Cameron is totally self-taught when it comes to science stuff and in particular undersea exploration, but I want to say he's been a significant contributor to the field, not just financially but (obviously) directly as well.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 04:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
directorly u mean?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 04:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Directorly, too, but also directly (as in, he designs submarines and cameras and tech and goes diving all the time). But he also films what he does.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 12:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/james-cameron-on-chinese-filmmakers-censorship-and-potential-co-productions/
From now on Cameron will be dedicating his time to diving and making Avatar sequels. That's it.
"I’ve divided my time over the last 16 years over deep ocean exploration and filmmaking. I’ve made two movies in 16 years, and I’ve done eight expeditions. Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the “Avatar” business. Period. That’s it. I’m making “Avatar 2,” “Avatar 3,” maybe “Avatar 4,” and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. I’m not interested in taking scripts. And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, but the point is I think within the “Avatar” landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it. And doing it in an entertaining way."
He is also "in awe" of Zack Snyder, the only new filmmaker that blows him away.
― DavidM, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
this fuckin guythank god he's not working for DC or marvel i guess
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 May 2012 21:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
watched avatar again a few weeks ago
still sucks
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
he is the only person alive who is still stuck in that universe
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Avatar sucks
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can see exactly why Cameron would love Zack Snyder
i have yet to rewatch Avatar. i know i will cringe throughout even though i enjoyed it as theatre spectacle.i sort of hope the 2nd movie will be really good, a la Empire Strikes Back or Aliens, though i have a feeling it could easily be worse than Temple of Doom...
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Loved the shit out of Avatar in the theater. Have not rewatched since then.
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe “Avatar 4,”
*prays*
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
cameron is so fucking hate-able
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 01:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
for the most popular movie of all time its kind of amazing how a year or two later it has zero cultural currency at all... am i wrong about that?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
i kind of felt that way two weeks after it came out!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's the "jolson sings again" of 2009
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
to be fair i kind of like "jolson sings again"
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
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cameron is eminently, definitively hateable, and yeah, avatar's currency did evaporate pretty much upon issuance. i did dig it though, and am looking forward to the sequel. pity me if you must.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
"am looking forward to the sequelsequels. pity me if you must."
I've asked this before, but did this movie make an impression on the most impressionable? On 11 and 12 year old kids? Do kids play Avatar? Do they dress in Avatar costumes?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 11:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean, I'm sure Cameron does, but other than him?
thats what im saying
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I dunno I mean as far as major_pop_culture_events no one talks about ANYTHING after it's been out a few months do they?
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 14:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
There is still a considerable cultural footprint for (EG) Aliens, Terminator and Titanic. There's still things you can do to reference them in a joke and be certain people* will get the reference. Avatar, not so much.
*of an appropriate age
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
There was that avatar hair sex joke on 30 rock this season.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
ya or titanic, which was the big record holder before
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
avatar is more like a ride© than a movie
© copyright dr morbs
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Avatar" didn't introduce 3D to the world either, I saw "Beowulf" in 2007. And it had a 3D naked Angelina Jolie demon.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
how is that different than just naked angelina jolie HAHAHAHA BRAD PITT
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
B.R.A.D. P.I.T.T.
duders 3D goes back like many decades
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think it's ~interesting~ how little this matters now
― goole, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes, but actually good 3D is a relatively new thing. As a massive and vicious generalisation, Avatar wouldn't have made this much if you still couldn't use 3D and regular glasses :)
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
old 3D was much better than new 3D, tho - greater dimensional depth, greater clarity of image, more impact etc etc
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
good 3d does not exist
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
3d is kinda counter productive, except in avatar
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
CORALINE
― the minister of RAILWAYS (reddening), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, disagree that good 3D does not exist. great 3D may be in short supply, but there's plenty of good stuff.
There is still a considerable cultural footprint for (EG) Aliens, Terminator and Titanic.
the extent to which avatar has dropped off the map is kind of funny/weird. i mean, compare with pixar's cars, which is still alive and kicking, minting money hand over fist - and was even before the sequel. kids glommed onto that and never let go. much more so than they did with wall-e, which got all the critical love, and certainly more than they did with avatar. if you want proof that pop culture event films can linger long in the cultural mind, you don't have to look any farther than star wars.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think it's funny/weird, the movie is really stupid and bad and everybody knew it at the time.
― goole, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
more interesting that it was such a successful spectacle upon release, but that's not that hard to figure out either i guess
― goole, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
If ever you feel the need to enlighten us...
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Successful marketing, hype, etc. It was the most-hyped movie since The Phantom Menace.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
the phantom menace was so bad
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
i just rewatched all the 'new' star wars movies and that one is just the worst.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hype doesn't bring in the repeat business, though, or the (sorry) long tail. It still pulled in a million dollars on week 17.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
no way, the second one is the worst, by far. with all that terrible "romantic" dialogue. awful. at least phantom menace had the podrace setpiece.
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― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
if James Cameron wants to go far with his crazy vision and really franchise Avatar, he should build Avatar World. because for sure it's a better ride than a movie.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's this earnestness in Avatar that just rubs me the wrong way. You can watch the Star Wars prequels and know they are trash, wooden acting, stupid plots, etc. I think everything awful about SW prequels is pretty easy to enjoy in a Bad Movie kind of way.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
(I have to admit that it's kind of hard for me to judge The Phantom Menace objectively, because I tried so hard to love it and so I probably rate it higher than II and III, which are pretty indefensible. Still Liam Neeson's Sanjuro impersonation raises it bove them, IMHO)
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
podracing was great, that's true. but almost nullified by way too many "cute" attempts to appeal to kids (jarjar, etc), which make me cringe more than romance stuff. yeah, maybe it's the earnestness in that but more the transparent marketing-department interference.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
at any rate, i will take George Lucas's inflated ego over Cameron's any day
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink