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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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  • 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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      #43

      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
            #46

            ...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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            • J johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com

              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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                                • G grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works

                                  Dude it’s okay, you can stop, in fact many of us prefer you do

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                                  simsalabim@lemmy.world
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                                  As long as it makes as much money as it does, I think we're in the minority.

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                                  • E ecvanalog@lemmy.world

                                    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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                                    fatvegan@leminal.space
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                                    Everything about movies is just stupid. Napoleon dynamite cost 400k to make. Half of that money went into the jamiroquai song. Marketing for a movie costs more than a movie used to cost. A movie made 10 million dollars? Absolute failure. People like the rock get paid 50million per movie to just be there. I really hope Hollywood just collapses

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                                    • L LordMayor

                                      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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                                      andyburke
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                                      ... you got me. I would certainly consider seeing that.

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                                      • Sentient LoomS Sentient Loom

                                        What makes you think that?

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                                        iww4@lemmy.zip
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                                        Because it is the easiest way to save monney

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