fpw Wrote:Saw "Avatar" in 3D yesterday. Turn your brain off and revel in the visual feast, especially the Roger Dean floating buttes. Really, you can't think about the story (a by-the-numbers Hollywood bildungsroman) or the characters (all-bad bad guys and wartless protagonists), or even those Roger Dean buttes, so just lean back and drink it all in. I might go again.
Kenji Wrote:Roger Dean's floating buttes, yeah, that's right! ASIA's cover designer!
fpw Wrote:Saw "Avatar" in 3D yesterday. Turn your brain off and revel in the visual feast, especially the Roger Dean floating buttes. Really, you can't think about the story (a by-the-numbers Hollywood bildungsroman) or the characters (all-bad bad guys and wartless protagonists), or even those Roger Dean buttes, so just lean back and drink it all in. I might go again.
Kenji Wrote:Roger Dean's floating buttes, yeah, that's right! ASIA's cover designer!I don't know anything about ASIA'S cover designs, but a Butte is a hill, or small mountain, that rises from the surrounding area, stands alone, and has sharply sloping sides and a flat top.
Ken Valentine Wrote:I don't know anything about ASIA'S cover designs, but a Butte is a hill, or small mountain, that rises from the surrounding area, stands alone, and has sharply sloping sides and a flat top.
Kind of a small Mesa.
Ken V.
Here's a photo of Junction Butte in Utah: