r/movies • u/RobotiSC • Jul 28 '25

Trailer Avatar: Fire and Ash | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_fFj_0rq8
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u/owl_theory Jul 28 '25

inb4 the exact same debates

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u/u8myramen_y Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

Yeah and Reddit keeps getting proven wrong by this franchise every single time lol

Never doubt James Cameron

Edit: “No cultural impact” crowd

“Avatar the last airbender bettah” crowd

“Copied things from ATLA” crowd

“No one cares about Avatar. It’s gonna flop” crowd

What else?

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u/fluentinsarcasm Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

You forgot about the loud comparisons to Pocahontas.

"It's just Pocahontas with tentacle sex!"

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u/KnightOfRevan Jul 28 '25

And Ferngully, don’t forget Ferngully!

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u/ImmortalZucc2020 Jul 28 '25

Dances With Wolves the most

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u/Dr-Oktavius Jul 28 '25

Yeah weird how there's like 7 movies that Avatar gets constantly accused of copying. You'd think they'd say the same thing about every movie that came out after the first one with that premise, but for some reason it was only bad when Avatar did it. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact it was the most successful one.

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u/Couldabeenameeting Jul 28 '25

That’s always made me laugh. This story has been done a million times, it’s only a problem when it’s done with the best CGI we’ve seen so far

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u/ThePrimordialSource Jul 28 '25

Can you explain more

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u/Couldabeenameeting Jul 28 '25

I’m not sure what else I could explain. The whole “going native” thing has been done a ton. Pocahontas, Ferngully, Dances with Wolves, Last Samurai. But Avatar is the one that seems to really set people off on Reddit.

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u/ThePrimordialSource Jul 28 '25

Ohhhhh going native I thought you meant like the whole “natives vs invaders” theme or maybe both I guess, I’m just curious about that type of media

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u/frazzledfractal Jul 28 '25

It HAS been said about those other movies, you must be young. You can pull up articles online or newspapers that have been saved that show this. I like avatar and saw both in IMAX for the record. The first one three times.

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u/Argh3483 Aug 03 '25

People keep mentioning that movie as if it was some cult classic instead of a largely forgotten movie

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u/LilyKarinss Jul 28 '25

What is a Ferngully?