Hollywood Learned The Wrong Lessons From James Cameron’s Breakout Sequels

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James Cameron's early hits as a writer and director set the groundwork for the notion of a small-scale hit spawning a big-budget, blockbuster sequel.

was the feel-bad blockbuster of the moment when, at the end of the Cold War, we wondered if we were still going to find a way to annihilate each other anyway. The core hook of a traumatized survivor going back into the hellfire to"win this time," which worked so well for John Rambo and Ellen Ripley, was now applied to Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor.Judgment Day and the biggest movie of summer 1991.

Rave reviews and white-hot buzz allowed the mid-summer smash to leg out to $204 million domestic and $520 million worldwide. Right at the dawn of the modern blockbuster era, one where it wasn't just Spielberg and Lucas leading the charge,As you can see, James Cameron was doing the"sequel about the protagonist dealing with trauma" thing way before it was cool. You can also argue that his displeasure at America's foreign policy adventuring would come to a head with.

 

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Ahhh the good old days when women were heroes w.o coercing the agenda. These days, rey had to be female to potentially be the strongest jedi that ever existed. Lol

Yeah. Never Watch A jamescameron Sequel !

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Child actors = peadophilia

Only Spielberg was good at making action sequels:

horrible

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