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Does 'Avatar' Have No Cultural Footprint? A Statistical Analysis
Fun, thoughtful reading: "Most big-budget movies are designed around fandoms, expressly crafted to cultivate an ever-growing mass of die-hards through successive installments and reinvention of the familiar."
https://open.substack.com/pub/statsignificant/p/does-avatar-have-no-cultural-footprint
The sequel was the third highest grossing movie in 2023.
There is a big budget video game (it’s pretty impressive).
But, yeah, no cultural impact 🙄
Anything that many people have consumed has a cultural impact.
@estherschindler transmedia story telling and merchandizing for profit