Avatar: The Squeakquel

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Hi Harry!

 

Don't know if this is newsworthy, but I just saw a Variety Screening Series showing of Avatar at the Arclight theater in Hollywood tonight, followed with a Q&A with James Cameron and two of his visual effects artists. One of the artists mentioned that they'll never again do this for the first time, meaning that everything they did in the making of Avatar was just a lot of instinctive grasping in the dark. Cameron agreed with him. He also told him to expect the studio to want another one, as they'd passed the billion $ mark. A second film will be easier, as the technology now exists, thanks to the movie. The moderator asked if there *would* be an Avatar sequel. To which Cameron answered that the plan had always been to make a trilogy of films. Finally, Cameron actually said it: "Yes, there'll be another."

 

As I said, I'm not sure how newsworthy this is, but thought I'd pass it on.

 

If you use this, please call me Marcel The Negro Projectionist

The Guy in the wheelchair will have a baby with the blue chick from X-Men ..

The Baby will be a half-breed ..Half - Human Half Blue ..

The Baby will grow up to be an asshole and will betray the Tribe .. by bringing the Humans back to Pandora's box ..

The Blur people will win ..

The Half-breed asshole will go back to earth .. marry a human and have a baby ..

AVATAR 3 - The Half-Breed and his human wife will have another weird Baby .. Half-Human Half - Blue-Human Breed ..

This Baby will grow up and be an asshole like his father .. he will betray the Human race by bringing the Blue people to earth (Heritage is stronger than blood ) ..

The Saga ends with the Blue people taking over earth .. turning Humans into their slaves ..

The last shot will be Charlton Heston screaming at the Statue of Liberty ..

  On 1/8/2010 at 5:03 AM, Boxing Day said:

The Guy in the wheelchair will have a baby with the blue chick from X-Men ..

 

The Baby will be a half-breed ..Half - Human Half Blue ..

 

The Baby will grow up to be an asshole and will betray the Tribe .. by bringing the Humans back to Pandora's box ..

 

The Blur people will win ..

 

The Half-breed asshole will go back to earth .. marry a human and have a baby ..

 

AVATAR 3 - The Half-Breed and his human wife will have another weird Baby .. Half-Human Half - Blue-Human Breed ..

 

This Baby will grow up and be an asshole like his father .. he will betray the Human race by bringing the Blue people to earth (Heritage is stronger than blood ) ..

 

The Saga ends with the Blue people taking over earth .. turning Humans into their slaves ..

 

The last shot will be Charlton Heston screaming at the Statue of Liberty ..

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wtf with all the spoilers. I'm not even going to bother watching them now you ruined them, they sound awesome though.

Indeed!

I read somewhere that they will have to do with the other moons near Pandora. *shrugs*

And one of the blue things is gonna look like Megan Fox :undecided:

i thought this thread was going to be about a video mash-up of Avatar vs Alvin And the Chipmunks

i am disappointed.

  On 1/9/2010 at 5:55 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

prediction: the sequel will suck ass, the third film will be even worse.

aka Matrix Syndrome

i don't know how i feel about him doing an Avatar trilogy, i wouldn't mind a single sequel. it could work. i like the idea of him making a purely nature documentary style movie about an alien planet.

has Cameron sold or shared his camera and 3d filmmaking techniques/technology with other filmmakers besides Peter Jackson and Spielberg for the upcoming Tin Tin movies? It makes me wonder how many movies will try to ride Avatar's coat tails in the next couple years and if any of them will be as well crafted.

  On 1/9/2010 at 10:28 AM, Awepittance said:

i like the idea of him making a purely nature documentary style movie about an alien planet.

Actually I think I would like that a lot as well... a heck of a lot more than Avatar anyway... didn't he do a documentary about sea life or something?

The entire plot of the story was involved with McWheelchairson becoming a tribe-dude. He's a tribe-dude now. I don't understand what driving factor is going to push the plot of any next movies. New threat comes to attack Pocahon- Er, Neytiri, or whatever her name is, and Jake has to summon more anti-capitalist armies? I dunno. The point being, don't fuck a good horse after you ride it, or it'll never ever be as good ever again.

  On 1/9/2010 at 11:59 AM, Ambassador Scoob said:

The point being, don't fuck a good horse after you ride it, or it'll never ever be as good ever again.

this is good advice btw

It's even worse than that because they always make anything profitable into a trilogy now without checking whether the second one is a turd. It's like riding a horse, getting a rhino to fuck it up the arse and then expecting it to ride a unicycle. or something.

Also: what is it with composers and bullshit 'tribal ethnic' music. James Camron creates a whole new language for these guys to speak, and then you just go with the usual mundane shitty "soweto choir-meets-celtic-plus peruvian panpipe" music for them. Its like getting a horse to have babies with a rhino, creating a whole new breed of amazing creatures...and then fucking them all to the point of incontinence.

navi shit glows in the dark

avator

  On 1/11/2010 at 4:02 AM, Salvatorin said:

Also: what is it with composers and bullshit 'tribal ethnic' music. James Camron creates a whole new language for these guys to speak, and then you just go with the usual mundane shitty "soweto choir-meets-celtic-plus peruvian panpipe" music for them. Its like getting a horse to have babies with a rhino, creating a whole new breed of amazing creatures...and then fucking them all to the point of incontinence.

this rather brutally sums up my exact thoughts on the score.

all that time and energy spent on making things seem alien and otherworldly, then the bongos and tribal chanting show up. goes from otherworldly to bushman documentary in two measures.

  On 1/11/2010 at 10:57 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 1/9/2010 at 11:59 AM, Ambassador Scoob said:

The entire plot of the story was involved with McWheelchairson becoming a tribe-dude. He's a tribe-dude now. I don't understand what driving factor is going to push the plot of any next movies. New threat comes to attack Pocahon- Er, Neytiri, or whatever her name is, and Jake has to summon more anti-capitalist armies? I dunno. The point being, don't fuck a good horse after you ride it, or it'll never ever be as good ever again.

they don't care about the critical reception or what the audiences think though, all they care about is the money. making a trilogy of avatar films is guaranteed millions in their pockets, so it will happen. can you imagine someone making a good, successful film that reaps millions in the box office going "yeah we'll just leave it there"? No, this is hollywood. they aim to squeeze every last dollar out of you before moving on to the next big hit. you can't blame them though, it is a business after all. what can you do about it? simply don't watch it.

Normally I would agree with you about Hollywood and sequels, but you're missing something:

In the history of action movies, there are only TWO sequels that are, even arguably, better than the originals:

Aliens, and Terminator 2. And Cameron made both of those movies.

I challenge anyone to name any sequels that can hold a candle to those two.

Now, as for the question: What can possibly happen in an Avatar sequel story wise? ... you need to understand sci-fi conventions. In sci-fi, whatever the big idea is in the first book/film, you expand out the horizon in subsequent book/films to make it an even bigger idea. The big idea of Avatar is not blue aliens running around: Its

the score of Avatar was probably the weakest part about it, they missed the opportunity to make a truly memorable score ala Star Wars or even Jurassic Park. You don't have to be john williams to make a good movie score though, listen to Howard Shore's ring trilogy scores.

I wasn't expecting the music to sound truly alien, that would be too much to ask for, but i was expecting to come away from the film with a few of the themes in my head. I couldn't remember a single one, still can't.

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I challenge anyone to name any sequels that can hold a candle to those two.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Kill Bill vol. 2, The Dark Night are a few I can think of

I think a sequel could be good as long as Cameron's at the helm

  On 1/11/2010 at 11:12 PM, Awepittance said:

the score of Avatar was probably the weakest part about it, they missed the opportunity to make a truly memorable score ala Star Wars or even Jurassic Park. You don't have to be john williams to make a good movie score though, listen to Howard Shore's ring trilogy scores.

I wasn't expecting the music to sound truly alien, that would be too much to ask for, but i was expecting to come away from the film with a few of the themes in my head. I couldn't remember a single one, still can't.

would have been less cheesy and more intensely visceral immersed inside the experience without a score at all

i dont think T2 or Aliens are better than the originals, but yeah they are damn good movies.

I would have to agree about the score as well

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would have been less cheesy and more intensely visceral immersed inside the experience without a score at all

 

ala No Country for Old Men