'Avatar' Viewers Going Into Pandora Withdrawl
Are you left depressed and suicidal after watching Avatar?
Have you seen Avatar yet? It's a remarkable piece of filmmaking and is quickly making James Cameron's already sagging award shelf sag even further after the Golden Globes last weekend.
For several viewers, however, it seems that Avatar presented more than an excellent example of modern 3D filmmaking – it was a whole new world altogether and one that is being sorely missed when away from the silver screen.
This CNN story describes how some people have been going through depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing – and then leaving – the alien world of Pandora.
Fans posting on fan forum site Avatar Forums in a thread called "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible," where users share their stories.
"That's all I have been doing as of late, searching the Internet for more info about 'Avatar.' I guess that helps. It's so hard I can't force myself to think that it's just a movie, and to get over it, that living like the Na'vi will never happen. I think I need a rebound movie," a user named Elequin posted.
Another user offered the following advice: "Start living like Neytiri: in touch with nature, the environment, and not being greedy and wasteful. Pass on the burger, for something more healthy for you and less cruel to animals. Spend your time on this forum, or volunteering in your free time, instead of getting high or drinking, twiddling your thumbs, being apathetic and complaining about how bad the world is."
The forum thread has since been closed due to flamers and trolls, but all the original 52 pages remain there for record.
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I can't say that I'm surprised, but I didn't think the movie'd take things that far into people's heads.
All well, people that suicide over movies might be people better off not in this world. :|
Oh..my....goodness. I give the world 1o more years...
It's a movie...
Crazy....
face palm...
If Avatar brings about a new hippee movement, I am gonna be pissed...
a bunch of people with nothing more to do..
jesus..
this is getting like surrogate
......We live in a very stupid society... this is alot worst than being addicted to WoW
If you think this is bad, wait till they make Avatar into a MMORPG!
it is a movie ... cmon people. movie !
HAHAHA. I just can't beleive this is real. Now I'm totally gonna rip everyone I know that saw that movie.
All this is is an exercise in escapism. Most likely its people who feel how they are living now pale in comparison to what the fictional "pandora" offers. Movies like that attract all types. On the other hand, this world 50% of the time stinks, so I don't blame them.
If Avatar brings about a new hippee movement, I am gonna be pissed...
Yeah, heaven f'ing forbid people start thinking that raping the planet might not be a good idea...
nuts
Pity party for a CGI movie? Wow...I wish there was a list of these people to harass...
I don't see the difference between this and religious people that believe in bible fairy tales. It's just human nature for some to seek refuge in stories or superstitions.
you watch there will be avatar the game in 3d vision then that will shake a large tree...
Avatar online - like World of Warcraft..
It gets worse.
People are already dressing like Na'vi, and petitioning the government to have them recognized as their own race of people. They've filed with the Anti-Defamation League.
if that happend the i would not give the world more then 5 years.
I am not surprised, the realism in the movie is quite remarkable. I could truly feel what the characters were feeling. Its probably one of the most fully realized depictions of another world.
Its been a couple weeks since I've seen the movie and I still can't stop telling people about it, encouraging them to experience it themselves. I can definitely see why people want to live that experience gain. I tell people it is reminiscent of Star Wars, that in addition to, or maybe in spite of the amazing visuals it is the characters and the story that draw you in.
Anyone not able to cope with not being in a movie and are contemplating suicide should seek help and not blame Avatar for their own screwed-up-ness. If they want to live like the navi, get off the damn internet and go live in a tree. Awesome movie by the way, but stupid people piss me off.
Wow! How sad.
Week old news and a typo (withdrawl).
really? you're posting this now, tomsguide? this is new was on cnn, like 3 weeks ago.
"The forum thread has since been closed due to flamers and trolls..."
Made me literally lol.
I don't see the difference between this and religious people that believe in bible fairy tales. It's just human nature for some to seek refuge in stories or superstitions.
This comment board is for discussions relating to the topic, not your in-bread atheism agenda. Burn in hell.
Ahh... natural selection at work!.. I mean come on... are people really this pathetic? Before you know it the pharmas will come out with the Pandora pill to help people cope with their "symptoms". Don't get me wrong... I thought it was an amazing movie and experience... it brought out my inner child and kinda reminded me of how I felt when I saw Star Wars for the first time. I'm not sad it's over cause I know it will be out on DVD/BR soon enough.
I am sad that I will need to completely upgrade my HDTV to view 3D 
I haven't seen the movie, but I wonder if the 3D accentuate the effect on people since you might feel "more immersed"? This would be a hard slap on all the companies that invested in this 3D hype ... *Evil grin*.
I find the extreme viewer reactions to the film to be interesting. Since it is a fantasy film I have a hard time understanding why some viewer reactions are so intense.
gotta love how these people "want a more nature-harmonic world" yet they use computers and the internet to post their nonsense, shouldn't they be drawing their messages in sand or something?
Not to say that to be at peace with nature is a bad thing, but holy smacks! that would be one tough transition...
This comment board is for discussions relating to the topic, not your in-bread atheism agenda. Burn in hell.
As best you can, describe what "hell" is and then tell me if you don't sound like an Avatar fan romancing a fictitious story. From the tone in your post seems you're just an angry person.