Avatar – gasms Coming out of Comic-Con

Twittered by various sorts who prefer to use adjectives which mean not a whole lot for people who don’t know what to expect:

Director James Cameron had just two questions for the audience of 6,000 at today’s much-anticipated Avatar sneak peek at Comic-Con. One: “How many of you have ever wanted to go to another planet?” And two: “Are you ready to go to Pandora?” That was Cameron’s introduction to 25 minutes of never-before-seen footage of Avatar, which will hit theaters on Dec. 18. Attendees saw Sam Worthington’s character travel to the world of Pandora as an Avatar and interact with the Navi and the other wild, mystical creatures around him. Nicole Sperling, EW

15 minutes of “Avatar” will be screened free on August 21st in IMAX 3D theaters worldwide. Dark Horizons

“Avatar” texture rendering and lighting is superb. Non-humanoids still seem CG, blue humans often real enough it looks like actors in makeup – Garth at Dark Horizons

Avatar footage was awesome. We will be recording a video blog shortly – Slashfilm

That was fucking AMAZING. – Kris Tapley, InContention

Avatar is impressive visually and shows plenty of potential. Still have to wait and see the final project before making any real judgment. – Brad Brevet, Rope of Silicon

It more than lives up to the hype. – Drew at Hitfix

JoBlo is supposedly Liveblogging it – but have no idea what that means. Keep an eye out for more news but so far it’s exactly the kind of lame reporting I hate. Sorry to sound harsh! Didn’t mean it, didn’t mean it!!!