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Forum: Movies, Television, Books (Does anyone still read?) Topic: Avatar 2 started by: GORDON Posted by GORDON on Apr. 23 2010,05:28
Avatars?< http://www.mania.com/cameron-avatar-2-plans_article_122028.html > QUOTE We created a broad canvas for the environment of film. That’s not just on Pandora, but throughout the Alpha Centauri AB system. And we expand out across that system and incorporate more into the story – not necessarily in the second film, but more toward a third film. I’ve already announced this, so I might as well say it: Part of my focus in the second film is in creating a different environment – a different setting within Pandora. And I’m going to be focusing on the ocean on Pandora, which will be equally rich and diverse and crazy and imaginative, but it just won’t be a rain forest. I’m not saying we won’t see what we’ve already seen; we’ll see more of that as well.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 23 2010,06:47
I still haven't seen Avatar nor do I have a strong desire to see it.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 23 2010,06:49
Word on the street is that the bluray is the best looking one ever made.I too have not seen it. Will wait for the extended version coming out later this year before I buy it. Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 23 2010,09:47
Eh, Avatar was okay. As long as you are willing to turn off your brain (or at least put it into tolerate-really-stupid-stereotypes-that-liberals-believe-are-true mode), it's not a bad movie. Kinda pretty to look at. Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 23 2010,11:39
I heard pretty much everything except the visuals sucked. & it's about an hour or more too long.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 21 2013,05:57
< Avatars 2, 3, and 4 start shooting next year. >Avatar was a pretty movie, but the story sucked balls. Cameron better have more up his sleeve than rehashing the same plot 3 more times (and the first one was already a rehash...). With Swartzenegger being cast as the bad guy general, I have a feeling all the films are going to be the same old "the military is bad" bullshit. What's worse is that their visual appeal will be old hat too. Posted by thibodeaux on Oct. 21 2013,06:21
(Leisher @ Oct. 21 2013,08:57) QUOTE Avatar was a pretty movie, but the story sucked balls. I nearly choked when I heard one of the characters talk about how they were after "unobtainium." That's like calling your movie "working title." The only thing dumber would have been for the guy to say, "We're on this planet looking for a < MacGuffin >." Posted by TPRJones on Oct. 21 2013,07:35
If I'm ever the xenobiologist on an interstellar voyage of discovery, I'm naming the first important-looking bird-like animal we come across a MacGuffin. Just because.
Posted by Leisher on Dec. 18 2013,06:26
< Cameron talks about his Avatar trilogy. >QUOTE So think of it as a family saga like ‘The Godfather.’ Go fuck yourself. Avatar was poorly written shit wrapped in a pretty package. The only thing separating it from a film by The Asylum was the budget. Posted by Malcolm on Jun. 10 2014,10:41
< More news >.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 10 2014,11:09
Ugh. I hope these are actually good movies and not derivative dreck, again. Ordinarily that would be ok, not everything needs to be perfect, but so many goddam people were having orgasms over the first movie that it came to my attention that it isn't actually all that.
Posted by Leisher on Aug. 25 2014,07:56
< Avatar sequels will feature more of Cameron's political beliefs. >So expect more "military bad" messages. Posted by Leisher on Dec. 14 2015,06:58
< December 25th, 2017 >Aside from Fantastic Four, I'm not sure I've rooted so much for a film to bomb. I know Disney will be behind this film because they're turning part of their Animal Kingdom park into an Avatar themed area. Posted by TPRJones on Dec. 14 2015,09:06
When I saw this I just could not decide which Avatar (Cameron or Shyamalan) I wanted to see a sequel to least. It hurt to think about.
Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 14 2015,09:09
(TPRJones @ Dec. 14 2015,11:06) QUOTE When I saw this I just could not decide which Avatar (Cameron or Shyamalan) I wanted to see a sequel to least. It hurt to think about. Cameron. That's not even a contest. Posted by TheCatt on Dec. 14 2015,09:31
(Malcolm @ Dec. 14 2015,12:09) QUOTE (TPRJones @ Dec. 14 2015,11:06) QUOTE When I saw this I just could not decide which Avatar (Cameron or Shyamalan) I wanted to see a sequel to least. It hurt to think about. Cameron. That's not even a contest. M. Night on M. Night QUOTE They’ve never got me, and it’s getting worse. It’s almost like, go away. I also think I’m getting more, you know, influenced by other cultures more, as you could see from the movie. So I’m not doing like a straight-up American movie anymore. The tonalities are changing. I always had a European sensibility to my movies. The pacing is always a little bit off for them, and it feels a little stilted, and they need more electricity and all that stuff.
And I’m like, this is the way I think of things. ‘Cause, you know, Hitchcock and Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick, these are my teachers. So it could be a little bit of that, that there’s just a little bit of cultural difference. Just like on this movie, I’m very used to getting on a plane from the U.S., having been savaged by them, and then going to, like in this case, I went to Japan next, and then they’re like, “Genius!” You can lose your mind a little bit, going on Saturday from being an idiot to Sunday being a genius. But it gives you perspective. But luckily for me, it’s not something I can fight. It’s not my fight to fight. I’m defenseless, it’s the audience, if they choose to fight for me, then they fight for me. And they have through my career, and I’m honored to have that relationship with them. And I’ll keep fighting for that relationship. And maybe, 20 years from now, I’ll get a good review, I’ll sit here together, and be like, “I got a good review! Woohoo!” Posted by Leisher on Dec. 14 2015,10:39
Sixth Sense was good. Unbreakable was good. I honestly didn't mind The Village and think people were way too harsh, especially when you consider it to simply be a movie about parenting. How many people are moving elves around their house this month yet thought hiding the truth from kids in The Village was unrealistic? Signs was dumb. The one with Walberg was dumb too. I haven't seen any of his other films. Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 14 2015,10:44
QUOTE Unbreakable was good. I'll grant that. Everything else he's made has been shit. Posted by TheCatt on Dec. 14 2015,10:44
(Leisher @ Dec. 14 2015,13:39) QUOTE Sixth Sense was good. Unbreakable was good. I honestly didn't mind The Village and think people were way too harsh, especially when you consider it to simply be a movie about parenting. How many people are moving elves around their house this month yet thought hiding the truth from kids in The Village was unrealistic? Signs was dumb. The one with Walberg was dumb too. I haven't seen any of his other films. Agree completely. The Village was decent. But it was like a novella that should have been a short story in terms of content. Posted by GORDON on Dec. 14 2015,10:57
(Leisher @ Dec. 14 2015,13:39) QUOTE I honestly didn't mind The Village and think people were way too harsh, especially when you consider it to simply be a movie about parenting. Parenting and how you can't leave secrets behind no matter how far you run. Posted by Leisher on Jan. 23 2016,09:25
< Delayed "indefinitely". >Another possible reason Ep VIII was moved was for exactly this reason. Star Wars' dick is bigger and they probably wanted to put Avatar and Cameron in their place. Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 23 2016,10:38
Wow. Ep VIII has made the world a better place already.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 15 2016,08:14
< FOUR sequels. >Cameron and whatever studio is backing him is really putting a lot of eggs into this basket. They are aware that once people left the theater and were no longer hypnotized by the pretty effects they started to realize the story was complete garbage? I don't know any kids into Avatar. On Halloween I didn't see any Avatars running around. Cameron is a great film maker, but I've got to admit that I'm kind of rooting for a flop with the first sequel just to watch him and the studio scramble knowing they have 3 more to release. Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 15 2016,08:30
Aliens, T2. Eventually he'll make a third good movie.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 15 2016,08:33
The AbyssTrue Lies I won't hear any argument that either is a bad film. So he's made four great movies and a bunch of trash. Posted by GORDON on Apr. 15 2016,08:41
(Leisher @ Apr. 15 2016,11:14) QUOTE < FOUR sequels. > Cameron and whatever studio is backing him is really putting a lot of eggs into this basket. They are aware that once people left the theater and were no longer hypnotized by the pretty effects they started to realize the story was complete garbage? I don't know any kids into Avatar. On Halloween I didn't see any Avatars running around. Cameron is a great film maker, but I've got to admit that I'm kind of rooting for a flop with the first sequel just to watch him and the studio scramble knowing they have 3 more to release. Hell, even Disney has gone full Avatar, aren't they opening an Avatar park, or redoing a section, or something? Posted by GORDON on Apr. 15 2016,08:41
(Leisher @ Apr. 15 2016,11:33) QUOTE The Abyss True Lies I won't hear any argument that either is a bad film. So he's made four great movies and a bunch of trash. TL is one of his top 3, IMO. Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 15 2016,08:49
(Leisher @ Apr. 15 2016,10:33) QUOTE The Abyss True Lies I won't hear any argument that either is a bad film. So he's made four great movies and a bunch of trash. Oh yeah, forgot about TL. Hmm, looks like he only produced T2 and TL. Posted by Troy on Apr. 15 2016,09:33
But Dancing with Wolves didn't have a sequel? Where are they getting the source material from.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 15 2016,09:34
Disney is turning part of Animal Kingdom into Avatar world or some shit.It makes sense. The worst park getting the worst attraction. Star Wars is going into Hollywood Studios. |