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Soundwave on 22 July 2013
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McDonaldsGuy said:
Soundwave said:

The possibility of a new Star Wars written by an actually solid screenwriter and not directed by post 1980s George Lucas?

Yeah, all the superheroes and James Cameron's blue people can all take a seat. Star Wars, and it's not even close.


James Cameron beats Star Wars. Titanic was more popular than the original Star Wars movie (well, at least when it came out), and Avatar grossed more than the entire prequel trilogy put together.

And James Cameron can do sequels - Aliens and Terminator 2 prove this.


The original Star Wars sold more tickets than Titanic. Both were phenomons of their time.

James Cameron can do sequels yes, but the original Avatar relied an awful lot on the "wow" factor of the 3D, which today is basically no big deal anymore. Every blockbuster movie nowadays is 3D.

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Inflation adjusted, Avatar is waaaaaaaaay below the first Star Wars and not even that far ahead of The Phantom Menace or Return of the Jedi.  It's box office is likely padded an awful lot by the premium 3D ticket prices.

If the next Star Wars actually has a decent script and some good direction behind it ... look out.

Personally I don't see where he's going to go with an Avatar story that's so compelling from this point out. I just personally think the story/characters/universe aren't that interested especially with the 3D novelty not being as much of a draw. Terminator 2 was 22 years ago now, he hasn't done a sequel since then, it may not be as much of a lock as people think.

I generally don't bet against Cameron, but I might just this time.