An amazing story that Ferngully, Pocahontas, and Dances with Wolves already did before!
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It will likely be the best movie of all time. It’s predecessor had the best visual effects, and an amazing story.
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It was new and interesting 11years ago ,truthfully I think its going to blow dicks.

I'll definitely go see it. We've been waiting for a sequel for 11 years now.
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I wasn't a fan of the original.
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Yeah i really hope so.

I think Avatar will be different because of James Cameron directing it himself - if he's getting credited as director then he has to really work hard to maintain the standard he's set for himself. He Directed both Aliens and Terminator 2 which are 2 of the best sequels to anything, ever
Neither sequel feels like a mindless re-hash of whatever happened before it and I don't think that Avatar sequels will be any different.
The first Avatar was a really basic plot that we've seen a bunch of times, but it was executed really well and I'm pretty sure all he wanted to do with that first movie was introduce us to "Pandora" in a fun and exciting way. Good popcorn ****
Now that we're introduced to that world I'm hoping he's cooked up a more unique story. I'm just hoping it doesn't drag out and that each Avatar sequel will hold up on it's own - since we're getting 4 of that damned things

Being the writer/director is the key contributing factor. Being a co-producer doesn't mean **** in terms of quality control. If he wrote and directed Dark Fate it likely would have been MUCH more impressive.
I didn't know you knew some of that. Although the producer is who funds the cost of production. How the money is allocated is a matter I know nothing about.
I think Dark Fate would have turned out pretty much on par with how it was. I could see a lot of James Cameron style in the film except I felt the visual effects weren't as spectacular as the other films in the series and I'm including Terminator and T2 Judgement Day. You're right. Sequels are meant to pander to The masses. That's the purpose of making a sequel to a film or film series.
Avatar is different I guess because Cameron set out to make it a series, yes? Or no? I feel like the sequels were an afterthought due to the ending of the first film.
Regardless, I have no idea what Cameron is going to do with Avatar. I wonder if he will follow the standard mold of sequels or will he just unleash his creatvity the way The Warchovski's The Matrix series.

Okay, all good.
Being the writer/director is the key contributing factor. Being a co-producer doesn't mean **** in terms of quality control. If he wrote and directed Dark Fate it likely would have been MUCH more impressive.
Same goes for Alita: Battle Angel. For a while he was going to write and direct it, but he stepped down so that he could work on 4 bloody sequels to Avatar
Anyway, my original point is that the Terminator franchise ends with T2 for me, because nothing after that had it's heart in the right place - it was nothing but pandering to the masses

You're making up hypothetical crap for no reason.
No I was just trying to have a friendly discussion with you.
If we clear up what you're asking me here, it's basically "So do you want James Cameron to make bad movies?"
No I wasn't. To be crystal clear though, that term
cash cow
doesnt mean that "they make a bad film". It just means making a film just to get paid. It's by the numbers, and the status quo for making movies.
Totally nonsense question. James Cameron has a reputation for having a very high standard when it comes to his movies - if he was to write and direct a Terminator sequel, it wouldn't be a rushed cash cow.
I mean he was involved in the production of Dark Fate.
Dark Fate could be considered a cash cow of the series. I'm just saying. I really enjoy the majority of James Cameron's work. When I say work, thats exactly what I mean. I think James Cameron is a genius writer and director. But he was part of the production of Terminator Dark Fate. I think hes credited as co-producer. I dont think he had any creative control but still. I think audiences wouldnt have wanted to see the movie as much if James Cameron wasnt attached to the film.

You're making up hypothetical crap for no reason.
If we clear up what you're asking me here, it's basically "So do you want James Cameron to make bad movies?"
Totally nonsense question. James Cameron has a reputation for having a very high standard when it comes to his movies - if he was to write and direct a Terminator sequel, it wouldn't be a rushed cash cow.
Christ

Its a legitimate question. You were complaining about how the series was ruin due to greedy studio executives who wanted to cash out in the series regardless of whether the product was worth the ticket price and entertainment value.
Well what if james Cameron did the same with the series? How would you feel if James Cameron got greedy with the series and didn't care about quality. He just wanted to use the series as his own cash cow. Did you ever think of that? And how would you feel then? Would that be okay with you?

What a stupid conclusion to jump to.
We're finished here

so for argument's sake, youd rather that james cameron himself wrote and directed his own cash cow terminator sequel.

I mean nothing after Terminator 2 counts because they were all Hollywood cash grabs that weren't written or directed by James Cameron

what do you mean, the series ends with terminator 2?

Haven't even seen Dark Fate and I have no intention to
That series ends with Terminator 2.

i don't know anything about the plot or characters. i hope they will be worth the wait. terminator dark fate was so disappointing. i was really let down. oh well.

Hahaha
Stacy Kaiser, a psychotherapist, said obsession with the film was masking more serious problems in the fans' lives. "They’re seeing Avatar, they're lonely people, a lot of them don’t have a lot going on in their lives right now," she said. "The movie opened up a portal for them to express their depression.”

Omg, ****in' idiots. Harden up.
Reminds me of when I was depressed I couldn't go to Mars to have my eyes sucked out of my head like in Total Recall.

It was incredible and I'm sorry you missed it.
January 12, 2010
Some Avatar fans are reportedly feeling as blue as Na'vi aliens once the movie ends. According to CNN, online forums have sprung up to support people experiencing depressed, even suicidal thoughts "because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora," the film's intricately rendered 3-D setting. Despondent fans have unleashed over 1,000 posts on one site, Avatar Forums, expressing their disgust with the relatively non-idyllic planet Earth and the human race. Has a new kind of filmmaking triggered a new kind of audience response?
"Ever since I went to see 'Avatar' I have been depressed."
"Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na'vi made me want to be one of them. I can't stop thinking about all the things that happened in the film and all of the tears and shivers I got from it. I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in 'Avatar.'"
"When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed … gray. It was like my whole life, everything I've done and worked for, lost its meaning… It just seems so … meaningless. I still don't really see any reason to keep … doing things at all. I live in a dying world."
"One can say my depression was twofold: I was depressed because I really wanted to live in Pandora, which seemed like such a perfect place, but I was also depressed and disgusted with the sight of our world, what we have done to Earth. I so much wanted to escape reality,"
"After discussing on the forums for a while now, my depression is beginning to fade away. Having taken a part in many discussions concerning all this has really, really helped me. Before, I had lost the reason to keep on living – but now it feels like these feelings are gradually being replaced with others."

I missed all that the first time around.
I'd honestly prefer to watch a good movie than to read what a bunch of ****wits think about anything online

All I'm hoping for after it's released is that those millions of Avatards will reappear online saying how depressed they are they can't live on such a peaceful and dreamlike planet.

I'm just hoping to be pleasantly surprised
At the very least, the scale of it along with the special effects should be amazing - which was pretty much everything that was good about the first movie.
I wonder who he'll get to do the music now that his old composer mate is dead.