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...director's last movie had involved creating the largest and most meticulously detailed set ever made: a scale replica of the Titanic. By contrast, Avatar's performance-capture soundstage, which is called the volume, looked like a Saturday Night Live skit about postmodern theater. Instead of sets, gray-painted polygons and the occasional tree were moved around to create topography. For the computer-generated (CG) scenes, which make up about 60% of the finished film, the cast wore clingy Lycra bodysuits covered in markers that were recognized by the 102 cameras on the warehouse ceiling. They donned skullcaps rigged with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avatar Arrives! Can James Cameron Be King Again? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...world movie set. The result is his most fantastical film, one that hews to the rules of science in its creatures and environments but not to the limitations of the physical world of props and the human body. Of course, it still needs to draw human bodies to the theater. Its trickiest special effect is yet unseen: meeting the expectations that await...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avatar Arrives! Can James Cameron Be King Again? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...secure a berth on this baby, you'll need to shell out a minimum of $1,529 for a seven-night cruise, which breaks down to $218 a day. Not terrible for food, lodging and a Broadway show, not to mention the jazz revues, pools and aqua theater at your disposal. A luxury suite can put you out $7,609 a week, or $1,087 per day. Capacity across the industry has increased--15 ships have launched this year, including Carnival's Dream, and 12 set sail next year--so there are deals of less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the World's Largest Cruise Ship Sink or Swim? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...Near London early in 2010, and there are plans to recreate other London shopping zones, including Knightsbridge and Kensington. The site will also soon feature advertisements on billboards, buses and taxis, up-to-the-minute headlines on newsstands and even simulated weather that will mirror real-time conditions. Movie theaters, hotels, restaurants and bars could be part of the mix, too. Click on a theater, and you might watch trailers of what's on; visit a restaurant and check out the menu or, perhaps, book a (real-world) reservation. "We'll be making this more and more dense," Wrottesley promises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Shopping Stressful? Try Virtual Oxford Street | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

...family enjoys musical theater and we will sometimes go down to New York and take in a couple of plays...I’m an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kind of person. I rarely make a big deal out of New Year’s — I almost rarely stay up until midnight...

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hey Professor: Holiday Edition | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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