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What up peeps? I'm not sure how many people follow revered director James Cameron's word with bated breath..I imagine it's a fuckton of folks judging by the global gross Avatar snagged in. Oh and speak of the blue devil,..that actually ties in with this recent development.
A while ago James made it known that, between assisting in launching the world's first asteroid-mining company and the Avatar films, he isn't interested in developing "other people's stories". That's perfectly understandable, I suppose. I'm nowhere on the same level as that dude and even I cringe oft-times at the idea of working with other people's ideas. If you come up w/ the idea yourself, chances are good you were meant to execute it. Even so, this defiant decision of his has put one of my most-anticipated films in a sort of development hell. Battle Angel Alita, a manga written and drawn by Yukito Kishiro and his brother serving as assistant, is at least one of the franchises Cameron brought the rights to years ago, and ever since doing so the world has been teased here and there of just the possibility of the film kicking into production, let alone if and when it'll come out. Given the recent altered state of mind, however, I'm afraid it's just not going to happen..or perhaps it just might..
Word's in that Cameron wants to run the productions of Avatars 2, 3, and 4 side by side..by side. What's possessed him to attempt doing this? Well, a bevy of variables I'm certain, it's not like myself and most folks on teh intawebz have even a slightest idea of the technical business in producing a film from start to finish, all parts considered. And by taking this action, Avatar would be only the 2nd franchise in recent history to have so many installments produced simultaneously (the first to my mind is the Lord of the Rings trilogy). Given all of this, though (and the more embarrassing fact I've yet to sit down and watch Avatar...yeah yeah, I'm such a tard and all that shit), and the sensation he might try to pull the films out in relatively rapid succession...does that run the risk of viewer fatigue? "Too much of a good thing.." as the old saying goes; Cameron is probably too business savvy to do a move that bullheaded. After all it took like, what, seven years between Terminators 1 and 2, correct? I doubt he need worry about making people sick of his Smurfs-Of-The-Rainforest saga quite yet.
On the other hand, I sure as fuck wouldn't mind him blitzing through the tetralogy, if that means he feels comfortable resuming BAA. If however he decides to do the smart thing and pace the releases out,...please Cameron, sell the rights back to Kishiro/Kodansha (I assumed the rights belong to Kishiro solely since he recently switched to Kodonsha like a year or so ago, but w/e) so they can sell them off to another director. Hell, help them find another good one if you can, I'm sure Ridley wouldn't mind a property like it and he's but one talented choice. I'd just rather you not vaguely do the equivalent of patent trolling, tis all.
Okay that concludes this post. My legs hurt. L8r.
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