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Avatar Fire and Ash: Episode 377 - We've mastered the other elements, but now Avatar has to master FIRE as we discuss the third entry in the global phenomenon Avatar: Fire and Ash on Normies Like Us! I see you! Insta: @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/

Jurandir Filho, Thiago Siqueira, Rogério Montanare e Fernanda Schmölz batem um papo sobre "Avatar: Fogo e Cinzas", o terceiro filme da saga de Pandora. Após a devastadora guerra contra a RDA e a perda do seu filho mais velho, Jake Sully e Neytiri devem enfrentar uma nova ameaça: o Povo das Cinzas, uma nova e agressiva tribo Na'vi, conhecida por sua violência extrema e sede de poder. O misterioso clã é composto por guerreiros que controlam o fogo e cuja lealdade pode desequilibrar o destino do planeta.Por que esse terceiro filme parece o segundo? É uma história preguiçosa? O que aconteceu com James Cameron? A franquia vai ter futuro se continuar desse jeito?|| ASSINE O SALA VIP!- Um podcast EXCLUSIVO do RapaduraCast toda semana! http://patreon.com/rapaduracast

Bienvenidos a un nuevo episodio de Cinefilia y Otras Hierbas, donde exploramos el séptimo arte con una mezcla de pasión erudita y un toque de ironía bien destilada. Hoy, nos sumergimos en las profundidades azules y luminosas de Pandora para diseccionar la trilogía de Avatar dirigida por ese visionario incansable que es James Cameron. Sí, esa saga que parece salida de un sueño febril de un ecologista con presupuesto ilimitado, donde humanos con avatares azules bailan con la naturaleza en un ballet de efectos especiales que aún nos deja boquiabiertos.Hablemos primero de lo obvio: estas películas son monstruos taquilleros. La original de 2009 recaudó casi 3.000 millones de dólares, convirtiéndose en la cinta más exitosa de todos los tiempos sin ajustar por inflación –un récord que solo Avengers: Endgame osó desafiar brevemente antes de que Cameron la recuperara con un reestreno. Luego vino Avatar: El Camino del Agua en 2022, que añadió otros 2.300 millones al botín, y ahora Avatar: Fuego y Ceniza, que en su fin de semana de estreno ya ha superado los 345 millones globales, llevando el total de la franquicia por encima de los 5.200 millones. Es como si Cameron hubiera encontrado la fórmula alquímica para transformar píxeles en oro puro –o, mejor dicho, en unobtanium, ese mineral ficticio que tanto codician los humanos en la historia.Avatar ha secuestrado la vida de Cameron como un parásito simbiótico: ha pasado décadas planeando, filmando simultáneamente secuelas en Nueva Zelanda con presupuestos que rondan los 250-400 millones cada una, y ya tiene esbozados hasta Avatar 5 para 2031. Es casi cómico imaginarlo: un director que podría retirarse en una isla privada, pero en cambio elige sumergirse –literalmente, con innovaciones en filmación subacuática– en este proyecto eterno. ¿Obsesión o genialidad? Probablemente ambas, con un toque de megalomanía hollywoodense.Pero, queridos cinéfilos, aquí viene el giro intrigante que nos hace reflexionar con un sorbo de café filosófico –o, mejor, de una infusión de hierbas pandorianas. A pesar de este éxito taquillero apabullante, que genera billones cada vez que una nueva entrega aterriza en salas, ¿han dejado las películas de Avatar algún impacto cultural más allá de lo visual? Claro, son espectáculos oculares inolvidables, con esa paleta de azules neón y criaturas voladoras que nos hacen soñar con utopías ecológicas. Pero parecen ser de esas sagas que solo se discuten en el furor del estreno, para luego desvanecerse como un eco en la selva. Hoy, en este episodio, no solo queremos charlar sobre su mérito artístico –esa narrativa de colonialismo y armonía con la naturaleza que, admitámoslo, roza el cliché pero con un barniz poético–, sino plantearnos la gran pregunta: ¿por qué son tan exitosas a nivel comercial, pero nadie se acuerda del nombre de sus personajes? ¿Jake Sully? ¿Neytiri? ¿O ese villano con el corte militar que parece sacado de un videojuego ochentero? Es un enigma delicioso, como un blockbuster que gana fortunas pero no corazones duraderos.¿Será la falta de carisma en los guiones, o simplemente que su verdadera magia radica en la pantalla grande, no en el zeitgeist colectivo? Acompáñennos mientras desentrañamos este misterio, con un ojo en la taquilla y otro en la cultura.Patreon: patreon.com/cinefiliayotrashierbas⁠Correo: cinefiliayotrashierbas@gmail.com No olviden suscribirse, compartir este episodio y dejar un comentario y un like, eso nos ayudará a crecer y a encontrar más audiencia. ¡Que lo disfruten!#Avatar ⁠#JamesCameron⁠ ⁠#Cine⁠ ⁠#Pandora

Nel terzo capitolo della saga creata da Cameron, Jake Sully, Neitiri e la loro famiglia devono vedersela nuovamente con un irriducibile Quaritch, ma anche con il feroce e potente popolo dei Na'Vi della cenere, guidati dalla carismatica Varang.Pellicola perfetta dal punto di vista visivo. Un mondo sempre più approfondito e strutturato, da lasciare incantati. Una realtà fittizia, che supera spesso quella vera. Così come sono ancora più approfonditi i personaggi e le loro avventure.Non posso dire di non aver sentito la durata, questa volta e pur continuando a preferire il primo capitolo, è da sciocchi negare che Avatar Fuoco e Cenere non sia una delle pellicole migliori di questo soddisfacente 2025 cinematografico.Criticato erroneamente e stupidamente per la superficialità della narrazione e per essere troppo simile ai due film precedenti (non è così!), questa opera d'arte cinematografica è espressione di passione e amore incondizionato per la Settima Arte. Un prodotto enorme che soltanto Cameron avrebbe potuto realizzare.Un film che solo la sala e lo schermo più grande che possiate trovare, possono rendere veramente unico. Da provare assolutamente anche in 3D.Lo si può amare o odiare, ma a dispetto del buon cammino di chicchessia, Avatar resta e rimarrà per sempre grande cinema, impossibile da imitare. E così sia.

Sandro and Zach have both seen Avatar: Fire and Ash! Recorded in a Hawthorn parking lot, here are their spoiler-free first impressions. Has James Cameron delivered another visual masterpiece? How many times do they say Jake Sully in this one? Are the fire aliens fiery enough? There's so much to discuss!Join our Patreon for our bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepodFollow the show!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutagoodiepod/Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepodPodcast Platforms: https://linktr.ee/oldiebutagoodiepodGot feedback? Send us an email at oldiebutagoodiepod@gmail.comFollow the hosts!Sandro Falce - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandrofalce/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrofalce- Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/SandroFalce/- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SandroFeltChair- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sandrofalceZach Adams - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach4dams/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZackoCaveWizard- Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/zach4dams- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zackocavewizardWatch our editor, Starkie, on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/sstarkieeOldie But A Goodie's theme tune is written and produced by Josh Cake. Check out his work here: https://www.joshcake.com/Check out other shows from our network 'That's Not Canon'! https://thatsnotcanon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy & Paul upload their consciousness into 2009's otherworldly sci-fi spectacle Avatar! They confirm the concept of ‘unobtanium' wasn't invented by the film, learn which movie stars were up for the role of Jake Sully, and ask themselves why they feel protective of director James Cameron. Plus: did Cameron really insist the Na'Vi need to have breasts? You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul's Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul's book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don't forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Una Na'Vi gótica logra enamorar al soldado más capo de todo Pandora y trabajarán juntos para intentar eliminar a la familia de Jake Sully, que sigue empeñada en vivir en Veracruz y defender a las ballenas. Además, Spider es una patada en la entrepierna.-Puedes apoyarnos y tener acceso anticipado enhttps://www.patreon.com/updateando Show en vivo y más contenido enTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/updateando-https://www.instagram.com/updateando/https://twitter.com/updateandohttps://www.facebook.com/updateando/https://discord.gg/YftZeAj-Sigue a Lego:https://twitter.com/Lego_Rodriguezhttps://www.instagram.com/legordgzSigue a Mei:https://www.instagram.com/meimeimei.___Sigue a Cham:https://x.com/Cham311#AvatarFuegoYCenizas #Avatar3 #Varang

Una Na'Vi gótica logra enamorar al soldado más capo de todo Pandora y trabajarán juntos para intentar eliminar a la familia de Jake Sully, que sigue empeñada en vivir en Veracruz y defender a las ballenas. Además, Spider es una patada en la entrepierna.-Puedes apoyarnos y tener acceso anticipado enhttps://www.patreon.com/updateando Show en vivo y más contenido enTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/updateando-https://www.instagram.com/updateando/https://twitter.com/updateandohttps://www.facebook.com/updateando/https://discord.gg/YftZeAj-Sigue a Lego:https://twitter.com/Lego_Rodriguezhttps://www.instagram.com/legordgzSigue a Mei:https://www.instagram.com/meimeimei.___Sigue a Cham:https://x.com/Cham311#AvatarFuegoYCenizas #Avatar3 #Varang

TV and Movie Reviews to Listen to Around the Yule Log This week on the podcast, Brian and Darryl talk about a couple movies the saw this week in individual mini-reviews (Avatar: Fire & Ash and The Housemaid). Then breakdown season 2 episode 1 of Fallout. Then give a review of HIM. Episode Index Intro: 0:07 Avatar: Fire and Ash: 12:35 The Housemaid: 25:05 Fallout: 34:18 HIM: 49:41 Avatar: FIre and Ash (2025) Rating Out 10 It’s the Third Movie and It’s Fine… it’s Fine Darryl: 6.2/10 Summary Avatar: Fire and Ash expands the world of Pandora by pushing the story into darker, more volatile territory. This chapter introduces a new Na'vi culture shaped not by water or forest, but by fire, ash, and survival in a brutal volcanic region of the moon. These clans challenge everything Jake Sully and Neytiri believe about what it means to live in balance with Pandora. As tensions rise between Na'vi factions and the ever-encroaching human presence, the film shifts from a clear-cut nature-vs-invaders narrative into something far more morally complex. Fire and Ash explores how trauma, rage, and vengeance can fracture even the most deeply spiritual societies, forcing characters to confront uncomfortable truths about leadership, legacy, and the cost of endless war. Visually, the film leans hard into contrast. Lush blues and greens give way to scorched landscapes, molten rock, and smoke-filled skies, creating a harsher, angrier version of Pandora that mirrors the emotional state of its characters. At its core, Fire and Ash is about consequence. Not just for humanity's actions, but for the choices the Na'vi themselves make when survival demands brutality. This entry reframes the Avatar saga as less of a mythic adventure and more of a generational reckoning, setting the stage for a future where Pandora's greatest threat may no longer come from the stars, but from within. The Housemaid (2025) Rating Out of 10 The Dad Who Rocks the Cradle Brian: 6.5/10 Summary The Housemaid is a 2025 American psychological thriller directed by Paul Feig, adapted from Freida McFadden's bestselling 2022 novel. It stars Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway, a troubled young woman recently released on probation who desperately needs steady work. When she lands a live-in housemaid job with the wealthy Winchester family on Long Island, things initially seem like a fresh start. But behind the manicured lawns and spacious rooms, the Winchesters' life is anything but perfect. Millie soon discovers that Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried) is temperamental and volatile, her daughter Cecilia is cold and disrespectful, and unsettling secrets lurk beneath the surface of this elite household. As Millie becomes more entangled in their lives, the film steadily shifts from domestic drama to a gripping, twist-heavy thriller where trust is scarce and danger hides in plain sight. The tension escalates when Millie realizes that the family dynamics are far darker than she suspected, leading to shocking betrayals and a violent confrontation that upends everything the audience thought they knew. The Housemaid blends suspense, psychological games, and interpersonal manipulation in a holiday season release that delivers both unpredictable twists and intense character play. Fallout (Amazon Prime) Season 2 Episode 1 Title: The Innovator Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye Written by: Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner Date Aired: December 16, 2025 Summary In 2077, before the war, a man supportive of Robert House, CEO of RobCo Industries, implants a control chip in a bar patron, forcing him to murder his companions before the chip detonates. After uncovering Vault-Tec’s secret plans, actor Cooper Howard attempts to flee with his daughter Janey, but Lee Moldaver convinces him to stay and spy on his wife Barb, who is traveling to Las Vegas to meet House. In 2296, Lucy MacLean and the Ghoul kill a group of Great Khans while tracking Lucy’s father, Hank, which leads them to the abandoned Vault 24, where they discover a Vault-Tec experiment using chips for brainwashing; a man with a chip implanted briefly speaks to Lucy before the chip explodes. Trapped in Vault 31, Norm, without food or water, awakens cryogenically preserved Vault-Tec executives. In Vault 32, Overseer Steph struggles with leadership, while in Vault 33, Overseer Betty supervises repairs to the water chip. Meanwhile, Hank arrives at an abandoned Vault-tec facility and leaves a message for an unknown figure that he will finish his project. Rating Out of 5 Exploding Heads for Everyone Darryl: 3.35/5 Brian: 3.2/5 HIM (2025) Summary HIM is a psychological horror film that uses the world of elite sports to explore obsession, identity, and the dangerous cost of chasing greatness. The story follows a promising young football player whose talent earns him access to a rare and secretive mentorship under a legendary athlete. What begins as an opportunity of a lifetime slowly reveals itself to be something far more disturbing. As the mentorship deepens, the film peels back the glossy surface of fame and success, exposing a culture that treats athletes as assets rather than people. Training pushes beyond discipline into control, blurring the line between motivation and manipulation. The closer the protagonist gets to his dream, the more he begins to lose his sense of self. Rather than relying on jump scares, HIM builds dread through atmosphere and psychological pressure. The horror comes from systems, power dynamics, and the unspoken expectation that personal sacrifice is the price of excellence. The film questions how far someone is willing to go to be “chosen” and what parts of themselves they are expected to surrender along the way. At its core, HIM is a cautionary tale about hero worship and the myth of meritocracy, wrapped in a slow-burn horror framework. It leaves the audience unsettled not by monsters, but by the realization that the most terrifying forces are often the ones we willingly submit to in the pursuit of success. 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Send us your fan mail :)In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits. In todays episode I will be diving into Avatar: Fire and Ash.OUR SOCIALS:INSTAGRAMTWITTERLETTERBOXDCONTACT US: courtofcinema@gmail.comSPEAKPIPE

Avatar: Fire and Ash - Shownotes body { font-family: sans-serif; margin: 20px; line-height: 1.6; color: #333; } h1, h2, h3, h4 { color: #222; } ul { list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 20px; } .intro, .host-info { margin-bottom: 20px; } hr { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid #eee; margin: 40px 0; } Learn the secrets of the Ash People! This week, we review Avatar: Fire and Ash. We also discuss Trailer Talk in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more! The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from disappointment media will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments. Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com Synopsis In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits. Ratings & Box Office Rotten Tomatoes: 67% Critic / 91% Audience Metascore: 61 IMDb: 7.5 Letterboxd: 3.7 Box Office (as of 12/22): $88,000,000 US, $257,000,000 International; $345,000,000 Worldwide Total Concessions of a Cinephile In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc… Topic: Trailer Talk Avengers: Doomsday - Watch Trailer The Odyssey - Watch Trailer Digger - Watch Trailer Media Consumption Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts, etc. that we use to pass the time. Matt's Consumption Movies: The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Silent Night Game: Phasmophobia Jon's Consumption Movies: Folktales, Rebuilding, Christmas in July, Unaccompanied Minors, SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), Left-Handed Girl Game: Phasmophobia

Ryan Cortero of Agents of Fandom talks with #AvatarFireAndAsh writer-director James Cameron, shares how the film explores the universal feeling of grief, what gives the Sully kids meaning after a tragic loss, & reveals the new storyteller taking over for Jake Sully.THEN, Ryan chats with Quaritch actor Stephen Lang to discuss the character's traumatic origins and what motivates him to be the villain he is in the all-new Avatar movie from James Cameron. They also discuss the character's future and whether Lang will return at some point to reprise the role.Check out https://www.agentsoffandom.com for the latest TV and Movie reviews! 

Send us a textIt's time for the third installment of the box office crushing Avatar series. 

Avatar: Fire and Ash is the weakest instalment of James Cameron's trilogy.We discuss the many ways in which the movie betrays the franchise's core values, the illogical directions that Cameron sends Jake Sully in, and the loose ends that the film ends with.We also talk about the lack of humour and self-awareness, the poor dialogue, and the incomprehensible third act action sequences.—Hosted by Akhil Arora and Rohan Naahar, The Long Take is fully bootstrapped. Please consider donating if you enjoy our work.The Long Take is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Gaana, JioSaavn, Overcast, Pandora, RadioPublic, iHeart Radio, YouTube Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Follow The Long Take on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube. Write to us at thelongtakepod@gmail.com.

James Cameron has returned to take us on a third trip to Pandora. Avatar: Fire and Ash is now out in cinemas worldwide and I finally, FINALLY had the chance to see the film yesterday after a long week of packing and traveling. This has easily been one of my most anticipated films of the year and pretty easily so because back in September 2022, I fell in love with this franchise. Finally having the chance to see the first Avatar in cinemas during its theatrical release-release was a game-changing cinematic experience for me and completely changed my perspective on a film that I felt very lukewarm to before that point. And then in December, Avatar: The Way of Water became a smash box office hit and, as far as I'm concerned, surpassed the first film by almost every single measure of quality. So, is the magic and awe of Pandora still alive? Is Avatar: Fire and Ash the best film in the trilogy? Find out all the answers in this review!Avatar: Fire and Ash:Directed by: James CameronScreenplay by: James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda SilverStory by: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, Shane SalernoBased on charaacters created by: James CameronProduced by: Jon Landau, James CameronExeucutive Producers: Richard Baneham, Rae Sanchini, Peter M. Tobyansen, David ValdesMusic by: Simon FranglenDirector of Photgraphy: Russell CarpenterEdited by: David Brenner, James Cameron, Nicholas De Toth, Jason Glaudio, John Refoua, Stephen E. RivkinCasting by: Margery SimkinProduction Design by: Dylan Cole, Ben ProcterCostume Design by: Deborah L. ScottCast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, David Thewlis, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Britain Dalton, Jamie Flatters, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Brendan Cowell, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Duane Evans, Jr., Kate WinsletSynopsis: In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.

Bertrand Lesguillons vous présente la sortie ciné du nouveau "Avatar : de feu et de cendres" avec le cast habituel mené par Zoé Saldana et Sam Worthnigton et la nouvelle Oona Chaplin dans un rôle de méchante iconique.

"Avatar: Fire And Ash" is the third entry in the "Avatar" franchise from Academy Award-winning director James Cameron, that continues the story of Jake Sully, Neytiri and their children as they continue to face opposition from Quaritch and the RDA on Pandora. The film utilizes state of the art technology, visual effects and performance capture to bring the world and its characters to life in a way that has so far amassed over $5.2 billion worldwide, becoming a global phenomenon and further solidifying Cameron as the kind of not only Hollywood, but of the world. Cameron was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work and experience making the third film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from 20th Century Studios. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Μετά από μία τεράστια διαδικασία παραγωγής και αλλαγών, το Avatar: Φωτιά και Στάχτη του James Cameron ξεκινάει το ταξίδι του στις μεγάλες αίθουσες παγκοσμίως, με την ελπίδα - μεταξύ άλλων - να τις τονώσει.Το POP για τις Δύσκολες Ώρες είδε το νέο Avatar στην IMAX αίθουσα σε 3D και βουτάει για ακόμα μία φορά στα νερά της Πανδώρας, πρώτα χωρίς spoilers και κατόπιν σε ένα spoilers section.Τι σημαίνει πρακτικά πως το Fire and Ash υπήρξε ένα ενιαίο σενάριο με το Way of Water; Πού βρίσκουμε τους βασικούς πρωταγωνιστές της ιστορίας και πώς επιδρά η είσοδος της νέας, απειλητικής φυλής των Na'vi; Τι απασχολεί περισσότερο θεματικά τον James Cameron εδώ και πώς ενισχύεται η ιστορία από την τεχνολογία της ταινίας;Πώς νιώθουμε για την επαναληπτικότητα του νέου Avatar και πώς μας φαίνεται ο Λευκός Σωτήρας του Jake Sully; Ποια είναι τα highlights της δράσης και ποια beats εμπόδισαν έναν ομαλότερο ρυθμό; Ποιος ηθοποιός δεν μας δίνει απολύτως τίποτα όταν το σενάριο θέλει να μας δώσει τα πάντα και γιατί πιστεύουμε πως ο Συνταγματάρχης Quaritch είναι ο αγαπημένος χαρακτήρας του Cameron; Ποια εσωτερική σύγκρουση του δημιουργού φαίνεται να έχει γεννήσει το Avatar και ποιες εμμονές του εντοπίζουμε ξανά εδώ;Και τελικά, τι θα προτιμούσαμε να είναι τα επόμενα Avatar και ποιος θα τα σκηνοθετήσει;  

Avatar 3: Fire and Ash Movie Review (Non-Spoiler) - the next chapter in James Cameron's Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy saga is finally here as Greg & John return to discuss how Avatar 3 film expands Pandora both thematically and visually. Following Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water, this installment pushes the franchise into darker, more volatile territory, introducing new regions of Pandora and escalating the long-running conflict between the Na'vi and humanity. Save & Invest In Your Future Today, visit: ⁠https://www.acorns.com/rejects⁠ AVATAR (2009) Reaction Commentary: ⁠   • AVATAR (2009) IS AN EYE-POPPING SCI-FI EPI...  ⁠ AVATAR: The Way of Water (2022) Reaction Commentary: ⁠   • AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022) IS BREATHT...  ⁠ Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! ⁠https://shorturl.at/hekk2⁠ Sam Worthington (Terminator: Salvation, Hacksaw Ridge) returns as Jake Sully, now a seasoned leader, protector, & father along with Zoe Saldaña (Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek) reprises Neytiri, bringing fierce emotional weight and warrior intensity, & Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Ghostbusters) once again stands out as Kiri, whose mysterious connection to Eywa and Pandora deepens the mythology of the series in fascinating ways. Stephen Lang (Don't Breathe, Tombstone) also returns as Colonel Miles Quaritch, whose ongoing transformation continues to challenge the moral boundaries of the saga as he forms an unlikely alliance with Oona Chaplin's (Game of Thrones, Taboo) Varang, leader of the fierce and morally ambiguous Na'vi clan known as the Ash People. Varang's role signals a bold shift in the Avatar mythos, emphasizing internal conflict among the Na'vi themselves — not just resistance against human invaders. The Sully family story also expands further through Britain Dalton (Avatar: The Way of Water) as Lo'ak, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss (Avatar: The Way of Water) as Tuk, and Jack Champion (Scream VI) as Spider, whose divided identity remains one of the franchise's most emotionally complex threads. We also see appearances from Kate Winslet (Titanic) as Ronal, Cliff Curtis (Training Day, The Meg) as Tonowari, & MORE! Our discussion explores Fire and Ash's core themes — legacy, colonization, moral absolutism, and environmental destruction — while examining James Cameron's continued push for groundbreaking visual effects, immersive 3D spectacle, and large-scale action. Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! ⁠https://www.rejectnationshop.com/⁠ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠  Tik-Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/reelrejects⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit⁠ https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo⁠ and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en⁠ Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.⁠ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO:⁠ https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ INSTAGRAM: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thegregalba⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is our spoiler-free review for Avatar: Fire and Ash. We return to Pandora to discuss the film's breathtaking visuals, massive scale, and the performances of key characters like Jake Sully and Neytiri, while also unpacking where it falls short. Despite its undeniable spectacle, the story leans heavily on familiar themes and conflicts, offering little meaningful progression, and the dialogue often feels clunky and on-the-nose. We also touch on how the focus on human characters can detract from the richness of Pandora itself. Ultimately, Avatar: Fire and Ash is stunning to watch, but leaves us wanting more from its storytelling.Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in the phenomenally successful “Avatar” franchise, opens exclusively in theatres worldwide December 19, 2025.  Check out Geekcentric onYouTube | Instagram | Twitter | TikTokJoin the Geekcentric Discord HEREFollow Eatcentric - Same geeks. New Eats

Avatar 3: Fire and Ash Movie Review (Non-Spoiler) - the next chapter in James Cameron's Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy saga is finally here as Greg & John return to discuss how Avatar 3 film expands Pandora both thematically and visually. Following Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water, this installment pushes the franchise into darker, more volatile territory, introducing new regions of Pandora and escalating the long-running conflict between the Na'vi and humanity. Save & Invest In Your Future Today, visit: https://www.acorns.com/rejects AVATAR (2009) Reaction Commentary:    • AVATAR (2009) IS AN EYE-POPPING SCI-FI EPI...   AVATAR: The Way of Water (2022) Reaction Commentary:    • AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022) IS BREATHT...   Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 Sam Worthington (Terminator: Salvation, Hacksaw Ridge) returns as Jake Sully, now a seasoned leader, protector, & father along with Zoe Saldaña (Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek) reprises Neytiri, bringing fierce emotional weight and warrior intensity, & Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Ghostbusters) once again stands out as Kiri, whose mysterious connection to Eywa and Pandora deepens the mythology of the series in fascinating ways. Stephen Lang (Don't Breathe, Tombstone) also returns as Colonel Miles Quaritch, whose ongoing transformation continues to challenge the moral boundaries of the saga as he forms an unlikely alliance with Oona Chaplin's (Game of Thrones, Taboo) Varang, leader of the fierce and morally ambiguous Na'vi clan known as the Ash People. Varang's role signals a bold shift in the Avatar mythos, emphasizing internal conflict among the Na'vi themselves — not just resistance against human invaders. The Sully family story also expands further through Britain Dalton (Avatar: The Way of Water) as Lo'ak, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss (Avatar: The Way of Water) as Tuk, and Jack Champion (Scream VI) as Spider, whose divided identity remains one of the franchise's most emotionally complex threads. We also see appearances from Kate Winslet (Titanic) as Ronal, Cliff Curtis (Training Day, The Meg) as Tonowari, & MORE! Our discussion explores Fire and Ash's core themes — legacy, colonization, moral absolutism, and environmental destruction — while examining James Cameron's continued push for groundbreaking visual effects, immersive 3D spectacle, and large-scale action. Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special bonus episode, Sienna and her dad Ben headed to Wellington (by plane - not flying creature) for the Avatar: Fire & Ash premiere. They sat down with legendary director James Cameron to chat about borrowing his Avatar pool, how Avatar first came to him in a dream, whether he’d change anything about Titanic if he made it today, and where Ben should (or absolutely should not) be allowed to display his Avatar children's toy at home. It’s a seriously funny and fascinating conversation. They also caught up with three of the film’s stars: iconic Kiwi actor Cliff Curtis, Avatar’s Jake Sully himself, Sam Worthington, and Jack Champion, who plays Spider. Cliff reveals why he hates watching his own movies, all three share the very different ways they landed their roles, and the group weighs in on whether Ben should show up to pick Sienna up from school in full Avatar costume. Plus: behind-the-scenes chaos including sharing a room with a snoring dad, red carpet Dad jokes, school leave approval drama, and a pair of broken shoes. Avatar: Fire & Ash hits cinemas from December 18.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gang returns to the USS Wetfloater in preparation for their deployment to Pandora this week for the new Avatar Fire and Ash. No better time to finally cover the aquatic adventure that is Avatar The Way of Water. James Cameron continues the journey for Jake Sully and Neytiri as they embrace parenthood and deal with the return of a familiar foe. Released in 2023 the film stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, Bailey Bass, Jack Champion, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, and Filip Geljo.

insta : laboite2chocolat ou la_boitedechocolatPour ce 14 eme et dernier épisode de mi saison, on va causer d'Avatar 2, et oui on s'est synchronisé avec la sortie du 3, c'est ti pas beau ça, hein ?Alors en gros Avatar 2eme du nom ça parle de quoi ?Et bien c'est James Cameron qui revient après une décennie à mariner dans son jacuzzi en se disant :« Et si je refaisais le 1… mais mouillé ? »Jake Sully joue les darons commando alors qu'il n'arrive déjà pas à gérer un seul de ses gosses sans qu'il se fasse enlever, blesser ou qu'il déclenche une guerre intergalactique. Neytiri, elle, passe 3h de film à avoir la haine : contre les humains, contre Jake, contre le script — à ce stade, même elle, elle ne sait plus pourquoi elle crie.Les humains reviennent encore, parce qu'ils ont apparemment décidé que Pandora était un immense Airbnb sans caution, et ils se pointent en mode : « On a cloné ton pire ennemi, le Colonel Reyel ! »On dirait un divorce toxique, mais avec des mitrailleuses.Ensuite, la famille Sully débarque chez les Na'vi aquatiques, une communauté tellement chill qu'on dirait qu'ils vivent sous infusion de kombucha. Cameron passe 2h à nous montrer de l'eau : belle eau, eau triste, eau rapide, eau lente — c'est un documentaire National Geographic sous Red Bull.Et puis LA scène baleines.Les tulkuns (famille de Félicien de Loft Story 2) ces énormes gentils géants pacifistes, se font exploser par des humains qui les chassent afin de venir taquiner le fond de leurs glotte !Le final ?Une copie de Titanic... qui vient s'ajouter à une liste déjà assez longue de copie (Pocahontas, Le Livre de la Jungle, Pinocchio, Aliens, True Lies, Abyss, etc)Tout le monde se bat, tout prend feu, MÊME SOUS L'EAU (parce que oui, Cameron s'en fout de la science), et Spider continue de faire des choix tellement stupides que même un Sims ferait mieux.Et sinon à la fin ça dit quoi ?Et bien tout le monde pleure, tout le monde saigne, Jake dit « la famille c'est sacré » alors que c'est vraiment le père le plus flingué du monde, et Cameron rigole en comptant les milliards pour financer Avatar 17 : La Voie de la Mousse.Pour parler de ce film culte mais pas si culte que ça, on retrouve Thomas, Charlie, Jennifer, Mia et notre Pépinot.Nous on se retrouve mi Janvier les amis, en attendant passez de bonnes fêtes, soyez cool avec votre prochain, mais surtout n'oubliez pas, vous êtes l'élite des gens bien, c'est juste que les autres ne vous le dise pas assez souvent, parce que c'est des tocards !N'hésitez pas d'ailleurs à nous LAISSER DES COMMENTAIRES ET AUSSI DES BONNES ETOILES (déjà parce qu'on est des gens cool), et puis aussi suggérez nous des films, on les fera avec plaisir.VOUS ETES DE PLUS EN PLUS NOMBREUX, SOYEZ DE MOINS EN MOINS TIMIDE voici notre mail pour toutes suggestions / propositions de films : laboitedechocolatmail@gmail.com Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Y'ALL MIND IF A WHITE BOY SPEAKS A LITLLE NA'VI? With the third entry a week away, it's time for us to venture into the world of Pandora and into the mind of one of the greatest directors of all time -- James Cameron. The tale of Jake Sully and Neytiri has been his baby -- in the works since the 90's and taking years of technological advancements to bring to life. But beyond all the wonder and the sheen, is there something truly juicy to munch on? Come join Brian, Alec, Darby, and Trey to find out as they take a look at the highest grossing film of all time -- James Cameron's AVATAR!

This week we return to Pandora just before the new film hits thearers.  We look back on Avatar: The Way Of Water, the second installment in director James Cameron's sci-fi epic as the forces of Earth return to hunt Jake Sully and his family down while collecting valuable resources for the humans.,  Sully must go to great lengths to protect his family at all costs.   We also each discuss our Top 5 James Cameron films, discuss the latest news, and talk some things we watched or played lately!  Next Week: Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Visit us for all episodes & more at the www.therebelradiopodcast.com Please leave us a 5-Star review on iTunes! You can also find us on Spotify iHeartRadio Follow us on Facebook

This is an extended preview of our We ❤️ Movies episode on Avatar: The Way of Water! To access the full show, click through here and sign up for our Patreon! Instantly unlock this show, along with countless hours of exclusive content you can't get anywhere else! “They are like R2-D2, they're sticking it anywhere that's open!” - Steve, on all the Na'vi tail play On this month's patrons-only We ❤️ Movies episode, we're heading back to beautiful Pandora to check in on Jake Sully and his ever-growing brood in Avatar: The Way of Water! How absolutely gorgeous is this movie? Can we can it with the “Family Language Track” offerings, Disney? How hilarious is it when Quaritch finds his old skeleton? Has anyone ever done it better than Sigourney? And can someone please give that Spider a haircut—looking like Jack Black in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is… not fantastic. PLUS: Look out for the cool Na'vi in part four—The Mud Goblins! Avatar: The Way of Water stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, and Jack Champion as Spider; directed by James Cameron. Don't sleep on snagging your tickets to our 15th Anniversary show this Saturday, December 6, where we're talking all things Arnold in Total Recall! It's gonna be a gas and we wanna see you there! Click through for tickets now! Throughout 2025, we'll be donating 100% of our earnings from our merch shop to the Center for Reproductive Rights. So head over and check out all these masterful designs and see what tickles your fancy! Shirts? Phone cases? Canvas prints? We got all that and more! Check it out and kick in for a good cause! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

Send us a textBlue skin, big feelings, and even bigger questions. We dive into James Cameron's Avatar with a split panel: one of us watched for the very first time, the other can quote the timeline by day. That tension makes space for a deeper look at why Pandora still captivates—stunning 3D worldbuilding, ferocious villains, and an intimate language of respect that runs through the Omatikaya like a current.We start with the Avatar Program and the ethics of “dreamwalking” into an indigenous body, then layer in the comics backstory that changes everything: Grace's school, a shattered trust, and losses that explain the tribe's guarded stance. From there, it's the full spectrum—Jake Sully's rapid ascent and the Marty Stu debate, Quaritch's relentless hostility vs. Selfridge's boardroom calculus, and the eternally meme-able “unobtanium.” Love it or roll your eyes, the resource grab frames a blunt critique of extraction and displacement that still feels uncomfortably relevant.But this conversation isn't just thesis statements. We revisit why the original theatrical 3D mattered, why the visuals hold up in 2025, and how “I see you” became a cultural touchstone that carries romance, respect, and recognition in a single phrase. We wrestle with white savior optics and push into nuance: Jake doesn't “fix” a people with superior tech—he sheds it, adopts their language, bonds with their ecology, and bets his life on their ways. Finally, we look ahead to The Way of Water: a 15-year time jump, a family-centered story, and a new ocean culture that promises different stakes and fresh conflicts.Hit play for a lively, balanced breakdown that blends fandom, first impressions, and rich lore. If this episode moved you—or made you argue with your speakers—subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a five-star review to help more listeners find the show. What did Pandora change for you?Twitter handles:Project Geekology: https://twitter.com/pgeekologyAnthony's Twitter: https://twitter.com/odysseyswowDakota's Twitter: https://twitter.com/geekritique_dakInstagram:https://instagram.com/projectgeekology?igshid=1v0sits7ipq9yYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@projectgeekologyGeekritique (Dakota):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwciIqOoHwIx_uXtYTSEbAAlien (1979) Explained | Timeline, Canon, and Lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9nmyTTlMvoSupport the show

FILMOTECAMURCIA.ESCiclo IMAGO CIVITAS - Sábado 4 de octubre / 19:30 horasAl final de la escapada (À bout de soufflé; Jean – Luc Godard, 2003). Francia. 89'. VOSE. Michel (JP Belmondo) es un ex-figurante de cine admirador de Bogart. Tras robar un coche en Marsella para ir a París, mata fortuitamente a un motorista de la policía. En París busca a Patricia (Jean Seberg), una joven burguesa americana, que aspira a ser escritora y vende el NY Herald Tribune por los Campos Elíseos; sueña con matricularse en la Sorbona y escribir algún día en ese periódico. Michel ignora que la policía lo está buscando por la muerte del motorista.Ciclo CLINT EASTWOOD: EL ÚLTIMO CLÁSICO - Sábado 4 de octubre / 21:30 horasSin perdón (Unforgiven; Clint Eastwood, 1992). Estados Unidos. 126'. VOSE. William Munny es un pistolero retirado, viudo y padre de familia, que tiene dificultades económicas para sacar adelante a su hijos. Su única salida es hacer un último trabajo. En compañía de un viejo colega y de un joven inexperto, Munny tendrá que matar a dos hombres que cortaron la cara a una prostituta. Ciclo IMAGO CIVITAS - Domingo 5 de octubre / 18:00 horasThe Brutalist (Brady Corbet, 2024). Estados Unidos. 215'. VOSEHuyendo de la Europa de la posguerra, el visionario arquitecto László Toth llega a USA para reconstruir su vida, su obra y su matrimonio con su esposa Erzsébet tras verse obligados a separarse durante la guerra. László se establece en Pensilvania, donde el empresario industrial Harrison Lee Van Buren reconoce su talento para la arquitectura. Pero amasar poder y forjarse un legado tiene su precio.Ciclo CLINT EASTWOOD: EL ÚLTIMO CLÁSICO - Jueves 9 de octubre / 21:15 horasEl sargento de hierro (Hearthbreak ridge; Clint Eastwood,1986). Estados Unidos. 126'. VOSE. El sargento Tom Highway, veterano de las guerras de Vietnam y Corea, vuelve a los Estados Unidos para llevar a cabo una misión nada fácil: instruir a un grupo de novatos desmotivados e indisciplinados para convertirlos en auténticos marines.ESTRENOS DE LA SEMANAThe Smashing Machine (Ben Safdie), con Dwayne Johnson y Emily Blunt.La historia real del luchador Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson), figura clave en el origen de la UFC, que retrata su meteórico ascenso y caída en el brutal mundo de las artes marciales mixtas, al que se enfrentó con coraje y el apoyo incondicional de su mujer Dawn Staples (Emily Blunt). Una vida llena de ambición y sacrificio del que fue dos veces campeón de este torneo.La sospecha de Sofía (Imanol Uribe), basada en la novela de Paloma Sánchez-Garnica. Con Álex González y Aura Garrido.La vida de Sofía y Daniel se anticipa prometedora y feliz hasta que Daniel recibe una enigmática invitación para ir a conocer a su madre biológica a un Berlín del Este sumido en plena Guerra Fría. Sin él saberlo, aceptar esa invitación se convertirá en el mayor error de su vida ya que se convertirá en la pieza esencial del plan secreto de la KGB para establecer su centro operativo en la España franquista y en el que su hermano gemelo, Klaus, jugará un papel clave, usurpándole la identidad, la familia y la vida entera. Desde ese momento, Sofía vivirá en una continua sospecha.Parecido a un asesinato (Antonio Hernández). Basada en la novela de Juan Bolea. Con Blanca Suárez y Eduardo NoriegaEva vive un momento feliz, con una nueva pareja, Nazario, escritor de éxito, y su hija, Alicia, una adolescente con la que espera congeniar; por fin tiene una familia que le permitirá olvidar el pasado. Pero no será tan fácil. El horror que sufrió con José, su ex marido, un policía posesivo y violento vuelve para amenazar su paraíso; de nada le servirá esconderse en el refugio de su infancia, nada podrá protegerla. Será un viaje hacia el miedo, hasta un lugar de consecuencias terribles que afectarán a todos. Nada es lo que parece... Todos son testigos de verdades paralelas.Avatar: El sentido del agua (James Cameron) Con Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet y Stephen LangMás de una década después de los acontecimientos de 'Avatar', los Na'vi Jake Sully, Neytiri y sus hijos viven en paz en los bosques de Pandora hasta que regresan los hombres del cielo. Entonces comienzan los problemas que persiguen sin descanso a la familia Sully, que decide hacer un gran sacrificio para mantener a su pueblo a salvo y seguir ellos con vida.

Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universesMarvel Studios fired up the Fantasti-Car with glee, as Matt Shakman's The Fantastic Four: First Steps opened to a global $218 million for its first weekend. Marvel's First Family just edged out Superman's Thursday night previews bringing $24.4 million to Superman's $22.5 million. But no fear, the DCU's first feature film is flying high - having just passed the $500 million mark globally and is potentially closing in on Jurassic World: Rebirth's $600 million global take.This year's San Diego Comic-Con may have felt a little demure with no large presences from Marvel Studios or DC Studios, but there's still plenty to talk about. Let's break down some highlights:Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will premiere this year on December 10 on Disney+. Casting for season 3 characters Nico and Bianca di Angelo was announced by author Rick Riordan - with Levi Chrisopulos and Olive Abercrombie in the roles, respectively.Rob Reiner shared the first trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. The film will release on September 2 of this year.Early access footage from a range of projects was shown at SDCC. Attendees were treated to viewing bits of Peacemaker season 2, The Boys' spinoff: Gen V's second season trailer, Aztec Batman, The Long Walk, It: Welcome to Derry, Coyote vs. Acme, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Project Hail Mary, and Five Nights at Freddy 2.   Speaking of The Fantastic Four, moviegoers were treated to the first trailer to James Cameron's third Avatar film prior to the latest MCU flick. Avatar: Fire & Ash will premiere December 19, 2025 and the sweeping trailer shows us the continued expansion of the world of Pandora with Jake Sully this time  facing a Na'vi antagonist. Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana reprise their roles in the franchise along with many returning cast members and more storied actors have joined such as David Thewlis and Michelle Yeoh.Marvel Animation‘s Eyes of Wakanda, from executive producer Ryan Coogler, will be released earlier than expected. The four-part series, originally slated to drop on August 6, then moved to August 27, now will be released on August 1 on Disney+. The full voice cast also has been revealed, along with the first full trailer.Hot off her Emmy nomination for her work in HBO's The Penguin, Cristin Milioti is jumping into her next screen project, an independent horror thriller titled Buddy. Casper Kelly, who co-created Adult Swim shows such as Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell and the horror comedy viral sensation Too Many Cooks, is directing the feature and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules are producing via their BoulderLight Pictures, which has the upcoming film Weapons on its slate.Hulu has announced that all 10 episodes of Solar Opposites upcoming sixth and final season will drop Oct. 13 on Hulu and Disney+ and released a brief teaser trailer.Ilya Naishuller is in negotiations to take over as director of Amazon MGM Studios Road House 2, following Guy Ritchie's exit from the project for undisclosed reasons earlier this month.Hans Zimmer will compose the score for the third season of Euphoria alongside British musician Labrinth, who scored the first two seasons.Sources confirmed to Deadline that Skyler Gisondo is in talks to join the cast of Universal's next installment in the Meet the Parents franchise, now titled Focker in Law. John Hamburg is directing with the original cast including Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner returning to star. Ariana Grande is also on board to join the cast.Hulu has announced that Season 5 of its Emmy-winning comedy Only Murders in the Building will debut on the streamer September 9 with three episodes, with the remainder of the season rolling out with new episodes weekly.Author Mike Chen is penning a prequel novel to the Star Wars: Outlaws game called Low Red Moon.

NA'VI VS NA' VI?! Use code 50REELREJECTS to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/4ftNIcS! OHHHH WE COOKIN'!! The brand‑new Avatar 3: Fire and Ash trailer dropped during The Fantastic Four screenings and we lost it in the theater! Greg Alba & John Humphrey break down every jaw‑dropping moment from the teaser: intense battles between Jake Sully, Neytiri and the war‑like Ash People / Mangkwan clan led by Varang (Oona Chaplin), fire‑wielding Na'vi riding burning banshees, the haunting realization that the Ash People have rejected Eywa, internal Na'vi conflict and tragic grief over Neteyam's death, Jake and Neytiri's kids in peril—especially young Kiri (Sigourney Weaver) facing Varang's threat—Spider's shifting allegiances and Quaritch's alliance with the Ash people—that shot of Captain Quaritch stepping into Ash territory with red war paint was chilling. We also catch glimpses of the peaceful Wind Traders in sky‑ships, returning faces like Sam Worthington's Jake Sully, Zoe Saldaña's Neytiri, Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, Kate Winslet as Ronal, Edie Falco's General Ardmore, Stephen Lang's Recombinant Quaritch, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, and newcomer David Thewlis as Peylak. This trailer teases family trauma, volcanic biomes, aerial banshee fights, love between Lo'ak and Tsireya, internal Na'vi civil war, the return of RDA forces and possible human off‑world implications beyond Pandora's atmosphere. Featuring themes of grief, vengeance, redemption, war, fire vs water, tribal division—you can feel the emotional punch and stakes going in deeper than ever. Avatar: Fire and Ash, directed by James Cameron, hits theaters December 19, 2025. Don't miss our full breakdown reaction—subscribe, hit the bell icon, and dive in with us! Cast and characters featured include: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang), Tonowari (Cliff Curtis), Ronal (Kate Winslet), General Ardmore (Edie Falco), Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi), Dr. Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore), Mo'at (CCH Pounder), Lo'ak (Britain Dalton), Tsireya (Bailey Bass), Peylak (David Thewlis), Varang (Oona Chaplin), Dr. Ian Garvin (Jemaine Clement), and more. Pack your banshee, it's going to be explosive! Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

insta : laboite2chocolat ou la_boitedechocolatPour ce 40 eme et dernier épisode, on décolle direction Pandora !Et oui, fin de saison oblige, il nous fallait un gros film, du coup c'est tombé sur Avatar, rassurez vous il y en aura d'autre et puis surtout,comme vous pourrez l'écouter à la fin de cet épisode, il y a encore débat sur le fait que ce film soit culte ou pas, j'en dis pas plus, vous découvrirez ça par vous même.Alors certes dernier épisode de saison, mais épisode généreux !Du coup, Avatar, ça raconte quoi ?Et bien imagine t'es un marine en fauteuil roulant, t'as la dalle, pas de jambes, mais un ticket pour Pandora — aka le Club Med alien rempli de Manouches de 3 mètres, qui vivent à poil dans un parc naturel glow-in-the-dark.Là-bas, les humains veulent péter l'écosystème pour creuser un minerai qui s'appelle littéralement… UNOBTANIUM. Oui. Le scénariste a tapé “ Les presque titres de David guetta” et a jamais corrigé.Entre en scène Jake Sully, notre héros sans charisme, qui prend possession d'un corps de Na'vi qu'il contrôle littéralement en 2-2,en plus de ça il va tomber amoureux d'une Na'vi badass — Neytiri, 50 % dans le love mais 50 % bientôt en couple par contre 100% pas d'accord avec la déforestation.Et là c'est parti pour 2h40 de Kamasutra éco-friendly, de mantras new age et de baston entre des hélicos bourrés de testostérone et des arcs faits avec du bambou recyclé.... et un méchant, oh lala... Est ce qu'on peut faire encore plus cliché ?. Pour ce dernier épisode nous retrouvons Thomas, Charlie, l'autre Thomas, Jennifer, Mia et Pierre.Bonnes vacances à vous, PROFITEZ EN POUR VOUS SUIVRE SUR INSTA, et pour le reste on se retrouve très vite !N'hésitez pas d'ailleurs à nous LAISSER DES COMMENTAIRES ET AUSSI DES BONNES ETOILES (déjà parce qu'on est des gens cool), et puis aussi suggérez nous des films, on les fera avec plaisir.VOUS ETES DE PLUS EN PLUS NOMBREUX, SOYEZ DE MOINS EN MOINS TIMIDE voici notre mail pour toutes suggestions / propositions de films : laboitedechocolatmail@gmail.com Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Send us a textGather around, survivors, as we journey to the luminescent world of Pandora in James Cameron's groundbreaking sci-fi epic, Avatar. Our hosts dive into a passionate debate about whether this visually stunning film deserves its status as the highest-grossing movie ever or if it's simply "Pocahontas in space" with a fresh coat of CGI paint.The conversation takes fascinating turns as we explore how Jake Sully's Earth-learned survival instincts become dangerously "bass-ackwards" on an alien world. We're captivated by the scene where Neytiri shows Jake that extinguishing his fire actually reveals Pandora's natural bioluminescence—a perfect metaphor for the film's themes of letting go of old ways to truly see a new world. This clever reversal of traditional survival knowledge demonstrates why Avatar's worldbuilding remains unmatched even years after its release.Beyond the stunning visuals, we unpack the Na'vi's deep connection with their environment through neural links and hunting rituals, drawing parallels to indigenous Earth cultures and their respectful relationship with nature. The debate heats up around whether the film's familiar "colonizer versus native" narrative detracts from its achievements or makes it more accessible to global audiences. Meanwhile, technical discussions about CGI innovations, the uncanny valley, and how Avatar revolutionized motion capture demonstrate why this film changed cinema forever.Whether you're Team "Groundbreaking Masterpiece" or Team "Derivative Storytelling," our lively discussion offers fresh perspectives on this cultural phenomenon that continues to expand with ambitious sequels. Join us next time as we switch gears completely to explore The Conjuring 3—from Pandora's mystical connection to nature to supernatural horror here on Earth.

Tout un Art ! est une série inédite à l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la Baleine, le 19 février.Si vous faites partie des 13,4 millions de spectateurs français à avoir vu Avatar 2 : La voie de l'eau, le film de James Cameron sorti en 2022, vous vous souvenez des tulkuns, ces animaux gigantesques et si intelligents  qui ressemblent à des baleines. Un jour, l'un d'eux, Payakan, sauve Lo'ak, le fils aîné du héros Jake Sully. Un lien très fort s'établit entre eux et ils peuvent communiquer par la pensée.Cette relation privilégiée a été inspirée par un mythe maori  ? Les Maoris vivent en Nouvelle-Zélande. Leur ancêtre, Paikea (un nom qui ressemble à Payakan…) serait venu de l'île d'Hawaiki, peut-être Tahiti. Il fait naufrage en mer… Mais il est sauvé par des baleines qui le conduisent vers le sud sur l'île d'Aotearoa, qui signifie “le paysage du long nuage blanc”. C'est le nom Maori de la Nouvelle-Zélande (à l'origine la Seeland est une province néerlandaise).On surnomme alors Paikan “le chevaucheur de baleines”. Il plante des lances dans le sol, symboles d'harmonie, d'unité et d'entraide entre les hommes et les créatures de la mer. Depuis, à chaque génération, un descendant mâle du chef prend le titre de chevaucheur de baleines et devient le gardien spirituel de la communauté.À travers cette fable moderne, James Cameron dénonce à son tour la chasse à la baleine. Les pêcheurs poursuivent les tulkuns pour obtenir, l'amrita,  le précieux liquide qu'ils sécrètent dans leur cerveau et qui servirait à créer des médicament destiné à ralentir le vieillissement humain. L'amrit, chez les Hindous, est l'équivalent de l'ambroisie. Dans la mythologie gréco-romaine : c'est la boisson qui confère la vie éternelle aux dieux.Autant que d'effets spéciaux, ce film est donc bourré de références culturelles. Une dernière pour la route ! Le tulkun Payakan qui arrache un bras au pêcheur Mike Scoresby, ça ne vous rappelle rien ? Moby Dick et le capitaine Achab, bien sûr ! ______La série "Tout un Art !" 12x10') raconte le Vivant dans la (pop) culture, l'Art et l'Histoire, au-delà des aspects biologiques et comportementaux. Et aussi de connecter deux mondes qui se nourrissent l'un l'autre. Oscar Wilde ne disait-il pas que "la nature imite l'art" ?Il est temps que chacun.e se cultive, soigne et réenchante son lien avec nos colocataires non-humains et ressente le besoin de faire ce qu'il peut, ce qu'il doit._______Sylvia Roustant est professeure, agrégée de lettres et créatrice du site Le secret derrière le tableau.Marc Mortelmans est créateur de podcasts, conférencier et auteur d'En finir avec les idées fausses sur le monde Vivant (Éditions de l'atelier 2024) et de Nomen, l'origine des noms des espèces (Ulmer 2024).contact@baleinesousgravillon.com.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

This week, John Hodgman joins Scott to discuss being the "Radar" O'Reilly of the PC world, boldly asking for drugs, and owning a boat. Then, James Cameron and Jake Sully visit to promote "Avatar: Fire and Ash" as well as wet movies in general, and entrepreneur Kitty Sea-Joy Sage drops by to share some products.  Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/cbb

In the book of Genesis, a pregnant slave called Hagar was running away from her slave-owner Sarai who had been cruel towards her. The Lord sent an angel. Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.” The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery. He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.” She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” Genesis 16: 9−13A well was dug at that place called “Beer Lahai Roi” meaning “well of the Living One who sees me”. There is a beautiful moment in the Hollywood movie Avatar. Neytiri, the Na'vi warrior and princess of Pandora recognises the call and destiny of the movie's hero, Jake Sully, the one she has been falling in love with. She says to him, “I see you!” meaning “I understand you; I see into your heart”. “I know who you are.”Hagar must have felt very alone when she was running away from Sarai. Perhaps she even thought God had abandoned her. After all, Sarai and her husband Abram were recipients of the promises of God. God had spoken to them, and they were prosperous by His hand. Hagar had effectively run away from the people of God's favour. Why would God care about her?But God hadn't forgotten her. He had seen her in the desert. He had seen her in her sadness, and after the angel spoke to her with instructions and promises, she could encourage herself with a new truth in her experience: ‘God sees me, too'; “I have now seen the One who sees me.”Perhaps we can draw comfort from these words too. Maybe nobody was watching when that guy treated you unkindly, or when you were passed over again for that promotion. Perhaps no other soul was aware of how alone you felt the other day, and no-one can possibly understand the ordeal you have just been through. But He sees you. And understands you and knows you. And He loves you. The One who, at times, may appear to only bless others, sees you too. Maybe like Hagar, we too can pray, “You are the God who sees me.”

Send us a textPrepare for a fun-filled ride through the cinematic universe as we kick off our podcast with a festive flair. Ever wondered if the characters we love to hate are truly the villains of their stories? Our conversation takes a playful twist as we ponder whether Nick from "Law Abiding Citizen" and other notorious figures might actually be the villain. With a delightful nod to our show's growth and an unforgettable chat with rising star Mason McCartea, we invite you to join in the laughter and discovery.Next, we turn the spotlight on so-called heroes who may not be as gallant as they seem. From Jim Preston's morally questionable decisions in "Passengers" to Tony Stark's chaotic legacy in the "Iron Man" series, we scrutinize the ripple effects of their actions. Our discussion doesn't shy away from controversial favorites like Admiral Holdo and Jake Sully, sparking a fun debate on the true cost of their "heroic" deeds. Get ready to question everything you thought you knew about these iconic figures.Our exploration extends beyond the silver screen and into the world of gaming, where unexpected victories and upcoming releases are shaking things up. From Astro Bot's surprising win to the anticipation for Marvel Rivals, there's plenty to keep every gamer on their toes. We also venture into the realm of TV, offering recommendations and teasing exciting series on the horizon. As we eagerly await Hayden's return, we fondly reminisce about past episodes and the joy of trivia games. Join us for an episode brimming with humor, insights, and a sprinkle of nostalgia.Support the show

In this week's episode, I look back at the movies I saw in Spring 2024 and rate them from least to most favorite. To celebrate the arrival of CLOAK OF TITANS, this coupon code will get you 25% off any of the CLOAK MAGE ebooks at my Payhip store: MAYTITANS The code is valid through June 3rd, 2024. So if you're looking for a new book to start the summer, we've got you covered! PODCAST 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 201 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is May 17th, 2024, and today we are looking at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Spring 2024. Before we get to anything else, let's do Coupon of the Week. To celebrate the arrival of Cloak of Titans, naturally, this coupon code will give you 25% off any of the Cloak Mage ebooks at my Payhip store. That coupon code is MAYTITANS spelled MAYTITANS and of course, as always, the coupon code will be in the show notes for this episode. This code is valid through June 3rd, 2024, so if you're looking for a new book to start the summer, we've got you covered. Now for an update on current writing and publishing projects. I am pleased to report that Cloak of Titans is done and it is now out. It should at all the ebook stores and get it at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Smashwords, and my Payhip store. It looks like it's off to a good start, so thank you everyone for that. In audio news, Ghost in the Veils is out, as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. As of right now, it should be available at Audible, Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and my Payhip store. It should be showing up on Google Play, Spotify, and Chirp shortly. Now that Cloak of Titans is done, my next big main project will be Shield of Darkness, the second book in the Shield War series, picking up from Shields of Storms earlier in the year. I spent the last couple days writing the outline for that, and if all goes well, I should start on it on Monday the 20th or Tuesday the 21st. It depends on what the weather is, since there are some things I'd like to do outside if the weather is good, but anyway, that will be my new main project. Hopefully that will be out before the end of June. My secondary project right now is Half-Orc Paladin, the third book in the Rivah series, and I am currently about 14,000 words into that. That should come out fairly quickly after Shield of Darkness is done, so probably mid to late July for that book. 00:02:10 Question of the Week Now it's time for Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussion of enjoyable topics. This week's question is inspired by the various comments whenever I post the picture related to grilling: specifically, what is your favorite thing to grill? And we had a variety of responses this week. Our first response is from Justin, who says: my favorite thing to grill is a well marinated sirloin. Garlic, pineapple juice, soy sauce, and herbs in a Ziploc bag for two to four hours, then on a hot grill for a couple minutes per side. Yum! Alas, nowadays it's mostly chicken legs and pork loin sliced up for chops. Even the cheapest hamburger meat is getting to be too expensive to buy on a regular basis. Sadly, this is definitely true, and I've seen that myself. Our next response is from ABM, who says: is it even camping in the Midwest if you're not grilling a pudgie pie over a fire? For those unfamiliar with this regional delicacy, either sandwich or pie fillings are put between bread in the special sandwich shaped iron before it goes over the fire. It really puts the grilled in grilled cheese sandwich. Jenny says: steak, but only because I have a charcoal grill now. I used to use gas. I think it is better because I find it to be slower and tastier. Bonnie says brats and burgers were my favorite when Hubby was around to grill. Gary says: a pork loin is one of my favorite things to grill. I prefer smoking stuff over grilling. Grilling and barbecue are definitely two different things. There is nothing better than a dry rub pork shoulder smoked for about 10 hours and then shredded. Mark says: we love good old-fashioned burgers and lately have been adding teriyaki grilled chicken thighs to the cooking plan. John says: Chinese style plum sauce ribs. Family recipe. Country style ribs, which is just pork butt cut onto thick strips, marinated 3 days. Catriona says: Lamb chops and sausages. A different Mark says: ribs are my favorite, followed by barbecued chicken. Jesse says: spicy Italian sausages for the most part. Michael says: I find the grilling post interesting because over here in the UK, we tend to call it barbecuing and the term itself is a barbecue. Grilling is what you do under grill in your oven indoors. But regardless, I would say hamburgers! Joseph says: Porterhouse and lobster tails on charcoal grill. Second would be shrimp, scallops, and fish fillets of any kind on charcoal. Breakfast on the griddle, pork and chicken on the smoker all year round. Jonathan says: steak and nothing but steak. A third Mark says: prisoners. I hope he meant that tongue in cheek. For myself, I think it's a good old-fashioned burger. I find half the battle in terms of flavor is to spend ninety seconds melting cheese onto the burger in the final phase of grilling. Toasting the bun separately also helps a great deal. It is remarkable how proper cooking can improve the flavor of many foods. Like, I had eggs for lunch. Eggs by themselves are kind of bland, but if you add some ham and cheese and some pepper to the eggs, it really tastes quite a bit better. I suppose the realization that food tastes better when you prepare it properly is the foundation of five and a half thousand years of cooking and civilization. 00:05:15 Main Topic: Spring Movie Roundup And it's now titled for my Spring Movie Roundup for 2024, our main topic of the week. As usual, everything is sorted from least liked to most liked, and just a reminder that my opinions are in no objective or qualified and are based solely on my own taste and whether or not I like something. The least favorite thing I saw this spring would be Hot Tub Time Machine, which came out in 2010. This is one of the very rare movies I didn't finish. It was just too stupid. Like sometimes if I don't like movie, I'll start playing Starfield or Skyrim or something with the movie still playing in the background, but Hot Tub Time Machine was too stupid even to merit that treatment. I don't object to crude humor on its face. Indeed, much of the absurdity of the human condition comes from the various indignities to which human bodies are inherently subjected. There is something both hilarious and egalitarian in the fact that an emperor and a peasant have to relieve themselves in the same way, and many jokes have made use of that truth. You can get away with a lot of crudity if you're actually funny. But the Hot Tub Time Machine movie, just threw crudeness on the screen in lieu of attempting actual humor. Besides, crude humor ultimately is to storytelling as garlic salt is to cooking: best used sparingly. Anyway, the protagonists were all unlikable. I simply got annoyed enough with movie that I gave up around 40 or 50 minutes into it. Overall grade: F Next up is Wish, which came out in 2023. I did not see that in the theater. I saw it when I turned up on Disney Plus a few months ago. I liked the animation and the voice acting was good, but the movie just did not make a lot of sense. Like there's this wizard-king and people give him their wishes, but then they forget what they wish for, and he does this to prevent civil unrest, or so he says. The protagonist gets mad that the wizard-king isn't handing out free stuff in the way that she likes, so she wishes really hard and then a magic star falls from the sky to help her. This upsets the wizard king, so he switches from using good magic, which is apparently blue and sparkly to evil magic, which is green and sparkly. I guess that that color makes all the difference. Then everyone in the Kingdom sings at the wizard-king until he turns into a mirror. I have to admit that made even less sense as I spoke it aloud. There are movies that don't make a lot of sense but work because it's like a dream or a magic trick since the movie suspends the viewer's disbelief during the tale, and it's only afterward that you realize it didn't make much sense, but that by then it doesn't matter because you're entertained. Unfortunately, Wish doesn't even make sense while you're watching it, and a benevolent wizard king who hoards wishes sounds a lot like the Disney Corporation. It would be hilarious if Disney made Wish as a parody of themselves, but I think their interpretation happened by accident. Overall grade: C-, maybe D+ if I'm in a really bad mood. Next up is Green Lantern, which came out in 2011. This turned up free on Tubi, so I gave it a watch. It was interesting because all the pieces were there to make it a great movie, strong cast with good performances, reasonable CG computer graphics for 2011, and a potentially compelling plot. However, it didn't really gel. I suspect Ryan Reynolds works better as a comic actor than a dramatic one. Additionally, the movie relied way too heavily on a lot of ponderous infodumping to explain the elaborate mythology of the Green Lantern Corps. The classic axiom of fiction writing is to show don't tell, and since movies are a visual medium, it's especially true in movies. The problem was that Green Lantern spent a lot of its runtime telling instead of showing, but I suspect the studio didn't want to take a lot of risks with a movie that cost $200 million to make in 2011 money (before a lot of inflation). Additionally, the movie leaned a little too heavily into its CG. So overall, I would give it a grade of C-. Next up is Avatar: The way of Water, which came out in 2022. The Avatar films are visually beautiful, but they're also profoundly misanthropic, which is sort of a “it would be better if humans were all dead” strain of environmentalism running through it. It's also unfortunate how the movies portraying “living in harmony with nature” as morally upright, because in real life, living with nature means dying before the age of 30 of sepsis, dysentery, various contagious diseases, endemic local warfare, and starvation, often all at the same time. Basically, the history of civilization is five and a half thousand years of humanity trying to find ways to get screwed less by nature. Of course, then we're getting into profound philosophical questions. Do you believe that humanity is made in the image of God with a soul, or is humanity particularly simply a particularly clever breed of destructive chimpanzee? Obviously one's worldview will diverge profoundly based on how you answer that question, which, let's be honest, is a rather deep philosophical/religious discussion for a movie about blue space elves made by the director of Terminator. On the other hand, maybe I'm just overthinking it and in the world of Avatar, the Na'vi are blue space elves and the humans are just space orcs. Anyway, incoherent philosophical questions aside, the movie is visually stunning, the apex of computer graphics. It's what you get with a $400 million budget overseen by a perfectionist director who directed three of the four top-grossing movies of all time. The plot is a straight continuation of the previous movie. The humans have returned to reconquer Pandora, including a clone of the charismatic Colonel Quaritch from the first movie. It's up to Jake Sully and his family to unite the squabbling Na'vi forest and water clans to fight off the invaders. Unlike the first movie, Way of Water is not a self-contained story, but helps tee up the third movie, which is definitely happening since this one made like two and half billion dollars. I also admire James Cameron's unswerving devotion to the Papyrus font, even after two Saturday Night Live sketches about it. Overall grade: B Next up is The Cutting Edge, which came out in 1992. I watched this because I was told it is considered a classic in some corners. Since it was also free on Tubi, I decided to give it a watch. It's basically the ideal form of the very popular enemies to lovers romance story trope. Olympic hockey player Doug suffers a head injury that damages his peripheral vision, which means he can't play hockey anymore. Meanwhile, Kate is a spoiled and demanding figure skater who alienates every single potential partner, thereby ruining her chances of winning Olympic gold. Kate's coach Anton seeking out a partner willing to put up with Kate's difficult personality, tracks down the desperate Doug and convinces him to give figure skating a try instead of hockey. As you might expect, sparks and conflicts immediately fly when Doug and Kate meet, and they must learn to overcome their initial mutual dislike (and their obvious mutual attraction) to win the Olympics. Enemies to lovers romance tends to follow a very specific story structure, and this movie nails it perfectly. The actors all did a good job with their parts. Fun fact, Anton was played by Roy Dotrice, who narrated the A Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks. Even more fun fact, the movie was written by Tony Gilroy, who also wrote several of the Jason Bourne movies and created Star Wars: Andor, which are about as totally different from The Cutting Edge as you can get. This man has some range. Overall grade: B. Next up is Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which originally came out in 2021. After the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot didn't work for a variety of reasons, it seemed that Sony they settled on a different tactic, instead decided to continue the original continuity of with the new movies, which in my opinion was a smarter choice. Single mom Callie is having a rough time with her teenage children, Trevor and Phoebe. Callie is out of options when her estranged father dies and leaves her a farm on the outskirts of Summerville, Oklahoma. With no better options at the moment, Callie and the kids pack up and move to Summerville and the bored Trevor and Phoebe began poking into their relics of their grandfather's life. However, it turns out that their grandfather was Egon Spengler, one of the original Ghostbusters, and he had moved to Summerville to keep an eye on a dangerous supernatural threat. With Egon dead, the threat is waking up once more, and it's up to Phoebe and Trevor to finish their grandfather's work and save the world. This was a very well-constructed comedy/horror action thriller. Admittedly, it starts a bit slow in the same style as the original Ghostbusters movie from 1984, but overall, it works. There's a gradual sense that something is increasingly wrong in Summerville. Unlike Green Lantern, this movie doesn't do a lot of infodumping, but instead uses the much better storytelling technique of gradually revealing the worldbuilding as the kids start to investigate the mysteries around their family and their new town. Phoebe and Trevor had the right combination of teenage brattiness and curiosity and Callie was believable as a single mom who had made some questionable life choices and was trying to hang on as best she could. Paul Rudd was also good as an incompetent summer school teacher/seismologist who has nonetheless figured out that something strange is happening in Summerville. The movie leaned a little too hard into to nostalgia, but I liked it. Overall, grade: B+. Next up is The Sign of Four, which came out originally in 1987. I finally had a chance to watch the Jeremy Brett version of the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Sign of Four. Brett was, in my opinion, the best Sherlock Holmes actor of all the actors who have played versions of the character. Amusingly, I think Mr. Brett would have made a good Grand Admiral Thrawn, which is funny because one of the inspirations for Thrawn was of course, Sherlock Holmes. But unfortunately, Brett died two or three years before Heir to the Empire was even written. Anyway, back to the main point. In The Sign of Four, Miss Mary Morstan calls upon Holmes and Watson asking for Holmes's help in unraveling a strange mystery. Her father disappeared soon after returning to England from India, and once a year since then, she has received an extremely valuable pearl in the mail. Her mysterious benefactor wishes to meet her at last and Morstan wants Holmes' advice as to what she should do. Naturally, there's quite a bit more going on beneath the surface, and Holmes soon finds himself investigating a case involving a pair of eccentric brothers, a one-legged man, a deadly assassin, and treasure that seems cursed to bring misfortune to whoever obtains it. All of the performances were excellent, though given the state of 1980s sound technology, I definitely recommend watching the movie with the captions on. The only thing that I didn't like was that the adaptation removed the fact that Morstan and Watson get engaged at the end but given that the actors wanted to deemphasize Sherlock's cocaine use (the original story has the famous line “for me there still remains the cocaine bottle”), that's probably why it was cut. Overall grade: A-. And now for the favorite things I saw in spring 2023 and for the first time, it came out to a three-way tie. The first of my three favorite things was Fall Guy, which came out this year, in 2024. I didn't intend to go see this initially, but then I saw the hilarious Saturday Night Live opening Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling did about Barbie and Oppenheimer, and I decided to give it a shot. This is a romantic comedy action thriller and it nails all those genres excellently. The protagonist is a highly regarded film stuntman named Colt, in love with an assistant director named Jody, but Colt is seriously injured in an accident. In the aftermath of the accident, Colt abandons his career and breaks up with Jody. Eighteen months later, the producer of a big budget science fiction epic contacts Colt. It turns out that his ex, Jody, is directing the movie and her career is riding on its success. So he goes to do the stunts for the movie to help her out. However, things soon take a turn for the worse when the movie's egotistical lead actor disappears, and if Cole can't find him within 48 hours, the studio will shut down the movie and destroy Jody's career. What follows is a romantic comedy that remains funny and turns into a pretty good thriller movie. The running joke about seeing the unicorn was great and there's a bit with Colt crying in his truck that becomes absolutely hilarious. Definitely recommended. It's really regrettable that this movie apparently didn't do well in theaters, but I predict it will have a long and healthy life on streaming. Overall grade: A. The second of my three favorite things is Clarkson's Farm: Season Three, which also came out in 2024. This show has stumbled into a genius formula: display the extreme difficulties of the modern farmer through the lens of an unsympathetic comedy protagonist in the person of Jeremy Clarkson. Like, Jeremy Clarkson is not a terribly sympathetic figure because he's very rich and unquestionably prone to quarrelling because he got fired from one of his old jobs for punching a dude. But by having him run his own farm and deal with all the many, many headaches and heartaches of farming, he becomes a sympathetic figure because he suffers through the same things as every other farmer: failed crops, bad weather, badger-spread diseases, animals dying, government red tape, and so on. And it also demonstrates how hard farming is. If Clarkson's farm loses a lot of money, it doesn't really matter to him because he can rely on his media career. But that isn't true for most farmers, obviously, and Clarkson himself and the show go out of their way to point out that fact again and again. Anyway, if you're not familiar with the concept of the show, in 2019 Clarkson decided to run his farm himself rather than hiring a professional manager and since he was under contract to produce a show for Amazon, he figured he could make a documentary and get paid for working on his farm. In the first season, Clarkson was shocked when a year's work on his farm brought in a profit of about $150. In the second season, he battled local government to open a restaurant on his farm. In the third season, the team continues. Clarkson attempts to raise pigs and find new ways of making revenue from the farm. The show manages to be both entertaining and educational about the difficulties of farming at the same time. Definitely worth the watch. Overall grade: A. And now for the third of my three favorites: Dune Part 2, which came out in 2024. As a writer of novels, I really, really hate to admit it, but I think Dune Part 2 improved somewhat on the original book. This is rare in film adaptations, but it does happen. Goldfinger the movie is better than Goldfinger the book in my opinion, since Auric Goldfinger's plan makes much more sense in the movie than it does in the book and the movie also has James Bond's climatic showdown with the deadly Oddjob. The Godfather movie is pretty close to the Godfather novel, but it's tighter because it does omit some needless subplots that honestly I thought the author threw into the book to pad out the length. So as a writer, it really does pay me to admit this, but I think some of the changes to Dune Part 2 are an improvement over the book. It's a bit tighter, a little less deus ex machina. The novel Dune, beyond all doubt, is a very weird book. It's also very dense, with multiple interlocking themes. You can honestly say that Dune is about ecology, religion, politics, declining empires, the cyclical nature of history, oil-based politics, social dynamics, and of course, truly enormous quantities of mind altering drugs. Any movie adaptation would probably have to take just one of those themes and lean hard into them since there won't be enough time to address all of them. The director, Denis Villeneuve, chose to go with the mostly political themes. Anyway, I think Dune Parts One and Two combined are probably the best possible adaptation that could be made of the seminal (but still very weird) science fiction book. Various parts from the novel have been omitted, altered, or emphasized, but that's necessary in adaptation. The trick is to do it in a way that preserves the spirit of the original work, and I think Dune Parts One and Two have done it well. Part of the problem with the 1984 version of Dune was that the ending totally subverted the message of the book, which Frank Herbert himself said several times was “beware of charismatic leaders.”  Dune Part 2 most definitely does not subvert the message of the book. Indeed, Paula Atreides's final line in the movie is downright chilling. Part 2 picks up in the second half of the story when Paul joins the Fremen and embarks on his gradual transformation (or perhaps descent) from the son of a destroyed noble house to the blood drenched warrior prophet Muad'Dib. All the performances are good, the effects are excellent, the desert shots are sweeping, and you could tell Hans Zimmer and his team enjoyed cutting loose with the soundtrack. Overall, I think Dune Parts One and Two are probably the best possible adaptation of the Dune book in movie form, which is probably was the other problem with the Dune 1984, since there was just one movie and Dune Parts One and Two required over five hours of very expensive big budget movie to tell even a condensed adaptation of the complicated original book. Overall grade: A. So that's it for this week. On my writing podcasts this week, we talked about grilling and movies, so next week we will try to have a more writing themed topic. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcripts. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Isaac tempts fate by comparing Rachel Dolezal to Jake Sully from the movie Avatar. Ja, AKA @lexaprotagonist , keeps Isaac's white boy antics in check on this very special episode where we decide if Rachel Dolezal is as bad as the media made her out to be for claiming black identity.

May Eywa be with you! This week on the Podcast, we ring in the Holidays with a special new sequel for James Cameron's momentous followup to his 2022 success "The Way of Water." This episode is a special blast from the past because it's the second episode we ever recorded (done in January 2022). Will our new sequel keep the story centered around the water tribe? How will we handle the growing moral complexity of Spider? Will the film create a more challenging character arc for Jake Sully? How do Bionicles tie into all this? How did we end up including Jonah Hill's therapist? Did Bob Iger get a poop out before our pitch? Does Tuk survive? All that and more on this week's episode of Podcast 2: The Sequel.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pod2thesequelFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pod2_thesequel/Theme song by Charle Wallace: https://charlewallace.bandcamp.com/Support our Feature film, Inter-State, currently in Post-Production: https://fiscal.thegotham.org/project.cfm/4383/INTER-STATE/

(Part 3) In 1995, James Cameron wrote Avatar — codenamed Project 880 — in the form of scriptment (half script, half treatment). Narrated by a voice you may just recognise, Part Three begins with Josh Sully (later Jake Sully) fighting alongside the native princess, Zuleika (later Neytiri) in the first great conflict between Pandora's first peoples and the invaders, and ends with his transcendence from Avatar to Na'vi. Enjoy

(Part 2) In 1995, James Cameron wrote Avatar — codenamed Project 880 — in the form of scriptment (half script, half treatment). Narrated by a voice you may just recognise, Part Two begins with Josh Sully (later Jake Sully) meeting the native princess, Zuleika (later Neytiri) and ends with the inevitability of a looming conflict between the indigenous peoples and the invaders. Enjoy

In this episode of Studio 22, we delve into the incredible journey of Garrett Warren, a multifaceted talent in the entertainment industry. Join hosts Brock O'Hurn and Will Meldman as they sit down with Garrett Warren, a director, writer, and ex-stuntman with a remarkable story that has left an indelible mark on Hollywood. Garrett first made waves in the industry as a stuntman, showcasing his fearlessness and skill in high-octane action sequences. His work as a stunt coordinator can be seen in the X-Men series, Avatar, Sin City, War of the Worlds, and True Blood to name a few. We'll explore how his early experiences as a stuntman laid the foundation for his later success as a director and writer, offering a unique perspective on storytelling through heart-pounding action. The boys discuss Garrett's work on the Avatar films, in which he is the stunt coordinator and second-unit director, partnering with the great James Cameron. He shares some stories from behind the scenes of the box office hit series.  But Garrett's journey hasn't been without its share of challenges. In an astounding display of resilience, he has overcome adversity, including a harrowing incident where he was shot by an assassin. We'll delve into his incredible tale of perseverance, highlighting how he turned life's most daunting obstacles into stepping stones toward his dreams. Join us in this captivating episode of Studio 22 as we celebrate Garrett Warren's remarkable career and his unbreakable spirit. Prepare to be inspired by his story of triumph over adversity, and gain insight into the artistry that goes into creating the heart-pounding action scenes we love on the big screen. Don't miss out on this engaging conversation with one of Hollywood's true trailblazers. Follow Garrett Warren! https://www.instagram.com/garrettxwarren/ The @Studio22podcast We have MERCH!!! https://www.studio22podcast.com/ Support the Kane Comic Universe http://kanecomicuniverse.com/ Follow us on social media! https://instagram.com/studio22podcast https://www.tiktok.com/@studioxxiipodcast https://instagram.com/brockohurn https://instagram.com/wmeldman33 https://www.tiktok.com/@brockohurn https://twitter.com/BrockohurnSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Support the show and get bonus episodes like this when they're released at http://patreon.com/strugglesession http://sesh.plus and http://strugglesession.substack.com The legend of Jake Sully continues! Jack and Leslie review James Cameron's uber-blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water. What did you think? Did James Cameron do it again? Leave us a voicemail at http://sesh.show  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Avatar: The Way of Water, directed by James Cameron, is the sequel to 2009's 'Avatar' and catches up with Jake Sully, his family and that pesky RDA. For immediate access to all Oscars episodes, subscribe to the Patreon: patreon.com/listentobrunch

The boys do their best by trying to walk in the footsteps of their hero, Jake Sully. Things go wrong straight off the bat when they're tasked to read the manual but don't worry, Jake didn't do that either! Jake, however, didn't get consumed by Eywa, form a life bond with his good friend or try to double team a panther with his new husband. We, however, do. This the fourth and final episode of Plumbatar, a Plumbing the Death Star miniseries to celebrate the release of Avatar: Way of Water. What better way to spend December than with ya boys as we all get collectively depressed that we can't be on the magical world of Pandora and being wet Na'vi. We See You.Buy our terrible merch here and check out the Bad Brain Boys on Apple Podcasts at apple.co/badbrainboys. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/plumbingthedeathstar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Director James Cameron discusses his new film, Avatar: The Way of Water, with fellow director Guillermo del Toro in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Cameron speaks about working with Sigourney Weaver to develop her unique character, the innovative tech necessary for the film (and its upcoming sequels) and the groundbreaking process of underwater performance capture. The long-awaited sequel to Cameron's DGA Award-nominated feature, Avatar, The Way of Water is set a decade after the events of the first film and follows human-turned-Na'vi Jake Sully, who must find a safe haven for his family when old foes return to ravage their beautiful home and destroy their harmonious way of life. Please note: spoilers are included.

James Cameron's science-fiction epic Avatar is the highest-grossing movie of all time. But it took 13 years to get a sequel into theaters. Avatar: The Way of Water continues Jake Sully and Neytiri's journey: complete with their children, a new Na'vi tribe and a familiar enemy to confront.

Amy & Paul upload their consciousness into 2009's otherworldly sci-fi spectacle Avatar! They confirm the concept of ‘unobtanium' wasn't invented by the film, learn which movie stars were up for the role of Jake Sully, and ask themselves why they feel protective of director James Cameron. Plus: did Cameron really insist the Na'Vi need to have breasts? Next week, tune in as we discuss Die Hard! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group athttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul's Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don't forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test and apply to be a contestant at unspooledpod@gmail.com!

It's December and the most exciting time of the year is almost upon us! That's right Avatar: Way of Water is out on 15 December and to celebrate the Plumbing Boys have decided to bring you a 4 part special: Plumbatar. What better way to spend December than with ya boys as we all get collectively depressed that we can't be on the magical world of Pandora and being wet Na'vi. We See you.Buy our terrible merch here and check out the Bad Brain Boys on Apple Podcasts at apple.co/badbrainboys. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/plumbingthedeathstar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.