• samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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    23 days ago

    When I saw it in the theater back when it came out, it was with my extended family and I knew nothing about it. I assumed it was an Avatar: The Last Airbender movie (which I also knew almost nothing about other than the name). It was a ways into the movie before I realized that I was watching the movie and not some sort of extended preview of another one.

    The movie was fine. Great visuals, mediocre plot. It doesn’t deserve to have had much of a cultural impact.

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      23 days ago

      Does it have a cultural impact? The franchise seems to have very few hardcore fans and hardly any casual fans. I was at a comic con this weekend and i have seen a guy dressed as a navi. That was the only cosplay i have ever seen. There is also a guy that has his car airbrushed with avatar stuff ever since the first movie came out. Other than that i don’t think i have ever even seen an avatar tshirt

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      23 days ago

      I’ve watched both of the sequels now (on the high seas), and they were actually pretty entertaining.

      But I agree that they aren’t nearly as culturally significant as the PR would like you to believe