I saw that Bones ep, and was not only amazed that they'd done such blatant product placement (product embedding), but also that they'd read the tenor of the audience so badly. Avatar is not going to have lines of people busting down doors to see it, a la Twilight. I think it'll do OK, maybe break even. It'll probably have a great opening weekend -- but then fall off very quickly as the tech fanboys get their fill, and nobody else takes their place. I really can't see this becoming the next ET.
And I'm not planning to see it because it sounds like yet another stupid "what these people need is a honky" plot, in which the "natives" are ineffectual and helpless until some (white) human guy comes along to show them how it's done. In exchange they teach him to commune with nature and find himself, and maybe give him a little native nookie. Seen there, barfed that, from "Dances With Wolves" to "The Last Samurai" and back.
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Date: 2009-12-15 04:36 am (UTC)And I'm not planning to see it because it sounds like yet another stupid "what these people need is a honky" plot, in which the "natives" are ineffectual and helpless until some (white) human guy comes along to show them how it's done. In exchange they teach him to commune with nature and find himself, and maybe give him a little native nookie. Seen there, barfed that, from "Dances With Wolves" to "The Last Samurai" and back.