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James Cameron Mocks Marvel And DC Characters: ‘They Act Like They’re In College’
Daily Wire ^ | 26 October 2022 | By Amanda Harding

Posted on 10/26/2022 9:50:06 AM PDT by Red Badger

Acclaimed director James Cameron had some harsh words for comic book characters, claiming that Marvel and DC superheroes are emotionally immature.

The 68-year-old “Titanic” director told The New York Times that because the characters in these universes don’t have the responsibility of marriage and fatherhood, they’re often not as evolved as they could be. They also act in immature ways because of it.

“When I look at these big, spectacular films — I’m looking at you, Marvel and DC — it doesn’t matter how old the characters are, they all act like they’re in college,” Cameron told the publication.

“They have relationships, but they really don’t,” the “Avatar” creator continued. “They never hang up their spurs because of their kids.”

“The things that really ground us and give us power, love, and a purpose? Those characters don’t experience it, and I think that’s not the way to make movies,” he said.

Cameron is working hard to promote his highly anticipated film, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which premieres in theaters on December 16.

The sequel is dropping nearly 15 years after the original “Avatar” shattered box office records, becoming the highest-grossing film ever made with a whopping $2.8 billion in sales. Fans are excited to see the newest version, which Cameron says will have a more mature storyline that includes parenthood for the main characters.

“Zoe and Sam now play parents, 15 years later,” Cameron told the NYT. “In the first movie, Sam’s character leaps off his flying creature and essentially changes the course of history as a result of this crazy, almost suicidal leap of faith.”

He continued: “And Zoe’s character leaps off a limb and assumes there’s going to be some nice big leaves down there that can cushion her fall. But when you’re a parent, you don’t think that way. So for me, as a parent of five kids, I’m saying, ‘What happens when those characters mature and realize that they have a responsibility outside their own survival?’”

Sam Worthington, who plays Jake in the new “Avatar,” also praised the storyline, saying Cameron brought more depth to the characters that will resonate with fans.

“Jim wrote this family in a great way where not only are the stakes life and death, but the conflicts are quite domestic,” the actor said. “You’re still having these arguments with kids that you have every day, like, ‘Pick up your clothes, eat your food,’ even though the world is at war.”


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: dc; hollywood; marvel; movies
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To: Red Badger

I would say it’s more that the Marvel superhero teams are so jokey, jokey, jokey all the time. It’s cut from the same pattern in picture after picture and it gets tiresome after a while.


21 posted on 10/26/2022 10:56:30 AM PDT by x
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To: Red Badger

Also, aka Pocahontas in Space


22 posted on 10/26/2022 10:57:55 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: x

They should take a tip from the 60’s TV show Batman, and put >BAM!< and >PUNCH!< and other odd thought balloons on the screen...............


23 posted on 10/26/2022 10:59:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Yep and recent Superman has developed the marriage with Lois to where they went off-planet to allow her to have kids and that has even made it onto the recent CW TV show to a great degree.

Methinks Cameron protests too much.

Comics started suffering when distribution was changed to eliminate the drug store, supermarket, general store sales on the spinner racks. Now everything is either direct sales through subscription or comic shops OR large bound volumes through book stores. The average kid has no exposure unless someone in the family collects or there is a shop nearby that someone takes them to.

It’s one of my hobbies with over 60k volumes ranging from a 1901 Secret Service pulp to recent bound volumes and I miss the day of visiting the local drug store to browse the spinner rack....sigh...


24 posted on 10/26/2022 11:02:59 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: Red Badger
Says the guy getting ready to milk Dances with Space Wolves Avatar for five sequels.
25 posted on 10/26/2022 11:08:13 AM PDT by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: Red Badger

Says the man whose dialog reads as coming from 14-year olds.


26 posted on 10/26/2022 11:10:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the in civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Red Badger

Who is clamoring for an Avatar sequel 15 years after the original (which was a POS in my opinion, a hybrid of Pocahontas and Dances with wolves)?


27 posted on 10/26/2022 11:13:52 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the 💩 in civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Vermont Lt

Well, I would say True Lies but why quibble.


28 posted on 10/26/2022 11:16:44 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the 💩 in civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Red Badger

The characters on the network “first responder shows” (Fire, Med and P.D.) act like Head Start dropouts.


29 posted on 10/26/2022 11:17:36 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Veto Beto, FJB.)
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To: Rummyfan
The only part of Avatar that I have seen is part of the climactic battle, as a demonstration of the new DVDs. It sounded like Rush Limbaugh's animal rights update, where he had machine guns firing, bombs blasting and animals bellowing over Andy Williams singing "Born Free". The visuals looked like the Ewok battle from The Return of the Jedi as visualized by someone under the influence of LSD
30 posted on 10/26/2022 11:42:51 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: Red Badger
I may check out the Avatar sequel. The original was well produced and almost believable, but just a "Dances With Wolves" rendition.

Why did they do another reboot of Batman? "Batman Begins" with Christian Bale, Michael Cain, Morgan Freeman brought the character to life with how he shunned society and did his training with Liam Neeson. It was far beyond the earlier silly Batman movies geared towards teenage boys.

Warning: Do not bother with the "Samaritan". It's a typical vengence movie with Stallone just walking through his lines. I couldn't believe how bad it is and I love Stallone movies. My Wife said maybe he had to accept the script because Stallone's wife took him to the cleaners in their divorce. She says they had no pre-nup. Who knows? It's an awful movie and I love vengence movies like the first John Wick, The Punisher, The Equalizer, and such. "Samaritan was a weak copy of those movies for young boys.

Hell, I'd rather watch a Rom-Com with good dialog or an independent that has a new story. "Ole Henry" is interesting if you like westerns with a lessor known character actor as the star. Big surprise at the ending.

I'm so sick of hollywood rebooting movies or copying the same concepts. Does no one in Hollywood read books? There are thousands of scripts out there waiting to be written. They need to feed the boys/young adults their fantasies?...there are plenty from Sci-Fi writers.

31 posted on 10/26/2022 11:54:16 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: Rummyfan

I would agree with that.

Starting to see a theme....LOL


32 posted on 10/26/2022 11:58:26 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: A Navy Vet

Every ‘Rom-Com’ has the same plot:

Boy meets Girl.
Boy loses Girl.
Boy gets Girl back.

But every now and then they change it up, just to keep it interesting:

Girl meets boy.
Girl loses Boy.
Girl gets Boy back..........


33 posted on 10/26/2022 11:59:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: reed13k
Yep and recent Superman has developed the marriage with Lois to where they went off-planet to allow her to have kids

He really should have taken a field trip to the Bottle City of Kandor to find a more suitable mate.
34 posted on 10/26/2022 12:18:16 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Red Badger

HARD PASS ON ALL THE AVATAR MOVIES, I NEVER EVEN WATCHED THE ORIGINAL, JUST WASN’T INTERESTED.


35 posted on 10/26/2022 12:25:27 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Red Badger

Hawkeye hung up his spurs because of his kids. Then they got blipped. But also keep in mind their “spurs” are saving the world. Can’t really not save the world for your kids.


36 posted on 10/26/2022 12:29:26 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

If you ever saw ‘Dances With Wolves’ you saw Avatar. Same story, just 12 ft tall blue space aliens with long tails, that dress like Indians........................


37 posted on 10/26/2022 12:30:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Cameron is universally known to be one of the largest a-holes in the business. If it wasn’t for the success of his films, actors would run screaming from him — and many have even after signing on. Ed Harris nearly beat him to a pulp during the filming of the Abyss.

No fan of DC or Marvel, but Cameron doesn’t hold much sway for his opinion in my book...


38 posted on 10/26/2022 12:38:01 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Red Badger

” because the characters in these universes don’t have the responsibility of marriage and fatherhood...”

Tony Stark (Iron Man), Hawkeye, and Ant Man are all married, with kids (divorced in the case of Ant Man), and that fact was featured somewhat prominently in the various Marvel movies.


39 posted on 10/26/2022 12:50:00 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Red Badger

So....Cameron’s superhero should get out of the superhero business altogether. If you have to stop to weigh the consequences, you’re dead already.

John McClane (Willis) had a family but he still did what had to be done.


40 posted on 10/26/2022 12:50:59 PM PDT by citizen (The pResident On Hot Mic With Florida Official: ‘No One F**ks With A Biden’)
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