If you don't know what "pop culture footprint" means... Just say that? It doesn't mean it wasn't special (although let's be honest, aside from graphics it really wasn't), it means it did not have a lasting impact the way Star Wars, A:TLA or even Mean Girls did.
If you don't know what "pop culture footprint" means... Just say that? It doesn't mean it wasn't special (although let's be honest, aside from graphics it really wasn't), it means it did not have a lasting impact the way Star Wars, A:TLA or even Mean Girls did.
Avatar came out in 2009 and by 2010 or 11 nobody gave a shit or talked about it anymore. No memes. No references. NOTHING. By contact Mean Girls released in 2004 and people still quote it constantly, there's memes of it and reaction gifs still in use everywhere and ppl still talk
Contrast*. A:TLA? Still iconic, still an example people go to of animation done right. Many peoples favorite series. Oft cited example of character development done right and mature themes in children's animation. Memes galore.
Meanwhile James Cameron's avatar is "that Pocahontas rip off with the blue people ain't nobody thought or cared about in over a decade bc all it truly had going for it was that it looked good in IMAX.