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I say this based on the very Deanish imagery used in his Avatar movie. Anyone else notice the similarity? It would be interesting to get commentary from JC on the subject.

To add here, as I said this in the Avatar thread, I too saw the similarity from only the trailers I've seen. Hope to see the movie (2d unfortunately) this weekend.

When I first saw the images I hastened back to Roger Dean. I had several book of his (only one survives today) and got it out just to make sure I wasn't geezzzzing. And sure enough there is some kind of linkage happening here. I didn't see Roger in the credits of the movie - but in my mind Dean was the seed for the alien landscape. Even the bird creatures' wings were very reminiscent of some of Rogers work... I would love to hear the question asked to Cameron. Not in a mean way thou.... intentional or not it is very flattering to both I think.

Yes, definitely. The connection is a good thing!

i saw the movie yesterday,3d,(and let me just say it is a visually stunning experience)...and when they got to the floating mountains,as well as the massive rock arches,that was purely from roger dean's influence i would say. the dragon creatures were also very similar to dean's work. i was scanning the credits for any mention,but did not see roger dean listed anywhere. the story line was a bit predictable,(like life sometimes can be...) but i thoroughly enjoyed the ride!

Great movie! I immediately thought of Roger Dean when the floating mountains were shown.