http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/avatar Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:39:56 -0400 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:39:56 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/298/qi-chi-in-james-camerons-avatar By Ryan A. Piccirillo - A nine-foot-tall, royal blue giant creeps low to the ground, brushing by exotic foliage. He holds a proportionally large bow and arrow in hand. In an instant he pauses, keeping entirely still, before loading an arrow into his weapon. He pulls back steadily, locking his arm tightly behind his shoulder. He breathes in, holds, and releases. The arrow glides through the hollow air before burying itself in the chest of a six-legged beast. The giant leaps up and rushes to his prey, dragging a dagger across its throat as he offers a brief prayer in a foreign tongue: “I see you Brother, and thank... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/298/qi-chi-in-james-camerons-avatar http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/200/raising-titanic-the-world-of-communication-and-the-creation-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-succesful-films By Ryan A. Piccirillo - In an interview with Playboy, Cameron admits he made the film because he “wanted to dive to the shipwreck, not because [he] particularly wanted to make the movie” (Playboy). Inspired by deep-sea IMAX productions and a fascination with shipwrecks, Cameron was determined to include actual footage of the Titanic wreck as a framing device in his film. He negotiated with a Russian research organization, the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, to sponsor his deep-sea expedition. Arguing that it “might be of some scientific benefit, [he] won official approval to charter the Keldysh,&rdquo... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:15 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/200/raising-titanic-the-world-of-communication-and-the-creation-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-succesful-films