Why does Avatar endure but still feel like vaporware, even to people, like me, who basically like it? Blending dazzling technical achievement, breathless action, elbow-throwing but self-contradictory politics, and just plain goofy writing, Avatar is the most confounding franchise in Hollywood history, especially given the outsize nature of its financial success. With Avatar: Fire and Blood — my favorite film in the series! — fresh in our minds, Stefan Sasse and I look at James Cameron’s ongoing magnum opus in the latest subscriber-exclusive Boiled Leather Audio Hour podcast!
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