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Originally Posted by Burninator
The more interesting comparison of Avatar and Star Wars is the cultural impact. Clearly many many people watched both movies but after the hype died down people are still interested and talk about Star Wars. No one talks about Avatar. It is amazing how much a phenomenon that movie was and how it fell off the face of the planet.
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I think you could say the same of any non-franchise, really.
Even something like Lord of the Rings. Those movies were gigantic hits when they came out, everyone was talking about them, you couldn't go two steps without hearing about Lord of the Rings. Sure, in a discussion they'll come up every now and then as great films or whatever else, but is there anyone
really jacked up about Lord of the Rings anymore?
I think the only reason Avatar seems odd is because it's almost a "last of it's kind" type movie. If that movie came out today, they would already have scripts written and pre-production started on multiple sequels before it even hit theatres. (I'm aware there's planned sequels, but those obviously didn't come to fruition until after Avatar was a huge hit, and are still several years out). Now, even every moderate hit has plans for a whole swath of sequels and spin-offs, so you never stop hearing about it.