Roger Dean

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2009)

Great movie, but I think James Cameron and company erred dramatically in not crediting artist, Roger Dean with at least inspiring the landscapes of Pandora. "Out and out thievery", is a term that comes to my mind.
From the time I saw the first trailers to Avatar, this notion hit me. Don't just take my word for it - Google ROGER DEAN AVATAR and see how many similar opinions are out there! From the Floating Mountains of Pandora to the red flying dragon to those arced, loopy canyons - you can find every one of these images in artwork by Roger Dean (Yes album covers, especially).
Great, great movie - but in ignoring Mr. Dean's inspiration, the producers may have opened a copyright infringement lawsuit.
Did anybody else feel Roger Dean's inspiration? One more thing - since they made a movie of Roger's landscapes - they should've used a Steve Howe soundtrack! RB