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Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a story about James Cameron’s “work” in the Brazilian rain forests, trying to help the indigenous people defeat the human mecha and guard Home Tree, or whatever. This is probably the best part:
Many of the indigenous leaders he was planning to meet with had never heard of [Cameron] before, much less seen his movie. All they knew was that “a powerful ally” would be attending their gathering, Ms. Soltani said.
So, the night before Mr. Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis, arrived with three bodyguards, a dozen or so villagers gathered in the house of José Carlos Arara, the chief of the Arara tribe here, to watch a DVD of “Avatar.”
Ew. It probably wasn’t even in 3D let alone IMAX. I wonder how mad James Cameron was about the disrespect the villagers showed his masterpiece by not watching it in its intended format. Answer: so mad.
“Do I come down to their jungle and slap the ceremonial tobacco pipe out of their mouth?”
–James Cameron, 1954-2012
Anyway, since we didn’t do a caption contest yesterday (thanks a lot, Joe Mande) let’s do one now. Winner will receive recognition in this week’s Monsters’ Ball, which is basically the Videogum Home Tree. It’s more like a Home Cave, but what’s the point of getting into it? Incidentally, the article and accompanying slideshow have so many good photos. James Cameron is on a one-man mission to bring back the Fanny Pack. Heads up, Bill Cunningham. (Photo via NYT.)
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“I see you.”
“3 Pandorabux and raise you 1 Heart of the Ocean.”
“No, I mean I see you. you might need a longer loincloth there, Chief.”
“This picture is going right into my wallet.”
lol hard, I did.
“This hug would be more fulfilling if Mr. Cameron had breasts.”
I’m sure he’s imagining how to design some using CGI right now.
“Thank you, Tupi-Guarani. I’m sure that you–as a person who’s battled systematic discrimination, malaria, assassination attempts from rubber trappers, and the continuous impingement of your culture–can appreciate the grief I felt at not winning another Academy Award.”
You could add your comment, my comment and Bookface’s comment together and they would collectively not be as great as Chareth Cutestory’s comment below. Its the new math.
I am my brother’s rubber trapper keeper.
“Mr. Cameron forgives the one person in the world who did not see Avatar.”
“Yeesh, I change my mind on everything. Does anybody have any Purell?”
“Honey, lend me your shirt to wipe my hand on.”
Is James Cameron married to President Clinton?
“Nobody told me there were going to be brown people here!”
Immediately after this picture was taken, Katherine Bigelow swooped in with a more heartfelt and talented hug.
–Insert .gif of James Franco eating pie here–
I want to give this comment a heartfelt hug.
and I want to give that James Franco gift a heartfelt hug, if ya know what I’m sayin’
*gif damn….but I guess it is a gift to us all
Sorry, but James is only into Japanese-sex-pillows now.
“In the land of disproportionate head-size, the fanny-packed man is King”
Amazon side hug
“While researching indigenous cultures for his film Avatar, Mr. Cameron came across a remote Amazon tribe who worship a male god that manifests himself in the physical world as an older homosexual female.”
“hey, is that an avatar under your breechcloth or are you just happy to see me?”
“So I stick my Tail Hair Here?”
(feels around, patting back)
I’m the King of the World.
I’m the king of the third world!
Out of a tiny, not-at-all funny comment seed, a mighty oak is born.
i initially was like, ok it’s nice to give praise to nsf, but why do you need to stress the first comment’s unfunniness? that’s so mean…oh wait it was you.
so +1 to both comments for self-reflection, outward praise, and COOKIES!!
YOU CAN CALL ME COOKIE AND GIVE ME COOKIE TOO!! – you
When did we start talking about Danny Boyle?
“I’m Cling of the World”
“I’m sorry you had to work with and know Sigorney Weaver”
“Eww, gross! Highest gross. Of all time.”
Ahahaha. I love the idea of his thought process always running that way whenever he gets grossed out.
That also explains the facial expression. It’s in transition from “gross!” to “I’m awesome.”
This happens whenever he sneezes into his hands, sees blood, smells a fart, etc.
“Hi I’m James and I have a raccoon on my head…Nice hat you wanna bone, that’s you talking to me…I have a raccoon hat, I’m an interesting person”
Don’t make fun of his hat. He kilt him a b’ar when he was only three.
“Everyone loves a married couple with fanny packs”
Txo new nga rivey, oehu!
um…no
What a random spot to end the Juggalo hayride. Can we get back to the gathering now?
“Hmmm… these avatards must not have colour tv’s. You’re supposed to be blue you amateurs!!”
“Does this come in a large?”
“Hey Chuck… we can CGI these people to look brown, and this setting to look less like my backyard right?”
Cameron’s going to steal all their Un-Hug-Tanium.
I know, Chief Run-Amok. If only I had tits, I’d be holding an Oscar right now instead of this stupid spear.
“This guy knows what I’m talking about” – both of them
Nohomotanium.
“James Cameron was then immediately sacrificed in the piranha lake to appease the weather gods, bringing his life full circle.”
Avatarize yourself!
Unfortunately for James Cameron, they don’t hand out EGOTs for lack of self awareness or accidental racism.
“Brothers don’t shave hands, brothers gotta hug.” -Thomas Boy 1995 AD
I loved you in Growing Pains
lady waits patiently for hug. james cameron receives 1.5 billion hugs. lady does not receive hug
“Eh, I could win.”
Immediately afterward, James Cameron wiped his hands on Bill Clinton’s shirt.
The other end of the spear is through the heart of an imperialist American bastard.
I’m totally keeping his spear.
“LOST was so lame last night.”
“You know, I’m no Tim Gunn, but blue would be a MUCH smarter color on you, you know?”
Meanwhile, Glenn Beck wept.
Fucking hugs, how do they work?
This spear represents the greatness of my penis in 3D.
“I’m so sorry for stealing the story of Pocohantas from you guys”
ATREYU!!!!!!
Uh, yeah, I know that’s how the movie works, but you can’t stick your ponytail there…
Upon seeing this picture the soul of Espera Oscar de Corti , the Italian-American actor known for portraying Native-Americans, shed a single tear.
You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not. – James Cameron
“So, who’s the HMFIC in this shithole?”
This guy showed up hoping for a hug from Linda Hamilton, but all he got was a benevolent smile from Ab-Fab’s Saffi.
“yes, i know that for the nearly 500 million dollars spent on avatar i could’ve bought your rainforest and created a sustainable nature preserve in which your people could’ve pursued your way of life indefinitely into the future, but really i just wanted to share your story with the world, so they can understand how horrible our abuses of nature and indigenous cultures truly are. isn’t understanding that lesson more important than actually creating a teachable model for conservation?”
“Click-Click-Click-Click-Click Sigourney Weaver showed me her penis. Click-Click-Click-Click-Click Hold Me! “
people in the amazon don’t speak in clicks, dude.
…yet
But James Cameron Does… Guess you never heard him talk, dude.
Yeah, these are the guys who click to communicate:
When I first read this, I pictured the words coming out of a tickertape machine.
pictured: Gabe as he came up with the idea for what would later became videogum
Best.
I don’t know why I’m so late on this, nor why I’m rereading this thread, but thank Christ I did, because Ian just made be spit Jim Beam all over my laptop.
Brilliant.
Thank you SO much for these chairs!
And you thought Avatar: Part 1 was the game changer…
“It’s okay Tuapu, we’ll get ‘em next time.”
“James Cameron moments before scared the natives with his angry dog impression.”
Cameron: “Tell, just where did you get your hair done? Exquisite!”
(I envision him saying it in the voice of Bugs Bunny when he’s doing that big red hairy monster’s hair.)
*Tell me. I was just so excited to get to that bug bunny part.
*BugS. Man. Not my day.
In exchange for James Cameron’s help with stopping the proposed Belo Monte dam, an Arara tribe member agrees to be spray painted gold and stand on Cameron’s mantle.
it’s funny. i thought they worked for cocoa beans.
“I’m with you now, James Cameron. We are mated for life.”
“Oh, shit.”
– Sigourney Weaver and Cameron’s wife in unison
“Sky God Cam-E-Ron is displeased. I require gold statues built in my likeness placed in concentric circles around the village. I have spoken.”
this man’s makeup better not rub off on my hand.
–probably james cameron
This photo was taken at last years Gathering of the Juggalo’s right before Violent J’s Beach Boys Blowout Bash Blast, The 3rd My Nerd….
“They gave me this hat as a joke, didn’t they. None of the natives wear hats like this. Good one guys!”
Water, fire, air and dirt
Fucking spaceships, how do they work?
The highest grossing hug of all time.
This would have been a good shot if Cameron had not been holding the boom directly in front of the camera. “It’s all right, we’ll take it out in post!”
This hug is Pandorable (I apologize).
“Gimmie a second, guy. Let me put my 3-D glasses on first. They’re around my nec…oh, ok. He’s incorrigible, this guy.”
“what do you mean you didn’t see Avatar.”
If you adjust inflation rates, the photograph of Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh with an Aboriginal tribe is still the highest selling photo of all time.
“damn it, you’re right, the N’avi would have been way cooler if they wore penis guords”
“Must hug, must hug. I’m huge Terminator fan.”
“I sure hope he washed his hands after this.”
– George Bush
Meanwhile, James Cameron visits with fellow survivors at the “Post-Avatar-Depression-Syndrom Rehabilitation Center”
“Eww. Had I known they were going to touch me, I would have just sent my avatar.”
–(Sir?) James Cameron
“In my movie, it’s all au naturel and all that, except that the female Pandorians have tits that look as though they’ve been contained in a bra for half their existence, instead of…well, you know. It’s really a perfect conflation of the respective advantages our two very different lifestyles, and that you’ve gotta see.”
“watch the boner man”