Yeah, that could be true as well.  I wonder if people can watch Avatar on Monday and Battleship on Tuesday and differentiate them based entirely on which had better special effects and possibly the more convincing love story?

Yeah, that could be true as well.  I wonder if people can watch Avatar on Monday and Battleship on Tuesday and differentiate them based entirely on which had better special effects and possibly the more convincing love story?

Could be, but it was also the single most pirated movie the year it came out, and laptops (as far as I know) can't support 3D, which means people were drawn to it for the *shudder* story. 

Could be, but it was also the single most pirated movie the year it came out, and laptops (as far as I know) can't support 3D, which means people were drawn to it for the *shudder* story. 

Prequel? More like something I need to see!

Prequel? More like something I need to see!

I don't know, besides a slight discrepancy in their weird face/nice chest ratios, I can't really picture any major differences.

I don't know, besides a slight discrepancy in their weird face/nice chest ratios, I can't really picture any major differences.

You're blowing my mind, bro.

You're blowing my mind, bro.

I think it would be an overstatement to say that Avatar is supposed to be didactic in the same way Aesop's fables are, but one of my complaints with Avatar was how obvious and unnuanced the politics of the movie were.  The military is sent to exterminate a misunderstood people with primitive seeming practices at the…

I think it would be an overstatement to say that Avatar is supposed to be didactic in the same way Aesop's fables are, but one of my complaints with Avatar was how obvious and unnuanced the politics of the movie were.  The military is sent to exterminate a misunderstood people with primitive seeming practices at the…

T2, in my opinion, is actually a better thrill ride than Terminator, and Aliens is likewise an entirely different kind of story than Alien (in this case, a horror movie vs. an action thriller).  I like both T2 and Aliens an awful lot, but both of those films were building on the foundations laid by incredibly strong…

T2, in my opinion, is actually a better thrill ride than Terminator, and Aliens is likewise an entirely different kind of story than Alien (in this case, a horror movie vs. an action thriller).  I like both T2 and Aliens an awful lot, but both of those films were building on the foundations laid by incredibly strong…

Serious Discussion: for as ridiculous as the Avatar movies are (reinforcing Noble Savage myths about indigenous people, being Fern Gulley in space, relying on special effects rather than story telling, etc), can anyone think of a filmmaker that is attempting to make condemnations of the state, colonialism, and…

Serious Discussion: for as ridiculous as the Avatar movies are (reinforcing Noble Savage myths about indigenous people, being Fern Gulley in space, relying on special effects rather than story telling, etc), can anyone think of a filmmaker that is attempting to make condemnations of the state, colonialism, and…

I LOOOOVE YOOOU, ASI-MOOOOOOV!

I LOOOOVE YOOOU, ASI-MOOOOOOV!

I'm totally OK with the AV Club not being an image board, but on special occasions, I think we should have the option to post gifs of Stalter and Waldorf from the Muppets laughing.  This is one such occasion.

I'm totally OK with the AV Club not being an image board, but on special occasions, I think we should have the option to post gifs of Stalter and Waldorf from the Muppets laughing.  This is one such occasion.