Why and How James Cameron created Avatar?
Did you know that James Cameron's obsession with Deep-Water oceans did not begin with Avatar?
It began when he was a kid, when he happened to see a documentary on underwater creatures. He decided to deep dive into oceans. But, his parents didn't permit owing to his age. He always read science fiction books instead of textbooks and watched science fiction based features, shorts and documentaries. He was a science nerd kid.
After being so-many things for survival, he became a filmmaker. His interests for underwater oceans and creatures first manifested with "Abyss" (1989), which was released in "Madurai Manicka Vinayagar theatre" then. Our father took us and we were astonished to see underwater creatures. James Cameron and several scientists claim that Deep-Water oceans are home to an enormous amount of species yet to be discovered. Our own Planet Earth's oceans are not explored as much as the outer space is being explored. This furthered his interests.
James Cameron needed dive deep into the bottom of the ocean, where the so-called invincible ship "Titanic" sank. He required money and a team to carry out the expedition. No one would sponsor. Therefore, he sold the idea of the so-called romantic story of Romeo and Juliet in a ship to the studio. The studio executives got convinced, unaware of Cameron's real intention of looking the wreck of Titanic through his naked eyes, by going to the bed of the ocean. Yet, the film "Titanic" was of exceptional quality because of the intelligence and meticulous execution of James Cameron and his team.
"Avatar" was actually conceptualized before Abyss in the 80s. Since the technology to translate his vision to the screen did not exist then, he waited for decades. Then, there appeared to be a possibility. He wasn't content with the output of "Avatar" in 2009. And, he is not going to be happy with the sequels because his vision of outer space, creatures, planets and Deep-Water oceans are far ahead of our times and not only technologies defying but known human comprehension of physics. Such technologies don't exist yet. Nevertheless, the first installment disrupted the human history and the sequels are more likely to do so.
Do you know why does it take decades for James Cameron to make a movie or sequel(s)? People who solely appreciate art and not science fiction refrain from not only reading this, but watching this film, because you don't deserve it (Avatar). Remember, actual science stems from imagination or science fiction.
Authored by Balaji Thangapandian aka #BT - a spacefarer, who is also curious about film-making, connectivity technologies and military history.
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