascension
Descension.

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MilesColtrane

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Tue Jan-26-10 03:35 PM
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7. No, I get your point.

My point is that there is a way to take one of those templates, or mix more than one of them, and make an interesting, dramatic movie out of it.

Avatar is not one of those movies.

Your admonition to "enjoy the story or don't bother" makes no sense to me.

Don't bother to do what precisely?

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Richardo

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:43 PM
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2. "Southern Sky Column" is INFINITELY better.

"Avatar Hallelujah Mountains" sounds like something George Lucas would have rejected. But not James Cameron, apparently. x(

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rcrush

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:47 PM
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4. Lucas would have named them the Tatooey Yumyum Mountains or something.

Or Gumdrop Sillypants Mountains.

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AsahinaKimi

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Tue Jan-26-10 09:36 PM
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8. I think it is a silly idea...

Maybe they should have had a contest and picked the best name. Hell, even TOFU mountains sounds better.

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Kutjara

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Tue Jan-26-10 09:42 PM
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9. Hopefully, the local government won't get the brilliant idea...

...of making everyone in the area paint themselves blue.

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