M. Night Shyamalan + Avatar Somehow Equals Quality
I’m not dissing Avatar, since way too many people have told me how awesome it is. But Shyamalan hasn’t made a decent movie since Unbreakable (and I actually think both Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense are overrated), while Avatar seems like exactly the type of cartoon that would be doomed with a crappy live-action movie.
And yet, somehow, it seems like putting both Avatar and Shyamalan together has paid off big — this new teaser trailer is awesome. As a non-fan, I am seriously intrigued and impressed. Avatar fans, what do you think? Looking good or has he already screwed up crap that I don’t know?
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.