I believe you will see that Cameron is a different kind of monster. With all the bad publicity before titanic and avatar he not once said a thing. He will shout I'm king of the Disney world after it happens, if it happens. He won't brag until his product is in place. To play devils advocate why would you begin promotion before ground even breaks it makes no sense. You can also blame the Internet bloggers for not asking him once directly about the project.
Eh...I see what you are saying, but he certainly has promoted his stuff before it's happened. And it's smart to do - if it's really happening, and you think it's a project you will be proud of. Even if he didn't gush about it...he isn't saying
anything. Not even
mentioning it. When talking about the future of the franchise the supposed land is going to be based on, how he wants to make nothing but Avatar movies forever.
I said in a earlier post the hook for the sequels will be it is filming at 60 frames per second to issue in a new type of 3d.
LOL, I have a big old Seth and Amy, "Really?"
The average person doesn't know what 60fps is. And the only difference it will make is slightly more fluid movement - which, I'm sorry, I don't think many people complained Avatar wasn't "fluid" enough. This is the public that largely claims they cannot see much, if any, difference between Blu-ray and DVD (I disagree, I see a massive difference, but most people say they do not which is why Blu-ray is still a rather niche product).
That's not a "hook". It's something to get geeks teched up about, but nothing that will sell this film to the masses. "What is FPS?" is what you would hear, LOL. And if that's the best he's got to "hook" - LOL, it's worse than I thought. It's meaningless to most people's 3D experiences.
Don't count Cameron out,for some reason he is one of the few filmmakers that can bring all ages into the theaters. How many directors can shepard a totally new property into theaters from script stage to completed filming.
Now that is categorically untrue. The reason both Titanic and Avatar made so much money was repeat viewings - in Titanic's case it was teenage girls, in Avatar's case it was teenage boys. The evidence overwhelmingly shows that these were the main drivers of the gross of these films - teenagers who could go 3, 5, 10 times. Heck, I didn't even love Titanic, and I think I saw it 3 times in the theater when I was a teenager.
How did they shoot themselves in themselves in the foot. You basically did the same when you admitted you don't know anyone who uses those ugly glasses
It would take me an hour and I'd have to go way off topic to do so, so I'll have to summarize: the only (and I mean
the only) reason the studios pushed 3-D in the theaters so much was because of the "3-D tax" - they can charge up to twice the price for a 3-D ticket as a 2-D film. (Which is a huge reason people are going even less now - once or twice they will pay it, but after that it becomes rote and that's why 2-D showings are up over 3-D in most cases vs. a year or two ago). Truth be told, the amount of people going to the movies has been in decline since WWII. They have fought TV, then video games, and now the Internet. It's ebbed and flowed, but it's been a constant struggle to convince people they need to go to a theater. 3-D did that for a short time, and it's never gone near (nor will it ever) go back to the average person going to the movies weekly as they did in those days.
The studios were very resistant to 3-D at home, because they didn't want people to be able to pay $30 for a Blu-ray and show as many people that they want, when they got $60 from a family of four each time they went to the theater - just to see the film
once. That's why there were 3-D Blu-ray players and TV's sold long before you could actually BUY a 3-D film on Blu-ray (they were often incentives if you bought a "pack" of expensive glasses, etc. - Avatar has been available like that for a year or two, it hasn't even been released officially yet - though I believe it finally will be soon). The problem was the manufacturers - the manufacturers thought everyone in the world would be all Blu-ray'd up at this point. While penetration has gone higher (mostly people replacing broken DVD players since Blu-ray players play DVDs, too), they wanted to sell more TV's and more Blu-ray players so they kind of forced the issue. It was the only way to get people who just bought expensive HDTV's to buy another one, when most people were just going and buying a cheap one at Wal-mart, because to most eyes there isn't much difference.
When I "admitted" I don't know people who watch with goofy glasses at home, you missed the point - in five years, penetration will be deeper (just by default, as by then most TV's will have 3-D standard, if people use it or not). And by then we won't be dealing with expensive goggles, Polarized technology is here but not cheap enough, but by then it will just be a light pair of glasses like you wear at the theater. (Yes, autostereoscopic like Nintendo 3Ds is also coming along, but the super-limited viewing angles inherent in the tech are at least a decade more from becoming viable for home size screens and most viewers.)
So by the time Avatar 2/3/etc. comes out, this tech will already be in homes - polarized - for anyone who does wish to see it (in truth, not many - I think it's main future is in video games). People will just wait for it to come home, even if they do care.
All that mouthful said, people largely don't care about Avatar now, and I don't think five years will help that cause.
Avatar 2/3 will come out and make bucket loads of money due to the fact it has his name on it.
Avatarland is still on the table as for now whether or not it will happen only a few people are in the know but after Rasulos comments I think the odds are better. Remember right now there are only possibilities not probabilities
Oh no, there are probabilities, LOL. That sounds like a self-help guru type of talk.
We'll see if it ever happens. I've been a member of this board for eight years or so, and I assume I will be in another five. I guess we will just have to come back and see how it all turns out then. We may be riding the most revolutionary attractions ever built themed around Avatar, or we might not. I tend to think we will most likely be not, but I guess we will just have to wait and see.
