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| Cameron Wants to Compete With Star Trek | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 27 2010, 08:42 AM (108 Views) | |
| caltrek | Aug 27 2010, 08:42 AM Post #1 |
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So, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Personally, Star Trek is enough of an alternate reality for me. I haven't even seen Avatar yet. I guess that makes me pretty old school. |
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| Dandandat | Aug 27 2010, 01:31 PM Post #2 |
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“Cameron and company have approached "Avatar" as a candidate to join “Star Wars” and “Star Trek”” PU-lease <--- talk to the handIf and when there is a Avatar 3 maybe we can start taking like this, and even then it would be premature. What it’s been a year? and people want to put Avatar into the books next to franchises with decades long staying power? Ohhhhhhhhh they have a Blue-Ray disk, it must be like star trek. This just makes me not want to watch this movie more. Edited by Dandandat, Aug 27 2010, 01:33 PM.
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| 24thcenstfan | Aug 27 2010, 08:16 PM Post #3 |
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I've seen "Avatar", and while I was blown away by the visuals (its coming back to the theaters by the way), I think the bones of the story presented in the movie are not enough to compete with Star Trek in the long run. Both Star Trek and Star Wars have broader and more complex mythos...which has sustained its longevity. In general, I do think "Avatar" will compete financially. Its reaching a massive audience. There will probably be at least three movies and some kind of cartoon animation (I suspect). However, I don't think it will have as big of an influence on pop culture as Star Trek has...or Star Wars for that matter. Avatar will probably have a bigger impact on CGI and how movies are made for the next decade though. This is all from a current perpective. We could be looking back in 30 - 40 years and think, man, that franchise sure did become pervasive!. Cameron better start expanding on the "Avatar" mythos beyond Pandora if he really wants to begin the competition. |
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| Swidden | Aug 27 2010, 08:23 PM Post #4 |
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I guess it had to happen. Roddenberry and Lucas have blazed a trail and others are bound to follow it. I see the strongest comparison to Lucas' work, especially since he shrewdly held onto rights that almost meant nothing back then to just get "Star Wars" made. The "Harry Potter" series, "Twlight" are among the more recent forays into this area. Cameron seems to be following quite astutely in Lucas' footprints. He knows that this could very well have a life well beyond a single movie. Unlike "Terminator" it not as pessimistic, it is more hopeful. That is something that does seem to resonate with viewers more over scary, evil cyborgs. |
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