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

givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

It’s bizarre how much “stuff” there is

It’s not…

James Cameron spent a lot of money to make the first one, and wants to keep making them.

So the studio decided to just pretend that everyone wants more, and the entertainment media repeats it so the studio stays happy and tells them things.

The people don’t want, but that doesn’t really matter anymore. Enough will go see anything the media says is good, and just believe it’s good.

Lots of people are idiots, which explains a lot about capitalism

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moakley@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I don’t understand the appeal of Avatar. I really don’t. The writing is beyond lazy, and while the visuals may be impressive or whatever, the things they’re depicting just look weird and unappealing to me.

But even I can’t pretend that its success is only due to hype. There are plenty of successful movies that don’t deserve their success, but you don’t get as successful as Avatar without giving the audience something. People aren’t that dumb.

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- givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I didn’t say no one liked the first one.
  
  They loved it, everything about it except the story. It was groundbreaking CGI and visually stunning.
  
  No one wanted it a franchise except James Cameron though.
  
  And when you strip away the story from any movie and rely on flashing visuals…
  
  Dumb is the target demographic, they didn’t care about the story anyways.
  
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  - moakley@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    The second one is the third highest grossing movie of all time. So clearly some people wanted more.
    
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- HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  People aren’t that dumb.
  
  Yeah they are.
  
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yep.

I have some acquaintances that raved about the movie. I finally read the story and could only think how terrible.

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- givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Well…
  
  That your problem, you read it.
  
  The story isn’t why anyone likes Avatar. The visuals were the draw.
  
  Which is why everyone forgot about it pretty quickly
  
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  - Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Lol
    
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Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

So the studio decided to just pretend that everyone wants more, and the entertainment media repeats it so the studio stays happy and tells them things.

I think you just described a non-political example of manufactured consent.

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