All of this talk of revolutionary technology is boring. How about just make a good story with interesting characters first, rather than making a glorified tech demo.

Weve known this for quite a while. JC didnt want to make a botched version of the movie, so he purposely delayed it for a few years so that CG technology could advance to a point where everything he wanted to do was possible. if i remember correctly the original Avatar was first planned in the 80's or 90's but was delayed for the same reason.

Im looking forward to it. Of course its going to take long. Ita state of the art stuff, not run of the mill cgi fest like Beauty and the Beast of Avengers.

Isn't avatar just basically a newer and CGI version of Fern Gully?

Or Pocahontas: Smurf Village.

I heard one of the reasons they are taking so long is that they are shooting three films at once.

So only tech? The first one never grabbed my attention.

I'm expecting to see things I've never seen before with the sequels. Hopefully it's good.

Not any more than The Avengers is a newer CGI version of Carebears. Or Guardians of the Galaxy is a newer CGI version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Does anyone really care about Smurfs Dances with Wolves sequel? The first film was mediocre and was more of a novelty when it came out that has since worn off. Every film has great CGI effects now. We are so used to it, few are impressed anymore.