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<blockquote data-quote="ReshiIRE" data-source="post: 9047938" data-attributes="member: 7031231"><p>I have not seen the second Avatar - take this into account with this comment.</p><p></p><p>Avatar's cultural impact can be clearly seen (and speculated) in how</p><p></p><p>1) it popularised 3D in films to an absurd degree, where we still the occasional 3D release of certain films even if they don't really work anymore.</p><p></p><p>2) there are entire sections across theme parks dedicated to Pandora and the world of Avatar.</p><p></p><p>3) it was a huge technical marvel that significantly contributed to increasing CGI usage - while the Star Wars prequels got there first, Avatar proved for certain that you could practically have the entire world be CGI in your film and it would work, and be successful</p><p></p><p>4) I think the <em>aesthetic </em>has been carried forward - Avatar being so bright probably had an impact on the better use of colour across media afterwards. The truly gray and brown days of video games, for example, started to fade after 2010 - while a different genre, I wouldn't be surprised if Avatar's success as something bright and beautiful helped</p><p></p><p>The thing is, however, is that Avatar's plot, characters and general writing is pretty formulaic and generic; I don't think it was ever going to be influential in that manner, and thus I think that's why it doesn't appeal to quite a lot of Sci-Fi fans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ReshiIRE, post: 9047938, member: 7031231"] I have not seen the second Avatar - take this into account with this comment. Avatar's cultural impact can be clearly seen (and speculated) in how 1) it popularised 3D in films to an absurd degree, where we still the occasional 3D release of certain films even if they don't really work anymore. 2) there are entire sections across theme parks dedicated to Pandora and the world of Avatar. 3) it was a huge technical marvel that significantly contributed to increasing CGI usage - while the Star Wars prequels got there first, Avatar proved for certain that you could practically have the entire world be CGI in your film and it would work, and be successful 4) I think the [I]aesthetic [/I]has been carried forward - Avatar being so bright probably had an impact on the better use of colour across media afterwards. The truly gray and brown days of video games, for example, started to fade after 2010 - while a different genre, I wouldn't be surprised if Avatar's success as something bright and beautiful helped The thing is, however, is that Avatar's plot, characters and general writing is pretty formulaic and generic; I don't think it was ever going to be influential in that manner, and thus I think that's why it doesn't appeal to quite a lot of Sci-Fi fans. [/QUOTE]
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