fire and rule

In my circles it's "avatar" and "avatar (the blue one)", which is also quite telling

In my circles it's "avatar" and we haven't needed a way to distinguish space smurfs. Literally never comes up, even when one is in theaters.
- Yeah, the only reason the James Cameron one is ever brought up is to talk about how it's absurd how much profit it makes or to talk about how stupid it is that they're making a series. Often context is enough to know you're talking about that one, and not the real one.
Avatar "Pocahontas in space"
- Aka Dances with Smurfs
- Tells me you don't know, or that you don't care about why that movie was ever made. And why the second one got made either.
  The story is about being an avatar.
  Not about fern gully as well

I like both Avatars: The Last Airbender and the Cameron's one. I don't understand why in so many people love for one thing transforms into hate for some other thing. It reminds me how much lotrmemes subreddit hates G. R. R. Martin, despite the fact that he told people numerous times that he himself loves LotR and considers it an inspiration for his work.

Having said that the name trademark is unfortunate.

I don't hate Avatar blue people, I just find it to be mid.
- The Cameron Avatar films are great spectacles. They should be experienced in the theatre.
  And they know what they are. They don't have much cultural relevance, but they make stupid money because they're event films.
- I can help you understand it better from a film making perspective if you are willing to watch some of James Camerons other works.
  Might upgrade the value of having watched it and knowing what is about. Even if it doesn't make the story any better if you ever watch it again it might just give you a different relationship with it
  Or could be a complete waste of your time lol

I'm surprised people give enough of a shit for that much (EDIT : FAN CONTENT) to be made

I don't think anyone can stop James Cameron at this point. It could bomb and he'd probably still make the next one
- But they don't bomb, which I don't understand.
  I've never once heard anyone talk about them, except to make a joke about James Cameron. Literally never even hear mention that they went to see a movie and it was Avatar. The fact that those movies make money confounds me.
- The first Avatar grossed $2.9 billion, and the second grossed $2.4 billion
Think he got a deal on doing four of them. They've also made BANK the first grossed nearly 3B and the second still grossed around 2.3B. Those film executives do not care about comments on the stupidity of the plot or their rotten tomatoes score they can't see or hear it over the waterfall of money printing.
- I'm talking about fan content. no one gives a shit about avatar the world/story so how is it about as quarter as popular as the animated Avatar series?
Somehow the sequel made billions. I have no idea how.
- I'm talking about fan content. no one gives a shit about avatar the world/story so how is it about as quarter as popular as the animated Avatar series?

(no love for James Cameron, but) are fans of a Nickelodeon series first released in 2005 really complaining about the existence of other media using the name Avatar? 🤔

If they are preventing better series from using it… yeah why not I can be grumpy about a lot of things at the same time.
- this guy gets it
- Like the band Atreyu. The name deserves so much more.
Love for James Cameron! You should watch the documentary about him designing and building a submarine, done the right way vs the titan submersible.
I actually really like many of Cameron's movies, it's just that Avatar is so mid and forgettable, even compared to a crowd pleaser like Titanic.
Ironic, isn't it?
Edit: that page is broken at the moment. If anyone can post a screenshot that would be great
- Cameron's first Avatar film wasn't completed until 2009 but it was in development (under that name) in the 90s. Here is an article about it from 1996.
  As OP's screenshot notes, Nickelodeon's show was never released with a single-word name because they were aware of Cameron's trademark prior to it being released.

Don't know bout You, but when I hear Avatar, my first thought goes to the Swedish metal band. Then the series, then the movies.

Many many years ago, a song by an artist called avatar came across my ears. Likely via audiogalaxy where could send you shit. It's a guitar song called Baba Ava by Avatar. It's chill but good and still in my music library to this day. Any time I try to find more songs by the artist, I get the swedish metal band.
It could have also appeared because that was my swedish metal era listening to a lot of in flame. So maybe I mixed them up and was left with some chill guitar to show for it.

Can't wait for the Christmas cross-over special.

Now James Cameron needs to make an avatar adaptation. Not the blue one