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You think it'll live up to the hype?


Judging by his produced movies, it was more a hit or miss and mostly of mediocre result. Granted he didn't direct them (hasn't directed anything since Avatar) but he still helped produce them. I don't know if it'll ever hold up since at the time, it was the first major revolutionary CGI (like the Matrix) along with 3D which made it such a success. Other than that, the movie was alright in itself.

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Does anything live up to its hyperbole? Does anything substantial require hyperbole? My answer is no. Don’t think so.

The 2 best TV series I’ve seen in the past 3 years, Emerald City and Counterpart, were treated like orphans by their respective parents (NBC and Showtime), received ZERO promotion, but were outstanding (Emerald, for its production design, cinematography, FX [for a broadcast network] and performance by a single character, Ana Uluru as the Wicked Witch of the West) or jaw-dropping (Counterpart, for its engaging and fresh narrative and mind-blowing acting). Now that I’m thinking aloud, TRULY great stuff does not get hype, because TRULY great stuff, being innovative, unprecedented, difficult to categorize and not easily explained in 2 words or fewer (e.g., MTV cops = Miami Vice) is not grist for the hyperbole mill. “Hey, Ludwig’s finished his 9th symphony. He calls it The Chorale. Let’s get the hype rolling!” “Are you INSANE?! Look! He’s got 5 freaking movements. NO symphony has more than 4 movements! It’s 72 freaking minutes long! The audience’s collective bladder will explode. Dude! This is a loser. Pass!”

(The reality is that, when Beethoven’s masterpiece debuted, at the conclusion of its much-lauded second movement, the audience rose up and demanded to hear an encore presentation.)

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Probably not. I hope its great, but I have my doubts.

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Could be people turn on these new Avatar movies, much like people turned on the last season or two of Game of Thrones, if it doesn't meet the sky high expectations people have.

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The last season of GoT simply sucked major ass - it had nothing to do with hype. Season 7 also was mediocre but most people still liked it. Season 8 was so bad that even the normies were disappointed.

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If not, Disney has a whole land at the Animal Kingdom theme park that might get old pretty fast.

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What hype?

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He has a track record of writing superb sequels, and there were big assumptions that Titanic/Avatar would bomb. At every opportunity Jim has proven people wrong, but this is his hardest challenge yet - it's ridiculous how long it's taking, and Avatar has left the public consciousness. He's going to have to produce something that really moves people with a much better story than the first.

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Depends on how much you liked the Planet of the Apes reboot series and the first Jurassic World. Same writers.

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Of course not. The first one didn't, but it didn't matter. People went to see it anyway and they will this too.

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