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‘Avatar’s’ Costly Sequels Are Getting Harder to Justify. Will James Cameron Make Two More? (variety.com)

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Moreover, analysts suggest that not enough time passed between installments. “Fire and Ash” debuted just three years after “The Way of Water,” a short gap compared with the previous decade-plus wait.

Hahahaha analysts are really grasping for straws, the fact that 2 did that well after such a long wait was more a fluke than anything. The other points about 3’s story being unimportant and the tech being uninteresting explain more

By the 5th movie I’d be surprised if it was more than a vanity project

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What’s fascinating about this franchise is that I always thought it was just a vanity project! It happened to be profitable when it came out because it was kid-friendly.

James Cameron is the king of “why did so many people care about that at the time?”

The public’s obsession with Titanic in 1997 seems eyeroll-inducing now. I remember going to used media stores and copies of Titanic on VHS were everywhere.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah I thought he just wanted to make like, the ultimate 3D movie experience, and being uninterested in 3D, I never went to see it (I also think the character design is pretty bad but whatever). After the latest 3D resurrection died I was surprised to hear of a sequel.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be cool if you did Alita 2, Cameron

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Ye. The fucker said that after avatar 2 he'd be working on it.
Fat lair he was ( but i get it. Publisher/studio wants money )

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Disney wants a bigger ROI because they already damaged their Marvel and Star Wars franchises.

The Avatar movies are more justified than anything Disney has done lately with the exception of Andor.

Andor is great. Easily one of the best TV shows ever made. It’s in the same club as Sopranos and The Wire.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

if they dint make thier shows like 8 episodes long, and multi-year hiatuses. they produced so much slop ever since disney+ became available. i fear they will ruin Xmen, and thier spinoffs, pre-xmen spinoffs were interesting before being cancelled due to disney merger.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The technology behind these films are amazing and they're quite entertaining. Personally, I'd like to see Cameron move onto other projects.

[–] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

He's done a bunch of other stuff in between Avatars. And he's also co-directing a concert film with Billie Eilish coming out in May.

It may not be the kind of projects we were expecting, but they're Cameron projects nonetheless.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

after he settles in NEW zealand he may think about it.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Haha. Hmmm.... Will they turn the handle on the massive money printer (James Cameron's career) in spite of said handle turning costing some amount of up-front money?