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Cultural impact (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 54 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I really feel like the vast majority of people misunderstand these movies. They are visual feasts, made specifically to be pretty and push tech used for movies further along. I have never seen anything from Cameron or anyone else involved say otherwise. They aren't trying to be story telling masterpieces, they are popcorn flicks that you go to the biggest and best cinema to see and just be wowed by the spectacle. And I really enjoy them for that, seen all three in cinemas, biggest and best screens with 3d in my city. Had a blast every time, it's all about knowing what you're watching and why.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago

    Okay, yes, true, but they also constructed the entire N'avi language, created a fuckton of lore about the planet, and thoroughly fleshed out the lore and design of Earth and its voyage to and from Pandora.

    This wasn't a visual feast made for the viewer, this was a feast made to employ all these skilled artisans in a massive production, and EVERYONE except the writers fucking blew it out of the water.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    But that's the whole point. The highest-grossing movie of all time was a popcorn flick with zero cultural impact. That's exactly what this meme is saying. How are people misunderstanding this?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    The cultural impact of it is what it caused though ripple effect.

    The MCU for example would have literally been impossible if not for avatar. Avatar basically shunted the entire industry forward 20 years in one go on the technical front.

    Took every skilled artisan that was even remotely related to the arts. And gave them a functionally unlimited budget and told to just go ham.

    Then actual story being told for the audience wasn't a priority or the point.

    The point was a project for the industry, a project to push the industry forward.

    Selling the final product was frankly entirely just a means to the end. To recoup the cost and then do it again.

    That's why it's basically just the most complicated retelling of Pocahontas ever done.

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