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James Cameron Says He Must Find a Cheaper Way to Produce the Avatar Movies in Order to Continue With Avatar 4 and 5 - IGN

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  • Sentient LoomS Sentient Loom

    This one only brought in 1.2 billion dollars so far. It's only the 29th highest grossing film of all time!

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    zorque@lemmy.world
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    It took two whole days to break a billion dollars! That's like an eternity!

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      monkdervierte@lemmy.zip
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      It was a fucking Trilogy man.

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      • O omgboom@lemmy.zip

        Hear me out. Muppets.

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        tribblesbestfriend@startrek.website
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        Hear me out … don’t produce another

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        • darkfuture@lemmy.worldD darkfuture@lemmy.world

          Or, hear me out, you could use your impressive creativity to make other non-Avatar movies that are beloved classics like you were making before Avatar.

          The indiginous species have been oppressed by the shitty humans for 3 movies now. WE GET IT.

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          johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          They also had the same bad guy for 3 movies...

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          • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldM mojofrododojo@lemmy.world

            https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/movies/james-cameron-pushes-for-cheaper-vfx-i-d-like-to-see-the-cost-of-vfx-artists-come-down/ar-AA1LtLYs

            he wants to be able to produce movies cheaper.

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            eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip
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            Vfx cheaper. But in this article and everywhere else he does stress "if they do make one". It's clear he won't if he can't. I don't think he would use AI.

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            • L LordMayor

              He’s preparing everyone for an AI announcement, isn’t he?

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              mastod0n@lemmy.world
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              It definitely sounds like that to me.

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                mthomsonkiwi
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                Would making the movies cheaper translate into cheaper ticket prices? My local is $26 a ticket now. It's ridiculous! I'm not going to see everything that comes out when it costs that much, and we've got access to streaming now.

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                • O omgboom@lemmy.zip

                  Hear me out. Muppets.

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                  pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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                  If James Cameron's; Muppet Avatar: The Way of Fuzz happens, I might never watch any other movie, ever again.

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                  • E eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip

                    Vfx cheaper. But in this article and everywhere else he does stress "if they do make one". It's clear he won't if he can't. I don't think he would use AI.

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                    mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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                    wish he would go back to making cheaper movies and working within a constraint set. his older stuff was way better.

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                    • D decq@lemmy.world

                      I had the same feeling after the first one after delaying watching it for 15 years. It's really not a good movie. I don't get the hype.

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                      ...m...
                      wrote last edited by myrrh@ttrpg.network
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                      ...it was the first (and one of the few) well-produced modern 3D film and mustered a plurality of its box office return on the hype surrounding that novelty...

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                        They also had the same bad guy for 3 movies...

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                        foobarrington@lemmy.world
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                        And he got away again, I couldn't believe it!

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                          foobarrington@lemmy.world
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                          I have an idea: cut the film length in half, remove the warfare and turn it into a nature documentary.

                          My mom really likes the movies, so I went with her to the cinema. I like the progress in CGI and have read their papers on water rendering a bunch of times, and I can feel myself getting immersed when things start off. They are beautiful worlds with so much creativity!

                          And then the warfare starts and it all turns into a CGI mess with no story value. Such a disappointment.

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                            ecvanalog@lemmy.world
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                            It’s easy to joke about, but I feel like this is a microcosm of the problems plaguing Hollywood. The notion that a franchise routinely closing in on $2B a movie at the box office is somehow not profitable speaks to how absolutely unhinged the budgets are going in.

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                            • F foobarrington@lemmy.world

                              And he got away again, I couldn't believe it!

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                              ftp@feddit.uk
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                              Wait for real?! Good thing I didn’t bother to watch 3 yet, after the end of 2 was just setting up yet another rematch.

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                              • F ftp@feddit.uk

                                Wait for real?! Good thing I didn’t bother to watch 3 yet, after the end of 2 was just setting up yet another rematch.

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                                foobarrington@lemmy.world
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                                Yep. Many parts of 3 were a literal repeat of 2, including whale hunting, a big showdown at the water village, and Quarritch AGAIN gets away at the end.

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                                • T terraroot@sh.itjust.works

                                  I sat and watched, didn't feel to bored, very surprised actually, but the test is, I feel, how much money would I accept to go watch it again? I think it would be quite painful.

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                                  Sentient Loom
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                                  I watched it three times and enjoyed it more each time.

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                                  • G gerudo@lemmy.zip

                                    One of the easiest cost cutting moves in franchise movie making is replacing expensive talent.
                                    Why pay Sam Worthington or Zoe Saldana 30-45 mill each when you can get up and coming talent for 5 or less

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                                    Sentient Loom
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                                    I actually think this is a great idea. Saldana did a great job though. And Worthington was fine.

                                    Edit: nobody's showing up for Worthington though. No offense to him.

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                                      NachBarcelona
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                                      He could make blue giant dildos for merch, and simultaneously go fuck himself with one of those.

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                                        LordMayor
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                                        He could probably do a nature documentary set in that world for cheap and people would pay to see it.

                                        It would spare us the tiresome dialog.

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                                        • H hesh

                                          Avatar, one of the most profitable film franchises in history, needs to cut costs?

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                                          Janx
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                                          If there's a single dollar giant corporations and billionaires don't have, they'll destroy your life to get it. That's why their limitless greed is so dangerous to everyone, it's quite literally never enough...

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