James Cameron

Why did Avatar’s script suck? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alexander-londono-313187-unsplash

Why did Avatar’s script suck?

Will February 4, 2010

James Cameron’s op-ed on space exploration in today’s Washington Post offers a clue. Favorite line: “So it...

On noble savages and the humanity of the ‘other’ IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426200

On noble savages and the humanity of the ‘other’

Erik Kain January 11, 2010

Sullivan nods approvingly at this passage from Conor on Avatar’s Na’vi: The problem with the noble savage...

Avatar

Erik Kain January 4, 2010

I finally saw Avatar (in 3D) without anyone threatening to beat me up. It was everything I...

“The words ‘No’ and ‘That’s impossible’ and phrases like ‘That can’t be done’—that’s the stuff that gives him an erection” IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426231

“The words ‘No’ and ‘That’s impossible’ and phrases like ‘That can’t be done’—that’s the stuff that gives him an erection”

Will October 19, 2009

The New Yorker has a great James Cameron profile.

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