wait, wut?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html

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"James Cameron's completely immersive spectacle "Avatar" may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora. On the fan forum site "Avatar Forums," a topic thread entitled "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible," has received more than 1,000 posts from people experiencing depression and fans trying to help them cope. The topic became so popular last month that forum administrator Philippe Baghdassarian had to create a second thread so people could continue to post their confused feelings about the movie."

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"A post by a user called Elequin expresses an almost obsessive relationship with the film. "That's all I have been doing as of late, searching the Internet for more info about 'Avatar.' I guess that helps. It's so hard I can't force myself to think that it's just a movie, and to get over it, that living like the Na'vi will never happen. I think I need a rebound movie," Elequin posted. A user named Mike wrote on the fan Web site "Naviblue" that he contemplated suicide after seeing the movie. "Ever since I went to see Avatar I have been depressed. Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na'vi made me want to be one of them. I can't stop thinking about all the things that happened in the film and all of the tears and shivers I got from it," Mike posted. "I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in 'Avatar.' " Other fans have expressed feelings of disgust with the human race and disengagement with reality. "

1/11/2010 12:20:05 PM

holy fuck

1/11/2010 12:21:58 PM

hmmm wow

1/11/2010 12:22:16 PM

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"suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora"

I fully support the idea of these people killing themselves.

1/11/2010 12:22:20 PM

yikes

interesting result of the film, this'll make for good social commentary

1/11/2010 12:22:26 PM

^^hahahah srsly

1/11/2010 12:22:36 PM

Next on CNN: Can movies KILL you? We'll ask random people we label as "experts."

1/11/2010 12:23:15 PM

side note-this movie has grossed over one billion dollars.

1/11/2010 12:23:32 PM

seriously, i'd say good riddance to these tards

1/11/2010 12:23:38 PM

i think this is a symptom of people not being cut out for modern society

1/11/2010 12:24:02 PM

i do wanna see this movie on the IMAX but now i'm scared it'll make me slit my wrists

hold me

1/11/2010 12:24:06 PM

The same thing happened with Twilight, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and Titanic.

This really is nothing new.

1/11/2010 12:24:17 PM

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"i think this is a symptom of people not being cut out for modern society"

yeah this is what happens when people stop interacting with people in real life and resort to online communications. it's like a whole different world now than it was 20 years ago. creepy.

1/11/2010 12:24:59 PM

I, too, am obsessed with this movie. Not kill myself obsessed but I would like to be a part of the Na'Vi if they existed.

1/11/2010 12:25:02 PM

it's people like this that make me agree that suicide (for them) is not always a bad option... or that assisted suicide has its place in this world...

1/11/2010 12:25:18 PM

I already felt a disengagement from reality. So seeing this movie didn't affect me.

1/11/2010 12:25:37 PM

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"The same thing happened with Twilight, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and Titanic. This really is nothing new."

Titanic just made me wanna pretend to fly on the bow of a ship whilst screaming "I'm the King Queen of the World!"

1/11/2010 12:25:39 PM

you missed the most important part of that article



YOU'RE DEPRESSED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STOP SMUGGLING PIZZA INTO MOVIE THEATERS

1/11/2010 12:26:53 PM

titanic just made me go ask girls if I could draw them in the nude, then I'd hit that shit and pretend like we were a match made in heaven, then I'd peace the fuck out.

1/11/2010 12:26:58 PM

^^aha i almost said that
but i'm a fatty and it's wrong to make fun of fellow fatties

1/11/2010 12:27:20 PM

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"hold me "

oh i'll hold you!

1/11/2010 12:27:31 PM

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"think this is a symptom of people not being cut out for modern society"

I think its more of a symptom of people lacking a purpose.

1/11/2010 12:27:31 PM

Titanic made me addicted to boobies. Seeing as I was 10 and all...

1/11/2010 12:27:52 PM

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"yeah this is what happens when people stop interacting with people in real life and resort to online communications. it's like a whole different world now than it was 20 years ago. creepy."

Actually I think it's the opposite. I think this is a symptom of overdosing on technology and modern society -- people want a return back to simpler things, I think.

1/11/2010 12:28:15 PM

^

1/11/2010 12:28:47 PM

This seems like the new Scientology

1/11/2010 12:29:37 PM

Wow...just...wow

1/11/2010 12:31:18 PM

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" yeah this is what happens when people stop interacting with people in real life and resort to online communications writing letters talking on the phone etc"

people always think new forms of communication cripple social interactions. if anything, they ENHANCE our social lives

[Edited on January 11, 2010 at 12:32 PM. Reason : stop being luddites]

1/11/2010 12:31:21 PM

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"This seems like the new Scientology"

YES i would love to see this turn into a cult.

1/11/2010 12:31:27 PM

Big bucks to made on Avatar online RPG game...

1/11/2010 12:31:28 PM

when i saw this movie i was pretty excited because the 3D shit + CG awesomeness really combined to make a new type of immersive experience

i related it more to a disney theme park ride rather than a movie.

i could see how people could become so immersed by the realism of it that they become attached to a seemingly "real" world

1/11/2010 12:32:29 PM

trying to kill themselves in a theater while watching it!

this movie is killing people!

ban it!!!

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/shots-fired-in-abq-theater

[Edited on January 11, 2010 at 12:33 PM. Reason : ok not really, but i lol'd]

1/11/2010 12:33:43 PM

TWW should probably troll the forum mentioned in the OP.

1/11/2010 12:34:54 PM

I honestly think you'd get the same effect if Planet Earth had done 3D work somehow, and if they had focused their documentaries more on primitive humans

1/11/2010 12:35:02 PM

It's like being depressed after watching Transformers because you can't be part of the beautiful world that is Megan Fox's ass

1/11/2010 12:35:11 PM

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"TWW should probably troll the forum mentioned in the OP."

uh oh

1/11/2010 12:35:19 PM

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"It's like being depressed after watching Transformers because you can't be part of the beautiful world that is Megan Fox's ass"

FTW

1/11/2010 12:36:20 PM

I say they go for it....the world is over-populated as is.

1/11/2010 12:36:26 PM

this is funny to me

1/11/2010 12:36:37 PM

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"It's like being depressed after watching Transformers because you can't be part of the beautiful world that is Megan Fox's ass"

ahaah QFT

1/11/2010 12:36:39 PM

BALLS DEEP

1/11/2010 12:37:17 PM

I wanted to go to distant planets to meet intriguing new people, and kill them.

1/11/2010 12:39:36 PM

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"I wanted to go to distant planets to meet intriguing new people, and kill alienfuck them. "

I won't lie the prospect of being projected into a new body with a different sensory apparatus and then having sex with an alien sounds pretty rad

1/11/2010 12:40:44 PM

PLUS THEY HAVE SEX WITH THEIR TAILS

1/11/2010 12:41:36 PM

I was a little unsettled by the inter-species rape, but not enough to want to kill myself.

1/11/2010 12:43:46 PM

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"HAIR TAIL PENIS"

1/11/2010 12:43:46 PM

STOP WITH THE SPOILERS PEOPLE

1/11/2010 12:44:13 PM

http://www.avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=43

1/11/2010 12:44:15 PM

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"holy fuck"

I'll never again feel bad about my vague longing for Mayberry

1/11/2010 12:44:38 PM

51 fucking pages.

sweet jesus!

1/11/2010 12:45:16 PM