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First Review of Avatar Special Edition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-blue-giant-chicks-please dept.

brumgrunt writes "Den Of Geek has the first review of James Cameron's extended cut of Avatar. Its thoughts? 'As opposed to, say, the extended cuts of Aliens, Terminator 2 or The Abyss, the new scenes add little of particular note to everything we've already seen.'"

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  1. Re:Special Edition? by BobMcD · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Special edition or regular edition it will still never get anywhere near "Aliens." Sorry, Cameron, but the thirty years of experience you have gained and the extra production budget have actually made you worse. Go back to your roots.

    Check out his TED talk...

    1) Avatar was ALWAYS meant to be an eye candy spectacle. A proof of the capabilities of his company that he founded for the purpose of making 3D art.

    2) Titanic was just an excuse to dive the real wreck...

    3) He sought to make more films, but there wasn't any money in it, so he returned to make another Hollywood film.

    4) Avatar's subsequent release merely funds his true passion of science and exploration.

    I bring this up because you seem to be taking Cameron as some sort of artist who'd be interested in your critique. In reality, he's met all of his goals, and now has further funding for his true passion - exploration.

    Rather interesting, don't you think?