Na'vi book with lowercase i

Ftiafpi · February 17, 2010, 04:39:16 PM

So, this has been bugging me for a while. In the movie, the book on the Na'vi that Jake holds up is spelled NA'Vi, what's with the lowercase 'i'? Any ideas?

Technowraith · February 17, 2010, 04:41:13 PM

Quote from: Ftiafpi on February 17, 2010, 04:39:16 PM
So, this has been bugging me for a while. In the movie, the book on the Na'vi that Jake holds up is spelled NA'Vi, what's with the lowercase 'i'? Any ideas?

Probably an oversight most likely.

HTML_Earth · February 17, 2010, 05:06:22 PM

I wish someone had a picture of the book.
It's been a while since i saw Avatar and I'd like to see what the book looked like again.

Txontaw · February 17, 2010, 05:41:31 PM

Actually, I'm pretty sure that it says "Na'Vi". Isn't that an alternate capitalization of Na'vi?

Ftiafpi · February 17, 2010, 05:56:30 PM

Quote from: Txontaw on February 17, 2010, 05:41:31 PM
Actually, I'm pretty sure that it say's "Na'Vi". Isn't that an alternate capitalization of Na'vi?

That would make sense.

Txontaw · February 17, 2010, 06:32:37 PM

Quote from: Ftiafpi on February 17, 2010, 05:56:30 PM
Quote from: Txontaw on February 17, 2010, 05:41:31 PM
Actually, I'm pretty sure that it say's "Na'Vi". Isn't that an alternate capitalization of Na'vi?

That would make sense.

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Will Txankamuse · February 17, 2010, 06:36:58 PM

Quote from: Txontaw on February 17, 2010, 05:41:31 PM
Actually, I'm pretty sure that it says "Na'Vi". Isn't that an alternate capitalization of Na'vi?

It definitely says NA'Vi - I remember because I was taking care last time I watched to try and see the author's name, and I noticed at the same time the strange capitalization. I vote it's just a mistake (shock horror!)

Will

Ftiafpi · February 17, 2010, 07:10:48 PM

Well, I imagine that the book cover art was done by the WETA people and I'm sure they didn't entirely coordinate with Frommer on it and I bet they just thought it looks cool and interesting (which it does).

Heck, perhaps that's Grace's way of spelling NA'Vi

Will Txankamuse · February 17, 2010, 07:18:17 PM

but JC is a crazy perfectionist!!!111one

it must be there for a reason! Maybe the capital V represents femininity.

Will

Sanmäkx · February 17, 2010, 11:19:16 PM

I suspect it was a conscious stylization choice by the books' graphic designer and not a mistake. Any prop in a production of Avatar's scale goes through multiple rounds of iteration and is evaluated by many eyes. Such a mistake would not have persisted through to the final version of the prop.