Avatar 2, 3 and 4! Who's excited?

[acrovader]

I could careless about anymore Avatar movies. I'm totally flummoxed how such an utterly mediocre movie could've made so much money. The effects where stunning, to a fault. But what does it matter? All the impressive cgi in the world does not a movie make. I imagine the sequels will make much, much less at the b.o. I mean, NO ONE talks about Avatar. It's not quite classic everyone was expecting. I think all these franchises are going to collapse under their weight. I mean, Fox is schilling out 1 BILLION dollars for the three sequels! That's insane!

[Gorn Captain]

If Avatar II bombs, I wonder what they will do with the footage for III and IV (which will also have been shot by then)?

[huedell]

I've been pulled in to see so many freakin' big-time success blockbusters (and their franchises) that I, w/my particular tastes, had no business seeing.... thank GOD I escaped THIS one. The sequels will be of no consequence for me.... easily.

[ctc]

>JJ Abrams will hear you and subject us to a five-season drama covering all the people on the ship while flashing back to their interconnected lives before they boarded

That's okay; by episdoe 2 the lens flares will have burned out everyone's retinas.... even those who haven't watched the show.... and we won't be able to see it.

>Most of the characters were so cardboard you could put them in the recycle bin on Tuesday.

You sir, have insulted cardboard! Humanity's most perfect creation.

>I know the man is gifted, but it's been decades since he's proved it

Well.... some folks really ARE gifted. They can produce stuff that entertains, sometimes enlightens, and almost always strikes some kind of chord. Others get lucky 'cos they happen to share the tastes of the audeince and therefore achieve that connection osmoticly. I think Cameron straddles that line. A lot of his stuff is entertaining; but even MORE of it is oddly derivative.

MOST people who make big hits fall into the latter category I suspect.

>people were sucked into it purely by the hype

Yeah. The hype, the spectacle.... My test for how much someone enjoyed a film over the EXPERIENCE of the film is to ask a few simple questions. Like "what was the hero's name?"

Don C.

[Gorn Captain]

So far, it seems only James Cameron is looking forward to it.
He stated "that it was such an interesting story, that three movies wouldn't suffice, it needed a fourth."

I find it sad, because Terminator and Aliens are still in my top 10 of movies. I know the man is gifted, but it's been decades since he's proved it...

[Werewolf]

I remember posting at the time the movie was hot that I felt it was a terrible and extremely derivative cut and paste movie that people were sucked into it purely by the hype.

[palitoy]

No offense to those that loved it but I found Avatar nothing more than a showcase for special effects, like those 3-D movies you'd go see at carnivals that had guys smashing bottles. Most of the characters were so cardboard you could put them in the recycle bin on Tuesday.

[bobws]

saw the first one may see the sequels , if they actaully tell more story and not just let's round up more natives to fight the marines again.

[Gorn Captain]

I'd love a Titanic sequel.
It becomes a ghost ship, with phantom passengers. With a zombie DiCaprio, of course.
A bit like The Shining, but with a ship instead of a hotel.
DiCaprio could chase everybody, shouting "Heeeere's Leo!!!!"

[knight errant00]

WORSE; you could do the story of EVERY PERSON ON THE BOAT! This thing could be a friggin' tv series if they wanted.
Don C.

SHHHH! JJ Abrams will hear you and subject us to a five-season drama covering all the people on the ship while flashing back to their interconnected lives before they boarded . . .

[ctc]

>unless there's a logical and natural progression in the character development, I don't see any reason to keep creating new scenarios.

I agree wholeheartedly. I want something new. If they're advancing the character, the story or the setting; then fine. Avatar is going to do that, as we find out about the other clans, the magical whiteman unites them against the escallating human threat.... complete with new hardware and troop types.... until the third, where we learn the humans are desperate 'cos while this has been going on Earth is near ruin and NEEDS the unobtanium to survive.... because character development.... and in a "surprise" twist the good human commander usurps control from the bad, shake hands, we co-operate and everyone wins.... because happy ending.

....which is the caveat to my notion of adding to the story; I can't see Avatar adding anything NEW to the story because there was LITERALLY nothing new in the original.

>Often times these licenses make far more money in merchandising than they ever pull in theatrically.

Most things do, 'cos we're nearing a point where a big budget blockbuster can't POSSIBLY make enough money to be a success.... or not a failure. That's one reason you can now preorder the disks before the movie even comes out: they're hoping to keep the inertia going long enough to move some merch. The only reason "Cars 2" was made was because the toys from the first one sold so well.

>That's what happens when you try to drag out what is basically just a two-hour story

That, and the mass audience hadn't seen something like the Matrix before. Spectacle. By the time of the second, they had. By the third, they no longer cared.... story or characters be damned.

>a Titanic sequel was not possible
>I believe Clive Cussler wrote one

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081400/?ref_=sr_2

WORSE; you could do the story of EVERY PERSON ON THE BOAT! This thing could be a friggin' tv series if they wanted.

Don C.

[B-Lister]

This has 'the next Matrix' written all over it.

That is not a good thing.

[Hector]

DiCaprio could come back as either Iceman or Mr Freeze, lol.

[knight errant00]

In all fairness, a Titanic sequel was not possible, lol.

Sure it is . . . I believe Clive Cussler wrote one . . .

[Hector]

In all fairness, a Titanic sequel was not possible, lol.