Anna Daniels
Belated sequels to hit film shaven’t done terribly well at the box office of late (we’re looking at you, Terminator: Dark Fate), and while Avatar was a bigger hit than most and its sequels won’t be quite as belated as some, a consistent theme of the derisive tweets leveled at the new concept art was that Avatar was… how can we put this delicately… not a memorable film, and not one that demanded a continuation of its story. Wrote user @BeardedSonOfNel, “Nobody cares. The first movie broke box office records, and I don’t know a person that can name a character from that film. This is also a film that doesn’t need sequels; it was fine on its own.”
Some users took slightly more sarcastic approaches to their criticism, like @cygnertyc (who wrote, “Omg i’m so looking forward to this release I’ve been waiting my whole life for this”) and @bornmush (who deadpanned, “only like 10 years behind schedule!”).
Perhaps the biggest burn of all, though, was leveled by @joshweller, who was devastatingly parental in his assessment. “Someone needs to sit [director] James Cameron down, hold his hand, and say in soothing, calming tone ‘there are literally three people excited about Avatar 2,” he wrote. “It’s going to be hard, but he needs to know. It’s time.”
Written by: Looper
