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Comment on Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise

“Showed up out of nowhere”, ie. in development since the mid 90’s; “made the most bank”, ie. made the 2nd most bank; “disappeared”, ie. Cameron said that there would be 4 sequels and that they’re being worked on; “came back out of nowhere”, ie. the first sequel came out more or less when it was supposed to, and Cameron said in 2020 that filming on Avatar 3 was nearly finished.

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shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
i feel like the feeling of them coming “out of nowhere” and “disappearing” is created by how little cultural impact those movies managed to create. like give me a single quote, anything memorable from the story itself. we all remember it is a beautiful film to watch, but the plot might as well be a theme park ride around an alien world

nobody talks about it, there is nothing to talk about

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- hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  like give me a single quote, anything memorable from the story itself
  
  Well there was the part where the… uh… the guy, whatshisface said…
  
  Wait, no… ok well how about when the… um… there was that one part in… err, either the first or the second movie, one of the aliens did… umm…
  
  I’ll get back to you on this one
  
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- Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  “JakeSully”
  
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- Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  See this? That’s Unobtainium.
  
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- lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Isn’t the story alien sideboob? I still remember that, very meaningful
  
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  - Sludgehammer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    It’s kinda funny how sexualized the aliens in Avatar are when they canonically have no genitalia except for their dreadlocks. It kinda defies the sci-fi trope; a sexy alien species that humans can’t have sex with (unless you get a avatar body with its accompanying penis perm of course).
    
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- TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  “I see you” is an insanely easy quote to remember from this movie
  
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NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Image

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- hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  me_irl
  
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- Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  This should be the cover photo/thumbnail/whatever for the show “Um, Actually” lol
  
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ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Bet you’re a hoot at parties

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- hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Want to have a nice cry about it?
  
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  - ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    What?
    
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    hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    What?
    
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