Originally, the player character was referred to as " the Stranger ", but by the end of Ultima IV he becomes universally known as the Avatar.

The Avatar was first known as the Stranger ( or Stranger from another world ) in Ultima I, when they rid the world of the evil wizard Mondain, later returning to bring an end to the wicked sorceress Minax in Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress and to dispatch their legacy in Ultima III: Exodus.

Later games imply that the Stranger and the Avatar are the same person.

In 2008, the comic publisher Avatar started serializing Gravel, the ongoing adventures of Warren Ellis ' and Mike Wolfer's combat magician William Gravel ( previously told in the Strange Kisses, Stranger Kisses and the Strange Killings series of mini-series ).

An example is unobtanium ( sic-per traditional element naming not " unobtainium ") in the film Avatar, a mineral valued at " 20 million a kilo ".

Director James Cameron stated his intention to film the two sequels to his film Avatar at a higher frame rate than 24 frames per second, in order to add a heightened sense of reality.

* Bhagavan Sri Swamini Jai Sathya originally known as Sri Suryanarayana Jayanthi Kumaraswami had declared at a public function that Kalki Avatar has already been born on Earth.

It also debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon weekly comprehensive DVD chart, eclipsing the sales of Avatar in the week.

Another example is the use of a trumpet based motif across film soundtracks by James Horner to announce the commencement of an important action sequence ; as it appears in Avatar, Enemy at the Gates, Troy and Willow, amongst others.

The twenty-first verse says the following ; " For the salvation of his soul the King, after paying his obeisance at the little feet of Vamana Avatar ( the incarnation of Vishnu as a midget Brahmana ), went about constructing a wondrous temple for Vishnu Hari ( Shri Rama ) with marvelous pillars and structure of stone reaching the skies and culminating in a superb top with a massive sphere of gold and projecting shafts in the sky-a temple so grand that no other King in the History of the nation had ever built before.

* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US $ 1, 000, 000, 000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.

Autodesk software enabled Avatar director James Cameron to aim a camera at actors wearing motion-capture suits in a studio and see them as characters in the fictional world of Pandora in the film.

Throughout the Ultima series, Lord British never leaves his castle, except for Ultima V, where his absence constitutes the main storyline, and at the end of Ultima VI, when he uses a red moongate to travel to the Isle of the Avatar.

In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher ( from The Boys ) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon ( subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled The Punisher War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name ).

In " Avatar ", he makes an attempt at true immortality.

At the head of this group was would be a great Avatar, Maitreya, the World Teacher, expected by all the major religions at this time as their " Awaited One "— the Christ to the Christians, the Imam Mahdi to the Muslims, the Messiah for Jews, and the 5th Buddha ( Maitreya ) for Buddhists.

In late 2006, footage was released onto the internet of an early performance by Avatar at a gig in a Clearwater, Florida parking lot and was prominent in featuring an early version of the song " Holocaust ", which would later be released on Savatage's first album and a cover of Van Halen's " Eruption " and VH's version of " You Really Got Me ".

Elinore flies into a rage at the death of her father, and Avatar confronts the robot and battles it using telepathy.

On his presentation speech about Weaver before rewarding her for her overall career with the Heroine Award at the 2010 Scream Awards, Aliens director James Cameron stated her main participations in film history as Alien, Ghostbusters, and Avatar.

Avatar Studios, formerly known as The Power Station, is a recording studio at 441 West 53rd Street in Manhattan, New York City.

She is said to have incarnated as an Avatar in Atlantis ( where she served as the high priestess at the Temple of Healing ) and in Sassanian Persia, where she married a mortal and had three children.

Adorned with the divine Tulasi garland the idol represents the majestic form of Maha Vishnu as revealed to Vasudeva and Devaki at the time of Krishna Avatar.

It was recorded in June 1997 at The Power Station ( now Avatar Studios ) in Manhattan, New York.

Actual recording for the album began on June 2 at The Power Station ( now Avatar Studios ) in Manhattan, New York City.

Current programming seen on Nicktoons includes former Nickelodeon animated shows, such as Danny Phantom, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Invader Zim, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Back at the Barnyard, and The Mighty B !.

Others have no logical relevance: such as the learning processes undergone by the ‘ Avatar ’ s Apprentice ’, Marmaduke, in Scroll from the Ninth Dimension ( though these hint at providing a metaphorical / metaphysical comic correlative to Kirth Gersen ’ s progress ).

The load average of this resurrected system is about 10-15 users, sending personal and notesfile notes, and playing inter-terminal games such as Avatar and Empire ( a star-trek like game ), which had both accumulated more than 1. 0 million contact hours on the original PLATO system at UIUC.

After proving his or her understanding in each of the virtues, locating several artifacts and finally descending into the dungeon called the Stygian Abyss to gain access to the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom, the protagonist becomes an Avatar.

The website has also been described by Jimmy Fallon on the Opie and Anthony radio show, on Chelsea Handler's TV show Chelsea Lately, Michael J. Nelson from Rifftrax. com during the Rifftrax for Avatar Rifftrax and by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.

The Avatar Storm was a very convenient explanation for the Underground's loss of power and influence, though they also became more vulnerable to Paradox.

Baba later explained that a veil is always placed over the Avatar until the time is right for him to begin his work.

" On 10 February 1954 in Meherastana U. P., India, Meher Baba publicly and explicitly declared his Avatarhood for the first time, spelling out on his alphabet board " Avatar Meher Baba Ki Jai.

The Avatar Meher Baba Trust, established by Meher Baba, maintains his tomb and pilgrimage facilities, provides support for aging mandali, and engages in other activities.

Author Ross Douthat, in a review of 2009 film Avatar, described pantheism as " Hollywood ’ s religion of choice for a generation now "..

The following March, he confirmed that the film would be in 3D, citing James Cameron's Avatar as an inspiration for this.

Here the term " reincarnation " is not strictly applicable, yet Hindu gods are said to have reincarnated ( see Avatar ): Lord Vishnu is known for his ten incarnations, the Dashavatars.

It would hold this record for over a decade until 2010 when director James Cameron had another one of his films take the title, that being Avatar.

Other achievements for the companies include ( i ) the delivery of its first feature animation project The Tale of Despereaux with Universal ; the completion of Europe's first digital intermediate for the film Chicken Run in 2000 ; contribution of scenes for the 2009 film Avatar, and the completion as a production project of four British feature films which opened in theatres between during 2009 and 2010.

Other notable roles include Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters and its sequel Ghostbusters II, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, Working Girl, Death and the Maiden, The Ice Storm, Galaxy Quest, Snow Cake, Prayers for Bobby and Grace Augustine in Avatar.

She reunited with Aliens director James Cameron for his 2009 film Avatar, with Weaver playing a major part as Dr. Grace Augustine, leader of the AVTR ( avatar ) program on the film's fictional moon Pandora.

The " relaunch " has been the basis for DS9's publishing line as of Avatar in 2001.

Maggin served as an editor for DC from 1989 to 1991 and oversaw the licensed TSR titles Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Avatar, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Gammarauders, and Spelljammer.

The square is the prime location in London for world leading film premières and has seen blockbusters including Harry Potter and James Bond film series, Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, and animation films such as Shrek ; and co-hosts the London Film Festival each year.

* Ram, a common Hindu name for males, originating from Hindu Avatar ( incarnation of God ) Rama

Elsewhere, Amazing Stories, Friends, The Tick, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Histeria !, Wayside, Danny Phantom, CatDog, As Told By Ginger, Rugrats ( in " All Growed Up ", an episode which would form the basis of the spinoff All Grown Up !, for which she also provided voice work ), 7th Heaven, The Flintstones, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Metalocalypse.

He believed and taught that he was the Avatar — incarnation of God — for the age in which he lived.

She is known for her role as Ann Veal in the TV series Arrested Development, her role as Amber on the TV series Parenthood, her role as Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and for her voice work as Katara in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rose / Huntsgirl in American Dragon: Jake Long, and Tinker Bell in the Tinker Bell movies.

Following a convention established by the PLATO dungeon games Moria, Avatar and Oubliette, it was the first game for home computers to adapt the now-familiar WASD set of keys for moving forward and turning left and right ( the S was not used for movement ; it updated the status display ).