Devin Farachi, from Chud.com, reported yesterday that the footage of James Cameron’s Avatar failed to overwhelm Comic-Con audiences.
According to Farachi:
It’s not that Avatar wasn’t a hit, it just wasn’t the grand slam everyone expected. I’ve talked to a number of people – fans and people in the industry – who were a little underwhelmed by the 24 minutes of footage. No one disliked it, but the weight of expectations kept the film from really taking off. And that, frankly, is no excuse. You either walk out of San Diego with major buzz or you don’t. Avatar may be walking out of San Diego with fourth place.
Farachi also goes on to explain that he wrote a reaction piece regarding the footage, and an Avatar crew member didn’t take kindly to his criticism:
My reaction piece apparently angered an Avatar crew member who wrote a semi-coherent open letter to me about it. The guy goes from pretending to not know who I am to talking about my Planet of the Apes obsession (which he disdains, as he does the idea of remaking the film. Apparently he doesn’t know that James Cameron was at one point developing the remake and was going to serve as writer and director. Dip****), etc etc. It’s a pretty dopey letter, all told, but it’s interesting to see that my reaction – which was overall positive! – elicited this reaction from someone who actually worked on the film.
You can read the full article at the link provided below, to get more insight about the film and its crew.
Avatar, directed by James Cameron, is expected to hit US theaters on December 18th, 2010, and will star Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, and Zoe Saldana.
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