Excellent post :)

I've only managed to watch Avatar once per month or so for the last few months, but that keeps it effective and every time I do, which I only do when I'm in the right mood beforehand, it's as strong as ever.

Haven't watched it in months. I keep glancing at it and going..."No..." >_<

Try saying "yes".....

Sometimes I'm in the mood to watch it but I hold it off a few times till the mood gets really high then I go ahead and slip that disk in. The big issue is deciding whether to watch it in 3D or blu ray. Blu ray visuals are LINtastic but 3D visuals are eye popping with the issue of slight darkness and dry eyes. I find myself struggling to choose which to watch and end up doing other things...lol.

I've been too tired or down to watch it recently :( - would not be a good idea for my emotional state right now.

I've actually had several moments in the past month when I'd really like to watch it, and then in trying to, something upsets me and it's no longer a good idea (firstworldproblems). It'll work out one of these days though.

I agree with everybody who says that Avatar watching requires a right mood. I've been holding off waiting till I Really miss it; actually the plan is to hold off till Seattle Meetup 2012 :shock: & watch it with the clan. THAT will be something! :awesome:
But I might have a micro-meetup (or two) in between, with just one or two ToS members. In such case... I guess Avatar watching will be inevitable :P :rolleyes: Ah well! the mood must be right in any case so we'll just wait and See...

Ma Apache Blanca,
I think that the "mood level" will be in direct proportion to the amount of BLUE PAINT worn.
ta Niri Te

:xD: ^^^win

I watched the movie just under a month ago, and it may have been a mistake. Instead of being awed at all the natural scenery and such, my mind could only focus on the dispassionate actions of the RDA. I was burning myself up with anger as I also thought of other events and parallels on Earth. Normally I come away from the movie feeling great and wanting to accomplish so much but this time I felt a deep, dark cynicism that I had not known before. Certainly not the feeling I was hoping to keep alive.

EG, imho you're angry for a good reason; your anger just needs a proper way out, to be "channeled" to "a cause worth fighting for". There are different manners of "Fighting", too. I don't know what to recommend here, only that, imho, acting like Quaritch, one becomes no better than him. But there must be some way.

But, jokes apart, it's true about the right moment. An example: one of my best friends didn't see Avatar when it came out :shock: because she was "turned off by all this hype". 2 years later, unable to shut up, I suggested we watch the CE & she could make her own conclusions.

Never there was a wronger moment!
The neighbor got inspired to do DIY just about the "Jake discovers bioluminiscence" scene. The cat imagined she was a stingbat & started darting around & bouncing off the walls knocking stuff off. The player got stuck! at "Jake at the clan fire" :shoop: Luckily, my friend kept the old DVD player & it took about 30 min to replace one player with the other & start again. Then the cat started yelling for the food & of course it was: "kitty-kitty, here-here..." I was seething inwardly & hissing outwardly, "You're Loosing it!!" - but heck man. I admit though: to watch Avatar for the first time on a tiny TV ... it's doesn't do it much justice. Almost "0" justice actually. I can understand.

In the end my friend said she liked the movie & she would see it again. I just said "It's best if you wait for Avatar 2 & see it in a cinema WITHOUT distractions!"

I didn't lose Avatar. I love it, & if you love somebody/something, you love them in good clothes, bad clothes, or no clothes (sometimes preferable :P) I had tears in my eyes at key moments, but since then I am still waiting for "the right moment to watch it" - right time, right place, & with a right person. Avatar deserves it.

That is the Beauty of the way that Ateyo and I live, our closest neighbor is MILES AWAY,
we have NO kids, the dog goes OUTSIDE when we put a movie in the DVD player, (ALWAYS AVATAR since we saw it the first time), we are snuggled in the bed together, the big screen LED TV is on the wall by the foot of the bed, and we have a KILLER sound system, everything powered by our own nuclear breeder reactor 92 million miles away.
Niri Te

I am keeping the feeling alive by writing a fan fic where by humans with BLUE HEARTS on Pandora can sign up for an Avatar program and live in an Avatar Communityhttp://frum.learnnavi.org/fanfiction...syuk-tsulfatu/ that interacts with the other Na'vi clans!

My solution is to read fan fiction and create my own story, where Na'vi and humans with BLUE HEARTS all live on Pandora. A research company is seeking permission to open a community of Avatars on Pandora!
http://forum.learnnavi.org/fiction-f...syuk-tsulfatu/

And a fine solution it is, oeya lora yawnete. Ateyo has pulled me into this project, being the contributor to all content of a Military, or Aviation nature. Is is a ton of fun, you guys ought to all start your own fan fictions.
Niri Te

What I do to keep it alive
 

:D
I watch the cut footage alot.
I love the Hunt Dance and of course Uniltaron. I went through something like that during a vision quest with the Cheyenne. Peyote is.......::party:

I wish They would have left alot of these clips in. I love when Jake tells Neytiri the Teylu is good so she piles it on his plate....;)

also loved "The Drums of War". :war:
I think everyone would have got to know the Na'vi better. Though it was sad hearing Grace speak of Siylwanin's murder and the other Children....:'(
Though I never get tired of the Music. Or walking alone in the woods.
But I think it will be something I will always carry in life....:love: