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‘AVATAR’ COUNTDOWN: 1 DAY WRAP-UP

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James Cameron’s ‘Avatar,’ after a decade as an elusive dream (or, perhaps, a cinematic equivalent to the Flying Dutchman) is officially here. The film appears to be poised for a $200-million weekend and the reviews are positive -- and now the film even has a bit of a political firefight going (look at the comments here at the Hero Complex after a Drudge Report link on Thursday).

Here at the Complex it’s been quite a month as we counted down to the film with 30 days of coverage that left us, well, blue in the face, just like a lot of the world’s moviegoers will be this weekend. ‘Avatar’ has been billed as a landmark moment in cinema, and by many accounts (including one glowing review by a famous Cameron nemesis in Hollywood) it lives up to the billing. Time will be the true test of the film and its legacy, but right here, right now, the world is turning its eyes to a truly ambitious sci-fi epic and saying, ‘I see you...’ Here’s a look back at our coverage of ‘Avatar,’ which we covered with more intensity, access and insight than anybody, anywhere.

James Cameron on ‘Avatar’: Like ‘Matrix,’ it opens doorways

Sam Worthington looks for ‘Avatar’s’ humanity: ‘I don’t want to be a cartoon’

Sigourney Weaver, queen of sci-fi: ‘Outer space has been good to me’

‘Avatar’ star Zoe Saldana says movie will match the hype: ‘This is big’

REVIEW: ‘Avatar’ restores a sense of wonder to moviegoing

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Is ‘Avatar’ just ‘Dances With Wolves’ in space?

King of the jungle? Early ‘Avatar’ reviews are strong

CCH Pounder on motion-capture ordeal: I felt like a walking EKG monitor

‘Avatar’ premiere in Hollywood: Roll out the blue carpet

‘Titanic’ composer searches for the sound of Pandora

Meet the USC professor who created an entire language for Avatar

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Oscar-winning composer James Horner on Jim Cameron, ‘Avatar,’ and Michael Bay

James Cameron vs. Robert Zemeckis? The inside scoop

Rick Carter: ‘We were in new territory ... there was no road’

Welcome to the jungle: Mixed reaction to ‘Avatar’ trailer

Michelle Rodriguez says ‘Avatar’ was like making ‘Star Wars’

VIDEO: Jon Landau on wild budget reports: ‘They’re all false’

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‘Avatar’ and the lessons learned

Jim Cameron, cinema prophet? ‘Moving a mountain is nothing’

Giovanni Ribisi pretty much loves Jim Cameron

Cameron biographer: Director is rare split -- artist and scientist

Casting guru Margery Simkin: Sam Worthington makes girls ‘weak in the knees’

The hype machine for ‘Avatar’ started early

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VIDEO: ‘Avatar’ interviews with Sigourney Weaver and Jon Landau

‘Avatar’ game looks for its own path through the jungle

‘Avatar’ designer on banshees and (yikes) ‘Delgo’ comparisons

‘Avatar’ stars meet the fans through MTV

James Cameron brings ‘Avatar’ to Comic-Con

James Cameron and Peter Jackson -- the real stars of Comic-Con

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‘Avatar,’ ‘Gamer’ and ‘Surrogates’ as second-life cinema

VIDEO: The making of an ‘Avatar’ scene

‘Avatar’ fearless predictions

Mattel turns up the tech for ‘Avatar’ toys

REVIEW: ‘Avatar’ video game is an alien epic in its own right

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