Moreover, analysts suggest that not enough time passed between installments. “Fire and Ash” debuted just three years after “The Way of Water,” a short gap compared with the previous decade-plus wait.

Hahahaha analysts are really grasping for straws, the fact that 2 did that well after such a long wait was more a fluke than anything. The other points about 3’s story being unimportant and the tech being uninteresting explain more

By the 5th movie I’d be surprised if it was more than a vanity project

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What’s fascinating about this franchise is that I always thought it was just a vanity project! It happened to be profitable when it came out because it was kid-friendly.

James Cameron is the king of “why did so many people care about that at the time?”

The public’s obsession with Titanic in 1997 seems eyeroll-inducing now. I remember going to used media stores and copies of Titanic on VHS were everywhere.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago

Yeah I thought he just wanted to make like, the ultimate 3D movie experience, and being uninterested in 3D, I never went to see it (I also think the character design is pretty bad but whatever). After the latest 3D resurrection died I was surprised to hear of a sequel.