{"title": "How James Cameron Sells a Movie?", "timestamp": 1784982859.8766887, "description": "A lot of people know [James Cameron]() as the director that makes the best films. But a lot of those people don't realize that his films aren't actually the best. I would always consider [Steven Spielberg]() a far better director. And people like [Aaron Sorkin]() or [Quentin Tarantino]() far better writers, than James Cameron. His movies are not even the hardest out there. Just take [Werner Herzog]()'s *Fitzcarraldo*, for example. But, that said, a lot of people still have this elevated idea of James Cameron. An idea that makes him a lot of money. So how does he do that?", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. The writer and director of the 2023 film \"Moria's Race\" and the lead developer of it's game sequel \"Dani's Race\".\r\n\r\n[My Story](/about/who_is_blender_dumbass_)\r\n\r\nMore links to me ( view page source to see how I did those ):\r\n\r\n![internetarchive](https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22J.Y.Amihud%22) ![imdb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15214305) ![notabug](http://notabug.org/jyamihud) ![odysee](https://odysee.com/@blenderdumbass:f) ![codeberg](https://codeberg.org/blenderdumbass/)", "invited": ["AngryAlien", "Erwinjitsu", "trueauracoral", "Cricetus", "elban", "Troler", "johny", "RowdyJoe", "adgbeveridge", "doublelion", "alkyilcycloalke", "jedi66", "WanchaiMike", "Trolli123", "ddd", "ByteBlast", "dolphinana", "Madiator2011", "Uriel_Cohen", "mk-la", "TestUser", "Mr._MotherFucker", "MorsMortium", "cptbichez", "dbbs", "Xavi", "test", "Ozoned", "Tcll", "FranzoPow"], "invited_by": "blenderdumbass", "title": "Blender Dumbass", "website": "blenderdumbass.org", "mastodon": "@blenderdumbass@mastodon.online", "username": "blenderdumbass", "activity_pub": {"pub": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAupr+zzHFZXpPvayAbk8R\na3Yp2k+ymoI6IbfMkekWv5rTjrCBQRa1tcoy8o1cgxdFo/QYPb++s8+q4R/Xl4zV\nvSp40z1M6tI7zDQZv4BGInEqKgLpR5ahjqYVL4GVpYaw+FfQ3tc0J9Ui8/y/3HBX\nN5YzyaOpp0oxEW+tnnDHhHZSQ7G32MMWVL5DIZZKEAqxdgtw1s3sa2iAqcb3TSib\nCA1OvYQmPOicQS07/CVY+1OwKVKKV7CPNFk4SBYyCZ/CyC3Uujngl05jw9TpVR7T\n0WwVFijfMSSVFiBQmOQLFG0e4g8/XP+HvKDD8dB1PwreEAq+jrOBv6GvOgMOlGxi\nOQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"}, "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/account/blenderdumbass"}, "thumbnail": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/thumbs/jamescameron.png", "license": "cc-by-sa", "views": {"amount": 11, "dates": {"2026-07-25": 6, "2026-07-26": 1, "2026-07-27": 3, "2026-08-27": 1}}, "recording": "", "comments": {"comments": [{"text": "> At one point he compares the few CGI shots of the water-creature in The Abyss to CGI in films like Avatar: The Way of Water. And the comparison makes it feel like contemporary CGI is far-far easier to do than CGI in 1980s. Which is a straight-forward and self-explanatory observation. The technology got better. The tools improved. Computers got a lot faster. What is there even to argue about?\r\n\r\nhttps://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=lxxC7oQbmJw", "username": "Troler", "id": 0, "timestamp": 1785006309.2915742, "p_index": {"2": 5}}, {"text": "> He might still unfortunately push for the AI tech. But he knows to never use it in his films.\r\n\r\nThe article [in question](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/avatar-fire-and-ash-director-james-cameron-on-generative-ai-thats-horrifying-to-me/)", "username": "Troler", "id": 1, "timestamp": 1785006454.060146}]}, "collections": [], "languages": {}, "hashtags": ["james cameron", "avatar", "titanic", "jamescameron", "film", "marketing", "ai", "aislop", "stopai", "stopaislop", "effort", "art", "mastoart", "business"], "not_ai_proof": "", "warning": "", "lemmy": [""], "tab": "articles", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/how_james_cameron_sells_a_movie_", "likes": ["blenderdumbass", "https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass", "https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116635986011813248", "Troler", "https://mastodon.online/users/troler"], "boosts": ["https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass"]}