Avatar Vue Poll

Just watched the trailer for James Cameron's Avatar and there are some scenic shots that just scream Vue at me. What do you think? I've set up a poll so watch the trailer and then Vote. Obviously its all just for fun.

Was Vue used in making Avatar?

Vue used for Heroes Chapter Three Kindred?

Watching Heroes last week I noticed a VFX shot with a distinctly Vue 6 flavour in the season 2 episode "Chapter Three Kindred". Its taken me a couple of days to track down a video of it on YouTube (above) and a few higher quality screen captures (below). If you can watch it on TV because it stood out even more for me then.

The background hills and clouds are fairly distinctive but for me the real give away is what looks like a large scale EcoSystem of the standard Vue palm trees made famous by the UFO video last year.

Anyway I've set up a vote so you can let me know if you think I'm right or not.

Starbucks' Maelstrom Poll Results

The votes for Starbucks` Maelstrom made with Vue? poll are in and the majority agree with me that it looks like Vue was used to create the environments for the viper flight through a storm.

I've been doing a bit of research but I've not been able to find a way to contact the VFX team to ask if they used Vue. One thing I have found out is that the Visual Effects Society nominated Maelstrom for a 2008 VES Award in the category of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series.

Starbucks` Maelstrom made with Vue?

I was watching the Battlestar Galactica episode Maelstrom earlier. The viper flight through a storm looks like it was done with Vue 6. It's season 3, episode 17 if you want to see it or you can see clips on YouTube.

What do you think, am I right or wrong? Vote now and let me know what you think.