Ninja Scooter
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He thinks Avatar has this great or mind shattering story that needs to be told.
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James Cameron: "Im in the Avatar business. Period. Thats it."
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He thinks Avatar has this great or mind shattering story that needs to be told.
I understand that flak (hate) that Avatar has received. But I feel that it sets up a lot more possibilities to explore Jake's experiences with the Navi. I enjoyed Avatar a lot for what it was, and it didn't have any more flaws that 90% of the movies that come out. Glad James Cameron is looking to pursue his own films and not just shell out services and funding like Spielberg and Lucas.
Escape Goat
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How many stories can you squeeze out of eco terrorist plots? I fear dark days are ahead for Avatar franchise.
Phoenician_Viking
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The plot was shit in Avatar. I definitely did not watch the movie for the plot.
Like? He's already the bestest Navi ever.
EDIT: I love it when filmmakers, thinking they're so progressive, try to portray natives as super awesome and spiritual and more in-tune with nature than evil imperialist America stand-ins, but then have a white foreigner become their savior, completely contradicting the intended message.
The Lamonster
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Good. I loved Avatar.
Ninja Scooter
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"exploring Jake's experiences"=more Worthington=garbage
Avatar was a terrible movie but the universe is certainly not a dead end. On Pandora alone you could have films focusing on the underground parts of the world, different climates/biomes, the oceans. To say nothing of the other moons mentioned in the lore material. I have no problem believing Cameron can come up with more stories to tell in the Avatar universe. I just hope they're told with more flair and creativity now that the tech is more or less locked down and he can focus on the script more in the sequels.
I dont see the need for an Avatar 4. Thats too much. JC needs to do Battle Angel. It would be a shame for the only director who is competent in every aspect of blockbuster filmmaking to be stuck on one franchise alone for the rest of his career.
lol. Dat gross exageration.
Ninja Scooter
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Even just 2 and 3 will probably take up the next 10 years of his life. He aint' getting any younger.
He can have 2 and 3 done by end of 2016.
Battle Angel already has a finished script and a considerable amount of design work already started, its not like it would be starting from scratch.
Wow you're such a liar. Which characters do people have childhood connections to in Battlefield, brah?
It doesnt matter what the people want. It matters what Cameron wants.
Vulcano's assistant
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Not that is has much to do with Avatar, but forget Pocahontas 2, people should watch Malick's The New World, that is the best version of the story of Pocahontas.
Its also Terrence Malick's best movie
and hey guess what, that movie also ascribes more to the pochontas myth that the disney movie did, moreso than it did to reality.
Phoenician_Viking
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The visuals were the only thing worth watching in that movie. I only watch it for the visual effect which was amazing. Acting and plot were shit.
Ghost_Protocol
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I hate to say it, but I agree. Something about his face. I don't think he can help it or does it knowingly though.
Discotheque
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I'm leaning more towards Thin Red Line right now but this is my favorite Malick film every other week.
170 minute cut of New World is my shit. I'd watch a 4 hour cut of that movie is available.
u mad, Dead. 2016 will come and go before EITHER of these are released. More like 2017 and 2019.
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Which is why Gunnm is better off without him. If a movie is to be made, I'd like a good adaptation, not a tech demo, thanks.
Nah. December 2015 and December 2016 seems realistic I think.
I love how you italicized the property's original name. Now I DEFINITELY know you're the total authority on all things Battle Angel related!
They've already confirmed 2016 is the earliest.
I italicize all titles.
Doogington
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But how can he one-up Ridley again if he never did in the first place?
If Cameron hadn't made Avatar, Ridley wouldn't be making Prometheus.
I feel extremely comfortable making that statement.
Zombie James
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Promethei.
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Financially yes, otherwise no. Aliens is Cameron's best movie. Alien is better than Aliens.
Nostalgia Critic did a "review" of this I think, if you want to see what it's about. It's even worse than the first movie.
I really enjoyed Avatar. Sorry some people take movies so seriously that they can't enjoy a visual spectacle for what it is.
All I know is that I wanted to go to Pandora after I saw the movie. I didn't care that the plot was a rehashed premise from countless other movies (bag on Avatar ripping the plot from Pocahontas; that was a shit Disney movie, and I'm sure many of you would rather watch Avatar over Pocahontas if you had to choose between the two).
There is plenty of cinema out there that tackles more complex plots/characters/scenarios, and that's awesome. But I certainly don't mind a mindless, visual smorgasbord like Avatar when they release.
As for Cameron? Guy can do whatever the hell he wants. He'll knock out all those Avatar sequels, then move on to something else, I'm sure. He may even give up on them if the sequels don't do as well as the original. But it's Cameron, and Avatar made a shit-ton of money, so I can't see there only being one sequel.
All I know is that I wanted to go to Pandora after I saw the movie. I didn't care that the plot was a rehashed premise from countless other movies (bag on Avatar ripping the plot from Pocahontas; that was a shit Disney movie, and I'm sure many of you would rather watch Avatar over Pocahontas if you had to choose between the two).
There is plenty of cinema out there that tackles more complex plots/characters/scenarios, and that's awesome. But I certainly don't mind a mindless, visual smorgasbord like Avatar when they release.
As for Cameron? Guy can do whatever the hell he wants. He'll knock out all those Avatar sequels, then move on to something else, I'm sure. He may even give up on them if the sequels don't do as well as the original. But it's Cameron, and Avatar made a shit-ton of money, so I can't see there only being one sequel.
Barkley's Justice
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People change, artists grow. Nothing's definitive, een if it seems that way now.
killdatninja
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Can't really call it avatar since he's already in the body.. Unless they're going to a new planet and creating avatar bodies there.
SCULLIBUNDO
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He's already said the sequel won't be called Avatar. It will be interesting to see whether FOX lets him get away with that though.
Pretty much, though this is likely career suicide.
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Pandora 2: Electric Boogaloo
TacticalFox88
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...And by then no one will care. I doubt the sequels will come anywhere close to the original take.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Ultimately, Cameron has always wanted to make his own Star Wars universe and Avatar is certainly it. It comes as no surprise that he now wants to work on completely fleshing it out after he did a tremendous job at building that universe.
Neuromancer
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Sounds good. It'd be cool if each of the avatar movies took place on different planets with completely different aliens. Could have completely different themes too. You guys aren't giving him much credit.
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