“even in my day the pulps were the province of nerds”

Is Avatar 2 gonna make bank? Sure. The first one did, and the second one’s also gonna get hyped up the wazoo. No argument there. Cameron can get the audiences in. 

That was before they started getting those sweet, sweet guerrilla marketing dollars from Cameron and Co. I find it hard to believe this article is anything more than a paid advertorial. 

My take too. Even for 2020s AV Club, the arguments are incredibly weak. If it’s not an advertorial the writer has missed his calling. 

This one will make money too, because it also will look great on the big screen.  Now the half-dozen they have lined up behind it?? Not holding by breath that the entire run is even completed.  Streaming, I guess.

This whole article seems an overly desperate stretch

“This whole article seems an overly desperate stretch over and around the weird hollowness of the first Avatar movie and its lack of resonance in pop culture despite its box office success.”

Thank you for putting all this more succinctly than I could have. That pretty much sums up the ways this article reaches. I think the biggest overall reach is that they try to conflate technical impact with pop culture impact. They’re making the argument that Avatar had a cultural impact, but to most people that means…

Hard disagree. Donks look awesomely stupid but individual builds aren’t going out hurting people inadvertently or doing dumb shit like racing in public for clout. Donk builds know where they stand in car culture, and they’re fine where they are.

Counterpoint: do these actually hurt anyone? I see rolling coal below and obviously sideshows above, but I don’t really see any issue with people making their cars the way they like them. This is ONLY pertaining to the modifications, not what an owner does after the car is modified (drag race, donuts in an…

This whole article seems an overly desperate stretch over and around the weird hollowness of the first Avatar movie and its lack of resonance in pop culture despite its box office success. Titanic gets referenced far more in pop culture than Avatar, and it came out 25 years ago. Toys and other Avatar merchandise…

I’m not talking about people who need them but all the rest who don’t. There are plenty and you know it. 

I wouldn’t Grantham parole either.

Dope, that’s 5 minutes from me. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Tommy Pastrami. I didn’t realize they had multiple locations.

4ok?  No wonder it’s not selling.

Have you ever fucking been to a wedding? Most of them are tedious as fuck. Many could do with a few massacres to liven things up.

Are there, though?

Maybe it's just me, but if there wasn’t one, I wouldn’t buy it.

That move is and was so bad when it first came out I thought for sure it was an elaborate parody.

Becasue that is what sells, there are plenty of work trucks out there for you