I actually wouldn't be surprised if it came out in time to match up with episode 23.JaredJones said:
Avatar 2 Delayed Yet Again, Will Not Meet 2017 Release Date
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You know, that cartoon about the kid who controls the elements.IamLEAM1983 said:
I didn't think there was even going to be a sequel after that movie was so screwed up.
...oh. That OTHER Avatar, my bad.
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If he'd rushed one out maybe the next year, there still would've been some hype. Maybe the next year, if there were an animated show or miniseries to keep it in the public consciousness.Quellist said:
But nine years? Assuming it's actually in 2018 and not pushed further? It's too late. The movie didn't even have a sequel hook. Quarritch wasn't making threats as he sullenly got on the transport to Earth. There was no shadowy figure on a viewscreen ordering that phase two be initiated. There was no dark side to this planetary hived mind hinted at. Nothing. It was all tidily wrapped up in a neat bow with nothing left to think about.
And so nobody did.
To be fair on him he made a sequel to Alien out of nowhere after 7 years. Alien wasn't his movie and it ended with no inkling of a sequel at all but he made a huge success of it (Though i hate where he took the franchise). The guy can make hype appear out of almost nowhere.Veylon said:
However Alien was a far superior movie to Avatar, making a sequel at all feels like an exercise in turd-polishing to me
Avatar is just... generic. $1,000,000,000 worth of CGI, sound effects, recognizable, A-list actors, and aggressive advertising to guarantee a positive return on investment. The Nai've are automatically sympathetic, since they're all basically idealized humans, except blue.
I wonder if Avatar would be as successful if, say, Pandora was filled with aggressive insects, leeches, mosquitoes, and tiny fish that swim up urethra's. And the Nai've were conventionally ugly, storing large proportions of fat for survival during famine, with saggy tits (even on the men), and weird, alien cultures that a white man human would find frightening, and unsettling, and... alien.
Like, maybe the Nai've celebrate ritualistic warfare perform sacrifices, or use other methods to prevent overpopulation. Maybe all the Nai've speak like someone whose diet is mostly cheese and smoking cigarettes. Maybe the Nai've have a class/caste system, or keep slaves. Maybe some have space-gonorrhea, maybe they breed in litters and the parents kill the newborns least likely to succeed.
Maybe some Nai've take psychotropic hallucinogenics, stimulants, or relaxants. Maybe, instead of bipedal mammals that stand between 5-6 feet as adults, the Nai've are giant snakes, or frogs, that lay 100 eggs at a time, but only about 3 of those eggs survive to maturity.
Maybe the movie wouldn't have done so well if Pandora and all it's inhabitants weren't all immediately appealing, on every level, to humans. You know, if they had some of those pesky "faults" or "flaws" or even "differences" that are common in ALL forms of life.
There's never been a "mission" to these movies, either. it's never been about saving the earth, respecting nature, spreading awareness about pollution or global warming, or protecting endangered species/cultures. "Carbon offsets" are a joke.
"Look, James Cameron deserves a square 800 feet of property (at one location, also some several smaller vacation homes), he's EARNED it! And like the philanthropist he is, he's donated money to a company that does nothing but assure you he really super cares about the environment. Just look at all this wildlife he's saving by hiring us to promote this movie and bolster his public image!"
Avatar 2 might as well be called "check out these sexy 3D models and cool action scenes we made with computers: the movie: part 2."
I wonder if Avatar would be as successful if, say, Pandora was filled with aggressive insects, leeches, mosquitoes, and tiny fish that swim up urethra's. And the Nai've were conventionally ugly, storing large proportions of fat for survival during famine, with saggy tits (even on the men), and weird, alien cultures that a
Like, maybe the Nai've celebrate ritualistic warfare perform sacrifices, or use other methods to prevent overpopulation. Maybe all the Nai've speak like someone whose diet is mostly cheese and smoking cigarettes. Maybe the Nai've have a class/caste system, or keep slaves. Maybe some have space-gonorrhea, maybe they breed in litters and the parents kill the newborns least likely to succeed.
Maybe some Nai've take psychotropic hallucinogenics, stimulants, or relaxants. Maybe, instead of bipedal mammals that stand between 5-6 feet as adults, the Nai've are giant snakes, or frogs, that lay 100 eggs at a time, but only about 3 of those eggs survive to maturity.
Maybe the movie wouldn't have done so well if Pandora and all it's inhabitants weren't all immediately appealing, on every level, to humans. You know, if they had some of those pesky "faults" or "flaws" or even "differences" that are common in ALL forms of life.
There's never been a "mission" to these movies, either. it's never been about saving the earth, respecting nature, spreading awareness about pollution or global warming, or protecting endangered species/cultures. "Carbon offsets" are a joke.
"Look, James Cameron deserves a square 800 feet of property (at one location, also some several smaller vacation homes), he's EARNED it! And like the philanthropist he is, he's donated money to a company that does nothing but assure you he really super cares about the environment. Just look at all this wildlife he's saving by hiring us to promote this movie and bolster his public image!"
Avatar 2 might as well be called "check out these sexy 3D models and cool action scenes we made with computers: the movie: part 2."