Avatar - First proper look at the Alien Na'vi in Cameron's sci-fi epic

Yep, apparantly this is what the alien Na'vi in James Cameron's Avatar are going to look like. Marketsaw got the scoop and AICN have confirmed it.

Comparing it to the concept art I posted ages ago it does seem like the real deal.

Marketsaw's also say that this image of a military man holding an exotic AVATAR weapon is authentic.

Their source had this to say about the Na'vi

...their faces are very very reminiscent of Jen the Gefling in the Dark Crystal...(but with a hare lip). They are beautiful, not sexy, just graceful. The problems the boss is facing with the CG is getting the 'graceful' right. Oh, and the whole 'Uncanny Valley' thing.... the view back across it looks amazing from where I am standing.

They also had this to say about previous photos:

"I can confirm that this photo does have multiple props from varying sets." He goes further to describe what the bed actually is: "On closer inspection it looks like it is from the Bio Lab, not overly sure of its purpose (...he did not work in this area). As will become apparent when you see the finished product, there are many many many different types of 'beds'. Birthing bed / hospital gurney / incinerator gurney / medivac chamber / sleep chamber / transport chamber..." He also says that "the gurney for space travel is normally upright, wall mounted, to save valuable ($1,000,000 per Kg) space on those long space voyages."

How does this look at the Na'vi make you feel about Avatar?

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If you could get one cool prop from a movie for Christmas, what would you pick?

Christmas is getting closer and geese are getting fatter my thoughts turn to presents, food, Father Christmas and not enought time off work. Obviously the whole point of Christmas is the gifts...and spending times with loved ones...and the birth of some kid back in thay...but mainly it's all about the gifts.

As this is a site dedicated to films (with a bit of comic, music and random stuff thrown in just to keep you guessing) I started wondering what cool item of movie memorabilia would be great to get as a gift this Christmas. You know what I'm talking about. That one piece of magic from a film that you always wish was yours, not replicas, I'm talking about the actual prop from the film (I know, I know, the real prop will more than likely be a sketchy pile of bits that on screen look great but in real life aren't so hot, but you know what I mean) - a proton pack, Indy's Fedora and whip, the actual Maltese Falcon, any piece of melted alien nasty from The Thing, the Spinal Tap Amp that goes all the way to 11, one of Nic Cage's wigs, the Cerebro helmet, that weird table made out of a wagon wheel with a glass top that you see in When Harry Met Sally, Rosebud, any Ray Harryhausen model, Little Geek from the Abyss, John Wayne's spurs, Roddy Piper's sunglasses, you get the idea.

It's not as easy as you think to pick just one thing. However, I can say with great confidence that I would pick the Plymouth Fury from Christine...or maybe the (original) Time Machine...or the Dark Crystal...or the ambulance from Ice Cold in Alex...or Steve McQueen's baseball glove from the Great Escape...Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

If money was no object and you could have whatever prop, costume, vehicle, from any movie what would you pick? Go ahead and click on the comments below and let me know.

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