Trying to find a good podcast about film, I decided listening to episodes concerned with reviewing Avatar would be a good litmus test. So I grabbed the /Filmcast’s one and was impressed by some of it, yet other parts of is made me want to stick an ice pick in my ear…

Here’s the link:
/Filmcast Ep. 81 – Avatar (GUEST: Dan Trachtenberg from the Totally Rad Show)

Here’s my comment:

Please don’t let Dan Trachtenberg talk so long without calling him on his hyperbolic congratulatory BS. I was very close to stabbing my ear with an ice pick so I would stop hearing his voice and ridiculous ramblings.

I think Avatar proved that Cameron is the man to make blockbusters from now on (Michael Bay, McG and Roland Emmerich can stop now). It’s solidly entertaining with a nice dose of conscience. I can easily excuse the lameness of some of the script: It’s a James Cameron film! What did you expect!?!

And one more note for Dan Trachtenberg: Let go of Star Wars. Comparing everything to Star Wars is not helping your intellect.

Their discussion continued with Annalee Newitz of io9 on the After Dark show:
The /Filmcast: After Dark – Ep. 81 – The Role of Race and 3-D in Avatar (GUESTS: Annalee Newitz from io9 and Dan Trachtenberg from the Totally Rad Show)