I'm not sure "youngsters" have the moral high ground, but they certainly have consumer high ground, and that is what rules the day. I like holding my books, CDs, and DVDs; that will never change. I've never streamed or downloaded, and I never will.
His recounting of that phone call with the young lady asking for Revolutionary War film footage would be funny if it wasn't so damn tragic. I don't when that phone call occurred, but it's obvious that the dumbing down of America started a long time ago. Heartbreaking.
Does Cameron truly believe that after all this time, the public is clamoring for 4 Avatar sequels? [yup] One would have been fine, but not four! Insane.
Betamax? We are showing our age... ;o) Seriously, I think Cameron is over-estimating the staying power of "Avatar'. Yes, it was extraordinarily popular and profitable, but ELEVEN YEARS to wait for the sequel(s), and is the public really clamoring for 4 more iterations? I think Cameron is really...
Van Ling, thank you. I knew his first name, but I could not remember his last name. Too bad about he and Cameron. I'm sure Cameron isn't the easiest auteur to work with.
P.S. Avatar 2 won't be released until 2020? I think Cameron's audience for the first film might be too old to care about the sequels! Come on, James, just reissue True Lies and The Abyss on BR. I can't remember the name of the guy who produced the LDs of T2 and The Abyss, but he did a great job...
Have you guys forgotten Frank Darabont's excellent 2007 film? Unfortunately, not a box-office success, it was well-acted and well produced. Unfortunately, Darabont, with King's permission, changed the ended that was very jarring and, frankly (no pun), inexplicable. Still worth watching, I think.
I'm curious to know if anyone has heard/read of any one releasing Blu-ray editions of "The Heiress" (1949) or Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" in the foreseeable future? And finally, is there going to a review of the Cohen Collection's "Howard's End" that appears to be getting quite a bit of...