{"id":111921,"date":"2022-12-15T23:31:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/james-camerons-biggest-failure-is-a-direct-precedent-of-avatar-and-he-himself-admits-that-titanic-would-be-worse-if-this-science-fiction-movie-did-not-exist\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T23:31:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:01:59","slug":"james-camerons-biggest-failure-is-a-direct-precedent-of-avatar-and-he-himself-admits-that-titanic-would-be-worse-if-this-science-fiction-movie-did-not-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/james-camerons-biggest-failure-is-a-direct-precedent-of-avatar-and-he-himself-admits-that-titanic-would-be-worse-if-this-science-fiction-movie-did-not-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cameron’s biggest failure is a direct precedent of ‘Avatar’ and he himself admits that ‘Titanic’ would be worse if this science fiction movie did not exist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The race of James Cameron <\/strong>It is full of great box office hits, but in his filmography there is also a film directed by him that failed in theaters -as a producer he does have more hits-, which does not mean that it is a very important work in his career. The film in question is ‘Abyss’, a direct precedent of ‘Avatar’ which was also fundamental in bringing forward ‘Titanic’.<\/p>\n

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Written and directed by Cameron himself<\/strong>, ‘Abyss’ is an adventure in which a group of scientists comes to the rescue of a nuclear submarine that has become trapped in strange circumstances. They will soon discover that they are not alone.<\/p>\n

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‘Abyss’ was a notorious economic disappointment in 1989, since it barely earned 90 million dollars worldwide when its budget oscillates, according to the source consulted, between 45 and 70 million. It is the only Cameron film that gave losses in its passage through theaters<\/strong>something that was surely influenced by the fact that the production released in theaters was not ideal.<\/p>\n

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Those who went to a cinema in 1989 found a version of 139 minutes, but an extended montage was released in 1993<\/strong> which was what Cameron would have liked to show up front. However, his contract forced him to reduce the duration to a length that did not require reducing the number of sessions and the result was a film that suffered especially during its final stretch.<\/p>\n

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The added problem is that ‘Abyss’ It has been a somewhat neglected film for many years.<\/strong>. Its last edition in domestic format was a DVD released in the year 2000 and it seems that it will be in 2023 when we finally see a remastered version to enjoy it in all its splendor. That at least Cameron himself has promised.<\/p>\n

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The links with ‘Avatar’ and ‘Titanic’<\/h2>\n

That has not meant that the public has forgotten about her, because His fans have been craving that remastering in 4K for years<\/strong> of a film in which not a few see a precedent director of ‘Avatar’. In fact, the filmmaker Colin Trevorrow<\/strong> (‘Jurassic World’) came to ask Cameron if both films shared a universe, to which the latter responded like this:<\/p>\n

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Only the universe of my brain. And obviously I love bioluminescence. From my earliest childhood I have felt a deep awe and fascination with all the wonders of nature, both above and below the water. That is certainly what prompted the creation of Avatar. ‘Abyss’ had a different motivation. It was my version of ‘Ultimatum to Earth’, a version of my Cold War angst and a commentary on how an alien superintelligence could judge rather harshly the way we mistreat each other and our beautiful world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Avatar, WE are the invaders from space, and the common theme with ‘Abyss’ is that we are harshly judged by a more evolved alien culture, in this case the Na’vi, who live in a harmony with nature that we have created. forgotten.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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